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Chuck Prophet — What Makes The Monkey Dance
Album: No Other Love
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Released: 2002
Length: 4:03
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What makes the monkey dance? (x6)
Birds and bees, chimpanzees
zoom 'round my head, swingin' from trees
She's a deep dish pie, precious flower
Wrapped like candy, print and pallid

All the creepers creep and the widows weep
In the dead of the night I'm counting sheep
All night long I toss and turn
I wonder what it's gonna take to learn

What makes the monkey dance? (x6)

Got brand new drugs for the same old blues
Satellites peekin' into your room
A machine to tell me if you're lying
Got sheep for corn and eggs for fryin'
I can meet for lunch with the man on the moon
Do almost anything I want to do
Makes no difference where you go
Everybody got a theory but nobody knows

What makes the monkey dance? (x14)

Taking pills on my knees for clues to life's mysteries
Daytime soaps, late night cable
'Round the corner, under the table
I'm looking for love that can remain
Lookin' for love that knows no shame
Big or round, short or tall
I've got to get it, I'm nothing at all

What makes the monkey dance (x20)
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Posted 2 months ago by RicoDrumz    [ Reply ]
Song title is right up there with What Did The Fox Say?
Posted 3 years ago by reviep    [ Reply ]
Tonight this song followed Gorillaz. I like Bill’s sense of humor!
Posted 3 years ago by quietman    [ Reply ]
According to Nil Lara, it's Money 
Nil Lara - Money Makes the Monkey Dance (live)
Posted 3 years ago by bitterdave    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Alabama 3 but not quite as good
Posted 3 years ago by Kelvinclifford    [ Reply ]
One of the all time great existential questions. 
Posted 4 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
An oldie but a goodie from CP.  He (solo sometimes) and his band are great live.
Posted 4 years ago by countyman    [ Reply ]
Dance, monkey, dance!!
Posted 4 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
My 3 yr old daughter said
"music makes the monkey dance Dad"

Posted 13 years ago by judgesherpa    [ Reply ]
Hmm...how to describe this? Is "underwhelming" a word?

Posted 15 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
This makes the monkey dance.



Posted 15 years ago by wycado    [ Reply ]
Take the monkey to the RSPCA, and bonk the singer on the head to make him stop. A better life for all involved....especially said monkey...
Posted 15 years ago by Tagish_girl    [ Reply ]
Find out what makes him dance, and then stop singing about it.
Posted 15 years ago by ekalvi    [ Reply ]
forferdelig..

Posted 15 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
Apparently, the monkey has a spot that gets her hot.

 RadioDoc wrote:

Dinah-Moe Humm

And thanks for that image (taste?) Dinah-Moe Humm flavored?
 


Posted 16 years ago by rockasaurus    [ Reply ]
Ah, this song makes the monkey want to run away and hide!
Posted 16 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
Peyote wrote:
Sounds like Dr. John meets the Sopranos!! What makes the banana dance.............
the soprano song is from a group named Alabama 3. no relation to Chuck Prophet.
Posted 16 years ago by countyman    [ Reply ]
horstman wrote:
KINDA DYNAMO HUM FLAVORED
Dinah-Moe Humm And thanks for that image (taste?) Dinah-Moe Humm flavored?
Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
I make the monkey dance.
Posted 16 years ago by Whirlpool    [ Reply ]
makes the monkey run away....
Posted 16 years ago by keyholder    [ Reply ]
welby wrote:
Sounds a bit like Zappa --- without the guitar.
KINDA DYNAMO HUM FLAVORED
Posted 16 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
Um ... no. Next, please.
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Dr. John meets the Sopranos!! What makes the banana dance.............
Posted 17 years ago by Peyote    [ Reply ]
Ubaldo wrote:
Sounds like the Sopranos.
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Sounds a bit like Zappa --- without the guitar.
Posted 17 years ago by welby    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
Nice transition from the Stones to Elvis to Chuck Prophet.
Posted 17 years ago by p2h2d2    [ Reply ]
I thought it was the ghost of Frank Zappa when I first heard his voice.
Posted 17 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
sqqqrly wrote:
Are you originally from New England?
Hahaha. No. Do you ask because I used the adjective "wicked" like that? My old college roommate was from New Hampshire and I picked that up from him. :)
Posted 18 years ago by DjThirteenP    [ Reply ]
Well, I surely don't know. But I do know what burns my ass: a flame about waist high.
Posted 18 years ago by the_om    [ Reply ]
Sounds a bit like Fun Lovin Criminals
Posted 18 years ago by TonyBear    [ Reply ]
Tequila. Lots of tequila.
Posted 18 years ago by wade44    [ Reply ]
Sounds like the Sopranos.
Posted 18 years ago by Ubaldo    [ Reply ]
I second the motion of seeing Chuck live. He was in Portland a couple of years ago--great show. His "No Other Love" CD is excellent. "Summertime Thing" has to be one of the great summer songs. Rock on...
Posted 18 years ago by trforfun    [ Reply ]
Crocky make da monkey dance...right before lunch.
Posted 18 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
DjThirteenP wrote:
If you ever get a chance to see Chuck Prophet live, especially if he's solo, go see him. The guy is a phenomenon. His music really gets into his body and causes him to become spastic in highly entertaining ways. On top of that, he's a wicked good guitar player and has a great sense of irony in his song writing.
Are you originally from New England?
Posted 18 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
If you ever get a chance to see Chuck Prophet live, especially if he's solo, go see him. The guy is a phenomenon. His music really gets into his body and causes him to become spastic in highly entertaining ways. On top of that, he's a wicked good guitar player and has a great sense of irony in his song writing.
Posted 18 years ago by DjThirteenP    [ Reply ]
R epetitive, addictive a bit like umm ... a bowl full of salted peanuts on a bar.
Posted 18 years ago by LadyLovelyLocks    [ Reply ]
... probably the bananas...?
Posted 18 years ago by crowhog2000    [ Reply ]
cool tune
Posted 18 years ago by MissIncendium    [ Reply ]
What makes the monkey dance? Well...
Posted 19 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
PattonFever wrote:
everybody's got a theory but nobody KNOWS what makes the monkey dance!
I don't even have a theory.
Posted 19 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
everybody's got a theory but nobody KNOWS what makes the monkey dance! haha! excellent!
Posted 19 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
Though I am personally amused by monkeys...have to say WTF on this song!
Posted 19 years ago by cbonai    [ Reply ]
Steve Ballmer makes the monkey dance! https://www.ntk.net/ballmer/mirrors.html (this is one of the reasons I always look at microsoft products with suspicion)
Posted 19 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
2 real points, plus 3 silly points, equals a 5. You go Mr. Monkey.
Posted 19 years ago by srbarry    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
What? No SHOCK THE MONKEY??
PG's monkey song is the best ever..... Why do so many people write about monkeys anyway? "Comin down, comin down like a monkey, but it's allright" "I am the proudest monkey," "Hey Hey we're the Monkeys," "what makes the monkey dance" "shock the monkey" Can you think of any more????!!!!??!!!??!!!
Posted 19 years ago by Wadro13    [ Reply ]
Answer: a really hot floor.
Posted 19 years ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
bit like Fun Lovin' Criminals or Stereo MCs too...
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
That was in poor taste.
And that was in poor humor!
Posted 19 years ago by bajafisher    [ Reply ]
What? No SHOCK THE MONKEY??
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
A boring song that can't even claim artistic value for redemption due to inane lyrics.
Posted 19 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
This could be a great song if it had some lyrics. Nice beats -- from a distance I thought I was hearing 'When The Levee Breaks'.
Posted 19 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
Monkey, monkey, monkey! Love it! gomadmonkey.com Yeee haaa! \:D/
Posted 19 years ago by bmeador    [ Reply ]
Sounds a lot like Alabama 12 and the theme song to The Sopranos. Here's a thought: Let's get Tony Soprano to find out what makes the monkey dance. Question answered, then we're done with this silly song.
Posted 19 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
ludwig7 wrote:
The voice (but not the tune) occasionally sounds to me like Zappa, actually. Zappa, Zuzu, Zappa! (Say that ten times fast!)
I'm thinking the vocals sound like a cross between Zappa and Gil Scott Heron.
Posted 19 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
Love The Prophet!
Posted 20 years ago by MOXIEradio    [ Reply ]
gypsy222 wrote:
I no longer care what makes the monkey dance.
Ditto. Moreover, if we kill the monkey, and the question's moot, will this song end? We can get another monkey in a year maybe, when I might be able to tolerate this again.
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
30,000 voltes, of course.
Posted 21 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
BQHsMom wrote:
:-k What DOES make the monkey dance?
This does. :bananabanger: :2dancingbananas:
Posted 21 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
:-k What DOES make the monkey dance?
Posted 21 years ago by BQHsMom    [ Reply ]
What makes the monkey dance? Who cares.
Posted 21 years ago by painter    [ Reply ]
Sounds like good credit-rolling music for the Sopranos.
Posted 21 years ago by Patrick    [ Reply ]
Possible answer: Peter Tork feeling the beat.
Posted 21 years ago by the_om    [ Reply ]
Frank Zappa makes this monkey dance.
Posted 21 years ago by spunkyboy62    [ Reply ]
Posted 21 years ago by dignan2    [ Reply ]
I sure can\'t wait to eat that monkey. :)
Posted 21 years ago by MaK    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Art_Carnage: What Makes The Monkey Dance? Monkey Pox, of course.
That was in poor taste.
Posted 21 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
What Makes The Monkey Dance? Monkey Pox, of course.
Posted 21 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
(pimp)
Posted 21 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
The vocal style first reminded me of \"The Torture Never Stops\" on Frank Zappa\'s Zoot Allures album. Bet THAT never makes it on RP...
Posted 21 years ago by Snakeinthepool    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Zuzu: A Leon Redbone wannabe, perhaps? :D
The voice (but not the tune) occasionally sounds to me like Zappa, actually. Zappa, Zuzu, Zappa! (Say that ten times fast!)
Posted 21 years ago by ludwig7    [ Reply ]
I no longer care what makes the monkey dance.
Posted 21 years ago by gypsy222    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by bbrutocao: I thought the same thing re: Sopranos. However, that song is by Alabama 3, and their lead singer is Rob Spragg.
Thanks for noting the lead singer of A3. You never know if a guy has gone off and done something solo. Rob and Chuck do sound similar. This song is growing on me. I increased my score. Sounds good in the RP mix.
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
Hey Chuck, go to the zoo and check out the monkey cage. I guarantee you\'ll see what makes the monkey dance.
Posted 21 years ago by Friend    [ Reply ]
What Makes the Sopranos Dance? :(
Posted 21 years ago by 10th_rock    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by newwavegurly: This sounds like the guy that sings the theme to "The Sopranos." Anybody know if it's the same guy?
Yeah. It's not. "Woke Up This Morning" is by a group known as A3.
Posted 21 years ago by allenrudd    [ Reply ]
Posted 21 years ago by drover    [ Reply ]
My guess? Anaheim winning the World Series. Made the stupid monkey dance way to much, in this Giants fan\'s opinion, but it does at least give Chuck here a chance to solve his bluesy mystery. Cool cut, btw, and he puts on a really good show; you can still catch him at fairly small places like the Starry Plough in Berkeley, nearly every couple of weeks. RJ
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
I loved Storm Across the Sea, the CP song that was getting a lot of well-deserved air time here. I\'m happy to hear some of his other work; keep it up, --d
Posted 21 years ago by lindydallas    [ Reply ]
I thought the same thing re: Sopranos. However, that song is by Alabama 3, and their lead singer is Rob Spragg.
Posted 21 years ago by bbrutocao    [ Reply ]
This sounds like the guy that sings the theme to \"The Sopranos.\" Anybody know if it\'s the same guy?
Posted 21 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]