# Blue eyes vs brown eyes in music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446 "2006-09-04T22:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/21 "2006-09-05T02:41:42Z")
What, no **Blue Eyes** , by Elton John? ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/22 "2006-09-05T03:23:38Z")
[QUOTE=DooWahDiddy] What, no **Blue Eyes** , by Elton John? [/QUOTE] Was just coming in here to mention that (for some reason, it made by first-grade best friend’s dad cry in the car). But since you did, how about Mint Condition’s **Pretty Brown Eyes**? That’s right, Baby. Mint Condition. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/23 "2006-09-05T03:45:13Z")
John Fogerty, Centerfield: _Roundin’ third, and headed for home, it’s a brown-eyed handsome man_ ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/24 "2006-09-05T04:51:06Z")
Marillion **Grendel** …with your ugly pale skins and your putrid blue eyes… ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/25 "2006-09-05T05:37:35Z")
Apparently my people (green eyes) are chopped liver in the music world. “I like blue eyes, hers are green…” from She’s More by Andy Grigg. Wtf is that supposed to mean? “I’d rather you had blue eyes, but I guess you’re aiight.” Gee, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/26 "2006-09-05T12:58:33Z")
**Brown Eyed Handsome Man** - Chuck Berry **Green Eyed Lady** - Sugarloaf ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/27 "2006-09-05T13:09:46Z")
The Righteous Brothers had a hit with Brown-eyed Woman, written by B.J. Thomas. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/28 "2006-09-05T13:18:12Z")
Jewel Akens, **Birds and the Bees** (“When I look into your big brown eyes…”) Bullet, **White Lies, Blue Eyes** ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/29 "2006-09-05T13:22:40Z")
A Spanish classic (from Asturias; it’s in Bable and not Spanish): Ollos verdes son traidores, azules son traicioneiros, os negros y acastañados buenos son e verdadeiros. Green eyes are traitors, blue ones betray you, black and brown ones are good and true. There you are, every color except “bloodshot the morning after”. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/30 "2006-09-05T14:26:02Z")
Well, since we’ve started on other colors: Red Eye Express – John B. Sebastian Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (“Five foot two, eyes of blue.”) – The California Ramblers (and many others). Written by Ray Henderson. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/31 "2006-09-05T14:26:14Z")
A quick search of the Cast Album Data Base reveals the following titles from the following shows: Blue Eyes–Dolls! Blueberry Eyes–Gone With the Wind Green Eyes–Ziegfeld Follies of 19334 Red Eyes --By The Way The Red Eyes–Who Plays Wins Sarah Brown Eyes–Ragtime Their Eyes are Clear, Blue Like The Sky–Dessa Rose Your Eyes Are Blue–Marry Me A Little ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/32 "2006-09-05T14:35:37Z")
[QUOTE=t-bonham@scc.net] John Fogerty, “Centerfield”: _Roundin’ third, and headed for home, it’s a brown-eyed handsome man_ [/QUOTE] Which is a tribute to Chuck Berry’s “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man” which includes the exact same phrase. And FWIW Chuck’s song was supposed to imply a skin tone to match the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/33 "2006-09-05T14:54:32Z")
[QUOTE=malkavia] Apparently my people (green eyes) are chopped liver in the music world. [/QUOTE] Naw. I came in here specifically to mention the best eye-color song ever: “Green Eyed Lady”. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/34 "2006-09-05T14:55:41Z")
Hate Me by Blue October “. . . until I saw your blue eyes shine and I held your face in my hand” I can’t believe I referenced that song as it is at the very top of my “hate it so fucking bad I could kill someone when I hear it” list. Not to hijack, but does anyone else completely loathe this piece of crap? ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/35 "2006-09-05T15:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=WOOKINPANUB] Not to hijack, but does anyone else completely loathe this piece of crap? [/QUOTE] That’s got to be the whiniest song of all time. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/36 "2006-09-05T15:20:46Z")
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man. Bunch of other songs from the era mention “Brown Eyed Men”… who are most probably black. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/37 "2006-09-05T15:31:34Z")
[QUOTE=Bob Scene] That’s got to be the whiniest song of all time. [/QUOTE] Thank you, **Bob Scene**. I may even have to start a pit thread about it. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/38 "2006-09-05T15:40:30Z")
[QUOTE=Quercus] And FWIW Chuck’s song was supposed to imply a skin tone to match the eyes. [/QUOTE] Same with Van Morrison’s “Brown-Eyed Girl.” ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/39 "2006-09-05T16:17:46Z")
**The Birds and The Bees** by **Jewel Akens** made it to Billboard’s #3 in 1965 _When I look into your big **brown eyes** It’s so very plain to see That it’s time you learned about the facts of life Starting from A to Z_ ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/40 "2006-09-05T16:19:22Z")
How did I miss it on **Biffy’s** post? :rolleyes: nevermind [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446.md?page=3)