Let's Eat!

Music for Compulsive Nibblers

(a mixtape from the '90s)







The other day, in between scoops of Breyer's Dulce de Leche and Almond Butter ice cream with fistful chasers of Skinny Pop popcorn, my omnivorous girlfriend Amy quipped, "Hey, I (mmmmmgrrr) wanna make a (mmmmmslllrrgggr) food-themed mixed tape (smack smack, slurp slurp). Where should I start?" That got me digging out my theme mixtapes from the '80s and '90s - way back before iTunes and CDs made finding, recording, and distributing songs so much easier; before downloads and file sharing, I had to rely on my own personal record collection (yes, every song listed below is from vinyl). Here's the print version of my "Let's Eat!" tape (recorded on a Maxwell UDII 90-minute cassette tape and taking its title from the Nick Lowe Live Stiffs LP song); please feel free to add to and update it! (It is, after all, rather dated - note how I didn't even have Weird Al's "My Bologna" or anything by Southern Culture on the Skids like "Banana Pudding" or "8 Piece Box.")





Amy sez: "Let's eat!"





Amy found her Cheeseburger in Paradise - and Super-sized it!



Side A

Beatles - Savoy Truffle

Collins Kids - Shortnin' Bread

Louis Jordan - Beans & Cornbread

Louis Jordan - Boogie Woogie Blue Plate

Wird Al Yankovic - Girls Just Wanna Have Lunch

John Mellencamp - Hot Dogs & Hamburgers

Nat King Cole - Frim Fram Sauce

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Home Cooking

Tom Waits - Eggs & Sausage

Nick Lowe - Let's Eat!

Undertones - Mars Bar

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Farmer's Market

R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders - Get a Load of This

David Soul - Black Bean Soup

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Call Any Vegetable



Side B

Andrew Sisters - Hold Tight (Seafood Mama)

Mounds/Almond Joy commercial

Earth Opera - Roast Beef Love

Oreos commercial

Cracker Jack commercial

NRBQ - Hot Biscuits & Sweet Marie

(Note: But how could I not also add NRBQ's "RC Cola and a Moon Pie"!)

Armour Hot Dogs commercial

Butterbeans & Susie - Hot Dog Man

I Love Bosco commercial

Chicquita Bananas commercial

Chordettes - Lollipop

Insiders - Love Like Candy

Ohio Express - Chewy, Chewy

Frank Zappa - St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast

Jimmy Buffet - Cheeseburger in Paradise

Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Muffin Man

Pink Floyd - Apples & Oranges

Steve Goodman - Chicken Cordon Blues

Jonathan Richman - Double Chocolate Malted

Jack Wild - Cotton Candy