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Plus all other specimen you can think of. I'd love to know a song about jellyfish to dance to.

― The Cuddly Cactus, Saturday, 4 June 2005 11:28 (twenty-one years ago)

lets talk dirty to the animals - gilda radner

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Saturday, 4 June 2005 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Saint Etienne - Let's Build A Zoo!

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Saturday, 4 June 2005 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Chicken Payback - The Bees

― Particle Ranger (particle ranger), Saturday, 4 June 2005 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Rufus Thomas OWNS this thread.

"Walking the Dog"
"The Dog"
"Can Your Monkey Do the Dog"
"Stop Kicking My Dog Around"
"Can't Get Away From This Dog"
"Somebody Stole My Dog"
"Do The Funky Chicken"
"Do The Funky Penguin"
"Bear Cat"
"The Preacher And The Bear"
"Old MacDonald Had A Farm" (Pts. 1 & 2)

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 4 June 2005 12:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Golden Hen by Tenor Fly is a very beautiful record that always makes me feel wistful and can sometimes move me almost to tears.

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Saturday, 4 June 2005 12:37 (twenty-one years ago)

A song by a fly about a hen!

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Saturday, 4 June 2005 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Best funky song to put on a kid's mix, "They all ask'd for you" by the Meters:

Crawfish, etouffe
: : They all ask?d for you
: : I went on down to the audubon zoo and
: : They all ask?d for you
: : They all ask?d for you, for who
: : Well they even inquired about you

: : I went on down to the audubon zoo and
: : They all ask?d for you
: : The monkeys ask?d
: : The tighers ask?d
: : And the elephant ask?d me to

: : I went on up to the big o? sky and
: : They all ask?d for you, for who
: : They all ask?d for you,
: : Well they even inquired about you
: : I went on up to the big o? sky and
: : They all ask?d for you
: : The ducks ask?d, the eagles ask?d
: : And a markin' bird ask?d me to

: : I went on down to the deep blue sea, and
: : They all ask?d for you
: : They all ask?d for you, for me
: : Well they even inquired about you
: : I went on down to the deep blue sea, and
: : They all ask?d for you
: : The shark, the whale and the barracuda ask?d me to

: : They all ask?d for you

― avery schreiber, Saturday, 4 June 2005 13:17 (twenty-one years ago)

@Raw Patrick: Sounds beautiful!

@coleman: Never heard of Rufus T., awesome titles! Do the funky penguin, I've longed for that song since I've seen that Deep Blue-stuff.

― The Cuddly Cactus, Saturday, 4 June 2005 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

@avery: I'm close to tears.

― The Cuddly Cactus, Saturday, 4 June 2005 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

"Christmas at the Zoo," the Flaming Lips. I assume half of thier songs work as well.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Saturday, 4 June 2005 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I know it's not a tough one. But it's a question of quality.

― The Cuddly Cactus, Saturday, 4 June 2005 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Dave Bartholomew - The Monkey Speaks His Mind

― todd (todd), Saturday, 4 June 2005 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Do Animals Believe In God? - Pink Military

That was the album title, think it was also the final track.

― mnm, Saturday, 4 June 2005 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Yo La Tengo, "How Some Jellyfish Are Born." Yeah, you could conceivably dance to it.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 4 June 2005 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

honky cat - elton john
the fox - elton john
the funky gibbon - the goodies
if we could talk to the animals - rex harrison
little red rooster - rolling stones
caterpillar - cure
shake dog shake - cure
i wanna be a dog - stooges
everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey-beatles
mr's o'leary's cow - brian wilson

― hex rarrison, Saturday, 4 June 2005 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

@Rock Hardy: I'll try my new jellyfish choreography.

― The Cuddly Cactus, Saturday, 4 June 2005 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

The Chicken Song by Mugison

― dmun drive-in (dmun), Saturday, 4 June 2005 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

"Tommy the Cat" by Primus
"Stub-a-Dub" by Mr.Bungle (about a dog)
"Reynard the Fox" by Julian Cope
"Shooting Shark" by Blue Oyster Cult
"Martha My Dear" by the Beatles (an ode to Paul's sheepdog)

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 4 June 2005 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

GZA - Animal Planet

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Saturday, 4 June 2005 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

"Chicken Truck" by John Anderson (he's stuck behind the chicken truck in a traffic jam, and feathers and presumably chicken shit and definitely fried chicken bones from the driver's dinner are flyiing back at his car!)

― xhuxk, Saturday, 4 June 2005 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Animal Farm: The Kinks

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 4 June 2005 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I've always been partial to Camille Saint-Saens "Carnival of the Animals".

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 4 June 2005 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

"Big Electric Cat" by Adrian Belew
"Elephant Talk" by King Crimson
"Shock the Monkey" by Peter Gabriel
"Die, Monkey, Die" by Headcount
"Walking the Cow" by Daniel Johnston
"Chicken Dance" by Life in a Blender
"The Raven" by the Stranglers
"Joe the Lion" by David Bowie

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 4 June 2005 17:17 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.ananova.com/images/web/290804.jpg

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 4 June 2005 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Really, though, this is the best:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:5i6cmpef9f8o

― peepee (peepee), Saturday, 4 June 2005 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Ignore the rating...tis good!

...well, most of it.

― peepee (peepee), Saturday, 4 June 2005 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

golden retreiver by super furry animals

― cp30, Saturday, 4 June 2005 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

'The Zoo' by Psycore

Psycore were an also-ran nu-metal band from Sweden in the late '90s. They were pretty unremarkable, but memorable for this completely absurd song, about a young boy with a death wish. You see, he is fatally allergic to fur, and he goes to the zoo...

― MacDara, Saturday, 4 June 2005 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Sweet - Fox on the Run
James Brown - The Chicken
Cibo Matto - Know Your Chicken

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Saturday, 4 June 2005 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)

it's obviously not about a cat but i think it still belongs here:
prince - pussy control

and i dubt theese are about animals
the stone roses - elephant stone
culture club - fat cat
right said fred - swan
america - muskrat love
this IS about a dog
david cassidy "rick's tune"

― hex rarrison, Sunday, 5 June 2005 08:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"I'd love to know a song about jellyfish to dance to."

We were at a party
His ear lobe fell in the deep
Someone reached in and grabbed it
It was a rock lobster

We were at the beach
Everybody had matching towels
Somebody went under a dock
And there they saw a rock
It wasn't a rock
It was a rock lobster

Motion in the ocean
His air hose broke
Lots of trouble
Lots of bubble
He was in a jam
S'in a giant clam

Down, down

Underneath the waves
Mermaids wavin'
Wavin' to mermen
Wavin' sea fans
Sea horses sailin'
Dolphins wailin'

Red snappers snappin'
Clam shells clappin'
Muscles flexin'
Flippers flippin'

Down, down

Let's rock!

Boy's in bikinis
Girls in surfboards
Everybody's rockin'
Everybody's fruggin'

Twistin' 'round the fire
Havin' fun
Bakin' potatoes
Bakin' in the sun

Put on your noseguard
Put on the lifeguard
Pass the tanning butter

Here comes a stingray
There goes a manta-ray
In walked a jelly fish
There goes a dogfish
Chased by a catfish
In flew a sea robin
Watch out for that piranha
There goes a narwhale
HERE COMES A BIKINI WHALE!

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Sunday, 5 June 2005 09:48 (twenty-one years ago)

"I'd love to know a song about jellyfish to dance to."
We were at a party
His ear lobe fell in the deep
Someone reached in and grabbed it
It was a rock lobster

We were at the beach
Everybody had matching towels
Somebody went under a dock
And there they saw a rock
It wasn't a rock
It was a rock lobster

Motion in the ocean
His air hose broke
Lots of trouble
Lots of bubble
He was in a jam
S'in a giant clam

Down, down

Underneath the waves
Mermaids wavin'
Wavin' to mermen
Wavin' sea fans
Sea horses sailin'
Dolphins wailin'

Red snappers snappin'
Clam shells clappin'
Muscles flexin'
Flippers flippin'

Down, down

Let's rock!

Boy's in bikinis
Girls in surfboards
Everybody's rockin'
Everybody's fruggin'

Twistin' 'round the fire
Havin' fun
Bakin' potatoes
Bakin' in the sun

Put on your noseguard
Put on the lifeguard
Pass the tanning butter

Here comes a stingray
There goes a manta-ray
In walked a jelly fish
There goes a dogfish
Chased by a catfish
In flew a sea robin
Watch out for that piranha
There goes a narwhale
HERE COMES A BIKINI WHALE!

-- Stewart Osborne (stewart.osborn...), June 5th, 2005.
rock lobster has the best bassline ever.
and i'll add
beatles - octopuses garden (ringo rocks)
prince - starfish and coffee
abba - tiger
janet jackson - black cat
ant and dec - krazy kats
karma charmeleon - culture club
save the whale - nik kershaw
like a cat - cyndi lauper
models - two cabs to the toucan
dirty dawg - nkotb
george harrison - fish on the sand
how funky is your chicken -jackson 5 (hutch/carr/hutch)
(who did original ? )

― sandie shawthing, Sunday, 5 June 2005 10:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Re: jellyfish:

Akufen - Jelly Baby Fish (definitely danceable!)

― Siegbran (eofor), Sunday, 5 June 2005 10:58 (twenty-one years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd700/d732/d73240q674y.jpg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Sunday, 5 June 2005 11:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Faith No More, "Platypus"

― Myonga Von Bunny (Myonga Von Bontee), Sunday, 5 June 2005 11:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Great Lake Swimmers - The Animals of the World
Animal Collective - Who Could win a Rabbit
Belle & Sebastian - The Fox in the Snow
Herman Düne - Black Dog
Low - Monkey
Damien Jurado - Lion Tamer

― sibsi (sibsi), Sunday, 5 June 2005 19:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks sibsi, beautiful choice

I love you guys!

― The Cuddly Cactus, Monday, 6 June 2005 10:01 (twenty-one years ago)

"Platypus" is by Mr. Bungle, FWIW.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 6 June 2005 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks again for Rufus Thomas!

― The Cuddly Cactus, Monday, 6 June 2005 15:48 (twenty-one years ago)

The Flaming Lips - This Here Giraffe

― That One Guy (That One Guy), Monday, 6 June 2005 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

"I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas" by Gayla Peevey. This will either annoy or enchant, best listened to in December tho.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 6 June 2005 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Hippopotamomus to thread?

― Ian Riese-Moraine. Sweeter than a lorry load of white Toblerones. (Eastern Mantr, Monday, 6 June 2005 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Listened to that hippopotamus song once. Awful Christmas party, awesome song.

― The Cuddly Cactus, Monday, 6 June 2005 16:04 (twenty-one years ago)

The Flaming Lips - Spongebob and Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Horses

― luise, Tuesday, 7 June 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

rhinoceros - smashing pumpkins
i love my dog as much as i love you - cat stevens
monkey gone to heaven (of course)
the lovecats - the cure
lions - dire straits
black dog - led zep
the dolphin's cry - live ahah
well i won't bother you with French songs - they're all so silly when it comes to animals
pink floyd would seem obvious as well for such a thread

― El carnal, Sunday, 28 August 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

De La Soul - Tread Water
Digital Underground - Underwater Rhymes

― wombatX (wombatX), Sunday, 28 August 2005 22:14 (twenty years ago)

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