Songs with, or About Food

[Pomai]

This should be fun...

Name songs that are about food or drinks, or that at least include food or drink in the lyrics. Even if it's just one line.


My Kind of Girl - Frank Sinatra: "She's really sweet enough to eat. She looks like an angel looks, She cooks like an angel cooks..."
Warrant (metal hair band) - Cherry Pie: "She's my cherry pie. Cool drink of water. Such a sweet surprise. Tastes so good. Make a grown man cry. Sweet Cherry Pie!
UB40 - Red Red Wine: Red, red wine. Go to my head. Make me forget that I, still need her so.
UB40 - Bring Me You Cup (one of my favorite songs by them): "I’ve got the bottle, bring me your cup. Pop the cork, and try a sup. And when you’re empty, I’ll fill you up. We’ll drink it down till the sun comes up.
John Cruz - Island Style: "Mama's in the kitchen cooking dinner real nice, Beef stew on the stove, lomi salmon with the ice. We eat & drink and we sing all day. Kanikapila in the old Hawaiian way.
Sean Na'auau - Fish & Poi:"I like my fish and poi. I'm a big boy. Lomi salmon, pipikaula, extra large lilikoi, Squid or chicken lu'au. Don't forget the laulau. Beef or tripe stew, just to name a few. Oh yeah!"


:cool:

[Glen Miyashiro]

You can't leave out "Eating", Rap Reiplinger's parody of "Feelings". I can't remember all of it but the chorus still rings in my head:

Eating
I get off on eating

[...]

Like aku
I like poke aku
Poke ahu's ono
With da limu on top

EEEEAAATIIINNNGGG
I'm forever EEEEAAATIIINNNGGG
It really blows my mind
When there's nothing to grind

And squid luau
Where's my squid luau?
Squid luau's a winner
I could eat three pounds for dinner

[...]

[Pomai]

You can't leave out "Eating", Rap Reiplinger's parody of "Feelings"...Ah yes. But of course, where there's food, there's eating!

I never heard that song by Rap before. Is it on the Poi Dog album?

Here's a few more...

The Doors - Back Door Man: "You men eat your dinner. Eat your pork and beans. I eat more chicken than any man ever seen, yeah, yeah..."
Braddah Waltah - Sweet Lady of Waihole: "Sweet lady of waihole. She’s sittin by the highway. Selling her papaya, and her green and ripe banana"

[blueyecicle]

Tossed Salad and scrambled Eggs!~ Kelsey Grammar Yes, it is a song I checked...even has an album.
http://www.amazon.com/Frasier-Tossed-Salad-Scrambled-Eggs/dp/B00004ZBDM

Drinking Rum and Coca Cola ~ Andrew Sisters

and the piece de resistance
Milkshake ~ KelisMy Milkshake brings all the boys to the yard,
And their like "It's better than yours"
Damn right, It's better than yours,
I can teach you, but I have to charge (

It's 5 o'clock Somewhere~ Jimmy Buffet and Alan Jackson
Animal Crackers~ Shirley Temple...Oh boy that's old.
Elvis and I ~ Dennis Leary....
Elvis and I order Domino's Pizza with extra cheese
Suckin' down Formula 44D

[Pomai]

It's 5 o'clock Somewhere~ Jimmy Buffet and Alan JacksonAh... then you can't forget this one!...

Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet
"Nibblin' on sponge cake,
watchin' the sun bake;
All of those tourists covered with oil.
Strummin' my six string on my front porch swing.
Smell those shrimp
They're beginnin' to boil.

Wasted away again in Margaritaville,
Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt."

Another one...

The Hukilau song
"Oh we're going to a hukilau
A huki huki huki huki hukilau
Everybody loves the hukilau
Where the laulau is the kaukau at the lû`au "

[tutusue]

"Tequila" - Youngbloodz
"The Days of Wine and Roses" - Henry Mancini (Frank Sinatra)
"Moonlight and Vodka" - Chris De Burgh
"100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" :D

[LikaNui]

Ah... then you can't forget this one!...
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett And another Jimmy Buffett song (this time with a Hawai`i connection, too!) is the ever-popular "Cheeseburger In Paradise".
:)

[Lei Liko]

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) :D

...reminds me of all my sorority retreats in college!

[blueyecicle]

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) :D

...reminds me of all my sorority retreats in college!

They need to do a Lava Colada song! I like those much better! :D

[Pomai]

LikaNui, I forgot about that one. Does he mention the expensive prices of the food at CBP in the lyrics? lol

A few more rock songs...

Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
I got good lemonade, ah, dixie cups
All flavors and push ups too
Im your ice cream man, baby, stop me when Im passin by
See now all my flavors are guaranteed to satisfy

Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard
Pour some sugar on me
C'mon fire me up
Pour your sugar on me
Oh, I can't get enough

I'm hot, sticky sweet
From my head to my feet yeah

For obvious reasons, rock lyrics involving food are usually sexually driven. :D

[Pomai]

Tiki will like this one...

That's Amore - Dean Martin
When the moon hits your eye
Like a big-a pizza pie
That's amore
When the world seems to shine
Like you've had too much wine
That's amore

[Creative-1]

Here are some.

1. Savoy Truffle (Beatles):
Cream tangerine and montelimar,
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart,
A coffee dessert, yes you know it’s good news,
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle.
Cool cherry cream and nice apple tart,
I feel your taste all the time we’re apart,
Coconut fudge really blows down those blues,
But you’ll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle.


2. Eat Steak (Rev. Horton Heat)
Eat steak, eat steak eat a big ol' steer
Eat steak, eat steak do we have one dear?
Eat beef, eat beef it's a mighty good food
It's a grade A meal when I'm in the mood.


3. Spill the wine (Eric Burdon)
Spill the wine and take that pearl,
(or is is dig that girl?


4. "The Candy Man" (Sammy Davis, Jr.)
Who can take a sunrise
Sprinkle it with dew
Cover it with choc'late and a miracle or two
The Candy Man


5. Scotch & Soda (Kingston Trio) - went to Punahou
Scotch and soda, mud in your eye.
Baby, do I feel high,
oh, me, oh, my. Do I feel high.
Dry martini, jigger of gin.
Oh, what a spell you've got me in,


6. Yesterday (Beatles) Original title: Scrambled eggs
Scrambled eggs
Have an omelet with some muenster cheese.
Put your dishes in the washbin please
so I can clean the scrambled eggs.


7. Bread & Butter (Newbeats).
I like bread and butter
I like toast and jam
That's what my baby feeds me
I'm her lovin' man


8. No sugar tonight (Guess Who).
No sugar tonight in my coffee
No sugar tonight in my tea
No sugar to stand beside me
No sugar to run with me

9. Green Onions (Booker T)
Instrumental

10. Jambalaya (Hank Williams Sr.)
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and file' gumbo
'Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou

11. Tequila Sunrise (Eagles)
It's another tequila sunrise
Starin' slowly 'cross the sky,
said goodbye


12. Coconut (Harry Nilsson)
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank 'em both up (3x)
Put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up, and said
Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take, I said
Doctor, to relieve this bellyache,

[mel]

"Junk Food Junkie" by Larry Groce
In the daytime I'm Mr. Natural as healthy as I can be,
In the night time I'm a junk food junkie, lord have mercy on me....


"Black Dog Roasting on an Open Pire" by Frank Delima.

"Please Pass the Biscuits" by Jimmy Dean, an old country song.

"Fish Heads" by Ogden Edsel
"Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads, fish heads, fish heads, eat them up yum...."


"Elderberry Wine" by Elton John
"Well I cant help thinking
About the times
You were a wife of mine
You aimed to please me
Cooked black-eyed peas-me
Made elderberry wine"

[cezanne]

"Choppin' Broccoli" -- Dana Carvey
CLIP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhfvu1i_sic)

[Vanguard]

Food Glorious Food (Oliver Twist musical)

[Leo Lakio]

"Fish Heads" by Ogden Edsel
"Fish heads, fish heads, rolly polly fish heads, fish heads, fish heads, eat them up yum...."

I'm not familiar with that version, Mel - I'll have to check it out. I know the one from Barnes & Barnes (which was the creation of Billy Mumy, the kid from "Lost In Space," who has had a successful career as a songwriter.)

[Pomai]

How about musical artists or bands with food or drink related names?

Vanilla Ice
Ice T
Ice Cube
Salt 'N Peppa
Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Glen Miyashiro]

I'm not familiar with that version, Mel - I'll have to check it out. I know the one from Barnes & Barnes (which was the creation of Billy Mumy, the kid from "Lost In Space," who has had a successful career as a songwriter.)Aha. Leo Lakio is right, "Fish Heads" is by Barnes & Barnes. I think Mel confused that song with the Ogden Edsel classic, "Dead Puppies".

Dead puppies, dead puppies
Dead puppies aren't much fun
My puppy died late last fall
He's still rotting in the hall
Dead puppies aren't much fun

I don't think that one counts as a song about food, though. :D

[mel]

I'm not familiar with that version, Mel - I'll have to check it out. I know the one from Barnes & Barnes (which was the creation of Billy Mumy, the kid from "Lost In Space," who has had a successful career as a songwriter.)


You know, I think you are correct. Barnes & Barnes did "Fish Heads" and Ogden Edsel are known for "Dead Puppies". Bill Mumy also had a regular part as Lennier in the TV series Babylon 5. (1994-98)

[Leo Lakio]

Shoot - and I thought Mel had just turned me on to a different take on "Fish Heads." Thanks for clarification, Mel & Glen.

There's a duo around here, The Canote Brothers, who wrote a song called "The Diet Polka," the chorus of which went ---
I'm doing the diet polka
Don't laugh, it's not a joke-a
I'm dreaming of Almond Roca
While I'm doing the diet polka

[akrauth]

Food Glorious Food
Vegetables (Wayne from Maine)
All These Fruit (Wayne from Maine)
One Ton Tomato (Wayne from Maine)
Hukilau - where the laulau is the kaukau at the big lu'au
Christmas Lu'au
My Little Grass Shack - I'm just a little Hawaiian and a homesick island boy, I wanna go back to my fish and poi
Fish Heads
Eat It (Weird Al)

And a band with something to do with food in their name is Bowling for Soup.

[Pomai]

Eh! No can fo'get da' twelve dayz of Christmas!...

The 12 Days of Christmas, Local Style

Numbah One day of Christmas,
my tutu give to me
One mynah bird in one papaya tree.

Numbah Two day of Christmas,
my tutu give to me
Two coconut, and one mynah bird in one papaya tree.

Numbah Tree day of Christmas,
my tutu give to me
Tree dry squid, two coconut,
And one mynah bird in one papaya tree.

Numbah Foah day of Christmas,
my tutu give to me
Foah flowah lei, tree dry squid, two coconut,
And one mynah bird in one papaya tree.

Numbah Five day of Christmas,
my tutu give to me
Five beeg fat peeg... foah flowah lei, tree dry squid, two coconut,
And one mynah bird in one papaya tree.

Numbah Seex day of Christmas,
my tutu give to me
Seex hula lesson, five beeg fat peeg (that make TEN!),
Foah flowah lei, tree dry squid, two coconut,
And one mynah bird in one papaya tree.

Numbah Seven day of Christmas,
my tutu give to me
Seven shrimp a-swimmin', seex hula lesson,
Five beeg fat peeg,
foah flowah lei, tree dry squid, two coconut,
And one mynah bird in one papaya tree.

Numbah Eight day of Christmas,
my tutu give to me
Eight ukulele, seven shrimp a-swimmin', seex hula lesson,
Five beeg fat peeg (that make TWENNY!),
foah flowah lei, tree dry squid, two coconut,
And one mynah bird in one papaya tree.

Numbah Nine day of Christmas,
my tutu give to me
Nine pounds of poi, eight ukulele, seven shrimp a-swimmin',
Seex hula lesson,
five beeg fat peeg,
foah flowah lei, tree dry squid, two coconut,
And one mynah bird in one papaya tree.

Numbah Ten day of Christmas,
my tutu give to me
Ten can of beer, nine pounds of poi, eight ukuklele,
seven shrimp a-swimmin', Seex hula lesson,
five beeg fat peeg,
Foah flowah lei, tree dry squid, two coconut,
And one mynah bird in one papaya tree.

Numbah Eleven day of Christmas,
my tutu give to me
Eleven missionary, ten can of beer, nine pounds of poi,
Eight ukulele, seven shrimp a-swimmin', seex hula lesson,
Five beeg fat peeg,
foah flowah lei, tree dry squid, two coconut,
And one mynah bird in one papaya tree.

Numbah Twelve day of Christmas,
my tutu give to me
Twelve TELEVISION, eleven missionary, ten can of beer, Nine pound of poi,
eight ukulele, seven shrimp a-swimmin', Seex hula lesson,
five steenkin' peeg,
Foah flowah lei, tree dry squid, two coconut,
And one mynah bird in one papaya tree!

Das' choke grinds.

[tikiyaki]

Maybe not ABOUT food, but "Sunset grill" by Don Henley. It's still next to Guitar Center in Hollywood, but with new owners, and more fancy.

It used to be a little hamburger stand with the 80 something yr old owner all hunched over flippin' burgers. Great Song, greasy burgers.

[alohabear]

Jimmy Buffet- Why Don't We Get Drunk;)

[Creative-1]

Do herbs count?

Parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme (Simon & Garfunkle)
Are you going to Scarborough Faire?
Parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme


I get a kick out of you (Sinatra)
I get no kick from champagne
Mere alcohol doesnt thrill me at all
So tell me why should it be true
That I get a kick out of you


Stoned Soul Picnic (Fifth Dimension)
There'll be lots of time and wine
Red yellow honey, sassafras and moonshine
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic


MacArthur Park (Jimmy Webb)
Someone left the cake out in the rain...


No milk today (Herman's Hermits)
No milk today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands forlorne, a symbol of the dawn.

[mel]

Popcorn (instrumental) - Hot Butter
There are several other versions, but this is the one that became a hit in 1972. Go to this link (http://www.popcorn-song.com/) and select versions to listen to a number of samples.

Mashed Potato - Dee Dee Sharp. Not exactly about the food, but a dance song named after food. Was a hit in 1962. Dee Dee Sharp had a couple more dance hits based on "Mashed Potato," all available on a wonderful boxed compilation set called Cameo-Parkway.

From the Elvis Presley movie Blue Hawaii there's "Ito Eats".
Ito is an eating boy
He never get enough from fish and poi
He eat everything he don't care what
He even eat the shell from the coconut
Eat Ito eat all the night and the day
Eat Ito eat all the night and the day

Rice is Nice - minor hit by The Lemon Pipers (1968); they're more well known for the hit record "Green Tamborine". The song is more about throwing rice rather than eating it.

[Mike_Lowery]

"The Riddle Song" - Carly Simon
I gave my love a cherry
It had no stones
I gave my love a chicken
It had no bones

"Pass the Peas" - The JB's

"Bread and Butter" - The Newbeats
I like bread and butter
I like toast and jam
That's what my baby feeds me
I'm her loving man

"Lunchlady Land" - Adam Sandler
Hoagies & grinders, hoagies & grinders
Hoagies & grinders, hoagies & grinders
Navy beans, navy beans, navy beans
Hoagies & grinders, hoagies & grinders
Navy beans, navy beans
Meatloaf sandwich
Sloppy joe, slop, sloppy joe
Sloppy joe, slop, sloppy joe
Sloppy joe, slop, sloppy joe
Sloppy joe, slop, sloppy joe

[achow]

"Fish and Poi" by Sean Naauao
I like my fish and poi
I'm a big boy
Lomi Salmon extra large liikoi

"Island Style" by John Cruz
Mama's in the kitchen cooking dinner real nice
beef stew and the lomi salmon with the ice

"The Peanut Butter Song"
Peanut, Peanut Butter, Jelly
Peanut, Peanut Butter, Jelly

[Pomai]

Here are some.

4. "The Candy Man" (Sammy Davis, Jr.)
Who can take a sunrise
Sprinkle it with dew
Cover it with choc'late and a miracle or two
The Candy Man

Didn't Barry Manilow also sing The Candy Man?

Christina Aguilera has a fairly new song titled Candyman, but the lyrics to her song are more explicit than "happy feel good" like Sammy's song.

[tikiyaki]

How did I forget...

Rock Candy - Montrose
Candy-O - The Cars
Sugar Sugar - The Archies
Goody Goody Gumdrops - The 1910 Fruitgum Company
Black Coffee - Humble Pie
tea for One - Led Zeppelin
Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
Incense and peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock

[mel]

Food product commercials also have memorable songs.

From 1971-72.

"I'd Like To Teach the World to Sing" - originally a "feel-good" theme song for Coca Cola, this became a hit by two different artists in the same years... The Hillside Singers and The New Seekers.

And lifting an oldie out of the "Local TV Jingles from Yesteryear (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=5435)" thread, there is the always popular and old... Exchange Orange Ade jungle

the exchange
goes round and round
in your tum tum tum

makes your mind
think yum yum yum
that orange-ade called exchange

The list could go on with a lot of food product and eating place song jingles...

"You Deserve a Break Today at McDonalds" - I think Barry Manilow either wrote or sang on some of these before making it big in 1975 with "Mandy".

[oceanpacific]

CHERRY PIE - Skip and Flip
SWEET CHERRY WINE - Tommy James & the Shondells
CHERRY, CHERRY - Neil Diamond
SUMMER WINE - Nancy Sinatra
SUGAR, SUGAR - Archies
INCENSE AND PEPPERMINT - Strawberry Alarm Clock
SUNSHINE, LOLLIPOPS, AND ROSES - Lesley Gore
MY BOY LOLLIPOP - Millie Small
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE - Jay & the Techniques
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE - Jay & the Techniques
AMERICAN PIE - Don McLean
LITTLE GREEN APPLES - O. C. Smith
BANANA BOAT - Harry Belafonte

[mel]

"Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally?" a silly sounding song by Tony Orlando & Dawn, released in 1974. Don't know if it was about food or something else.

[oceanpacific]

"Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally?" a silly sounding song by Tony Orlando & Dawn, released in 1974. Don't know if it was about food or something else.

Whatever was going on in the strawberry patch I don't believe involved eating strawberries! Down here it would probably have involved a guava patch!

[Leo Lakio]

Don't know if it was about food or something else.I would wager the same could be said about most of the songs mentioned in this thread. Similar to what was noted earlier:For obvious reasons, rock lyrics involving food are usually sexually driven. :D