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Are there any songs about sandwiches?

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Posted - January 7, 2021
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  • 10664
    Unfortunately, there're lots of them... 


      January 7, 2021 11:26 AM MST
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  • 23659
    This one came to mind.  :)

    "Cheeseburger in Paradise" by Jimmy Buffet

    EDIT: The song didn't post; that's okay, I don't like the song anyway, ha  :)

    But I'll post the lyrics




    "Cheeseburger In Paradise"

    Tried to amend my carnivorous habits
    Made it nearly seventy days
    Losin' weight without speed
    Eatin' sunflower seeds
    Drinkin' lots of carrot juice and soakin' up rays

    But at night I'd have these wonderful dreams
    Some kind of sensuous treat
    Not zucchini, fettuccini, or bulgur wheat
    But a big warm bun and a huge hunk of meat

    Cheeseburger in paradise
    Heaven on earth with an onion slice
    Not too particular, not too precise
    I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise

    Heard about the old-time sailor men
    They eat the same thing again and again
    "Warm beer and bread," they say, "could raise the dead"
    Well, it reminds me of the menu at a Holiday Inn

    But times have changed for sailors these days
    When I'm in port I get what I need
    Not just Havanas or bananas, or daiquiris
    But that American creation on which I feed

    Cheeseburger in paradise
    Medium rare with Muenster'd be nice
    Heaven on Earth with an onion slice
    I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise

    I like mine with lettuce and tomato
    Heinz 57 and French fried potatoes
    Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer
    Well, good god almighty, which way do I steer...

    ...for my cheeseburger in paradise?
    Makin' the best of every virtue and vice
    Worth every damn bit of sacrifice
    To get a cheeseburger in paradise
    To be a cheeseburger in paradise
    I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise

    I like mine with lettuce and tomato
    Heinz 57 and French fried potatoes
    Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer
    Well, good god almighty, which way do I steer?







    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at January 7, 2021 8:58 PM MST
      January 7, 2021 11:32 AM MST
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  • 13277
      January 7, 2021 11:34 AM MST
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  • 53526

     

      In the 1980 song by the Australian group Men At Work, “Down Under”, there is a line about a woman man trying to poison the narrator by giving him a Vegemite sandwich. It’s a mention of a sandwich in a song, but as you will probably agree with me, it’s counterproductive. Grrrrrrr. 


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    This post was edited by Randy D at January 8, 2021 2:18 PM MST
      January 7, 2021 12:46 PM MST
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  • 34452
    It was not until I was a member here that I understood that verse.  I always thought it said "She just smiled and gave me A BIT OF MY sandwich."  
      January 7, 2021 12:50 PM MST
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  • 53526

     

      LOL!
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      January 7, 2021 1:05 PM MST
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  • 23659
    I did, too. :)
      January 7, 2021 6:37 PM MST
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  • 53526

     

      You know, I wonder if it was my first trip to Australia that I first learned what Vegemite is, which was years after the song came out. Men At Work was the craze there, their music was blasted everywhere, and I’m not sure if I knew the correct lyrics before that experience. Once I was introduced to Vegemite, the pieces fell in place.

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      January 7, 2021 9:07 PM MST
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  • 34452
    I had never even heard the word before. 
    When it comes on now I still will sing my version if not paying attention. 
      January 7, 2021 9:14 PM MST
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  • 53526

     

      There are a lot of words or phrases that people are not familiar with in their everyday lives that when encountering them for the first time or even on a continuing basis, the true meaning or pronunciation escapes them. That’s not uncommon at all. 

      A product like Vegemite is not on the average America‘s radar. There are potentially thousands of products worldwide that we’ve never  heard of before. It’s probably why we giggle so much at something like spotted dick.

      January 7, 2021 9:24 PM MST
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  • 16838


    You must have been here in the immediate aftermath of Australia's historic America's Cup win. John Bertrand chose the song as his theme, and the whole country went bananas after Australia II defeated Liberty to wrest the Cup from the NYYC for the first time in more than a century. It was a bigger hit when the boat race revived it than it had been the first time around.
     
    Incidentally, it's a dude who smiled and gave him a Vegemite sandwich. A muscular 6' 4" bread vendor. He actually did try to poison the narrator - with a beer that is almost as bad as American beer (which is like making love in a canoe, ie f**king close to water). That swill in the cans he's opening is Foster's, a beer so abysmally awful that we export all of it because the locals refuse to drink it.
    This post was edited by Slartibartfast at January 8, 2021 4:48 PM MST
      January 8, 2021 1:57 PM MST
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  • 53526

     

      Thanks for the clarification on it being a guy who gave him the sandwich and not a woman. I will edit my post accordingly. 

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      January 8, 2021 2:17 PM MST
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  • 34452
      January 7, 2021 1:10 PM MST
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  • 23659
    He's adorable to me. I wouldn't mind eating some sandwiches with him.

    Never heard of him. I like his voice and the blatant goofiness of the song and his goofy performance in the video. :)
      January 7, 2021 6:37 PM MST
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  • 34452
    I like parody songs. Just fun stuff. 
      January 7, 2021 6:45 PM MST
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  • 23659
    Is this a parody to an already-existing song? Or by parody do you mean, like you said, just fun stuff. Either way, this was fun to listen to and watch for me.
      January 7, 2021 6:48 PM MST
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  • 34452
    Yes. The real song is "Savage Love" 
    I am surprised you did not know it. You know so many songs. 
    This post was edited by my2cents at January 8, 2021 4:13 PM MST
      January 7, 2021 9:19 PM MST
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  • 23659
    Never heard of this song, thanks.

    I like the sandwich one better.  :)


      January 8, 2021 4:13 PM MST
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  • 17620
      January 7, 2021 7:43 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Jaimie's favorite dude has one: 

      January 7, 2021 9:00 PM MST
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  • 53526

     

      Why is he Jaimie‘s favourite dude?
      (Well, after me, that is. Heck, she didn’t marry him seven times like she did me.)



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      January 7, 2021 9:10 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Calm down, Randy. Your fake ex-wife doesn't like him at all... it's an inside joke. 

    So possessive and jealous! I've made a note in your chart. 
      January 8, 2021 4:27 PM MST
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  • 53526

     

      Wait! I hope the note was made in pencil! I’m not the jealous type, I don’t possess women! I can prove it, you and I can run away together just as soon as I dump that lady in Minnesota, ol’-what’s-her-name! Or how about this, I’ll send you all the fake alimony money I’ve been withholding from Jaimie! I have a harem, for Pete’s sake, who has an entire harem yet is still jealous? They’re completely different worlds!
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      January 8, 2021 4:41 PM MST
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  • 10052
    Oh, I presumed it was a traditional harem, where the women service you but aren't allowed to be serviced by another 'master' or whatever the hell harem owners call themselves. 

    My bad. 
      January 8, 2021 5:00 PM MST
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