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Fun Music Information -> Phish
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Band Name Origins:
- I thought everyone knew this. .. Phish is a delicious vegetarian fish substitute made by Morning Star. Available in fillet, crumble and flake style. The band lived on this stuff early on. Submitted by: Dick Clark
- My friend met Page personally earlier this year (2009), and asked this exact question. He said that has nothing to do with Fishman, but it is meant to be the sound a plane makes when it takes off. ppphhhhiiiiIIIISSSSHHHHH. Submitted by: Kevin
Stupid Band Names:
- In computer slang, phishing is an email scam resulting in identity crisis, so they might as well called themselves "The Computer Hackers". Submitted by: carly_carlz
- Isn't that a bit self-explanitory? I mean, even if they DID spell it "fish" isn't that still a bit odd? Submitted by: Susan
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Franity" | "Sanity" | Chris Chendo |
| "Goigoi Apparatus" | "Golgi Apparatus" | The Mole |
| "Goalie Apparatus" | "Golgi Apparatus" | Mae Beam |
| "Down With Denise" | "Down With Disease" | Mae Beam |
| "Chalk Dust Tortoise" | "Chalk Dust Torture" | Mae Beam |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "You Enjoy Myself," | Grammar fail: Viewpoint is inconsistent. | Andrew |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Part Of Me," Katy Perry | "Golgi Apparatus," Phish | |
| "Call My Name, I'll Be There," Wilson Pickett | "Wilson," Phish | |
| "What I Got," Sublime | "Sample In A Jar," Phish | |
| "Sick Again," Led Zeppelin | "Down With Disease," Phish | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Bouncing Around The Roo" originally "Bouncing Around The Room"
Roo, as in short for kangaroo
Faith Spencer
"Own With Disease" originally "Down With Disease"
Rose Cathcart
"Don With Disease" originally "Down With Disease"
Hope his disease is treatable
Taylor Dadsen
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Bouncing Around The Broom" originally "Bouncing Around The Room"
Faith Spencer
"Bouncing Around The Groom" originally "Bouncing Around The Room"
Faith Spencer
"Chalk Dusty Torture" originally "Chalk Dust Torture"
Naomi Swanson
"Drown With Disease" originally "Down With Disease"
Tara Gilmer
Change a Letter:
"Hound" originally "Mound"
Yvette Bristle
"Sound" originally "Mound"
Yvette Bristle
"Bound" originally "Mound"
Yvette Bristle
"Mount" originally "Mound"
Yvette Bristle
"Pound" originally "Mound"
Yvette Bristle
There are additional Phish song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Waste" | "Come Vote the Libs Away" | G_RandomPerson |
| "David Bowie" | "Nick Grimshaw" | Fack Sabbath |
| "Down With Disease" | "Down With The Kids" | Fack Sabbath |
| "Run Like An Antelope" | "Run Like Anondria And Mary Anne Hobbs" | Fack Sabbath |
| "Farm House" | "Mustard Fight (opera #1)" | Ethan Mawyer |
Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Bouncing Around The Room | Starbucks | Laurel |
| Punch You In The Eye | Anger Management | Dr. L |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Down With Disease | Hospital | Glenn Rousseau |
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Devotion To A Dream Phish | Dreamboat Annie Heart | Devotion To A Dreamboat Annie | Joanna Whitmire |
| Chalk Dust Torture Phish | Dust In the Wind Kansas | Chalk Dust In The Wind | Stu L. Pigeon |
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Hot Tuna Phish
Hot Tuna combined with Phish
Submitted By: Opie M.
Chocolate Starphish
Chocolate Starfish combined with Phish
Submitted By: Howard U. Duing
Rancid Phish
Rancid combined with Phish
I hope whatever venues they play are well-ventilated! (P.S. How has this not been submitted yet?)
Submitted By: Jonathan S.
Reel Big Phish
Reel Big Fish combined with Phish
Submitted By: GlamRockNinjaLord
There are additional Phish Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"The Line"
Misheard Lyrics: And you step to the right.
Original Lyrics: And you step to the line.
| "Golgi Apparatus"
Misheard Lyrics: I saw you with a chicken stuck in your head.
Original Lyrics: I saw you with a ticket stub in your hand.
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"You Enjoy Myself"
Misheard Lyrics: Wash your face and drive me to forensics
Original Lyrics: Wash uffitzi, drive me to Firenze.
| "Bouncin' Around the Room"
Misheard Lyrics: Naptime ends and once again,
I'm bouncing 'round the room. Original Lyrics: That time and once again,
I'm bouncing 'round the room. |
| There are additional Phish misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Golgi Apparatus"
Misheard Lyrics: I saw you with a chicken stuck in your head.
Original Lyrics: I saw you with a ticket stub in your hand.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Mitch I was 5 when I first heard this song. That's literally what I thought the lyrics were. |
| There are additional Phish misheard stories available. | |
Funniest Song Lyrics:
"Stash"
The Funny Lyrics: Yank down my tunic and dangle my stash
Why They're Funny: It was enough to make me chuckle
Submitted by: Taron Mclean 2326
| "Possum"
The Funny Lyrics: The road was his end, his end was the road.
Why They're Funny: It's a jamming song about a possum
Submitted by: Puddy
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| There are additional Phish Funny lyrics available. | |
Repetitive Song Lyrics:
"Waste"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Come waste your time with me
Why They're Repetitive: those lyrics repeat five times to end the song.
Submitted by: G_RandomPerson
| "David Bowie"
The Repetitive Lyrics: David Bowie, David Bowie, David Bowie
ub40, ub40, ub40, ub40 Why They're Repetitive: That is the whole song.Not kidding!
Submitted by: Roadside
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Song Title Space Change:
"No Dogs Allow Ed" originally "No Dogs Allowed"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"No Dog Sallowed" originally "No Dogs Allowed"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics:
"Bouncing Around the Room"
The Lyrics: ...And faintly bouncing around the room the echo of whomever
spoke... Why: Whomever should be whoever. If one rewrites this segment of the lyrics as the sentence "The echo of whoever spoke was faintly bouncing around the room," one can see that there are two verbs, "spoke" and "bouncing" (or "was bouncing" if one includes the auxiliary verb). Every verb needs a subject. In this sentence, the subject of "bouncing" is "echo," and the subject of "spoke" is "whoever." One can not use the object form "whomever" in the subject position. Perhaps the misuse was for the purpose of artistic expression, but if the misuse was an unintentional mistake, I believe the error may be due to the preposition "of." While it is true that every preposition must be followed by an object, an entire clause may serve as an object. If a clause follows a preposition, by definition, there must be a verb in that clause (as a clause must contain a subject and verb by definition). In this case, the entire clause "whoever spoke" serves as the object of the preposition "of." And as mentioned before, as all verbs need a subject, so does the verb "spoke" in our case; "whoever" is that subject.
Submitted by: Jon Strauss
| "Bouncing Around the Room"
The Lyrics: . . . and faintly bouncing around the room
The echo of whomever spoke. Why: It should be "whoever spoke." The use of the verb "spoke" makes "whoever" the object of the sentence, not the subject.
Submitted by: Sam Youno
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| There are additional Phish Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics available. | |
Song Title Anagrams:
"Mundo" originally "Mound"
means 'world' in Spanish
Submitted by: Anna Graham
"On Mud" originally "Mound"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"No Mud" originally "Mound"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Mud On" originally "Mound"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"True Chalk Stud Rot" originally "Chalk Dust Torture"
Submitted by: Kimberly Townsend
There are additional Phish Song Title Anagrams available.
What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music):
"Having a drummer in a dress"
"Fishman" was usually attired in a loose dress, especially the infamous "Henrietta" with donut-shaped designs, except for a brief period when he experimented with Italian suits.
Submitted by: Ra'akone
Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:
Fish
Submitted by: Brionna Secret
