# Songs about food that aren't really about food... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 9, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492 "2010-04-09T03:41:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/41 "2010-04-09T19:55:40Z")
I’m pretty sure that when David Lee Roth sang “Ice Cream Man,” he wanted to give you more than just a vanilla cone with sprinkles. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/42 "2010-04-09T20:03:12Z")
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**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/43 "2010-04-09T20:52:46Z")
> [@Mr.Moto](#): > > _Buckeye Battle Cry_ Wouldn’t that be _Peanut Butter Ball Battle Cry_? ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/44 "2010-04-09T21:01:49Z")
_No Sugar Tonight_ by The Guess Who ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/45 "2010-04-09T21:54:36Z")
Cold Chisel “Breakfast at Sweethearts” Redgum “Brown Rice and Kerosene” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/46 "2010-04-10T01:14:25Z")
**Bread and Butter** , The Newbeats Got home early one morning, Much to my surprise, She was eating chicken and dumplings With some other guy. No more bread and butter, No more toast and jam, I found my baby eating With some other man. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/47 "2010-04-10T02:59:48Z")
Tori Amos “Raspberry Swirl” Framing Hanley “Lollipop” The Verve Pipe “Spoonful Of Sugar” ---
**Author:** ![Revixit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Revixit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revixit)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/48 "2010-04-11T03:53:27Z")
“Hot Nuts” “Hot nuts, hot nuts, Get 'em from the peanut man.” Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/49 "2010-04-11T04:27:40Z")
Richard and Linda Thompson - “Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song)” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/50 "2010-04-16T06:33:28Z")
“Please Warm My Wiener” by Bo Carter. Hey, the guy just wants his hot dog, what’s the big deal? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/51 "2010-04-16T12:48:29Z")
That Bo Carter was quite the gourmet. See my Post 16. ---
**Author:** ![Dolly\_Madison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Dolly\_Madison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolly_Madison)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/52 "2010-04-16T18:34:16Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > The responses so far invite a similar question, hope it’s okay to slip into the thread: > > What songs are there about food, but not really about food, but also not about sex? Here’s one about food, that is TRULY just about food: “Peaches” by the Presidents of the USA. “I’m movin’ to the country I’m gonna eat me a lot of peaches.” Sounds salacious?? Keep listening…“Peaches come from a can they were put there by a man…” Yeah, NOT sexy. And truly just about peaches. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/53 "2010-04-16T18:38:01Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar” D’Angelo “Brown Sugar”…about weed. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/54 "2010-04-16T19:26:22Z")
Speaking of peaches, there’s [Matchbox](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2yU9pbpki4&feature=related) - Jerry Lee Lewis version: _If you don’t want my peaches please don’t shake my tree_ And [The Joker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrveH1KfLm0) - Steve Miller: _I really love your peaches Want to shake your tree_ [New Age Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEDw9xgSmSc) - Deadeye Dick _She don’t eat meat but she sure likes the bone_ ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/55 "2010-04-16T19:37:56Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > The responses so far invite a similar question, hope it’s okay to slip into the thread: > > What songs are there about food, but not really about food, but also not about sex? Strange Fruit, Billie Holliday ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492/56 "2010-04-16T20:36:02Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Van Halen - Up for Breakfast Sammy Hagar (who was involved in this particular VH song) is fond of using food as a euphemism for sex: Rock Candy (You’re rock candy baby, you’re hot sweet and sticky) Your Love Is Drivin’ Me Crazy (So sublime, hot sweet cherries on the vine) Poundcake (I still love my baby’s Poundcake) … there are undoubtedly others. With him if it’s not food = sex, its something to do with a car. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-food-that-arent-really-about-food/535492.md?page=2)