The Eggplant That Ate Chicago

The Eggplant That Ate Chicago

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Artist=Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
Album=The Eggplant That Ate Chicago
A-side=The Eggplant That Ate Chicago
B-side=You Can't Fight City Hall Blues
Released=1967
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Genre=psychedelic jug band
Length=2:41
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Writer=Norman Greenbaum
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The Eggplant That Ate Chicago is a psychedelic jug band song about alien invasion by Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band. Although often listed as a "one hit wonder",the author of this song, Norman Greenbaum, is also responsible for the hit "Spirit in the Sky". [cite web |last=Nichol |first=Tom |title=A 'Spirit' From the '60s That Won't Die |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E6D71131F937A15751C1A9609C8B63&scp=1&sq=Eggplant+that+ate+Chicago&st=nyt |format=New York Times web reprint |accessdate=2008-03-07] It was re released on "Dr. Demento Presents: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time, Volume III: The 1960's" 1985.


=Parodies and ho

*Tom Paxton "The Pizza That Ate Chicago" on "Fun Food Songs" (Delta) 1999, and "Your Shoes, My Shoes" 2002
*"The Aubergine That Ate Rangoon" on Hawkwind: Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music 1976
*Big Maybelle covered the song on "America's Queen Mother of Soul" 2007

ee also

*Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

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