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Topic: Yellow - What's that about? |
Bob Kagy
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Lafayette, CO USA
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Posted 31 May 2001 9:36 am |
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There's a relatively new rock song in which the most used word is the word "yellow". (so I think that's the title)
I hear it on a PA system, so I can't hear enough of the words to figure out what the song's about, or how the color yellow is being used. It's got me curious (yellow).
Anybody have a clue? Or maybe a pointer to the lyrics? Or maybe what the group/album is?
Around here we learned not to eat the yellow snow, but I don't think it's about that.
Thanks in advance for any clues, Bob |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 31 May 2001 4:15 pm
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"Yellow Walls"....Faron Young
"Yellow Trouble"....Buck Owens
"Yellow Darlin'"....Conway Twitty
...oh...that's right, you said a new rock song!  |
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erik
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Posted 31 May 2001 4:23 pm
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It's that new song YELLOW SUBMARINE by those hippie types from England, The Beatles.
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Paul Graupp
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Macon Ga USA
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Posted 31 May 2001 5:48 pm
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Don't forget; Tie A YELLOW Ribbon by Tony Orlando or was it Tampa ? Regards Paul  |
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Tim Rowley
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Pinconning, MI, USA
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Posted 31 May 2001 7:28 pm
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Bob,
How about "Mellow Yellow" by Donovan Lietch? Still a very popular tune on the beach scene. The way I understood the lyrics, it's about smoking banana peels as a consciousness-altering drug, e.g. "E-lec-tree-cal baNAHna, bound to be the latest craze...E-lec-tree-cal baNAHna, bound to be the very next phase... They call me Mellow Yellow (quite right, Slick)" etc. Yeah, they don't write old-fashioned love songs like they used to.
Tim R. |
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P Gleespen
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Toledo, OH USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2001 2:55 am
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Hi Bob, yes, the name of that song is indeed "Yellow" and the band is called Coldplay. Here's a link to the lyrics: http://www.geocities.com/arcadiae/music/yellow.html
from a fansite.
[This message was edited by P Gleespen on 01 June 2001 at 03:59 AM.] |
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Dave Van Allen
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Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 1 Jun 2001 9:24 am
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| thanks p.g. ... that's "deep" man. |
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Bob Kagy
From:
Lafayette, CO USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2001 10:29 am
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That's it P.G. Couldn't have asked for a better answer, complete with lyrics. Thanks for nailing it & Mucho Gracias. Now that I've read the lyrics, I want to hear it again and listen more closely.
"Yellow Trouble" has always been one of my favorites, being both fascinated and troubled by the fairer sex . Desert Rose w/J D Maness nailed that one. Cool answers; Yellow Walls begs for a parody set of lyrics. Clever D.H.
Yeh, I'd heard Submarine, Mellow & Ribbon & was familiar with those, but thanks for the suggestions.
Thanks, Bob
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2001 10:58 am
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| understood the lyrics, it's about smoking banana peels as a consciousness-altering drug, |
There was talk in Congress at that time about what to do about passing a law to prohibit smoking banana peels and about how United Fruit would respond to the possibility of outlawing bananas and of course it was all a goof to get the hysterics riled up. |
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