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Songs About Monkeys
Submitted by Tim Hanken on July 11, 2007.I recently picked up the re-issue set of the two Traveling Wilburys albums (Traveling Wilburys Volume 1 & Traveling Wilburys Volume 3 plus a DVD) which includes the track "Tweeter and the Monkey Man." Listening to this song reminded me of my dream of putting together a CD featuring songs about or relating to monkeys. At one point I had about 10 songs, but they've long since been forgotten, all I can muster up now is "Tweeter.." and "Brass Monkey." What are your favorite songs having to do with monkeys?
And BTW, the Traveling Wilburys are awesome. Each and everyone of you should go out and buy this re-issue. Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison together as one cohesive unit. I mean seriously people, buy this record.
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Erik Gonzalez said on July 11, 2007:
"Monkey vs. Robot" by James Kochalka Superstar. A classic in its field.
And they might not be monkeys as such, but They Might Be Giants has an entire sequence of songs about each Planet of the Apes films as secret tracks on Severe Tire Damage.
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jesse said on July 11, 2007:
Monkey Man by the Rolling Stones
And due to many damaged brain cells I don't know exact titles but Smokey Robinson has a song something like Mikes Monkey???
And I think maybe the Counting Crows have a monkey song too, or maybe they actually are monkeys...I can't recall. ;)
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Brickey said on July 11, 2007:
Pop Goes the Weasel - Traditional
Ok so the monkey is in the alternate verses but this is the first thing that popped (heh heh) into my head.
And look at all the verses:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Goes_the_Weasel
My favorite:
Ev'ry night, when I come home,
The monkey's on the table.
I take a stick and knock him off,
Pop! goes the weasel.
Also I highly recommend looking for a file of Bill Murray calling Vigi a Bad Monkey from ghostbusters two!
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Rick G said on July 11, 2007:
"Monkey Man" by Toots and the Maytals, covered by the Specials and coutless others.
Monkeys ahoy!
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Rick G said on July 11, 2007:
"Monkey Man" by Toots and the Maytals, covered by the Specials and coutless others.
Monkeys ahoy!
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imaginary dana said on July 12, 2007:
What about "Monkey Wrench" by the Foo Fighters? (I think that's the title.)
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David Mihail said on July 12, 2007:
Gotta have some Beatles too, right? How's about "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey"? Classic!
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imaginary dana said on July 11, 2007:
Right off the top of my head:
"This Monkey's Gone to Heaven" by Pixies
"Shock the Monkey" by Peter Gabriel
I'm sure I'll have more soon. I love monkeys! This is gonna be a great mix CD!!