# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/61 "2017-12-26T07:27:20Z")
Jane Siberry’s “Extra Executives” actually mentions Grouper Fish. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YyDT2aJzueQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Extra Executives - Jane Siberry") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyDT2aJzueQ) ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/62 "2017-12-26T14:40:35Z")
The end of PJ Harvey’s “Down by the Water” > [@](#): > > Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water > Come back here, man, gimme my daughter. There is also The Waterboys “Fisherman Blues,” though no fish seem to be involved. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/63 "2017-12-26T16:21:30Z")
“Yellow-Backed Fly” by Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers > [@](#): > > _I go at six am, quiet as a hymn. > Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly. > Twenty inches long, measured with a stick. > He’s old Jim but to me he’s Moby Dick_ ---
**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 26, 2017, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/64 "2017-12-26T17:07:54Z")
Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HubmRMm9r4o/hqdefault.jpg "Saturday night fish fry 1 & 2 - Louis Jordan -1949") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HubmRMm9r4o) ---
**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 26, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/65 "2017-12-26T17:33:14Z")
Doobie Bros. - Black Water - “…catfish are jumpin’… .” ---
**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 26, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/66 "2017-12-26T17:58:27Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Jane Siberry’s “Extra Executives” actually mentions Grouper Fish. At my first job, our senior marketing people had the title of “Group Marketing Director” – and were nicknamed “Groupers.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/67 "2017-12-26T18:09:25Z")
I knew a lawyer who owned a trawler. He wanted everything in whiting. Guess “End of the Line” or “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” count. Anything by Taylor Swift? Anyway [Minnie had a heart as big as a whale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0J2vA4POO0) Or “[When the boats come in](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utkMQJeiK50).” ---
**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 26, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/68 "2017-12-26T18:34:47Z")
Then there is [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14bWsaNi9Ss) song from a Charlie the Unicorn adventure. And [an octopus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-BdGchS0yk) can count under a very loose definition of “fish.” ---
**Author:** ![Major\_Matt\_Mason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Major\_Matt\_Mason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Matt_Mason)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/69 "2017-12-27T04:09:35Z")
This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich Tuna Fish Promenade This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (reprise) The Sealed Tuna Bolero -Frank Zappa, \* 200 Motels\* ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/70 "2017-12-27T05:38:54Z")
Fish heads, fish heads, jolly jolly fish heads Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/71 "2017-12-28T23:05:54Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Salmon Chanted Evening. > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > That’s a Moray. “…and they call it guppy love…” from the Captain and Tennille, “Muskie Love” “The Krill is Gone” from Billy Ocean, “When the Going gets (Orange) Roughy” “Wake up Little Sushi” and “Sushi Q” ---
**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 28, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/72 "2017-12-28T23:12:43Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > from the Captain and Tennille, “Muskie Love” You don’t even have to change that one, since–according to Catholic rules–[a muskrat is a fish](https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/02/26/468166791/when-beef-is-off-limits-beaver-and-muskrat-make-it-to-lenten-menu). ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/73 "2017-12-28T23:17:41Z")
There’s the ever popular _Andy Griffith Show Theme_: _Well now, take down your fishin’ pole and meet me at the fishin’ hole. We may not catch a bite all day but don’t you go away._ I’m surprised I didn’t find this upthread somewhere: _You get a line and I’ll get a pole, honey. You get a line and I’ll get a pole, babe. You get a line and I’ll get a pole. We’ll go down to the crawdad hole, Honey baby mine._ ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/74 "2017-12-29T02:12:10Z")
There’s [Pablow the Blowfish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGu1ujK-aQ0) by Miley Cyrus. ---
**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 29, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/75 "2017-12-29T02:42:21Z")
[Like a Sturgeon](https://youtu.be/uaYMhAbWwu0?t=61) :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/76 "2017-12-29T03:16:32Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > “The Krill is Gone” Let’s not forget Motley Crue’s classic ode to baleen feeders, “Lots of Krill” (_She eats lots of krill…she eats lots of krill…she’s a whaaaale!_) ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173/77 "2018-01-02T20:36:54Z")
[Fishing in the Dark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh3ml8gzrd4) by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupers/805173.md?page=3)