October 04, 2006
5 great songs with "Monkey" in the lyrics
OK, maybe it's silly, maybe it's a trifle sentimental, but we just love hearing songs that are about monkeys, or songs that mention monkeys, hell, pretty much anytime we can hear the word monkey, it makes us smile.
5. Space Monkey - Placebo
Trippy, experimental, dark . . . everything a cybermonkey loves most!4. Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel
It was even cooler when I thought he was saying "Jacques, the monkey" . . . I wanted to hang out with Jacques! And Peter must have been thinking of us when he wrote "Darling, dont you monkey with the monkey".3. Monkey Gone to Heaven - Pixies
A song about a monkey going to heaven? hell yeah. By the Pixies? Oh Hell Yeah. Obscure, elliptical, environmental (wtf? how did that get in there?) . . . what more needs to be said except "rock me, Joe!"2. Monkey Man - The Rolling Stones
From back in the day, when the Stones were cool. This song is so fucking cool it could be the CyberMonkey theme song! "Well, I hope were not too messianic, Or a trifle too satanic, We love to play the blues . . .Well, I am just a Monkey Man". 1. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey - The Beatles
Heavy guitar, really think backing track, an almost mantra-like quality to the lyrics . . . and some of the best cowbell in rock and roll history. And then I just had to mention one more (I know that makes six, but - my jungle, my rules!)
0. I Wanna Be Like You - Louis Prima
From my favorite Disney movie, The Jungle Book. It doesn't really use the word monkey, except one line that says "I'm tired of monkeying around", it's about an ape who wants to be human,, it really shouldn't be on this list. But it SWINGS! Why doesn't Disney use good music like this anymore? Did I forget one? Think you can do better? That's what "Feedback" is for . . .
Favorite Feedback
Chim Chim piped up with this:
***I'm a f*cking metal head, so I have to throw in Skid Row's "Monkey Business".
Yeah, you'll slag me till the sun rises on that one, but I thinks its an agressive
exit of a music scene that got me way too much poontang.
Fling some pooh at that Beatch!****
We don't need to fling pooh at it. That song already sounds enough like sh*t.
And if you were getting laid alot to that song, you must prefer quantity, not quality.
And if you were getting laid alot to that song, you must prefer quantity, not quality.
Charlie from NY sez:
I'm sure you purposely left off the list "hey hey we're the Monkees" and for that
you will be rewarded, but how did Brass Monkey get skipped? And I quote."Brass
monkey, that funky monkey. Brass monkey, junkie. That funky monkey." I think this
should be in your top 5. An 11 word chorus and 4 of them are monkey.Percentage wise
you will not find a higher monkey to non monkey word ratio in a chorus anywhere. I
trust that the elders of your jungle will consider these facts and act accordingly.
WOW, I knew I was going to get called out on this one, and all I can say is - good points, excellent arguments, but ultimately, Placebo was just cooler. Sure, "Brass Monkey" has a "high monkey to non monkey word ratio", but once again, quantity does not always trump quality. However, if for any reason "Space Monkey" is unable to fulfill it's duties as the number 5 song, "Brass Monkey" will most assuredly get the call. "Brass Monkey" is funky, but "Space Monkey" is trip-o-licious. MB