Wednesday, May 30, 2007

References to purple in rock music

by M.L. Haas


1. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (1967)

2. Deep Purple (Band created in 1968)

3. Purple Rain - Prince (1984)

4. Purple (album) - Stone Temple Pilots (1994)




Am I missing anything?

11 comments:

brex said...

http://www.purpleskymagazine.com/

Deep Purple blows.

Holmer said...

purple people eaters

Anonymous said...

whats purple people eaters?

"my woman from tokyo" sometimes gets stuck in my head.
but yeah, they blow.


how could i forget purpleskymagazine! i have a subscription and everything

brex said...

Purple Ribbon Records is a hip-hop record label owned by rapper Big Boi of the rap duo Outkast.

bizmarkie507 said...

I looked up the lyrics for pink by aerosmith, assuming there might be a purple reference somewhere and there, and I didn't realize how vulgar those lyrics are.

I was going to mention purple pills, but that's definately not rock

bizmarkie507 said...

There's gotta be an 80s hair metal song with lyrics talking about high heels and a purple dress.

soup said...

How about They Might Be Giant's "Purple Toupee." TMBG still holds a special place in my heart.
I found the music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soUQoCEFuZ0

soup said...

oh, and the Chili peppers had that song on californication I think it was called purple stain.

black and white
red and blue
things that look good on you
and if I scream don't let me go
a purple stain
I know

...something like that

brex said...

The Mulberry Purple is a popular Modern Rock band

Daymonster said...

this may be obvious to you all, but what brought about this "purple, rock and roll" reference?

haasertime said...

i was just thinkin a long tim ago about purple rain and purple haze, and then i looked at my shelf and saw the STP album, and smoke on the water was on the radio.

i may write a song or poem called

purple revelation

although that sounds kinda like something a person coming out of the closet would write.