Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?: Difference between revisions

From The Elvis Costello Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
(+2013)
(6 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
__notoc__
{{song header}}
{{TOC for Song Page|}}
{| width="100%" cellspacing="3"
|- valign="top"
|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #c6c9ff; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000000; background-color: #f2f7ff"|
==Lyrics==
{{Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?}}


{{song lyrics
|lyrics = {{Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?}}
}}


{{song credits header}}


|width="50%" class="MainPageBG" style="border:1px solid #c6c9ff; padding: .5em 1em 1em; color: #000; background-color: #f0f0ff"|
{{song credits
==Credits==
|title = Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?
* Written by: '''[[Elvis Costello]]'''
|writer = [[Declan MacManus]]
* Produced by: '''[[Nick Lowe]] with [[Colin Fairley]]'''
|performer  = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]]
* Musicians:
|producer  = [[Nick Lowe]] with [[Colin Fairley]]
:'''[[Elvis Costello]]''' - [[Singers|vocals]] and [[Guitarists|guitar]]
|musicians  = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar, Vox Continental organ<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums<br>[[Nick Lowe]] - acoustic guitar
:'''[[Steve Nieve]]''' - [[Keyboardists|keyboards]]
|record_info  = March-May 1986, Olympic Studios, London
:'''[[Bruce Thomas]]''' - [[Bassists|bass]]
|release_info = September 15, 1986
:'''[[Pete Thomas]]''' - [[Drummers|drums]]
|length      = 2:07
:'''[[Nick Lowe]]''' - [[Guitarists|guitar]]
|albums = [[Blood & Chocolate]], 1986
|singles =
|collections  = [[Girls Girls Girls]] (cassette), 1989
|soundtracks      =
|various_artists    =
|promos      =
|videos      =
}}<br>


{{song notes
|background =
|first = [[Concert 1986-07-04 Roskilde|July 4, 1986, Roskilde, Denmark]]
|last = {{2013}}
}}


==Discography==
{{song quote
'''Albums:'''
| quote      =  
*'''[[Blood And Chocolate]]''', [[1986]]
| source    =  
*[[Blood And Chocolate (reissue)]], [[Rykodisc]]/[[Demon]], [[1995]]
}}
*[[Blood And Chocolate (Deluxe Edition)]], [[Rhino]], [[2002]]
* ''This section may be incomplete.''


'''Singles:'''
==Alternate versions==
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
{{song credits
|title = Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind? (Alternate Version)
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]]
|producer = [[Nick Lowe]] with [[Colin Fairley]]
|musicians  = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums
|record_info  = March-May 1986, Olympic Studios, London
|release_info = May 1, 2007
|length = 2:13
|collections = [[Rock And Roll Music]], 2007
}}


'''Collections:'''
{{thumbs header}}
*[[Discography|Album Name]], [[Discography|Year]]
{{thumb: Blood & Chocolate}}
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
----
{{thumb: Girls Girls Girls}}
----
{{thumb: Rock And Roll Music}}


'''Soundtracks:'''
|}
* none


'''Various Artists collections:'''
{{song covers
* none
|covers = {{:Elvis Costello covers: Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?}}
 
}}
'''Alternate Version:'''
* [[Rock And Roll Music]], [[2007]]
 
==Covers==
'''Recorded by:'''
* none
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
 
'''Performed by:'''
* none
* ''This section may be incomplete.''
 
==Bootlegs==
* ''This section is incomplete.''
 
|}


==Chords==
==Chords==
  Bass and organ riffs:
  Bass and organ riffs:
             G                    C              D          C(2) G(2)     
             G                    C              D          C(2) G(2)     
Line 130: Line 132:


==Internal links==  
==Internal links==  
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/bac/bac.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Blood And Chocolate] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/bac.html lyrics] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/bac.html chords] | [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/bac/bac_info_a01.htm B&C info page 1]
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/bac/bac.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Blood And Chocolate] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/bac.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/bac.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/bac/bac_info_a01.htm B&C Info page]
*[[Template:Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?]]
*[[Template: Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Elvis Costello covers: Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?|Covers]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/rhino.html Elvis Costello on Rhino] [http://www.geocities.com/ned3705/bac.html Blood And Chocolate resissue page]
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/bac.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Blood & Chocolate]
 


[[Category:1986]]
[[Category:1986]]
[[Category:Blood & Chocolate]]
[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Songs]]
[[Category:Lyrics]]
[[Category:Lyrics]]
[[Category:Chords]]
[[Category:Chords]]
[[Category:Blood And Chocolate]]
[[Category:Alternate versions]]

Revision as of 15:26, 25 January 2013

Who do you see when you turn your eyes down?
Who do you see when I'm not seeing you?
The news is out all over town
And all these girls are taking turns at being you

Chorus:
Well, well, well
You'd better make up your mind
Honey, are you straight or are you blind?

She's coming in between us, you know that she is
I'm not holding on to her but one of us is
My hands are in my pockets, my face is in a book
She could walk 'round naked and I wouldn't sneak a look

(Chorus)

Honey, are you straight or are you blind?
Honey, are you straight or are you blind?
Honey, are you straight or are you blind?
Honey, are you straight or are you blind?

She walked in and your eyes flew out the door
You squeezed my hand until the circulation ceases
She's just a doll like so many more
She's the kind of doll that you'd like to pull to pieces

(Chorus)

Well!

Well, well, well
You'd better make up your mind
Honey, are you straight or are you blind?

Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?
Written byDeclan MacManus
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions
Produced byNick Lowe with Colin Fairley
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, guitar, Vox Continental organ
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
Nick Lowe - acoustic guitar
RecordedMarch-May 1986, Olympic Studios, London
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1986
AlbumsBlood & Chocolate, 1986
CollectionsGirls Girls Girls (cassette), 1989
Length2:07

First known performance:
July 4, 1986, Roskilde, Denmark
Last known performance:
Template:2013
     (179 known performances, 1 as a snippet)



Alternate versions

Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind? (Alternate Version)
Performed byElvis Costello & The Attractions
Produced byNick Lowe with Colin Fairley
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
RecordedMarch-May 1986, Olympic Studios, London
ReleasedMay 1, 2007
CollectionsRock And Roll Music, 2007
Length2:13
Blood & ChocolateBAC album cover large.jpg

Girls Girls GirlsGGG album cover 300.jpg

Rock And Roll MusicRock And Roll Music album cover.jpg

Covers

Bart Mendoza and True Stories performed live, May 2013, Riviera Supper Club, La Mesa, California 2013 YouTube
Erich Sellheim home studio production, sung in German 2019 YouTube

Chords

Bass and organ riffs:
           G                    C              D          C(2) G(2)     
G||-------------------|-------------------|---------|-------------||
D||-5---3---5---3-3---|-------------------|---------|-------------||
A||---5---3---5-----3-|-3---1---3---1-1---|-5---3-5-|5---3-3------||
E||-------------------|---3---3---3-----3-|---5-----|--5-----5-3--||

 Electric guitar riffs: 
           G                    C                 D    C(2)    G(2)
e||-------------------|-------------------|---------|-------|--3--||
B||-----5-5-5-55-3----|------5-5-5-5------|-5-5-5/7-|---5---|--3--||
G||-----5-5-5-55-3----|------5-5-5-5------|-5-5-5/7-|---5---|--4--||
D||-------------------|-------------------|---------|-------|-----||
A||-------------------|-------------------|---------|-------|-----||
E||-------------------|-------------------|---------|-------|-----||

 G                 
Who do you see when you turn your eyes down? 
 G
Who do you see when I'm not seeing you? 
 C                          
The news is out all over town 
    G
And all these girls are taking turns at being you 
        
[chorus:]
 D   
Well, well, well
              C(2) 
You'd better make up your mind 
 G(2)[tacet]
Honey, are you straight or are you blind? 

       G
She's coming in between us you know that she is 
G
I'm not holding on to her but one of us is
    C 
My hands are in my pocket, my face is in a book
 G 
She could walk 'round naked and I wouldn't sneak a look 

[chorus]

g a b C
     Honey are you straight or are you blind? 
g a b C
     Honey are you straight or are you blind? 
g a b C
     Honey are you straight or are you blind? 
a b c# D                                  G
      Honey are you straight or are you blind?

 G      
She walked in and your eyes flew out the door 
 G
You squeezed my hand 'til the circulation ceases 
 C
She's just a doll like so many more 
 G
She's the kind of doll that you'd like to pull to pieces 

Chorus 

 G
Well, well, well 
You'd better make up your mind 
Honey are you straight or are you blind?

Internal links

External links