Coffee is not just a plant, not just a bean, not just an ingredient, not just a beverage, but a sensory experience. As such, it can penetrate beyond our sense of smell and taste; it comes into our sighs with its fabulous shades of brown, and in several occasions it has come in contact with our sense of hearing, inspiring songs and lyrics that fill our ears with the magic of coffee. In honor of that, That Coffee Roasters decided to publish its personal Top 10 of Coffee-Related Songs.
Coffee & TV, by Blur
For the British rock band Blur, coffee represents a chance to slow down and "start all over again," referred by Damon Albarn's lyrics, "Give me coffee and TV / peacefully / I've seen so much, I'm going blind / and I'm brain-dead virtually." This is a clear reference on how often coffee is sometimes regarded as a stimulant, with this, Albarn understands the way a sip serves to help us to go along with the world around us.
You're the Cream in My Coffee, by Annette Hanshaw
They gave Annette Hanshaw the nickname "The Personality Girl," and that comes through in this charming 1928 single, but the singer wasn't just likable; her compelling voice has a warmth and softness to it that's quite hard to resist. Coffee songs don't get a whole lot more innocent than this sweetly and truthful song of devotion, note the way she closes her songs, "That's all!", but Hanshaw's You're the Cream in My Coffee is no antique at all.
Coffee Shop, by Yung Joc
Setting aside discussions about coffee's metaphorical equivalents in Yung Joc's 2007 hip-hop classic, the video itself is a timelessly nonsensical, bawdy and broadly comedy jam, bursting out of eras past with exaggerated characters (caricatures if you will). You can also find some cameos from people like Rick Ross, Trae, Eightball & MJG, and some others. It feels like it could have been made in 1986, and that's nothing but a compliment.
Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle, by Dethklok
On an Adult Swim's animated series called Metalocalypse, Dethklok is a trendy death-metal band, but it's also a parody of a real-life incarnation. In cartoon form, the group gave a memorable, yet fatalist performance of a commercial jingle in a particular scene from the show. If nothing else, Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle showcases that coffee is as metal as any number of softer beverages.
Cantata No. 211, by J.S. Bach
J.S. Bach's Coffee Cantata is, by its very nature, a step out of the comfort zone for the oft-solemn composer, who was said to write in coffee shops. One segment of the piece translates as follows: "If three times a day I can't drink my little cup of coffee, then I would become so upset that I would be like a dried-up piece of roast goat." That vibrant little passage just sticks to the mind, and it’s worthy of being put on a mug.
Black Coffee, by Ella Fitzgerald
Another coffee-themed single, Black Coffee, has been covered by artists like Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Sinead O'Connor and countless other singers since it was first written in 1948. Back in 1960, Ella Fitzgerald propelled the tune, infusing it with the weary, tired resignation the lyric implies. Black Coffee captures the beverage's various status as a stand-in for more bracing beverages. "I'm feelin' mighty lonesome, haven't slept a wink / I walk the floor and watch the door, and in between, I drink," while speaking for all downtrodden folks in need of a buzz of caffeine.
Black Coffee, by Heavy D & The Boyz
A 1994 hit for the pop-inclined rapper, Black Coffee, finds Heavy D retelling and celebrating the attributes of his ideal woman: "Black coffee, no sugar, no cream / That's the type of girl I need down with my team." For all the metaphors used on coffee in this particular song, Black Coffee hits upon one of the most accurate and witty, as he raps lovingly, "Black coffee, the African queen / Part of the Afro-American dream."
Black Coffee In bed, by Squeeze
A classic featuring backup vocals from none others than Elvis Costello and Paul Young, Squeeze's 1982 single Black Coffee in Bed finds a narrative approach for coffee stains as the remnants of a failed relationship: "There's a stain on my notebook where your coffee cup was," Glenn Tilbrook sings. Helping to consolidate coffee's unexpected place as the most melancholic of beverages, Black Coffee in Bed is one of the many career highlights for one of the most resilient pop bands from the '70s, '80s and beyond.
Coffee Song (They've Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil), by Frank Sinatra
A not often remembered top 10 hit for Frank Sinatra set in 1946, and a song since performed by everyone (from Sam Cooke, to The Muppets, to Rosemary Clooney, to Soul Coughing), The Coffee Song highlights of a perceived Brazilian coffee glut. Known for its line, "They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil," this coffee song takes us to a land where coffee is so plentiful that all other kinds of drinks ended up being banned. "A politician's daughter was accused of drinking water / and was fined a great big $50 bill." Sinatra's song closes with an unfortunate attempt at a funny accent, but the rest of the song embarks on an nothing if not a catchy tune.
Coffee Blues, by Mississippi John Hurt
Early-20th-century blues singer Mississippi John Hurt set on the praises of not just coffee, but Maxwell House-brand coffee specifically, as he opened Coffee Blues with a surprising pitch of this product. "It's good to the last drop," he sings, "just like it says on the can." But the blues classic has had more notorious influence than most cheesy songs that open with product placements. The song made some references to a "lovin' spoonful" that gave the '60s rock band its name.
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