# Help me cheat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499 "2003-03-06T15:11:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Porus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@Porus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Porus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/1 "2003-03-06T15:11:17Z")
I am engaged in a mini-competition with a few guys at work The idea is to list as many album titles or single releases that have a colour in them My current list of 30 (obvious) titles looks very poor compared to the 60 that someone else has. The more obscure titles will allow me to be extremely smug when I “remember” them. Do not lecture me I am on a low Moral Fibre diet. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/2 "2003-03-06T15:14:11Z")
Go to [www.mp3.com](http://www.mp3.com). In the search box, type “blue” and hit Search button. On the next screen, click on the Albums link (I got 901…). Memorize that list. Hit the back button. Click on the Songs link (27,158). Memorize that list, too. Repeat for “red”, “white,” “yellow,” etc. Let us know how it works out. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/3 "2003-03-06T16:53:54Z")
“The White Album”! Bet nobody else comes up with that! 😃 * * * Fagjunk Theology: Not just for sodomite propagandists anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/4 "2003-03-06T17:00:02Z")
How about any of these? [http://www.pipeline.com/~dada3zen/COLORS.htm](http://www.pipeline.com/~dada3zen/COLORS.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/5 "2003-03-06T17:11:52Z")
John Coltrane - Blue Trane Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Wire - Pink Flag Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage Brian Eno - Another Green World Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde Ciccone Youth - The Whitey Album The Band - Music from Big Pink Nick Drake - Pink Moon Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat Graham Coxon - The Golden D Bark Psychosis - Blue The Notwist - Neon Golden The White Stripes - White Blood Cells R.E.M. - Green Massive Attack - Blue Lines Arab Strap - The Red Thread ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/6 "2003-03-06T17:29:36Z")
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - The Wall Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd - Animals Pink Floyd - The Division Bell Pink Floyd - Meddle Pink Floyd - Ummagumma Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason Pink Floyd - The Wall (Japanese Import) I think you get the idea. Go to the website for any major online music retailer, and type in the artist’s name (Pinky Lee might be a good one to try). Type out the names of the albums, including the artist’s name as a part of the album names. Memorize them, as described above. Just because you’re cheating, doesn’t mean you won’t be working hard. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/7 "2003-03-06T17:56:46Z")
Does “Colour My World” by Chicago count? Heck, I think you should get bonus points for that one. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/8 "2003-03-06T23:18:10Z")
singles: “Blue Monday” by New Order “White Room” by Cream “Ruby Tuesday” by the Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones “New Rose” by the Damned “Bright Yellow Gun” by Throwing Muses “Blue Christmas” by Elvis Presley albums: “Black Snake Diamond Role” by Robyn Hitchcock “Black Candy” by Beat Happening “Sunny Border Blue” by Kristin Hersh “Gold” by Ryan Adams “Under the Pink” by Tori Amos and, of course, there’s a lot more if you can use just songs, not singles. ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/9 "2003-03-07T01:49:12Z")
“Android” by Plaid. Plaid’s a color, right? I’m part Scottish, so please tell me plaid is a color. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/10 "2003-03-07T02:01:01Z")
Maroon, by Barenaked Ladies ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/11 "2003-03-07T02:22:26Z")
_I got it!_ EXTRA CREDIT! Kermit the Frog - Rainbow Connection ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/12 "2003-03-07T02:22:58Z")
The OP doesn’t say anything about the artist’s name having a color in it – only titles. “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” Beatles ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/13 "2003-03-07T02:32:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scarlett67 \* > **The OP doesn’t say anything about the artist’s name having a color in it – only titles.** Okay, so how about “Clear away in the morning” by Gordon Bok. Clear is a color, right? I’m related to Phillip Glass, so please tell me clear is a color. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/14 "2003-03-07T02:36:48Z")
_Black Coffee_ - Lacy J. Dalton _Blood Red and Going Down_ - Tanya Tucker _Silver Thunderbird_ - Jo Dee Messina _All The Gold in California_ - Larry Gatlin _Where the Green Grass Grows_ - Tim McGraw ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/15 "2003-03-07T02:38:32Z")
Oh, and _Out of the Blue Clear Sky_, George Strait ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/16 "2003-03-07T05:10:00Z")
black coffee in bed- squeeze black and white- dB’s big brown eyes- dB’s Big Black Truck- Peter Holsapple Vermillion- Continental Drifters Chocolate Cake(chocolate’s a color right?)- Crowded House I see red- Split Enz Crystal Blue Persuasion- Tommy James ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/17 "2003-03-07T05:35:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scarlett67 \* > **The OP doesn’t say anything about the artist’s name having a color in it – only titles.** The contest calls for, and I quote: > [@](#): > > The idea is to list as many album titles or single releases that have a colour in them In my universe, the name of the atist is a part of the album title. Of course, in my universe, the Supreme Being smites people who manufacture decaffeinated coffee and mild cheddar cheese, so take that for what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/18 "2003-03-07T06:09:48Z")
Green Tambourine by The Lemon Pipers. Red, Red Redrum by the Dead Heanies. Anything by Black Flag or Simply Red. I suppose ‘Blues’ Traveler is a stretch… ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/19 "2003-03-07T14:18:13Z")
“Purple Rain” - Prince “Raspberry Beret” - Prince “Back in Black” - AC/DC “Fear of a Black Planet” - Public Enemy ---
**Author:** ![Smitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Smitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smitty)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499/20 "2003-03-07T14:21:19Z")
“Black Coffee” - Heavy D “Down Home Blues” - ZZ Hill “How Blue Can You Get?” - B B King “Blue Suede Shoes” - Do you have to ask? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-cheat/159499.md?page=2)