Songs about meat: there are more than you might think

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Apr 24th 2006 @ 6:07PM

The other day, Sarah Gim posted about a Chicago meat market that was asking people to write meat-related raps. On a similar note, I recently came across an old Ask MetaFilter thread asking for songs about meat. Coincidence? Who knows. What I do know is that there were roughly 100 replies. I was glad to see that someone made the obvious connection to Southern Culture on the Skids (right) for their numerous meat related songs and album titles, including (but not limited to) "Too Much Pork for Just One Fork," "Chitlin Strut," and "8 Piece Box." Louis Armstrong and the Hot Five's "Struttin' With Some Barbeque" also made the list. Personally, I'm partial to the Willie Nelson version of that one. As you might imagine, Ween, Cibo Matto and Tom Waits all make appearances on the list as well. Sadly, two of my favorites, Blind Boy Fuller's "If You See My Pigmeat" and Louis Prima's "Closer to the Bone" didn't make the roster. I guess those aren't really about meat anyway.

Filed Under: On the Blogs, Lists
Tags: ask metafilter, blind boy fuller, cibo matto, lyrics, meat, music, pigmeat, rap, songs, songs about meat, southern culture on the skids, struttin with some barbeque, tom waits, ween

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4-25-2006 @4:47AM Joe D. said... I see Beck's "Satan Gave Me A Taco" made the list,never heard it, and have to track it down. Seems they left out bassist Ray Browns's fatty/funky Latin jam, "Taco with a Pork Chop."
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4-25-2006 @6:05AM Marty said... How about "Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat" by Dizzy Gillespie...?
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4-25-2006 @9:40AM amy said... There's always Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Chas "Everything on the Hog (is good)"
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4-25-2006 @9:54AM Nick said... "Satan Gave Me A Taco" is a good one. It appears on Beck's Steropathetic Soulmanure and, according to Wikipedia, on an unreleased collection called Fresh Meat and Old Slabs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Meat_and_Old_Slabs). Go figure.
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