Enough woe is me from BJB. Let’s talk nosh.
Jollof is the cause of much argument in West Africa. Apparently this recipe brings all the boys to the yard. Anymore dishes to add to the menu?
Songs about food
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The food of Kings
Heinz Baked Beans
Peaches (twice)
Stranglers
The Presidents of the United States of America
Have some matzo balls.Is there any other part of the matzo you can eat?
Strawberries?
Surely this is a song about agriculture?
Or an eternal cricketer.
Sliced Tomatoes
Toast
One of The Boss’s lesser known works according to the photo!
I prefer steak & kidney but I’d try American.
I love offal.
Brown Sugar?
I Want Candy
I need a Mars Bar……….
The best B side ever.
Fact.
I love Custard Pie. Less keen on Led Zeppelin.
….or lemons…..
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NJa0Zhdxmro
Hot dog
https://youtu.be/V3wKCNYJAMs
Better still…
(Apologies for the Handsy Cornflake at the start.)
and to finish the Zeppelin meal, how about some fruit.
Tangerine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyM4vxxu2jA
Mmmmm mint sauce…
Lancashire Hotpots – Chippy Tea
Steve Cropper co-writing credit on this one…
pumpkin Soup and Mashed potatoes by the Fall.
Pork, anyone…..no?
…or more lemons….
Talking about soup……
Life is a minestrone; 10 CC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP2yxRgnR8Q
And Santana extolling the virtues of New Orlean’s favourite soup: Gumbo.
Korma Chameleon
Poppadum Preach
House Of The Rising Bun
Sex And Drugs And Sausage Rolls
Roll With It
Anything by Stiff Little Fish Fingers, or Dexys Midnight Runner Beans
Nick Lowe – Let’s Eat
Not forgetting What’s so Funny ‘Bout Peas, Love and Understanding.
I’ve been playing a compilation from a Word Mingle a lot recently called “Scran” which I think was made by @beezer or possibly @malc ….or possibly @icantremember. Anyway it’s really excellent and this is a splendid track from it…
https://youtu.be/YgMXUI-xULI
Yep, mine. Pleased you still dig it, Twang.
Was ages ago. I wonder if I still have my copy on a cd somewhere. That particular playlist went the way of all things several laptops ago.
Apples and Oranges – Pink Floyd
Savoy Truffle – Fabs
Jambayala – Carpenters et al
Louis Jordan – Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
The Detroit Cobras – Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrHIqEr6b08
Weird Al Yankovic – Eat It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJjMnHoIBI
Carbohydrate feast with a nice drop to wash it down.
https://youtu.be/41GKQ44MhEs
Howie, Mark and the guys not only list their fave foodstuffs, they’ll even give you the recipe
Time for some Dan Penn – “Memphis Women, Fried Chicken”
Here’s one about food by a band called Food.
(Nature’s Recipe)
The late Guy Clark sang generically of Texas Cookin’ and more specifically of Homegrown Tomatoes (pronounced “tomaters”, of course).
Posting from my phone and it’s too involved to post the links to YouTube, so you’ll have to look them up yourself if you’re interested.
MF Doom has a whole album called, anagrammatically, “Mmm… Food”.
Here’s its opening track, “Beef Rap”.
“I like to eat bananas, because they got no bones.”
“I ate a hotdog. It tasted real good.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7nB4trlCzI
Banana boat song
Honey Be Good:
A slice of Scottish Soul Train funk from the AWB
Of course, we real men of the AW wouldn’t even look at this!
Green Onions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRAYhzgPNso
Roast Fish and cornbread
probably best served with a heavy seasoning of herbs.
Are we allowed songs by food?
“I’m up t’ bloody tree…”
Labelle – Lady marmalade
From the above mentioned ‘Scran’ Mingle Compilation.
‘Honey White’ by Morphine.
This swings like an elephant’s willy
Not the song, but the band. Salad.
ZZ Top ‘Burger Man’
Contains one of Billy Gibbons’ finest lyrics, without doubt. Plus slow motion dancing lasses.
Guy Clark – Home Grown Tomatoes
Ronnie Foster – Kentucky Fried Chicken
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
(Two Triple Cheese, Side Order Of Fries)
Cab Calloway serves up some poultry:
(A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ But a Bird)
The most bonkers song about food ever? Also works as a recipe/cooking instruction video; from an old Swedish film, Alice Babs singing “Spagettivisa” (knowing Swedish is not a requirement, easy enough to understand anyway):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rg3p04_BuA
One of my favourites of all time: Någonting att äta, någonting att dricka (Something to eat, something to drink) – Karl Wehle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGUL7h4lhJ0
How anyone can cook a meal without singing this top tune is a mystery to me! 😉
This used to get constant airplay on the “ethnic” TV station years ago, an became quite a cult hit in its own right
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOlvJdEbgkE
This thread is the AW equivalent to slow food. Gently bubbling away at the back of the stove and generating all kinds of culinary treats.
Time for the sophisticated, debonair wit of the Macc Lads.
More junk food – A Dime Away From A Hotdog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvSXCl2N7og&list=RDZvSXCl2N7og
A few more? The first is surely some kind of winner?
https://youtu.be/dFi-O_qLjwE
Cheech and Chong’s contribution to food songs with their Floaters parody Bloat On.
The Fabs – Savoy truffle
Brian Wilson – Vegetables
https://youtu.be/FsDmD1zFh8Y
Dr. Alimantado – Best Dressed Chicken In Town