As I've mentioned previously, I'm not big on themed mixtapes. And yet I just couldn't resistputting together a compilation of songs about monkeys even if some of them really aren't about monkeys. Nor do I think I have to explain this predilection as all humans (save the villains in Planet of the Apes movies) seem to love apes, gorillas, chimps, etc. Plus, the theme of monkeys does seem to inspire a lot of songwriters.
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| One Monkey Don't Stop No Show | Honey Cone |
| Can Your Monkey Do The Dog | Rufus Thomas |
| Monkey To Man | Elvis Costello |
| Monkey Man | Amy Winehouse |
| Monkey See, Monkey Do | The New Swing Sextet |
| Monkey Murders | The English Beat |
| Ape Woman | Jimmy Smith |
| What Makes the Monkey Dance | Chuck Prophet |
| Monkeys | Echo & The Bunnymen |
| Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head | Gorillaz |
| Monkey See, Monkey Do | Cliff Crofford |
| New Monkey | Elliott Smith |
| Space Monkey | John Prine |
| Monkey & Cork | The Sadies |
| Shock The Monkey | Peter Gabriel |
| Monkey Rag | Asylum Street Spankers |
| You're Bound To Look Like A Monkey | Hank Penny |
| Mickey's Monkey | Smokey Robinson & the Miracles |
| Green Monkeys | Graham Parker |
| Monkey Time Shine | L. Hollis & the Mackadoos |
| Apeman | The Kinks |
| Don't Monkey With Another Monkey's Monkey | Johnny Paycheck |
6 comments:
File 16 of Monkey Shines is corrupt and stops the un-archiving.
@anonymous,
I've remade the comp. Please let me know if the new one still has problems.
Excellent stuff! A set list that made me laugh out loud on a cold wet grey morning. Might just tag on the America and Pixies "monkey" tracks which immediately popped into what passes for my brain. Cheers!
@dogbreath,
Glad you liked it. I know it's a bit of heresy, but I was never that big a Pixies fan which is why I don't have Doolittle in my collection. But Monkey Gone to Heaven realllllly should have been in this comp. Damn!
I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song), by Los Lobos. Just a suggestion for volume 2. ;-)
I Wanna Be Like You is probably the best monkey themed song ever, but you already put it on the Los Lobos comp (see http://rightsideofagoodthing.blogspot.com/2009/04/guest-blog-compilation-guest-blog.html) you made for this blog. I was, however, still sorely tempted to also put it on this comp.
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