“Pappy kept a cookin’”:
Tried to look at the whole thread so sorry if you already caught these:
Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
Leonard Cohen - Suzanne (tea and oranges. . .)
Prairie Home Companion - the biscuit song, and Ketchup! Ketchup!
I can see I’m going to lose hours wandering through these links. Thanks!!
Welcome, to a small but mighty group of music lovers contributing to a growing thread.
Great choices, jammie!
How could I forget this one - passed around the black eyed peas. Pass the biscuits, please
And of course, there is Moby Grape - the band
took her back & made her dessert
And the saddest song every recorded, Sail Away, by Randy Newman, which references watermelon.
I’m only at post 255, so I may have missed this, but how about "Corn bread, hogmaws and chitlins!
Awwww BEEP BEEP!
The food words don’t show up in the lyrics, but in the stuff in between .
The Spanish version.
http://www.songtextemania.com/bang_bang_songtext_joe_cuba_sextet.html
And from Popmatters
" What they came up with was the sound of a raucous block party in el barrio – the voices of kids chanting “Bang! Bang!” stood out in the mix, and the track was recorded with an overhead boom-operated mic to create a “live” ambiance. But the words announced that this was a mixed party. Besides “cuchifritos” and “lechón”, there was soul food on the menu – “cornbread, hog maw and chitterlings”.
That’s what I’m talking about!
My dad had this album “Wings and Things” . I remember the cover, but learned about the music much later.
How about Pigmeat Markham and “Here Comes the Judge”.
Pigmeat Markham- Here comes the judge!
I sometimes think of that as the first rap song.
Not much in the way of food, but…
" Order in this courtroom, order in this courtroom
Judge, your Honorship, Hi sir
Did I hear you say “Order in the Court?”
Yes I said order in the court
Well, I’ll take two cans of beer, please
He is the judge, he is the judge
Everybody knows that he is the judge
I had a chat with Ho Chi Min
With cheap rice wine and chased with gin
Won’t take long unless I miss my guess
I’ll have you out of this doggone mess
I sent a cable to Bob and Mac"
Lol I think we have this one a couple times. Very appropriate for today! Enjoy.
Since Arlo is often in our thoughts and over the airways on Thanksgiving thought I’d post a different tune:
The Motorcycle Song
“I don’t want a pickle
Just want to ride on my motorsickle”
“Mrs. Paul, Mrs. Paul” by Root Boy Slim