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An Alternative Thanksgiving Playlist To Get You Through Cooking A Whole Meal

A Thanksgiving Playlist To Get You Through Cooking A Whole Meal
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Imagine this: It's Thanksgiving morning and you've probably just embarked on what will be a marathon day of chopping, slicing, stuffing and basking until the sweet smells of roasted turkey (or tofurky) float through your abode. It can be a daunting project, often taking three to five hours to create the perfect spread of mashed potatoes, green beans, yams and every other delicious side dish you can imagine.

What's the perfect accompaniment to this day of food prep? A playlist.

Enter "The Thanksgiving Playlist That Will Get You Through Hours of Cooking." That's right, we've put together a hefty list of songs that is guaranteed to last all the way through your turkey-cooking experience (as long as said turkey is roughly 12 pounds or less). It's hours of pure holiday entertainment -- Thanksgiving themed, of course -- that we hope will make waiting on that golden bird that much more enjoyable.

1. "Cold Turkey" - John Lennon

2. "Mashed Potato Love" - Chubby Checkers

3. "The Gravy" - Japanther

4. "Thanksgiving Song" - The National

5. "Dinner for Two" - St. Vincent and David Byrne

6. "Tasty Pudding" - Miles Davis

7. "Momma's Gravy" - Calypso King and the Soul Investigators

8. "Hey Good Lookin'" - Hank Williams

9. "Mash Potato" - Dee Dee Sharp

10. "I Heard The Voice of a Pork Chop" - Jim Jackson

11. "Dinner Bells" - Wolf Parade

12. "Family Tree" - Black Lips

13. "Pumpkin Seeds" - Devendra Banhart

14. "Taste - Animal Collective"

15. "Rice Pudding" - Sufjan Stevens

16. "Bread" - Yellow Ostrich

17. "Do The Bird" - Dee Dee Sharp

18. "Sweet Potato Shuffle" - The Polish Ambassador

19. "Sweet Thang" - Turbo Fruits

20. "Flightless Bird American Mouth" - Iron & Wine

In honor of Thanksgiving, we're featuring an article originally published last year.

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Before You Go

Feasts
John Currin's Thanksgiving(01 of15)
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Is this what your Turkey face looks like?Image: John Currin, "Thanksgiving," 2003 (credit: FLICKR: CEA.)
Jan Mandijn's Burlesque Feast(02 of15)
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This is like a snapshot straight out of your Thanksgiving family album, right?Image: Jan Mandijn (or Mandyn), "Burlesque Feast," c. 1550 (credit:Wikimedia)
Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Want"(03 of15)
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The most iconic of the American feast paintings, don't you think?Norman Rockwell, "Freedom of Want," 1943 (credit:Alamy)
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris' "The First Thanksgiving"(04 of15)
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We highly doubt the first Thanksgiving really looked like this, but we'll let you be the judge of that.Image: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, "The First Thanksgiving," c. 1912-1915 (credit:Wikimedia)
Diego Velazquez' The Triumph of Bacchus(05 of15)
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When in Rome.Image: Diego Velazquez, "The Triumph of Bacchus, or the Drunkards," 1629 (credit:Wikimedia)
Kent Bellows' Self-Portrait with Wine Glass (Gluttony)(06 of15)
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Hands down the most intimidating diner we have ever seen.Kent Bellows, "Self-Portrait with Wine Glass (Gluttony)", 2000Acrylic on panel35 × 29 3/4 in88.9 × 75.6 cmThe Kent Bellows Studio & Center for Visual Arts (credit:The Kent Bellows Studio & Center for Visual Arts)
Jan Steen's The Merry Family(07 of15)
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Look, even the infant is getting into the festivities.Image: Jan Steen, "The Merry Family," 1668 (credit:Wikimedia)
Doris Lee's Thanksgiving(08 of15)
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Where are all the men, amiright?Image: Doris Lee, "Thanksgiving Dinner," 1935 (credit:FLICKR: WESTHER)
William Hogarth's An Election Entertainment(09 of15)
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We know, we know. You really don't want to hear about the election anymore. But man, do these electoral entertainers really know how to feast.Image: William Hogarth, "An Election Entertainment," 1754 (credit:Wikimedia)
Vincent van Gogh's The Potato Eaters(10 of15)
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Times were hard, but at least there was tea and starch to be had.Image: Vincent van Gogh, "The Potato Eaters," 1885 (credit:Wikimedia)
Pieter Brueghel the Younger's Wedding Feast in front of a Farm(11 of15)
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Literally farm-to-table, guys.Image: Pieter Brueghel the Younger, "Wedding Feast in front of a Farm," c. 1620-1625 (credit:Wikimedia)
Jacob Jordaens' Feast of Beans(12 of15)
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While they're not potatoes, you can't really forget the bean's crucial role in proper dining either. Here, here for beans!Image: Jacob Jordaens, "Fest des Bohnenkönigs (Feast of Beans)", c. 1640-1645 (credit:Wikimedia)
Adriaen Brouwer's Das Schlachtfest(13 of15)
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These guys are clearly in the post-eating phase. Hence the many passed out revelers.Adriaen Brouwer, "Das Schlachtfest," c. 1630-1640 (credit:Wikimedia)
Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper(14 of15)
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THE feast.Image: Leonardo da Vinci, "The Last Supper", 1495-1498 (credit:Wikimedia)
BONUS: Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party(15 of15)
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Let's face it. At times you'd rather dine with Virginia Woolf and Georgia O'Keeffe than your weird relatives. Image: Judy Chicago, "The Dinner Party," 1974-1979 (AP Photo/The Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art) (credit:AP Photo/The Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art)
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