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Subject: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: MaxwellSmart on 08/21/11 at 12:13 am

R.E.M: Orange Crush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mSmOcmk7uQ&ob=av2e

Kim Mitchell: Go For a Soda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXnTbmPxv5g&ob=av2e

Negativland: Nesbitt's Lime Soda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za6LXo3YSiY

Frank Zappa: Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LvS8qKMAs8
"I gave you my high school ring at the root beer stand,
we had a teenage love, baby,
I thought it was charmed, it was really so grand"


The Kinks: Lola
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXmMMSo47s
"I met her in a club down in old Soho where you drink champagne and
it tastes just like Coca-Cola, C-O-L-A, cola"


David Bowie: Five Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq3EZhT3G7U
"I think I saw you in an ice cream parlor,
drinking milkshakes cold and long..."


Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: whistledog on 08/21/11 at 12:15 am

The Rovers - Wasn't That (1980)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAD9Rjeg6Nc

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: MaxwellSmart on 08/21/11 at 12:50 am


The Rovers - Wasn't That (1980)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAD9Rjeg6Nc


I said "non-alcoholic" and you come up with the Irish Rovers!
;D

Syd Barrett: Baby Lemonade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HK6-vE3jHk

Morrissey: King Leer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABgbpYJvlxk
"I tried to surprise you with vodka...or Tizer...I can't quite remember,
but you didn't thank me..."


Suicidal Tendencies: Institutionalized
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoF_a0-7xVQ
"I go, No Mom, I''m not on drugs, I'm just thinking, why don't you get me a
Pepsi....Mom, just get me a Pepsi, please.  All I wanted was a Pepsi,
just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me!"


The Pogues: Rain Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFp8SdZXfOY
"Father McGreer buys an ice cold beer, and a short for Father Layola,
Father John's got the clap again, he's drinking Coca-Cola..."


The Dream Academy: Life in a Northern Town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkCcDRzcZrM&feature=fvst
"The Salvation Army band played, and the children drunk lemonade,
And the morning lasted all day, all day"

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 12:54 am

A Nice Cup Of Tea ~ Binnie Hale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE5IfIkl_oA

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Henk on 08/21/11 at 1:11 am


The Kinks: Lola

"I met her in a club down in old Soho where you drink champagne and
it tastes just like Coca-Cola, C-O-L-A, cola"




Alternative version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Jzdkgj-XI

Now there's mention of Cherry Cola.

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: nally on 08/21/11 at 1:50 am




The Kinks: Lola
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVXmMMSo47s
"I met her in a club down in old Soho where you drink champagne and
it tastes just like Coca-Cola, C-O-L-A, cola"



Incidentally, Weird Al's parody of that song, "Yoda", mentions soda in the first stanza:


I met him in a swamp down in Da-go-ba,
Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda.
S-O-D-A, soda.

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: MaxwellSmart on 08/21/11 at 2:23 am

Squeeze: Black Coffee In Bed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUx5z9O2ZGk

J.S. Bach: Coffee Cantata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOaADFq9yOg

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 5:33 am

One non-alcoholic beverage with an alcoholic beverage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ySdocMeBW8

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: danootaandme on 08/21/11 at 6:31 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3rxNCzzJpY

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: danootaandme on 08/21/11 at 6:35 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEzMeVi3tl0&feature=related

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 6:41 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AwXKJoKJz4&ob=av3n

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: whistledog on 08/21/11 at 10:38 am


I said "non-alcoholic" and you come up with the Irish Rovers!
;D


"Could've been the 3 or 4 six packs, I don't know, but look at the state I'm in"

Hey, for all we know, they're talking about a six pack of Pepsi (though not likely) LOL

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 11:19 am


"Could've been the 3 or 4 six packs, I don't know, but look at the state I'm in"

Hey, for all we know, they're talking about a six pack of Pepsi (though not likely) LOL
Not to mention Seven Drunken Nights by The Dubliners.

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: King Tut on 08/21/11 at 12:33 pm

No milk today - Herman's Hermits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQepFF-Sr0

Love is thicker than water - Andy Gibb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z04jBrwnKig

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 12:38 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxAQwMNXlic

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: King Tut on 08/21/11 at 1:31 pm

And now the most famous one, IMO.

Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_a46WJ1viA

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 1:33 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWF_aFmWwi4

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/21/11 at 1:45 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5XX9LX2es4




Cat

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 1:47 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om3ZHyBz5u4

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 1:49 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghoS6iJTrYc

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/21/11 at 1:51 pm


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om3ZHyBz5u4



Um...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEzMeVi3tl0&feature=related





Cat

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/21/11 at 1:55 pm



Um...



Cat
The webpage takes ages to download.

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: King Tut on 08/21/11 at 2:33 pm

The Police - Tea in the Sahara

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcEumfNE9vM

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: nally on 08/21/11 at 6:30 pm


The webpage takes ages to download.

That's why I set only 10 replies per page.

Or could your browser be an issue?

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Claybricks on 08/21/11 at 11:05 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA9OqUuA6a0

Harry Nilsson - Coconut {1971}




Dan

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: King Tut on 08/22/11 at 5:27 pm

Eddie Money - Walk On Water  (1989)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXkqTJHyGmQ

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:39 pm


That's why I set only 10 replies per page.

Or could your browser be an issue?
10 per page is much better.

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/11 at 1:39 pm

The Boston Tea Party by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 08/23/11 at 4:06 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O-Q5vJ-GHk

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: MaxwellSmart on 08/24/11 at 12:37 am

One condition:  Water must be in the context of a beverage.

Right:
Brad Paisley: Don't Drink the Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVAzoXuQBLc

Wrong:
Doobie Brothers: Black Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqZ95a249p0
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Donovan: Teas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N77uqwDYfAE

Nat King Cole: Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv4gYHlqTds
Those days of soda, and pretzels, and beer...

The Cure: Let's Go To Bed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVdfTtEMqL4
Let me take your hands I'm shaking like milk, turning, turning blue
all over the windows and the floors...

Ice Cube: Drink the Kool-Aid (caution: explicit lyrics)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx2Eyn4JKbM&ob=av2e

Cam'ron: Cookies & Apple Juice (caution: explicit lyrics)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHqC5PCo2gk
also mentioned: milk and lemonade

Spinal Tap: Cups and Cakes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyWo6Y-i-U0
Tea, milk

Gym Class Heroes: Cupid's Chokehold / Breakfast in America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiiU-Fky18s
I mean, she even cooks me pancakes, and Alka-Seltzer when my tummy aches ("Cups and Cakes" also mentions tummy aches, btw)

Arrogant Worms: Carrot Juice is Murder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK0bZl4ILM

Ebn-Ozn: A E I O U Sometimes Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIG7EW9Fkg8&feature=related
I was walkin' on Broadway and there's this incredible looking Swedish girl having a cappuccino across from Lincoln Center...

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: King Tut on 08/24/11 at 6:00 pm

The Beatles - Sour Milk Sea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHVa4MEjkFM

Not one of their best known songs.  More of an outake.

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: MaxwellSmart on 08/24/11 at 6:29 pm


The Beatles - Sour Milk Sea


Not one of their best known songs.  More of an outake.


Good choice!

Tom Waits: Open Invitation to the Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIDEeaow-qc
But you can't take your eyes off her, get another cup of java, it's
just the way she pours it for you, joking with the customers..

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: King Tut on 08/26/11 at 1:00 am

Watermusic Alla Hornpipe - Handel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7NLYBB9zAE&feature=fvst

Subject: Re: Songs that mention non-alcoholic beverages

Written By: karen on 08/26/11 at 6:49 am


Alternative version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Jzdkgj-XI

Now there's mention of Cherry Cola.


That's probably because the BBC regarded mentioning Coca Cola as advertising

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