MUSIC VIDEO
*Note that the video provide is of the original instrumental version and thus doesn't include vocals.
LYRICS
Blue, blue, my world is blue
Blue is my world now I'm without you
Gray, gray, my life is gray
Cold is my heart since you went away
Red, red, my eyes are red
Crying for you alone in my bed
Green, green, my jealous heart
I doubted you and now we're apart
When we met how the bright sun shone
Then love died, now the rainbow is gone
Black, black, the nights I've known
Longing for you so lost and alone
ANALYSIS
The narrator of this song is a person who is sad or “blue” because they are no longer in a relationship with the person they loved. Many songs that were considered “conservative” for their time were “songs that appealed to parents as much as they did to their children. Instrumentals--the kind parents liked--were also big” (Chrisman 2011). "Love is Blue" has a more traditionally folksy, romantic sound and was originally recorded as an instrumental. It's not surprising that many of these types of songs were in the No. 1 spot at one point in the 60’s, despite the rise of many more "radical" music groups and styles.
WORKS CITED
Chrisman, Ed. “The ’60s.” Billboard, vol. 123, no. 7, Feb. 2011, pp. 39–40. EBSCOhost,
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Gray, gray, my life is gray
Cold is my heart since you went away
Red, red, my eyes are red
Crying for you alone in my bed
Green, green, my jealous heart
I doubted you and now we're apart
When we met how the bright sun shone
Then love died, now the rainbow is gone
Black, black, the nights I've known
Longing for you so lost and alone
ANALYSIS
The narrator of this song is a person who is sad or “blue” because they are no longer in a relationship with the person they loved. Many songs that were considered “conservative” for their time were “songs that appealed to parents as much as they did to their children. Instrumentals--the kind parents liked--were also big” (Chrisman 2011). "Love is Blue" has a more traditionally folksy, romantic sound and was originally recorded as an instrumental. It's not surprising that many of these types of songs were in the No. 1 spot at one point in the 60’s, despite the rise of many more "radical" music groups and styles.
WORKS CITED
Chrisman, Ed. “The ’60s.” Billboard, vol. 123, no. 7, Feb. 2011, pp. 39–40. EBSCOhost,
search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asm&AN=59603402&site=ehost-
live.
“Paul Mauriat – Love Is Blue.” Genius, 1 Feb. 2001,
“Paul Mauriat – Love Is Blue.” Genius, 1 Feb. 2001,
genius.com/Paul-mauriat-love-is-blue-lyrics.
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