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The Dead Milkmen- 'Big Lizard In My Backyard'

Squeeze- 'Cool For Cats'

Pixies- 'Caribou'

Duran Duran- 'Hungry Like the Wolf'

Kate Bush- 'Hounds of Love'

Cheatahs- 'The Swan'

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Apr 11Liked by Matty C

The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gsWt7ey6bo

Teenage Bottlerocket - I Wanna Be A Dog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ikYRf3KYHw

MC5 - Call Me Animal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bv7D7_xBNY

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Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver

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They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul

https://youtu.be/vn_or9gEB6g

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Heart, “Barracuda” (top of mind)

Peter Gabriel, “Shock the Monkey”

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Apr 11Liked by Matty C

'Wondering Where the Lions Are'

by Bruce Cockburn

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Year of Cat- Al Stewart

Eye of The Tiger - Survivor (love Leslie Nuss’s version)

Roar - Katy Perry

Blackbird - The Beatles and Beyoncé’s version

When Doves Cry- Prince

Horse With No Name - America

Dog Days Are Over - F+TM

White Rabbit- Jefferson Airplane

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My immediate first thought was "In the Days of the Caveman" by Crash Test Dummies.

I also love "Shark Attack" by Grouplove.

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Apr 11·edited Apr 11Liked by Matty C

Mine is "Blackbird" 🐦‍⬛ Can't decide which one I love more: the one by The Beatles or the one by Tash Sultana*... but for sure they're both a-m-a-z-i-n-g 🔥

*edit: this one is not a cover but entirely different song

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'At the Zoo' / Simon & Garfunkel

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Barracuda - Heart

Ants Marching - Dave Matthews Band

Funny Little Frog - Belle & Sebastian

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Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out

😜

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Apr 11Liked by Matty C

Rabbit Hole by Jamie T is a fantastic song. Also Dead Horse by Yard Act.

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The Hollies - Butterfly

Had a lot of fun trying to rack my brain for some!

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Going to go against the conventional wisdom and say how much I love Dylan's Man Gave Names To All The Animals from Slow Train Coming. Pros: It's funny, he wrote it for his kids, it has a noble attempt at a slinky reggae rhythm. Cons: He didn't finish the last line! Can you help? "He saw an animal as smooth as glass/Slithering his way through the grass/Saw him disappear by a tree near a lake . . ." C'mon man, that's it?? Whaddya gonna call it? Just kidding, but it is a GREAT song.

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Stray Cat Strut

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