ZZ Top, man. They've been around awhile. They're on the road a lot. They probably don't have a lot of time for cooking, and who can blame them? Sometimes you just want a little nourishment without a whole lot of trouble. So we understand the band's 1983 song "TV Dinners," a goofy embrace of the titular meal. If, it must be said, a slightly reluctant one: the very first line concedes that the pickings are slim.
TV dinners, there's nothin' else to eat
TV dinners, they really can't be beat
I like 'em frozen but you understand
I throw 'em in and 'wave 'em and I'm a brand-new man, oh yeah!
Apparently ZZ Top weren't the only ones drawn to the warmth of a microwaved meal: the "TV Dinners" single reached number 38 on Billboard's rock charts, and the album it was on,Eliminator, remains the band's highest selling. Then again, this was the 80s. TV dinners were at their zenith—as were, for that matter, TVs themselves, not to mentionmicrowaves. What do we call them now? Netflix dinners?
Anyways, we can be reasonably assured the boys in ZZ Top weren't talking about the kind of frozen dinners Epi's been banging on about lately. We just devoted an entire week's worth of articles tothe miracles of the freezer,包括其能力帮助你得到一顿饭in no time. Not to say that our version isn't better than whatever you'd get from an 80s-era grocery store but—OK, actually, that's exactly what I'm saying.Frozen calzones stuffed with chorizo, mushrooms, and kale?That's a top-of-the-charts hit.
