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Weekend Rock List: Bird Songs

1/30/09, 5:56 pm EST

To celebrate the legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell and his legendary intro to the band’s “Free Bird,” this week’s Rock List is dedicated to Bird Songs. Whether it’s about an eagle, a pigeon, a double-crested cormorant… if it has wings and feathers, it’s applicable. Tell us your favorites, and on Monday we’ll tally the votes and reveal the Readers’ List. Here’s our picks:

• Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird”
• M.I.A. – “Bird Flu”
• David Bowie – “Dodo”
• The Beatles – “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
• Animal Collective – “Cuckoo Cuckoo”


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ampHEAD | 1/30/2009, 6:08 pm EST

Everyone knows that the bird is the word.

Just ask Peter Griffin.

alyssa | 1/30/2009, 6:17 pm EST

three little birds – bob marley
bird song – grateful dead
blackbird – grateful dead

Alfred Hitchcock | 1/30/2009, 6:27 pm EST

Fly Like an Eagle – Steve Miller
Raven – Dave Matthews Band
The Rooster – Alice in Chains
No Pigeons – Sporty Theivs

Joe | 1/30/2009, 6:36 pm EST

The Trashmen-Surfin’ Bird

Steve Miller Band-Fly Like an Eagle

Alice in Chains-Rooster

Bobby Day-Rockin’ Robin

The Beatles-Free as a Bird, And Your Bird can Sing, Blackbird, Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown)

Nelly Furtado-I’m Like a Bird

Eminem-Mockingbird

AND OF COURSE

Rick Dees-Disco Duck

Mike | 1/30/2009, 6:40 pm EST

Misfits – “Where Eagles Dare”
The Trashman/ The Ramones – “Surfin’ Bird”

Blake Taylor | 1/30/2009, 6:42 pm EST

Prince-When Doves Cry

tom in vegas | 1/30/2009, 6:43 pm EST

Day of the Eagle – Robin Trower
Birds of a Feather – Paul Revere and the Raiders
Hummingbird – Seals and Croft
When Doves Cry – Prince
Blue Jay Way – The Beatles
Birds of Paradise – The Pretenders
Mockingbird – James Taylor and Carly Simon
Bluebird – Buffalo Springfield
Where Eagles Have Been – Wolfmother
Wounded Bird – Bleck Crowes

Joe | 1/30/2009, 6:51 pm EST

Oh wow. When Doves Cry for sure.

AAAAAAAARRRGGGHHHHH! | 1/30/2009, 7:02 pm EST

IRON MAIDEN- WHERE EAGLES DARE
THE MISFITS- WHERE EAGLES DARE

Shane | 1/30/2009, 7:04 pm EST

Nelly Furtado – Im Like a Bird
Sia – Electric Bird
MGMT – Of Moon, Birds, and Monsters
Natalie Imbruglia – The Pigeon and The Crumbs
Tori Amos – Black Swan
Fleetwood Mac – Songbird
Annie Lennox – Little Bird
Ani Dofranco – Swan Dive
Jess Klein – Little White Dove (awesome song!)
Cyndi Lauper – Sally’s Pigeons
Neko Case – Maybe Sparrow
Dolly Parton – Little Sparrow

Johnny | 1/30/2009, 7:37 pm EST

Bird Song by The Grateful Dead: The best song ever written about Janis Joplin

Wounded Bird – Black Crowes
Birds of a Feather – Phish
Songbird – Fleetwood Mac
Blackbird – Beatles
Flying/Blue Jay Way – Beatles
And Your Bird Can Sing – Beatles

Johnny | 1/30/2009, 7:38 pm EST

And who could forget the classic….OK! Blue Jays! Let’s! Play! Ball! (whatever that song’s called go Jays!)

Anonymous | 1/30/2009, 7:40 pm EST

Bluebird – Paul McCartney & Wings

I Like Birds – Eels

thecatsass | 1/30/2009, 7:54 pm EST

The Trashmen – Surfin’ Bird
Prince – When Doves Cry

ElJayVee | 1/30/2009, 8:26 pm EST

Hawkmoon 269 and Wave of Sorrow (Birdland) by U2

alison | 1/30/2009, 9:15 pm EST

rocking robin – jackson 5

Michael | 1/30/2009, 9:28 pm EST

Fly Like An Eagle — The Steve Miller Band

Blackbird — The Beatles

Ornithology — Charlie “Bird” Parker. (Yes, I know it’s jazz. Just sayin’)

Bird On A Wire — Leonard Cohen

and just to get Jurassic on y’all, “Pterodactyl Tubeway” by Esoteric

Gassman | 1/30/2009, 10:36 pm EST

Blackbird – The Beatles
And Your Bird Can Sing – The Beatles
Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown) – The Beatles
Three Little Birds – Bob Marly & The Wailers
Songbird – Fleetwood Mac
Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds) – Peter Gabriel
Fly Like an Eagle – Steve Miller Band
Rooster – Alice in Chains
Surfin’ Bird – The Trashman
When Doves Cry – Prince

thatguy | 1/30/2009, 10:38 pm EST

David Bowie – Dodo
The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
The Beatles – Blackbird
The Beatles – And Your Bird Can Sing
Neutral Milk Hotel – Little Birds
Leonard Cohen – Bird On The Wire
Neil Young – Birds
Elvis Costello – Battered Old Bird
Liz Phair – Canary
The Police – Canary in a Coalmine
Patti Smith – Birdland
The Time – The Bird
Tom Waits – Rainbirds
Bob Dylan – Black Crow Blues

Cosmic D | 1/30/2009, 11:11 pm EST

Bird Song – Grateful Dead
Birds of a Feather – Phish
Blackbird – The Beatles
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley

thezero | 1/30/2009, 11:12 pm EST

tomahawk – bird song
prince – when doves cry
nelly furtado – like a bird
alice in chains – rooster
converge – eagles become vultures
johnny cash – bird on a wire
the time – the bird
the mars volta – cygnus… vismund cygnus (cygnus means swan)

orson | 1/31/2009, 12:04 am EST

white stripes – “little bird”

mr. wildflowers | 1/31/2009, 12:21 am EST

The Beatles-Blackbird
R.E.M.-King of Birds
Beatles-And Your Bird Can Sing

mr. wildflowers | 1/31/2009, 12:22 am EST

The Misfits–Where Eagles Dare
The Beatles-Blackbird
R.E.M.-King of Birds
Beatles-And Your Bird Can Sing

Anonymous | 1/31/2009, 12:30 am EST

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – The Beatles
Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
When Doves Cry – Prince
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley & The Wailers
Surfin’ Bird – The Trashmen

thezero | 1/31/2009, 12:46 am EST

surfin’ bird as performed by peter griffin

I hate rs | 1/31/2009, 1:24 am EST

Rock Flag and Eagle

Charlie from It’s Always Sunny

your mom | 1/31/2009, 3:12 am EST

The Bird – Shawn Colvin
Little Bird – Annie Lennox
Bird on a Wire – Leonard Cohen
King of Birds – REM
Blackbird – The Beatles
Fly Like an Eagle – Steve Miller Band
Little Sparrow – Dolly Parton
Rockin’ Robin – Jackson 5/Michael Jackson (whichever it was)
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley and the Wailers
Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd (just in case it doesn’t get picked because people forgot about it)

And finally…
Pigeons – I don’t know who sang it, but it was a response to No Scrubs by TLC

Mitchell | 1/31/2009, 6:20 am EST

Death Cab – Talking Bird

Floridamselita | 1/31/2009, 7:48 am EST

White Bird – It’s a Beautiful Day
and
Birdsong – Cleo Laine

collin | 1/31/2009, 8:28 am EST

phish — birds of a feather
grateful dead — bird song

(come on — it is literally called “bird song”)

shameful vote for Surfin’ Bird.

rockandrollguru | 1/31/2009, 9:35 am EST

Bird Song-The Dead
Blackbird-Beatles
White Bird-It’s a Beautiful Dau

Sluggo | 1/31/2009, 10:17 am EST

I’m Late to the Party, so I will try to come up with something unique, while adding to the discusiion.
1. Danger Bird- Neil Young..(from Zuma..holy mackeral!)
2. The Edge of Your Feathers- Buffalo Springfield
3. Disco Duck- Rick Dees (i will now shoot myself)
4. Woody Woodpecker Theme- (C’mon, it’s awesome!)-Walter Lanz
5. Byrds, Minah Birds, Crow, the Flock, Ducks Deluxe, Counting Crows, Black Crowes, Cameron Crowe, Flock of Seagulls, Cindy Birdsong, Eagles, Mark “the Bird” Fydrich, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Robin Gibb?
6. Great Speckled Bird- Roy Acuff.
thank you and good day!

Sluggo | 1/31/2009, 10:43 am EST

OH YEAH!

Parrot Fashion Love- Split Enz.

Red | 1/31/2009, 11:16 am EST

Counting Crows-A Murder of One

David and David | 1/31/2009, 11:22 am EST

John Waite-Fly

(Ok, no bird in the title but still a beautiful song)

Don | 1/31/2009, 12:31 pm EST

Woven Hand – Sparrow Falls
Eels – I Like Birds
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Thirty Dirty Birds
M83 – Birds
Alice In Chains – The Rooster
Butthole Surfers – Birds
Tom Waits – Rainbirds
Lemon Jelly – Nice Weather For Ducks
The Stranglers – The Raven
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Chicken Dog
The Police – Canarie In A Coalmine

And I don’t know if this qualifies but I just like the title :-)
White Zombie – El Phantasmo And The Chicken Run Blast-O-Rama (Wine, Women And Song Mix)

Misfits- Where Eagles Dare | 1/31/2009, 1:35 pm EST

Misfits- Where Eagles Dare

Anonymous | 1/31/2009, 1:47 pm EST

Albatross – Corrosion of Conformity

Ren and Stumpy | 1/31/2009, 1:47 pm EST

THE CHICKEN DANCE

m | 1/31/2009, 1:50 pm EST

The Cure – Where the Birds Always Sing
Neko Case – Maybe Sparrow

Da Truf | 1/31/2009, 3:50 pm EST

Surfin Bird!! The Trashmen!!!

matt | 1/31/2009, 5:42 pm EST

seabear – summer bird diamond. (same)

Daniel | 1/31/2009, 6:02 pm EST

Bob Marley – Three Little Birds
Beatles – Blackbird

Derp! | 1/31/2009, 6:34 pm EST

“HUMMINGBIRD” – WILCO!!!!

furgonero | 1/31/2009, 6:39 pm EST

-High Flying Bird by Jefferson Airplane.-

-Mr. Songbird by The Kinks.-

Anonymous | 1/31/2009, 10:08 pm EST

Birdhouse In Your Soul – They Might Be Giants

Birds Fly – They Might Be Giants

Bee The Bird Of the Moth – They Might Be Giants

Thunderbird – They Might Be Giants

witness | 1/31/2009, 10:41 pm EST

Norwegian Wood – Beatles
Blackbird – Beatles
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
Songbird – Fleetwood Mac
When Doves Cry – Prince

jfphile | 2/1/2009, 1:55 am EST

Blood Brothers-Peacock Skeleton with Crooked Feathers

thecatsass | 2/1/2009, 2:12 am EST

Inez and Charlie Foxx – Mockingbird
Ice Cube – Ghetto Bird
Silver Convention – Fly Robin Fly
Primus – Year of the Parrot
Spitting Image – The Chicken Song
Project Pat ft La Chat and Three 6 Mafia – Chickenhead
Sporty Theivz – No Pigeons
Scorpions – White Dove
Down – Stone the Crow
The Knife – Bird
Rory Gallagher – As the Crow Flies
Iron and Wine – Flightless Bird, American Mouth
Fatboy Slim – Sunset (Bird of Prey)
The Kills – Black Rooster
The Pixies – Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons
Jewel Akens – The Birds & The Bees
Primal Scream – Jailbird
Animal Collective – Loch Raven
ABBA – Eagle
Outkast – The Rooster
Two Gallants – Fly Low Carrion Crow
The Rolling Stones – Little Red Rooster
Howlin’ Wolf – The Red Rooster
Dolby’s Cube/Cherry Bomb – Howard the Duck (classic lol)

Can't Stop | 2/1/2009, 3:24 am EST

Ice Cube – “Ghetto Bird”
Silver Convention – “Fly Robin Fly”
Project Pat ft. La’ Chat & Three 6 Mafia – “Chickenhead”
Primal Scream – “Jailbird”
Rolling Stones – “Little Red Rooster”
Charlie & Inez Foxx – “Mockingbird”
Cherry Bomb – “Howard The Duck”

Sluggo | 2/1/2009, 9:02 am EST

Way long time ago, the singer for Paul Revere and the Raiders, Mark Lindsay, had a cool AM Radio hit with a Robert Goulet-goes-rock tune called:
SILVER BIRD.
(steelers wheel)

chooodude | 2/1/2009, 10:04 am EST

Iron Maiden – Where Eagles Dare
Allman Brothers – Kind of Bird
ZZ Top – Mexican Blackbird
Robin Trower – Day of the Eagle
Saxon – The Eagle Has Landed
Little Feat – Dixie Chicken
The Meters – Chicken Strut
Alice in Chains – Rooster
Prince – When Doves Cry
Corrosion of Conformity – Albatross

Anonymous | 2/1/2009, 10:17 am EST

Gonna rise up
Gonna kick a little ass
Gonna kick some ass in the USA
Gonna climb a mountain
Gonna sew a flag
Gonna fly on an eagle
Gonna kick some butt
Gonna drive a big truck
Gonna rule this world
Gonna kick some ass
Gonna rise up, kick a little ass
ROCK,FLAG AND EAGLE!

(make that 2 votes for Charlie)

Thickfreakness | 2/1/2009, 10:43 am EST

Oasis – Songbird

john | 2/1/2009, 12:09 pm EST

Fleet Foxes – Meadowlarks

Anonymous | 2/1/2009, 9:03 pm EST

Prince – When Doves Cry
Antony and the Johnsons – Bird Girl
Fucked Up – Royal Swan
The Beatles – Blackbird
The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Boards of canada – An Eagle on Your Mind
M.I.A. – Bird Flu
Oasis – Songbird
Shearwater – Rook

JSuzart | 2/1/2009, 9:09 pm EST

Antony and the Johnsons – Bird Girl
Prince – When Doves Cry
Beatles – Black bird
Beatles – Norwegian wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Boards of Canada – An Eagle in Your Mind
Shearwater – Rook
Oasis – Songbird

BJBabyPenn | 2/2/2009, 1:02 am EST

Hello!! How is everyone doing? I am a new member and I would like to introduce myself. My name Is BJ Penn and I am from Mdison USA.

That is all for now. I am eager to interact with everyone one this forum!

Michael | 2/2/2009, 5:38 am EST

“Albatross” by Fleetwood Mac.

Anonymous | 2/2/2009, 10:05 am EST

Some of the more popular favorites I would nominate as some of the best:

When Doves Cry – Prince
And Your Bird Can Sing – Beatles
Fly Like An Eagle – Steve Miller
Day of the Eagle – Robin Trower
Rooster – Alice in Chains
Birdhouse in Your Soul – TMBG
Surfin’ Bird – The Trashmen
Canary In A Coalmine – The Police
Like A Bird – Nelly Furtado
Rockin’ Robin – MJ or Jackson 5?

Some other good ones not named and worthy of consideration:

Edge of Seventeen – Stevie Nicks
Little Birds – Guadalcanal Diary
Golden Lark – Styx (early, beautiful, sad Styx song)
Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) – Icicle Works
Pretty Bird – Jenny Lewis
Free As A Bird – Supertramp

yo-yo ma | 2/2/2009, 11:54 am EST

nirvana – polly

IV | 2/2/2009, 12:00 pm EST

Grateful Dead – Bird Song
Bob Marely – Three Little Birds
The Beatles – Black Bird
Phish – Birds Of A Feather
Weather Report – Birdland
R.E.M. – King Of Birds
The Beatles – Norwegian Wood
Prince – Doves Cry
Wilco – Hummingbird

Leetz | 5/24/2009, 2:49 pm EST

Roadrunner – Bo Diddly
Night Owl – Wilson Picket
Birdland – Weather Report
The Littlest Birds – The Be Good Tanyas
(I’m A)Roadrunner – Jr. Walker and the All Stars
Yellowbird – Chris Isaak

Sam Dillon | 7/9/2009, 2:26 pm EST

Can’t believe no one’s said it yet, but “Black Swan” by the amazing Thom Yorke.

Chris | 7/22/2009, 9:44 am EST

Swan Swan Hummingbird – REM
Crows on a Phone Line – Let’s Active
Birds and Ships – Billy Bragg amd Wilco w/Natalie Merchant singing (beautiful!!)
Bluebird – Buffalo Springfield
The Littlest Birds – Be Good Tanyas
Anything by the Byrds, the Jayhawks, Sheryl Crow, The Black and/or Counting Crows, Robin Trower, Robyn Hitchcock, Robin Gibb, Wings, The Eagles, or (why not?) The Flying Burrito Brothers

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