Songs of Science and Meat

August 13, 2024 9:18 AM

I have a radio show on a local community station. The show before mine is about veganism. I don't have a problem with this, but sometimes their show or its guests strays into less scientifically-proven subjects, like chemtrails. What songs can I play to mark a clear seperation between her show and mine?

I do already play a station ID and a bumper to start my show, so that buys us about 30-45 seconds of buffer. My show tends to be late 70's - 90's alternative and forgotten hits. In the past, I've played the following:
- Carrot Juice Is Murder by the Arrogant Worms
- Roadkill by the Horseflies
- Science Is Real by They Might Be Giants
- Call Any Vegetable by Frank Zappa

The woman who hosts the vegan show is very nice, and said that she enjoys hearing what I play. What songs about vegetables, meat or science can you think of for me to add to my playlist?

posted by neilbert to Media & Arts (30 answers total)

Vege-tables by the Beach Boys
posted by Rash at 9:27 AM on August 13 [1 favorite]

KRS-One - Beef
Reverend Horton Heat - Eat Steak
MF DOOM - Beef Rap
R.E.M. - Walter's Theme
posted by box at 9:31 AM on August 13 [1 favorite]

Total Coelo - "I Eat Cannibals"
Presidents of the United States - "Peaches"
Thomas Dolby - "She Blinded Me with Science"
Dana Lyons - "Cows with Guns"
posted by Ms. Toad at 10:00 AM on August 13 [2 favorites]

No specific song recommendations, but They Might Be Giants has multiple science-y songs, and most likely has meat and/or vegetable songs as well.
posted by hydra77 at 10:01 AM on August 13 [2 favorites]

Tool- the hidden track at the end of "Disgustipated" on Undertow.
posted by haplesschild at 10:01 AM on August 13

Green Onions

Anything from the TMBG math/science albums, I'm partial to Electric Car and There's Only One Everything.

Pass the Peas, followed by Gimme some more (I like the Roots version but JB's will also work)
posted by SaltySalticid at 10:06 AM on August 13

Clutch - Hot Bottom Feeder
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 10:08 AM on August 13

Lard - The Power of Lard
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 10:15 AM on August 13 [2 favorites]

Negativland - Jolly Green Giant
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 10:17 AM on August 13 [2 favorites]

Grape Ape - Big Fat Squid
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 10:20 AM on August 13

Jason Webley - Back to the Garden, about a plant-based revolution.
posted by mersen at 10:23 AM on August 13

The Jazz Butcher - I Need Meat
posted by cali59 at 10:33 AM on August 13 [1 favorite]

Ooh in my house we love songs about vegetables! Top two from us:

Captain Vegetable - Sesame Street

Vegetables - The Beach Boys
posted by RobinofFrocksley at 10:43 AM on August 13 [1 favorite]

New Age Girl, Deadeye Dick.
posted by minsies at 10:46 AM on August 13

Powered By Satan - You Must Give Me Beef
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:06 AM on August 13

Possibly a stretch but The Math Song by The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets might work for you.
posted by darchildre at 11:06 AM on August 13

Theme to The Big Bang Theory, by Barenaked Ladies?
posted by Martha My Dear Prudence at 11:20 AM on August 13

Tribe - Ham & Eggs
TMBG - Dinner Bell
Tin Men - Avocado Woo Woo
Save the Bones for Henry Jones
Kingsmen - Jolly Green Giant
posted by credulous at 11:30 AM on August 13

Louis Jordan, Saturday Night Fish Fry
posted by kristi at 11:34 AM on August 13 [1 favorite]

global warming by vermillion lies
flesh for fantasy by billy idol
hungry like the wolf by duran duran
rabbit heart by florence and the machine
eating the bear by joan armatrading
re: your brains by jonathan coulton
the sleepy giant by natalie merchant
grey matter by oingo boingo
i'm a cow by riddle me this
kill a kitten or no meat by stephen lynch (okay, no meat is def too explicit for radio, but you might enjoy it)
eat it by wierd al yankovic
posted by Clowder of bats at 11:46 AM on August 13 [1 favorite]

Nitemare Hippy Girl by Beck. Contains the immortal lines "She's cooking salad for breakfast. She's got tofu the size of Texas."
posted by pipeski at 12:00 PM on August 13 [1 favorite]

The Thing That Only Eats Hippies - Dead Milkmen
posted by EvaDestruction at 12:05 PM on August 13 [3 favorites]

It's Corn Tariq and Recess Therapy

Neil Sedaka - Lunch will keep us together

Guided by Voices - I am a Scientist
posted by The_Vegetables at 12:23 PM on August 13 [1 favorite]

Eat it by Weird Al, or any one of his food-themed songs.
posted by Melismata at 12:38 PM on August 13

Not quite alternative, but maybe 70s forgotten, Larry Groce's Junk Food Junkie.
posted by JanetLand at 12:52 PM on August 13 [1 favorite]

Greasy Grit Gravy (and gizzard greens)
posted by credulous at 1:15 PM on August 13

Southern Culture on the Skids has a lot of food songs.

Banana puddin'
Eight Piece Box
Too Much Pork for Just One Fork
Biscuit Eater
Camel Walk (mentions Little Debbies)
Fried chicken and gasoline
posted by stray thoughts at 3:36 PM on August 13 [1 favorite]

Weird Science, of course.

And also, Starve, by Rollins Band.
posted by Rube R. Nekker at 6:19 PM on August 13

Ducking Punches - All My Best Friends Are Cannibal Heads, if cannibalism counts, that is.
posted by snusmumrik at 4:35 AM on August 14

Milk Man - Aphex Twin
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart
Milkman - Deerhoof
Refried Funky Chicken - Dixie Dregs
Quarter Chicken Dark - Goat Rodeo
Lunchmeataphobia - Funkadelic
Jambalaya - Hank Williams
Larks' Tongues in Aspic pt. 2 - King Crimson
Chocolate Buttermilk - Kool and the Gang
The Mad Scientist - Large Professor
Custard Pie - Led Zeppelin
Big Butter and Egg Man - Louis Armstrong
Struttin with some Barbecue - Louis Armstrong
God Bows to Math - The Minutemen
Willful Suspension of Disbelief - Modest Mouse
Hamburger Train - Primus
Mayonaise - Smashing Pumpkins
Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
posted by saladin at 6:22 AM on August 14