Blues For Dessert
As I have pointed out previously, the blues is notorious for elevating the sexual innuendo to an art form. Many great blues songs use food to get an “R” rated point across without resorting to profanity.
Today, on Thanksgiving eve, we are focusing the sexual innuendo blues playlist further by selecting songs that use foods traditionally eaten for dessert. This gives the bluesman the opportunity for double entendre as well as espousing the “sweetness” of the opposite sex. The list contains an album’s worth of material by some of the world’s great bluesmen and blueswomen singing the virtues of the jellyroll, chocolate, peaches, bananas, sugar, pie and other tasty treats.
When I first started crafting playlists I was thrilled with the thought of theme-based lists. I could envision a day when anyone could search for any subject imaginable and find related music. I still have this goal in mind, but I’ve discovered that when you hone the playlist down by only selecting songs from a certain genre, or with a certain mood, themed playlists become more fluid and frankly, much better.
For example, a playlist about food that utilizes blues and pop and metal and rap and rock probably won’t appeal to all but the most open-minded music fans. If you limit your selections to a single genre, and also work to select quality songs, you will have created something truly worthwhile. Sure it takes more time, but I think you’ll find the results are worth it.
I leave you with some themed-playlist ideas to mull over, or better yet, create your own and share in the comments.
- The Greatest Automobile Songs of the 1970s
- Oldies Songs About Dancing
- Hip-Hop Tracks About L.A.
- Acoustic Science Fiction
- Americana Water Music
- Metal Animal Songs
- Electronic Vegetables
- A Bluegrass Divorce
- Hindi Death Songs
- African Safari Music
- Punk Rock Bar Fight
- Pop Suicide
- 1950’s Car Crash Songs
- Psychedelic Breakfast
- Mellow Airplane Music
