# What's In Your Rock 'n Roll Zoo? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767 "2001-03-28T02:05:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/21 "2001-03-29T01:21:31Z")
**Sam** –Olivia Newton-John, #20, 1977 (her dog) **Shannon** –Harry Gross, #6, 1976 (another dog) **Jet** –Paul McCartney, #7, 1974 (yet another dog) **Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog** –Norma Tanega, #22, 1966 **Bumble Bee** –Searchers, #21, 1965 (You’re a bumble bee–an _evil_ bumble bee) ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/22 "2001-03-29T01:52:03Z")
What about Simon and Garfunkels \*\* The boxer \*\*? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/23 "2001-03-29T05:09:28Z")
All in a mouse’s night - Genesis Sabertooth - Codeine Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog - Jane Siberry Among My Swan - Mazzy Star The Funny Bird - Mercury Rev I Came As A Rat - Modest Mouse Oh! How The Dogs Stack Up - Mogwai The Black Crow - Songs Ohia Black Crow - Joni Mitchell Pig - Sparklehorse It’s not rock, but… The Gnu Song - Flanders and Swann… heck their whole Bestiary. And for artists… Cat Power Pedro the Lion ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/24 "2001-03-29T05:23:07Z")
**Barracuda** by Heart **Zoo Blues** by Manhattan Transfer Robin ---
**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/25 "2001-03-29T07:44:38Z")
BRONTOSAURUS STOMP–THE PLITDOWN MEN CHICKEN–THE CHEERS Just happened to have played the above this afternoon.(same album) SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR–BILL HALEY & THE COMETS MAY THE BIRD OF PARADISE FLY UP YOUR NOSE–LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS TENNESSEE BIRD WALK–BLANCHARD & MORGAN MULE SKINNER BLUES–FENDERMEN HOUND DOG IN THE WINDOW–HOMER & JETHRO YOU CAN’T ROLLERSKATE IN A BUFFALO HERD–ROGER MILLER RUNNING BEAR–JOHNNY PRESTON MONKEY THAT BECAME PRESIDENT–TOM T HALL MULE TRAIN–FRANKIE LAINE CRY OF THE WILD GOOSE–FRANKIE LAINE BYE, BYE BLACKBIRD–FOLK/STANDARD POP GOES THE WEASEL–FOLK/STANDARD THE BEAR WENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN–FOLK/STANDARD BLUE TAIL FLY–FOLK/STANDARD ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/26 "2001-03-29T14:22:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by exchicagoan \* > \*\*BRONTOSAURUS STOMP–THE PLITDOWN MEN > CHICKEN–THE CHEERS > > Just happened to have played the above this afternoon.(same album) > > \*\* Now \*there’s \* a coincidence. If that album also had “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots” and “Car Trouble on a Lonely Road” then I am one of the few other people in the world to have ever owned it. Excellent tasts, \*\* exchicagoan \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/27 "2001-03-29T14:24:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dragon Phoenix \* > \*\*What about Simon and Garfunkels \*\* The boxer \*\*? 😉 \*\* And for you, a thousand bonus points for -ahem- thinking outside the box. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/28 "2001-03-29T15:25:58Z")
I couldn’t pass up mentioning: Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band Songs: “Let’s Do It” – Cole Porter (“Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it.”) “Let’s Misbehave” – Cole Porter (“They say that bears have love affairs and even camels.”) “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” – Noel Coward “High Hopes” – (“Once there was a silly old ant/tried to move a rubber tree plant”) “Apeman” – The Kinks “Sitting on the Backyard Fence” (about cats) “Tiger Rag” (aka “Hold that Tiger”) “The Tiger’s Wide Awake” (a knockoff of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”) “Flight of the Bumblebee” – Rimsky-Korsakoff “Baby Elephant Walk” – Henry Mancini “Carnival of the Animals” – Saint-Saens “Dance of the Hours” (since you can’t think about it without thinking of the dancing hippos in Fantasia). ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/29 "2001-03-29T16:57:08Z")
**Songs** Super Fly (Curtis Mayfield) The Lamb Dies Down on Broadway (Genesis) Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix) Pig (Dave Matthews Band) I Am an Animal (Pete Townsend) Mary Had a Little Lamb (Otis Redding) Honey Bee (Stevie Ray Vaughan) Long Distance Runaround/The Fish (Yes) Holy Lamb (Yes) All the King’s Horses (The Firm) Jundemurrah (sp?) Paul Kelly & the Messengers Whitefish (Yes) Butterfly (Mariah Carey) Dixie Chicken (Little Feat) When Doves Cry (Prince) Wings of a Dove (Lucinda Williams & Nancy Griffith) **Bands** The Flying Lizards The Screaming Iguanas of Love The Black Crowes **Albums** Foxtrot (Genesis) Horses (Patti Smith) ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/30 "2001-03-29T17:00:55Z")
Does _Party on Your Pussy_ (by the Red Hot Chili Peppers) count? ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/31 "2001-03-29T19:38:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AlbertRose \* > \*\*Does _Party on Your Pussy_ (by the Red Hot Chili Peppers) count? \*\* Um, that depends on the nature of the party. And help me out with “Jundemurrah”. Is that an animal, animal nickname, or does it have prominent animal lyrics? ::scratches head:: ---
**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/32 "2001-03-30T06:47:58Z")
Now \*there’s \* a coincidence. If that album also had “Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots” and “Car Trouble on a Lonely Road” then I am one of the few other people in the world to have ever owned it. Excellent tasts, \*\* exchicagoan \*\* \*\* [/QUOTE] HOMETOWNBOY-------YEP!!!----“SHUTDOWN” Capitol records. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/33 "2001-03-30T13:05:22Z")
Started with ten titles, but it is now down to three that I didn’t see mentioned (probably have been though). “Tie Me Kangaroo Down” “The Unicorn” - Irish Rovers “Snowbird” - Anne Murray ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/34 "2001-03-30T14:15:34Z")
Monkey Man - Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/35 "2001-03-30T14:24:33Z")
Forgot the most obvious: “Animal Zoo” by Spirit. It would be the theme song (“Better get your ass to the Animal Zoo”) ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/36 "2001-03-30T23:28:55Z")
**By-Tor And The Snow Dog** by Rush. He can hang out with the penguins. Yer gonna need a big cage for Blue Oyster Cult’s **Godzilla**. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767/37 "2001-03-30T23:59:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dragon Phoenix \* > \*\*What about Simon and Garfunkels \*\* The boxer \*\*? 😉 \*\* OK then, what about **The Bitch is Back** - Elton John? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-rock-n-roll-zoo/59767.md?page=1)