Music and Wine Playlist

Last night I ate at a restaurant called Silk Road. It is a Chinese restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, and from the moment you walk in to the moment you leave, wine is literally thrust upon you. Oh, did I mention it’s free with your meal? Needless to say, Silk Road is a must for all visitors (and residents, for that matter) of New York.

And with that, I give you the top 10 songs about wine (top 5 after the jump; click on the word “wine” for mp3s):

10. Mancini and Mercer-Days of Wine and Roses (performed by Dianna Krall and Cassandra Wilson). “The days of wine and roses laugh and run like a child at play.”

9. The Cardigans-I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer. “So I need some fine wine, and you, you need to be nicer, for the good times and the bad times that we’ll have.”

8. Johnny Cash-He Turned Water Into Wine. “He turned the water into wine, in the little Canaan town, the word went all around, he turned the water into wine.

7. Sondre Lerche-Virtue and Wine. “ Virtue and wine cannot help you swim,pain and sorrow must come if you go.”

6. Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross-Gimme That Wine. “Gimme that wine (Unhand that bottle) ’cause I can’t cut loose without my juice. Gotta have hot lucy when I go walkin’ y’know.”

5. The National-All the Wine. “And all the wine is all for me.”

4. Nina Simone-Lilac Wine. “Lilac wine is sweet and heady wheres my love? Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, wheres my love?”

3. Cold War Kids-Red Wine, Success! “He pours the wine into his coffee cup. His gin has dropped”

2. War, with Eric Burdon-Spill the Wine “Spill the wine and take that pearl”

1. Neil Diamond-Red, Red Wine (UB40 performs this version) “Red, red wine, stay close to me. Don’t let me be alone. It’s tearin’ apart my blue, blue heart”

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