Look, I knew what I was getting into when I moved my ass back to the Midwest. Football, freezing winters and casseroles. For real, did you know you can feed six at a potluck with not much more than a can of cream soup and some Tater Tots?
But this winter has gone too far. The temperature has been below zero all weekend, nobody’s car is starting, and my skin feels like dust. I can’t take it any more. There are only so many pairs of socks a girl can wear until the Air Force Ones don’t fit!
I need summer back. But until then, I’ll have to settle for a couple of these warm, sunny jammies. With a nice hot casserole, of course.
Bar-Kays
Too Hot to Stop
Too Hot to Stop, 1976
Filthy funk; if this doesn’t make your ass sweat, your ass must be broke. Or you’re not looking at the picture above closely enough. Thank God for this song. Nobody’s asking you to stop, Bar-Kays.
Leon Ware
Why I Came to California
12″, 1982
Motown producer and Detroit native Leon Ware knew how to do it. Knock out a few masterpieces for Marvin Gaye like “After the Dance” and “I Want You,” then get your shit out to the West Coast, where you’ll never scrape another damn windshield. Write a song about it.
The Sun
Sun Is Here
Sunburn, 1978
Oh lawd, The Sun! These poor freezing boys from Dayton, Ohio knew what it was like to wreck a pair of gators in the snow. What to do? Write this heater to fight off the elements, of course. Sadly, this was their only hit, so they’re probably still in Dayton in front of the radiator right now.
Big Daddy Kane
Warm It Up, Kane
It’s a Big Daddy Thing, 1989
Nobody warms it up like the Kane. I heard he never gets cold.
Lupe Fiasco
Sunshine
Food & Liquor, 2006
Lupe’s from Chicago, so not only does he have deep knowledge of the cold, he’s withstood the crazy gale force winds they get down there. This joint’s so pretty, you almost forget it’s off an album named for the corner stores all over Chicagoland. Stores Lupe probably walked through the blizzards to get to. Ooh, look at me, I just made a circle!
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I didn’t like a good majority of Lupe’s debut but Sunshine was smooth. Damn, that Bar Kays’ song is warming up my pneumonia weakened body. Thanks Gretch!
aww, aaron - get better soon. keep your lungs in your chest, homie!
“For real, did you know you can feed six at a potluck with not much more than a can of cream soup and some Tater Tots?”
Great post. That had me LOLing big time.
mmmmmm cream of mushroom soup, tater tots, and those potato crisp things on top….the food of the gods.
Oh yeah…F*CK the winter…..
Thanks for these!
leon ware sounds reaaaaaaaaaaaal nice this morning
IT’S FEBRUARY YALL
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