h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ah, thanks, jaz'd, you learn something new every day!

For drinks:

Wine:

Wine In, Niggun Out - Giora Feidman
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - [traditional, all sorts of groups]
Summer Wine - can't remember who, just that they seemed to be playing it constantly one summer

Whisk(e)y

Whiskey Headed Woman - Canned Heat
Smoke & Strong Whiskey - Christy Moore
Whisky In The Jar - [traditional, all sorts of groups]
(but there's also Sake In The Jar, by Akiko Yano)
Whisky On A Sunday - The Dubliners

Beer:

Das Bier in dieser Kneipe - Hannes Wader
Pub With No Beer - the Dubliners

Water:
No Water - Bob Marley
Many Waters - Giora Feidmann
Bend in the Water - Gordon Lightfoot
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

Coffee:
Second Cup of Coffee - Gordon Lightfoot
Kaffeekantate - Johann Sebastian Bach

Milk:
No Milk Today - Herman's Hermits
The Soor Milk Cairt - The McCalmans

Other:

Champagne and Quail - The Mancini Pops Orchestra
Mountain Dew - [traditional, all sorts of groups - and all sorts of songs by that title]
Alcoholidays - The Dubliners
Tea for Two - my version is by the Comedian Harmonists, trying to sing in English
All For Me Grog - [traditional, all sorts of groups]
Lime in the Coconut - my version is sung by Kermit the Frog
Tequila - dunno who played it first!
Old Black Rum - Great Big Sea

Oh, and more food ones I've thought of:

Spam - Weird Al Yankovic - not to be confused with
Spam Song - Monty Python
Grampa Benny's Chicken Market - Extreme Klezmer Makeover
Der Kartoffelwalzer (the potato walz) - Liederjan
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - The Small Faces
Coconut Grove - Santana
Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
Bitter Honey - Khartoum Heroes

Goodness, Mala! I'd left "Whiskey in the Jar" off the list because I have three versions and couldn't decide which one to add.

I've hit a plateau this time, but I might be able to think of more later when not preoccupied with work. K's offered no input this time.

Something I noticed looking over my list - you should do colours when we're done with this category. Blue is most common, of course, followed by green (in my lists) but I think we can get quite a spectrum together.

I actually thought that myself, yesterday. Colors would be a fun one. I know I've got some blue and green in my lists, too, but I can think of others right off hand. It would be fun to have the weekend to work on that one.

Should I keep this same convo going for the new category, or should I begin a new one each time? Which do you think would be more contributor-friendly?

This one seems to be pretty popular already

Tom Waits -

Eggs & Sausage...
Coffee and a roll.
Hash browns ovah easeh...
Chilli in a bowl...

Okie doke- we'll keep it here. Let's keep the food theme going a bit longer if possible. Even if I haven't thought of any others yet.

I'm going to start our new colors now, since I have a little over a half hour till I leave work and nothing else to do... so here's what I dug up in my Zen.

So, let's compile a playlist of songs with colors in the titles. Any color works. I'll even accept the word "color" in a pinch.

Husker Du- Pink Turns to Blue
7 Seconds- 99 Red Balloons
Ram Jam- Black Betty
China Crisis- Black Man Ray
TSOL- It's Gray
Clash- White Riot
Jane Wiedlin- Blue Kiss
Frank Zappa- Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
Agent Orange- Everything Turns Gray
Joy Division- Everything's Gone Green
Jawbreaker- Jet Black
Velvet Underground- White Light White Heat
The Shazam- Out of the Blue
Nick Cave- Red Right Hand
Metallica- Fade to Black
March Violets- Grooving in Green
Misfits- Green Hell
Burning Spear- Reg, Gold & Green
Minor Threat- Seeing Red
Visage- Fade to Grey
Finitribe- Forever Green
Stranglers- Golden Brown
Syd Barrett- Golden Hair
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Shade of BLue
Stiff Little Fingers- White Noise
D.O.A- Great White Hope
Jefferson Airplane- White Rabbit
The Cramps- Green Fuz

That should get us started.

>Burning Spear- Reg, Gold & Green

Should read RED, Gold & Green.

Kate Bush - Symphony in Blue

I'll probably come up with more later...

You've got to have Purple Rain on there. Yellow submarine also. Dr Greenthumb is a Cyprus Hill track, I think. A lighter shade of pale might be a bit iffy.
I don't like any of those.

Two for the place names list.

Journey to Reedham by Squarepusher.
Come to Hull we've got everything... by me

It's a *whiter* shade of pale, so you'll be fine

Haven't got my music on this computer yet, I'll think about it, though...

Blue Moon - my version is by the Cowboy Junkies (mmmm)
White Ladder - David Gray (is that a double???)
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
Red Frame, White Light - OMD
Pink Flag - Wire
Agent Orange - Depeche Mode
Green (album) - REM
The Orange House and the Blue House - Colin Newman (lovely chap, spoke to him today)
Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs
Yellow - Coldplay
Green Grass of Tunnel - Múm
Blue Monday - New Order
Blue - Joni Mitchell - off the album 'Blue'
Red Alert - Basement Jaxx
Semi-Multicoloured Caucasian - Captain Beefheart (does this count )
Band of Gold - Freda Payne
Red Spaces - Lobe
Mean Red Spider - Muddy Waters
Blue - Black (double!)
Grey will Fade - Charlotte Hatherley

Albums or Bands
Worm is Green - Icelandic band, very nice
Kind of Blue - album by Miles Davis
Pink Floyd - just for the sheer obviousness

>White Ladder - David Gray (is that a double???)

Yep- if I get one for Agent Orange.

Sorry, I also meant to say that the Beefheart tune also definitely counts!

Ok, went and got the external HDD

Sorting by colour:

Blue: [I decided the word "blues" doesn't count!]
Ode To Big Blue - Gordon Lightfoot
How Blue Can You Get? - BB King
Bright Blue Rose - Christy Moore
An der schönen blauen Donau (on the beautiful blue Danube) - Johann Strauss
Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis
Blue Suede Schmooz - Extreme Klezmer Makeover
Rhapsody in Blue - George Gerschwin
Blue Umbrella - John Prine
Die Blaue Flagge (the blue flag) - Liederjan
Till The Blue Moon - Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra (Space Patrol Orion soundtrack)
Bullet The Blue Sky - U2
Royal Blue - the Mancini Pops Orchestra
Can Blue Men Sing The Whites? - Bonzo Dog Band

Green:
Green Street Green - Herman's Hermits
Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine - Simon & Garfunkel
Bitter Green - Gordon Lightfoot
Mantles Of Green - Aoife Clancy
It's Not Easy Being Green - Kermit the Frog
Mein kleiner grüner Kaktus (my little green cactus) - Comedian Harmonists
All Across The Green - Golden Bough ~double!~
Green Grows The Laurel - [traditional]
Green Light - Ronnie Earl
Leaves That Are Green - Simon & Garfunkel
Green Lands - Alan Stivell


Red:
Flowers Are Red - Harry Chapin
Red Beans - Marcia Ball
Red Clay Halo - Gillian Welch
Red Dwarf Theme - Diane Hunt
Red Lips, Red Eyes, Red Stockings - Red Elvises (that's a lot of red!)
Little Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham
Roter Mond (red moon) - Die Irrlichter

Yellow:
Little Yellow Spider - Devendra Banhart
Yellow Dog Blues - WC Handy
Yellow Triangle - Christy Moore
Yellow on the Broom - [traditional]
The Yellow Cow - Donal Lunny

White:
Into White - Cat Stevens
Little White Lies - Count Basie
White Horses - the McCalmans
Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
Dancing With Mrs White - Great Big Sea

Black:
Black Is The Colour - [traditional]
Black Day In July - Gordon Lightfoot
Blackness of the Night - Cat Stevens
Wearing Black - the Red Elvises ~double!~
Black Jack Davey - [traditional]
Black Clouds - Kevin Coyne
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Old Black Rum - Great Big Sea

Pink:
My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe - Bonzo Dog Band
Pink Panther Theme - Mancini Pops Orchestra

Silver:
Maxwell's Silver Hammer - the Beatles
Silver Birch And Weeping Willow - Ralph McTell


Brown:
Mr Brown - Bob Marley
Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits
Annie Brown - Iain MacKintosh (got a whole Brown family here!)

Rainbows:
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - Harmonious Wail
Rainbow Trout - Gordon Lightfoot
Rainbow Country - Bob Marley
Colors of Rainbow - Red Elvises

Other:
Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington
Rubylove - Cat Stevens
Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
Bossa Dorado [dorado=golden] - Harmonious Wail
Turnin' Gray Blues - John Lee Hooker
Lou Lila [lila=purple] - Liederjan
Golden Slumbers - the Beatles
Ultraviolet - U2

I think we should just take charge (this is your thread after all and bod knows no one else should be awake at this hour) and declare those points!

I'll think of more tomorrow after school.

Had an odd moment on wednesday when moi, the grumpy thirty-something, arrived at school. Just in time to watch a fellow student (and a friend) get dropped of by mommy. Ah bless. Can you imagine just how old and decrepit and just how over I felt? Mature student, my arse. In my next life, I think I'll just do things in the 'right' order.

Very good Mala! Although you really should breathe and stuff while you do this sort of thing!

Can't go anywhere anyway, I have this cat

Which is orange, white, and black by the way

Lilac Wine (old jazz number that's been done by allsorts)
Brown Girl In the Ring- Boney M
Green Green Grass of Home- Tom Jones
Gold- Spandau Ballet
Men In Black- Will Smith
Aquamarine- (can't remember who did it )
Little Green Bag- The George Baker Selection
Back To Black- Amy Winehouse
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road- Elton John
White Christmas- Bing Crosby (and many others)
White Lines (Don't Do It)- Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five