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songs for tea & coffee - a celebration of caffeine
| songs for tea & coffee - a celebration of caffeine | |
| Created by: | meander |
| Tracks: | 18 |
| Length: | 01:15:55 |
| Keywords |
1. tea 2. coffee 3. themed |
| Created on | 6/23/07 03:25pm |
| Level | 5 |
| Points | 2471 |
| Total visitors | 51 |
| Unique visitors | 35 |
description:
I like tea. I like coffee. One day I was sitting at Calhoun's coffee shop working on my thesis and I realized there are actually quite a few songs on the subject. That began my quest and collection of songs that feature caffeinated beverages. My intention was to create a caffeine mix and present it to the kind folk at that coffee shop as a thank you for letting me linger for hours on end. But I that was 2 years ago and I never got around to it. Then, I was looking for prizes to give out at a tea party that my cousin is having and I found the motivation to finish the mix. The tea party will feature croquet, butter tarts, cucumber sandwiches, a stilt walking violin player and prizes (i.e. this mix) for the best hat. Which is something else I have to do today, find a hat. (As an aside, I'm feeling slightly lame with this mix as I've put about 4 of these songs on other mixes... oh well, they're still good!)
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| 1 | Chemical Brothers : Where Do I Begin? |
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“Sunday morning I’m waking up, can’t even focus on a coffee cup. Don’t know whoâ [...]
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Track 10 from Dig Your Own Hole
Length: 00:06:51 Year: 1997 |
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“Sunday morning I’m waking up, can’t even focus on a coffee cup. Don’t know who’s bed I’m in, when do I stop, where do I begin?†This song was the catalyst for this cd. I was at the coffee shop, and they were blasting this song, and I noticed the whole “coffee cup†lyric and thought I should try to collect some more. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Yo La Tengo : Sugarcube |
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Okay, this song doesn’t really mention coffee or tea, but I do like sugar with my caffeine. Besides, Y [...]
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Track 3 from I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Length: 00:03:21 Year: 1997 |
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Okay, this song doesn’t really mention coffee or tea, but I do like sugar with my caffeine. Besides, Yo La Tengo’s music dwells in my soul. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah : The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth |
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“You, you look a bit like coffee, and you taste a little like me…†Damn, I love how rough a [...]
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Track 6 from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Length: 00:05:43 Year: 2005 |
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“You, you look a bit like coffee, and you taste a little like me…†Damn, I love how rough and unpolished Alec’s voice is! SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Blur : Coffee and TV |
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“Give me COFF-ee and teeeveeee…..â€
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Track 3 from 13
Length: 00:05:58 Year: 1999 |
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“Give me COFF-ee and teeeveeee…..†SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Blossom Dearie : Tea for Two |
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“Tea for two, and two for tea.†I like this song for her wishful longing for a home and a life wi [...]
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Track 1 from Once upon a Summertime
Length: 00:03:24 Year: 1958 |
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“Tea for two, and two for tea.†I like this song for her wishful longing for a home and a life with someone to love. And instead of coming across as desperate, Blossom’s girlish, quirky voice makes this naive sentiment sound earnest and endearing. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Sarah Harmer : Coffee Stain |
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“There’s a coffee stain around your eye, and lines that I don’t recognize. Everything chan [...]
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Track 10 from You Were Here
Length: 00:02:55 Year: 2000 |
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“There’s a coffee stain around your eye, and lines that I don’t recognize. Everything changed from being okay the night that you came home so late. I knew by the time on the stove, that you were no longer mine alone. I guess that we’re all just out on loan, and everybody is only their own.†I purposefully put this one after the innocent Blossom Dearie song to contrast moods when that fantasy of the perfect house with the perfect relationship falls bitterly apart. Listen to this one with good headphones to clearly hear the strings. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Rufus Wainwright : Instant Pleasure |
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This song is probably a minute too long or slightly too slow since I find that the clapping (which normally I [...]
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Track 5 from Singles
Length: 00:03:41 Year: 0000 |
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This song is probably a minute too long or slightly too slow since I find that the clapping (which normally I love), the cowbell, and that ridiculous whirly electronic spacecraft sounding noise a little much. But with an opening like: “I don’t want somebody to love me, just give me sex whenever I want it, ‘Cause all I ask for is instant pleasure…†you can’t help but love it. “If drinkin' coffee's your idea of really cool, you can't expect no crazy chick to notice you, Just sittin there dreamin' instant pleasure…†Mind you, I am usually intrigued by solitary men in coffee shops drinking coffee and dreaming. Maybe that means I’m not crazy! SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Frank Sinatra : the Coffee Song |
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I have a confession to make. I love to sing this song in the shower. What can I say, I’m a big band l [...]
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Track 0 from frank
Length: 00:02:31 Year: 0000 |
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I have a confession to make. I love to sing this song in the shower. What can I say, I’m a big band lover at heart. “Way down among Brazilians, coffee beans grow by the billions, so they’ve got to find those extra cups to fill. They’ve got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil. You can’t get cherry soda ‘cuz they got to sell their quota…†It’s quirky, innocent, and delivered with Frank’s signature suave voice. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Metric : Combat Baby |
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Okay, Emily doesn’t talk specifically about coffee in this one, but this danceable tune does mention ca [...]
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Track 4 from Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Length: 00:03:29 Year: 2003 |
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Okay, Emily doesn’t talk specifically about coffee in this one, but this danceable tune does mention caffeine: “We used to leave the blue lights on and there was a beat, ever since you have been gone it’s all caffeine-free.†Argh! Caffeine-free! What a nightmare! SHOW LESS
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| 10 | The Dandy Warhols : The Coffee and Tea Wrecks |
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The title of this song pretty much summarizes my stomach’s relationship with coffee and tea…
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Track 8 from Dandys Rule, OK?
Length: 00:04:06 Year: 1995 |
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The title of this song pretty much summarizes my stomach’s relationship with coffee and tea… SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Belle & Sebastian : If You're Feeling Sinister |
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I really like how this song sounds like it was recorded in a playground - or that the sound guy’s kids [...]
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Track 7 from If You're Feeling Sinister
Length: 00:05:21 Year: 1996 |
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I really like how this song sounds like it was recorded in a playground - or that the sound guy’s kids were running around the recording studio as Stuart Murdoch was singing. “She was into S&M and bible studies, not everyone’s cup of tea she would admit to me†One thing I really admire about Belle & Sebastian is how they craft songs that aren’t traditional verse-chorus-verse songs. Instead, they usually tell a rambling story with occasional visits to a chorus-like bit. Masters! SHOW LESS
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| 12 | The Sundays : My Finest Hour |
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This is another great song to sing in the shower –- mind you I’m not all that good at the octave [...]
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Track 9 from Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
Length: 00:03:59 Year: 1990 |
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This is another great song to sing in the shower –- mind you I’m not all that good at the octave flirting aria at the end. I do try though! “And I send you letters, and go to your house for tea…†SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Hot Hot Heat : Middle of Nowhere |
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This song sounds pretty ska influenced and kind of like it walked out of the late 90s, but it’s only wh [...]
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Track 2 from Elevator
Length: 00:04:04 Year: 0000 |
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This song sounds pretty ska influenced and kind of like it walked out of the late 90s, but it’s only what, 2-3 years old? I do like it. “Don’t get mad if I’m laughing, blame the caffeine…†SHOW LESS
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| 14 | The Books : Getting The Done Job |
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You must listen to this song with good headphones to do it justice! What captivates me with this song is the m [...]
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Track 10 from Thought For Food
Length: 00:03:49 Year: 2002 |
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You must listen to this song with good headphones to do it justice! What captivates me with this song is the movement. How it starts with a slow stretch then progresses to a feverish sprint on ecstasy – or perhaps two cans of red bull. And I have another confession to make. I pulled a mondegreen with this song - you know, when you think the lyric is one thing and then turns out it’s not. I was convinced that the lyric was “coffee and tea, roll down my sleeves†but, when I googled the lyrics, turns out it’s actually “Copying keys, roll down my sleeves.†D’oh! I like my version better! Anyways, I’m leaving it on the mix because it’s such a fantastic song, and I don’t feel like finding another song. Just shhh… don’t tell, because that could be embarrassing. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | cowboy junkies : Cold Tea Blues |
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A recipe on how to make tea from Margo Timmons… “If I pour your cup, then that is friendship. [...] SHOW MORE
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Track 9 from Pale Sun Crescent Moon
Length: 00:02:47 Year: 1993 |
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A recipe on how to make tea from Margo Timmons… “If I pour your cup, then that is friendship. If I add your milk, that is manners. If I stop there, claiming ignorance of taste, that is tea. But if I measure the sugar to satisfy your expectant tongue, then that is love, sitting untouched and growing cold†My old roommate and good friend Anicka introduced me to this song. We were tea-drinking fiends when we lived together, and we always doctored up each other’s tea according to preference. I guess that’s love. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Danny Michel : Coalmine |
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I would say this underappreciated Canadian artist not so much writes songs, as he creates sonic narratives. Pl [...]
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Track 1 from Fibsville
Length: 00:04:33 Year: 0000 |
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I would say this underappreciated Canadian artist not so much writes songs, as he creates sonic narratives. Plus, he’s got that whole looping peddle action thing going on that is such a treat live. “With a picket fence, upon the hill, with a couple kids, and a Coupe de Ville, and a cup of tea, and a pretty pill, cause if I can't have you, no one will… You love me you, just don't know it yet.†Creepy! SHOW LESS
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| 17 | The Arcade Fire : Neighbourhood #4 (7 Kettles) |
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I was contemplating putting this song first, since you have to boil water before you can have tea or coffee, b [...]
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Track 5 from Funeral
Length: 00:04:49 Year: 2004 |
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I was contemplating putting this song first, since you have to boil water before you can have tea or coffee, but I like the sequencing here a little better. The strings in the opening are so rich, and yes, they sound very much like a boiling kettle. Impressive! “They say a watched pot, will never boil. So I closed my eyes and nothing changed. Just some water, getting hotter, in the flames…†SHOW LESS
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| 18 | The Shins : Those to Come |
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“Making tea in your underwear†This quiet closer comes from one of my favourite bands. I love the [...]
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Track 10 from Chutes Too Narrow
Length: 00:04:34 Year: 2003 |
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“Making tea in your underwear†This quiet closer comes from one of my favourite bands. I love the echoy whistling at the end as the song (and the mix) fades away. SHOW LESS
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Level 6
Nice theme! I wish you'd put Java Jive (by the Manhattan Transfer) on, but it's a good mix.
4/07/09 09:52am
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Level 17
Nice choices, especially Blossom Dearie, Sarah Harmer ...
9/19/08 05:33pm
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Welcome to level 5! Keep up the hard work.
awarded on 2008-07-17
Level 10
love the theme and mix!
7/23/08 09:03am
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Level 5
My kind of theme mix! I wonder if you'd be interested in trading for an all-coffee mix of mine? I doubt I'll get around to posting it here but I could send you the track list - or do folks at this site trade mixes or exchange e-mail?
7/04/08 10:18am
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Level 27
Sundays! *less than three*
Alsew, awesome concept! Good overall.
Alsew, awesome concept! Good overall.
7/17/07 01:09am
