What, no Blue Eyes, by Elton John?
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.
John Fogerty, Centerfield:
Roundin’ third, and headed for home, it’s a brown-eyed handsome man
Marillion
Grendel
…with your ugly pale skins and your putrid blue eyes…
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.
Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Chuck Berry
Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
The Righteous Brothers had a hit with Brown-eyed Woman, written by B.J. Thomas.
Jewel Akens, Birds and the Bees (“When I look into your big brown eyes…”)
Bullet, White Lies, Blue Eyes
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”.
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.
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
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.
Naw. I came in here specifically to mention the best eye-color song ever: “Green Eyed Lady”.
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?
That’s got to be the whiniest song of all time.
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man. Bunch of other songs from the era mention “Brown Eyed Men”… who are most probably black.
Thank you, Bob Scene. I may even have to start a pit thread about it.
Same with Van Morrison’s “Brown-Eyed Girl.”
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
How did I miss it on Biffy’s post? :rolleyes:
nevermind