Underwater Jamz: Rock Lobster vs. Octopus' Garden

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Which novelty tune rules the burbly, splishy clamshell-shaped throne of rock and roll?

― p.j. (Henry), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

The good people of ILM will prolly side with the B52s on this one, but I can't help loving Ringo's vocals on Octopus Garden. I go with Beatles.

― p.j. (Henry), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)

I choose Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadooloop.

― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

total no-brainer here: "rock lobster."

but where are the songs about SQUID.

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

for the riff alone this goes to "rock lobster"

― bb (bbrz), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

In what bizarro universe could "Octopus' Garden" be considered a jam?

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

"Rock Lobster" and chips for me too pleeze.

But I'd rather have "The Mutant Gillman".

― Shockah Shockah Hey!!! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:20 (twenty years ago)

In what bizarro universe could "Octopus' Garden" be considered a jam?

I appreciate that you caught that.

― p.j. (Henry), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

Rock Lobster!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:24 (twenty years ago)

Rock Lobster

Honorable Mention: The Sex Pistols, "Submission"

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:25 (twenty years ago)

Prince Namor, i.e. the Submariner had a good theme song on the old Marvel Comics cartoon show.

"Stronger than a whale
He can swim anywhere
He can breathe under water
and go flying through the air
The Noble Sub Mariner
Prince of the deep
So, beware you deadly demons
Lord Namor of Atlantis,
is the PRINCE OF THE DEEEEEEP!"

― p.j. (Henry), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

Drexciya's whole catalogue owns this thread, basically.

― Shockah Shockah Hey!!! (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

Actually, my pick is "Oceania".

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:45 (twenty years ago)

Maybe I told this story here before but several years back a friend of mine's band was opening for the B52s and one of his bandmates wandered into an empty hotel conference room where there was some kind of buffet set up. He looked around, didn't see anybody and then had started to reach his hand out to the cold cut tray when he heard the unmistakeable nasal voice of Fred S say: "Hey, get away from that salami!"

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:47 (twenty years ago)

OMG that sounds like the narrative to a B-52s song!

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)

Underwater Rymes - Digital Underground

― pappawheelie II, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

We were at the buffet
Everybody had
Cocktail napkins

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 16:49 (twenty years ago)

Boys with cold cuts
Girls with condiments

Let's ROCK!

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:42 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002HOM.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

"Rock Lobster", pas question. It makes Peter Griffin happy.

Does Swell Maps' "Midget Submarines" qualify as an underwater jam? Or is the title just a euphemism for something else?

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 21:11 (twenty years ago)

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