Gorilla my dreams, I adore you, ape days a week.💖It's monkey sing, monkey do in a vine-swingin' jungle of staves'n'notes from a dizzying zoo of rock'n'pop genres.
Thanks for getting me to relisten to Wot Gorilla after 40(?) years--it was part of my college soundtrack--along with Weather Report of course. I knew the Dickies but never would have guessed that they did the Banana Splits theme song. My little brother was totally into the show and used to walk around the house singing the chorus. Never heard of the Headstones but that's a great cover--it's also a testament to great songwriting!
Nice, Brad - I really appreciate the Headstones and Jethro Tull inclusion - two of my favorite and IMHO, underrated bands - lots of great stuff from each - especially lyrically!
Also, so many great Simian songs to choose from. You could do a 50 song playlist. Off the top of my head? "Monkey Gone To Heaven" by Pixies. "Monkey Man" by the Stones, or Toots and the Maytals (and covered by The Specials and Amy Winehouse! -- possible a good song to compare and contrast here?). So many good ones on this theme.
Never understood the Ramones/Dickies comparison. The Dickies were more like The Buzzcocks with a goofy sci-fi, perpetual teenager bent. And even that's a wildly incomplete description. And they were from where I grew up so I got to see them play live all the time. One of my favorite live bands.
Thanks for getting me to relisten to Wot Gorilla after 40(?) years--it was part of my college soundtrack--along with Weather Report of course. I knew the Dickies but never would have guessed that they did the Banana Splits theme song. My little brother was totally into the show and used to walk around the house singing the chorus. Never heard of the Headstones but that's a great cover--it's also a testament to great songwriting!
No mention of Gorilla Biscuits? Not power pop, but still...
Nice, Brad - I really appreciate the Headstones and Jethro Tull inclusion - two of my favorite and IMHO, underrated bands - lots of great stuff from each - especially lyrically!
Also, so many great Simian songs to choose from. You could do a 50 song playlist. Off the top of my head? "Monkey Gone To Heaven" by Pixies. "Monkey Man" by the Stones, or Toots and the Maytals (and covered by The Specials and Amy Winehouse! -- possible a good song to compare and contrast here?). So many good ones on this theme.
Never understood the Ramones/Dickies comparison. The Dickies were more like The Buzzcocks with a goofy sci-fi, perpetual teenager bent. And even that's a wildly incomplete description. And they were from where I grew up so I got to see them play live all the time. One of my favorite live bands.
Another good one, Brad.
I laughed out loud at, "The flute is a heavy, metal instrument."
Here's my favorite simian song...
https://youtu.be/qs6iMer68co