Songs with, or About Food

[Leo Lakio]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

"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]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

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]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

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.

[mel]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

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]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

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]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

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]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

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]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

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]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

Jimmy Buffet- Why Don't We Get Drunk

[Creative-1]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

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]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

Popcorn (instrumental) - Hot Butter
There are several other versions, but this is the one that became a hit in 1972. Go to this link 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]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

"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]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

"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]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

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]

Re: Songs with, or About Food

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