I forgot to mention one of the most exciting parts of the concert. Right before it started, Caren and I walked over to the 95.7 Ben FM tent that was erected in the middle of the concession area. There was a man sitting at a table and in front of him, covering the table were a ton of knick knack items. He motioned for me to come over and he told me I could win anything on the table if I could name 5 bands or people with colors in their names. James Brown. Johnny Cash– wait, he’s just the man in black, scratch that one. Red Buttons, Red Skelton, Redd Foxx— (He ignored those). Caren said, White Snake. Then we both started rambling off Blue Travelers, Blues Brothers, Moody Blues. The man told us to pick anything from the table– sitting on the end was the autobiography of none other than DAVID HASSELHOFF! I grabbed it off the table. The guy took a picture of Caren and I holding the book. He said it was to post on the BEN FM Web site but I haven’t seen it go up, I’m guessing my eyes were closed or I looked like a sasquatch next to petite little Caren and he was being kind not publishing it.
How many bands can you name that have a color in their name? Here’s a few more to get you started: White Stripes, Deep Purple, Red Hot Chili Peppers…
I just came across your blog last night while I was searching for the Zoom birthday song!
I thought this would be easier than it was, but here are the ones I came up with: Green Day, Simply Red, Foxy Brown, White Lion, Barry White, and Yellowcard.
I also thought of Concrete Blonde, Blind Melon, Colour Me Badd, and Living Color (though they are stretching it).
Great site! I’ll have to stop by more often.
Good ones!
I’d add Black Flag, Black Sabbath, Red Kross, Agent Orange, Yellowjackets, Green Day, [zillions of blues bands], Indigo Girls … White Lion
Hmm, no Purples or Violets come to mind
Pink, Pink Floyd, Al Green, Deep Purple, The Black Crowes, Black Eyed Peas, Bobby Brown, The Blue Man Group, Cream, Barry White, Whitesnake, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, SubLIME..okay I’m out.
Dobie Gray, Blues Magoo, Blue Oyster Cult, Simply Red
Deep Purple – good one! Smoke … on the water!
Sorry if some of these have been repeated;
Great White, Black Sheep (ol’ 90’s rap group), “Blondie?”, Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band, Beaver Brown Band, ummm, how about “Pearl” Jam? Okay, I’m officially reaching …
I doubt many remember Cilla Black, although she was pretty influential in England during the 60s and 70s. She was a contemporary of Dusty Springfield and Lulu.
From the website: http://www.classicbands.com/names.html
“British singer Cilla Black, best remembered for her number one U.K hit “Anyone Who Had a Heart”, had her stage name changed by accident. A reporter for the local paper remembered the wrong color as her surname while writing a favorable review. Her real name is Cilla White.”
Gosh! So many! I haven’t heard of half those bands! Great job!