# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/41 "2006-09-05T16:40:20Z")
“Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles,” Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band ---
**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, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/42 "2006-09-05T16:53:32Z")
**Almost Blue** - Elvis Costello _Now your eyes are red from crying Almost blue…_ ---
**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, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/43 "2006-09-05T16:58:25Z")
**Diamonds and Rust** - Joan Baez _As I recall Your eyes were bluer than robins’ eggs_ ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/44 "2006-09-05T17:33:53Z")
Nothing for blue-green eyes, I see. ☹ All the eye-color songs I know of have already been posted. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/45 "2006-09-05T18:22:18Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Actually, the real dark horse would probably be “Black Eyes” by Shut Up And Get Me Another Beer. [/QUOTE] **Blackest Eyes** by Porcupine Tree beats them out. How about **If I Ever Fall in Love** by Shai? > [@](#): > > The very first time that I saw your brown eyes > Your lips said “Hello” and I said “Hi” Perhaps not the greatest lyrics of all time, but… ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/46 "2006-09-05T19:38:36Z")
Dave Matthews - Grey Blue Eyes ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/47 "2006-09-05T20:21:20Z")
If you’ve ever seen El Mariachi, there is a HILLARIOUS (in context) song about castration that mentions a woman with “Northern Eyes” (the woman in question had blue eyes, though I’m not entirely sure what “Northern Eyes” would mean in the context of a naked mariachi singer in Mexico. ---
**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, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/48 "2006-09-05T22:19:08Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Ashtar] **Blackest Eyes** by Porcupine Tree beats them out. How about **If I Ever Fall in Love** by Shai? Perhaps not the greatest lyrics of all time, but… [/QUOTE] I think I love you for remembering not only who Shai was, but even the lyrics from one of their songs. That’s just lovely. \<3 ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/49 "2006-09-05T22:36:54Z")
Hmm, there must be a Beatles song I can mention… Ah, yes. Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Kaldeidoscope eyes would be both brown and blue, I suppose. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/50 "2006-09-05T22:45:43Z")
And how about They Might Be Giants’ “Famous Polka”? _The famous person has the same eye color as me_ How do we count that one? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/51 "2006-09-05T22:49:57Z")
[QUOTE=mr. jp] Kaldeidoscope eyes [/QUOTE] Actually, this is one of the most commonly misquoted lyrics in history. The line is really an homage to a brand of pastries that was much-beloved during the bandmates’ youth in Liverpool. It wasn’t that the pastries themselves were that great, but the sellers made a point of hiring pretty girls to staff the carts and sell the treats. The manufacturer was named after the Greek entrepreneur who started the company many years before; they unfortunately went bankrupt a while back. That’s why you can no longer find a girl with Kalidis Co. Pies anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/52 "2006-09-05T23:08:25Z")
How about “Sweat” by Inner Circle? Standing across the room I saw you smile Said I want to talk to you-oo-oo For a little while But before I make my move My emotions start running wild My tongue gets tied And that’s no lie I´m looking in your eyes I´m looking in you big brown eyes Ooh yeah And I’ve got this to say to you Hey! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/53 "2006-09-05T23:19:16Z")
Some classic standards: **That’s My Weakness Now** (“He’s got eyes of blue…”) **You’ve Got Your Mother’s Big Blue Eyes** **Russian Lullaby** (“Where a baby’s brown eyes glisten”) **Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue? I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes Better Not Roll Those Blue, Blue Eyes Beautiful Brown Eyes Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain** ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/54 "2006-09-05T23:20:54Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Actually, this is one of the most commonly misquoted lyrics in history. The line is really an homage to a brand of pastries that was much-beloved during the bandmates’ youth in Liverpool. It wasn’t that the pastries themselves were that great, but the sellers made a point of hiring pretty girls to staff the carts and sell the treats. The manufacturer was named after the Greek entrepreneur who started the company many years before; they unfortunately went bankrupt a while back. That’s why you can no longer find a girl with Kalidis Co. Pies anywhere. [/QUOTE] Omg, did you just invent this crazy story right now? That’s the weirdest post I have seen for some time. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/55 "2006-09-05T23:24:35Z")
Hey, I just noticed, noone mentioned Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You, yet So, they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold, And star-light in your eyes of blue. ---
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/56 "2006-09-06T14:54:56Z")
A little Country mixed in (though Crystal Gayle was mentioned): **The Bluest Eyes in Texas** by Restless Heart ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/57 "2006-09-06T15:46:22Z")
[QUOTE=mr. jp] Omg, did you just invent this crazy story right now? That’s the weirdest post I have seen for some time. [/QUOTE] I presume then that you missed my treatise on the genitalia of identical twins. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/58 "2006-09-06T15:54:35Z")
As of post #57 the score is as follows(Minus Duplicates) **Blue** 42 **Brown** 21 **Green** 5 **Black\Ebony** 4 **Red** 3 **Hazel** 1 **Kaleidoscope** 1 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/59 "2006-09-06T16:11:37Z")
Do we count the songs that speak unfavorably of the person with that eye-color as votes in favor, or votes against? ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446/60 "2006-09-06T16:36:28Z")
Thin Lizzy, _Roisin Dubh_ “Ah sure, Brendan where have you Behan? Looking for a girl with green eyes” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-eyes-vs-brown-eyes-in-music/371446.md?page=4)