Rainbow Stew Lyrics
And the countryside's a sin
The price of life is too high to give up
It's gotta come down again
And the dream of peace comes true
We'll all be drinkin' that free Bubble Up
And eatin' that rainbow stew
And the gasoline car is gone
When an airplane flies without any fuel
And the sunlight heats our home
And the sun comes shinin' through
We'll all be drinkin' that free Bubble Up
And eatin' that rainbow stew
Underneath that sky of blue
We'll all be drinkin' that free Bubble Up
And eatin' that rainbow stew
Just think about what's in store
When people start doin' what they oughta be doin'
Then they won't be booin' no more
Does what he says he'll do
We'll all be drinkin' that free Bubble Up
And eatin' that rainbow stew
Underneath that sky of blue
We'll all be drinkin' that free Bubble Up
And eatin' that rainbow stew
Underneath that sky of blue
We'll all be drinkin' free Bubble Up
And eatin' that rainbow stew
This is a utopian paean, a dream of what can be as compared to what is, or at least what the author believes it to be. First he paints an ugly picture of the current state of the world from his perspective, the he adds is dream of what it could be. The only thing that's not clear to me is whether his dreams are tongue-in-cheek. Bubble Up, you may remember, was the economy version of 7-Up, in the days before Coca-Cola produced Sprite. Rainbow Stew appears to be a utopian vision of food products that meet the general needs of the population. So if it's tongue-in-cheek, he's painting a picture of a socialist society--good, but not great.
@tbradshaw It was totally tongue-in-cheek! He is ridiculing the idealistic hippies!
@tbradshaw It was totally tongue-in-cheek! He is ridiculing the idealistic hippies!
Pretty good explanation but the actual lyric is free 'bubble ubb' which I think is Merle haggard's Bakersfield hobo way of saying free beer.
@sandman71 I always interpreted bubble ubb to be champagne and rainbow stew to be some sort of imaginary food stuff that this better world makes and everyone gets some. Sort of like the nectar and ambrosia of the Greek myths.
@sandman71 I always interpreted bubble ubb to be champagne and rainbow stew to be some sort of imaginary food stuff that this better world makes and everyone gets some. Sort of like the nectar and ambrosia of the Greek myths.
I think it's a spoof on utopian thoughts, such as "global warming" and renewables.