songs referencing food: your playlist

[tatamagouche]

I want to compile one starting now, can't immediately find a thread on this, though I'd be surprised if there hasn't been one at some point...

Anyway, some old favorites off the top of my head:

"She Don't Use Jelly," Flaming Lips
"Starfish and Coffee," Prince
"Punky's Dilemma," Simon & Garfunkel ("wish I was a Kellogg's cornflake"...)
"Eggs and Sausage," Tom Waits
"Toast and Jelly," Poi Dog Pondering

ONE EXCEPTION: No "Cherry Pie"!

[Fydeaux]

I havent scanned to whole thread to see if this has been mentioned or not, but I just ran across a song by Four Bitchin' Babes called Take Me Out To Eat. It's from a CD called Buy Me, Bring Me, Take Me: Dont Mess My Hair Volume 2.

[RUK]

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/385283

[Delucacheesemonger]

Went through whole list to find my fav not there

Hot pork sandwiches ( Tanita Tikkeram )

[buttertart]

I love her!!! You're right.

[Kagemusha]

Slim Gaillard, "Potato Chips" and "Dunkin Bagel"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFpztcGHAog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xlLol...

[beteez]

Ho Cake by Mofro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o8A6d...

[HungryPixie]

Ooooooooooh this is fuuuuuuun!!!

cosmopolitan / erin mckeown ... cosmopolitans and ladies looking for pills in draperies ...
concha y toro / wild strawberries ... I don't mind what they are saying I know you're my little red. I met you at the liquor store you were hanging with your friends ...
church/ lyle lovett ... To the Lord let praises be It's time for dinner now let's go eat We've got some beans and some good cornbread Now listen to what the preacher said ...
cornbread & butterbeans / carolina sunshine trio ... cornbread & butterbeans and you across the table eatin beans and makin' love as long as i am able ... 
come away from it / ani difranco ... do you gotta have a tripledecker super fudge sundae with a g*dd*mn cherry on top?

[Alcachofa]

Another "I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned" song:

"Dinner Bell" by They Might Be Giants. Not just passing references to food, but totally about food and anticipation of food, to the point of eating leftovers off your clothes.

[Passadumkeg]

Happy 90th Birthday, Dave Brubeck!
"Mr. Fats"
"How Does your Garden Grow"
"Tea for Two, Way Down Yonder"

[oakjoan]

How about

He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
By the Pioneer Chicken stand

From Carmalita by the forever to be missed Warren Zevon...even though the Pioneer Chicken stand is on Echo Park Blvd.

[buttertart]

It figures that WZ would be one of your favorites (mine too).

[josquared]

It's an instrumental, but the video would definitely be on my video food playlist - Mr. Scruff's "Sweet Smoke"

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x18k...

[kattyeyes]

"That's the Kinda Sugar Papa Likes" - The Brian Setzer Orchestra

[kattyeyes]

How'd I miss these cuts from Beck's Midnite Vultures?
"Hollywood Freaks" (hot dogs, No-Doz, hot sex in back rows...) and "Nicotine and Gravy!"

[jamesm]

Fun thread: Here's my contribution. I'm surprised there's been no mention of any of Dean Wareham's bands.

I listen to Luna and Galaxie 500 a lot, but especially when I'm cooking and Dean Wareham (who fronted both bands) has many food related songs or lyrics, including:
Black Champagne
Swedish Fish
Orange Peel
Egg Nog
Lyric from Renee is Crying:
"Salt and Pepper Squid
Singapore noodles
I could look at your face
For oodles and oodles"

From Cindy Tastes of Barbecue:
"Your purple mouth says snicker smack
I'm turning round I'm turning back
Cindy tastes of barbecue
Cindy tastes like cream
I made a promise to the hills"

As Dean and Britta a duet featuring him and former Luna member Britta Phillips:
Ginger Snaps

And from Galaxie 500:
Lyric from Strange:
"I went along down to the drugstore
I went out back and took a Coke
I stood in line and ate my Twinkies
I stood in line, I had to wait"

Galaxie 500 also covered Cheese and Onions
I'm sure there are others too, but I can't recall them from the top of my head. Other food music I like or can think of:

Jesus and Mary Chain: (of course they often aren't literally singing about food)
Some Candy Talking
Just Like Honey

Others:
Lambchop - Smuckers
Stereolab - Emperor tomato Ketchup
Stereloab - Margarine Rock
Nick Drake - Milk and Honey
Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon
Dream Syndicate - Days of Wine and Roses
Velvet Underground - Candy Says
Yo La Tengo - Crispy Duck
Yo La Tengo - Return to Hot Chicken

Beat Happening - Indian Summer lyrics have several references to food:

Breakfast in cemetery
Boy tasting wild cherry
Touch girl, apple blossom
Just a boy playing possum

We'll come back for Indian Summer
We'll come back for Indian Summer
We'll come back for Indian Summer
And go our separate ways

What is that cheerful sound?
Rain falling on the ground
We'll wear a jolly crown
Buckle up, we're wayward bound

We'll come back for Indian Summer
We'll come back for Indian Summer
We'll come back for Indian Summer
And go our separate ways

Motorbike to cemetery
Picnic on wild berries
French toast with molasses
Croquet and Baked Alaskas

We'll come back for Indian Summer
We'll come back for Indian Summer
We'll come back for Indian Summer
And go our separate ways

Cover me with rain
Walk me down the lane
I'll drink from your drain
We will never change
No matter what they say

[tatamagouche]

Ah, a man after my own musical heart. Great list! How'd I forget "Just Like Honey" when I started this thread 2 years ago?! And kudos for the Galaxie 500 memories.

[jcmods]

Two new (to me) ones
The Hamburglars - "Shamrock Shake"
Cornershop - "Houston Hash"
Look 'em up, I think they're worth the time.

[Alcachofa]

Should Jamiroquai be on this list? All his songs. Because "Jamiroquai" sounds like it should be a food item.

[kattyeyes]

HA HA HA...someone I run with referred to them as Ja mirepoix, so maybe you think similarly? ;) Meantime, how 'bout some "Canned Heat" to keep us on topic! DANCE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PXxPQ...

[josquared]

George Clinton - Do Fries Go With That Shake?

[guilty]

And what about "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall"?

[guilty]

Chocolate Salty Balls!

[TongoRad]

(...allright, just one more post, I swear...)

My personal playlist would definitely include a buncha polka songs, the most obvious one asking the musical question: "Who Stole the Kishka?". The rest would be, unsurprisingly, about beer.

[lonniechu]

I'm looking for a few last words from two versions of the "Meat Cutter Blues." A friend who used to work at Le Cirque ended up here in Syracuse, NY (long story, don't ask) and became the meat manager of a local grocery store. I've wanted to send him lyrics, but I'm missing words and it's driving me nuts. So here are the two versions - the first one as sung by St. Louis Bessie
(http://www.we7.com/#/song/St-Louis-Bessie/Meat-Cutter-Blues) and the second one by Peetie Wheatstraw. If anyone knows the missing words, please let me know!

http://www.we7.com/#/song/St-Louis-Bessie/Meat-Cutter-Blues

I been ____ all day ain't had a bite to eat
walkn the streets and looking for a butcher to cut my meat
Now it's night and still I'm looking for a butcher to cut my meat
cuz I cannot sleep til I get a butcher to cut my meat

I want you to cut my bacon and grind my sausage, too
I want you to cut my bacon and grind my sausage, too
You're a real good meat cutter and you know just how to do

I want you cut my liver, chop my ribs and cut my steak
I want you cut my liver, chop my ribs and cut my steak
Every time I think about you it makes my poor heart ache

I've had a fire in my range and waater in my pot
I've had a fire in my range and waater in my pot
You ain't cut my meat yet and my range is still gettin' hot

If you can't cut my meat I'll get a butcher from way downtown
If you can't cut my meat I'll get a butcher from way downtown
But my range is still heatin' and my damper needs turnin' down

Mmm... butcher please cut my meat
Mmm... Mister butcher please cut my meat
I've been standing here all day long beggin' you to cut my meat

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http://www.7digital.com/artists/kansa... (click on number 15 to listen

)

Meat Cutter Blues by Peetie Wheatstraw

I'm the meat cutter, babe I can cut your meat
Anything an' a lot of trimmin' I can do it so nice and neat

I can grind your sausage, I can cut yo poke chop too
I can do any kind of cuttin' wantin' you to do

I can slice your bacon, I can cut your ham
I'm the meat cutter right out of ol' Alabam'

Now bring me my cleaver and my old butcher knife
Why some low down luck girl sho' done cut my life

Now listen here babe, Oh please don't be no fool
Some day this old meat cutter will juju __ too

Now come in here babe, let me love all your __
I'm the ol' meat cutter and I sure don't ___

I got a brand new knife and I grind it on my stone
When I go to cut your meat I can cut it to de bone

[isadorasmama]

Cheese and Onions: The Ruttles/Galaxie 500

[Parrotgal]

Y'all are so much younger than me!

Bread and Butter by the Newbeats

Sugar, Sugar by the Archies

[Veggo]

When this thread started we were all 2 years younger!

[kattyeyes]

Diana Krall - "Popsicle Toes"

[Fydeaux]

That was an early Michael Franks song. He also did one called "Eggplant".

[kattyeyes]

Thanks for that info. "Eggplant" is an even better food song, and I hadn't heard it previously. Too cool not to share:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrtQ6c...

"Maybe she's Italian..." Yes, I am! :)

[TongoRad]

Wow- I just read this whole thread and apparently I'm the first to consider NRBQ's "RC Cola and a Moon Pie"! That one's got food mentions all throughout it.

They also did an homage to Girl Scout Cookies.

[kattyeyes]

Holy cow--how can that be? That's a classic! I once caught a moon pie they tossed into the audience at one of their shows. :)

EDIT: And fercyin'outloud, also from the 'Q, "Howard Johnson's Got His Ho-Jo Workin'--what is not to love about a song that mentions grilled cheese? :)

http://popup.lala.com/popup/165760616...

[WaTriChowHound]

So many great songs...a few from my favorite artist G Love and Special Sauce....Home Cookin' and the best "Cold Beverages" if you haven't heard them check them out!

[kattyeyes]

Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - "Do You Wanna Touch Me"
"My, my, my, whisky and rye, don't it make you feel so fine?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XELpxA...

[Passadumkeg]

The Kingston Trio: Scotch & Soda. Ask your mom.

[Veggo]

A trio no longer - we lost John Stewart the year this thread started.

[Passadumkeg]

But didn't he replace Dave Guard?

[Passadumkeg]

Kinston Trio: Raspberries, Srawberries.....and here's to the girls we drink it to!

[Veggo]

Yes, he died first.

[Alcachofa]

Based on a semi-recent blog post, by an excellent writer in Denver ;-) , I was reminded of this song, and am surprised it is not already mentioned here:
"Mexican Wine" by Fountains of Wayne.

[tatamagouche]

Aw!

I'm so glad this post is still going. It's always fun.

[Veggo]

And timeless, too. Roger Daltrey has been out here in the fields where he has fought for his meals for about 40 years now. Has there ever been a better R&R song intro than Baba O'Reilly?

[HillJ]

I can't think of one.

[TongoRad]

Eh. Whatever Boils Your Crawfish.

;)

[birdygirl68]

First, I've gotta say: songs about sex and food are great on this list. Songs, as above, about genocide (Billie Holiday's STRANGE FRUIT) or genital mutilation (Tori Amos' CORNFLAKE GIRL) are repugnant additions to a playlist about food. Did I say repugnant? I meant heinous. Otherwise there are some fantastic lists in this thread.
That said, here are my additions (there might be repeats from other lists):
Pass The Peas - The J.B.s
Mr. Sellack - The Roches
Halley's Waitress - Fountains of Wayne
Hot Potatoes - The Kinks
Cook That Dinner, Dora - Loudon Wainwright
Making Pies - Patty Griffin
Cherry Pie - Sade
Stuffy Turkey - Thelonious Monk
Chocolate and Strawberries - The Januaries
Hot Sauce - Thomas Dolby
Old Joe's Place - The Folksmen (from A Mighty Wind)
Apple Tree - Erykah Badu
Soul Kitchen - The Doors
E Eats Everything - They Might Be Giants
Everybody Eats When They Come To My House - Cab Calloway
Cheeseburger - Gang of Four
The Epic of Peanut Butter and Jelly - Joe Wise
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
Coconut - Harry Nilsson
Kitchen - The Lemonheads
Lisa - Morcheeba and Anthony Bourdain
Food - Nellie McKay
Ice Cream - Sarah McLaughlin
Ingredients of Love - Angie Stone
Sweet Potato - Sia
Potato Chips - Slim Gaillard
Abominable Snowman in the Market - Jonathan Richman
Butterbeans - B-52s

[dingey]

"MR. Sellack"!!!!!!! THANK YOU! I totally forgot that one!

I'll get down on my knees and scrub behind the steaam table.

For that matter, let's add "Ireland" by the Roches, too. I hope they have health food in Dublin, and strawberry apricot pie. If they don't have those things in Dublin, we'll probably die.

[kattyeyes]

Speaking of "Pass the Peas," I thought I had it on disc with the "Hey, Bobby" intro, but do not. That totally makes it for me:
"Hey, Bobby! Why do you like soul food so much?
Because it makes me haaaaaappy!"

[Rmis32]

We'll start off with...
One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer John Lee Hooker
Water Song Hot Tuna

then...
Cornbread Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds
Manteca Ray Barretto

Appetizers -
Hot Tamale Baby Buckwheat Zydeco
They're Red Hot ( Hot Tamales & they're Red Hot) Robert Johnson
Salsa Eddie Palmieri
Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya Dr. John

Entrees -
Fried Neck Bones and Some Homefries Willie Bobo
Ribs and Hot Sauce Lionel Hampton
Red Beans And Rice Booker T & The MG's
Chicken Dog John Scofield
One Meatball Dave Van Ronk
It AIn't the Meat (it's the Motion) Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes (Not really about food, is it?)

Sides -
Fried Bananas Dexter Gordon
Mashed Potato Time (1962) Dee Dee Sharp
Call Any Vegetable Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Pass The Peas Maceo Parker
More Peas Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns
String Bean John Patton

Wine List -
Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee O-Dee Jerry Lee Lewis

Dessert -
Watermelon Man Fred Wesley & The BJ's
Whipped Cream Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Ice Cream Cake Jeff Beck Group
Peaches In Regalia Frank Zappa
Popcorn (Techno Mix) Hot Butter
Hot Buttered Soul Isaac Hayes
Rock & Roll Jelly Stanley Clarke
Jelly Roll Charles Mingus
Honey Pie Beatles
Peanut Vendor Chet Atkins
Candyman Hot Tuna
Green Apple Quick Step Byrds

and finish with...
The Coffee Song (appropriately by) Cream

[dingey]

Has anybody hit on the ridiculous world of pure bubblegum music yet?

"I Like Ice Cream"--The Amazing Pickles

"I Want Sugar All The Time"--Butch Patrick

"Aunt Mathilda's Double Yummy Blow Your Mind Brownies"--2 Dollar Question

[dingey]

"Taco Wagon!"--Young Fresh Fellows

And my lord! How could I forget the Go-Nuts catalog? They are the kings of SNACK ROCK!

Go-Nuts songs:

Food Fight
The Bad Apple
Rebel Without a Snak
Snakless Sonata
Nutrition Break
Nutwaggon
(Let's Bring) Cheese to China
A Day in the Life of a Snak Rock Superstar
Donut Princess
Cheetoe
Bombay (You're My Hostess Cupcake)
S.N.A.K.R.O.C.K.
I See the Mona Lisa (In My Pepperoni Pizza)
More Mayo
Jelly Filled Heart
Hot For Twinkies

++++++++++++++

Also:

"Bacon"--Pop rivets

"Wild Honey"--Beach Boys

"Heinz Baked Beans"--The Who

"Cheese Plug"--Scratch Acid

[dingey]

Great comprehensive work being done on this thread! Here's a few that I don't think I've seen mentioned yet (with apologies for any reruns):

"Chick-Inn" -- Gories

"Potato Chips"--Slim Gaillard

"Matzoh Balls"--Slim Gaillard

"Pizza Party Twist"--Fortune and Maltese and the Phabulous Pallbearers

"Good-n-Plenty"--Fortune and Maltese and the Phabulous Pallbearers

"Food" by the Turtles (as the Bigg Brothers on "The Turtles Present The Battle of the Bands")

"Found a Peanut"--Thee Midnighters

"Ham-n-Eggs"--Tribe Called Quest

"Mustard"--Latin Playboys

"Lemon and Ice"--Latin Playboys

"Yum Yum"--Joe Tex (A great sing/yelled litany of things that his "new jersey baby's gonna FIX for me when I get home!")

"Bacon Fat"--Andre Williams

"Potato Chip"--Shadows of Night

"Lowdown Popcorn"--James Brown

"Tatas Matohs"--Art Ensemble of Chicago

"Orange"--Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

"Cheeseburger"--Gang of Four

"Succotash"--Clawhammer

"Eat That Chicken"--Charles Mingus

"Struttin With Some Barbeque"--Louis Armstrong

"I'm Your Butter and Egg Man"--Louis Armstrong

"Monkey Hips And Rice"--Five Royales

"Welfare Cheese"--Emmanual Laskey

"Boss With the Hot Sauce"--Davis Jones and The Fenders

"One Potato"--Crossfires

"Mo' Greens Please"--Freddie Roach

"Sticky Pigs Feet"--RT and the Pot Lickers

"Mother Pepper"--Desmond Dekker

"Ice Cream for Crow"--Captain Beefheart

"Black Candy"--Beat Happening

"Where are the Prawns?"--The Soft Boys

"Onion Eatin' Mama"--Cliff Carlysle

"Bunion Stew"--Lightnin' Hopkins

"Crisco Party"--Paul Revere and the Raiders

"I Got Your Ice Cold Nu Grape"--The NuGrape Twins

[kimmer1850]

Scissor Sisters "Take Your Mama."

Gonna take your mama out all night
Yeah we'll show her what it's all about
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
We'll let the good times all roll out
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad

[mcsheridan]

A few of these have already been mentioned, but the thread was so long I just couldn't be sure of all of them. Plus, some of mine are bound to be obscure to many, so...

Rad Gumbo, Hamburger Midnight, Tripe Face Boogie - Little Feat
Hot Tamale Baby - Clifton Chenier (used in an antacid commercial a few years ago, and covered by almost every Louisiana musical act.)
Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffett
Couchon de Lait (suckling pig) - Beausoleil
Down at the Twist and Shout - Mary-Chapin Carpenter ("they got a alligator stew and a crawfish pie...")
Too Much - Guy Clark ("...Too much gravy'll make you fat...Too much coffee'll race your heart tick...Too much onion'll make you weepy...Too much Mexican food'll fill you...")
Butter (a paean to food delights remembered), Take Me Out to Eat ("...They got squid and leaks; I see those grouper cheeks, How about that garlic veal? Can't we put aside our politics for just one meal…"), Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind ("I am eating sushi, when I do not like sushi, but he loves sushi and I love him"), Junk Food (more a rap than a song) - Four Bitchin' Babes
Filé Gumbo, Crawfish (this one's a favorite at the bars for the lyric "Squeeze the tail and suck the head"), Dancin' at Double D's ("...they always got some boudin and some hot filé...), Le Chanson des Mardi Gras (about the gumbo ride on Mardi Gras day) - Zachary Richard
Sur Le Courtableau (about a sort of seafood boil, Cajun style), Zarico est pas salé (literally, the snap beans (les haricots) aren't salty, meaning they're too poor to cook 'em with pork) later corrupted to Zydeco est pas salé - Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys

And one oddity I'm pretty sure hasn't been in the list yet:
Yeah, Toast! - Heywood Banks :D
(I get up in the morning about 6 AM
had a little jelly had a little jam
take a piece of bread put it in the slot
push down the lever and the wires get hot

[Chorus]
YEAH TOAST!!
YEAH TOAST!! )

[rferock]

How about:
Redbeans by Marcia Ball
WildBerry pie by David Wilcox
ANd on one of the Laugh Tracks albums (compiled by Christine Lavin) some guy did an unbelievable parady on Springstens born to run, with Eggs like these, baby they were born to run!

[Gigi007]

Here are some of my favorites:

Brown Sugar (the Stones)

Red Vines (Aimee Mann)

Cheeseburger in Paradise (Jimmy Buffet)

Red, Red Wine (UB40)

[vinhotinto75]

Ok - I'm rather late to join this discussion, but so it goes.... In any case, while the majority of the posts have been dedicated to English language songs from the USA, UK, and such, I thought that I would mention that there are an infinite amount of songs from the Portuguese (Lusophone) speaking countries such as Brazilian Samba and MPB, Angolan Semba, Cape Verdean Morna and Funana, and Portugese Fado that reference food; particularly since they deal with everyday life within the lyrics.

Some artists and lyrcists from Brazil include Aldir Blanc & João Bosco; Moacyr Luz; João Nogueira; Paulo César Pinheiro; Chico Buarque; Carlinhos Vergueiro; and many others.

From Portugal: Carlos do Carmo and many other fadistas embrace cuisine and wine in their lyrics.

From Angola and Cape Verde, there are many, yet the references to fish, beer, and many other regional dishes are ubiquitous throughout the various genres of semba (Angola) and morna (Cape Verde).

Also, one neglected mention on an English language song - although Squeeze has been mentioned - is from Glenn Tilbrook's debut album - <The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook.> The last track, "Sunday Breakfast Treat," is a song about making Welsh Rarebit! Truly a Sunday Treat!

Another personal favorite is from Martin Sexton called"Diner." This can be found on his 1996 album, <Black Sheep.> This song makes me hungry for a burger and fries whenever I hear it!

Also, the brilliant Scottish band Del Amitri has multiple references to food and drink in their lyrics!

Cheers and Saúde!

[tatamagouche]

Del Amitri, wow! Their first album is still one of my all time faves.

[nofunlatte]

Guero Canelo (Calexico)
Milk (Jimmie's Chicken Shack)
Lemon Meringue (Poe)
Milkshake Girl (Giant Sand)
Honey (Venus Hum)
A Taste of Honey (Martin Denny)

this is fun! Gotta go through the music collection (which has the corollary benefit of playing stuff I've not listened to for ages!)

[JohnE O]

"Boom, Like That" by Mark Knopfler. It's about Ray Kroc and McDonalds's, but you can ignore the lyrics and listen to the guitar and it's all good.

[andieb]

here's one that no one seems to have mentioned-rapper's delight by the sugarhill gang.

[Old Spice]

"Red Wine at Noon," Joy Of Cooking

[buttertart]

Great band, great a propos name for this thread as well. Terri Garthwaite - what a voice.

[poofty]

Black Bean Soup-David Soul (b-side to don't give up on us)
Toast-Heywood Banks (comedian)
Too High for the Supermarket-the Uninvited

[kattyeyes]

HA HA, well, Black Bean Soup pairs nicely with Bread. :)

[Agent Orange]

"Your flavor in my mind
swings back and forth between
sweeter than any wine
and bitter as mustard greens

And it's light and dark as honeydew
and pumperknickel bread
the trap I set for you
seems to have caught my leg instead"

- 'In a Sweater Poorly Knit' : mewithoutYou

[uwebres]

Southern Culture on the Skids has a great song called Banana Pudding

[Sloth]

I was just reminded of a ditty from my childhood
The Super Supper March by John Hamblin
Sorry, just can't resist posting the lyrics

Hungry, hungry I am hungry
Table, table here I come
I could eat a goose-moose burger
Fifteen pickles and a purple plum

I could eat three bowls of goulash
Half a pound of wuzzled wheat
I could eat a peck of poobers
Then I'd really get to work and eat

Oysters, noodles, strawberry stroodles
French fries, fish hash, one red beet
Lamb chops, wham chops
Huckleberry mish mash
Oh, the things that I could eat

Doughnuts, dump-a-lings
Blueberry bump-a-lings
Chocolate mush-mash, super sweet
Clam stew, ham stew,
Water melon wush wush
Oh, the stuff that I could eat

Deep dish rhubarb, upside-down cake
I could eat a frittered flum
Hungry, hungry, I am starving
Table, table, here I come

[Veggo]

Sheryl Crow likes her beer buzz early in the morning.

[Passadumkeg]

A stretch.. "Viagra in the Water", by The 4 Bitchin' Babes

"Hot Tamale Baby"

"Hot Dog" , The Detroit cobras

[kattyeyes]

I prefer Led Zeppelin's "Hot Dog"--is it the same tune?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJSoaL...

HOT DOG!!!!!

[markabauman]

One of my favorites- the Hank William's classic:

"Hey Good Lookin' "

"Say hey good lookin'
Whatcha got cookin'
How's about cookin something up with me
Hey sweet baby
Don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe"

[kattyeyes]

Now, that is perfect! Kind of a Chowhound anthem!

[Passadumkeg]

Led who? Katty Eyes, I'm an old fart, I only have Zeppelin's first album on vinyl!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P08BGN...

[kattyeyes]

Come now, Robert Plant's approaching his 61st natal day. Wouldn't that make you about the same vintage (aren't you a little younger, even)? My definition of "old" keeps getting higher, the older I get. I like my "Hot Dog" better than your "Hot Dog"...that's a fun song for the car if ever there was one.

[ynow]

"That's Amore", Frank Sinatra
The Candy Man, from the Willie Wonka soundtrack
Big Rock Candy Mountain, Harry McClintock (O Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack)
Killer Queen by Queen references food ("Let them eat cake")
Ripple by the Grateful Dead if you're going to include alcohol songs
What was the one about "I like pina coladas, taking walks in the rain.." - or was it on the beach?
How about "Some one left the cake out in the rain...." (you didn't say they had to be good songs)
Of course, the classic Oscar Mayer Weiner song and Armour Hot Dog song

[alanbarnes]

Oh, God. Rupert Holmes (The Pina Colada Song) and Richard Harris (MacArthur Park). Those are memories that should not be awakened.

[NellyNel]

Georgia Peachs - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Escape Pina Colada - Rupert Holmes

La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin - "She never drinks the water and makes you order French Champagne " ....... AND "Her skin's the color of Mocha"!!

It Takes Two - Rob Base and EZ Rock - "I like the Whopper, fuck the Big Mac" !!

[NellyNel]

Oh and I forgot -
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood

I guess there could be a whole seperate list for Alcohol referenced songs!

[edible complex]

Rat In Mi Kitchen by UB40

[huaqiao]

Does the ketchup song(Asereje) count? It doesn't actually have anything to do with food, but it has a catchy dance!

[buttertart]

Steve Goodman's The Vegetable Song/The Barnyard Dance - the aural equivalent of the cartoons in which inanimate objects come to life and dance around like crazy when people aren't around. A swell song by a sadly late, great artist.

[Pete Oldtown]

Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer -- David Johanson (or Bessie Smith)

I Just Want Something to Do -- The Ramones (Hangin' out 2nd Avenue/Eating chicken vindaloo)

French Fries W/Pepper -- Morphine

I Need Lunch -- Dead Boys

Mars Bars -- Undertones

More Songs About Chocolate and Girls -- Undertones

Hong Kong Garden -- Siouxie and the Banshees

Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain

[rockycat]

If we're bringing the Ramones into this, then I guess we should add "We're A Happy Family" - Sittin' here in Queens/Eatin' refried beans

[Luvfriedokra]

Egg Man-Beastie Boys, many other songs in which they reference White Castle
Filet of Sole-Dead Milkmen
Ice Cream-Wu Tang
Little Green Apples-Dean Martin
Want A little Sugar in My Bowl-Nina Simone

[Ginsugirl]

I hope to not repeat anyone's lists here, but there is a fine line between inspiration and plagiarism. So here's my list (by no means complete, and some have more to do with drinks than food):

-Red Red Wine (UB40)
-Champagne Supernova (Oasis)
-Common People [references rum and cola, plus the supermarket] (Pulp)
-Miss American Pie [ref's drinks as well] (Don McLean)
-Day-O, aka the banana boat song (Harry Belafonte)
-Closing Time (Leonard Cohen, video filmed at the legendary Matador club)
-Somebody Put Something In My Drink [Tanqueray + Tonic, yum] (the Ramones)
-Thank U [refs alcohol and tea] (Dido)
-Brown Sugar (Rolling Stones)
-I Want Candy [This song is the bane of my existence. I've been trying to get people to stop calling me Candy for 25 years]
-Lost in the Supermarket (the Clash)
-Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday) [yes, I know it's a euphanism, but belongs on the list.
-That's Amore (Tony Bennett?)
-Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)

And of course there has to be one, amazingly appropriate yet overlooked song...

2 Pints of Lager {and a Packet of Crisps Please} (Splodgienessabounds). This was the theme song for a BBC comedy of the same name, and so perfectly sums up the culinary oddity that is Britain. Cheers.

[kattyeyes]

I don't think anyone mentioned these:
Livin' In the U.S.A. - Steve Miller Band "Somebody gimme a cheeseburger!"
Muffin Man - Frank Zappa
Watermelon Crawl - Tracy Byrd
Mambo Italiano - Rosemary Clooney ("Try the enchilada with the fisha baccala!")
The Italian Delight (a.k.a. The Scungilli Song) - Nick Apollo Forte
This is a particularly fun one--frequently in play on my uncle's jukebox when I was a kid (70s/80s)--people in the bar used to sing along:
http://www.box.net/shared/9vdhj1eql1#
"So touch your dish and make the wish and hope it comes again: SCUNGILLI!"

[frittering_away]

It just occured to me that this might count, but I might be stretching

'Truck Got Stuck' by Corb Lund -->"We put what timber we had underneath the wheels and we was all out of sand but managed to steal two sacks of the best modern
Canola seed you ever did see, that oughta give us some traction."

[meatn3]

Probably the newest is John Legend singing about Nutmeg on Steve Colbert's Christmas special:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwV42S...

[alixium]

"don't touch my tomatoes", sung by Josephine Baker
so sweet!

[chilihead]

How could we forget Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Alligator Wine, Feast of the Mau Mau and Cow Fingers and Mosquito pie

[poptart]

More Steely Dan: "Black Cow"
Strawbs: "Lemon Pie"
Frank Zappa: "Burnt Weenie Sandwich"
More Zappa: a quote from Joe's Garage: "Bring me a Colada and Milk"

[brendastarlet]

Anything by Cake, The Cranberries or Spoon to start with.

Others:
"Soul Sister," Sam and Dave (includes the lyrics, "She's brown sugar")
"A Taste of Honey" Lizz Wright or the Herb Alpert version
"Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" Rufus Wainwright
"Cherry Blossom Girl" Air
"The Bakery" Arctic Monkeys
"No More Candy" Barbara Cook
"Free Coffee Town" Ben Folds
"Green Onions" Booker T. and the MGs
"Lost in the Supermarket" The Clash
"Glass of Water" Coldplay

[im hungry]

"vineyard party" supercat , "roast fish and cornbread" lee "scratch" perry ,"six pack" black flag , "guava jelly" bob marley , "i like food" the descendents ,"okra" olu dara , and lastly one of the greatest songs ever written, "eat steak" by reverend horton heat

[tatamagouche]

Speaking of Black Flag, didn't "When the Shit Hits the Fan" have the lines "10-pound blocks of cheese / bags of groceries"? No wait, that was the Circle Jerks. Same thing.

[condiment]

Not the same thing at all! Just ask Keith Morris.

But if we're going punk, the Descendents' Der Weinerschnitzel, or any of that band's impassioned odes to the Bonus Cup: essentially equal quantities of instant coffee, boiling water and sugar mixed together and shotgunned. Mmmmm, bonus cup.

[tatamagouche]

I think that maybe the single most stomach-turning concoction I've ever heard about in my many years of fascination with stomach-turning concoctions on Chowhound and elsewhere. Kudos!

[condiment]

Don't thank me; thank Milo!

[im_nomad]

Just remembered another one "White Light" - Gorillaz

alcohol, alcohol, alcohol.....white light.

[AHan]

"Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast", Pink Floyd
"Baba Ghanooj", The Cavedogs
"It's Martini Time", Rev. Horton Heat

[dingey]

OMG! I can't believe you referenced the Cavedogs! What a great, underrated band!

[BarmyFotheringayPhipps]

When I think of the Cavedogs and food, I think of a spoof ad for a candy bar they did on their old WERS radio show back in the day: The Goodswift KickInTheNuts.

New entry: Vampire Weekend's second album (out today) kicks off with a song called "Horchata."

[dingey]

NICE!

Now I'm off to return to Tater County....

[chilihead]

Funkadelic's What is soul

What is soul?
I don't know, huh!
Soul is a hamhock in your cornflakes, yeah

[condiment]

Also from Funkadelic: Fried Ice Cream Is a Reality.

And it's tempting to include Parliament's ``Chocolate City.''

[ketchupgirl]

"Cracker Crunch," Terry Allen
"Happy Donut," Dieselhed
"Jelly Man Kelly," James Taylor
"C is for Cookie," Cookie Monster
"Candy, Chocolate & Cheese," (?) Ween
"Candy," IggyPop

[coney with everything]

Perfect for this time of year...the Waitresses, Christmas Wrapping:

A&P has provided me
With the world's smallest turkey
Already in the oven, nice and hot
Oh damn! Guess what I forgot? ...

[Sloth]

Just started listening to my Christmas mixes and re-discovered
Christmas in New Orleans by Philly Gumbo.
Made me hungry.

[jword2001]

Another brick in the wall(pt 2 I believe)Pink Floyd,
Tin cup chalice, and Changes in latitude,Jimmy Buffett
Merry Christmas from the family, Robert Earl Keen

[AMFM]

my husband quotes "If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?" to our kids when they're being picky ALL the time. i can't believe i forgot it.

[Alcachofa]

Lemon Song, Led Zepplin
Ball and Biscuit, White Stripes
Pennyroyal Tea, Nirvana
The Talking Heads had an album titled More Songs about Buildings and Food
Savoy Truffle, Beatles
Holla Back Girl, Gwen Stefani (bananas, B A N A N A S)
Rock Lobster, The B-52s
Mayonaise, Smashing Pumkins
Peaches, Presidents of the usa
Gin and Juice, Snoop Dogg (and also the Gourds version)
Chocolate Cake, Crowded House
of course, the band named Cake
Cornflake Girl, Tori Amos
Milk and Honey, Beck
Peaches and Cream, Beck
Milkshake 'n' Honey, Sleater Kinney
Cup of Coffee, Garbage
Milk, Garbage
Ice Cream Man, by Van Halen, though it is originally a blues song by I-don't-know-who.
Orange Crush, R.E.M.

P.S. Please don't just post entire lyrics to songs. Lame.

[tatamagouche]

HOW did I forget Gin & Juice?! Embarrassing! Guess I had my mind on my money.

[Alcachofa]

I wasn't sure about the "liquid" references anyway. :o) Have you heard the Gourds' version? Classic. Snoop approved.

One more: "You're no Rock 'n' Roll Fun" by Sleater Kinney has the great line "Fill our Chrismas socks with whiskey drinks and chocolate bars."

[tatamagouche]

No, gotta hear that...

Oh, and I just rewatched The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T the other day, in which Dr. Terwilliker sings about being dressed up in silk and spinach, pretzels, and beer foarm among other things.

[CindyJ]

This one never gets mentioned, except by me. It's called "Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise." You can listen to it at http://www.carlinamerica.com/titles/t... and it's all about the food.

(Sorry for the upper case; it's a cut & paste job

)

LADIES, THE MINUTES WILL SOON BE READ TODAY.
THE GARDEN CLUB AND WEAVING CLASS
I`M SURE HAVE MUCH TO SAY...
BUT NEXT WEEK IS OUR CULTURE NIGHT,
OUR BIGGEST, BEST EVENT,
AND I`VE JUST MADE A DISH FOR IT
YOU`LL ALL FIND HEAVEN SENT:

IT`S MY LIME JELLO MARSHMALLOW COTTAGE CHEESE SURPRISE
WITH SLICES OF PIMENTO,
(YOU WON`T BELIEVE YOUR EYES,)
ALL TOPPED WITH A PINEAPPLE RING
AND A DASH OF MAYONAISE,
MY VANILLA WAFERS `ROUND THE EDGE
WILL WIN YOUR HIGHEST PRAISE.

AND MISSUS JONES IS MAKING SCONES
THAT ARE FILLED WITH PEANUT MOUSSE;
TO BE FOLLOWED BY A CHICKEN MOLD
THAT`S MADE IN THE SHAPE OF A GOOSE.
FOR LADIES WHO MUST WATCH THOSE POUNDS
WE`VE FOUND A SPECIAL DISH:
STRAWBERRY ICE ENSHRINED IN RICE
WITH BITS OF TUNA FISH.

AND MY LIME JELLO MARSHMALLOW COTTAGE CHEESE SURPRISE
(TRULY A CREATION THAT DESCRIPTION DEFIES)
WILL GO SO WELL WITH MISSUS BELL`S CREATION OF THE WEEK:
SHRIMP SALAD TOPPED WITH CHOC`LATE SAUCE
AND GARNISHED WITH A LEEK.
AND MISSUS PERKINS` WALNUT LOAF
THAT`S CROWNED WITH MELTED CHEESE
WAS SUCH A HIT LAST CULTURE NIGHT,
WE ASK: NO SECONDS PLEASE!

NOW YOU MUST TRY
HER HOT DOG PIE
WITH CANDIED MUSHROOM SLICES...
THOSE LADIES WHO RESIGNED LAST YEAR,
THEY JUST DON`T KNOW WHAT NICE IS!

BUT MY LIME JELLO MARSHMALLOW COTTAGE CHEESE SURPRISE,
I DID NOT STEAL THAT RECIPE,
IT`S LIES, I TELL YOU, LIES!
OUR GRAND AWARD:
A PICTURE HAT
AND A SALMON SEQUINED GOWN
FOR ANY GIRL WHO TRIES EACH DISH
AND KEEPS HER WHOLE LUNCH DOWN.

I`M SURE YOU ALL ARE WAITING
FOR THE BIGGEST NEWS: DESERT!
WE`VE THOUGHT OF THINGS IN MOLDS AND RINGS
YOUR DIET TO SUBVERT.
YOU MUST TRY OUR CHOC`LATE LAYER CAKE
ON A PEANUT BRITTLE BASE
WITH SLICES OF BANANAS
THAT MAKE A FUNNY FACE.

AROUND THE EDGES PEPPERMINTS
JUST SWIMMING IN PEACH CUSTARD,
WITH LOVELY LITTLE CURLICUES
OF LOVELY YELLOW MUSTARD!
IF ALL THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR YOU,
PERMIT ME TO ADVISE
MORE LIME JELLO MARSHMALLOW COTTAGE CHEESE SURPRISE!

(I`VE MADE HEAPS!)

[betsydiver]

don't know the official name of the song or who did it but "must be jelly 'cause jam don't shake like that"

[frittering_away]

Baloney Again -Mark Knopfler ( a song about spreading The Word in the segregated south).
Old Pigweed -Mark Knopfler (asking the important question 'Who put old pigweed in the Mulligan stew?)
Boom Like That -Mark Knopfler (an entire song about Ray Kroc)
Three Icons of Alabama- Drive by Truckers (Talks about how the devil makes up a batch of Sweet Tea for Gov. George Wallace as he enters Hell which leads into the song Gov. Wallace (which is about Gov. Wallace and Hell.))
I Wish You Were a Beer -Psycho Sluts from Hell

[Sloth]

Not to nitpick, but they are the CYCLE Sluts from Hell. Great song!
A good follow-up would be "What a Way to Die" by the Pleasure Seekers. Suzi Quatro's first band singing about Schlitz, Strohs and Colt 45, a classic.

[frittering_away]

crap you are right.n
I'll have to hand in my Metal Card.

Wait. I lost it years ago...never mind. ;)

I mostly intentionally avoided the liquor aspect of song as it seemed way to easy.

[betsydiver]

which brings us to "who put the overalls in mrs. murphy's chowder?

[Somnifor]

I've always respected the Beastie Boys for there Chateaunuef-du-Pape reference in "Body Movin".

I am trying to get my boss to play something from Cibo Mato's "Viva la Woman" in our dining room, so far with no sucess.

[Cam D]

Home Cooked Meal- Guy Davis
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant- Billy Joel
No Sugar Tonight- BTO
Smoke & Strong Whisky- Christie Moore
40 Pints of Stout- Chrisite Moore
Canned Goods- Greg Brown
Little Brown Billy- Greg Mutttart
Yes I Guess They Oughtta Name A Drink After You- John Prine
Queen & Tequila- The Mahones
A Million Miles Away- Rory Gallagher

[oakjoan]

Oh, thanks for reminding me of Cibo Mato! Haven't listened to them in a long time.

[rHairing]

Tryin to go with what maybe hasn't been mentioned...

Black Coffee in Bed-Squeeze
Pulling Mussels From a Shell-Squeeze
Boat Drinks-Jimmy Buffett
Candy Store Rock-Led Zeppelin
Cherry-Ray Charles
Chili Dog-James Taylor
Custard Pie-Led Zeppelin
Pour Some Sugar on Me-Def Leppard
Gingerbread Boy-Miles Davis
Grapefruit-Jucyfruit-Jimmy Buffett
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl-Nina Simone
Eat The Rich-Aerosmith
Sugar Kisses-Echo and the Bunnyment

[gatorfoodie]

I was cooking last night and Sintra's "The Best is Yet to Come" came on. First line: Out of the tree of life I just picked me a plum.

Mmmmm....plums

[AMFM]

cowboy junkies have a few that reference food:
sun comes up it's tuesday morning
a few simple words
anniversary song
oregon hill

[jword2001]

Didn't George Straight do a song called "Christmas cookies"?

[jarona]

The late, great Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London has a reference to beef chow mein.

[Bob W]

and also to Trader Vic's (where he was drinking a pina colada, and his hair was perfect).

[weezycom]

I'm surprised I haven't seen Guy Clark's "Home Grown Tomatoes" on this list

"In The Skillet" Morris Day
"Bottle of Wine" from back in the mid-60s, but I can't remember who the artist is

[Veggo]

Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs.

[weezycom]

thanks, veggo!

[KevinB]

I always loved the quirky and obscure "Toast" by Streetband (featuring Paul Young on vocals). You can google it for some YouTube performances. Here's an excerpt from the lyrics:

"Well, then I started getting older,
I hated this, I hated that,
Expensive steak was ludicrous
And cafés couldn't cater for the finer things in life:
The upper crust was not for me,
I could tell that.
So I'd go back home,
Switch the kitchen light on,
Put the grill on,
Slip a slice under

And have toast,
A little piece of toast.

'Cos there's so much to choose from.
There's brown bread, white bread,
All sorts of wholemeal bread;
It comes in funny packages
With writing on the side,
But it doesn't matter which one you have
'Cos when you cut the crusts off,
Have it with marmalade
Or butter, cheese, tomatoes, beans,
Banana
Or chocolate if you're strange,
It doesn't really matter.

Oh no, it all goes with toast,
Just toast."

And I'm surprised no one has mentioned "Love Potion #9"!

[tatamagouche]

Cute!

And I just remembered "She's Got Sauce," by G. Love & Special Sauce.

[coney with everything]

Detroit/Ann Arbor favorite: Angelo's by Dick Siegel:
"Oh, what a wonderful thing to do:
Eggs over easy, hash browns, and you.
We'll go to Angelo's, 'cause the place really hops.
We'll go to Angelo's, where the service is tops.
We'll go to Angelo's. We'll be lickin' our chops.
Mama, we'll pull out the stops. Bop!
When we leave that place, we'll be laughin' out loud,
Smilin' so hard, we'll draw a crowd.
They'll say, "What's up, man?" and we'll just have to boast
About the eggs over easy, hash browns, and toast.... "

[markabauman]

I really like the version of Hank William's "Hey Good Lookin" (what you got cookin-how's about cookin' something up with me?) by Jimmy Buffett and others.

[betsydiver]

I've been working on the railroad 2cd verse... someone's in the kitchen with dinah, someone's in the kitchen i know... someone's in the kitchen with dinah, strumming on the ole banjo....

[jword2001]

Have a drink on me , AC/DC
Pour some sugar on me , Def Leppard
New age girl, Deadeye Dick
One vision , Queen

[oakjoan]

La Cumbia del Mole by Lila Downs

Get Out The Way Old Dan Tucker, you're too late to git your supper. Supper's over and breakfast's cookin' but Old Dan Tucker just stands there lookin'.

Acres of Clams

[jword2001]

Swingin, Cledus T. Judd
Heaven's on fire , Kiss
Two minutes to midnight, Iron Maiden.

[tatamagouche]

The last 2...about food? What are the lines?

[jword2001]

the references to food are as follows , Heavens on fire, "take it to the top,baby don't stop eat it like a piece of cake"
2 minutes to midnight "As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy,"

[tatamagouche]

Heh. Awesome.

[Debbie M]

Nice Lowe's (or, specifically, Nick Lowe's Last Chicken in the Shop) Let's Eat:

I wanna move move move move move my teeth
Let's Eat
Let's Eat
I wanna chew chew chew chew chew on a pizza
Let's Eat
Let's Eat

[Veggo]

A fitting "last" post here, but there never seems to be a last, would be Champion Jack Dupree's 'Garbage Man' . Catchy lyrics: "stick out your can, here comes the garbage man."

[beteez]

Ribs & Whiskey 2 of my favorites by Widespread Panic & Suck the Head about crawfish by Radiators.

[rockycat]

Garbage Man - Frequently covered by the Rev. Billy C. Wirtz (see above posts).

[alanbarnes]

Tom Waits...

The intro to "Eggs and Sausage" is one of the best food lines out there. ("Veal cutlet gets up off the plate, walks down to end of the counter and beat the shit out of my cup of coffee. I guess the coffee just wasn't strong enough to defend itself.")

But "Ice Cream Man" has to be my favorite tune that's (allegedly) about food.

[mickie44]

My thanks to you for reminding me of this great Tom Waits moment. Nobody like him.

[flourgrrrl]

Tom's a great one for comparing the moon to fruit: he has one song about a "Grapefruit Moon," and in "Little Trip to Heaven," he references the "banana moon." And isn't there another in which he compares the rising sun to a fried egg?

[AreBe]

Cold Cold Cold, by Little Feat (a peach or a pear or a coconut please)
Rad Gumbo, by Little Feat (oh no, no escargot, no cordon bleu)
Tripe Face Boogie, by Little Feat
Who Stole the Hot Sauce, by Chubby Carrier
Watermelon Time, by Marcia Ball
Devil Doll, by X (coffee and a piece of pie)
Things I Miss the Most, by Steely Dan (the good copper pan)
Long Tall Glasses, by Leo Sayer (there was ham and there was turkey there was caviarrrrr)
Peanut Butter Conspiracy, by Jimmy Buffet
My Boy Lollipop, by Millie Small
Muffin Man, by Frank Zappa
Tupelo Honey, by Van Morrison
Life During Wartime, by Talking Heads (I got some groceries, some peanut butter to last a couple of days)
Keep It Simple, by Keb Mo
Trans-Island Skyway, by Donald Fagan (the farm in the back is hydroponic, good fresh things every day of the year)
Catfish and Collard Greens, by Junior Brown
Cake, by B-52s
Vega-Tables, by Brian Wilson
Eat to the Beat, by Blondie

[Sloth]

Since 2 songs by the B-52s have been listed, might as well go for the trifecta with "Quiche Lorraine" even though its about a poodle.

[Trencher man]

"Bone Machine" by the Pixies: "Our love is rice and beans and horse's lard..."
"Sweet Potato" by Cracker: "Be my sweet potato, be my honey lamb..."
"How Can I Live Without You?" also by Cracker: : "You can still come and bring me coffee in the morning/You can still come and make me chicken fried steak..."
"Thunder on the Mountain" by Bob Dylan: "I had the pork chops, she had the pie..."
"I Got a Gig" by Hayes Carl: "Burnt Fried Chicken and Lone Star beer..."

[tatamagouche]

Ah well, speaking of the Pixies, there's also "I Been Tired" and "breasts like a cluster of grapes"—which until now, frankly, I always thought was "dress like a cluster of grapes." I'm not sure what to make of the actual simile.

And as for Cracker, "cigarettes...& carrot juice" in "Big Dipper"; and as for their predecessors Camper van Beethoven, "All Her Favorite Fruit": "She serves him mashed potatoes, and she serves him peppered steak...with corn..." Boy, they were big on being fed by their women.

And still speaking of 80s bands—which, admittedly, is mostly what I do—there was a band from Austin, I believe, with a lead singer who looked a lot like Laura Dern. They had a song called "Wine." The chorus was basically "Wine! Wine! Wine, wine, wine wine, wine!"

I can't remember their name. Can anyone?

To update myself I'll point to The Decemberists' "Sons and Daughters'—"We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon..."

[Bob W]

Speaking of which, back when kids had to learn a new dance every week or be considered tragically uncool, there was a song called "Cinnamon Cinder (It's a Very Nice Dance)," by The Pastel Six. Googling just disclosed that the Cinnamon Cinder was a chain of alcohol-free teen nightclubs in the LA area owned by none other than then-DJ Bob "Newlywed Game" Eubanks. The Pastel Six was the house band. Who knew? Well, anyone who was at least 12 yrs old in 1963, which did not include me. 8>D

[tatamagouche]

Thanks to a dear old friend, I just learned that the band was from Raleigh, not Austin, and their name was Fetchin Bones. Ah, like scratching an itch.

[rockycat]

"Black Coffee in Bed" by Squeeze

[Bob W]

"Pulling Mussels From the Shell," by Squeeze

[KevinB]

Or just "Black Coffee", originally sung by Billy Holliday, and covered by the Pointer Sisters. Great torch song.

[Alcachofa]

Kinda sorta on topic: Squeeze refers to alcohol consumption in one way or another in pretty much every song from their first four albums.

[BarmyFotheringayPhipps]

Hell, booze was in practically every song up until Chris Difford finally dried out sometime in the late '80s! He took the maxim "Write what you know" rather too much to heart, I'm afraid.

[Bob W]

"Camp Granada," Allan Sherman ("You remember Leonard Skinner; he got ptomaine poisoning last night after dinner"

[MrsT]

Funny nobody mentioned any Weird Al. He has a whole album (yes I still call them albums) about food.

[Passadumkeg]

And the video "I'm Fat".

[Bob W]

I am pleased to report that among the 44 women discussed in one of my all-time faves, "88 Lines About 44 Women," by the Nails, is Brenda, whose "strange obsession was for certain vegetables and fruit."

[tatamagouche]

Holy crap! Haven't thought about that song in forever! Nice one!

[MrsT]

I've always been partial to "Cups & Cakes" (by the Themesmen...who later changed their name to Spinal Tap)

"Popcorn Love" and "Candy Girl" by New Edition
"Feed Me Seymore" Little Shop of Horrors soundtrack

[rockycat]

And there's "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies

[Bob W]

and the execrable "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro.

The only saving grace for that piece of dreck is that it led to a great sight gag on The Simpsons: An apiary called "Goldsboro's Honey."

[javacan]

Hamburger Hell by Todd Rundgren

[im_nomad]

K’naan – Wash it Down

Blondie – Eat to the Beat

Snow Patrol – Chocolate

UB40 – Red Red Wine

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Lonnie Mack – Oreo Cookie Blues

Ice Cream – New Young Pony Club

Popcorn – Hot Butter

[Veggo]

' 30000 Pounds of Bananas' - Harry Chapin
'My Boy Lollipop' -Millie Small
'I'm Busted' -Ray Charles
'Cowboy Boots & Bathin' Suits' -Jerry Jeff Walker
and the melodic 'Verdi Cries' -10,000 Maniacs

[tatamagouche]

I didn't even remember that "Verdi Cries" referenced food, but so it does.

I just remembered an 80s band called The Judys had a song about milk (called "Milk") and another one called "Guyana Punch," which counts I guess...Does "Meat Is Murder" (The Smiths) count?

Jesus & Mary Chain, "Just Like Honey"
Suzanne Vega, "Tom's Diner," sort of
White Stripes, "Little Cream Soda"

[Veggo]

I had the privilege of seeing Natalie Merchant in concert at Carnegie Hall at a Tibetian benefit, and watching/hearing her perform 'Verdi Cries' just leaves you numb.

[southernitalian]

"I Want Candy" by Bow Wow Wow immediately comes to mind although I don't think they're the original artists.

[Fydeaux]

The Strangeloves, around 1966 or 67, I think.

[Fydeaux]

I made this list for a previous thread, but I have added a few. Please excuse duplications:
'Jambalaya' by just about anybody.
'Barbecue' by Duke Tumatoe
'Beans & Cornbread' by Louis Jordan
'Rum & Coca Cola' by the Andrews Sisters
'Chicken Cordon Blues' by Steve Goodman
'House of Blue Light' by Alseep At The Wheel (& some others)
'Candy' by Big Maybelle
'McArthur Park' by Richard Harris
'I Want a Hot Dog for my Roll' by Butterbeans & Susie
'Memphis Women & Fried Chicken' by Dan Penn
'Fried Chicken' by Rufus Thomas
'Chicken Heads' by James Cotton (& many others)
'Polk Salad Annie' by Tony Joe White
'Too Much Barbeque' by Big Twist & the Mellow Fellows
'Cheeseburger in Paradise' by Jimmy Buffett
'Chitlins con Carne' by Kenny Burrell
'Greasy Greens' by Pucho & his Latin Soul Brothers
'Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee' by Stcks McGhee
'Frim Fram Sauce' by Nat King Cole (but if you can find the Ella Fitzgerald version, she just a spot-on imitation of Louis Armstrong that is hysterical!)
'I Want Some Seafood, Mama' by Fats Waller
‘I Will Play For Gumbo’ by Jimmy Buffett
'Memphis Soul Stew' by King Curtis
'Chocolate Pork Chop Man' (!) by Pete 'Guitar' Lewis
‘Spam’ by Monty Python
'One Meat Ball' by Josh White (and also the Andrews Sisters, I think)
'Milkshake' by Kelis (although I suspect this isnt really about food)
'Green Onions' by Booker T & the MGs
'Call Any Vegetable' by the Mothers of Invention
'Everybody Eats When They Come To My House' by Cab Calloway
'Eggs & Sausage' by Tom Waits
'Your Greens Give Me the Blues' by Rev. Billy C Wirtz
'Angelina' by Louis Prima
'Cold Turkey' by John Lennon (I dont think this is about food either.)
'Grits aint Groceries' by Little Milton
‘Junk Food Junkie’ by Larry Groce
‘All That Meat & No Potatoes’ by Fats Waller (probably not about food, but with Fats, who really knows?)
‘Keep On Churnin’ ‘Til The Butter Comes’ by Wynonie Harris
‘Eggs’ by Martin Mull
‘Cheese and Onions’ by The Rutles
‘Save The Bones For Henry Jones (‘Cause Henry Don’t Eat No Meat’) by the Pointer Sisters (and many older versions)
‘Little Green Apples’ by OC Smith
‘Brown Sugar’ by The Rolling Stones
'Mother Popcorn’ by James Brown

At the risk of immodesty, allow my to offer my own songs:
'Jambalaya Man'
'Catfish & Grits'
'Fried Rice, Baked Ziti'

[tatamagouche]

Dang! That's quite a list. Um, Martin Mull? The comedian?

[Fydeaux]

Yep, that Martin Mull. Although 'comedian' doesnt nearly cover it. Among other things, he is a great song writer and a superb guitarist although he only occasionally steps out to solo on any of his records.

[rockycat]

OMG!!! You've actually heard of the Rev. Billy! I saw him on my first date with my husband - and we still got married.

[Fydeaux]

If I have a spiritual leader, Rev Billy C Wirtz is it, and the First House of Polyester Worship is my sancuary!

Your husband must be one impressive fellow if you married him after his taking you to see Rev Billy on a first date! My compliments!

[pitu]

Fydeaux, great list but I know you know almost *none* of those songs are about food
: )

One of my favorites is Save The Bones For Henry Jones (Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat)
as sung by Johnny Mercer and Nat King Cole
And it really really is about food

We’re gonna have a supper
We’ll eat some food that’s rare
And at the head of the table
We’ll place brother Henry’s chair
Invite all the local big dogs
We’ll laugh and talk and eat
But we’ll save the bones for Henry Jones
‘Cause Henry don’t eat no meat

Today I’ll go to market
Buy up a lotta fish
Well, that will thrill brother Henry
‘Cause fish is his special dish
Get a large can of molasses
Have something really sweet
But we’ll save the bones for Henry Jones
‘Cause Henry don’t eat no meat

Henry is not a drinker
He rarely takes a nip
He don’t need a napkin
‘Cause the things he eats don’t drip – blip!
One day we had a banquet
It really was a bake
They started off with short ribs
Then finished off with steak
But when the feast was over
Brother Henry just kept his seat
And we served the bones to Henry Jones
‘Cause Henry don’t eat no meat

Our banquet was most proper
Right down to demitasse
From soup to lox and bagels
And pheasant under glass – class!
We thought the chops were mellow
He said his chops were beat – reet!
We served the bones to Henry Jones
‘Cause Henry don’t eat no meat
He’s an egg man
Henry don’t eat no meat
He loves a pullet
Henry don’t eat no meat
A vegetarian
Henry?
Coming mother!
Soup’s on

[betsydiver]

a seasonal entry: dance of the sugar plum fairy

[FoodChic]

Here is a web page with a rather extensive list of food songs.

http://www.mixedup.com/foodsongs.htm

[rockycat]

Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffett
Marie Provost - Nick Lowe (if you're willing to stretch the definition of food to include canninbalism, kinda)

[Bob W]

In that case we also need to include "Timothy" by the Buoys.

[Sloth]

Which leads to "I Eat Cannibals" by Total Coehlo

2 more that just came to me
Jam Up and Jelly Tight - Tommy Roe
White Castle Blues - the Smithereens

[tatamagouche]

I Eat Cannibals—another one to take me back! Dang! I think a lot of us must have hung out in the same circles in our respective high schools.

[HillJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MYL4S...
jason mraz, too much food..

[Sloth]

The group Shonen Knife have quite a few food songs ("Tomato Head", for example)

"Memphis Soul Stew" (King Curtis)
"Eat It" (Weird Al)
"Butterbean" (B-52s)
"Red Beans and Rice" (Spearhead)
"Fish Heads" (Barnes & Barnes)
"We All Love Peanut Butter" (One Way Streets or the Ass Ponys)

[tatamagouche]

How'd I forget Fish Heads either?!

[mickie44]

Egg Cream (Lou Reed)
Alice's Restaurant (Arlo Guthrie)
Country Pie (Bob Dylan)
Spam (Monty Python)
Soup is Good Food (Dead Kennedys)
Salt Peanuts (Dizzy Gillespie)
Tea for Two
Chop Suey Chow Mein (Louis Prima, Keely Smith)
Yes We Have No Bananas (Spike Jones?)
Banana Boat Song (Harry Belafonte)

[gini]

The Beastie Boys have lots of songs referencing food, including Finger Lickin Good. They also gave a total shoutout to Sara Moulton on her Baked Alaska.

[tatamagouche]

It's finger lickin, finger lickin good y'all...Heh, forgot all about that.

[mickie44]

Frim Fram Sauce (Nat King Cole or Diana Krall)
Taste of Honey (Sarah Vaughan preferably)
Pretzel Logic (Steely Dan)
Chocolate Jesus (Tom Waits)

[mpalmer6c]

"You Can't Have None of My Jelly Roll"
"Shoo-Fly Pie"
"Jambalaya"
"The Closer to the Bone, the Sweeter Is the Meat"
"I Like Bananas (Because they Have No Bones)"

[Bob W]

"Bar-B-Q," Wendy Rene (great Stax-Volt soul song)
"Peanut Butter," the Marathons
"Bread and Butter," the Newbeats
"Coconut," Harry Nilsson
"Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" Jay and the Techniques
"Peaches," The Presidents of the United States of America
"New Age Girl," Dead Eye Dick ("She don't eat meat, but she sure like...")
"Popsicles and Icicles," the Murmaids
"Candy Man, " Sammy Davis Jr.
"Watermelon Man, " Herbie Hancock (the original!)
"Grits Ain't Groceries," Little Milton
"Function at the Junction," Shorty Long ("We serving egg foo yung and barbecue, having chicken dumplings and kidney stew")
"Lemon Tree," Peter, Paul, and Mary

[pikawicca]

"Lollipop, Lollipop..."
"Scarborough Fair"
"My Favorite Things"

[chilihead]

Anything by Cibo Matto. Viva la Woman pretty much is entirely about food.

[MaxCaviar]

wow, a cibo matto fan. luv them. i am told it means "food crazy" in italian despite their japanese roots. check out smokey & miho if you like latin jazz.

[isadorasmama]

What about Butter 08?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter_08