Blue Friday: You Might Be Happy Someday

I bang on about The Reds, Pinks and Purples (aka Glenn Donaldson) a lot, but make no apology for that.

This little slice of Marr-inflected melancholy is from 2020. I would say enjoy, but that doesn't seem quite the right sentiment.

You might be happy someday
But for now you're a sad mistake
The moon is way too bright
It's the dead of night, you're still awake
Just when you think it's looking up
Maybe you haven't failed enough

They burned your page in the book of love
That's a pain you weren't aware of

You might be someone someday
But for now you're clearly worse
You could always turn their heads around
Now your looks are just a curse

Get yourself to the hospital
Your so-called friends
They don't care at all
They don't care at all
They don't care at all

You might be happy someday
And things are gonna go your way
Go your way

Turning over a new leaf

Seems I've written about The Reds, Pinks and Purples quite a lot in the last five or so years. I make no apology for that, because the music is good.

To wit, here's their new single, New Leaf - three and a half minutes of shuffly ear-worm and half-sung, half-mumbled melancholia. "Undersung" is the word I like to imagine exists to describe Glenn Donaldson's style.

See? That was good, wasn't it?

"Some of us need to be background scenery"

Disclaimer: this post was written in December 2023, and scheduled for future posting. Its contents may no longer be accurate or appropriate.

...in which I continue my quest to bring Glenn Donaldson (for he is The Reds, Pinks and Purples) to a wider audience.

The last Sunday in October...

...is when the clocks go back in the UK. British Summer Time ends and we return to Greenwich Mean Time, a temporal and seasonal shift for which this feels entirely appropriate.

Blue Friday: Slow Torture of an Hourly Wage

I know, I'm turning into something of a Reds, Pinks and Purples evangelist, but this is good, so ...

Valentine schmalentine

This excellence is Let's Pretend We're Not In Love by The Reds, Pinks and Purples. I very much approve.

I don't want to join your revolution, so leave me alone...

A serendipitous Bandcamp find, this is the archly titled The Record Player and the Damage Done by The Reds, Pinks and Purples, aka Glenn Donaldson. This and the whole parent album Uncommon Weather are quite listenable. I will explore further. He certainly has a way with a melody, and a natty line in Morrissey-esque song titles (I Hope I Never Fall In Love, A Kick in the Face (That's Life), I Wouldn't Die For Anyone, that kind of thing).