The Y! Music Playlist Blog

Egg Songs

By | The Y! Music Playlist Blog – Fri, Mar 26, 2010 8:09 PM EDT

The egg has been a symbol of newness, frailty and rebirth for thousands of years, so it's a natural addition to celebrations of spring. It was adopted by early Christians as a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus.  Because of this the egg has continued to be one of the most popular symbols of Easter, which celebrates the resurrection of Christ. Children dye and paint eggs, egg-shaped candy and chocolates are given in baskets and Easter egg hunts are a popular custom. Of course the egg is also an extremely popular food that's high in protein. And it can be used as a metaphor for something bad (rotten egg, egg on your face) or something good (golden egg, good egg). But what about the egg's place in music history?

Well, for this playlist I've collected 30 egg songs for you to enjoy. Let me know if you've found any that I haven't.

Egg Songs

1. I Am The Walrus - The Beatles

2. Egg Man - Beastie Boys

3. Eggs On Plate - Iggy Pop

4. Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog - Johnny Cash

5. Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson) - Tom Waits

6. Eggs In A Briar Patch - David Byrne

7. Eggs And Their Shells - Cocteau Twins

8. Eggs - Guided By Voices

9. Green Eggs And Swine - 3rd Bass

10. Ham and Eggs - Leadbelly

11. I'm Puttin' All My Eggs In One Basket - Ella Fitzgerald

12. Howd'ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning - Dean Martin

13. Egg - Mr. Bungle

14. Egg - Acoustic Alchemy

15. Egg Radio - Bill Frisell

16. The Egg - Herbie Hancock

17. Big Butter and Egg Man - Louis Armstrong

18. White Chocolate Space Egg - Liz Phair

19. Oh Bring Back The Egg Unbroken - Rasputina

20. Egg - Alice Donut

21. Walk Like An Egg - The Dickies

22. Back To The Egg - Alien Sex Fiend

23. What Came First The Egg Or The Hen - Koko Taylor

24. It's Hard to Be an Egg - Eggs

25. The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg - Funkadelic

26. Cosmic Egg - Wolfmother

27. Eggs - Koppen

28. Rotten Egg - Gas Huffer

29. The Golden Egg - Ambulance

30. Last Egg - Prague Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

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