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Bonobo — Change Down
Album: Dial M For Monkey
Avg rating:
7

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Total ratings: 2269









Released: 2003
Length: 4:31
Plays (last 30 days): 4
(Instrumental)
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 xavfitz wrote:

this song dont go anywhere



Surely you mean "this song don't go nowhere?"
 suebee3 wrote:

A little redundant.
A little redundant.




Better report that to the office of redundancy office!
Love this! Every song today has been an amazing new discovery for me. Thanks, RP!
The RP is hitting right this afternoon.

I found stuff like this absolutely entrancing in the y2k era. It sounded like the thoughtful worldly place I was longing for. Something like a gritty street in a beautiful city, peaceful in the middle of the night. I don't know quite how to articulate what I mean, but I miss that feeling.
 dew34 wrote:

I've come back to say I like this.


Twice today for me
-once on Main Mix live 
2nd was listening to my favorites 
Typically, I'm a fan of Simon's stuff, but this particular track just seems to meander around without much purpose...
 jerund wrote:

Bonobos aren't monkeys.  



Turtles aren't whales!  We could do this forever!
I've just watched the concert in the Alexandra Palace in London this morning, which blew me completely away :)
Originally, I gave this a 7 but just bumped it up to 8. What can I say? It grows on you.
 jerund wrote:
Bonobos aren't monkeys.  
 
Thank you for letting us know.
Bonobos aren't monkeys.  
 xavfitz wrote:
this song dont go anywhere
 
Neither do YOU!

Posted 9 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly:

fredriley wrote:

Sounds good to me. Better f*cking than fighting any day. And we'd all get a lot more sex which would help society chill out.

On a tangent to this, the Brit SF writer Brian Aldiss wrote, back in the 1961, a novella called The Primal Urge,
about Brit society where everyone had to wear 'emotional registers' on
their foreheads, metal discs which would glow increasing shades of pink
and red when the person was sexually aroused. A fascinating, funny and
wickedly satirical thought experiment, and worth a read IMO.
Wow. I remember reading Brian Aldiss back in the day.

. . . maybe that is why I wear an illuminated red throbbing codpiece to show my level of arousal for Mrs Poacher.

(Oh, and Bonobo. . . a constant on playlists on our house - magnificent stuff!)
 
Sadly, we bid farewell to Squiddly and fredriley, who succumbed to bonobo poisoning recently. They will be missed. Please be careful what you eat.
There's a note in this song that sounds just like my Slack notification and it is driving me batty :)  

Otherwise, pretty decent tune!
 brianbf1986 wrote:
Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Good for background or if you sleep with music playing.
 
Dude, RP is good for sleeping and not sleeping. Let me tell you the number of times RP's been on during, well, "sleeping", with my girlfriend, lol. 37 (and counting; but we don't always have it on :).
 xavfitz wrote:
this song dont go anywhere

It can't, since it's not even sung.

So if you don't enjoy layered sound structures for what they are, it's definitely not your kind of thing.
 xavfitz wrote:
this song dont go anywhere
 

What is a "dont"?
this song dont go anywhere
really dig this jam
Wonderful song
Very chill...
 dew34 wrote:
I've come back to say I like this.
 

WELCOME BACK!  So what do you like about it?  The groove?  The dreaminess?  I like that sizzling snapping  drum beat!
Nice instramental
Bonobo is cool in person as his music.
 Tommyknocker wrote:
Is Bonobo from San Francisco?

 
Nope. He's from Brighton, England. 
Is Bonobo from San Francisco?
{#Dancingbanana_2}
 TerryS wrote:
Alone amongst all the animal kingdom, only Bonobos do it face to face; whereas I have a Scottish acquaintance who owns a sporran made from a badger.
 
'nuff said.
I've come back to say I like this.
 Inorgs wrote:
Bill's evil twin brother has taken over. Elevator music. Come back Bill.
 
Elevator music on Saturn, maybe.
Music = 8.

Comments below get votes above 8, or so sayeth my glowing red sex-o-meter.  (You guys crack me up!) 
Yes yes yes! Bonobo is my jam... Especially as we're approaching the end of my work day. ALL of his music is fantastic, like this.
I wonder if Four Tet has anything to do with this song... sure sounds like them.....
Great groove - never heard of them but like it!
All of the below is wrong.
Sorta boring.
Cool tune with a nice groove.  Good chill-out stuff.
 fredriley wrote:

Sounds good to me. Better f*cking than fighting any day. And we'd all get a lot more sex which would help society chill out.

On a tangent to this, the Brit SF writer Brian Aldiss wrote, back in the 1961, a novella called The Primal Urge, about Brit society where everyone had to wear 'emotional registers' on their foreheads, metal discs which would glow increasing shades of pink and red when the person was sexually aroused. A fascinating, funny and wickedly satirical thought experiment, and worth a read IMO.
 
Wow. I remember reading Brian Aldiss back in the day. 

. . . maybe that is why I wear an illuminated red throbbing codpiece to show my level of arousal for Mrs Poacher.

(Oh, and Bonobo. . . a constant on playlists on our house - magnificent stuff!)
Bill's evil twin brother has taken over. Elevator music. Come back Bill.
mellow
 Giselle62 wrote:
  If we were exactly like them we'd be dry-humping with store-clerks who gave us food, our teachers: anyone we were in conflict with or who gave us something that gave us pleasure. (yeah, you probably would get laid more if you didn't mind being loved on by other males as well as females; from what i read they don't discriminate.)
 
Sounds good to me. Better f*cking than fighting any day. And we'd all get a lot more sex which would help society chill out.

On a tangent to this, the Brit SF writer Brian Aldiss wrote, back in the 1961, a novella called The Primal Urge, about Brit society where everyone had to wear 'emotional registers' on their foreheads, metal discs which would glow increasing shades of pink and red when the person was sexually aroused. A fascinating, funny and wickedly satirical thought experiment, and worth a read IMO.

Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Good for background or if you sleep with music playing.
Hypnotic. 
 Businessgypsy wrote:

 
. . . dude has gloves on his feet. . . how cool is that?

 Stingray wrote:


SUPER-FUNNY - really! And lovely!
THANKS!
SR
 

Once again You Tube has decreased productivity at my job. That was cute though.

Now and Zen, you need to search for subtleties. Good stuff.

 
Proclivities wrote:

Do you mean "repetitive"?  They're not really synonymous words.

 


 suebee3 wrote:
A little redundant.
A little redundant.
 
Do you mean "repetitive"?  They're not really synonymous words; I'm not sure why so many people here seem to believe they are interchangeable terms.  However, your post is both repetitive and redundant.
 jagdriver wrote:

 

SUPER-FUNNY - really! And lovely!
THANKS!
SR
SONG's SPECIAL!
8-9 even!
A little redundant.
A little redundant.


9 {#Arrow} 10

I don't know why, but this track really hits the spot. If you like this I'd really recommend checking out Bonobo. The music is as tight as you like and the production superb. 
Blablabla....{#Meditate}

Freaking great!!{#Yell}
I dialed "1" for this sad Monkees!

Boooring!!!
 philbertr wrote:

Why do you have to wait until Thursday?  Or is Tuesday martini day?
 
Lol!  No, we try to limit our alcohol consumption to Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun..it's a Brit thing about trying to cut down on booze. But - hurrah - it's Thursday!!!!
 fuh2 wrote:
 Humans are apes.
 

No, but some people would like usto behave that way
{#Wink}


Oh yes - nice segue from DW...mmmm

 fuh2 wrote:
 Humans are apes.
 
I thought we were ribs...

love this song


 fredriley wrote:

True enough - 'make love not war' is a way of life for them, in stark contrast to their ape cousins, chimpanzees, for whom the opposite holds. IMO humans would do well to emulate bonobos. I'd get laid a lot more often for a start if we did :o)

 

 If we were exactly like them we'd be dry-humping with store-clerks who gave us food, our teachers: anyone we were in conflict with or who gave us something that gave us pleasure. (yeah, you probably would get laid more if you didn't mind being loved on by other males as well as females; from what i read they don't discriminate.)
 

 fuh2 wrote:
The most noticable is monkeys have TAILS and apes DONT. Humans are apes.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=—szrOHtR6U

SweTex wrote:
For some reason I'm liking this..Creeps up on you...Who are these guys?


Talk about creeping up on you: These guys have another song, Koto, that was used in a David Attenborough documentary called "Serpent." They strapped a camera to a python's back and filmed as it climbed a tree and ate a bunch of weaver birds.  Great footage and the song was burned indelibly into my brain for years. I never would've figured out who did it if it wasn't for RP (with a little help from last.fm).

Bono's alter-ego when tripping?
 fuh2 wrote:
Humans are apes.
 
I think you've just insulted apes. {#Stupid}

I like this kinda stuff.  Not sure how to rate it.  I like laid back groovy stuff.  *And anything that has to do with monkey like things.


 AnchorMan wrote:

They're apes! Don't call them monkeys, the librarian will get upset. You don't want to upset the librarian.

I read to much Terry Prachet.

  Thankyou.  THere are 17 differences between apes and monkeys. The most noticable is monkeys have TAILS and apes DONT. Humans are apes.
For some reason I'm liking this..Creeps up on you...Who are these guys?
 jools wrote:
Very nice and laid back for this time of day - which is around 6pm in UK.  If it wasn't Tuesday, I'd be in the mood for a gin and tonic right now....Roll on Thursday..
 
Why do you have to wait until Thursday?  Or is Tuesday martini day?

dionysius wrote: Shock the Monkey, I say. Shock him. Watch the monkey get hurt. 

jagdriver wrote:
Everybody's got somethin' to hide ('cept for me and my monkey). I'm a MON-key! Moh-moh-moh-moh-moh-moh-MON-key!

 
why do I have to share my baby with a monkey?

Very nice and laid back for this time of day - which is around 6pm in UK.  If it wasn't Tuesday, I'd be in the mood for a gin and tonic right now....Roll on Thursday..

 moonajohannes wrote:
Bonobos are very special monkeys - having sex whereever and whenever!!!
 
They're apes! Don't call them monkeys, the librarian will get upset. You don't want to upset the librarian.

I read to much Terry Prachet.

Interesting article in New Yorker not long ago regarding bonobos. Evidently because they are studied almost exclusively in captivity, some question of whether the peace love hippee monkey thing is how they behave in the wild. As the article said, researchers wonder if having nothing to do all day what with living in a cage and being fed there is much to do but hang out and make love. Sort of like being in college.

 fredriley wrote:

True enough - 'make love not war' is a way of life for them, in stark contrast to their ape cousins, chimpanzees, for whom the opposite holds. IMO humans would do well to emulate bonobos. I'd get laid a lot more often for a start if we did :o)

 


 moonajohannes wrote:
Bonobos are very special monkeys - having sex whereever and whenever!!!
 
True enough - 'make love not war' is a way of life for them, in stark contrast to their ape cousins, chimpanzees, for whom the opposite holds. IMO humans would do well to emulate bonobos. I'd get laid a lot more often for a start if we did :o)

Bonobos are very special monkeys - having sex whereever and whenever!!!
dionysius wrote:
Shock the Monkey, I say. Shock him. Watch the monkey get hurt.

fannypk wrote:
You'd think if you listened to this station, you'd have some taste. Shame on ya'll, these guy are great!!

Oh, fannypk, if you listened to old Peter Gabriel, you'd realize that dionysius wasn't trolling, just making a funny song quote reference.

"you can ape the ape / I know about that!"


This reminds me of that I am Kloot track thats in rotation...
poopypants wrote:
this is the kind of music that keeps the monkey hitting the crack dose button.
Dose me dose me dose me. More Bonobo. More more more.
Isn't there some kind of oriental drink with little floating pieces of wheat in it called bonobo or something like that. . .either way this music reminds me of that. . .
I'm liking this...
Nice CD cover...boring song
This is really well thought out. Cool.
I spoke to Simon recently and when i mentioned he is played on here he said 'yeah i know, i listen to it' Cool.
this is the kind of music that keeps the monkey hitting the crack dose button.
The end of that song totally sounded like Tom Waits - Step Right Up was coming next.. Dire Straits..
like \'em or not, they create a unique sound, esp. on the radio . . .
dionysius wrote:
Shock the Monkey, I say. Shock him. Watch the monkey get hurt.
Everybody's got somethin' to hide ('cept for me and my monkey). I'm a MON-key! Moh-moh-moh-moh-moh-moh-MON-key!
very similar to FOUR TET
gradys_kitchen wrote:
Only if you're running for a republican senate seat in Virginia.
True that. Allen sucked as a candidate anyway.
7 8
ooo this is cool!
You'd think if you listened to this station, you'd have some taste. Shame on ya'll, these guy are great!! dionysius wrote:
Shock the Monkey, I say. Shock him. Watch the monkey get hurt.
Shock the Monkey, I say. Shock him. Watch the monkey get hurt.
randomprime wrote:
Politicians?
Only if you're running for a republican senate seat in Virginia.
meloman wrote:
What a name for a band! All I can think of is our closest primate cousins.
Politicians?
If U2 were lead by monkeys?
Music to fling feces to.
mattt wrote:
But what if the were badgerbadgerbadgers...? -mt-
Did you mean Badger badgerers? Badger rogerers? Badger sporanos?
tiddalick wrote:
They'd still suck, even if they were badgers.
But what if the were badgerbadgerbadgers...? -mt-
reminds me of the soundtrack to age of mythology.
tiddalick wrote:
They'd still suck, even if they were badgers.
Alone amongst all the animal kingdom, only Bonobos do it face to face; whereas I have a Scottish acquaintance who owns a sporran made from a badger.
I like this kind of music. To relax. But there's nothing greater than guitars and drums!
meloman wrote:
What a name for a band! All I can think of is our closest primate cousins.
Yes, and it grosses me out to visualize same. Missed the song--actually, failed to notice it. Maybe that is for the best.
Cruithne3753 wrote:
Bonobos aren't monkeys, they're apes!
They'd still suck, even if they were badgers.
<pedantic> Bonobos aren't monkeys, they're apes! </pedantic>
the song had possibilty until the drum (or drum machine) kicked in but still never went anywhere
dave216j wrote:
I have to say that being able to see the breakdown of ratings, rather than just the high and low, make it much easier to ignore all the people venting their hate. Rate it as low as you want, we will still be able to see what most of us think of everything. Thanks Bill!
I agree. Love the bar graph!
What a name for a band! All I can think of is our closest primate cousins.
I have to say that being able to see the breakdown of ratings, rather than just the high and low, make it much easier to ignore all the people venting their hate. Rate it as low as you want, we will still be able to see what most of us think of everything. Thanks Bill!
Needs cowbell...
tupicetti wrote:
humm. and yet, one more time this weird sense of patterning in the playlist.
But not today. Nice sigue Bill... Tanya Donelly - Moonbeam Monkey after Bonobo
Daveinbawlmer wrote:
Nice segue from Lucinda, Bill.
humm. and yet, one more time this weird sense of patterning in the playlist.
Nice segue from Lucinda, Bill.
excellent! this track used to guide me to work in the mornings. hehe.
Cool track, Bill.
hmmm... didn't seem like it was 30min. long. ...as with all your comments you prove that you should stick to the lab work and shut up.physicsgenius wrote:
As with all music of this type, it goes from mellowly jammin' to sleepy to annoying in the space of about 90 seconds. Which is about 1/20th of the length of the song, typically.
I like the emotion this song emanates. Even without any changes, it doesn't come across as boring.