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Billy Gould of Faith No MoreBilly Gould of Faith No More
Faith No More's bassist, Billy Gould, chats to us about his two new experimental projects, The Talking Book and House of Hayduk, and also shares some stories from the FNM days.
Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & PalmerGreg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Greg talks about writing songs of "universal truth" for King Crimson and ELP, and tells us about his most memorable stage moment (it involves fireworks).
Chris KnightChris Knight
This Kentucky singer/songwriter's hits include "She Couldn't Change Me" (recorded by Montgomery Gentry) and "It Ain't Easy Being Me."
Mike Scott of The Waterboys - "Fisherman's Blues"Mike Scott of The Waterboys - "Fisherman's Blues"
Armed with a childhood spent devouring books, Mike Scott's heart was stolen by the punk rock scene of 1977. Not surprisingly, he would go on to become the most literate of rockers.
Songs with Animals in the Title
(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window? - Lita Roza
A Girl And His Cat - Biffy Clyro
A Horse With No Name - America
A Wolf At The Door - Radiohead
Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
Alley Cat - Bent Fabric
Alley Cats - Hot Chip
Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter - R.E.M.
Alligator Pie - Dave Matthews Band
Alligator Sky - Owl City
American Horse - The Cult
And the Snakes Start to Sing - Bring Me the Horizon
Ants Invasion - Adam & The Ants
Atomic Dog - George Clinton
Barracuda - Heart
Becoming the Bull - Atreyu
Beer For My Horses - Toby Keith and Willie Nelson
Big Black Dog - Emmylou Harris
Big Dog - Guillemots
Bird On The Wire - Leonard Cohen
Black Baldy Stallion - Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Black Cow - Steely Dan
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Black Dog Barking - Airbourne
Black Horse and The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Black Sheep - Metric
Black Sheep - Gin Wigmore
Black Sheep Of The Family - Rainbow
Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Black Swan - Andrew Stockdale
Black Widow - Booty Luv
Blackbird - The Beatles
Blue Penguin - The Ruby Suns
Boiled Frogs - Alexisonfire
Boris The Spider - The Who
Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys
Brown Chicken Brown Cow - Trace Adkins
Buffalo Creek - American Minor
Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley
Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
Bull Black Nova - Wilco
Bulls in the Bronx - Pierce the Veil
Bulls On Parade - Rage Against the Machine
Butterfly - Weezer
Butterfly, How Long It Takes To Die - The Flaming Lips
By-Tor And The Snow Dog - Rush
Call Me A Dog - Temple of the Dog
Cash Cow - We Are Scientists
Cat And Mouse - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Cat Like Thief - Boxcar Racer
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) - David Bowie
Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
Cat Size - Suzi Quatro
Cat Turned Blue - Rusted Root
Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
Cats And Dogs - Camille
Celia of the Seals - Donovan
Chicken Farm - Dead Kennedys
Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
Chickens In The Pen - Kid Rock
Circle VII: Sins of the Lion - Alesana
Come Little Rabbit - Akmal Shaikh
Comeback Kid (That's My Dog) - Brett Dennen
Cool For Cats - Squeeze
Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums - A Perfect Circle
Coyote - Joni Mitchell
Crab - Weezer
Crazy Horses - The Osmonds
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Dance Of The Manatee - Fair to Midland
Dark Horses - Switchfoot
Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III
Deer Dance - System of a Down
Deer in the Headlights - Owl City
Dig a Pony - The Beatles
Digital Lion - James Blake
Dinosaurs Will Die - NOFX
Disco Duck - Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes - Fall Out Boy
Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
Dog - Circle Jerks
Dog Days Are Over - Florence + the Machine
Dog Eat Dog - Adam & The Ants
Dog Years - Rush
Dogs - Pink Floyd
Dogs In The Kitchen - Elton John
Dogs Of War - Pink Floyd
Dogs Of War - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Dominick The Donkey - Lou Monte
Don't Wake The Lion / Too Old To Die Young - Magnum
Dragonfly - Clutch
Elephant - Alexandra Burke
Elephant - Tame Impala
Elephant Ears - Jimmy Wayne
Elephant Song - Enemy
Elephants - Rachael Yamagata
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey - The Beatles
Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
Eyes Of The Squirrel - Primus
Fast as a Shark - Accept
Faster Kill Pussycat - Paul Oakenfold
FeelingPulledApartbyHorses - Thom Yorke
Filth Pig - Ministry
Flight Of The Rat - Deep Purple
Free As A Bird - The Beatles
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Genocide (The Killing Of The Buffalo) - Thin Lizzy
Get On The Snake - Soundgarden
Gorilla - Bruno Mars
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer - Elmo & Patsy
Grey Seal - Elton John
Greyhound - Swedish House Mafia
Guns and Horses - Ellie Goulding
Hair Of The Dog - Nazareth
Half Broke Horses - Jaida Dreyer
Hats Off to the Bull - Chevelle
Heart of a Lion - Kid Cudi
Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
Hey Bulldog - The Beatles
Hey Little Cobra - The Rip Chords
High Horse - The Jim Jones Revue
Honky Cat - Elton John
Horse - Leonard Mynx
Horse and I - Bat for Lashes
Horse Latitudes - The Doors
Horse To Water - R.E.M.
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
How Come There's No Dog Day? - Tommy Cooper
Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
Hunting Bears - Radiohead
I Am The Walrus - The Beatles
I Cut Like a Buffalo - The Dead Weather
I Love My Dog - Cat Stevens
I Wanna Be A Bear - Descendents
I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
In The Company Of Wolves - Incubus
Iron Lion Zion - Bob Marley
King of the Dogs - Iggy Pop
Kiss That Frog - Peter Gabriel
Lab Monkey - Alice in Chains
Last Horse - Randy Montana
Le Pingouin - Carla Bruni
Like My Dog - Billy Currington
Lion - Peter Tosh
Lion - Hollywood Undead
Lion in a Coma - Animal Collective
Lion's Roar - Asher Roth
Lion's Share - Wild Beasts
Lions - Dire Straits
Lions, Tigers & Bears - Jazmine Sullivan
Little Lamb Dragonfly - Paul McCartney & Wings
Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
Little Red Rooster - The Rolling Stones
Mad as Rabbits - Panic at the Disco
Mad Dog - Black Lips
Mad Dogs And Englishmen - Noël Coward
March of the Dogs - Sum 41
Mary Had A Little Lamb - Sarah Hale
Me and My Monkey - Robbie Williams
Mike The Headless Chicken - Timothy P. & The Rural Route Three
Mike The Headless Chicken - Arctic Fire
Milk & Black Spiders - Foals
Mister, Would You Please Help My Pony? - Ween
Monkey - Counting Crows
Monkey - Robert Plant
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
Monkey Man - The Rolling Stones
Monkey Riches - Animal Collective
Monkey To The Moon - The Coral
Moose 'n' Me - Kenny Loggins
Mosquito - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Mr. Slater's Parrot - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
Mule Train - Frankie Laine
My Pet Snake - Jenny and Johnny
Nashville Cats - The Lovin' Spoonful
Nellie The Elephant - Mandy Miller
Neon Tiger - The Killers
New Pony - The Dead Weather
Octopus Has No Friends - Mastodon
Octopus's Garden - The Beatles
Of Wolf And Man - Metallica
Oi Shot A Rabbit Up A Tree - The Singing Postman
Only the Horses - Scissor Sisters
Paddy McGinty's Goat - Val Doonican
Pale Horse - Smashing Pumpkins
Pale Horses - Moby
Peace Frog - The Doors
Pig - Dave Matthews Band
Pig Will Not - PJ Harvey and John Parish
Piggies - The Beatles
Pigs - Tyler, the Creator
Pigs (3 Different Ones) - Pink Floyd
Pigs On The Wing - Pink Floyd
Pink Rabbits - The National
Playing Possum - Maxwell
Police Dog Blues - Hugh Laurie
Pony (It's OK) - Erin McCarley
Pony Boy - The Allman Brothers Band
Poor Cow - Donovan
Poor Cow - Tanita Tikaram
Porcelain Monkey - Warren Zevon
Possum Kingdom - Toadies
Postman Pat And His Black And White Cat - Postman Pat
Prairie Dog Town - Bruce Hornsby
Proudest Monkey - Dave Matthews Band
Puppy Love - Paul Anka
Puppy Toy - Tricky
Rabbit - Chas & Dave
Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) - Florence + the Machine
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
Ram On - Paul McCartney
Rat Farm - Meat Puppets
Rock Lobster - The B-52's
Rockin' Robin - Michael Jackson
Rocky Raccoon - The Beatles
Rooster - Alice in Chains
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
Run with the Wolves - The Prodigy
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
Saddle Up the Palomino - Neil Young
Save a Horse, (Ride a Cowboy) - Big & Rich
Scat Cat - Toby Keith
Sea Whales - Meat Puppets
Seagull - Bad Company
See You Later Alligator - Bill Haley
Shake Me Like a Monkey - Dave Matthews Band
She Wolf - Shakira
She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) - David Guetta
Sheep - Pink Floyd
Sheep Go To Heaven - Cake
Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel
Shoot The Dog - George Michael
Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear - Randy Newman
Skin This Cat - Scissor Sisters
Slow Cheetah - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sly Fox - Nas
Snake Road - Ron Sexsmith
Snakecharmer - Rage Against the Machine
Snakes and Snakes - Bell X1
Snakes of Christ - Danzig
Southbound Pachyderm - Primus
Spiders And Snakes - Jim Stafford
Star Tiger, Star Ariel - Delays
Stray Cat Blues - The Rolling Stones
Superfast Jellyfish - Gorillaz
Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen
Swan Dive - Ani DiFranco
Terrapin Station - Grateful Dead
The Bear With The Maiden Fair - The Hold Steady
The Bird and the Worm - Owl City
The Cat In The Window (The Bird In The Sky) - Petula Clark
The Chipmunk Song - The Chipmunks
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here - Alice in Chains
The Dingle Puck Goat - Johnny Patterson
The Dolphin's Cry - Live
The Elephant Riders - Clutch
The Fish - Yes
The Fox - Elton John
The Frog Prince - Keane
The Gnu - Flanders & Swann
The Hippopotamus - Flanders & Swann
The Horse Nobody Could Ride - Joey + Rory
The House Of Wolves - Bring Me the Horizon
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis
The Leopard and the Lung - The Joy Formidable
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens
The Lion's Roar - First Aid Kit
The Little Mouse - Malvina Reynolds
The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro) - Herb Alpert
The Lovecats - The Cure
The Main Monkey Business - Rush
The Man Who Stole A Leopard - Duran Duran
The Missouri Hound Dog - James Bland
The Rat - The Walkmen
The Robot Cat - Logan Whitehurst
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite - R.E.M.
The Snake - Al Wilson
The Spider And The Fly - The Rolling Stones
The Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran
The Walrus and the Carpenter - Donovan
The Wolf Is Getting Married - Sinéad O'Connor
The Wolves - Ben Howard
They Shoot Horses Don't They? - Racing Cars
Three Lions - The Lightning Seeds
Three Little Pigs - Green Jelly
Three Mules - Al Stewart
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris
Tiger Rag - The Mills Brothers
Tommy The Cat - Primus
Tonight I'm Playin' Possum - Randy Travis
Too Many Puppies - Primus
Too Much Monkey Business - Chuck Berry
True Men Don't Kill Coyotes - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Turkey In The Straw - Traditional
Up With The Cock! - Judge Dread
Very Ape - Nirvana
Walkin' My Cat Named Dog - Norma Tanega
Walking The Dog - Rufus Thomas
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
We Are the Pigs - Suede
We Want Muffin! (Muffin The Mule) - Annette Mills
What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones
When Doves Cry - Prince
When I See An Elephant Fly - Cliff Edwards
White Horse - Taylor Swift
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
White Rabbit - Egypt Central
Who Let The Dogs Out - Baha Men
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - U2
Whoa Mule - The Black Crowes
Why Do Girls Love Horses? - Adam Ant
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wild Horses - The Flying Burrito Brothers
Will the Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos
Wolf - First Aid Kit
Wolf's Law - The Joy Formidable
Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart
Yertle The Turtle - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Young Lion - Vampire Weekend
Your Fine Petting Duck - Devendra Banhart