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Title: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: Diomedes on February 06, 2011, 09:40:27 AM
Okay music heads, I got a couple little projects going...help me out if you feel like it:

I'm trying to compile a set of songs with 'chicken' in them.  In the title, in the lyrics, in the band name, whichever.

I've got a pretty comprehensive list going, but if you know a song ain't on the following list, lemme know (or even better, send me the song):


I know that ICP has a bunch of songs that fit but they suck.  Same for Jimmie's Chicken Shack.  I'm also not interested in most rap, because most rap farging sucks, but if it's good, by all means lemme know.




Also, I'm drumming up a set of songs that would be suitable for children, but which were not necessarily recorded for them.  Songs like Louden Wainright III's "Dead Skunk," (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UejelYnVI3U) Arlo Guthrie's "Motorcycle Song," (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g266Uwp6ZnI)  or the Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow) Any suggestions would be welcome.
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: QB Eagles on February 06, 2011, 10:05:39 AM
Here's a link to The Magnetic Fields - A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off  (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9812778/cf/04_A%20Chicken%20With%20Its%20Head%20Cut%20Off.mp3).

Buckethead has an album called Enter the Chicken and innumerable chicken references throughout his career. Not a lot of lyrics in his shtein though. Here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ_ngr0yLBw

All I got off the top of my head.
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: General_Failure on February 06, 2011, 10:07:20 AM
Here's a link (http://www.songmeanings.net/query/?q=chicken&type=lyrics&page=1&start=0&mm=1&pp=20&oid=137438968693&b=Go) that should help you fill out your list a little more.
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: ice grillin you on February 06, 2011, 11:44:22 AM
classic song and it comes complete with a fantastic sting sample for your white ass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0UEuW_cx1c

Quote
diamonds i flaunt it...chickenheads flock i lace em
fried broiled with basil...taste em...crack the legs
way out of formation...its horizontal how i have em
fargin me in the benz wagon
can it be vanity from last dragon
grab your gun its on though
shtein is grimy...real stillupfronts moms buck in broad daylight
with the broke mac it wont spray right
dont give a farg who they hit...as long as the dramas lit
yo...overnight thugs....bug cause they aint promised shtein
hungry ass hooligans stay on that piranha shtein
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: Diomedes on February 06, 2011, 11:46:24 AM
sweet, thanks folks...
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: MMH on February 06, 2011, 12:47:01 PM
SCOTS:

8-piece Box (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Di9_5QpanpEc&ei=g91OTaqSDcKAlAeohRQ&usg=AFQjCNHL7meVrxJ9Z2QeA-a2ebcrqwLxsw)

Fried Chicken and Gasoline (http://www.kazaa.com/#/Southern-Culture-on-the-Skids/Dirt-Track-Date/Fried-Chicken-And-Gasoline)
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: Diomedes on February 06, 2011, 01:02:35 PM
Quote from: General_Failure on February 06, 2011, 10:07:20 AM
Here's a link (http://www.songmeanings.net/query/?q=chicken&type=lyrics&page=1&start=0&mm=1&pp=20&oid=137438968693&b=Go) that should help you fill out your list a little more.

How did I miss this site when I was googling lyrics?  Great site, thanks.
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: Diomedes on February 06, 2011, 01:04:45 PM
Quote from: MMH on February 06, 2011, 12:47:01 PM
SCOTS:

8-piece Box (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Di9_5QpanpEc&ei=g91OTaqSDcKAlAeohRQ&usg=AFQjCNHL7meVrxJ9Z2QeA-a2ebcrqwLxsw)

Fried Chicken and Gasoline (http://www.kazaa.com/#/Southern-Culture-on-the-Skids/Dirt-Track-Date/Fried-Chicken-And-Gasoline)


I've seen them a couple times and barely escaped being hit by fried chicken thrown from the stage, but I couldn't find any references to chicken in the tracks I have.  I knew there had to be some in their catalog somewhere.  Thank you. 
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on February 06, 2011, 01:04:55 PM
Little Feat's Dixie Chicken came to mind right away.

And how about Backdoor Man? ("I eat more chicken than any man's ever seen.") Go with the original Willie Dixon version, not the Doors version.

Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: Diomedes on February 06, 2011, 01:07:02 PM
Both songs came to me immediately as well, and are on my list already.  It had not occured to me to get the Willie Dixon version of "Back Door Man" however...great idea.
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: Susquehanna Birder on February 06, 2011, 01:09:59 PM
Bah...sorry. I had "match case" checked on Firefox, so I missed it on your list. I'll keep my thinking cap on.
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: MMH on February 06, 2011, 01:25:16 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on February 06, 2011, 01:04:45 PM
Quote from: MMH on February 06, 2011, 12:47:01 PM
SCOTS:

8-piece Box (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQtwIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Di9_5QpanpEc&ei=g91OTaqSDcKAlAeohRQ&usg=AFQjCNHL7meVrxJ9Z2QeA-a2ebcrqwLxsw)

Fried Chicken and Gasoline (http://www.kazaa.com/#/Southern-Culture-on-the-Skids/Dirt-Track-Date/Fried-Chicken-And-Gasoline)


I've seen them a couple times and barely escaped being hit by fried chicken thrown from the stage, but I couldn't find any references to chicken in the tracks I have.  I knew there had to be some in their catalog somewhere.  Thank you. 

Yeah they put on a great show.  8-Piece Box is when they throw chicken (as you can see in the video)
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: SD on February 06, 2011, 02:12:08 PM
I love me some Southern Culture on the Skids. Saw them 15 years ago, great show.
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: mussa on February 07, 2011, 11:10:19 AM
I got the Bees Chicken Payback & Dr. Dog songs. PM me your email addy.
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: Diomedes on February 14, 2011, 11:20:36 AM
GF's link is money.

How did Springsteen's "Atlantic City" not pop into your head first thing, igy?  I mean Christ, he's your boy, and the words "chicken" and "Philly" are featured in the first couplet of the song
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: ice grillin you on February 14, 2011, 05:06:56 PM
yeah i dont know what i was thinking...i guess my mind was on beats
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: BigEd76 on February 14, 2011, 05:21:23 PM
Ms. Peachez - "Fry That Chicken" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGrqW3nx5HM)
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: mussa on February 14, 2011, 05:53:02 PM
Wow, Big Ed just bust out a Ms. Peachez link, lmao  :yay
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: Diomedes on February 15, 2011, 08:21:07 PM
At this point, I think it would be easier to list the Beastie Boys songs that do not have 'chicken' in them.
Title: Re: Downtown Chicken, Hey!
Post by: Munson on February 15, 2011, 08:28:00 PM
I know some folks with children who play Kids (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe4EK4HSPkI) for their kids and they seem to enjoy it.



Don't mind the extremely creepy video.