Here's the third and final installment in my latest miniseries of posts featuring songs about the meals we eat each day. Whatever you call your third meal – whether it's "Dinner" or "Supper" – here are some songs about it that I hope you'll enjoy. ~ JH
1) Big Head Todd & The Monsters ~ "Dinner With Ivan"
2) Judy Garland ~ "Supper Time"
3) Ronald Isley ~ "Dinner And A Movie"
4) The Hoppers ~ "The Marriage Supper Of The Lamb"
5) Nikki Nikki ~ "Home For Dinner"
6) Greensky Bluegrass ~ "Less Than Supper"
7) Motive ~ "Nobody Eats My Dinner"
8) VeggieTales ~ "Supper Hero"
9) Oasis ~ "Digsy's Dinner"
10) Jesus Christ Superstar Cast ~ "The Last Supper"
11) Donna Summer ~ "Dinner With Gershwin"
12) Jimmie Davis ~ "Suppertime"
13) Gene Kelly ~ "Dig-Dig-Dig-Dig For Your Dinner"
14) Edens Edge ~ "Last Supper"
15) Phish ~ "Dinner And A Movie"
16) The Mamas & The Papas ~ "Sing For Your Supper"
17) O.A.R. ~ "Dinner Last Night"
18) 10cc ~ "Second Sitting For The Last Supper"
19) Rufus Wainwright ~ "Dinner At Eight"
20) Genesis ~ "Supper's Ready" (This is not your radio-friendly, Phil Collins-era Genesis…This is a 26-minute-long acid trip in the guise of a multi-part song…or something like that.)
It's a bird… It's a plane… Nope, it's just a bunch of songs with "Superman" in the title, several of which are actually about the Man of Steel. Amazingly enough, there were quite a few songs to choose from. Check out which ones made the cut. Oh, yeah...and enjoy! ~ JH
1) Daughtry ~ "Waiting For Superman"
2) Joe Brooks ~ "Superman"
3) Five For Fighting ~ "Superman (It's Not Easy)"
4) Bon Jovi ~ "Superman Tonight"
5) Crash Test Dummies ~ "Superman's Song" (Probably the best song this ever band ever did. Which isn't saying much, really, but this song actually is quite good.)
6) Snoop Dogg ft. Willie Nelson ~ "Superman" (Despite the singular reference to pot – not a big shocker considering the parties involved – this is a surprisingly good collaboration between two of the unlikeliest of artists.)
7) R.E.M. ~ "Superman" (No official music video here, but a good song nonetheless.)
8) Lazlo Bane ~ "Superman" (Fans of "Scrubs" might be interested in finally hearing the full version of that show's theme song.)
9) The Big Pink ~ "Hit The Ground (Superman)"
10) Black Coffee ft. Bucie ~ "Superman"
11) The Spankers ~ "Superman" (If the band's name isn't enough to scare you away, I should warn you that the video also involves a large group of people in superhero costumes dancing to reggae music.)
12) Donovan ~ "Sunshine Superman"
13) The Flaming Lips ~ "Waitin' For A Superman (Is It Gettin' Heavy?)"
14) Alison McCallum ~ "Superman" (Never heard of this lady before, but she's got a raw but powerful, Janis Joplin-like vibe to her voice.)
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16) Big Head Todd & The Monsters ~ "Resignation Superman"
17) Barbra Streisand ~ "Superman"
18) Alanis Morissette ~ "Superman" (Here's Alanis Morissette like you've never heard her before. And probably never will again! As a teenager in the very early-'90s, Alanis was making cheesy pop music that sounded like…well, all the other cheesy pop music back then. Let's just say I much prefer the direction she ended up taking with her music.)
19) Kevin Costner & Modern West ~ "Superman 14"
20) Our Lady Peace ~ "Superman's Dead" (Oh well, I guess that's that, then.)
