Sex Songs Sisguised as Food

August 22, 2005 2:29 PM

MusicFilter: I am looking for songs of any genre that use food as a metaphor for sex. The two songs that I could come up with are Mississippi John Hurt's Candyman and Van Halen's Ice Cream Man. Thanks so much.
posted by captainscared to media & arts (59 answers total)

Kelis' damn milkshake song...at least, I hope so.
posted by plexiwatt at 2:30 PM on August 22, 2005

Cherry Pie?
posted by salmacis at 2:32 PM on August 22, 2005

J. Geils cover of the Marathon's song "Peanut Butter". Also, on the ice cream man vein (heh) Richard Thompson's "Hokey Pokey" is also known as the ice cream song. I'm sure I'll think of more.
posted by Eekacat at 2:38 PM on August 22, 2005

A few songs off of Cibo Matto's Viva! La Woman come to mind. Especially "Artichoke". The whole album is about food and much of it can be somewhat sexual. Look here for lyrics.

I might come up with more later.
posted by jetskiaccidents at 2:39 PM on August 22, 2005

Banana In Your Fruitbasket by Bo Carter is definitely one.
posted by cmonkey at 2:41 PM on August 22, 2005

"Pecan Pie," the Golden Smog
posted by COBRA! at 2:51 PM on August 22, 2005

Candy Shop by 50 Cent
posted by Quartermass at 2:53 PM on August 22, 2005

Nina Simone's "Sugar In My Bowl".
posted by Specklet at 2:53 PM on August 22, 2005

well, um, maybe those references to jelly in Bootylicious
posted by PY at 2:54 PM on August 22, 2005

Peaches and Cream -112
posted by PY at 2:55 PM on August 22, 2005

Sugar on my Tongue by Talking Heads (early track only available on one retrospective CD, Sand in the Vaseline) - recently mauled into an even less subtle rap track by Trick Daddy.
posted by abcde at 3:00 PM on August 22, 2005

The Chordette's Lollipop song. Some dance song called Tootsie Roll.
posted by PY at 3:00 PM on August 22, 2005

Breakfast in Bed by Loudon Wainwright [lyrics]
Hot Coffee by Humble Pie [lyrics]
Homemade Love by Journey [lyrics]
Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones [lyrics]
Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag by LL Cool J [lyrics]

There are some good lists of food songs here and here, I'm sure there are many more that are also about sex. With a few more suggestions for blues standards here.
posted by jessamyn at 3:01 PM on August 22, 2005

Backdoor Man - The Doors
The Lemon Song - Led Zepplin
I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow
posted by doctor_negative at 3:05 PM on August 22, 2005

Whoops, scratch Backdoor Man
posted by doctor_negative at 3:06 PM on August 22, 2005

Loudon Wainwright III's "Breakfast In Bed".
The Stone's "Brown Sugar".

Memphis Minnie's "I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits", "You Stole My Cake", "My Butcher Man", "Good Biscuits", and "Selling My Pork Chops".

King Crimson's "Ladies of the Road"
Beatles' "Savoy Truffle"? "Honey Pie"?
Led Zeppelin's "The Lemon Song".

Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me".
posted by Specklet at 3:11 PM on August 22, 2005

Maybe "One more cup of coffee," Bob Dylan ?
posted by docgonzo at 3:11 PM on August 22, 2005

Eeek, sorry for the duplicates. Damn preview.
posted by Specklet at 3:12 PM on August 22, 2005

Food by TPOH - mp3, lyrics
posted by stevil at 3:13 PM on August 22, 2005

Mudhoney's "Where the Flavor Is"
posted by evilbeck at 3:19 PM on August 22, 2005

"C'mon-a-My House", Rosemary Clooney?
posted by bachelor#3 at 3:23 PM on August 22, 2005

Stick Out Your Can, Here Comes the Garbage Man (early blues song, don't remember who sang it)
Blender Blues - Bonnie Raitt
Peaches - Presidents of the United States of America
Black Coffee in Bed - Squeeze
posted by iconomy at 3:26 PM on August 22, 2005

Led Zeppelin's "The Lemon Song".

And, by extension, Robert Johnson's "Travelling Riverside Blues".

Tom Waits' "Ice Cream Man" ("got a cherry pop-sicle, right on time / got a big stick, mama, it'll blow your mind").
posted by kenko at 3:28 PM on August 22, 2005

Sugar Walls - Sheena Easton
posted by iconomy at 3:31 PM on August 22, 2005

Fishing Blues, by numerous people, notably Henry Thomas.
They're Red Hot, by Robert Johnson
I Crave My Pigmeat, by Blind Boy Fuller
I Want Some Of Your Pie, by Blind Boy Fuller
Hungry Calf Blues, by Blind Boy Fuller
Whats That Smell Like Fish, by Blind Boy Fuller
Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine, by Bessie Smith
That Good Old Jelly, by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Custard Pie, by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGheeHot Dog Baby, by Hasil Adkins
Candy Man, by Missisippi John Hurt
Possum Up The Simmon Tree, by Snooks Eaglin
What Is That Taste Like Gravy, by Tampa Red
Jelly Whippin Blues, by Tampa Red
Jelly Roll, by Fury Lewis
Jelly Roll Baker, by Lonnie Johnson
Jelly Jelly, by Lonnie Johnson
posted by skwm at 3:35 PM on August 22, 2005

"Bread and Butter" by the Newbeats:

I like bread and butter,
I like toast and jam,
That's what my baby feeds me,
I'm her loving man.

He likes bread and butter,
he likes toast and jam,
That's what his baby feeds him,
he's her loving man.

She don't cook mashed potatoes,
she don't cook T-bone steaks,
Don't feed me peanut butter,
she knows that I can't take.

He likes bread and butter,
he likes toast and jam,
That's what his baby feeds him,
he's her loving man.

Got home early one morning,
much to my surprise,
She was eating chicken and dumplings
with some other guy.

No more bread and butter,
no more toast and jam,
I found my baby eating
with some other man.
posted by billysumday at 3:36 PM on August 22, 2005

Every song on MF DOOM's Mm... Food?. Kookies, especially.
posted by SweetJesus at 3:38 PM on August 22, 2005

I see I wasn't the only one whose first thought was that damn Milkshake song.

Also, "Fruit" by The Lapse, which sounds sexy and includes the line "I like to taste you every single day." And if you don't mind German, "Die Banane" by Die Ärzte, which deals with blowjob imagery and has slurping noises.
posted by mumble at 3:43 PM on August 22, 2005

B52s, Cake.
posted by Wolfdog at 3:44 PM on August 22, 2005

One more: "Jelly Roll" by Taj Mahal.
posted by Specklet at 3:45 PM on August 22, 2005

Selling My Pork Chops - Minnie McCoy (sample here).

There are also some real gems on Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B, including Keep on Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes).
posted by Otis at 3:51 PM on August 22, 2005

Surely the obvious one is Marcy Playground's Sex and Candy
posted by TheRaven at 3:55 PM on August 22, 2005

Alice Cooper, Feed My Frankenstein.
posted by Wolfdog at 3:56 PM on August 22, 2005

Big Ten Inch Record, Bull Moose Jackson
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:03 PM on August 22, 2005

Squeezebox, The Who
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:05 PM on August 22, 2005

Presidents of the United States of America, Love Delicatessen?
posted by ODiV at 4:05 PM on August 22, 2005

Whoops, missed the "food" part of the question. Sorry 'bout that.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:06 PM on August 22, 2005

Scratch my answer of "Stick Out Your Can, Here Comes the Garbage Man", which has absolutely nothing to do with food, and I don't know why I mentioned it.

Surely the obvious one is Marcy Playground's Sex and Candy Well, not really. In that song, candy really means candy.
posted by iconomy at 4:08 PM on August 22, 2005

"Apple Pie" by White Trash (simile rather than metaphor)
posted by kimota at 4:24 PM on August 22, 2005

Aqua - Lollipop (Candyman)
posted by hindmost at 4:32 PM on August 22, 2005

Diggin' My Potatoes
posted by Decani at 5:09 PM on August 22, 2005

"Spoonful" Charlie Patton --> Howlin' Wolf --> Cream
"Coffee Grinder Blues" by Jaybird Coleman
"Peaches" by the Ikettes, covered by many.
"Let My Peaches Be" by Papa Charlie's Boys / "Rollin' and Tumblin'" by Elmore James, covered by Eric Clapton / "Matchbox" by The Beatles et al. (all of those w. some variant of "if you dont' want none o' my peaches baby, please don't shake my tree")
"He's Just My Size" by Lillie Mae Kirkman (lots of talk about baking cakes and having biscuits rise--this one's a riot; let me know if you can't find it)
"My Stove's in Good Condition" by Lil Johnson
posted by Tuwa at 5:12 PM on August 22, 2005

Erm. "Matchbox" was originally Carl Perkins, now that I think of it.

As you were.
posted by Tuwa at 5:17 PM on August 22, 2005

"Les Sucettes" by Serge Gainsbourg, I believe.
posted by srah at 5:37 PM on August 22, 2005

Willie Dixons "Back Door Man" (retracted earlier in the thread..and btw, Howlin Wolf performs a defining version of this ..) while not entirely a food metaphor, does contains the lines:

"When you come home you can eat, pork and beans"
"I eats mo' chicken, any man seen"
posted by The_Auditor at 5:51 PM on August 22, 2005

Iconomy, I'm not sure if "Garbage Man" would really be classed as a food song, but it was (somewhat) recently covered by the Reverend Billy C Wirtz on his album Songs of Faith and Inflammation.

There's also "Jelly Roll Gum Drop," from Frank Zappa's Cruising With Rubin and the Jets album.

Most of the others I know have already been mentioned.
posted by mkhall at 6:44 PM on August 22, 2005

Well, Garbage has a song called "Milk" that may fit into the category. The remixes are pretty hot, especially the ones that Massive Attack and Tricky got a hold of.
posted by idiotfactory at 7:05 PM on August 22, 2005

Poi Dog Pondering's "Pomegranate" goes: " I wanna suck your guava juice, get down on my knees and slip in your passion fruit." It gets sexier from there, with allusions to shoving grapes where the sun don't shine and the like. Healthy raw food fun!
posted by pomegranate at 7:05 PM on August 22, 2005

"Don't Touch me Tomatoes" by Josephine Baker.
posted by sluggo at 7:30 PM on August 22, 2005 [1 favorite]

Candy Girl - New Edition circa 1983-ish
posted by mikeinclifton at 7:49 PM on August 22, 2005

South Carolina's own Marvin Sease is well known for this. His big hit was "Candy Licker." He's hard to google, but his AMG bio has some good information. (BugMeNot works at AMG.)
posted by climalene at 7:51 PM on August 22, 2005

"I Can Cook, Too" from On the Town. Not just food, but cooking, too. Oddball line: "my Crisco's as deep as a pool"

France Gall's recording of Serge Gainesbourg's "Les Sucettes" (the lollipops, I think) set tongues wagging in 1966. Because a lot of people didn't think it was really about lollipops.
posted by dmo at 7:58 PM on August 22, 2005

A Taste of Honey -- Beatles
Ball and Biscuit -- White Stripes
No Sugar Tonight -- Guess Who
Poundcake -- Van Halen
Poke Salad Annie -- Tony Joe White (OK, maybe not, but it sounds like it should be)
Orange Juice with Your Love (En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor) -- sorry, couldn't resist
posted by forrest at 8:25 PM on August 22, 2005

Jeannie Reynolds' "The Fruit Song" fits the description quite well:

Ooooh, I didn't know you liked cherries, baby...
posted by soiled cowboy at 8:41 PM on August 22, 2005

I can't believe know one mentioned Food Innuendo Guy by Adam Sandler.
posted by mmascolino at 10:04 PM on August 22, 2005

Oh, now that pomegranate mentions guava: "Guava Jelly" by Bob Marley.
posted by Tuwa at 11:13 PM on August 22, 2005

This Risque Rhythm compilation has a few songs worth checking out.
posted by ktrey at 6:50 AM on August 23, 2005

Kandy Korn/Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
posted by AJaffe at 7:53 AM on August 23, 2005

First one that came to my mind was "Porcupine Pie" by Neil Diamond.
posted by crapples at 6:48 PM on August 29, 2005