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.Songs about meat: there are more than you might think
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.Related Headlines
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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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4-25-2006 @ 11:36AM
Enrique said...
How about Dead Eye Dick's "New Age Girl" ?
She don't eat meat but she sure likes the bone...
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