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World Health Organization announced they will be renaming monkeypox to eliminate stigma. So, offending chickens is just fine?
01-01 Danny Kaye & Andrews Sisters – Decca 23940 – Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo) (1947)
— theme of the show: he’ll stay right there.
01-02 Kinks – Apeman (demo)
— another gem from the BBC.
01-03 Altered Images – I Could Be Happy (12-inch)
— the video is a whole bunch of fun.
01-04 Homer & Jethro – King 596A – Over The Rainbow
— manic mando buddies leave civilization to its own devices.
02-01 Rex Harrison – Dr Doolittle OST 04 – Talk To The Animals (1967)
— Polynesia is the name of his parrot.
02-02 Gilda Radner – Live From NY 01 – Let’s Talk Dirty To The Animals (1979)
— pretty sure that’s NOT how chickens get their pox.
02-03 Nervous Norvus – Ape Call (1956)
— haven’t changed a bit, nope.
02-04 Meatmen – Show And Tell – Green Acres (1997)
— gotta get back to the land, to set my soul free.
02-05 May Blitz – May Blitz 102 – I Don’t Know (1970)
— warning: in the country they don’t have those wah-wah pedals for your guitar, dude.
03-01 Hanna Barbera Orchestra – Meet The Flintstones
— theme song for the prime-time cartoon, wildly popular back in the day.
03-02 Jimmy Castor Bunch – Troglodyte (1972)
— spawned a slew of sequel tunes, all about the Butt Sisters.
03-03 Hotlegs – Neanderthal Man
— archaic love sounds nice, when you forget about the exchange of lice, fleas, and ticks.
03-04 Blue Swede – Hooked On A Feeling
— no connection to our theme tonight other than the backing vocals, but that’s what made this cover a far bigger hit than the original.
03-05 Dyna-Sores – Alley-Oop (1960)
— most of the tunes in this set were based on the same thing as this seminal record: the Alley Oop cartoon in daily newspapers. Theme was that he’s dumb as a box of rocks, before boxes were invented, but a heart of gold and had something a thing of the past now: honor.
04-01 Julia Lee – Kansas City Star 312 – Pagan Love Song
— always amazes me, no matter what the evening’s theme is, Julia Lee has one that fits.
04-02 Tommy Roe – Caveman (1960)
— shut up with your historical innaccuracies, this is rock and roll.
04-03 Hanna Barbera Orchestra – Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm
— spin-off of The FLintstones was not as successful, but sold far more stamped tin lunchboxes.
04-04 Giuseppi Andrews – Homo Erectus OST – I Don’t Want To Be A Caveman Anymore (2007)
— appears in the ending credits of the film, which is about the travails of Ishbo, prehistory’s first nerd, who did not pass on his genes.
04-05 Peter Gabriel – Security – The Rhythm Of The Heat
— his previous albums had all been titled “Peter Gabriel” and by this time the lable refused to do it again. When they insisted he had to come up with a title to set this album apart, Peter reasoned in disgust that a title was merely a security blanket for the music executives.
… and later in the Green Room Afterparty…
05-01 Roy Ingraham – Brunswick 4586 – Chant Of The Jungle (1930)
— mysterious places were very popular, this barely presaged King Kong.
05-02 Electric Light Orchestra – OOTB 07 – Jungle (1977)
— when the animals talk back to Gilda, they are much more polite.
05-03 Arrogant Worms – The Monkey Song
— who are we to say, maybe lice are tasty?
05-04 Tex Wyndham – There’s Just A Little Bit Of Monkey
— his wife left him for an organ-grinder.
05-05 Ren & Stimpy – You Eediot – I’m Gonna Be A Monkey
— obviously this is Stimpy’s idea, Ren just gets caught up sometimes.
05-06 Mad Caddies – Duck And Cover 06 – Monkeys (1998)
— sounds as fun as a barrel of… something.
05-07 Louis Prima – I Wanna Be Like You
— excerpted from film.
05-08 Spacelords – Spacelords 03 – Apeman (2010)
— play that chunky funky!
05-09 Hoagy Carmichael – The Monkey Song
— it was all a dream, of King Re-Bop.
06-01 The Cadets – Stranded In The Jungle
— back in the States, they have poodles on their skirts.
06-02 Surfin’ Lungs – Full Petal Jacket 10 – Ungawa (2010)
— a fine cover tune.
06-03 Abba – Sitting In The Palmtree
— after the band visited Hawai’i, the Swedes were smitten. A bunch of tropical songs followed.
06-04 Folk Implosion – Natural One
— been itchin’ to play this one, or maybe that’s the lice.
06-05 Frank Zappa – Overnite Sensation – Montana
— don’t try to live off the land without a pygmy pony.
06-06 Modry Efekt & Jazzovy Orchestr – Nova Synteza 06 – Kingdom Of Life (1971)
— Czech masters of the prog pretension.
06-07 Regina Spektor – And I’ll Scratch Yours – Blood Of Eden (2013)
— covering Peter Gabriel, with himself on backing vocals.