{"id":3746,"date":"2022-03-16T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=3746"},"modified":"2023-03-17T16:18:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T20:18:14","slug":"parsons-playlists-green-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2022\/03\/parsons-playlists-green-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsons Playlists:  Green Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Welcome back to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/category\/parsons-playlists\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parsons Playlists<\/a>! Today\u2019s playlist features a selection of music featuring songs that mention the color green in their titles curated by our Music Library Associate, Melanie. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost time for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Patrick&#8217;s Day<\/a> (March 17th) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_equinox\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first day of Spring<\/a> (March 20th), so I have had the color green on the brain of late.  Herewith, a collection of songs that mention the color green in their titles.  Enjoy! <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/files\/2022\/03\/Color_icon_green.png?resize=500%2C500\" alt=\"Color_icon_green\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3747\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q3KxUcscMkM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Chieftains &#8211; &#8220;The Green Fields of America&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0oox9bJaGJ8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Booker T and the MGs &#8211; &#8220;Green Onions&#8221;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/iMaVF5nwass\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kermit the Frog &#8211; &#8220;Bein&#8217; Green&#8221; (aka &#8220;It&#8217;s Not Easy Being Green&#8221;) <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/S5Vz-z4PEkk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Lemon Pipers &#8211; &#8220;Green Tambourine&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SHU99s793q8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vince Guaraldi Trio &#8211; &#8220;Greensleeves&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3f3K2sEHuIM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Panic! at the Disco &#8211; &#8220;That Green Gentleman&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WGuYQQfsn5g\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Green Day &#8211; &#8220;Green Day&#8221; <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HGnNQ6PX-Mg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Rusby &#8211; &#8220;Village Green Preservation Society&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n(the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lc7dmu4G8oc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">original version by the Kinks<\/a> is great as well!) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/g0WEIuWp3ac\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Simon &#038; Garfunkel &#8211; &#8220;Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine&#8221; <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dMK_npDG12Q\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lorde &#8211; &#8220;Green Light&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bOXvqkC3W4M\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beyonc\u00e9 &#8211; &#8220;Green Light&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ps4EXDraSnQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Baker Selection &#8211; &#8220;Little Green Bag&#8221; <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y4jvzMUaN5k\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Babyshambles &#8211; &#8220;Love You But You&#8217;re Green&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IxNUOQh65ik\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">R.E.M. &#8211; &#8220;Green Grow The Rushes&#8221; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZexqVXjCyoLdglo0D2Ik7ak7\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZexqVXjCyoLdglo0D2Ik7ak7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is a version on Spotify:  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/5bDaFprbmIqMMFFfqYIo3v?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today\u2019s playlist features a selection of music featuring songs that mention the color green in their titles curated by our Music Library Associate, Melanie. It&#8217;s almost time for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day (March 17th) and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2022\/03\/parsons-playlists-green-songs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15236,120772],"tags":[206958,38118,38162,206951,206957,206946,76114,206955,206952,206953,191400,162675,1270,38190,120772,162396,162536,162516,38002,206949,422,206950,206956,206948,37987,206954],"class_list":["post-3746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-post","category-parsons-playlists","tag-babyshambles","tag-beyonce","tag-beyonce-knowles","tag-booker-t-and-the-mgs","tag-george-baker-selection","tag-green","tag-green-day","tag-kate-rusby","tag-kermit-the-frog","tag-lemon-pipers","tag-lorde","tag-maa","tag-melanie","tag-muppets","tag-parsons-playlists","tag-playlist","tag-playlists","tag-r-e-m","tag-simon-garfunkel","tag-spring-equinox","tag-st-patricks-day","tag-the-chieftains","tag-the-kinks","tag-vernal-eqinox","tag-vince-guaraldi","tag-vince-guaraldi-trio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgMV3E-Yq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3746"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4461,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3746\/revisions\/4461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}