topic Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title in Rock N' Roll

Songs with Animal Names in the Title

millineutron — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 23:12:04 GMT

Here's a topic with a bit of a biological slant. I'm wondering how many songs have different members of the Animal Kingdom mentioned in the title (I'm excluding Homo sapiens here-- not to discriminate but just for the sake of focus 🤓). I happened to meet an octopus during a snorkel a few years ago & have been obsessed with them ever since ... so I'll start this off with my favorite animal 🐙:

Octopus's Garden -- The Beatles

PS ... This is not a strict rule but I think it would be nice if we just have one song title per post so each animal gets its own honorable mention. ❤

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

WebWiseWoman — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 02:04:38 GMT

Geat first song, btw!

I'm going with Savage Garden's "The Animal Song"...

So we've got all Animals covered from post 2!

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Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

WebWiseWoman — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 03:35:53 GMT

Wait, another Beatle's song "Blackbird"...

The story behind "Blackbird" is interesting to me, especially now..

#VegasStrong

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

millineutron — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 14:10:04 GMT

Wow! I had no idea that's what that song was about! Thank you for sharing that.

OK here's another Beatles song:

I Am the Walrus

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

MaVolta — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 14:44:31 GMT

Crocodile Rock - Elton John

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

millineutron — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 23:17:52 GMT

@MaVolta wrote:
Crocodile Rock - Elton John

Good one!!

Here's one more from the Beatles:

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

Some people say this song is about drugs, but this is what John Lennon himself said, "That was just a sort of nice line that I made into a song. It was about me and Yoko. Everybody seemed to be paranoid except for us two, who were in the glow of love. Everything is clear and open when you're in love. Everybody was sort of tense around us: you know, 'What is she doing here at the session? Why is she with him?' All this sort of madness is going on around us because we just happened to want to be together all the time."

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

MaVolta — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:09:09 GMT

@millineutron wrote:

Here's one more from the Beatles:

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

Some people say this song is about drugs, but this is what John Lennon himself said, "That was just a sort of nice line that I made into a song. It was about me and Yoko. Everybody seemed to be paranoid except for us two, who were in the glow of love. Everything is clear and open when you're in love. Everybody was sort of tense around us: you know, 'What is she doing here at the session? Why is she with him?' All this sort of madness is going on around us because we just happened to want to be together all the time."

It's so interesting to find the true meaning behind song lyrics. Sometimes the lyrics will mean different things to different people, but the writer often had something else in mind!

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

MaVolta — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:10:27 GMT

And one more from The Beatles - Dig A Pony

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

millineutron — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 06:57:43 GMT

@MaVolta wrote:
And one more from The Beatles - Dig A Pony

I never noticed before how many animal songs the Beatles had. It's like a musical menagerie! Here's one more: Rocky Raccoon

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

MaVolta — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:55:28 GMT

Might as well keep it going - - -

And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

millineutron — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 03:25:32 GMT

Haha ... shoulda called this Beatles Songs with Animal Names in the Title:

Piggies 🐷 🐷 -- The Beatles

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

MaVolta — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 16:24:57 GMT

The Beatles sure had a lot of them! . . . including . . .

Hey Bulldog!

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

millineutron — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 12:26:03 GMT

And yet another!

Blue Jay Way -- The Beatles

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

DED46 — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 14:27:02 GMT

Mule Skinner Blues - The Fendermen

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

MaVolta — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 16:19:00 GMT

Changing gears . . .

The Flight of the Rat - Deep Purple

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

millineutron — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:34:32 GMT

White Rabbit -- Jefferson Airplane

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

MaVolta — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:09:14 GMT

A Horse with No Name - America

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

millineutron — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 01:23:05 GMT

Fireflies -- Owl City

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

MaVolta — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 15:15:37 GMT

Hound Dog - Elvis

Re: Songs with Animal Names in the Title

millineutron — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 06:47:24 GMT

Year of the Cat -- Al Stewart