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Wednesday Coffee Break: A Well Balanced Breakfast

Posted at 8:57 AM on April 28, 2010 by Steve Seel (52 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

After Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl's chat with us this morning about the various new cupcake establishments that have popped up around the Twin Cities over the past year, we're hungry. We'd love some cupcakes, but we'd probably be better off making them "part of a balanced breakfast," as they say. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, help us put together a set of songs that mention breakfast items ... eggs, coffee, buscuits ... we'll take your order now.

Comments (52)

Mike Doughty - "More Bacon Than the Pan can Handle" off the Golden Delicious release

Posted by August | April 28, 2010 9:03 AM

Black Coffee in Bed - Squeeze

Posted by Dave | April 28, 2010 9:05 AM

Beer for Breakfast - Replacements
Jelly Roll Baker - Lonnie Johnson

Posted by loran | April 28, 2010 9:06 AM

Prince - Starfish and Coffee

Posted by Shanna G. | April 28, 2010 9:07 AM

Adam Hood - Coffee Song

The best song ever for enjoying an awesome cup of coffee.

Posted by Dakota | April 28, 2010 9:07 AM

Squeeze - Black Coffee in Bed

Al Jarreau - Mornin'

Posted by Eric | April 28, 2010 9:07 AM

Coffee in Bed - Squeeze

Posted by loran | April 28, 2010 9:08 AM

Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes
G Love and Special Sauce - Milk and Cereal

Posted by Chris | April 28, 2010 9:08 AM

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Posted by dtdude | April 28, 2010 9:08 AM

How about some kippers? Of course, we call them sausages when we have "Breakfast in America".

Posted by Justin | April 28, 2010 9:08 AM

Breakfast by White Fang, a little ridiculous, but a good song to force yourselves to wake up to.

Posted by MC | April 28, 2010 9:09 AM

Biscuits for Breakfast - Fink

Posted by Phil | April 28, 2010 9:11 AM

Howsabout "On Any Other Day" by The Police? Among the many indignities suffered by the singer are burnt eggs for breakfast...

Posted by Michael Harmon | April 28, 2010 9:11 AM

Eggs & Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)-Tom Waits

Posted by Krista | April 28, 2010 9:11 AM

Anything from the Bacon Brothers Band!

Posted by Moira | April 28, 2010 9:11 AM

Banana Pancakes! Jack Johnson

Posted by kit | April 28, 2010 9:11 AM

Egg Man - Beastie Boys
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson

Posted by Andrew S. | April 28, 2010 9:12 AM

Nothing better than sugar with coffee and cream.

Intergalactic - Beastie Boys

Posted by Scott | April 28, 2010 9:12 AM

What's Good? by Lou Reed for the bacon reference

Posted by Steve | April 28, 2010 9:12 AM

Here's an odd one. A short spoken word piece by a very eccentric 80's band...

Earth to Doris - Was (Not Was)

"..."You both want coffee?" the waitress says
Yes, two, two coffees
That's perfect on this cold, dim, flourescent morning
And a couple of those donuts over there, right Doris?"

Posted by loran. | April 28, 2010 9:12 AM

Breakfast In Bed -- Dusty Springfield

Yesterday [aka Scrambled Eggs] -- Beatles

Breakfast In Bed -- UB40 w/ Chrissie Hynde

PLEASE don't play Black Coffee In Bed . . . that song is interminable [they stretched it into a bloated crowd participation songs in the old days . . . brutal]

Posted by lou | April 28, 2010 9:13 AM

"Breakfast in America" - Supertramp

Posted by IndyR | April 28, 2010 9:13 AM

Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega
Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop - Landon Pigg

Posted by Andrew S. | April 28, 2010 9:14 AM

Sunday Morning Coming Down ("the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more for desert") - Kris K or Johnny C

Posted by Jon | April 28, 2010 9:14 AM

Ween - Pork Roll Egg & Cheese
Ween - Freedom of '76
(Bacon steak, a perfect match)

Bob Dylan (or The White Stripes cover) - One More Cup of Coffee

Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly
(She'll make you breakfast, she'll make you toast...)

Posted by Robin | April 28, 2010 9:15 AM

Supersuckers - Road Worn & Weary "I just won't be satisfied till the coffees on and the eggs are fried".

Posted by Eric D513 | April 28, 2010 9:15 AM

Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down ("The beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad..")

Rufus Wainwright - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk

The Little Willies - Roly Poly

Posted by David Berglund | April 28, 2010 9:16 AM

"Little Black Egg" - The Nightcrawlers (I think it's on Rhino's first Nuggets comp)

Posted by IndyR | April 28, 2010 9:16 AM

Nobody Knows Me Like My Baby - Lyle Lovett

Posted by Amanda | April 28, 2010 9:16 AM

Starfish & Coffee - Prince

Posted by Natalie | April 28, 2010 9:19 AM

Chelsea Morning - Joni Mitchell. Who doesn't want "milk and toast and honey, and a bowl of oranges too" for breakfast?

I also second the Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly!

Posted by Sophie | April 28, 2010 9:19 AM

Another vote for Jack Johnson...Banana Pancakes!

Posted by Joel | April 28, 2010 9:19 AM

Ham N' Eggs, A Tribe called Quest. Hilarious breakfast lyrics......

Posted by JEFF | April 28, 2010 9:19 AM

Agree w/ lou, coffee in bed is brutal!

hows about...

"Rubber Biscuit" from Blues Brothers
"One More Cup of Coffee" - either Bob Marley/White Stripes version

Posted by Stephanie | April 28, 2010 9:20 AM

busting up stabucks - that mike doughty fellow

Posted by becks | April 28, 2010 9:22 AM

I second "Eggs & Sausage" by Tom Waits. Also...

"Black Coffee" - Peggy Lee

"Milk & Cereal" - G. Love & Special Sauce

"St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast" - Frank Zappa

Posted by Kevin | April 28, 2010 9:24 AM

Fountains of wayne - halley's waitress

Posted by Mike | April 28, 2010 9:24 AM

"Kicks" by Herman's Hermits

Posted by Ketut | April 28, 2010 9:25 AM

that's what you get - breakfast burrito

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by stephanie | April 28, 2010 9:26 AM

Primus - Pork Soda

Posted by Adam | April 28, 2010 9:26 AM

Tom's Diner
Breakfast at tiffany's

and on Bacon request

Barenaked ladies ask for Pre-rapped bacon in If i had $1,000,000

Posted by me | April 28, 2010 9:26 AM

Poi Dog Pondering:
"Living with the Dreaming Body"
"Postcard from a Dream"

Both mention Breakfast.

Posted by Mags | April 28, 2010 9:27 AM

cigarettes and chocolate milk is a funny suggestion to, i'm with David on that one.

Posted by stephanie | April 28, 2010 9:27 AM

Bread and Butter - The Newbeats

Posted by Pail Ale | April 28, 2010 9:28 AM

David Bowie - Oh You Pretty Things

Posted by Allyson | April 28, 2010 9:28 AM

Lyle Lovett: Nobody Knows Me

Posted by Steph Fuerniss | April 28, 2010 9:28 AM

Peggy Lee's "I am a Woman" I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan...

Posted by Steph Fuerniss | April 28, 2010 9:31 AM

Salt N Pepa Ain't Nuthin But A She Thing

Posted by Steph Fuerniss | April 28, 2010 9:32 AM

Salt n Pepa: Ain't Nothin But a She Thing.

Posted by Steph Fuerniss | April 28, 2010 9:34 AM

"Eggs and Sausage" by Tom Waits

Posted by Amber Adamson | April 28, 2010 9:41 AM

The Toast Song - Heywood Banks.

Posted by Stef | April 28, 2010 9:46 AM

Breakfast with my Shadow - Cloud Cult

Posted by Ann Kraker | April 28, 2010 9:48 AM

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