Name: I Still Know You're A Fish
Duration: 2 min 6 s
Channel: Tony Goldmark (additional music by Tim Crist)
Description: Free MP3 download. A cover of Tony Goldmark's immortal children's song "I Know You're A Fish," updated with a choral goth ska punk metal whatever kinda whatsit to make it sound like, well, Worm Quartet. The Great Luke Ski appears as the Judge.

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A cover of Tony Goldmark's immortal children's song "I Know You're A Fish," updated with a choral goth ska punk metal whatever kinda whatsit to make it sound like, well, Worm Quartet. The Great Luke Ski appears as the Judge.

comedy synth punk worm qu

Worm Quartet

Comedy synth-punk

Worm Quartet is a Rochester, NY-based band that forcibly staples punk and electronica together and throws them into a blender with hysterically twisted lyrics. They have been featured repeatedly on the Dr. Demento show, and had the most requested song of 2004 with the ex-girlfriend rant "Great Idea For A Song," collaborated with Sudden Death on the most requested song of 2005 "Inner Voice," and had the 2nd most requested song of 2002 with the anti-drummer anthem "Frank’s Not In The Band Anymore." Yowza. The sole member of Worm Quartet is a 6’4” 280-lb. bemulleted manic who insists on being called “Shoebox" and who poses by day as a mild-mannered software engineer. Worm Quartet is currently playing all over the damned place whenever possible to support the new CD "Mental Notes." More information can be found at www.wormquartet.com.

Song Info

Genre

Podcasts • Comedy

Charts

Peak #21

Peak in subgenre #7

Author

Tony Goldmark (additional music by Tim Crist)

Rights

1996 Tony Goldmark

Uploaded

February 15, 2006

Track Files

MP3

MP3 1.9 MB • 128 kbps • 2:06

Story behind the song

This is a song by Tony Goldmark which appears on his out-of-print first album, a children's record called "You Bug Me" which he recorded when he was 13.  Dave Barry had the following to say about it in the liner notes:  "Tony wrote my favorite song on the album, 'I Know You're a Fish,' which to my knowledge is the only work by any songwriter in history -- and I include Cole Porter in that statement -- to tackle the sensitive issue of flushing a fish down a toilet."

I recorded this version specifically in order to perform it live at PenguiCon (with Luke Ski assisting on backing vocals and kazoo) and thus break Tony.  It succeeded admirably, amused the living crap out of the few people in the audience, and made Tony swear at me a lot, but ultimately he realized that it was meant as a tribute sorta thing, and that it rocks the cat's butt.

If you want to hear the original version, the CD is still available from Amazon...and it has sound samples from all the songs.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000F1W4?v=glance