Boat Songs

[SkunkedAgain]

I started with a simple premise of putting some boating-related songs on a CD for while on the water. My first two choices are morbid, but I went with "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "I'm Your Captain" by Grand Funk. What other boat songs do you all recommend? Anyone have recommendations for where to find sea shanties?

[goblueM]

i'm on a boat - by lonely island

ok but seriously - check out some stuff by Stan Rogers, canadian folk singer

Mary Ellen Carter by him comes to mind

[Jackpine Rob]

The Last Farewell by Roger Whittaker

Theme from Gilligan's Island

Come Sail Away by Styx

[zamboni]

Save some time, go buy the CD "Songs You Know By Heart" by Jimmy Buffett.

[Sherpa]

+1 for The Last Farewell by Roger Whitaker.

Boats and H*es from the movie Stepbrothers. It has some pretty funny lyrics if you ask me.

[titelines]

+1 for Zamboni's suggestion.

Also try "Bars, Ballads and Beaches" by Buffett.

Lee Murdock and Gordon Lightfoot for the feel of the Northwoods/Great Lakes.

"Wooden Ships" and "Southern Cross" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

"Crystal Ship" by The Doors

Captain and Tenneale?

[DTro]

"I'm on a boat"

I like that one too

[zamboni]

Little Fighter by White Lion was about a Greenpeace ship sunk

Downeaster Alexa by Billy Joel was about a ship I think

Redneck Yacht Club by Craig Morgans a great one

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass

[picksbigwagon]

sailing by christopher cross (go ahead, try and get it out of yer head)

[genegodawa]

"Come On Down To My Boat Baby" by Every Mother's Son in about late 60's I think.

And I quote....

"We can go fishing in my little red boat, make you happy in my little red boat, so c'mon down to my boat baby, c'mon down we'll sail away....."

[McGurk]

As much as I can't stand this song: "Fishing in the Dark" by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

To go with Gilligan's island, there's always the Love Boat theme song or Miami Vice theme song.

[PierBridge]

Pirates by Emerson, Lake and Palmer!

[PerchJerker]

Wow --- lots of bad suggestions so far IMO Maybe a few good ones too......

Try these:

Fisherman's Blues by The Waterboys

Fishin' by Elvin "Bad Boy" Bishop

Soak Up The Sun by Sheryl Crow

All Summer Long by Kid Rock

The whole Legends album by Bob Marley is pretty good boat music

I do a lot of night fishing and a few good ones for that are:

Long Stick Goes Boom by Krokus

Big Bad Moon by Joe Satriani

Livin' After Midnight by Judas Priest

[SkitterPopper]

Not a boat song, but a good motor song.

[ZapBranigan]

Just off the top of my head:

"Ride Captian Ride" - Blues Image

"Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding

"Riding the Storm Out" - REO Speedwagon

"Southern Cross" - Neil Young

****** sorry tight lines I stepped on yours you got me with CSNY. I had it just as Neil Young.

You want morbid:

Timothy - The Bouys now that's morbid.

Then anything by a WI grouop called Shadd Rapp. They have like 3 published CD's. Mix of Hunting and fishing ones.

[Double D]

Da Yoopers have a lot of good fishing tunes.

DD

[genegodawa]

That's for sure DD. And although not a boat song, their "Diarrhea" (sp?) is my favorite.

[Shorelunch]

About any Buffett is great summer music. I also like "sailing" from Christopher Cross, "Two Pina Coladas" from Garth Brooks and of course, "Escape (if you like Pina Coladas song)," from Rupert Holmes I think. I'll throw in "Lady" from Little River Band, too.

[koonie]

Used to sit out on the lake at night and listen to Riders on the Storm and Under the Milky Way. Oh yeah. The Cure too.

[Gissert]

Sloop John B from the Beach Boys

Sink the Bismarck from Johnny Horton

[Jim Uran]

Huff n Doback

Lonely Island