# songs about groupers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173 "2017-12-23T23:10:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/1 "2017-12-23T23:10:05Z")
Or any type of fish, really. Can you think of any, just for the halibut? ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/2 "2017-12-23T23:11:33Z")
Wet Dream, by Kip Adotta ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/3 "2017-12-23T23:19:46Z")
[Fish Heads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No) by Barnes & Barnes ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/4 "2017-12-23T23:19:49Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Wet Dream, by Kip Adotta This is the definitive answer, of course. More puns than you can shake a fish stick at. The song (with accompanying fishy video): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/5 "2017-12-23T23:23:03Z")
Way down in the meadow in a little bitty poo’ Swam [three little fishies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lFOh2vzJzk)and the momma fishie too … ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/6 "2017-12-23T23:26:58Z")
The Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot REO Speedwagon [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7eM_yLicXoU/maxresdefault.jpg "Reo Speedwagon - The Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eM_yLicXoU) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/7 "2017-12-23T23:32:22Z")
“Jellyfish Heaven” “Swordfish” “Filet of Sole” Three songs by The Dead Milkmen! ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/8 "2017-12-23T23:34:44Z")
Tom Waits, [Fish In The Jailhouse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu3hWPqz67Q): > [@](#): > > Peoria Johnson told Dirty Ol’ Joe > I can break out of any old jail, you know > The bars are iron, the walls are stone > All I need me is an old fishbone ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/9 "2017-12-23T23:35:36Z")
Does Moby Dick count? ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/10 "2017-12-23T23:41:52Z")
_Rock Lobster_ by the B-52s. _Fins_ by Jimmy Buffett. No doubt he has numerous other songs about fish too. _Barracuda_ by Heart. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/11 "2017-12-23T23:49:07Z")
Jeremiah was a Bullfog. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/12 "2017-12-24T00:01:26Z")
Didn’t Salmon Dave have a hit with “I’m A Sole, man”? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/13 "2017-12-24T00:07:22Z")
At first I thought that said “songs about gropers”. Yes’s [The Fish,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFox6wyXfw) which has actually nothing to do with fish other than the title. (Well, as far as I can tell by Anderson’s vocalizations in this, anyway. I could never understand a single thing the guy was singing about.) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/14 "2017-12-24T00:09:40Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, the Marvelettes (the first group I ever saw live): [Too Many Fish In The Sea.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ5RKG2FqGo) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/15 "2017-12-24T00:10:52Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Didn’t Salmon Dave have a hit with “I’m A Sole, man”? Now that’s funny! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/16 "2017-12-24T00:11:29Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Can you think of any, just for the halibut? The Halibuts recorded a pretty good surf rock album entitled “Life On The Bottom” (including the song of the same name, also “Hammerhead”). ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/17 "2017-12-24T00:17:19Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > “Jellyfish Heaven” > “Swordfish” > “Filet of Sole” > > Three songs by The Dead Milkmen! Though I’m not sure if Swordfish has anything to do with an actual fish. If we’re counting jellyfish, then Ween has a song and the album called the Mollusc. “Kanye West” - Gay Fish [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vn2xrSG24w](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vn2xrSG24w) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/18 "2017-12-24T00:46:26Z")
The Tubes’ “Sushi Girl”, with [neat stage moves!](https://youtu.be/E_QGolK1oJQ?t=99) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/19 "2017-12-24T00:52:01Z")
_Catfish Blues_ by **Jimi Hendrix** 😉 ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/20 "2017-12-24T01:00:43Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z4KdVwCvmI) I’ll be back tomorrow to accept the laurels for the thread. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173.md?page=2)