Comments on: From Hawaii To The Shores of Peru

Question: From Hawaii To The Shores of Peru

fandango_matt — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:11:14 -0800

Somewhere Beyond The Green: I'm assembling a playlist with a "Deep Blue Sea" theme.

I've already got the obvious ones that spring to mind:
Beyond The Sea / Bobby Darin
My Love Is (A Deep Blue Sea) / Little Willie John
Rock Lobster / The B-52's
Surfin' U.S.A. / Beach Boys
Surfin' Safari / Ramones
Smoke On The Water / Deep Purple
They Came In / Butthole Surfers
Hawaii Five-O Theme / The Ventures
Sea Of Love / Tom Waits
Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay / Otis Redding

I'm looking for suggestions for:
Dick Dale & The Del-Tones
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

And I'm looking for others--anything goes, provided it's ocean-themed or sea/surf-related. Or maybe not. Do you have ideas, recommendations, or suggestions? Let's hear 'em!

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:26:37 -0800

Bily Brag's "Body of Water".

By: macadamiaranch

macadamiaranch — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:39:13 -0800

"Ocean Size" Jane's Addiction
"Down By the Water" PJ Harvey
"Yellow Submarine" The Beatles

By: pomegranate

pomegranate — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:53:52 -0800

"Sandra at the Beach" and "Aloha Honolulu" - Poi Dog Pondering

By: jozxyqk

jozxyqk — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:04:19 -0800

"Under the Sea" from the Little Mermaid
"Underwater Love" by Faith No More

By: JonnyRotten

JonnyRotten — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:16:43 -0800

"Deepest Bluest" by LL Cool J

I'm kinda embarassed thats my first comment after getting my account here

Peep the lyrics here.

By: briank

briank — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:24:05 -0800

"(Won't You Let Me Take You On A) Sea Cruise" - Frankie Ford

"Red Sails In The Sunset" -- covered by many different artists

"Calypso "- John Denver

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:28:11 -0800

Van Morrison "Tupelo Honey"

By: kittyb

kittyb — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 05:52:18 -0800

Paradise (Wherever You Are) - The Finn Brothers
From My Own True Love (Lost At Sea) - The Decemberists
Sea of Love - Cat Power (my favorite version of this song)
The Mariner's Revenge Song - The Decemberists (a different sort of sea song, but awesome awesome awesome!)
Oceanside - The Decemberists

By: Chunder

Chunder — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:04:02 -0800

I'm sure that there's something on Mike Oldfield's "Songs of Distant Earth" album that would be relevant, but unfortuantely I can't check at the moment... (Work. Bah.)

By: bibliowench

bibliowench — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:12:22 -0800

Tidal Wave - Apples in Stereo
Water - P.J. Harvey
Underwater Moonlight - The Soft Boys
Roller Coaster By the Sea - Jonathan Richman

By: scratch

scratch — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:12:33 -0800

Wipe Out by the Surfaris.

Practically anything by the Beach Boys.

Under the Boardwalk ("...down by the sea-ea-ea...") by the Drifters.

By: box

box — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:15:33 -0800

Secret Frequency Crew - The Underwater Adventure Hop Secret Treasure EP
Jimi Hendrix - 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)

By: raysmj

raysmj — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:20:05 -0800

"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" -- either the Cab Calloway or Ella Fitzgerald rendition.

By: headspace

headspace — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:24:40 -0800

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. (Oh come on, that would be an awesome way to end a disk about the sea! Even though the EF sank in a lake...)

By: jrossi4r

jrossi4r — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:26:03 -0800

Atlantis by Donovan

By: cosmicbandito

cosmicbandito — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:30:21 -0800

How about Octopus's Garden?

By: Johnny Assay

Johnny Assay — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:33:53 -0800

"Saskatchewan" or "Onilley's Strange Dream" by the Rheostatics. (Yes, the first one really is ocean-themed.)
"Nautical Disaster" by the Tragically Hip.

By: electroboy

electroboy — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:43:04 -0800

Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Iron Maiden?

Tahitian Moon by Porno for Pyros

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 06:48:41 -0800

Many of the songs on The Sea by the Tiger Lillies would fit.

By: electroboy

electroboy — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 07:14:25 -0800

I hate this song, but Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot is about as nautical as you can get.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 07:14:40 -0800

A Dead Fish Gains the Power: The Books
A Walrus in a Trenchcoat is a Ridiculous Thing: Cornish in a Turtleneck
Aloha Steve and Danno: Radio Birdman
A Quick One While He's Away: The Who
I Want to be a Sailor: The Scars
Blue Lagoon: Laurie Anderson
Fish Below the Ice: Shriekback
Francis Scott Key: Menthol
Hang On Bill: Little Lisa
He Went Down to the Sea: The Monks
Hell or High Water: The Rants
One Ship Will Come: Anh Sang
Rock 'n' Roll Submarines: The Submarines
Sail Away: Randy Newman
Sea of Numbers: Stylex
Sleep with the Mermaid: Missy Roback
The Whirlpool: Gallon Drunk

By: davehat

davehat — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 07:32:30 -0800

"Fish" by Mr Scruff.
"Old Cape Cod" by Patti Page.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 08:03:58 -0800

Palace of the Brine - Pixies

By: signal

signal — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 08:07:46 -0800

Underwater Love–Smoke City

By: .kobayashi.

.kobayashi. — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 08:33:27 -0800

Tom Waits: Singapore
Tom Waits: Shore Leave
Martin Denny: The Enchanted Sea
John Zorn: The Quiet Surf
Brian Eno: On Some Faraway Beach

By: saladin

saladin — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 08:39:43 -0800

"Way of the Ocean" by Three Mile Pilot.
"Lusitania" by June of '44.
"Steerage" by The Shipping News.
"Good Morning, Captain" by Slint.

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:29:31 -0800

The Decemberists - Shanty for the Arethusa

By: dorian

dorian — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:44:37 -0800

ocean rain, echo & the bunnymen
wave of mutilation, pixies
fear of drowning, british sea power
fear a bhata, slainte
fields of athenry, dropkick murphys / slainte / etc.
swimming horses, siouxsie and the banshees
lure of the sea, beautiful south
sail this ship alone, beautiful south

...

By: jb

jb — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:05:52 -0800

Bob Schneider - Big Blue Sea

By: purtek

purtek — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:14:54 -0800

tons of stuff by Great Big Sea (Wave Over Wave springs immediately to mind, as does their version of I'se the B'y)

Rocks at Thieves' Bay and Ships in Full Sail off of the Spirit of the West album "Old Material"

South Australia by the Pogues

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:28:05 -0800

This is awesome. Thanks, everybody--keep 'em coming!

By: matildaben

matildaben — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:38:07 -0800

The post-rock/chamber music ensemble Rachel's has an album called The Sea and The Bells. It's pretty much instrumental but I bet you could get some good sea-sounding stuff from there.

By: Vervain

Vervain — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:55:41 -0800

Brian Eno, "Deep Blue Day" (AKA the toilet diving song from "Trainspotting")
Parliament, "Aqua Boogie"
Roxy Music, "Grey Lagoons"
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "The Ship Song"

By: JonnyRotten

JonnyRotten — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:46:20 -0800

Flogging Molly - Salty dog

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:50:24 -0800

Brian Eno & John Cale - Wrong Way Up. The whole album sounds like it was written for castaways; really beautiful stuff. One of the songs--Spinning Away--was used in the movie The Beach to good effect.

By: kimota

kimota — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 11:59:56 -0800

Diane Renay's "Navy Blue" and the Looking Glass's "Brandy" could be bookends.

"Point of Know Return" - Kansas
"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" - Split Enz
"Sail On Sailor" - Beach Boys
"Sailing" - Christopher Cross
"Thousands are Sailing" - The Pogues
"I'm Your Captain" - Grand Funk Railroad
"Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image
"The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul" - XTC (sailing as metaphysical conceit)

Civil_disobedient, believe it or not, the version of "Spinning Away" from The Beach is by Sugar Ray!

By: kimota

kimota — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:02:24 -0800

Also, "Shark Attack" by Split Enz and possibly "Desert Island" by XTC.

Seriously, *Sugar Ray*. But, yeah, Wrong Way Up is one of my all-time faves.

By: kimota

kimota — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:04:30 -0800

"Drowned" and/or "I Am The Sea" - The Who, off of Quadrophenia.

By: obloquy

obloquy — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:06:05 -0800

Across Yer Ocean: Mercury Rev
Dirty Water: The Standells
Oceansize: Jane's Addiction
Fisherman's Blues: The Waterboys
Oceania: Bjork
Across The Sea: Weezer
Rockaway Beach: The Ramones
Ease Your Feet In The Sea: Belle & Sebastian
Seven Seas: Echo & The Bunnymen
Mimi on the Beach: Jane Siberry
Charlie Don't Surf: The Clash
The Spine Surfs Alone Pt. 1: TMBG
Surfin' Cow: The Dead Milkmen

By: FearTormento

FearTormento — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:12:11 -0800

Deep Ocean, Vast Sea - Peter Murphy
Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts
Seabreeze - L.A. Symphony

And why not some Billy Ocean?
"When the going gets tough...THE TOUGH GET GOING

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:35:30 -0800

"Sea Cruise" by Volcano Suns
/obscure

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 16:52:18 -0800

believe it or not, the version of "Spinning Away" from The Beach is by Sugar Ray!

First I was all like "No fucking way, man, that's fucking impossible" until I saw this and was like "Holy crap."

It probably doesn't need to be said, but for posterity's sake I'll say it: get the Eno/Cale version.

By: soiled cowboy

soiled cowboy — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:24:45 -0800

"Still Waters" - Jim White
"The Sailor's Grave on the Prairie" - Leo Kotke
"Sloop John B" - Beach Boys
"The Swimming Song" - Loudon Wainwright III or Kate & Anna McGarrigle
"The Waves Crashing Silently Through The Dominator" - Calexico
"Drowning In A Sea of Love" - Boz Scaggs

Let me know if you'd like MP3s of any of the above.

By: ZakDaddy

ZakDaddy — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 06:55:30 -0800

More Brian Eno - "Under" off the Cool World soundtrack

Enya - "Carribean Blue" off of Shepherd Moons

Atmospherics: The Finding Nemo soundtrack, composed by Thomas Newman,
son of Alfred Newman but not this guy.

School of Fish - "In A Drop of Water" off of Human Cannonball

By: signal

signal — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:04:14 -0800

pure shores–all saints