I finished electrifying all of our music. Turns out there’s a bunch of it.
I was trying to figure out a way to convey to y'all the sorts of things you’d be likely to hear here, if you were ever here, and decided that one thing to do would be to beam the library through a prism. This is what ROYGBIVed out the other side.
RED: “Red Vines” by Aimee Mann, “From Red to Blue” by Billy Bragg, “Indian Red” by Daniel Lanois, “Red Baron” by David Benoit, “Red Dirt Girl” from the album of the same name by Emmylou Harris, “The Masque of the Red Death” read by Gabriel Byrne, “Red Clay Halo” by Gillian Welch, “Murder in the Red Barn,” by John Hammond, Jr, “Red Shoes” from the album of the same name by Kate Bush, “Little Red Shoes” by Loretta Lynn, “Deep Red Bells” by Neko Case, “Red Red Wine” by the Replacements, “Song in Red and Gray” from the album Songs in Red and Gray by Suzanne Vega, “Red Leg Boy” by Terri Allen, “Red Nettle” by the Virgin Prunes, “Red-Eyed and Blue” by Wilco, and the bands Red Crayola, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Red Star Belgrade.
ORANGE: “Orange Drink” by Bill Hicks, “Orange Peel” by Luna, “Oranges and Lemons” by the Mekons and the band Orange Juice.
YELLOW: “Yellow Submarine” by the Beatles and “Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” by Petty Booka.
GREEN: “All Green” by Clem Snide, “Greener Grass” by Gist, “Torn Green Velvet Eyes” by Magnetic Fields, “Everything’s Gone Green” by New Order, “One Green Hill” by Oysterband, “Hunter Green” by Pete Yorn, “Green Grow the Rushes” by R.E.M., “Green” by Throwing Muses, “All the World is Green” by Tom Waits and the bands Essex Green and Green Day.
BLUE: 399 songs, albums and/or performers.
INDIGO: “Indigo is Blue” by Catherine Wheel and , yeah, Amy and Emily.
VIOLET: “Violet” by Hole.
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