October 08 2010
Bass Singers
Every Friday, you’ll find Radar Trap in the Herald. A code puzzle, often with a comic topic as heading, the Trap will ask you to make such lists as Drag Queens, Spell-Checked ARIA Winners (Messy Hijinks and Dealt Goodie may sound familiar), Fake Movie Sequels and even Hangover Cures.
Well, at the embryo stage, I’m trying to work up a new Trap list all about Fishy Songs. Now if you live in NSW, and regularly solve the code puzzle – then avert your eyes.
Consider your Spoiler Alert issued.
For those still on the line, please help. I’m looking for song titles that punnily pull in a fish. They need to be short as Metro’s space is limited, and I need a total of nine knee-slappers, and so far have a lousy three.
They are Guppy Love, Achy Flaky Heart and Like a Sturgeon. No band names please – so out with New Squids on the Block. And no titles too long – a tsk-tsk therefore for Salmon Enchanted Evening. While Shy Koi (by Banaranama) is probably too obscure, or too subpar to pass.
Can you rise to the bait? I’ll use the best nine, if you can shade my current three, in a future Trap. Get tackling.
Comments
SK — 08 October at 07:34AM
Cod Only Knows
Mullet Kintyre
Kelp! (I Need Somebody...)
Jump In My Gar
Oh Marlin
Bad Halibuts
Hake a Long Line
Crazy Little Ling Called Love
What's the Dory (Morning Glory)
JD — 08 October at 07:37AM
Drive My Carp
You Don't Bring Me Flounders
Sultans of Ling
JD — 08 October at 08:16AM
American Pike
Haddock of the Bay
Heart of Bass
AS — 08 October at 09:10AM
Dancing in the Shark
Trout to the Top
Mr X — 08 October at 09:29AM
Whiting Wedding
Mr X — 08 October at 09:30AM
It's strictly speaking a mammal but:
Whale Meet Again
Mr X — 08 October at 09:33AM
This one's probably a bit long:
Barramundi on my Mind
Mr X — 08 October at 09:41AM
Going gallic:
Frere Sharks
Mr X — 08 October at 09:56AM
Sole Man
Mr X — 08 October at 10:01AM
Depending on your vintage & musical tastes:
Hold Minnow (The Thompson Twins)
Don't Stop Minnow (Queen)
or
See Minnow (Kanye West)
JD — 08 October at 11:54AM
Couple more:
Get Off Of My Trout
Eel Ling Me Softly
Bream Weaver
Mr X — 08 October at 12:04PM
Sexual Eeling
Jodie R — 08 October at 03:01PM
Here are my attempts!
Shadow of a Trout
He's the DJ, I'm the Snapper (I know too long)
All Chinook up
Cod Save the Queen
Cod Bless America
PRS — 08 October at 03:04PM
I wanna flake you higher
PRS — 08 October at 03:05PM
Flake, rattle and roll
PRS — 08 October at 03:09PM
All about sole (Billy Joel)
Mr X — 08 October at 03:18PM
Mackerel the Knife
PRS — 08 October at 03:23PM
Sole Reason (John Farnham)
Midnight Bream (Neil Diamond)
Leave a little room for cod (ditto)
PRS — 08 October at 03:38PM
Thank You For Herring Me (Sinead O'Connor)
Eel meet again
PRS — 08 October at 03:41PM
Carp Diem Baby
SK — 08 October at 03:43PM
Bass in Pocket
Marlin Be Home Soon
I Don't Like Barramundis
Sweet Home Abalone
SB — 08 October at 03:43PM
So many Neil Diamond potentials....
Sweet carp-on-line
Mr X — 08 October at 04:09PM
Perhaps a little obscure:
Breamful of Asha
Mauve — 08 October at 04:54PM
Don’t Go Baking My Carp
Fry A Yellowfin On Our Hot-Coal Barbie
Grilling Bream Softly With Saffron
Seals With a Fish
Someone Ate My Pike Tonight
50 Ways To Eat Your Mullet
I’ll Never Saute Dart Again
I Only Wanna Bream For Two
It Was An Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellowfin With Hot Tahini
xobhcnul — 08 October at 06:16PM
The Moray See You
The Dory's Always Open
DK — 08 October at 07:28PM
Calamari (Volare)
O Sole Mio
DK — 08 October at 07:31PM
It would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday today - I hope I'm using the right bait to haul in a trophy.
Whatever Catfish through the night.
Beautiful Koi
Nobody Trout Me (there'd be days like this)
Cold Sharkey
Jealous Koi
Sturgeon (Imagine)
Power to the Clownfish
DA — 08 October at 09:44PM
What a haul. Some gemfish here. I'll let you know the fish John West accept on the weekend, with the harsh demand of brevity set to rule out a few goldfish among this lot.
Thanks all anglers...
— 09 October at 09:44AM
Just realised I had a mix-up when typing in my Barramundi suggestion. It should have been:
Barramundi Monday
DA — 09 October at 10:38AM
Lovely refinement, anon. Is that you, Mr X, or SK?
I had two overnight vagaries:
Remora I See You [thanks xobhcnul] and
Piranha Round Sue
Sheila Krogh — 20 October at 01:17AM
I Flounder New Baby
What is this Fin called Love?
Kung Fu Whiting
Can You Fillet?
My Dinner Ling
These are suggestions by my musician friend [JD]
I love your blog-my friend &I watch Letters and Numbers avidly & we buy The Herald [FRiday]] specifically for your crosswords [with some gnashing of teeth] and Saturday for the answers we didn't get.
LOVE YOUR WORK!!!
Cheers
SK
DA — 20 October at 04:06PM
Nice to hear from you SK, and thanks for the ingenious fish-tracks. (Can You Fillet is a gem.)As well as the kind words.
On an alias front, we already have a SK among the ranks, so feel free to opt for a different byline for future posts - unless SK2 sounds cute?