What is the name of this "yellow" 60s/70s song?

June 24, 2007 8:16 PM

StonerMusicFilter: Please help me find the name of a 60s/70s song that has the line (I think) "shade of yellow".

Like a record, baby: I've got this song stuck in my head. It's a super stoner song from the sixties or early seventies. Probably from a one-hit wonder outfit. I have the music in my head and only part of a line- "shade of yellow" (I think). It has wonky, reverby guitars. Is that enough for anyone to tell me what it is? I could not find any trace of it on Google or Yahoo. Thanks.

posted by solongxenon to media & arts (11 comments total)

The first thing that came to my mind was Donovan's "Wear Your Love Like Heaven," because of all the color references, but it doesn't actually have the line "yellow" in it. You can hear the song here. Donovan also did a song called "Mellow Yellow," which does have a reference to "yellow" in it.
posted by infinitywaltz at 8:26 PM on June 24, 2007

Mellow Yellow?
posted by jourman2 at 8:28 PM on June 24, 2007

It's definitely not "Mellow Yellow". It's sort Procal Harumesque. Sorry I wasn't clearer.
posted by solongxenon at 8:31 PM on June 24, 2007

Nope, pretty sure it's not a Donovan song- thanks, though.
posted by solongxenon at 8:32 PM on June 24, 2007

Damn. And if you know Procul Harum, you know it's not "A Whiter Shade of Pale," which was my next guess.
posted by infinitywaltz at 8:34 PM on June 24, 2007

Pictures of Matchstick men by Status Quo and covered by a bunch of people?
posted by spartacusroosevelt at 8:39 PM on June 24, 2007

Here is the video to Matchstick men.
posted by spartacusroosevelt at 8:42 PM on June 24, 2007

That's it! Thanks so much, spartacusroosevelt. (I got confused by the "shade"- it's "a funny kind of yellow".

Rock out, everyone.
posted by solongxenon at 8:46 PM on June 24, 2007

s&g --a hazy shade of winter?

or from the 80s, sisters of mercy
posted by pinto at 8:46 PM on June 24, 2007

All of those years working at the classic rock record store were good for something. If you are in your thirties like me you are more likely to remember the Camper Van Beethoven cover than the original.
posted by spartacusroosevelt at 8:55 PM on June 24, 2007

That's hilarious, spartascusroosevelt. I didn't even know it was a cover.
posted by ph00dz at 7:51 AM on June 25, 2007