Blue Moon Playlist Review Club - Season 2 - Episode 25 - OB1 – Soundtracks (pg 422)

Blue certainly seems to be the colour.
Heavily stacked on that end of the spectrum, not surprisingly I suppose.

Green doing alright for itself. Have to admit I could think of a number of rebel songs unsuitable for here perhaps, for fear of how they’d be interpreted now.
There’s probably a ton more Red that has been shied away from, also.
Yellow a bit meh!
Purple and Orange not doing great.
 
mancity2012_eamo said:
Blue certainly seems to be the colour.
Heavily stacked on that end of the spectrum, not surprisingly I suppose.

Green doing alright for itself. Have to admit I could think of a number of rebel songs unsuitable for here perhaps, for fear of how they’d be interpreted now.
There’s probably a ton more Red that has been shied away from, also.
Yellow a bit meh!
Purple and Orange not doing great.
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I could have snuck in Agent Orange by Depeche Mode I suppose.
 
Primary & Secondary Colours

Two highlights for me here, bizarrely covering four songs!

As he delivered them all together, worth a shoutout to @OB1 for a fantastic 1-2-3.
None that I've heard before (unless I heard the Sammy Hagar track on another playlist) but all were a great listen.
I've been meaning to give Jethro Tull a proper listen for a while because I think their combination of acoustic and prog would appeal to me. On the back of this, I listened to the Aqualung and Thick as a Brick albums and they were both great.

"Jack-in-the-Green" - Jethro Tull
"Suite Madame Blue" - Styx
"Red" - Sammy Hagar

The other track I really enjoyed was "Haint Blue" by BellX1 - It reminded me a bit of The War on Drugs and I gave the album a listen, which I also enjoyed.

Other good stuff that was new to me:-

"Blue In Green" - Miles Davis
"The Green Manalishi" - Judas Priest
"Bleu" - Lorraine Club
"Honeysuckle Blue" - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Songs I'd heard before but enjoyed:-

"Blue" - Joni Mitchell
"Still Got The Blues" - Gary Moore
"Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix
"Sproston Green" - The Charlatans
"Blues Run the Game" - Jackson C.Frank
"Red Eyes" - The War on Drugs
 
RobMCFC – Primary and Secondary Colours

Thanks to @RobMCFC for this topic and keeping the spirit of what was intended on the playlist. I know a few may have BLUE right by the rules. Also nice to see a few end of playlist reviews back too. Guess most were hungover prior. ;-)

Of the first five, the Jayhawks "Blue" that I was familiar with, was the pick for me. Lou Gramm's "Midnight Blue" was a nice mid 80's nostalgia memory for me, in owning that album/cassette at the time. I hadn't listened to that in years. I enjoyed "Apple Green" probably the most of the new material, while "Yellow Moon" was a nice funky soulful song by the Neville Brothers that was very nice bass led, and reminded me of New Orleans visits. Even Taylor's "Red" was a nice tune, so it was 5 for 5 with me on the initial offering. I was a bit surprised to not have "Blue Sky Mine" among the first group upon further reflection and consideration of my own songs, but I too just ran out of runway there. I've been relistening to that enjoyable album since.

On the songs new to me, "Haint Blue" by Bell X1 was the big winner for me. Sounds like this Irish band spans many genres and one I'll be checking out some more given other bands they've been compared to. Thanks to @lastmanback on another fantastic new suggestion.

Other new songs I enjoyed:
  • "Blue" - A Perfect Circle (nice tune from the supergroup)
  • "Into the Blue" - McCusker, Drever, and Woomble (recognized the Idlewild sound)
  • "Blue Sky" - Patty Griffin
  • "Red Light Spells Danger" - Billy Ocean (missed this in its day, very nice tune taking me back!)
  • "Bleu" - Loraine Club (I did not have an electronic disco/groove band from Dublin on my shortlist, but this was a pleasant surprise too)
  • "Sproston Green" - The Charlatans
  • "Powder Blue" - Elbow (hadn't heard their first album prior, need to check out)
  • "Yellow River" - Christie (could have sworn this was early Elton John on first listen)
  • "Goodbye Mr Blue" - Father John Misty
  • "Green Grow the Rashes O" - Eddi Reader (not to be confused with the REM redo)
  • "Reds In My Bed" - 10cc (another song from long ago not heard, very nice tune)

Of the songs I knew, the winner was clear, "Suite Madame Blue" - Styx. This was an early staple of my favourite US rock bands, and pre-Tommy Shaw too. A great overall album I loved from my childhood. Dennis De Young could rock more than just the ballads, as heard here.

Other enjoyed well known songs:
  • "Blues Run the Game" - Jackson C. Frank
  • "Red Eyes" - The War On Drugs
  • "Blue" - Joni Mitchell
  • "Still Got The Blues" - Gary Moore
  • "Red" - Sammy Hagar, the Red Rocker
  • "Jack-in-the-Green" - Jethro Tull
 
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Good playlist.

Not much I didn’t like. Very similar likes to Rob.

New to me was the Charlatans track, as band I’ve always ignored. It did seem to have borrowed from The Who.

I particularly like “Red Eyes”, the song that got me into TWoD.

And another if “Jackie Blue”, which I have on one of my own playlists.

Hendrix and Priest are classics.

I’ll post the new playlist topic tomorrow. Something a bit different.
 
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