From the Beach Boys to Mos Def, Songs that Celebrate the Oceans

Music has had a growing presence here at Planet Green because of its potential to generate mass public awareness

To celebrate our oceans

(It's also Shark Week, and another reason to celebrate the underwater world

The Great White Shark Song

Filmmaker, songwriter & shark junkie Andy Brandy Casagrande IV sings about what a shark might do if it found you in the ocean

Pearl Jam

As part of a campaign for the oceans, Pearl Jam has been donating proceeds from iTunes sales of "Amongst the Waves" to Conservation International's Ocean Campaign. (The band is also raising awareness on its own: check out pearljam.com/oceans/.)

Pearl Jam Oceans from Pearl Jam on Vimeo.

The Beach Boys: Don't Go Near The Water

The Beach Boys sing about the "ecological aftermath," as they warn: "Oceans, rivers, lakes and streams/Have all been touched by man./The poison floatin' out to sea./Now threatens life on land."

Mercy, Mercy Me

Lyrics from Marvin Gaye's 1971 hit "Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)" say it all: "things ain't what they used to be, no no/Where did all the blue skies go?/Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east...Oils wasted on the ocean and upon our seas, fish full of mercury/Ah, oh mercy, mercy me."

Singing Out Against BP

A whole bunch of talented musicians, some of whom you know (Mos Def and Pearl Jam) and some you don't, have been singing the blues about the BP spill. Catch Mos Def here