GL songs which reference, of all things, food! A new quizzer...

[Oh, Linda]

Mr. Lightfoot has incorporated a wide variety of food and/or beverage lyrics in his songs. So I thought we could have some fun and see how many we can identify.

Very easy rules....

1) The food/beverage must be used in the context of FOOD. That's it! Very easy. For example, rainbow trout, as used in the song "Rainbow Trout" wouldn't qualify. Make sense?

2) More than one example contained in the same song will count as a unique examples

3) The same food/beverage can be used in multiple songs, which is also ok. Each submission will count.

4) Format is also easy. Simply state the line of lyrics in which the food/beverage word is used along with the song title. Be sure to give ~GL credit, too.

I'll try to keep track as members submit examples. I might even have to play my own game too if that's ok.

Shall I start?

Pardon me if I don't turn back or even say goodbye
I surely have enjoyed your cup of tea ~GL

Have fun! At the very least we'll all be hungry by the time it's all said and done:)

[RM]

I cautiously tread into these waters filled with the promise of simple rules......

Song : Triangle

Lyric : "The best of all friends will say goodbye again, there's still time for one last glass of ale".

Is that ok ?

[Oh, Linda]

Yes, perfect!

[joveski]

love and MAPLE SYRUP go together

i'd like to be in BISCUIT city

pick wild STRAWBERRYS together

rolling smokes and drinking up the WINE

[charlene]

Lyric: Was she drinking CHAMPAGNE when she made up her mind..

Song: On The High Seas


Lyric: I'm bent but not broken and all I need is my share of a bottle of that very rare, Blackberry wine

Song: Blackberry Wine

[RM]

This may test the peaceful waters......but I submit :

Song : Let It Ride

Lyrics :

Hear the steeple bell ring out above my lobster pots
I might be out here fishing man, but that ain't where it stops
The mouths I feed are many and they all say thanks a lot
They just let it ride

[RM]

Song : Seven Island Suite

Lyric : You seem to think because you got chicken-to-go you're in luck

[RM]

I'll take 2 coffees please (black)

Song : Lazy Mornin'

Lyric : Such fun, coffee's in the kitchen, woman on the run
____________________________________

Song : Second Cup Of Coffee

Lyric : I'm on my second cup of coffee, still can't face the day

[geodeticman.5]

Song : Seven Island Suite

Lyric : You seem to think because you got chicken-to-go you're in luck

HOLD the phone I'm callin' my attorney - the reference to chicken in this song, to the enlightened..ahemm... is that allegorically metaphorically in a neo-pseudo-crypto-fascist analogy of dread of nuclear war is that he is "chicken", as in afraid - not food, the listenener that Lightfoot puts in neo-protagonist role is being asked of themselves....

I Challenge Ron... I am not happy about this.... we are allready spiralling out of control OMG where's the phone o o OH... lol lol lol... O I am only kidding bro... had to pull it once.... -revenge for all the heckling from ya RON.... oh I am so only kidding.....-sigh-

Actually, I have truly (embarrassed to say) thought when I was younger he DID mean chicken as in scared, then when it hit me as he meant like KFC chicken to go, I felt REAL stupid...(NO comments on that lol).. good call Ron... I have always loved that song.... and that is one of the most HUMAN words in the lyrics...really... it grounds you for a second he lives in the real world too...
picture: Lightfoot picking up Chicken-to-go at KFC - and saying to the kid at the pay window "ya know... I wrote a song about this, that is a favourite of audiophiles (really) on the 1/2 speed masters series of Sundown, did you know that , ma'am (to the lady taking money, who signals to the boss and puts her hand by the red button under the counter, pensively wondering where this guy is going with this...ooh boy..wrote a song about chicken, eh ? OK...talk him through it nice and easy, and it'll go OK... lol)

Poor guy - can you imagine Lightfoot in real-life everyday situations coming across things from his songs, and no doubt trying, out of humility, to NOT comment on his poignant lyrics or braggadosio on his fame and fortune and...work...artistry..pertaining to the moment - great ice breakers...but if they don't know him.... could be funny.. poor guy.. :confused: :headbang: :clap:

All in fun... great post Oh,Linda! I will try one.... 'tseeer (I did not explain that word to you Oh,Linda, my daughter, who is now 26, made up that imaginary phonetic contraction at AGE 3 or so 'tseeer contracting- conflating she was saying allready - and stemming - long before the Lightfoot corfid controversy over stemming and Navvy, even before alt.music.Lightfoot... it means ('tseeer) = Let's see here - when she was two or three....still in underGrad work... but it fit in her thesis option...for the x-fer FWD to PhD option....lol....when she got her Doctorate in Comparitive Literature in Medieval English age 10...she slowed down a lot...those hopcotch sessions got to be obsessive INSTEAD of STUDYING...I'd let her go to sleep by 2am - whats the big deal ?

- anyway - her doctorate with an emphasis in punctuation cryptography for the time period...they are still currently translating dots and dits and quotes,and ... stuff like that.... for post-doc stipend funded by DowChemical again Char lol.... oh Mamie got her PhD when she was 12.... OK 'nuff joking. I'm punchy tired from all the ten over in Basic inedible Lyrics 201....lol... great idea here. lemee see..'tseeer:lyrics, title, credit..OK....

now 'bout the liquid route:
Much more fluid lyrics...
Lyrics: -groan-

The train that I'm on is a hundred boxcars long
So I don't sleep through to the morning
That's some chilly wind in this gondola I'm in
I wish I had a glass of beer

Song Title: 'Borderstone' ~gl

OK on them Apples ? oh oh oh: that reminds me of another song I love, funny I know a lot of people find it tedious or unappealing (PEELING APPLES LOL ...--sigh- OK...), but the imagery towards the end is very redeeming - I love it:
Lyrics:
Songs of the season, apples of the sun
There is no rhyme or reason, just a time for each and every one

Song Title: 'A Lesson in Love' ~gl
- allthough, with apples (little green apples in the summertime - another song...Glen Campbell (sings it)?
Anyway - with regard to the very straightforward rules, this I think may violate the context de rigeur of food per se, maybe its illustrative further of what does not qualify ? I'm not sure... Oh,Linda ? (can we call you Linda ? - easier for my two finger hunt and slip) lol... ?? ruling ?

Great Game Oh,Linda . I'll bet there are a bunch......o dem appose (as Mamie used to say around 3 -4 appose plural...... lol

Thanks for thinking up this thread Linda, I get to play too ! :) :biggrin: :clap: :headbang:

[Jesse Joe]

I somewhat thought the same as you Geo Steve on the chicken one. Refering to the person being chicken ?? :)

[Jesse Joe]

Great idea for a thread Oh, Linda ! :)

Song: Circle Of Steel

She tips her gin bottle back till it's gone
The child is strong.

[Jesse Joe]

Song: Steel Rail Blues

Now I ain't had a home cooked meal and Lord I need one now ??????????

[Jesse Joe]

Song: Uncle Toad

He said, kid stop drinkin' that brew
Plan while ya can or the joke's on you

[Jesse Joe]

Song: Baby Step Back

Whiskey and wine help me pass the time

[podunklander]

Song: Pony Man

"They live on candy and apples
Instead of oats and hay."

Actually, all four aforementioned foods also happen to resemble my typical vegan breakfast

[charlene]

I'm still confused as to why Rainbow Trout isn't an answer..it's a food..
and if I follow along the rule as stated then several of the subsequent submissions wouldn't qualify..
but then again..I may be wrong..
;)

[RM]

Have fun! At the very least we'll all be hungry by the time it's all said and done:)

I don't know how hungry we'll be, but we'll certainly be inebriated.

Song :Triangle

Lyric : Just sip on your rum, or I'll give you my thumb.

[RM]

Song : Salute

Lyric :

May all of your martinis be forever dry

[RM]

I'm feeling woozy.....

Song : Christian Island

Lyrics :

And when the gale comes up I'll fill my cup
With the whiskey of the highlands

[charlene]

two words Ron - Alcoholics Anonymous
;)

[RM]

two words Ron - Alcoholics Anonymous
;)

Have you been reading my Private Messages ?

[charlene]

Have you been reading my Private Messages ?

should I be?

[RM]

Just checking......ok......back to the game :

Song : Canadian Railroad Trilogy

Lyric :

Living on stew and drinking bad whiskey

[Borderstone]

So far,all I can find is ... "Makin' Hay With No >Gravy< , brings the good folks down.

Hay & gravy??!! :eek: YUK!!! :p

[Oh, Linda]

Oh,Linda ? (can we call you Linda ? - easier for my two finger hunt and slip) lol... ad Linda, I get to play too ! :) :biggrin: :clap: :headbang:

Of course, since my name is indeed Linda. The member name "Linda" was already taken, so I went for "Oh, Linda" (I love the fact GL sings the song to just the bass guitar!) but Spin, Spin was a close runner up.

[Oh, Linda]

Song: Steel Rail Blues

Now I ain't had a home cooked meal and Lord I need one now ??????????

Works!

[Oh, Linda]

I'm still confused as to why Rainbow Trout isn't an answer..it's a food..
and if I follow along the rule as stated then several of the subsequent submissions wouldn't qualify..
but then again..I may be wrong..
;)

Most submissions thus far work just fine, but agree we've got a few that aren't quite used in the context of a food, like Biscuit City. Yes it's a bread roll of sorts but not necessarily in this song. You could argue lobster pot and gin bottle too but since they are a food and beverage respectively I'd let them slide even if it's the container being referred to. Candy apples and oats are great, but do people really eat hay?

Chicken To Go works just fine since it is used in the context of a food, all be it one you can conveniently pick up through a drive thru.

Now as for Rainbow Trout, this littly fishy is used as a metaphor for a woman in the song with the same title, not in the context of a food. Since Gordon incorporated many examples of fish in his songwriting there are many examples that will work perfectly well and I suspect we'll be seeing submissions shortly.

Does the above make sense? If it's too confusing we can say "let 'er rip" to any and all with or without context of food. As long as the song was indeed written by GL himself. What does everyone think?

P.S. My faves so far...."home cooked meal," You just can't beat 'em--and chicken to go! (never knew of that one before!!)

[Oh, Linda]

I'll take 2 coffees please (black)

Song : Lazy Mornin'

Lyric : Such fun, coffee's in the kitchen, woman on the run
____________________________________


OK if I play my own game? Also in Lazy Mornin---

I took time to make town and stock a pint or two, the most delicious brew ~GL

[Jesse Joe]

Song: I'd Rather Press On



Wouldn't it feel fine--to return to the women and the wine
And all of the sunshine that we knew

[fezo]

So far,all I can find is ... "Makin' Hay With No >Gravy< , brings the good folks down.

Hay & gravy??!! :eek: YUK!!! :pOh, I'd never eat hay without gravy....

Home From the Forest - "And the wine was runnin' low"

Rosanna - "The dinner's served at eight o'clock on time
And all is well by nine"

[BendRick]

There is a Gordon Lightfoot song where we actually hear him consuming a beverage. It's halfway into the song Cabaretwhich is the last song in the Summer Side of Life album/CD. It is the sound of a pull-tab on a aluminum can, which could've contained a beer or cola beverage, he drinks it, and does the drink-sigh sound we all know.

[jj]

Face of a Thousand People:

'bodies clothed in uniforms, to REAP THE HARVEST of their pride'


ok, this may violate rule 1.1a, but i couldnt resist

i'm still in Thanksgiving mode (well, my liver is still aching)


The Watchman's Gone:

would 'washing the bullpoop down' qualify in any shape or form?

[mandoann]

Would this one count?

Now the dinner's served and the cards are dealt

from Ballad of Yarmouth Castle ~gl

[joveski]

Face of a Thousand People:


The Watchman's Gone:

would 'washing the bullpoop down' qualify in any shape or form?


you eat bullpoop? !

[Oh, Linda]

There is a Gordon Lightfoot song where we actually hear him consuming a beverage. It's halfway into the song Cabaretwhich is the last song in the Summer Side of Life album/CD. It is the sound of a pull-tab on a aluminum can, which could've contained a beer or cola beverage, he drinks it, and does the drink-sigh sound we all know.

Is that what that is?? I always thought it was a cigarette lighter (the kind with the flip top) and the sound of taking a puff !! Who knew.....Sounds like this one could easily fit in the other thread of misunderstood lyrics, talk about a misunderstood sound:)

[Oh, Linda]

Would this one count?

Now the dinner's served and the cards are dealt

from Ballad of Yarmouth Castle ~gl


Yes. Dinner=meal (technically)=food and used in context of food. So I'm going to say yes.

Now as for that bull&#%@ I don't think so...;) but what a line.

[Don Quixote]

I'm surprised that B'stone forgot in his own song..."And the sounds of the beans boiling through the evergreeens sure do please a hungry man."
DQ

[geodeticman.5]

Is that what that is?? I always thought it was a cigarette lighter (the kind with the flip top) and the sound of taking a puff !! Who knew.....Sounds like this one could easily fit in the other thread of misunderstood lyrics, talk about a misunderstood sound:)

It, The Great Mystery Sound Theory(ies), by quorum vote, goes all the way back to alt.music.lightfoot in AOL chat days,c 1998 (?+/-) been ascribed to opening a canned beverage, quaffing it, and ahhh sound of enjoyment, along with the infamous Zippo Lighter and first drag.... of the chat in those days - and one poor person who was ribbed mercilessly for years over it.. despite our essential concurrence -but we gave him a customized T-shirt !- and various sundry other theories...lol.... BTW - see the Stonewall vistory - Cabaret - you'll see the Lighter, the Beer can, the glass of beer; and.. the cigarette dragged upon..
:biggrin::headbang:

REDEEMING ON-THREAD ENTRY:

Lyric:
Remember when Mr. Barnum presented Jenny Lind
They named a candy after her, a circus after him
Song:'A Lesson in Love' - gl

[Jesse Joe]

Is that what that is?? I always thought it was a cigarette lighter (the kind with the flip top) and the sound of taking a puff !! Who knew.....Sounds like this one could easily fit in the other thread of misunderstood lyrics, talk about a misunderstood sound:)

This would be a wonderful question to ask Gord, because it can very well be a cigarette lighter (the kind with flip top) and the sound of taking a puff... That is also what I always thought it was... Sure sounds like it... :)

[Jesse Joe]

It, The Great Mystery Sound Theory(ies), by quorum vote, goes all the way back to alt.music.lightfoot in AOL chat days,c 1998 (?+/-) been ascribed to opening a canned beverage, quaffing it, and ahhh sound of enjoyment, along with the infamous Zippo Lighter and first drag.... of the chat in those days - and one poor person who was ribbed mercilessly for years over it.. despite our essential concurrence -but we gave him a customized T-shirt !- and various sundry other theories...lol.... BTW - see the Stonewall vistory - Cabaret - you'll see the Lighter, the Beer can, the glass of beer; and.. the cigarette dragged upon..
:biggrin::headbang:

REDEEMING ON-THREAD ENTRY:

Lyric:
Remember when Mr. Barnum presented Jenny Lind
They named a candy after her, a circus after him
Song:'A Lesson in Love' - gl


Was this actually solved ? :confused:

[Oh, Linda]

Was this actually solved ? :confused:

I think it's still hotly debated! So I don't think so.:)

[Oh, Linda]

OK folks!! Just a few quick stats on this one.

We've had a total of 35 unique (non-duplicative songs) mentions in all from 11 Corfid members. RM is leading the way with 9, followed by Jesse Jo with 5 and joveski with 4.

The beverages outnumber foods 19 to 16. Let's start with the beverages: wine and liquor (various) top the list with five mentions each, followed by beer/ale at 4. As for the foods, fruits have the most mentions (4), including apples, wild strawberries, blackberry and candy apples.

Thanks to everyone who's participated in such a short period of time! I'm sure there are many more......hmmmm...let me think.....

[RM]

We've had a total of 34 unique (non-duplicative songs) mentions in all from 11 Corfid members. RM is leading the way with 9, followed by Jesse Jo with 5 and joveski with 4.


I'd like to wager $10 on RM to win.

[RM]

Song : I'll Tag Along

Lyric :

Cups of tea and all of that Zen

[Oh, Linda]

Song : I'll Tag Along

Lyric :

Cups of tea and all of that Zen

. . . and another "tea" from Black Day in July, "and sip your cup of tea."

That makes 3 teas, 2 coffees. Cream or sugar?

[geodeticman.5]

I think it's still hotly debated! So I don't think so.:)


Hi Linda - lol... when I mentioned that it was rather exhaustively examined over time, back to alt.music.lightfoot, and a "de facto quorum vote" established (whatever) a semi-offical concurrence (on the famous mystery sound in Cabaret) - I for one think that just because over about a one month period a majority of alt.music.lightfoot "agreed" it was (whatever)-it does not make it so, either ! -

There were" prominent members" - (snicker at the hubris) opinions, leading to a "don't argue over it more" consensus lol.... it is still of course open to debate. It has been said Gordon stated what it was once, but that smacks of Lightfoot urban/rural-sprout legend, versus citeable quote.

When I listen I hear a can-pop-top (to me) opening, the quaff, ahhh!, and what sounds then like a lighter (Zippo) followed by a first drag and sound of relief, as I recall. And the vistory from Stonewall I think is taking a "here are all the most prevalent entries for the sound" approach, in order that they not posture as siding with one or more "consensus" answers (phooeey) - I agree its open until Lightfoot himself says it is 'this or that" LOL - No matter what I say here, which I intend to be balanced, and casual, there will be a long-timer back to alt.musc that "recalls the (opposite of whatever I say) lol.......

Extensive or minimal posts from that chat rom can be on-line here if you want Linda, on the sound, (and some really hilarious takes) and the mercilessly ribbed member that was deemed a sacreligious 3 days or so behind the "consesus" lol.... was I believe "Telekidd". I did a (surprise) satire of the whole thing and ...ego... by tyeing it into Aliens, or Bigfoot Running Walmart by reverse Engineering Zayre's Store in Zone #51 ( cheapest cr8* discount store in Ohio,,,Wes U remember ?) and it was extricated to my embarrassment and posted all over the web as an "atomic" tag of sorts billing the fun and talk in alt.musc.lightfoot ! - the one about Walmart Aliens...lol....

I agree - there is no such thing as a closed subject on subjective opinion re: Lightfoot songs, unless the case as I mentioned (that I THINK... did occur) takes place - The Man making a"preferably" written quote" - if someone has there Songbook "booklet" - I don't its packed away in moving boxes... :(
I THINK there is a quote from GL on it... - that is 'not-atypically' leaving room for thought, as he tends to leave for in his woprk , as though they are INDEED akin to paintings , which most of us would say they are similar too...lyrical tapestry, etc.... AND GL has been paraphrased as saying on may of his "more ethereal songs' eg "Is There Anyone Home", and 'Too Many Clues in this Room' ( a REAL MIND-BENDER).

Then there's the ego-and-the -id one-armed jugglers of "A Lesson in Love" - one many find tedious, melody in specific ;repetituous I believe I hear frequently, but I LIKE IT.. the lyrics.. the Freudian/Jung'ian/Roger'ian et al models of psycho-analyses therapy ( and THOSE are old-school) - now there are "officially" (I hate that word lol ) around 28 per a family-member's Dr. And, he said 'do not have (your family member) treated IN THIS CASE brand-new fast-track HMO-driven Psychological Doctorate (PD. i think is the new rubric) versus the whole nine-yards(*) PhD in Psychology "real" - hope I offend no one by that - my mother is one(PhD) so there is a family bias to her opinion, and my family member's former P.C.P's as well, when it came up in the past, who he said make SURE they( go to a ) full-fledged PhD n Psych - ""he*8 with what the HMO says max billable per hour us per hour is, precluding a real PhD Psychologist, versus the "fast-track" = less $/billable hour in practice....gosh... :rolleyes: all that from ethereal songs lol - notably GL's comment on a "walk down shrink alley" - from A Lesson...

Note: * 'Whole nine yards" - looked that phrase up and it is thought to mean "the WWII (gattling guns) that came with belts of ammo it that were yards long, and if the enemy/threat was sudfficient, they'd "give 'em the 'whole nine yards' of ammo ! Yechh military eupemisms when we don't even know it lol... but I DO like John Wayne's funny "poster sold on the web" that show him in full WWII regalia, holiing a long gun pointed high, and a from his character in "The Sand Pebbles" I believe, a quote bubbled over his image, saying "Life is tuff....and its..tuffer.. if yer' stupid..." lol.....

I'd agree - renew the sound !, give fresh minds and opinions in a food/beverage subject for sure - and if you'd like - it is fun reading to look at case-closers on it in the alt.mus chat, and humbler posts as well about it take place.....and if u really want to raz me... the Walmart Alien theory !

Lets rasie the Titanic - Zippo et al - on equal merit again ! herehere ! ( I lean toward the sound of: a diet pepsi Lime and a zippo lighting a cigarette"

Go for it !:cool: :clap:

Oh Linda - I'll be curious to hear what you think of the after your successful Q175 submit: a 3-POST DISCUSSION OF LYRICS GAME HOSTING THOUGHTS - an attempt at the lighter side of lyrics games......and lyrics musing for all as well...it was too long (imagine that! @(23,000 characters) I wrote just thinking out loud (oh boy..) after your successful Q175 submit in Inedibles Lyrics, - too long to put in a PM (5000 character max)and even thread posts R 10,000 max, so I had to split my dubious ruminations into 3 (three !) max posts in Lyrics to examine the various thoughts from both sides now of lyrics and trying to help ppl have a fun time.... it grew into a tongue-in-cheek study on corfid-human nature....(ohH boooy...LOL C what U think OK ?) your name is in it ! ur famous 1 well, sort of.... I am going to change my geodeticman.5 name to Max Post.... lol....10k Characters all the way...all well developed characitures.... he he:biggrin: :biggrin: :rolleyes::clap:

REDEEMING (I hope) on-thread submission:

Song:'Cherokee Bend'

Lyics: per Lightfoot! Wayne Francis

And they lived for a time that way
But the food run low and the meat went bad
And she said to the boy one day - ~gl

Q for Linda re: above submit: is not meat a no- brainer..? , IAE - But what of the meta-food word 'food' lol - all joking aside, I've a feeling its too generic...not a valid submit: no argument here....thoughts ? Thank you :biggrin: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[geodeticman.5]

I'd like to wager $10 on RM to win.

Ron = I'm in shhhhh ! Char will see it ..and you know her no wagers policy - cover story - we were offering $10 -a -pop charity Hi-Protein Meal-replacement wafers fo rthe needy..... waFERS NOT wagers shhh OK ? lol..... :rolleyes: :whistle:

[RM]

Ron = I'm in shhhhh ! Char will see it ..and you know her no wagers policy

Oh Geez........I forgot all about that.......wish me well.........

[Jesse Joe]

Song: May I


And if you don't say may I, then I'll pass the cake around
And I won't give you any, but you won't make a sound
You don't eat soap(?), anyhow



While you're at the spindry, I'll pass the pie around
But you won't make a sound
You don't eat blackbird(?) anyhow




Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater

[charlene]

I'm watching you boys..
:cool:

[RM]

Song : Someone To Believe In

Lyrics :

You know living a life of ease
don't make your meals taste better if you please

[jj]

I'd like to wager $10 on RM to win.

I believe rm and the Rays will experience a similar fate

note:
I withdrew after "harvest" was discarded by the Russian judge

[RM]

note:
I withdrew after "harvest" was discarded by the Russian judge

I understand. I almost submitted "Butternut Grove" (since it is an edible nut), but reconsidered. I refuse to end up like Barbaro.

[Oh, Linda]

REDEEMING (I hope) on-thread submission:

Song:'Cherokee Bend'

Lyics: per Lightfoot! Wayne Francis

And they lived for a time that way
But the food run low and the meat went bad
And she said to the boy one day - ~gl

Q for Linda re: above submit: is not meat a no- brainer..? , IAE - But what of the meta-food word 'food' lol - all joking aside, I've a feeling its too generic...not a valid submit: no argument here....thoughts ? Thank you :biggrin: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:


I allowed "dinner" for mandoann, "meals" for RM, so "food" is on just as solid ground. I'm placing these in the "miscellaneous" category on my tracker. Add to these Jesse Joe's flourish earlier today and the foods have now overtaken the beverages!

[Oh, Linda]

From Triangle...

Rock lobsters and tuna fish

[teherie]

"...just fetch some wine and set it there" (Minstrel of the Dawn)

"...where maps are contained and what's left of his brains when his crew threw his balls to the sharks" (Too Many Clues In This Room). I guess that counts as fish food but remember I didn't write the line, G.L. did.

[Jesse Joe]

Boathouse



I'd sooner eat down at the boathouse,?????

Or I could be back at the alehouse, with a flagon or two ????

What do you think Oh Linda ! :rolleyes: NO, YES, Maybe !!! :biggrin:

[Jesse Joe]

"Ballad Of The Yarmouth Castle'

And the drinks are passed around

[RM]

Jesse Joe appears to be in full gallop.....I'd best use my whip

Song : High And Dry

Lyric :

Her sails billow like bubbles, while you sip your daily doubles

[Oh, Linda]

Boathouse

I'd sooner eat down at the boathouse,?????

Or I could be back at the alehouse, with a flagon or two ????
what do you think Oh Linda ! :rolleyes: NO, YES, Maybe !!! :biggrin:

For the same reason dinner, meals and food worked, I'd say yes to eat (counting in miscellaneous category). Since I did allow "gin bottle" from Circle of Steel it would seem logical to include alehouse too. Flagon is questionable, however, but just for a moment. People do say things like "drink a pint" with the assumption meaning beer/ale/stout, etc. I wonder if anyone ever says "drink a flagon." Presumably that's what GL had in mind, especially since it's in the same line with ale. So let's go for it and err on the side of yes. The key here is they are all in the context of food. Respectable indeed, Jesse Joe. Good work! This brings the food and beverages to an even tie!

[Oh, Linda]

Jesse Joe appears to be in full gallop.....I'd best use my whip



The two of you are tied at 12 unique submissions apiece! Giddyup!

[Jesse Joe]

Oh RM has a whip too, or he borrowed it from Char ! :eek:

[Jesse Joe]

Song: Long Way Back Home


All I have is my drink
And the time left to think
While time slips away

[Jesse Joe]

Song: Lazy Mornin',


Another lazy mornin', come suppertime I'm gonna light my barbecue


I've checked to see that it had not been used so far... It's kind of surprising that it hasn't, maybe I've missed it, if so, {My Apologies} :)

[RM]

Holy Smokes ! Jesse Joe is flying......

Song : Rosanna

Lyrics (2 submissions) :

With kisses for a king and coffee on a silver tray

________________________________________

Lyric : The dinner's served at eight o'clock on time

[Jesse Joe]

lol ! No Ron, your flying. I cant think of no more except...

Song: Oh Linda


Painted eyes and lips like wine

[Oh, Linda]

Song: Lazy Mornin',


Another lazy mornin', come suppertime I'm gonna light my barbecue


I've checked to see that it had not been used so far... It's kind of surprising that it hasn't, maybe I've missed it, if so, {My Apologies} :)

Me, too, since from the same song we got "coffee's in the kitchen," from your rival RM no less!

[Oh, Linda]

Lyric : The dinner's served at eight o'clock on time

This one's a repeat (only the 2nd in 54 unique submissions)...

[RM]

This one's a repeat (only the 2nd in 54 unique submissions)...

Are you sure ? I found "dinner's served" from Yarmouth Castle, but not from Rosanna.

[Oh, Linda]

Oh, I'd never eat hay without gravy....

Home From the Forest - "And the wine was runnin' low"

Rosanna - "The dinner's served at eight o'clock on time
And all is well by nine"

Hi RM--fezo beat you to it :) on day #2. C'mon, I know you've got another one in you!

[RM]

Hi RM--fezo beat you to it :) on day #2. C'mon, I know you've got another one in you!

That dang fezo (you can't trust that guy).

Just kidding........thank you for the clarification.

[RM]

Hi RM--fezo beat you to it :) on day #2. C'mon, I know you've got another one in you!

Nope....he's spent. To ensure he retains some value for stud services, it's best that I rein in this well-lathered and weary steed. I concede the race to Jesse Joe.

[Oh, Linda]

It, The Great Mystery Sound Theory(ies), by quorum vote, goes all the way back to alt.music.lightfoot in AOL chat days,c 1998 (?+/-) been ascribed to opening a canned beverage, quaffing it, and ahhh sound of enjoyment, along with the infamous Zippo Lighter and first drag.... of the chat in those days - and one poor person who was ribbed mercilessly for years over it.. despite our essential concurrence -but we gave him a customized T-shirt !- and various sundry other theories...lol.... BTW - see the Stonewall vistory - Cabaret - you'll see the Lighter, the Beer can, the glass of beer; and.. the cigarette dragged upon..
:biggrin::headbang:




I've gone back to listen to that "sound" and now I've managed to convince myself it's the beverage/quaff sound....

[Don Quixote]

I think we missed one of the earlier ones. It comes from a song whose title is two synonyms. Can anyone find it?
DQ

[jj]

I think we missed one of the earlier ones. It comes from a song whose title is two synonyms. Can anyone find it?
DQ

'candy cane' from Wherefore & Why?

[jj]

This one's a repeat (only the 2nd in 54 unique submissions)...

oh linda,
is there a consolidated list? (to more easily check for repeats)

[geodeticman.5]

I think we missed one of the earlier ones. It comes from a song whose title is two synonyms. Can anyone find it?
DQ

But of course, Heir Dr. Quixote, is it perhaps...Indiana Cervantes ? No matter, vee have vaysof finding the answerd vee vant. OK enuff of the Indie Jones 4
parady: simply put:

DQ: Assuming of course you meant in other words that we missed a song that contained food or drink or related allowable sundries, and its from an earlier one - meaning of course an older but not obscure pre-UA or non domestic - which you wouod have made some refercne to , if I know you well enough by now...so it must be an earlier UA.

And - the song name must be a synonym of two words - I'll not define what everone knows for synonym in my "Do I understand your Clue DQ ?", but that gave me cause to think of the older UA songs, titles of 2 words, meaning essentially the same thing, and then, with a nearly immediately in mind for me: 8 hours of unconsciousness and falling off my chair lol...with no apparent time pasage...lol..apparantly the UNconscious mind can ruminate just as the SUB-conscious mind..... so with all these criteria in mind: I present 2 U:

FALSE START: wait a minute 'tseeer

So hear is my sort -of instantaneeous attempt to submit a food/drink/sundry phrase from a song to Linda, and to answer your helpful challenge at the same time, thanks DR. Quixote : :clap:

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Submission to Linda for a food/drink: (that also aswers Professor DQ's "we missed one" early one at the same time

first - the whole shebang:
(Professor?)
Song:
Pussywillows, Cat-tails

NOTE: For the Professor's challenge:

Synonym qualifier in song name "PussyWillows ~ Cat-Tails"
(is there a diference? ) - IAE are synonyms IMO
Lyrics: with food, &/or drink submit highlighted:


Pussywillows,cat-tails,soft winds and roses
Rainpools in the woodland, water to my knees
Shivering, quivering, the warm breath of spring
Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses
Catbirds and cornfields (?), daydreams together
Riding on the roadside, the dust gets in your eyes
Reveling, disheveling, the summer nights can bring
Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses

Slanted rays and colored days, stark blue horizons
Naked limbs and wheat bins, hazy afternoons
Voicing, rejoicing, the wine cups do bring
Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses

Harsh nights and candlelights, woodfires a-blazin'
Soft lips and fingertips resting in my soul
Treasuring, remembering, the promise of spring
Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses


Might tha' one be the sng yer' a lookin' for Dr. ? And, the tile is infact a synonym by me book, yours ?

Linda - the underlined lyrics that are more solid are underlined and in gold

than the rather weak in white.

OKayBOyz dazeet. Whaddya think ? Linda, Good Dr, ? :biggrin: :headbang: :clap: :cool:

[jj]

Synonym qualifier in song name "PussyWillows ~ Cat-Tails"
(is there a diference? ) - IAE are synonyms IMO

hi stevgeo,
they're different, I've got ctails growing here but no pwillows

wherefore/why are the symilar;)

[geodeticman.5]

hi stevgeo,
they're different, I've got ctails growing here but no pwillows

wherefore/why are the symilar;) -i' say you got it young man, why not submit it instead of wacking me in the face with your submission ? .........hehehe


No really thanks jj - still, why not submit your answer to the good professor + Linda instead of pro-tempe juding mine and using yours as an instrument of slapping knuckles lol....and render your own submission vague in the process ? lol I am only funnin ya, Ron-style....s'ok..

I'm feelin feisty 'cause of my stupid router AND Windows Vista..... all crashing 2night - and you logged off B4 I could re-boot all components and thwart your other real-time dig at me in Lyrics ? lol...... its your eyes lad , not a mic problem....lol

I C Yer point - are the pussywillows the little white thingees - like fuzzy white tylenol extra-stength capsules with white hair on 'em - those the pwhillos ? I know the cat-tails are the "look like a corn-dog roast on a stick" -except the corn-dog -hot-dog is ..FUZZY......spiney... and do they not commonly grown right around side-by-side - hence why I thought they were same thing ? Well at least my food submission from song should be OK ?

I know....lets let Linda answer the main submits - and The Professor DQ answer his side-bet Q ? How bout THEM apples YOU LILLY -LIV -oh YOU LOGGED BACK ON... HEY JJ ! I'm cool how U man ? Just saw your notes ! 'preciate being humbled and corrected while the (in this case) 2 *real* judges sleep ? lol..... j/k - I see where U ARE right with Wherefor Why.

Are there any other threads you can slap me around in while other sleep IN NORTH AMERICA ? LOL.... ? Everywhere I go to pay my respects to new threads 2-NITE you are in there saying I am wrong. - Including my/OUR thread - 'cept you've turned into a drive-by flamer a couple of nights now = starting with car 154 where are you ...lol...- you burn me - then while I post -to explain or correct you or myself - you LOG OUT ! lol............its cool jj ..just seein if you can take your own medicine.... I have to be nice in my own thread...lol..... well, I guess here too..... OUT OF RESPECT FOR LINDA AND THE PROFESSOR...AND,,,,,AND....MARIANNE ! wait ,, no thats Gilligain.....whatever.yeah huh....yeah heh ,,,,man... sheesh.... boy...

OK NEVER MIND DQ - I'll let my reply stand as food entry to Linda - I think jj has not usurped that lol.......though, I was close, eh DQ ? :rolleyes:

[jj]

I am only funnin ya, Ron-style

no sweat, i've got pretty think skin...well, steve-style, plain fun whereas ron-style, downright nasty, lol

oh, i answered on the previous page...and you wheat and whine are acknowledged...i mean wine, oops

rm,
have a grand eve at the Fox...glad it was resurrected, Gord too

[charlene]

Cat-tails or bullrushes as they are sometimes called..
and pussywillows..

[Oh, Linda]

Pussywillows,cat-tails,soft winds and roses
Rainpools in the woodland, water to my knees
Shivering, quivering, the warm breath of spring
Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses
Catbirds and cornfields (?), daydreams together
Riding on the roadside, the dust gets in your eyes
Reveling, disheveling, the summer nights can bring
Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses

Slanted rays and colored days, stark blue horizons
Naked limbs and wheat bins, hazy afternoons
Voicing, rejoicing, the wine cups do bring
Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses

Harsh nights and candlelights, woodfires a-blazin'
Soft lips and fingertips resting in my soul
Treasuring, remembering, the promise of spring
Pussywillows, cat-tails, soft winds and roses



Cornfields -yes (corn is a food, used in context of food)
Wheat - yes
Wine - of course!

Congratulations! Summary list coming shortly from my spreadsheet.

[Oh, Linda]

Quick summary / stats / alphabetical listing of submssions:

The beverages are edging out the solid foods 30 to 27 for a total of 57 UNIQUE submissions, that is the food/beverage may have been repeated but referenced in a different song, or one song produced more than one food/beverage. There have been a total of 39 songs referenced to date!

Here are the submissions, sorted alphabetically:

ale
alehouse
apples
barbecue
beans
beer
blackberry wine (wine and a fruit!)
brew
cake
candy
candy apples
oats
hay (ok, is that really a food???)
candy cane
champaigne
chicken
coffee
cornfields
daily doubles
dinner
drink
drinks
eat
flagon
food
gin
gravy
home cooked meal
lobster
maple syrup
martinis
meals
meat
pie
pumpkin
rock lobsters
run
stew
suppertime
tea
tuna fish
wheat
whiskey
wine
wild strawberries

There might be a couple left out that didn't qualify...so if you don't see yours that's why. There were only a couple.

Wine is leading the pack with 8 mentions. "Generic" food labels such as meal, dinner, eat, etc. represent 7 (not sure these really should be counted, thoughts??). Beer/ale follows with 6 and fruits 4. The rest are spread out a bit between veggies, desserts, tea, coffe, cocktails, shellfish, champaigne, syrup, meat, and a sauce. Whew!

Meanwhile, 13 members have contributed responses with the top three being Jesse Joe with 17, RM with 15 and Geo Steve with 8.

We have many more to go, don't be shy!

Oh, just an FYI I'm heading out of the country tomorrow on vacation through Nov 4th, so I won't be able to check in but will catch up quickly when I return!

[Don Quixote]

Hi, Geo-Steve. Sorry to be late with a response; it's been an interesting 24 hours. I drove about 350 mi. last night to go to my aunt's funeral in PA (no laments; she lived to 91 and had a great, full life surrounded by loving family, and went very quickly), and just got back from the return trip.
Char et al. are correct: pussywillows and cattails are not synonymous, although this is one of my favorite songs and it did produce another impressive list for the food question. Cattails are reeds that grow in marshes and the like; pussywillows are large bushes that send out early fuzzy blossoms and are one of the first signs of spring, at least where I live.

The synonyms are "wherefore and why", and the food is "candy-cane delight", as noted by jj. Many people don't know that "wherefore" doesn't have anything to do with location, but is an older way of saying why (just like its answer, "therefore", or "because of which" doesn't refer to a place). Feel free to look it up if you don't believe me; many dictionaries list "wherefore and why" as one expression meaning "the cause and reason." The most famous use of the word "wherefore", of course, is in "Romeo and Juliet", and its misunderstanding has lead to erroneous and sometimes comical misinterpretations. Juliet doesn't say "Wherefore art thou, Romeo?" as if he were hiding somewhere and she couldn't find him. She says "Wherefore [that is, why?] art though Romeo?" with no comma, to ask why Romeo has to be who he is, and specifically why he has to come from the family to which he was born, since his family and Juliet's are mortal enemies.
The food topic has been lots of fun, and even though I've been too busy to do much playing I've been doing lots of lurking--nice work!
Best,
DQ

[Jesse Joe]

Here is one GL song that would have a few food mentions... Just had to throw in here !!!!
Song: The General Store !


Well when I was just a baby boy, my happy heart would jump for joyWhen daddy'd take me to the general storeThere was everything that you could name, from carpet tacks to window panesAnd a lazy hound dog laying 'round the doorThere was garden hose and axe handles and bread boards and wax candlesAnd curtain rods and nets made out of twineThere was ink and onion and navy beans and tea and coffee, brown and greenAnd everything from silk to gingham spine Well one summer's day I chanced to spy, a cookie tin away up highUpon a shelf inside the general storeWell I started up to fetch the prize, when the wall it started to capsizeAnd tumble with a crash unto the floorThere was shoes and books and pots and pans and fine combs and garbage cansAnd broken jars all piled around my headThere was caps and boots and black molasses and young seeds for garden grassesAnd pies and cookies, cakes and loaves of bread Well then daddy grabbed me by the arm and took me back out to the farmI couldn't sit down for a week or moreBut the years have passed with no regrets and I know I never will forgetThat place we fondly called the general storeThere was thread and nutmeg, tins and powder, rat poison and clam chowderAnd garden tools a-littering the floorThere was cranberries and clocks and clippers and ringers, rakesAnd carpet slippers, and apple peelers you don't see no more In that great forgotten wonderland, I visited with my old manThe great and unforgettable general store

This is an unreleased song , dont know if it count or not, Oh Linda ? Your the judge :) ???????????????????????????????????????

[Oh, Linda]

Perfect! I didn't know about this one, but it sure covers quite a bit of ground. In, for sure!

With this submission, desserts have swept their way into 2nd place, tied with beer/ales! * (Our poet must have a sweet tooth).

And The General Store is the #1 song contributing the most entries (11 in all). Triangle and Lazy Morning are tied for 2nd (4 apiece).


68 entries and counting . . .


*I'm counting the misc. foods (eat, drink, etc) but not for ranking order since there are simply too many....they'll beat out all the other more specific entries. Again, will keep counting in "general" category, though.

[Oh, Linda]

Hi everyone, I'll be back November 3rd. Happy hunting for edible lyrics!

[jj]

Here is one GL song that would have a few food mentions... Just had to throw in here !!!!
Song: The General Store !

one word to describe your latest (and pennant clinching) entry, jessi:

incrEDIBLE !!!

;)

[Jesse Joe]

Thanks my man, :biggrin:

But did you check the lyrics carefully jj, I may have missed a few ??? :rolleyes: