There was a movie in the early 70's called 'Southern Comfort' based around some national guardsmen on exercise down in the swamps of Louisiana with Cajun people. In the film there was a well known Cajun band called 'The Balfa Brothers' playing a song called 'La parlez nous et Boire' and sung in Cajun French (I have the L.P.).......This is exactly the same music, not sure about the lyrics though!
Couldn't agree more! Exactly Right! Traditional folk cajun song from 1981 Walter Hill's star studded epic masterpiece! Much older tune that maybe even pre-dates the french settlers in the bayou!
Dull my senses steal my pride principles denied Passion faked and sold to the anthem green and gold. Colour of the virtue by working like a slave More precious than life? itself what''s the colour tempting fate? What''s the colour of money what''s the colour of money? Don''t tell me that you think it''s green me I know it''s red. What''s the colour of money what''s the colour of money? Don''t tell me that you think it''s green me I know it''s red! Dull my senses steal my pride principles denied Passion faked and sold to the anthem green and gold. What was a useful tool has taken our control? It takes away your hearts and wraps it up around your soul. What''s the colour of money what''s the colour of money? . . . What''s the colour of money what''s the colour of…
For some reason the words what's the color of money came to me last night. And I was like oh my gosh! I remember a song from the 80's What's the Color of Money. Looked it up ~ And I'm listening to it now in a different way than I did when I was younger.
Stumbled upon the vinyl and though that it was a hip hop album based on the cover. Curiosity led me to buy it, and I got positively surprised. It’s a great pop/funk fusion album that was way ahead of its time.
Top tune of 86 in my professional opinion. Relevant and timeless message. This band should of been big . Great front man for a band. Perhaps they had poor management or this song upset the greedy callous elite.
For some reason the words what's the color of money came to me last night. And I was like oh my gosh! I remember a song from the 80's What's the Color of Money. Looked it up ~ And I'm listening to it now in a different way than I did when I was younger.
+Shikiraamzingly so Iagree with you .. green is the color of nature .. red should be the color of love , but red is the latest time the color of blood .. let us think about the real color of money .. is the color of LOVE ...
I think hes talking about money being red because red is stop on the traffic light and money makes everything stop.. and the money isnt green any more because on the traffic light that means go but when you get money you dont want it to go.. because then you have money problems.. that what ithink he means
They only want blood,as they say. But when this was a hit here in the UK we still had our own "greenback" if you like,the old green £1 note that was replaced with the £1 coins they introduced in the 80s. There is a splash of red on our £50 notes.
Back in the day i LOVED a movie called Southern Comfort (1981) and its cool Cajun soundtrack. One song in particular called Parlez Nous A Boire by The Balfa Brothers was my favourite. Listening to it decades later on UA-cam i clocked the similarity between the tune of that and this? I could sing the lyrics of Whats The Colour Of Money to Parlez, they literally have the same tune and with this track releasing AFTER Southern Comfort in 1987? I looked it up and YES Hollywood Beyond talked about using that Balfa Brothers tune as a basis. So cool!
When this was a hit, older people were complaining that this was modern garbage with plastic drum computers and the real music was from the 60s and 70s. I love this song and I also love modern music from this year
You do realize that song, “Parlez Nous à Boire” is a traditional French song likely many decades older then the film “Southern Comfort?” So realistically they could have borrowed its tune from many disparate sources.
@@jayb8298 Yeah, I thought your original post was pretty dumb too! I mean, you literally said “PINCHED the music FROM a film called Southern Comfort…” Maybe where you’re from “pinched” is another way to say “where I heard it…” Nice try though! 😆
@@KahlessTheUnforgettable add your laughing emoji...it really convinces me your laughing.....you've just proved me right with another dumb comment....pure nonsense......
@@jayb8298 Okay, I did add it. Here’s another: 🤣 I am laughing! Who wouldn’t laugh at someone saying “PINCHED the music FROM a film called Southern Comfort…” only to follow that up with “I was just saying where I first heard it…” The two are incompatible my guy. Proved you right how? What were you trying to prove exactly? Unless the word PINCHED means something completely different where you are from. I’m satisfied that you’ve chosen to focus on an inconsequential emoji versus the substance of my comment. Make no mistake, I realize it is hard to man up and admit you misspoke! Now, unless you’ve the testicular fortitude to explain what you meant by PINCHED, let’s just leave it at that, eh? I’m starting to feel secondhand embarrassment for you. Pure nonsense indeed! 😂 EDIT: you’re* BTW
Fantastic song, If your feet stay still phone the Doctor. Open another UA-cam page and run "Islamic remix dance" and kill the sound, watch it will THIS and it is absolutely amazing, you dont have to time it, no matter where this track starts it fits the dancing, amazing
86 why this reminds me of my dad is he paul Newman?😅I always thought this was from the film colour of money with Paul Newman you see my dad reminds me of Paul Newman
It was one of those one-off hits,in the summer of 1986 which was full of them,and I heard it a lot at the time. Just as the "Greed is Good" era was ramping up but a couple of years off reaching its peak. I don't think I've heard it since,until now.
The color of money is not black or white , nor cream or RED .. the color of money is PINK .. the color of LOVE ... thanks to the singer .. I love his attitude ..
Pink is my favorite color, but I think you are missing the point of this great song. I'm sure he means that people have been killed for money and that the red represents blood of the murdered.
I loved this so much I've always remembered it 30 odd years on. And sung it often but didn't know who wrote it. I'd love to do a cover with the original artists.
My Favorit!!! I like Hollywood beyond!!! Overwehlming und Wunderschön und Wunderbar!!! I am Michael Matthias Frohn Mühlstroh und Jesus Christus!!! MF4!!! ❤❤❤😂!!! Make my day!!!
I remember arguing with my stepdad about the name of the song. Me saying it was: "What's the colour of money" whilst he said "What's the number of money". We still had that old renault car.
And, of course, only gorgeous men and half-naked men, with deep, sad eyes dumped there to tempt SOMEONE...eh eh. Think about it. It is also wrong. Very wrong.
I heard this song for the first time today and was so excited to find out EVERYTHING about this band, only to find a really small back catalogue, what a shame!
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This song does not sound 36 years old,still better than 99.9% of the shit that passes for music nowadays.
Love it 2023 great memorys Dublin ireland
awesome what a great era of music
Taken me years to find this again 2024
There was a movie in the early 70's called 'Southern Comfort' based around some national guardsmen on exercise down in the swamps of Louisiana with Cajun people. In the film there was a well known Cajun band called 'The Balfa Brothers' playing a song called 'La parlez nous et Boire' and sung in Cajun French (I have the L.P.).......This is exactly the same music, not sure about the lyrics though!
That's exactly why I'm here! One of my favourite movies of all time
Couldn't agree more! Exactly Right! Traditional folk cajun song from 1981 Walter Hill's star studded epic masterpiece! Much older tune that maybe even pre-dates the french settlers in the bayou!
and the fukin scene of slaughtering a pig
Southern Comfort was my preferred poison a couple of years in my late 20’s . Born and live and prob die in Sweden 🇸🇪
classic ....2020 and still good
2022 and still stands.
2023 and still stands.
Dull my senses
steal my pride
principles denied
Passion faked and sold to the anthem green and gold.
Colour of the virtue by working like a slave
More precious than life? itself
what''s the colour tempting fate?
What''s the colour of money
what''s the colour of money?
Don''t tell me that you think it''s green
me I know it''s red.
What''s the colour of money
what''s the colour of money?
Don''t tell me that you think it''s green
me I know it''s red!
Dull my senses
steal my pride
principles denied
Passion faked and sold to the anthem green and gold.
What was a useful tool
has taken our control?
It takes away your hearts and wraps it up around your soul.
What''s the colour of money
what''s the colour of money? . . .
What''s the colour of money
what''s the colour of…
Love this song. Very relevant lyrics too. Feel chills down my spine each time I hear it.
I love money.
You need to get out more
@@markjones-rc1nm
Why because he likes the song 😂
I had a memory and had to dig it up. Glad I did.
who's watching? 2023
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For some reason the words what's the color of money came to me last night. And I was like oh my gosh! I remember a song from the 80's What's the Color of Money. Looked it up ~ And I'm listening to it now in a different way than I did when I was younger.
Me.. too many times 😂
2024 💪🏽
Good music, love 80s
It's pity that a little people have listened to this song. And song is wonderful.
Stumbled upon the vinyl and though that it was a hip hop album based on the cover. Curiosity led me to buy it, and I got positively surprised. It’s a great pop/funk fusion album that was way ahead of its time.
I agree
Ko su po tebi mali ljudi? Ova pesma nije lepa, već upozoravajuća
@@jovankabrankov190A little znači mali broj a ne mali po rastu. Prevod: Šteta što malo ljudi sluša ovu pesmu. Pesma je predivna
Svakako nije predivna pesma,ima mnogo dublje značenje o ustrojstvu ovog sveta u kome živimo,rekoh da je upozoravajuća u vremenu u kom živimo
I have the album on vinyl. It is outstanding! Should have been a monster hit 👍🏻
M e too! And so many people dont remember this song when you mention it to them.. Always thought it was and still is fantastic
It was in many countries, very confused!
I can't believe I forgot this song and the video....so true in this day and age...
Loved this song when five years old and 35 years later still my favourite song
Good taste you have! 👍✌️🤜🤛
The song just gets more real the older you get...
Superb song!!
Top tune of 86 in my professional opinion. Relevant and timeless message. This band should of been big . Great front man for a band. Perhaps they had poor management or this song upset the greedy callous elite.
This was int charts when I passed my driving test , Happy Days
For some reason the words what's the color of money came to me last night. And I was like oh my gosh! I remember a song from the 80's What's the Color of Money. Looked it up ~ And I'm listening to it now in a different way than I did when I was younger.
loves this in the 90s loveit now .who's listening .in 2020
The song is from the 80s, and was released in 1986
@@quattromori5496we know, she’s saying she listened to it in the 90s.
Colour of money always Green and Red if you get what I mean - envy and evil. Fabulous singer - where is he now?
+Shikiraamzingly so Iagree with you .. green is the color of nature .. red should be the color of love , but red is the latest time the color of blood .. let us think about the real color of money .. is the color of LOVE ...
I think hes talking about money being red because red is stop on the traffic light and money makes everything stop.. and the money isnt green any more because on the traffic light that means go but when you get money you dont want it to go.. because then you have money problems.. that what ithink he means
They only want blood,as they say. But when this was a hit here in the UK we still had our own "greenback" if you like,the old green £1 note that was replaced with the £1 coins they introduced in the 80s. There is a splash of red on our £50 notes.
@@rjjcms1 I remember clearly - that £1 note is worth a bit if you have any lying around - more so the £5 note before they became polymere.
Back in the day i LOVED a movie called Southern Comfort (1981) and its cool Cajun soundtrack. One song in particular called Parlez Nous A Boire by The Balfa Brothers was my favourite. Listening to it decades later on UA-cam i clocked the similarity between the tune of that and this? I could sing the lyrics of Whats The Colour Of Money to Parlez, they literally have the same tune and with this track releasing AFTER Southern Comfort in 1987? I looked it up and YES Hollywood Beyond talked about using that Balfa Brothers tune as a basis. So cool!
Just finished watching Southern Comfort again...that's why I came here...👍
1986
When this was a hit, older people were complaining that this was modern garbage with plastic drum computers and the real music was from the 60s and 70s. I love this song and I also love modern music from this year
Pinched the music from a film called Southern Comfort 1981...i knew it at the time as a 15 year old....great song great movie.....
You do realize that song, “Parlez Nous à Boire” is a traditional French song likely many decades older then the film “Southern Comfort?” So realistically they could have borrowed its tune from many disparate sources.
@KahlessTheUnforgettable what a dumb comment...all I was saying is where I heard it....I know now it's older......
@@jayb8298 Yeah, I thought your original post was pretty dumb too! I mean, you literally said “PINCHED the music FROM a film called Southern Comfort…” Maybe where you’re from “pinched” is another way to say “where I heard it…” Nice try though! 😆
@@KahlessTheUnforgettable add your laughing emoji...it really convinces me your laughing.....you've just proved me right with another dumb comment....pure nonsense......
@@jayb8298 Okay, I did add it. Here’s another: 🤣 I am laughing! Who wouldn’t laugh at someone saying “PINCHED the music FROM a film called Southern Comfort…” only to follow that up with “I was just saying where I first heard it…” The two are incompatible my guy. Proved you right how? What were you trying to prove exactly? Unless the word PINCHED means something completely different where you are from. I’m satisfied that you’ve chosen to focus on an inconsequential emoji versus the substance of my comment. Make no mistake, I realize it is hard to man up and admit you misspoke! Now, unless you’ve the testicular fortitude to explain what you meant by PINCHED, let’s just leave it at that, eh? I’m starting to feel secondhand embarrassment for you. Pure nonsense indeed! 😂 EDIT: you’re* BTW
this was when music didn't suck
This could be re released as a sea shanty :-)
Them f*cking good Bass Lines........😂
what a classic
a song, since when i first heard it, never forgotten......amazing lyrics.......
Plagiarism or inspiration from the cajun balfa brothers ? Sounds suspiciously similar
A homarge or a direct rip off. me thinks. Parlez vous a Boire is much better. IMO
I'd call it a rip off personally.
What a song don't understand the song tho know the lyrics off by heart pmsl
Blood money and slavery.
Loves this song, big hit in Denmark back then.
I love this song and I still dance to it.
This is fucking awesome, by the way I'm listening
Relevant AF
Fantastic song, If your feet stay still phone the Doctor. Open another UA-cam page and run "Islamic remix dance" and kill the sound, watch it will THIS and it is absolutely amazing, you dont have to time it, no matter where this track starts it fits the dancing, amazing
86 why this reminds me of my dad is he paul Newman?😅I always thought this was from the film colour of money with Paul Newman you see my dad reminds me of Paul Newman
What a great Bassline !
i fancied the singer .when this song came .out ha ha
outstanding song and artist.
The best ever❤ Regards from Serbia
Great tune, it came on randomly on the jukebox in my local the other day. Never heard it before.
It was one of those one-off hits,in the summer of 1986 which was full of them,and I heard it a lot at the time. Just as the "Greed is Good" era was ramping up but a couple of years off reaching its peak. I don't think I've heard it since,until now.
Reminds me of my dad, me and my brother would play this tune out of my dad's collection always got us rocking👍
Me before: ha ha man say money is funny colour
Me after: all money is ultimately minted on the suffering of others
Whatever happened to these guys, this song was a classic in it's days, and still sounds good today
Broke up over 30 years ago after their second album was rejected by their record company. This was their only hit
The color of money is not black or white , nor cream or RED .. the color of money is PINK .. the color of LOVE ... thanks to the singer .. I love his attitude ..
Pink is my favorite color, but I think you are missing the point of this great song. I'm sure he means that people have been killed for money and that the red represents blood of the murdered.
The love of money is the root of all evil
Absolute exactly! 🤜🤛
this chap should have been huge
I loved this so much I've always remembered it 30 odd years on. And sung it often but didn't know who wrote it. I'd love to do a cover with the original artists.
The best ever ❤ regards from Serbia
My Favorit!!! I like Hollywood beyond!!! Overwehlming und Wunderschön und Wunderbar!!! I am Michael Matthias Frohn Mühlstroh und Jesus Christus!!! MF4!!! ❤❤❤😂!!! Make my day!!!
I remember arguing with my stepdad about the name of the song. Me saying it was: "What's the colour of money" whilst he said "What's the number of money". We still had that old renault car.
I thought it was watch the golden mountain. 🤣🤣😂
Amsterdam on Monday
👍👏🍀
My half brother! Mark only found out just over a year ago!! 🤗
That its a great collection hit
Der Hit ist so cool ❤
And, of course, only gorgeous men and half-naked men, with deep, sad eyes dumped there to tempt SOMEONE...eh eh. Think about it. It is also wrong. Very wrong.
11 people don't think the colour of money is red
Unique and exciting pop addition to the 80s music scene, made you feel wealthy even if monetary investments dead
2023 ♥️🔥💯
Lizendary voice.
Still listening 2024 🙌
me? i know its red
I played this deliberately to my husband of learning the cost of money still the penny didn't fall of understanding 😅
Lewis Hamilton has based his look on you 35 years later! great song with great memories thank you
Fk I loved this song, and still do. Epic. Time I did a beast remix of this !
Somebody at school thought it was " what's the colour of my leg"
Hehe 😂
I bought the album at the time. Still got it, but the turntable needs work.
2022 Still sounds great
That bassline 😍
Questa canzone la dedico al mio amico Simone! Bravo simo.! 👏👏👏
I heard this song for the first time today and was so excited to find out EVERYTHING about this band, only to find a really small back catalogue, what a shame!
Thank you for somg thats make miy day!!
Green
Hi mark and jamie just bought the hollywood beyond album on c.d it's great a big hello from coventry band the eyes of isabel
a very young seal
Tune 2023
Filmed in and around Barcelona, Spain.
Nice one for that. The video is modern af. Could be one of those tartarian vids lol
In Sherlock Holmes la canzone del combattimento nei sotterranei é praticamente la stessa. Era una vecchia musica irlandese?
"Parlez-nous à boire" rip off
I wish I had those cheekbones ! 🙂
Parlez Nous A Boire
AH.. this is nostalgic ❤
ja
Green ,blue, beige and purple ish,, asked and answered Hollywood Beyond,no point in making a big song and dance about it, jeess
Indeed is green but Your Man got refrigency aberation.Do not convict him.He will go furious.That is all for this...portion of 24 hours...
Still rocking me
Did he gave away his profits for his music or did he kept the money?
I tought so :-)
Epic 80's🔥🔥🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
makes me happy this song
2021🥳🥳🥳🥳
Hi from 2024
I bought this single... haven't listened to it for years... what a great beat... very celtic...
canzone gigantesca
Memory lane walk
Rodat a Barcelona
goed nr
vedo nerissimo karo cinese modern tal king under pression
Sehr cool ❤❤
Should have been much bigger.