Songs Of The Spectrum

I was listening to guitar virtuoso David Bromberg’s first solo album, specifically his ditty “You’ve Got To Suffer If You Want To Sing The Blues,” when I suddenly – out of the Blues, you might say – began to wonder: What about the rest of the spectrum? Are the other colors to be left without their musical requirements?

• You’ve got to bluster if you want to sing the Reds;
• You’ve got to remember the Boyne if you want to sing the Oranges;
• You’ve got to cower if you want to sing the Yellows;
• You’ve got to worship Gaia if you want to sing the Greens;
• You’ve got to suffer if you want to sing the Blues;
• (Sorry, only Duke Ellington can sing the Indigos;)
• And you should own an arboretum if you want to sing the Violets.

Now to work on melodies and lyrics...