# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![BuckChongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@BuckChongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckChongo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/21 "2017-12-24T01:28:52Z")
Fishin’ Blues is one of the most widely recorded country blues songs. Betcha goin’ fishin’ all of your time, baby’s goin’ fishing too Bet your life, your sweet life, catch more fish than you Many fish bites if ya got good bait Here’s a little tip I would like to relate Big fish bites if ya got a good bait Song is about a catfish, probably more songs about catfish than any other swimming critter. A real classic is Muddy Waters doing I Wish I Was A Catfish. ---
**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 24, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/22 "2017-12-24T02:10:07Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > 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.) “The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)” is built around a bass solo by Chris Squire (each of the five members of the band had “solo” songs on that album), and “Fish” was Squire’s nickname. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/23 "2017-12-24T02:30:56Z")
“Shark Attack” by Surf Punks [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/inNjqJxQiTU/hqdefault.jpg "shark attack surf punks") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inNjqJxQiTU) “Hammerheads” by Shriekback [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0FlVtHvO3mI/maxresdefault.jpg "Hammerheads") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FlVtHvO3mI) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/24 "2017-12-24T02:33:08Z")
[“Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear And he shows them, pearly white”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEllHMWkXEU) Okay, I know the song isn’t about fish. I’m only submitting it because of its first two lines. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/25 "2017-12-24T02:35:04Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Jeremiah was a Bullfog. I’m sorry, that is about an amphibian. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/26 "2017-12-24T02:35:41Z")
Anything by Billy Ocean. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/27 "2017-12-24T02:50:45Z")
Schubert’s “The Trout” ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/28 "2017-12-24T03:16:30Z")
[Mr. Bass](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib76cpRGLwk) by The Descendants. It’s not about — or pronounced like — the stringed instrument. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/29 "2017-12-24T03:22:06Z")
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**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/30 "2017-12-24T04:10:03Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > _Catfish Blues_ by **Jimi Hendrix** > > 😉 > **[Robert Petway | "Catfish Blues"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Petway#%22Catfish_Blues%22)** > > Petway recorded the song "Catfish Blues" in 1941. Among many other musicians who played variations of the song, Muddy Waters used the arrangement and lyrics of "Catfish Blues" for his song "Rollin' Stone" (the song from which the Rolling Stones took their name). The composition credit given to Petway is based entirely on the recording date of his version of the song, but it cannot establish that his version was the original and the source of later versions. There is speculation that Tommy McCl Th... ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/31 "2017-12-24T04:20:02Z")
“Under the Sea,” from _The Little Mermaid_. Of course, I like [Homer’s version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EilnpJtP7Tw) better. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/32 "2017-12-24T04:26:28Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)” is built around a bass solo by Chris Squire (each of the five members of the band had “solo” songs on that album), and “Fish” was Squire’s nickname. It was years after the album came out that I was told what Anderson is singing at the end of, “The Fish:” it’s the sub-title; of course, the meter is atrocious. WTH does **Tell the moon-dog, Tell the March-hare** _mean_, anyway? ---
**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, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/33 "2017-12-24T04:47:47Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z4KdVwCvmI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z4KdVwCvmI) > > I’ll be back tomorrow to accept the laurels for the thread. Done! This is absolutely the thread winner. Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/34 "2017-12-24T05:00:39Z")
In early 90’s, San Francisco Bay Area, there was a local prog rock band called **Episode.** Their second album contains an out-of-place ditty called “Dead Fish in the Tank,” clocking in at 1:40. This is so obscure, I am stunned that I was able to find a [live recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACXG6zI0jA4&feature=youtu.be) of it! ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/35 "2017-12-24T05:08:42Z")
The [Five Pound Bass](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKRgSS5tkWY) by Robert Earl Keen ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/36 "2017-12-24T05:56:39Z")
Primus - Ol’ Diamondback Sturgeon [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YNGpNP6qud0](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YNGpNP6qud0) “The Ol’ Diamondback Sturgeon came swimming along, minding his business one day.” ---
**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 24, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/37 "2017-12-24T06:04:45Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > WTH does **Tell the moon-dog, Tell the March-hare** _mean_, anyway? Hey, by Anderson’s standards, those are pretty good lyrics. 😃 (And, I say this as a long-time Yes fan.) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/38 "2017-12-24T06:12:57Z")
“Su-Su-Sushi” by the Tubes “Boudrieaux Was a Nutcase” by the Austin Lounge Lizards (It’s the story of Moby Dick, set in a Louisiana lake, a guy trying to catch a large-mouth bass.) “Yellow Back Fly” by Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers (Same story, but more laid back) “Lump” by Presidents of the United States (This one might also fit under “Songs about Groupies”) “Barracuda” by Heart ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/39 "2017-12-24T06:16:14Z")
Nobody’s mentioned Country Joe yet ??? Gimme an F!! … ---
**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, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/40 "2017-12-24T06:32:34Z")
> [@BuckChongo](#): > > Song is about a catfish, probably more songs about catfish than any other swimming critter. A real classic is Muddy Waters doing I Wish I Was A Catfish. As it should be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173.md?page=3)