I just listened to the 500 Songs episode about Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Andrew Hickey made the point that the band never fitted in to any of the “scenes” of the late sixties – they weren’t part of the San Francisco Dead/Airplane/Grape scene cos they weren’t psychedelic, nor were they political (except for Fortunate Son), nor were they folk/rock, or heavy rock, or bubblegum.
Basically they were a band that everyone liked, the way everyone likes a burger.
Andrew reads this quote –
“The formulation the band members themselves came up with was “Creedence is like burgers”. Other bands might be foie gras or caviar or some exotic cuisine, but everyone enjoys a good burger, and there are times when it’s just the thing to hit the spot. And their job was to make the very best burgers they could”
Any other band/cuisine match ups?
Perfect choice for the Dude, I always thought.
Squeeze are a fry-up at the local caf.
I was thinking Madness would be a full english. Both sound about right.
Madness might be school dinners instead..?
But school dinners were shit.
Good point, I was more thinking of school hijinks than the actual food. Although I quite enjoyed both!
ABBA are chocolate cake: I love a slice now and then, but I feel a bit queasy if I have too much.
In the same vein, ELO are like creme eggs; by the third bite I feel sick.
Well aimed analogy give that both Cadburys cream eggs and ELO are from Birmingham!
Led Zep are like British- Indian cuisine.
Lots of stolen bits melded together and re-jigged to suit a local pallette.
Always the same, but always different.
Coldplay. – Tofu with a lit sparkler stuck on top
The Yes – like a good curry. Let’s of separate dishes you can enjoy in isolation but even better all together, occasionally with a bilious sensation after consumption.
Burgers are appealing in theory, at certain times, but when you have one you think, no, they are all the same and disappointing.
Oh a good burger, possibly smashed from freshly ground beef, is far superior to general fast food crap.
I concur, the greatness of the burger is the base patty. No matter how many toppings you add, if the meat base is rubbish so is the experience.
For me Simple Minds are like a Chinese meal – No matter how much I consume, its not long before I want more.
Dylan – vegemite/ marmite.
Cabbage.
As a kid: “I dont like cabbage”
As one gets older: “Actually, I can see the point of cabbage sometimes”
No great lover of cabbage myself but I adore kimchi
Morrissey- bitter tart
This deserves more credit!
We have a winner!
Cawl – Manic Street Preachers
The Stranglers – Meat and vegetables, was it stew?
Arf!
And welcome!
Phil Collins – something in the air fryer tonight
Prince – cream horn
The Beatles: Fish and finger pie. 😃
The Rutles: Cheese & Onion Pasty.
Bryan Ferry – Foie gras on a stottie.
Roxy Music – Too much cheesecake.
ABBA would be tinned herring?
Foie gras on a stottie sounds lovely!
What’s a stottie? We have nothing by this name in NZ or Australia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stottie_cake
I’m heading up to Newcastle next month I’ll try and get a photo of me eating one with pease pudding filling.
Stottie Cakes. Bloody lovely large flat bread rolls, sliced in half horizontally, filled with anything tasty (but traditionally ham and pease pudding) and necked in short order.
‘Stott’ being a Geordie dialect term for throwing an item to the ground or bouncing something off a surface. Hence the broad flat shape resulting from the dough being ‘stotted’ off a kitchen bench.
Chas & Dave: Pie, mash & liquor.
Rabbit stew.
With no peas in it, because There Ain’t No Peas In Stew.
🙂
Bravo!!!
Slade – a bag of chips, a swift pint, and a huge beer-smelling burp.
Bovril
Cliff Richard I associate with cheeses.
Baby cheeses.
Mussels and potted herrings for the famished and grumpy singer on table 6 please.
Followed by Paris buns or a scoop or four of Fusco’s famous Ulster Fry ice cream
With a side order of astral leeks.
Rolling Stones; Jumping Flap Jack
Preceded by Shepherd’s Pie, it’s almost the only think Keith eats
Man: Bananas. They said so themselves.
…cos they got no bones…
Neil Young – the all you can eat breakfast buffet at a TUI all-inclusive resort. There’s almost every variation of petit dejeuner you could hope for, some of it is fresh and appetising, some has clearly been sitting there for a while and is past its best, some of it has quite obviously been knocked up in short time, and some of it is of such a quality that you can’t resist going back to it again and again to the exclusion of all the other dishes on offer. Ultimately though, they keep refreshing the cold plates and the hot plates and the side plates whether they need to or not, and there’s ultimately far too much available than anyone really needs.
AC/DC are definitely a meat pie with a squirt of ketchup on the top.
A pie floater for AC/DC, surely?
Or deep-fried haggis supper (given their roots)?
I’ve read that AC/DC are sort of gourmets, eating in the poshest places when on tour
Stereophonics: lamb stew.
Kasabian: lumpen meat and potatoes.
Björk: nüts
Oasis: shit wi sugar on