Sorry Meat Loaf, Bread, et al., but sometimes we prefer our musical main courses with a little something extra on the side ...
1 Las Ketchup, “The Ketchup Song (Asereje)” (Las Ketchup, 2002) “Y el DJ que lo conoce/Plays the mix that Diego mezcla con la salsa.”
2 10cc, “Margo Wants the Mustard” (Mirror Mirror, 1995) “How I wish I could bottle this/I’d splash it out all over the place/Pour it over the human race.”
3 The Flaming Lips, “She Don’t Use Jelly” (Transmissions From the Satellite Heart, 1993) “She don’t use butter/She don’t use cheese/She don’t use jelly/Or any of these/She uses Vaseline.”
4 Sammy Kershaw, “Louisiana Hot Sauce” (Maybe Not Tonight, 1999) “She spins me like a washing machine/And every time I hold her, man I start to smolder.”
5 Tech N9ne, “Relish” (The Calm Before the Storm, 1999) “Relish niggas talk shit/They bring it not enough, get they dome split/And if you think I’m set trippin’, I’m hella set!”
6 They Might Be Giants, “I Am a Grocery Bag” (No!, 2002) “Milk and biscuits and cocktail sauce/I am a grocery bag.”
7 Insane Clown Posse, “Silence of the Hams” (Forgotten Freshness, Vol. 4, 2005) “Sawed-off pistol grip and I glock click bammy (pow!)/Ooh ride with me and drop a coppa (bacon bits!).”
8 G. Love and Special Sauce, “Baby’s Got Sauce” (G. Love and Special Sauce, 1994) “I’ll do anything for her, anything she wants/It’s sure honey, sure/Got a sharp mouth, a sharp tongue/Gimme gimme gimme some.” –JS
G. Love & Special Sauce with Slightly Stoopid, Ozomatli. August 14, 8 p.m., $26.50-$32. The Pearl, 942-7777.