I dare anyone to listen to Leona by Wet Willie and just get just a wee bit hungry…
Good old golden brown southern fried chicken
That could make the colonel run and hide
I had collard greens and fresh snap beans
And sweet potatoes on the side
I had a homemade biscuit just as big as your fist
dripping with sweet creamery butter.
A mason jar full of cold iced tea.
So good it’d make me run home to mother…
Any others?
All the ones that make me hungry have more than passing mentions of food. In fact, they’re about food.
Quite a few by Shonen Knife
Hot Chocolate
Banana Chips
Flying Jelly Attack
A couple I should be ashamed to admit to listening to, but ain’t:
Strawberry Pie and Okashi Tsukkute Okkasi, both by Mini Moni (The first is obvious, the latter is about yummy cake.) They’re a fun little group.
“Shake Hands with Beef” by Primus
“Savoy Truffle” by the Beatles
Jimmy Buffet, “Cheeseburger in Paradise”
Billy Vera, “Millie, Make Some Chili”
Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys, “That’s What I Like About the South”
Steve Goodman, “Chicken Cordon Blues”
Larry Groce, “Junk Food Junkie”
Little Feat, “Mighty Rad Gumbo”
Damn, now I’m hungry…
“I Like…” By South African John Ireland (1982) - synth-driven, Peter Sarstedt-like vocals on an ode to the sensual pleasures of decadent food:
“cognac trifle gives the skin a taste of almonds…”
“Tangerine liqueur to supplement the body juices…”
“Kinky capers…kinky capers”
nice double entendre there!
Diana Krall’s version of the Dave Frishberg song “Peel Me A Grape” (available on Love Scenes). Her delivery is such that it isn’t just restricted to the foodstuffs mentioned, of course…
Cab Calloway - Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
Nat “King” Cole: Frim-Fram Sauce All those things he doesn’t want (such as the french fried potatoes and red ripe tomatoes), I’ll take. He can have the fried frim-fram sauce, the oss-en-fay and his side of sha fafa.
Well, there’s always jingles in food commercials.
Nobody doesn’t like Sarah Lee!