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Tuesday Coffee Break: Under The Sea

Posted at 8:48 AM on August 31, 2010 by Steve Seel (73 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

For no particular reason, today's topic for the 9:30 Coffee Break is songs about creatures of the sea (not creatures that live by or near the sea, but specifically under the water).

Songs played:
The Beatles "Octopus's Garden"
Ween "The Mollusk"
Radiohead "Weird Fishes"
The Monkees "Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)"
The B-52's "Rock Lobster"

Comments (73)

Ummm . . . Rock Lobster? -- B-52s

And throw in some Song of the Hunchback Whales!

Posted by lou | August 31, 2010 8:58 AM

Dolphin Song - The Monkees
Octopus Garden - Beatles
Shark Attack - The Wailing Souls

Posted by Becky | August 31, 2010 8:59 AM

The Mud Shark - Frank Zappa
Weird Fishes - Radiohead

Posted by Gripweed | August 31, 2010 8:59 AM

Octopus' Garden - The Beatles

Regina - Sugarcubes

Rock Lobster - B-52s

Posted by DMM | August 31, 2010 9:00 AM

Mr. Jaws - Dickie Goodman

Posted by dtguy | August 31, 2010 9:00 AM

Down By The Water - PJ Harvey
Shark Attack - Split Enz
Fishies - The Cat Empire

Posted by Jeanne | August 31, 2010 9:01 AM

Sea Lion Woman - Feist
Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin (long, yes, but epic.)

Posted by David | August 31, 2010 9:01 AM

Oceania - Bjork

Do freshwater bodies count, as in a lake? If so-

Water - Sugarcubes

Posted by DMM | August 31, 2010 9:02 AM

Take Me to the River - Talking Heads
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Come Sail Away - Styx

Meh

Posted by Schmidt | August 31, 2010 9:07 AM

1983 a Merman I shall be - Jimmy Hendrix

Posted by loran | August 31, 2010 9:08 AM

"Underwater Rimes" - Digital Underground (Sex Packets)
I second "Shark Attack" - Wailing Souls
And, of course, you HAVE to play "Rock Lobster" - B52s

Posted by (JL) | August 31, 2010 9:08 AM

Sorry, but the first thing to come to mind was Spongebob Squarepants.

Posted by V | August 31, 2010 9:08 AM

Stella was a Diver and She was Always Down- Interpol

Posted by Kari | August 31, 2010 9:09 AM

I Fought Piranhas - The White Stripes
Starving In The Belly Of The Whale - Tom Waits

Posted by Jackie K. | August 31, 2010 9:09 AM

The theme song to 'Flipper.'

Posted by Ashley | August 31, 2010 9:09 AM

Surf Wax America - Weezer (cuz surfers are sea creatures)

March into the Sea - Modest Mouse

Posted by Nick | August 31, 2010 9:09 AM

the porpoise song -the monkees

Posted by Kevin Sullivan | August 31, 2010 9:09 AM

How about Ween's "The Mollusk" ? You know you want to!

Posted by Chadwic | August 31, 2010 9:10 AM

A song for Jack by Lemon Jelly

Featuring a Sea Elephant from Patagonia!

Posted by Peter Morales | August 31, 2010 9:10 AM

Not about creatures, but what about "Ocean Breathes Salty" by Modest Mouse?

"The Mariner's Revenge Song" by The Decemberists

Posted by Katherine | August 31, 2010 9:11 AM

Best Feeling-Keller Williams

Posted by Tyler | August 31, 2010 9:11 AM

THE MOLLUSK BY WEEN

please!!!!

Posted by Camille | August 31, 2010 9:11 AM

Superfast Jellyfish - The Gorillaz
Big Blue Sea - Bob Schneider

Posted by Katrina | August 31, 2010 9:11 AM

Dolphin by Prince.

Posted by Mehmet | August 31, 2010 9:11 AM

Octopus's Garden, obviously.
Mack the Knife? It mentions a shark.

Posted by Amanda | August 31, 2010 9:12 AM

Dolphins by Tim Buckley

Posted by Kristina Smitten | August 31, 2010 9:12 AM

"Sharks" - Morphine

"The Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon (Fisherman's Chronicles, Part 3)" - Primus

Posted by andy | August 31, 2010 9:13 AM

"The Mollusk" - Ween

Posted by Amber | August 31, 2010 9:14 AM

Little Plastic Castles - Ani Difranco
("I guess goldfish have no memories | their lives are just like mine | and the little plastic castle | is a surprise every time"

Posted by Katrina | August 31, 2010 9:14 AM

Yellow Submarine
Anything by the Eels

Posted by phyghy | August 31, 2010 9:14 AM

My Name is Jonas - Weezer

Posted by derek | August 31, 2010 9:15 AM

Dolphin Expressway by Air Miami

Posted by Joe | August 31, 2010 9:16 AM

Baby Beluga by Raffi

Posted by Cindy | August 31, 2010 9:16 AM

The Whale Song - Modest Mouse
Pearle - Trip Shakespeare
All He Wants to do is Fish - The Replacements

Posted by ken | August 31, 2010 9:16 AM

Almost forgot...
"Belly of the Whale" - Burning Sensations

Posted by (JL) | August 31, 2010 9:17 AM

Rock Lobster - B52s
Octopus's Garden - The Beatles
Dance of the Manatee - Fair to Midland

Posted by Pail Ale | August 31, 2010 9:18 AM

Kraken by Dethklok

Posted by Shane | August 31, 2010 9:21 AM

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants!

Posted by IndyR | August 31, 2010 9:21 AM

The Mollusk
Mutilated Lips
Golden Eel
Ocean Man ....
or anything off The Mollusk Album by WEEN!

Posted by TJ | August 31, 2010 9:22 AM

John Prine - "Fish and Whistle"

Posted by A | August 31, 2010 9:22 AM

Mermaider - Dethklok

(it's about mermaid murder)

Posted by Richard | August 31, 2010 9:23 AM

Porpoise Head - Porno for Pyros

Posted by Joy | August 31, 2010 9:23 AM

Rock Lobster - B52s
Octopus's Garden - The Beatles
Baby Beluga - Raffi

Posted by Nikki | August 31, 2010 9:24 AM

Regina Spektor-Hotel Song (Orca Whales)

Posted by Jessica | August 31, 2010 9:24 AM

Do not feed the oyster - Stephen Malkmus

Posted by Jason | August 31, 2010 9:24 AM

There is a Porpoise Song, by the Monkees of all people. Sounds very much like later Beatles (of course) probably not too appropriate for the airwaves but here you go...

Posted by Jughead Smith | August 31, 2010 9:24 AM

Ween ocean man
pixies monkey gone to heaven

Posted by Mike Mitchell | August 31, 2010 9:24 AM

Baby Beluga! Who doesn't love that Raffi song?

Posted by Melissa | August 31, 2010 9:24 AM

The theme to the Monkees movie Head was called "The Porpoise Song".

Posted by MarQ | August 31, 2010 9:24 AM

I also throw my two cents in for:

"The Mollusk" (Ween- live version from First Ave Bootlegs Vol 1!)

"The Porpoise Song" (sure it's The Monkees but Bongwater has a great version!)

"Barracuda" (Heart- I dare ya!)

Posted by Seamus | August 31, 2010 9:25 AM