Prime Mates this week....
The next most voted for topic this APEril was Erika Fleury from NAPSA (North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance) and I've been lucky enough to schedule her in for an episode this week! She has suggested we focus this week's episode on songs about non human prime mates, if you have any suggestions put them in the comments (same if you have any broader questions for Erika!)
-Matt
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Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey - the Beatles!
Go Monkey, Go! By DEVO
Monkey by Skin Prisoner for sure, uses Monkey more as a metaphor though
Do metaphorical monkeys count? "Straighten Up & Fly Right" by Nat King Cole has one of those.
"Another Postcard" by Barenaked Ladies, please! Just cuz it's catchy and about chimp-themed mail :-)
Please ask Erika "What question are you surprised Matt hasn't asked you yet?"
Do theme songs from cartoons count? (Magilla) Song sung by primates? (I wanna be like you)
Apeman from The Kinks! It plays in my mind every single time I listen to Primemates
Urko’s Conquest - Cathedral - one of my all time fave bands sadly no longer together
Me and my monkey - Robbie Williams 🐒
Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven - not sure which monkey exactly though 😁
I Wanna be like You from The Jungle Book
Apparently (ape-parently?) there’s a song called The Monkey that Became President by Tom T Hall
Peaked at number 9 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks and 11 on the US Billboard Hot Country Tracks. COINCIDENCE???
Monkey Gone To Heaven - Pixies
Any songs I thought of were already on the Prime Mates Spotify playlist, except two - Gorilla by Bruno Mars and Dance Monkey by Tones & I. Looking forward to hearing an update from Erika about NAPSA 🐒
De-Evolving - Jonathan Coulton
Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel
Kong by Bonobo. It's instrumental, but the song and the artist are named after non human primates
(Theme from) The Monkees by The Monkees. My mom would (poorly) sing this to me and my siblings to wake us up. Although technically still about human primates so maybe not
That counts for sure!
In Skullcrusher Mountain by Jonathon Coulton he mentions creating a half-pony half-monkey monster.
You like ponies... you like monkeys... maybe I used too many monkeys
The Funky Gibbon from The Goodies. It’s from the tv show but there are also clips of them playing it live.
Brass Monkey- Beastie Boys Obviously