9 posts tagged “animal instinct”

And, I took a little time to get organized and discovered that I have... MORE MULES!

First, let's let Charles Hodgson 'splain exactly what "mule" means.

To atone for posting Whiteboy Slim  yesterday I tracked down Taj Mahal's version of "She Took The Caty ANd Left Me A Mule To RIde."

Next, I have Stringbean.  Chances are you don't know who Stringbean is.  David Akeman, known as Stringbean, was a musical comedian and a staple of the old Grand Ole Opry.  He started his career as a banjo player for Bill Monroe and later worked with Uncle Dave Macon.  He is known to my generation primarily as the guy on Hee Haw who was always reading the letters from home.  Here he performs "I'm The Man Who Rode The Mule Around the World."

And bringing up the rear we have a few more:

1. Some art rock from Malicorne, "Le Mule." (which makes me think of Pepe Le Pew)
2. A funky folk protest song from Oscar Brown, Jr., "Forty Acres And A Mule."
3. Shimon's "Drug Mule" which I realize is not about a 4-legged mule, but maybe WBM will let me slide on this one...
4. Grand Belial's Key's "On A Mule Rides A Swindler" about which I frankly don't know what to think.
5. Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan historic recording of "The Mule Song."
6. And a live version of Phish doing "The Scent of a Mule."

That's the last of the mules!

Here's a great Warren Zevon song that WBMook poached during The Great Vox  Monkey-off Of 2007.

I have three more songs 'bout donkeys:
Mochipet's "Disko Donkey,"
Buckner & Garcia's "Do the Donkey Kong," and BOAT's "I'm A Donkey For Your Love."
As everyone who's ever read the Stockman's Handbook knows, when you cross a jack (male) donkey with a female horse you get... anybody???
A MULE
(Extra credit points to anyone who knows what you get when you cross a jennet (female) donkey with a stallion.)

Let's start the mule portion of our post by listening to Tennessee Ernie Ford totally annihilate  Bing Crosby in a "Mule Train" showdown.

Pack mules, army mules, we got 'em:
Whitewater Ramble's "Pack Mule Blues," Deep Purple's "The Mule," Coley Jones' "Army Mule In No Man's Land." some guy named "Whiteboy Slim" covering the classic "She Took The Caty and Left Me A Mule," and The Magic Numbers' "The Mule."

Don't tell the animals, but somehow a muleskinner sneaked in:   Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys's "Mule-skinner Blues."
And, I'm pulling this one out of my Vox vaults, the amazing Louis Jordan's "Don't Worry 'Bout The Mule."
There is one mule that I have sought, but Bill Broonzy's "Mule Ridin' Blues" has eluded he thus far.  Anybody?  Anybody???

The Mook got these two Warren Zevon songs, and I did concede those, but he totally missed "Gorilla" and "Porcelain Monkey."  Tsk, tsk!

 

There's actually ANOTHER Zevon monkey song, "Leave My Monkey Alone" from Sentimental Hygiene.  If anybody out there has it, post it baby!



Next we have some old skool monkey music:  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "Mickey's Monkey," and-- since the mere mention of a monkey is all we require now-- Nat King Cole's "Straighten Up And Fly Right."
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2 Barenaked Ladies:  "If I had $1,000,000" and "Another Postcard"
and 2 Dave Matthews:  "What Would You Say?" and "Proudest Monkey" Besides the "Proudest Monkey" there is also XTC's "The Smartest Monkeys"


OK, two-- count them-- 2 Gorilla Pimpin'ses (???)
Killer Mike AND CL Smooth


This infernal battle for the planet of the monkeys has caused me to do something that I never thought I'd do:
Post a James Taylor Song
Well, also, post a Genesis song.



These 3 ROCK! 
The Dickies' "You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)"
Gorilla Biscuits' "Gorilla Biscuits"
Dead Milkmen's "Gorilla GIrl"

And, last, we have The Mopes' "You Look Like A Gorilla"
and Surfin' Gorillas "Go, Go Gorilla."
And one last Kochalka Monkey that somehow eluded capture in any previous posts:
 

In 1966 Uncle Walt Disney died during the production of Jungle Book.   This musical is loosely based on Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book.

When it came out in 1967, Mowgli became the first non-caucasian "star" of a Disney animated film.

"I Wanna Be Like You" is written by brothers Robert and Richard Sherman. King Louis the orangutan was voiced by Louis Prima. 




"Bare Necessities" was written by Terry Gilkyson and performed by Phil Harris (as Baloo) in the film.  It's the only song by Gilkyson that remains in the film after he was fired and the Shermans were brought in to replace him.  The version here is performed by Louis Armstrong.

I found a few monkeys still hanging around this morning.  I am exhausted from monkey-wrangling and I want to get these last monkeys outta my hair.

I have another number from Elvis Costello's monkey phase.
 


Somehow, I let a monkey cover slip in yesterday (The Specials covering Toots & The Maytals' "Monkey Man"), so what the hell, here's Elvis doing another version of "Monkey to Man" and here are a couple of covers of "Shock the Monkey."


Speaking of loose monkeys, does anyone out there have a copy of "Green Monkeys" from Graham Parker's 1990 release Human Soul?  I am ashamed that this is a piece of Parkerana that I do not have.  And because such a person would be like a GOD to me.  ( hint, hint )

Beware!  The Monkey Hoardes are upon us!

Pop Goes the Weasel... twice.
Phillip Glass and
Noelle & John 

The Specials:  Monkey Man
The Traveling Wilburys: Tweeter and the Monkey Man
The Rolling Stones:  Monkey Man
Rufus Thomas:  Can Your Monkey Do The Dog?



Bush: Monkey
Johnny Paycheck:  Don't Monkey With Another Man's Monkey
T. Graham Brown:  Monkey
Poets & Pornstars:  Monkey


Ellis:  Monkey
Cecelia Noel and the Wild Clams:  Monkey
The Helper Monkeys:  Monkey
Lord Messam & His Calypsonians: Monkey


Toots & the Maytals:  Monkey Man
Tom Hynes:  Monkey Love
The Dandy Warhols:  Welcome to the Monkey House
 

The Eurythmics:  Monkey Monkey
The Screws:  Monkey Doin' Woman
Toots & The Maytals:  Monkey Girl
King Monkey:  King Monkey Rap

Swamp Boogie:  Monkey
Boss Hog:  Monkey

Dr. John:  Monkey
Soulacious:  Monkey
Vickie von Eps:  Monkey

Thirteen Monkeys is all I can muster tonight.

Well, actually it's eleven monkeys and some apes.

1. Gareth Could Catch a Monkey
2. Dance Like a Monkey
3. Fable Of The Brown Ape 2
4. (You Must Fight To Live) On The Planet Of The Apes
5. Moonbeam Monkey
6. Let's Howl Like Night-Monkeys!
7. What Monkeys Wear
8. My Monkey Made A Man Out Of Me
9. Guarded By Monkeys
10. Monkey To Man
11. Shock The Monkey
12. Monkey Gone To Heaven
13. Donovan's Monkey

Maybe more monkeys on the morrow...

Well, I loves me some animals and I loves me some mp3eme.  Eventually I will go nuts and post a whole litter (or herd or pack) of songs, but right now I'm sitting at my desk (WAY to hot to go out for lunch!) and wishing my dogs were here with me.  Here's a little something to prime the meme pump...



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