Do you want my rage?
Or do you merely like to see me shake my cage?
Your papayas get thrown at me
And mine get thrown at you.
I guess love is always just:
Love is monkey see and monkey do (that’s all it is, peaches).
—Michael Franks
The Youtube clip is 9 minutes long, but most of that is jazz improv. You can get most of the song up front. For monkey commentary, see today’s Alphabird entry.
4 comments:
I have this CD. One of my fav's for romantic nights. Now it's off to listen to the jazz improv.
You have the most amazing breadth of musical knowledge. I'd probably end up with obscure stuff like Die Cannonensong from the original German cast recording of Threepenny Opera or pieces of Early Music featuring crumhorns and sacbuts, and no one would ever hear snippets because they're never on YouTube.
I have to write about my Michael Franks experiences.
I've never seen him in person or even in a video - so thanks for this.
And I understand about the romantic nights. He's something else.
CW: Oooo. More Michael Franks stories, please.
SY: Being married to a crumhorn-and-sacbut lover (and being partial to them myself), I would be fascinated hearing all about it. And you may have to dig a little deeper, but there's plenty of that kind of music to be found online. Tim is forever watching clips on websites of groups he likes.
LO: I felt a little lazy doing a third song from that album, but I only had time to write the other monkey post, so that was my excuse.
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