friday, june 01, 2007
The significance of roly-poly fish heads
This is a sculpture by Colette Hosmer, made from a mold of fresh food sold in Chinese markets (project statement). She has many other neat sculptures: minnows as water, food made of sand and dirt, creepy still-lifes, and more.
But when I saw that picture while going through an art magazine, I tore it out and saved it because it made a certain song pop in my head:
Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads!
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!
In the morning, laughing happy fish heads,
in the evening, floating in the soup!
Ask a fish head anything you want to.
They won’t answer; they can’t talk!
I took a fish head out to see a movie,
didn’t have to pay to get it in!
They can’t play baseball, they don’t wear sweaters,
they’re not good dancers, they don’t play drums!
Roly poly fish heads are never seen drinking cappucino in Italian restaurants with Oriental women…yeah!
Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads!
Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!
The guy who taught me how to fish had us sing that with him while we gutted the poor things and as a way of promoting the fishing activity to other campers. Even though I never killed animals after that, I like the song and inflict it on my friends whenever possible. This is the video and you must watch it.
For the squeamish, Cement Mixer, Putty Putty is another of my favorite silly songs.
comments (3)
I remember that song from summer camp. Will you be in town at all over the summer? I'd love to see you. I also wouldn't mind driving to Santa Barbara for a weekend if you're not going to be in town.
– Erin on 6/2/2007 22:38:09
It'd be great to see you too! I'll be in LA for a week or two, but mostly in San Francisco - we'll find each other on AIM sometime to figure out more. :)
– britta on 6/2/2007 23:45:36
The four and a half minutes I spent watching that video were the four and half weirdest minutes of my life. My favorite part is the sing-a-long words where the fish that guides you through the words is completely off.
– lizzy on 6/3/2007 19:42:06
