gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) (04/11/84)
Is there any significance to the phrase "the monkey" in reggae music? I
have found it in 2 songs, does it appear in others?
Shock the monkey -- Peter Gabriel
Red Red Wine -- UB40
--
Be ye moby,
for I am moby.
Greg-bo, Prince of Eternia
{decvax!genrad, eagle!mit-vax, ihnp4}!mit-eddie!gdsan@hou2h.UUCP (A.NGUYEN) (04/12/84)
-- Don't ferget "Monkey Man" from the Specials. Au
kissell@flairvax.UUCP (Kevin Kissell) (04/12/84)
"Shock the monkey", according to Peter Gabriel, is a euphemism for
torture by electroshock in the Baltic Soviet states. I thought it
was fairly clear from the lyrics, anyway.
Kevin D. Kissell
Fairchild Research Center
Advanced Processor Development
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{ucbvax sdcrdcf}!hplabs!/jeffm@hammer.UUCP (Jeff McMeekin) (04/14/84)
> Is there any significance to the phrase "the monkey" in reggae music? I > have found it in 2 songs, does it appear in others? > > Shock the monkey -- Peter Gabriel > > Red Red Wine -- UB40 > My opinion is there is no significance, at least not in reggae. I'd argue that "Shock the monkey" is no reggae tune, and "Red, Red, Wine" while being covered by a few reggae artists was penned by Neil Diamond, an artist who has no reggae leanings.
rehmi@umcp-cs.UUCP (04/17/84)
i've heard peter gabriel called many things, but reggae is definitely not one of them... -- Uucp: ..!seismo!umcp-cs!rehmi By the fork, spoon, and exec CsNet: rehmi.umcp-cs@csnet-relay of Khron, Kernel ContreMain, ArpaNet: rehmi@maryland Earl of Tetravale & Tumbolia.