Introduction
There are a lot of songs that mention the color red in them. The color is either mentioned as a part of the song title or the lyrics of the song itself. The color red has a big significance in the music industry. Back in the 1950’s, 1960’s and the 1970’s, there was a category of songs known as the Red Songs that were written mainly for propaganda purposes. They were majorly sung in China.
History
There have been campaigns going on lately that were aimed at reviving the Red Songs especially during the 90th anniversary of china which may have gone out of order a little. There have been advents aimed at looking for Red Song choirs so that they can be interviewed as well as filmed. There also have been articles that have had the focus of calling the Red Songs revival and see if there could be used in the revolution of culture in China.
The red songs have been attributed to the revival of the old party spirit in the country of china. Many of the parents do not find singing the red songs to be a new thing for they started singing them when they were still teenagers and young adults during the period of Cultural Revolution. The songs however mean so much to them for they sang them during the most formative, crucial and a decade that they cannot forget in their lives.
Features
Some of the songs that are sung nowadays have the color red mentioned in them with some of them having a meaning attached to the events that happened in the past like the one in china while others has quite different meanings. The red color may be used to portray a hidden meaning or the meaning that can be plainly figured out. The following are some of the songs that have the color red mentioned in them:
1. Little Red Blood Sucker by Moray Eel
2. Masque of the Red Death by Nox Arcana
3. Red Wings Over Baron by Powerglove
4. When the Moon Shines Red by Powerwolf
5. Red Code Cult by Septic Flesh
6. Red War by Probot
7. The Red Funeral by Sigh
Tips and comments
The red color in all these songs has been used to give different meanings. In some songs you will find that it has been used symbolically to portray blood, in some cases it might be used to imply an event that causes death which involves spilling of blood like an accident while in some cases it will be used to mean plainly the color red itself. There maybe a lot of interpretations as to what the red songs mean but the actual meaning that was meant to be put forward lies with the composer of the particular song. So it may be possible that what one person thinks that the song is talking about may not be what another person is thinking or what the writer of that song intended to communicate. So with the assistance of the writer of a particular red song, you might be able to know its actual meaning.
