They Sing Sea Songs Down by the Seashore — Vegetarian Sea Shanties of a Sort

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The following entry originally appeared on the Amoeblog

Their Only Harvest by Colin Hunter (1879)

In addition to my guide to sea vegetables, here’s a companion piece/guide to modern day sea shanties by vegetarian (or former vegetarian, in some cases) songwriters or bands with vegetarian members. Eat your sea veg and enjoy!

Seaweed Gatherers (1926) by Harold Harvey 

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Belle & Sebastian – “Ease Your Feet in the Sea”

Blur – “This is a Low”

 

Bob Marley And The Wailers – “High Tide Or Low Tide”

The Church – “An Interlude”

Coldplay – “Oceans”

Crime & the City Solution – “The Dolphins & the Sharks”

Eden Ahbez – “Nature Boy”

George Harrison – “Pisces Fish”

Hà Okio – “Biển Xanh Và Nắng Vàng”

張學友 – “深海”

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – “World of Denial”

John Coltrane – “How Deep is the Ocean?”

k.d. lang – “Love’s Great Ocean”

Kate Bush – “A Coral Room”

Kevin Eubanks – “The Dancing Sea”

King Missile – “The Fish That Played The Ponies”

Kula Shaker – “Drop in the Sea”

Morrissey – “Seasick Yet Still Docked”

Natalie Merchant – “Diver Boy”

 

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – “The Weeping Song”

Номинжин – “Ocean of Love”

Paul McCartney – “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”

Pearl Jam – “Oceans”

Peter Tosh – “Downpressor Man”

Philip Glass – “Winnie Goes to the Sea”

R.E.M. – “Nightswimming”

Reid Jamieson – “Take Me To The Sea”

Rita Lee – “Hulla-Hulla”

Robyn Hitchcock – “Autumn Sea”

The Style Council – “Its A Very Deep Sea”

Thompson Twins – “Storm on the Sea”

TLC – “I’m Good at Being Bad”

The Verve – “The Sun, The Sea”

 

Honorable Mention (i.e. no video found): Elvis Costello – “King of the Unknown Sea” and Percy Grainger – “Sea Song (Grettir the Strong)”

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