Rose Tint My World
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"Rose Tint My World" is the fourteenth song in the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show
and its film counterpart The Rocky Horror Picture Show
. It is part 1 of 3 of the "Floor Show Medley" towards the end of the show.
Columbia opens the song describing the innocent and fun beginnings of her escapades with Frank. She sings that it was when Frank started working on Rocky that morals were blurred and things grew out of hand. Rocky sings next of his predicament: that he's only had seven hours of life, loves to orgasm and can't control his desires. Brad sings a different melody dictating the effects of the trance he's in in a negative light, whilst Janet sings of the same trance in a positive light. She seems to like Frank. This melody that Brad and Janet sing is once again implemented when Riff Raff cuts the celebration short.
The title of the song refers to the idiomatic expression of looking through rose
-colored glasses, meaning that one is an optimist, seeing only the good and either refusing or unable to see the bad things in life.
, but the whole track was released simply as "Rose Tint My World". Also, the band Luckie Strike did a cover version of this on The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show
.
The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show is a long-running British horror comedy stage musical, which opened in London on 19 June 1973. It was written by Richard O'Brien, produced and directed by Jim Sharman. It came eighth in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"...
and its film counterpart The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the 1975 film adaptation of the British rock musical stageplay, The Rocky Horror Show, written by Richard O'Brien. The film is a parody of B-movie, science fiction and horror films of the late 1940s through early 1970s. Director Jim Sharman collaborated on the...
. It is part 1 of 3 of the "Floor Show Medley" towards the end of the show.
Columbia opens the song describing the innocent and fun beginnings of her escapades with Frank. She sings that it was when Frank started working on Rocky that morals were blurred and things grew out of hand. Rocky sings next of his predicament: that he's only had seven hours of life, loves to orgasm and can't control his desires. Brad sings a different melody dictating the effects of the trance he's in in a negative light, whilst Janet sings of the same trance in a positive light. She seems to like Frank. This melody that Brad and Janet sing is once again implemented when Riff Raff cuts the celebration short.
The title of the song refers to the idiomatic expression of looking through rose
Rose (color)
Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel, on which it is at hue angle of 330 degrees.Rose is one of the tertiary colors on the HSV color wheel...
-colored glasses, meaning that one is an optimist, seeing only the good and either refusing or unable to see the bad things in life.
Cover versions
The entire "Floor Show Medley," including "Rose Tint My World" has been covered by Suburban LegendsSuburban Legends
Suburban Legends are a third wave ska/pop band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998, and are currently based out of Santa Ana, California.- History :...
, but the whole track was released simply as "Rose Tint My World". Also, the band Luckie Strike did a cover version of this on The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show
The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show
The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show is an album featuring the soundtrack of the 1975 cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show as performed by modern punk rock bands...
.