Songs About Diners, Drive-Ins, And Dives

Being a longtime fan of what I consider a nice filler show on the Food Network, I decided to make a post featuring a collection of songs with either the word, "Diner," "Drive-In," or "Dive" in their titles. Because, why not? Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Suzanne Vega  ~  "Tom's Diner"

2)  Catherine Britt  ~  "Drive-In Movie"

3)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  "Dive In"

4)  Larry Raspberry & The Highsteppers  ~  "Dixie Diner"

5)  The Moxies  ~  "Main Street Drive-In"

6)  Nirvana  ~  "Dive"  (Pay no attention to the man in the dress...)

7)  The Gaslight Anthem  ~  "We're Getting A Divorce, You Keep The Diner"

8)  Ellis Paul  ~  "Drive-In Movie"

9)  dc Talk  ~  "Dive"

10)  The Les Claypool Frog Brigade  ~  "D's Diner"

11)  David Bowie  ~  "Drive-In Saturday"

12)  St. Lucia  ~  "Before The Dive"

13)  Benabar  ~  "Le Diner"

14)  Dave Matthews Band  ~  "Drive In Drive Out"

15)  Waxahatchee  ~  "Swan Dive"

16)  Widespread Panic  ~  "Diner"

17)  Dead Vampires  ~  "Dead End Drive-In"

18)  Sister Hazel  ~  "Swan Dive"

19)  Martin Sexton  ~  "Diner"

20)  Jim Henry  ~  "Drive-In Movie Picture Show"

21)  Niké Jemiyo  ~  "Dive"

22)  Eddie Cochran  ~  "Drive-In Show"

23)  Hidden Hospitals  ~  "Swan Dive"

24)  Travis Tritt  ~  "Put Some Drive In Your Country"  (Admittedly, this is a stretch to qualify as a "drive in" song – but it's a really good tune, so who cares?)

25)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  "Dive"

"Rough" & "Smooth" Songs

At it again, eh? Yep. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Anna Nalick  ~  "In The Rough"

2)  Santana ft. Rob Thomas  ~  "Smooth"

3)  Bananarama  ~  "Rough Justice"

4)  Big Daddy Kane  ~  "Smooth Operator"

5)  Dreams So Real  ~  "Rough Night In Jericho"

6)  Michael Jackson  ~  "Smooth Criminal"

7)  ZZ Top  ~  "Rough Boy"

8)  Lake Street Dive  ~  "You Go Down Smooth"

9)  Paulini  ~  "Rough Day"

10)  Sade  ~  "Smooth Operator"

11)  Endangered Speeches  ~  "The City Is Rough"

12)  Shara Nelson  ~  "Rough With The Smooth"

13)  June Allyson, Mickey Rooney, & The Stafford Sisters  ~  "Treat Me Rough"

14)  David Garrett  ~  "Smooth Criminal"  (Two versions of the same song in one post? Yep, this is MJ's song, too – but violinist Garrett gives it a whole different sound and feel in his instrumental version.)

15)  Jennifer Knapp  ~  "Diamond In The Rough"