There's Always a Song

Here are two songs from my frequently played list that are part of my 10 Day Real Food Challenge soundtrack:

Sugar Will, Dave Matthews Band
Duh, like you didn't see that one coming.  I have always loved this song, of course, mostly for Stefan Lessard's live base solo intro.

"Sugar ain't poison, but
Sugar will kill you
Too much of a good thing.
Maybe not so sweet."

It's a song, so it's obviously a metaphor.  But, taken literally, I was never sure I agreed with it.  Sugar won't kill you- there's nothing wrong with a sweet treat now and then!  But now, after what I've read about high fructose corn syrup, yeah.  Sugar just might kill us in this form.  The corn sugar industry is being likened to the tobacco industry in its methods.  Scary.

Sweet Tooth, Dave Rawlings Machine
Go download this song and you'll think I'm a little strange.  Genre: country.  But oh, it's not what you think!  No honky-tonk midwest Walmart album here.  Henry Rawlings and Gillian Welch play new country fashioned after old-timey bluegrass backhills harmony-pickin'.  I LOVE old-timey music (think Oh Brother soundtrack) and really enjoy their stuff.

"Sweet tooth, crying shame.
Sweet tooth, crying shame.
Sweet tooth, crying shame.
Gotta feed a sweet tooth ten times a day
Just to hear the wind blowing on a windy day."

Another metaphorical song- this one's about drug addiction.  But, I am beginning to think that I hadn't been as mellow dramatic as I had thought during my cold-turkey Pepsi break.  HFCS does wonderful things to our brains and terrible things to our bodies- how is that any different from heroine on some level? 

Anyway- there's always a song going through my head, and these two are good background noise on a day like today- Day #3!