I have been looking for a way into #Top20ColorSongs beyond just naming some songs with colours in that I like. There's no simple way of ordering colours with a start and end and I don't fancy delving into RGB values etc
But when I read @dreamfuel's snooker inspired twist an idea began forming. The @MonopolyUK board has 22 coloured squares, plus 4 stations and 2 utilities (which I will count as white as per their property cards).
So I will grab a pair of virtual dice shortly and see what colours the streets of London fancy throwing up.
I shall play as the ship as always, I will roll again if I land on the chests, parking, jail etc as I don't have access to an actual board. Playing standard UK version.
I shall play as the ship as always, I will roll again if I land on the chests, parking, jail etc as I don't have access to an actual board. Playing standard UK version.
Sadly I am going to have to put away all the black and greys I had longlisted, and I may need to find some extra whites by the look of it...also need to work out what colour Old Kent Road and Whitechapel are supposed to be. Rust perhaps?
#TOP20COLORSONGS #monopolyuk
GO! Day 1 and the RNG throws up a 5. This whisks me past Whitechapel Rd where I had hoped to start as I was born there, instead dropping us at King's Cross Station.
White it is then, and we should start with a London group..
open.spotify.com/track/3Xls4cNO…
GO! Day 1 and the RNG throws up a 5. This whisks me past Whitechapel Rd where I had hoped to start as I was born there, instead dropping us at King's Cross Station.
White it is then, and we should start with a London group..
open.spotify.com/track/3Xls4cNO…
#top20colorsongs #monopolyuk
Day 2 & starting from #KXstation a potential challenge shows up early. Taking out Jail, C Chest and Chance leaves us 8 possible dice rolls, and half would land us on a pink or orange, neither of which have LDN's finest queuing up to eulogise them.
Day 2 & starting from #KXstation a potential challenge shows up early. Taking out Jail, C Chest and Chance leaves us 8 possible dice rolls, and half would land us on a pink or orange, neither of which have LDN's finest queuing up to eulogise them.
A highest probabilty 7 roll on the other hand, would get us to the electric company and a second consecutive shot at the capital's apparent favourite colour, White, delaying the problem of the more glamorous colours by at least 1 day..the RNG of RGB awaits....
#20colors20songs @MonopolyUK
...and it's an 11, the RGBRNG (tm) obv doesn't want to make this easy so a laboured trek to #Bowstreet it is. Tangerines and golds are put to one side for now as London-based @ElkkaMusic provides us with the actual colour
open.spotify.com/track/1O73n53L…
...and it's an 11, the RGBRNG (tm) obv doesn't want to make this easy so a laboured trek to #Bowstreet it is. Tangerines and golds are put to one side for now as London-based @ElkkaMusic provides us with the actual colour
open.spotify.com/track/1O73n53L…
#top20colorsongs @MonopolyUK
Day 3 and fortune is smiling more favourably on us. A 5 sees this Bow Street runner sprinting round the corner to #thestrand
It's a battle of 2 London imports for my first #red and winning today..
@JimiHendrix - Red House
open.spotify.com/track/7bbf6izi…
Day 3 and fortune is smiling more favourably on us. A 5 sees this Bow Street runner sprinting round the corner to #thestrand
It's a battle of 2 London imports for my first #red and winning today..
@JimiHendrix - Red House
open.spotify.com/track/7bbf6izi…
#Top20ColorSongs @MonopolyUK
A 10 sees us doing the strand all the way from red to #green as we land at glitzy #regentstreet
I have to choose my favourite London act, although the subject matter couldn't be further from glamorous West End
@TheKinks -
open.spotify.com/track/0YZi8Zob…
A 10 sees us doing the strand all the way from red to #green as we land at glitzy #regentstreet
I have to choose my favourite London act, although the subject matter couldn't be further from glamorous West End
@TheKinks -
open.spotify.com/track/0YZi8Zob…
#Top20ColorSongs
@MonopolyUK
With a 6 we roll upmarket to #parklane. The top end of the board made dangerous by setting my own unnecessary limitations - in this case that the 2 dearest properties only get songs based around dark blue, on top of the London-associated element..
@MonopolyUK
With a 6 we roll upmarket to #parklane. The top end of the board made dangerous by setting my own unnecessary limitations - in this case that the 2 dearest properties only get songs based around dark blue, on top of the London-associated element..
#top20colorsongs
@MonopolyUK
Luckily today - day 5 - @carolinetheband step up with their gorgeous Dark Blue.
Despite this I am hoping to avoid rolling a 2 tomorrow
open.spotify.com/track/6hJmk78L…
@MonopolyUK
Luckily today - day 5 - @carolinetheband step up with their gorgeous Dark Blue.
Despite this I am hoping to avoid rolling a 2 tomorrow
open.spotify.com/track/6hJmk78L…
#Top20ColorSongs @MonopolyUK #Monopoly
Day 6 - A roll of 8 brings us anticlimatically back to #kingscrossstation. Luckily SW London's @IzzyBizu is on hand with 2015's fantastic White Tiger to liven things up
open.spotify.com/track/64I0PKLF…
Day 6 - A roll of 8 brings us anticlimatically back to #kingscrossstation. Luckily SW London's @IzzyBizu is on hand with 2015's fantastic White Tiger to liven things up
open.spotify.com/track/64I0PKLF…
#Top20ColorSongs @MonopolyUK #Monopoly
Day 7 - and a 6 sneaks us past Jail and onto #pallmall
Luckily there is one easy LDN #pink and it is fantastic
Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
@pfurs
open.spotify.com/track/1K1TFdBh…
Day 7 - and a 6 sneaks us past Jail and onto #pallmall
Luckily there is one easy LDN #pink and it is fantastic
Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
@pfurs
open.spotify.com/track/1K1TFdBh…
#Top20ColorSongs @MonopolyUK #Monopoly
Day 8 - and a roll of 8 captures us a 2nd #orange on #vinestreet.
It's definitely time to start breaking the shades out...
Tangerine - Led Zeppelin
open.spotify.com/track/4ywWJqYK…
@ledzeppelin
Day 8 - and a roll of 8 captures us a 2nd #orange on #vinestreet.
It's definitely time to start breaking the shades out...
Tangerine - Led Zeppelin
open.spotify.com/track/4ywWJqYK…
@ledzeppelin
#Top20ColorSongs @MonopolyUK #Monopoly
Day 9 - and we hit our second repeat as a roll of 12 takes us back to #regentstreet but that's all good as it gets us London's recent @MercuryPrize winning @arloparks
Green Eyes - Arlo Parks
open.spotify.com/track/5iwTDcZS…
Day 9 - and we hit our second repeat as a roll of 12 takes us back to #regentstreet but that's all good as it gets us London's recent @MercuryPrize winning @arloparks
Green Eyes - Arlo Parks
open.spotify.com/track/5iwTDcZS…
#Top20ColorSongs @MonopolyUK #Monopoly
Day 10 - and a roll of 12 takes me to #whitechapelroad, street of my birth. How better to celebrate than with some #brownsugar courtesy of @RollingStones
#mixtaperules I think this brings me in at 40m too!
open.spotify.com/track/34K7nU8E…
Day 10 - and a roll of 12 takes me to #whitechapelroad, street of my birth. How better to celebrate than with some #brownsugar courtesy of @RollingStones
#mixtaperules I think this brings me in at 40m too!
open.spotify.com/track/34K7nU8E…
#Top20ColorSongs @MonopolyUK
Day 11 and a roll of 5 sees us hitting our first regular blue at #eustonroad
So how about some smooth neo-soul from the capital's @Jay_Lewn & @JGrrey13 ?
Still Blue
open.spotify.com/track/7cjIiu3X…
Day 11 and a roll of 5 sees us hitting our first regular blue at #eustonroad
So how about some smooth neo-soul from the capital's @Jay_Lewn & @JGrrey13 ?
Still Blue
open.spotify.com/track/7cjIiu3X…
#Top20ColorSongs @MonopolyUK
Day 12 and a 6 brings us our second visit to pinktown courtesy of #Northumberlandavenue
So a song that celebrates pink in all it's glory, and in 2 languages is called for..
@KeroKeroBonito - Flamingo
open.spotify.com/track/3AaiEsiq…
Day 12 and a 6 brings us our second visit to pinktown courtesy of #Northumberlandavenue
So a song that celebrates pink in all it's glory, and in 2 languages is called for..
@KeroKeroBonito - Flamingo
open.spotify.com/track/3AaiEsiq…
#Top20ColorSongs @MonopolyUK
Stop the presses!! Day 13 and a roll of 9 bags us our second red 🔴 courtesy of #fleetstreet
It also brings us a 2nd red banger from a LDN import. This time #BillyOcean - Red Light Spells Danger
open.spotify.com/track/557cxXIe…
Stop the presses!! Day 13 and a roll of 9 bags us our second red 🔴 courtesy of #fleetstreet
It also brings us a 2nd red banger from a LDN import. This time #BillyOcean - Red Light Spells Danger
open.spotify.com/track/557cxXIe…
#Top20ColorSongs @MonopolyUK
A first snakeyes sees us stumbling to #fenchurchstreetstation. Londoners seem unafraid of the paler hues, giving us a chance to relive one of the best 'club songs' of the past decade.
White Noise - Disclosure, AlunaGeorge
open.spotify.com/track/7ANO3LRd…
A first snakeyes sees us stumbling to #fenchurchstreetstation. Londoners seem unafraid of the paler hues, giving us a chance to relive one of the best 'club songs' of the past decade.
White Noise - Disclosure, AlunaGeorge
open.spotify.com/track/7ANO3LRd…
#Top20ColorSongs @MonopolyUK
Lucky 7 brings us our third green, although our first non-Regents St one, as we saunter into #OxfordStreet
We haven't had any Damon Albarn on this jaunt around his hometown yet, so let's change that
open.spotify.com/track/4hNPMfFH…
Lucky 7 brings us our third green, although our first non-Regents St one, as we saunter into #OxfordStreet
We haven't had any Damon Albarn on this jaunt around his hometown yet, so let's change that
open.spotify.com/track/4hNPMfFH…
#top20coloursongs @MonopolyUK
A strong roll of 8 sees us picking up a second blue in #pentonvilleroad
@TheBluetones are by far my favourite Britpop survivors and I won't hear a word against them. Here's Bluetonic
open.spotify.com/track/2JOi5i2L…
A strong roll of 8 sees us picking up a second blue in #pentonvilleroad
@TheBluetones are by far my favourite Britpop survivors and I won't hear a word against them. Here's Bluetonic
open.spotify.com/track/2JOi5i2L…
#top20colorsongs @MonopolyUK
Day 18 - maybe????
A 3 manages to swerve us a pink and post us to the #electriccompany for a rather easier #white.
And a belated appearance for @TheClash..no, not that song..
open.spotify.com/track/45xBWOa6…
Day 18 - maybe????
A 3 manages to swerve us a pink and post us to the #electriccompany for a rather easier #white.
And a belated appearance for @TheClash..no, not that song..
open.spotify.com/track/45xBWOa6…
#top20colorsongs @MonopolyUK
Day 19 - And a 6 thrillingly lets us complete our second set in just 19 rolls, propelling us at our penultimate stop #Marlboroughstreet. Why not celebrate with some Gold* Dust?
*Yes it's a shade of #orange
open.spotify.com/track/1t8Xmox4…
Day 19 - And a 6 thrillingly lets us complete our second set in just 19 rolls, propelling us at our penultimate stop #Marlboroughstreet. Why not celebrate with some Gold* Dust?
*Yes it's a shade of #orange
open.spotify.com/track/1t8Xmox4…
#Top20ColorSongs @MonopolyUK
Day 20 and we end with probably the perfect roll to grab #waterworks allowing us to complete a very late Utilities set and also to finish, where we started, on London's favourite colour, er, White. Take us out @billyyidol
open.spotify.com/track/0bvpSvOY…
Day 20 and we end with probably the perfect roll to grab #waterworks allowing us to complete a very late Utilities set and also to finish, where we started, on London's favourite colour, er, White. Take us out @billyyidol
open.spotify.com/track/0bvpSvOY…
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