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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Booze / Song What Songs Go With What Drinks?

Posted by on Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:51 AM

Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” has a distinct correlation for me to Red Grape Mad Dog 20/20. Many a night in Athens, GA, while attending University of Georgia, held the two in tandem. Perhaps too many nights. The sound of the song will forever make me taste the terrible, terrible rotgut wine. The sensory neurons from my tongue that send electrical impulses to my cerebellum (the primary gustatory region) will forever be wound like Pavlov dogs around Jimmy Page’s distorted Les Paul riff, and Robert Plant’s Willie Dixon inspired vocs: “You need coolin', baby, I'm not foolin' / I'm gonna send you back to schoolin' / Way down inside honey, you need it, I'm gonna give you my love.” The taste and smell of Red Grape Mad Dog is repulsive to me now, although I maintain devout love for the song.

Another beverage to song taste-sound coupling is Guns n Roses “Paradise City” and Busch Light Draft. Don’t ask. And the tamped, royal horns of Miles Davis “Concierto de Aranjuez” off Sketches of Spain for some reason makes me taste Kahlua and Coca Cola, and a dab of half and half, with big chunks of ice.

What songs go with what drinks for you?

What other song-drink relationships should we be made aware of?

 

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Makes me think of Tom T Hall's 'I Like Beer'

"I like beer, it makes me a jolly good fellow
I like beer, it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow
Whiskey's too rough, Champagne costs too much, vodka puts my mouth in gear
This little refrain should help me explain as a matter of fact I like beer"
Posted by PapaKipChee on May 17, 2012 at 12:00 PM
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Anything by Ohio Players = brandy. It was one summer of my life.
Posted by Lee Anne St on May 17, 2012 at 12:46 PM
blip 3
Boone's Farm Snow Creek Berry and Nirvana's "Come As You Are" via a highschool dance, circa 1993.
Posted by blip on May 17, 2012 at 2:47 PM
Anna Anna Anna 4
For me Fleet Foxes are Yellow Tail white wine. I don't know why.
Posted by Anna Anna Anna on May 17, 2012 at 5:08 PM
Anna Anna Anna 5
And Elton John's "Benny and the Jets" is a greyhound. It's a good combination, you should try it!
Posted by Anna Anna Anna on May 17, 2012 at 5:10 PM
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'Futari' by UA with Sandeman ruby port & Echo cigarettes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOM31aBnz…

Also, 'Nachtmaal' by :Zoviet-France: with lapsang souchong tea -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2PjTm1H4…
Posted by aiff on May 17, 2012 at 5:15 PM

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