Friday, 8 June 2018

If this isn't black - you're the greatest denier!

I reboot an old, and very loyal friend.

Glamorizing a colour isn't easy, so let's see if I can pull shit off.

Artists

Black Sabbath
Black Moth
Black Flag
Black Mountain
Black Box
Black Pink

Albums

Black Cherry - Goldfrapp
Black Coffee - Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa
Black Focus - Yussef Kamaal
Black Roses - The Rasmus
Black Hours - Hamilton Leithauser
Black Ice - AC/DC
Black Cadillac - Rosanne Cash
Black Labyrinth - Jonathan Davis
Black Love - The Afghan Wings
Black Celebration - Depeche Mode
Black Rose - Thin Lizzy

Songs

Once upon a time...

The Last Shadow Puppets grew a Black Plant, Foals plundered Black Gold, Arcade Fire cast the same reflection as a Black Mirror, Alannah Myles wore Black Velvet, Paul Weller dangled a rod in a Black River, Local Natives found a Black Spot, The Darkness owned a Black Shuck, Kings of Leon painted a Black Thumbnail, Tindersticks choked on Black Smoke, Death Cab for Cutie watched the Black Sun rise, Jamiroquai squawked like a Black Crow, The Replacements stole a Black Diamond, Dirty Three let the Black Tide gently wash over them, Led Zeppelin took their Black Dog for walkies, Ram Jam resisted the temptation to take Black Betty, Soundgarden and Ben Harper were caught in Black Rain, Aqualung disappeared inside a Black Hole, Massive Attack guzzled Black Milk for supper, Beck shook a Black Tambourine, Deep Purple basked in the tranquility of a Black Night, Wilco appreciated how the Black Moon shone, Gay Dad are haunted by a Black Ghost, The Raveonettes revelled in Black Satin, Babybird picked Black Flowers, Ben Howard swatted Black Flies, Arctic Monkeys waded through Black Treacle, Biffy Clyro swung from a Black Chandelier, Cherry Ghost felt the nip of Black Fang, Magnum soared through Black Skies, Janet Jackson stroked her Black Cat, The Shins rode a Black Wave, Goo Goo Dolls and The Kills popped a Black Balloon, Leftfield played a Black Flute, The Hives lost a mint bluffing at Black Jack, Soundgarden only tour on a Black Saturday, Kids in Glass Houses and Morrissey couldn't lose the persistence of a Black Cloud, Aztec Camera took an instant shine to Black Lucia, The Vines slayed a Black Dragon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs sacrificed a Black Tongue, Little Mix and Jarvis Cocker weaved Black Magic, Shinedown drove a Black Cadillac and Beach House pulled up in their Black Car.

The end.

Novels

Black Sun
Black Dogs
Black Beauty
Black Hornet
Black Boy
Black Horse
Black House
Black Water
Black Sunday
Black Coffee

Starring his most famous creation - Conan the Barbarian, Black Colossus is a short story by Robert E. Howard.  It was originally published in Weird Tales (June, 1933).

A. E. van Vogt's sci-fi short Black Destroyer first appeared on the front of Astounding magazine (July, 1939), which later formed part of 'fix-up' compilation The Voyage of the Space Beagle.

Television shows

Black Mirror
Black Sails
Black Plague
Black Lake
Black Lightning
Black Knight

In Game of Thrones, Black Cells are a level of dungeons of Red Keep.

Superheroes

Bet you've forgotten this one.

Black Vulcan featured in Hanna-Barbera's Super Friends.

No? Don't believe you.

DC


Black Canary
Black Mask

Marvel

Black Cat
Black Panther¹
Black Widow
Black Tom

Elektra adopts the name of 'another' Black Sky in The Defenders, Selene Gallio (enemy of the X-Men), becomes the Black Queen and the Black Order is Thanos' team of loyal subjects.

¹From those listed, T'Challa is the only character to get his own film.

Manga

Black Bard
Black Steel
Black Detective
Black Torch
Black Knight
Black God
Black Jack
Black Lagoon
Black Cat
Black Butler

Most were inevitably adapted into anime.

Films

Black Angel
Black Swan²
Black Swarm
Black Orpheus
Black Tide
Black Narcissus
Black Peter
Black List
Black Rain
Black Rose (1969 and 2014)
Black Sheep (1996 and 2006)
Black Spring
Black Sabbath
Black Knight
Black Mask
Black Christmas³
Black Dawn
Black Moon
Black Eagle (1988 and 2013)
Black Death
Black Dynamite
Black Forest (2010 and 2015)
Black Snake
Black Souls
Black Butterfly
Black Mass
Black Ball
Black Mountain
Black Roses
Black Samurai
Black Cobra⁴
Black Thunder
Black Water (2007 and 2018)
Black Sunday
Black Bart⁵

²Famously ripped off anime Perfect Blue.
³Remade in 2006, and guess what? It was fucking terrible.
⁴First of four Italian blaxploitation action flicks.
⁵Based on real life outlaw Charles Bowles.

London pub the Black Prince is now associated with The Kingsman franchise.

Video games

Black Lamp
Black Heart
Black Panther
Black Dahlia⁶
Black Magic
Black Tiger
Black Dawn
Black Hole
Black Widow

⁶Point-and-click starring Dennis Hopper and Teri Garr was inspired by the horrific murder of Elizabeth Short, at the hands of unidentified serial killer, the Cleveland Torso Murderer.

Black Mesa is the setting for Half-Life and reffed in the lyrics to Jonathan Coulton's Still Alive.

The ruling body of the Dark Brotherhood in The Elder Scrolls is the Black Hand.

At some point, Firebrand (or whatever you wanna call him), will pay the Black Lotus a visit in the criminally underrated SNES classic Demon's Crest.

Black Dragon is a clan of mercenaries in Mortal Kombat.

Kratos must use the Light of Alfheim to dispel the Black Breath in God of War (2018).

Random as fuck I know, but Black Rose is a stage in Clive Barker's Jericho.

Miscellany

Black Forest is a mountain range in Germany and Sunderland FC are nicknamed the Black Cats.

In 1440, Lord Chancellor, Sir William Crichton, organised what would be later known as a black dinner.

While two brothers of the powerful Clan Douglas dined with a very young King James II of Scotland, a black bull's head (a symbol of death), was brought in.

Shortly after, siblings lost their heads.

In English law, a judge passing sentence of death wears a black cap.

Speaking of which, a Black Maria is a type of police van.

Thir13en Ghosts is the 2001 remake of William Castle's 13 Ghosts.

Standard twelve surround the machine, as Arthur, who becomes the Thirteenth (The Broken Heart) looks on.
Interesting stuff, but what's this gotta do with anything?

Magic number collectively forms the Black Zodiac.

Ooooohhhhh!

Black Bag (Viz)
'The faithful border bin liner' is a parody of The Dandy's wonder dog Black Bob.
Black Númenórean (The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings)
General Zod's warship Black Zero visits Metropolis in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel.
'The' was ditched for series 2 onwards, but nobody can forget the history of The Black Adder.

Before cowardly hero is appointed Canterbury's religious top dog, Edmund wears the Black Russian codpiece in controversial episode The Archbishop..
Ha ha ha!

To mop up, Duke of Edinburgh rides Black Satin.

Paintings

Black Square - Kazimir Malevich
Black Cross and Black Circle are also part of his CV.

More, more, more.

Black Magic - René Magritte
Black Warrior - Ken Kelly
Black Panther - Frank Frazetta
Two from Boris Vallejo.

Black Axe
Black Robe
Saturn Devouring His Son is the most famous of Francisco Goya's fourteen strong series of Black Paintings.
Movie characters

Black Badger (Central Intelligence)
Black Death (Kick-Ass 2)
Black Fingernail (Carry On Don't Lose Your Head)
Black Hat (Priest 2011)
To extend fun, Blackhat is a Liam Hemsworth cyber thriller.
Black Knight (Monty Python and The Holy Grail)
Black Phillip (The Witch: A New-England Folktale)
Black Thunder (Real Steel)
Video games

Characters

Black Baron (MadWorld)
Black Lotus (Bushido Blade)
Black Machine (Champion Wrestler)
Black Manta (Injustice 2)
Black Orchid (Killer Instinct)
Black Widow (Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II)
Black Stallion (The Final Round)
Black Hawk (Samurai Shodown Sen)
Black Shadow (F-Zero X)
Bosses

Black Mantle (Pocky & Rocky)
Black Pudding (Cadash)
Black Thunder (Viewtiful Joe)
Black Tiger (Resident Evil Gamecube remake)
Black Turtle (Shinobi)
Black Viper (Contra IV)
Black Wolf (Sword of Mana)
Two's company for:

Black Dragon

Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom
Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins
 Black Knight

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights
Last, but by no means least.

Shadow of the Hedgehog

Black Bull
Black Doom
Go down well?

(Smoother than my favourite pint).

Fancy another?

(Did Rembrandt use a brush?)

I'll chew it over.

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