"Dead Fish On The Banks" by The Goodnight Loving
 Hard to believe. A song named "Dead Fish on the Banks" is one of the finest and catchiest pieces of pop I've come across in a while. In this tale about overcoming childhood fears by Milwaukee's The Goodnight Loving, uncomfortable imagery like dead fish, darkness, and cemeteries are contrasted with music that bounces along with it's roots-tinged rhythms, nearly oblivious to these morbid themes. I would be singing aloud with the Goodnight Loving if it wasn't for the chorus of "Cemetery trails," and all the folks sitting around me at Caribou Coffee. It might come of as a bit strange. Now, once I leave, and it's me, open windows, and the road ahead of me, then I'll sing along, tap the steering wheel, and revel in "Dead Fish On The Banks." The Goodnight Loving - Dead Fish On The Banks [download] The Goodnight Loving will be in Cleveland this Sunday night at the Beachland Tavern with The Pages and Brennan's Revenge The Goodnight Loving Labels: goodnight loving, tunes |
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Gary K said ... (Friday, March 9, 2007 11:19:00 PM EST) :
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I had a band back in the '80's called Zombee Stew, and we had a song that was played on the radio (WGCL-G98, top-40) called "Why I Like Jim (The Dead Fish Song)". Dancing Danny Wright played it a lot during the summer of '85.
Anybody that grew up in Cleveland and went to Huntington or Edgewater Park have their own Dead Fish experience. Unfortunately, we never made a record of the song, who knows - it might have gone aluminum (more than 100 copies sold?) I will try to get a digital copy and perhaps download (unload?) to this very sight.