Songs about drowning/sinking

unwashed potato! · 4 Aug 2018 at 18:43

i'm trying to make a playlist of songs about drowning or sinking or being on a boat that's going to capsize. so far i've just got rock the boat by hues corporation.

hoping you guys can help me out with some good suggestions.

Destination · 4 Aug 2018 at 19:05

My heart will go on - Celine Dion

TriedandTested · 4 Aug 2018 at 19:06

I'm stretching, but...

ianh · 4 Aug 2018 at 20:12

In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins - about watching a man drown.

Yaayuh! · 4 Aug 2018 at 21:55

Smashing Pumpkins - Drown

(Bloody great song)

Nitefly · 4 Aug 2018 at 22:03

Slightly left field but, Police - Message in a Bottle.

ThePainBarrier · 4 Aug 2018 at 22:34

Yellow submarine... technically it sinks...

unwashed potato! · 4 Aug 2018 at 22:50

thanks all for the suggestions.

have also found sinking ship by bee gees which couldn't be more bang on to what i'm looking for

Thekwango · 4 Aug 2018 at 22:55

quite a bit different to the other suggestions but Donegal Danny by the Dubliners is pretty damn close to what you want

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKU9oXbmJSk

edit: also, why?!

x-st · 4 Aug 2018 at 22:57

Thekwango · 4 Aug 2018 at 23:00

x-st said:

what band!! forgot about this one.....loved Therapy? in my youth.

x-st · 4 Aug 2018 at 23:06

Thekwango said:
what band!! forgot about this one.....loved Therapy? in my youth.

They've actually got a new album coming out soon!

jsmoke · 4 Aug 2018 at 23:08

Ding, dong, bell,Pussy’s in the well. Who put her in?
Little Johnny Thin. Who pulled her out?Little Tommy Stout. What a naughty boy was that, To try to drown poor pussy cat,Who never did him any harm, But chased up all the mice in the farmer's barn.

explicit4u · 4 Aug 2018 at 23:15

Anything by Florence and the Machine to be honest

'What the Water Gave Me' being a noticeable one

Thekwango · 4 Aug 2018 at 23:46

x-st said:
They've actually got a new album coming out soon!

get the **** away!? always assumed they were long since broke up….must check it out....not listened to them in easily 20 years......Christ I feel old now.

Malevolence · 5 Aug 2018 at 00:17

ianh said:
In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins - about watching a man drown.

That's just an urban legend though.

iamdjdz · 5 Aug 2018 at 20:37

GeezerButler · 5 Aug 2018 at 22:04

The Irish Rover by The Pogues and the Dubliners

Probably not literal enough but the whole of the second side of Hounds of Love by Kate Bush is about trying not to drown.

IggyStooge · 5 Aug 2018 at 23:35

The Ellan Vannin Tragedy by Richard Hawley with the Smoke Fairies originally by The Spinners.

fez · 6 Aug 2018 at 10:05

Floating in the Forth - Frightened Rabbit

Poor chap committed suicide recently as well.