Weekend Playlist: Brown

Weekend Playlist: Brown

Here's the weekend playlist created by Ian Eason with help from guest curator Dan looking at X/twitter selections (23/05/2025) with Songs that reference brown.
This was commemorate National Brown Bag it day on May 25th.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Van Morrison - Brown eyed girl
Guns N'Roses - Mr Brownstone
Boney M - Brown girl in the ring
Nina Simone - Brown baby
Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl
Kae Tempest - Brown eyed man

[Side 2]
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
Mamas & Papas - California Dreamin’
Nick Cave & Bad Seeds - Muddy water
Pogues - A pair of brown eyes
Dee Dee Sharp - Gravy (for my mashed potatoes)
Stranglers - Golden Brown

[Bonus]
George Baker Selection - Little green bag
Roni Size & Reprazent - Brown paper bag

Long list

• Brother Bones - Sweet Georgia Brown
• Crystal Gayle - Don't it make my brown eyes blue
• Saw Doctors - Bless me father
• A Flock of Seagulls - Remember David
• Billy Bragg - Help save the youth of America
• Stanely Holloway - Brown Boots
• Big Audio Dynamite - James Brown
• Coasters - Charlie Brown
• D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
• Stranglers - Golden Brown
• Inner circle - Sweat
• Billy Connolly - In the brownies
• Mamas & Papas - California Dreamin’
• Noah Kahan - Stick Season
• Cardiacs - Burn your house brown
• 1975 - Chocolate
• Don Henley - Boys of Summer
• Hot Chocolate - No doubt about it
• Bobby Brown - On our own
• Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
• Van Morrison - Brown eyed girl
• Don Cherry - Brown Rice
• Kae Tempest - Brown eyed man
• Moor Mother & ​Billy Woods - Arkeology
• Lighter Shade of Brown - Hey DJ
• George Baker Selection - Little green bag
• Pogues - Sally MacLennane
• Elton John - Captain Fantastic & Brown dirt cowboy
• Fleetwood Mac - Brown Eyes
• Roni Size & Reprazent - Brown paper bag
• Stan Getz - Girl from Ipanema
• Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
• Destiny's Child - Brown eyes
• Shit Towne - Throwing Copper
• Clash - All the young punks
• Dee Dee Sharp - Gravy (for my mashed potatoes)
• Harry Styles - Adore You
• Prima Queen - Brownstone
• Duke Special - Brixton Leaves
• PJ Harvey - Colour ff the Earth
• Shack - Cornish Town
• Guns N'Roses - Mr Brownstone
• Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
• ZZ Top - Brown Sugar
• Nick Cave & Bad Seeds - Muddy water
• Pogues - A pair of brown eyes
• Mika - Billy Brown
• Coldplay - Charlie Brown
• Primus - Wynonna's big brown beaver
• Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
• Jim Croce - Bad bad Leroy Brown
• Deacon Blue - Chocolate Girl
• Don Henley - Boys of Summer
• Boney M - Brown girl in the ring
• Cece Peniston - Finally
• Nina Simone - Brown baby

Random Musings - Day #307

Rested up. I saw "This is it" and generally impressed with the dancing and singing. It was a wee bit long but other than it was great. I mean I wish I could move the way the way he did when I am 50. Of course I'd rather be alive at 50.
Talking of dance and singing, catch this cartoon video of "I feel good" and there's an interesting mashup of britney and bobby for "My prerogative"

Interesting to see how the team of Andy Murray and Laura Robson fair as they are confirmed to represent GB in the Hopman Cup.

It's true, the most expensive train ticket in the UK is over a grand