By Tatanka Yotanka
The harvest is home and what a high-protein weekend it turned out to be. I tend to like tight topics because I’m confused and indecisive at the other end when confronted with too much choice. I did start to worry at a couple of points that The Bar was losing focus and drifting away to the fruit machines but there were second, third and fourth waves and in the end … I had waaay too much top quality, absolutely cracking choice! Probably the most difficult topic I’ve done in terms of narrowing down the playlists, so much great stuff left strewn on the forest floor for the foragers who follow. Fortunately, I was emboldened by a few brave super-listers in recent months and stuck with what sounded just right to my ears, so a week where you are getting an awful lot of nutty and some seedy tunes to the pound. At one point there was a Drupe D-list but that way disco-indigestion lay.
The A-List Trail Mix of Nuts and Seeds:
1. Wha Me Eat – Macka B (Nicko)
2. Nutty – Thelonius Monk (Nilpferd)
3. My Nutmeg Phantasy – Macy Gray (feat: Angie Stone & Mos Def) (Nicko)
4. It’s Not Just The Size of a Walnut – The Soft Boys (Fred Erickson)
5. Pumpkin Seeds – Devendra Banhart (Fred Erickson)
6. Une Noix – Charles Trenet (Swawilg)
7. In The Chestnut Tree – Ivor Cutler (severin)
8. Gather Ye Acorns – Mischief Brew (EnglishOutlaw)
9. Like Popcorn – Trilok Gurtu (Nicko)
10. Kandy Korn – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (George Boyland)
11. Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuss – Heino (TarquinSpodd)
12. Disco Peanuts – Warmduscher (megadom)
13. Pecan Pie – Golden Smog (BanazirGalbasi)
14. Le Temps des Cacahuètes – Juliette Greco (swawilg)
15. Picking The Benelnut – Cai Bin Lang (TarquinSpodd)
16. The Peanut Vendor - Don Azpiazu (Nicko)
17. Little Nut Tree – The Melodians (Uncleben)
18. Pistachio – Pee Wee Ellis (Fred Erickson)
19. I’m Chief Kamanawanalea (We’re The Royal Macadamia Nuts) – The Turtles (Traktor Albatrost)
20. Peanut - Sunny Sharrock (Fred Erickson)
The Full of Beans B-List Playlist:
1. Oats and Beans – Tim Hart & Maddy Prior (Suzi)
2. The Java Jive – The Ink Spots (IsabelleForshaw)
3. Red Beans & Rice – Spearhead (IsabelleForshaw)
4. Baked Beans – Mother Goose (IsabelleForshaw)
5. Beans and Cornbread – Louis Jordan (IsabelleForshaw)
6. Beans For Breakfast – Johnny Cash (TarquinSpodd)
7. Goober Peas – Tennessee Ernie Ford (TarquinSpodd)
8. Sausage Beans and Chips – Chaotic Dischord (Carpgate)
9. My Baked Bean – Splodge (Carpgate)
10. Green Beans – The Lovely Eggs (megadom)
11. Ghafoor’s Bus – The Young ‘Uns (Suzi)
The Couldn’t Not Do It Coconut C-List Playlist:
1. I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts - Billy Cotton and His Band (Isabelle Forshaw)
2. Coconut Skins – Damien Rice (Swawilg)
3. Poppa Joe – The Sweet (Alaricmc)
4. Coconut Telegraph – Jimmy Buffet (Fred Erickson)
5. Sitting In The Palmtree – Abba (ajostu)
6. Don’t Take My Coconuts – Kid Creole (Swawilg)
7. Coconut Jam – Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela (megadom)
8. Coconut Cream – The Tragically Hip (Fred Erickson)
9. Coconut – Ty Segall (vanwolf2)
10. Coconut – Manu Dibango (Fred Erickson)
11. Coconut Oil – Augustus Pablo (megadom)
12. Milk From The Coconut – Johnny Gentle (Tarquin Spodd)
13. Coconut Woman – Laurel Aitken (Nicko)
The Guru’s Wildwood Wildcard Pick:
And to finish, with Georges Brassens, squirrel kisses all round x
And now consume …
These playlists were inspired by readers' song nominations from last week's topic: Crack on: songs about nuts and edible seeds. The next topic will launch on Thursday at 1pm UK time.
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