Black and White
The Raincoats * Track #5 On The Raincoats
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- #5Black and White
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- #6Lola
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- #7The Void
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- #8Life on the Line
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- #9You’re a Million
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- #10In Love
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- #11No Looking
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This song and In Love set the Raincoats apart in an early punk/post-punk world where artists rarely wrote songs about love, but both songs are less about love as a positive force and more about the uncertainty and anxiety that it can bring.
Ana da Silva wrote Black and White’s lyrics specifically a...
Black and White Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Is it love when I see your face on the rails?
Is it love when I see your face on the rails?
When the black and white landscape
Makes me write this black and white song?
[Verse 2]
Is it love when I fear you talking to me?
Is it love when I fear you talking to me
And discover it was just a longing
Turned into a black and white song?
[Verse 3]
Is it love when I don't know who you are?
Is it love when I don't know who you are?
And have to look out of the window
To write this black and white song?
Black and White Q&A
Who wrote Black and White's ?
Black and White was written by The Raincoats.
Who produced Black and White's ?
Black and White was produced by Mayo Thompson & Geoff Travis & The Raincoats.
When did The Raincoats release Black and White?
The Raincoats released Black and White on Wed Nov 21 1979.