Van Morrison Sings His Grocery List

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Butter darlin’, butter and eggs, oooo-oooo-weeee !

Chicken…wait a minute, wait a minute, I can see the chicken….in a faraway freezer.

Oh Lord, toma-a-a-atoes,

and lettuce ! Yes ! Yes ! A crispy head of lettuce….that’s right, that’s right.

Olive Oi-oil. Oh chi-ild, you’re so young……baby baby baby baby baby.

A pint of milk. A pint of milk. A pint of milk. A pint of milk. Milk, milk, milky, milky, milk. Lord have mercy, a pint of milk, pint of milk, pint of milk, pint of milk, pint of milk, pint of sweet milky milk, sailing to Caledonia, oh. A pint, pint, pint, pint of milk, pint of milk. A pint of milk……

….and a sweet round melon.

OH !!! ITS TOO LATE TO STOP NOW !!!!

Published in: on July 11, 2007 at 8:09 pm

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  1. On July 11, 2007 at 8:40 pm Johnny Yen Said:

    That’s great! It actually reminds me of “Cleaning Windows,” one of my favorite-ever songs!

  2. On July 11, 2007 at 9:53 pm Elizabeth Said:

    You just made a sad girl giggle. Your good deed for the day is done.

  3. On July 12, 2007 at 9:27 am anandamide Said:

    JY: That’s why I couldn’t have him sing his “to do” list. He’s already done it.

    E: Thanks you for finally recognizing the humanitarian work done here at Anandamide. I’m going to start telling people I run a “non-profit”.

    Hope you feel better.

  4. On July 12, 2007 at 11:49 am Patrick Hillman Said:

    It stoned me, bro.

  5. On July 12, 2007 at 4:51 pm anandamide Said:

    to your soul? just like jelly roll?

  6. On July 12, 2007 at 6:26 pm Princess extraordinaire Said:

    I like the part about the round melon….

  7. On July 12, 2007 at 11:06 pm Captain Smack Said:

    That is so weird. I was just listening to TB Sheets. You’re freaking me out man. YOU’RE FREAKING ME OUT!

  8. On July 13, 2007 at 6:21 am anandamide Said:

    PE: Apparently Van liked the melon too….

    CS: Remember, the cool room is a fools room !!!

  9. On July 14, 2007 at 6:11 am cp Said:

    He’s very talented.

  10. On July 14, 2007 at 11:31 am anandamide Said:

    Like they say, some people can sing the phone book. In fact I think Yes put out a triple album in the 70’s called “Tales from Scandinavian Phone Books”.

  11. On July 14, 2007 at 6:40 pm The Bo Bice Underground » Blog Archive » A Long Career in a Music: Wisdom from the Church of Van Said:

    [...] couple of days ago someone sent me the satirical Van Morrison Sings His Grocery List, and following some of the links there led me to some great quotes. These were quotes from someone [...]

  12. On July 18, 2007 at 8:07 am pezda Said:

    This reminds me of the old SNL skit with Dana Carvey singing “Chopping Broccoli”

  13. On July 19, 2007 at 5:30 am anandamide Said:

    It’s like they always say “there’s no muse quite as inspiring as vegetables”.

    They do say that, don’t they?

  14. On July 24, 2007 at 12:19 pm splotchy Said:

    Quite lovely!

    I look forward to a making-of special for this list, perhaps airing on VH1.

  15. On July 24, 2007 at 3:41 pm anandamide Said:

    “we were really struggling early on. the band wasn’t getting along and there were no songs. and then van appeared with this list, like moses descending from mount sinai with the ten commandments, and suddenly it all made sense. from there it just flowed….”

  16. On November 15, 2007 at 4:52 pm Charmuh Said:

    My favorite food song is Barnes and Barnes’ “Fish heads”.
    Truly, some of my greatest memories revolve around doing something while humming this song.

    It reminds me of when my brother’s friend killed my brother’s hamster by crushing it in his hand.

  17. On January 1, 2008 at 9:28 pm Steph Said:

    Brilliant. The bit about olive oil got me.

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