Difference between revisions of "Songs about Plants"
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*Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel : "Not I, said the Golden Wheat, I would if I could but I cannot I know, I need all my grain to prosper and grow" | *Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel : "Not I, said the Golden Wheat, I would if I could but I cannot I know, I need all my grain to prosper and grow" | ||
*Green Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones/Elvis Presely/Johnny Cash : "It's good to touch the green, green grass of home" | *Green Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones/Elvis Presely/Johnny Cash : "It's good to touch the green, green grass of home" | ||
+ | *Tam za vodou v rakosi (Across the water, in the reeds) by Waldemar Matuska & Eva Pilarova | ||
== Pontederiacae == | == Pontederiacae == |
Revision as of 18:19, 9 April 2007
Songs are listed alphabetically, by family.
If you know of songs either all about plants or mention plants in the lyrics, please post the title and artist here.
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Amaryllidaceae
- Daffodil's Lament by The Cranberries : "And the daffodils looked lovely today"
Apiaceae
- Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel : "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme"
- The King of Carrot Flowers by Neutral Milk Hotel : "When you were young you were the king of carrot flowers"
Apocynaceae
- Oleander by Sarah Harmer : "Oleander, Oleander, Will you bloom again this spring?"
Arecaceae
- Coconut (Lime in the Coconut) by Harry Nilsson : "Put de lime in de coconut, and drink 'em both up"
Asteraceae
- Sunflower by Low : "you bought some sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet sunflowers..."
Begoniaceae
- Scarlet Begonias by the Grateful Dead : "She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls, I knew right away she was not like other girls"
Convolvulaceae
- Morning Glory by Oasis : "What's the story morning glory, well"
- Sweet potato by Sia : "She cooks you sweet potato, you don't like aubergine"
Cucurbitaceae
- Watermelon Crawl by Tracy Bryd : "We got a hundred gallons of sweet red wine, made from the biggest watermelons on the vine"
Ebenaceae
- Persimmon by Bunt : "This persimmon, peeling the skin from soft and ripened flesh..."
Ericaceae
- Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel: "And gather it all in a bunch of heather"
Fabaceae
- Crimson & Clover by Tommy James & the Shondells : "Crimson and clover, over and over"
- Lékořice (Licorice) by Václav Neckář: "Rozhod jsem se léčit lásku lékořicí" (I have decided to cure love with licorice)
Fagaceae
- Little Acorns by The White Stripes : "Once I broke my problems into small pieces, I was able to carry them, just like those acorns, one at a time"
- Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel : "Not I, said the Oak Tree, I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest..."
Juncaceae
- Green grow the rushes by R.E.M. : "Green grow the rushes go, The compass points the workers home"
Lamiaceae
- Catnip Dream by Shonen Knife : "Catnip is a kitty cat drug..."
- Pennyroyal Tea by Nirvana : "Sit and drink pennyroyal tea, distill the life that's inside of me"
- Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel : "Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme"
- Wild Sage by The Mountain Goats : "And along the highway, from cast-off innumerable seeds, wild sage growing in the weeds"
- Levandulová (Lavender girl) by Hana Hegerová and Petr Hapka: "Ty jsi má levandulová" (You are my lavender girl)
Lauraceae
- Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young : "I could be happy, the rest of my life, with a cinnamon girl"
- Imitation of Life by R.E.M. : "That's sugarcane that tasted good. That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood."
Liliaceae
- Tip-toe through the tulips by Tiny Tim : "Come tiptoe through the tulips with me"
Musaceae
- Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson : "Maybe we could sleep in, I'll make you banana pancakes, pretend like it's the weekend now"
Nelumbonaceae
- Lotus by R.E.M. : "I ate the lotus. Say haven't you noticed?"
Poaceae
- Imitation of Life by R.E.M. : "That's sugarcane that tasted good. That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood."
- Sparrow by Simon & Garfunkel : "Not I, said the Golden Wheat, I would if I could but I cannot I know, I need all my grain to prosper and grow"
- Green Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones/Elvis Presely/Johnny Cash : "It's good to touch the green, green grass of home"
- Tam za vodou v rakosi (Across the water, in the reeds) by Waldemar Matuska & Eva Pilarova
Pontederiacae
- Imitation of Life by R.E.M. : "Water hyacinth, named by a poet, Imitation of life"
Rosaceae
- Peaches by Presidents of the USA : "Peaches come from a can, they were put there by a man, in a factory downtown"
- Strawberry fields forever by The Beatles (okay, really about a place, not the fruit)
- Black horse and the cherry tree by KT Tunstall : "I came across a place in the middle of nowhere, with a big black horse and a cherry tree"
- Roses by Outcast : "But lean a little bit closer, See that roses really smell like poo-oo-ooo"
- Where the Wild Roses Grow by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: "I said: do you know where the wild roses grow?"
Rutaceae
- Coconut (Lime in the Coconut) by Harry Nilsson : "Put de lime in de coconut, and drink 'em both up"
- Lemon Tree by Fool's Garden : "Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky, and all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree"
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles: "Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmelade skies"
Salicaceae
- Underneath the weeping willow by Grandaddy : "I want to sleep, underneath the weeping willow, as it crys all night quietly"
- Hvezda na vrbe (A star on a willow tree) by Olympic: "... ze na vrbe krome listi visi mala hvezda" (... that, apart from the leaves, there is a little star hanging from the willow tree)
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Bands with plants in their names
- The Cranberries
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- The Moldy Peaches
- Black Eyed Peas
- Vanilla Ice
- Guns N' Roses