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Get Wild (At The Zoo)
| Artist | Song | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | At The Zoo (Bookends, 1968) | |
| Talking Heads | Animals (Fear Of Music, 1979) | |
| The Jigsaw Seen | Baby Elephant Walk (Songs Mama Used To Sing, 2003) | |
| Los Lobos | I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song) (El Cancionero: May Y Mas, 2000) | |
| Kid Creole & The Coconuts | In The Jungle (Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places, 1981) | |
| The Eternals | Rockin' In The Jungle (The Doo Wop Box, 1994) | |
| R.E.M. | The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Singles Collection, 1994) | |
| Syd Barrett | Effervescing Elephant (Barrett, 1970) | |
| The Cramps | Jungle Hop (Psychedelic Jungle, 1981) | |
| The Soft Boys | Lions And Tigers (Nextdoorland, 2002) | |
| Spirit | The Animal Zoo (Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus, 1970) | |
| The Dandy Warhols | Welcome To The Monkey House (Welcome To The Monkey House, 2003) | |
| Chuck Prophet | What Makes A Monkey Dance (No Other Love, 2002) | |
| XTC | The Smartest Monkey (Nonesuch, 1992) | |
| The Rolling Stones | Monkey Man (Let It Bleed, 1969) | |
| Steely Dan | Monkey In Your Soul (Pretzel Logic, 1974) | |
| The Pixies | Monkey Gone To Heaven (Doolittle, 1989) | |
| Martin Sexton | Animal Song (The American, 1998) | |
| String Driven Thing | Circus (BBC Radio 1 Live 1973, 2006) | |
| Tom Paxton | Goin' To The Zoo (Ramblin' Boy, 1964) | |
| James McMurtry | See The Elephant (Childish Things, 2005) | |
| Bruce Cockburn | Wondering Where The Lions Are (Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws, 1979) | |
| Pernice Brothers | Cruelty To Animals (Live A Little, 2006) | |
| Laura Nyro | Lite A Flame (The Animal Rights Song) (Stoned Soul Picnic: Best of Laura Nyro, 1997) | |
Comment:
This mix was inspired by living two blocks from the zoo. When we sit on our back porch or in the backyard it is not uncommon to hear the sounds of the animals coming across summer breezes. We regularly hear the lions, elephants, hyenas, peacocks and other exotic birds. This past year we heard some new really loud and crazy sounds. It turned out that they installed a new outdoor monkey exhibit. A new family moved in next door last summer and were absolutely stunned the first time they heard an elephant in heat.Walking through the zoo and having animals stare at you. This mix is about people and animal traits interacting . but not necessarily elephants in heat.
Simon & Garfunkel start this off nicely but things quickly get strange with David Byrne's animal insight and that's where it goes until finally Laura Nyro's animal rights plea.
Feedback:
Love it! I think you should add... "Talkin' Dirty to the Animals" by Gilda Radner.
All I can hear from my back porch is the neighbor screaming at her kids. Really like the Cramps, Pixies, REM, and Pernice Bros tracks!
The Simon & Garfunkel is an all time favorite.
Lot's of prized pets here. Love the Kid Creole,Syd, Cramps, Chuck Prophet, Martin Sexton and Pernice Bros especially.
A great 'Animal Collective', sorry couldn't resist that one!
Haha, I was gonna say exactly what Cliff said! Anyway, great mix man.
Classic, my favorite Pixies song among other faves.
Nice. Tons of classics here.
Looks like a swinging good time!
very cool, alot of great tunes here
I'm ape over this. Ba-dum-dum....ugggh.
Well done.The San Francisco Zoo Mix would take a much different approach, I imagine.
Well done.The San Francisco Zoo Mix would take a much different approach, I imagine.
Hey George-George,
watch out for that treee-ee-ee!
I'll throw this into the mp3 player for the next power-promenade around Delaware Park.
watch out for that treee-ee-ee!
I'll throw this into the mp3 player for the next power-promenade around Delaware Park.
when i hear that spirit tune i want to unlock all the cages and run wild.
That must be pretty interesting living that close to the zoo. I really like the Buffalo zoo. They had some really cool polar bears the last time I was there. Great mix as well , by the way.
I'm a hippo man myself. No songs about them I see but plenty about elephants and monkeys. Uncage them and let them roam. Great mix, despite lack of hippos, especially XTC, Talking Heads, Soft Boys and Pixies.
Hmmm... I forgot about the hippos. I could have dropped a couple of monkeys for a hippo and I got a couple of hippo songs that would have worked well here. Yo La Tengo's Tired Hippo and Cloud Cult's Happy Hippo would have fit in nicely. Some Animal Collective would have worked too. I was surprised at how many animal songs I had available but of course they had to sound just right together. Maybe a part two.
Very nice concept. I last visited a zoo while traveling to Minneapolis a couple years back. Brings back memories of childhood. I do miss Laura Nyro dearly. I saw her often when I lived in the Northeast.
#1. Cool concept, nice choices
#2 I miss U.B. :(.
#3 I know ... too many mokey songs, but... suggested addition : "Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head" ( oddly enough , by Gorillaz)
#2 I miss U.B. :(.
#3 I know ... too many mokey songs, but... suggested addition : "Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head" ( oddly enough , by Gorillaz)
Looks great, Sir!
Great way to mark your online territory, George. I'm partial to Rhinos, myself...maybe Adrian Belew's Lone Rhinoceros for part deuce.
Damn fine.
Damn Fine indeed. Great opener of course, but loved 3, 19-21 the last 2 and the mOnkey songs. My favoutite animals at the zoo are the Meerkats but there's not many songs about them regrettably..
can't be too many songs about monkeys, way good job
Awwwwwwwwww-some! (Be sure to obtain a parking token upon arrival, or they'll never let you out!) I love this. It made me think of The Dickies and Thai Elephant Orch., but that does not detract from your fabulous endeavour!
P.S.
Is Mondo Video still open?
P.S.
Is Mondo Video still open?
SwankQueen,
I noticed a Going Out Of Business sign on the Mondo Video door just before the Christmas hols.
I noticed a Going Out Of Business sign on the Mondo Video door just before the Christmas hols.
Zoo be zoo be zoo! Looks like some fantastic pet sounds on this one. What do you charge for admission?
excellent fun ! . . . . . I wonder what an elephant effervescing really sounds like ?
This is tremendous fun George. Wow I managed to comment without making an anmimal pun, hit submit quick Barry QUICK!
SwankQueen & Karen,
Mondo Video is still open... barely. Maybe another month or so. Too bad. I'm usually on that block a couple times a week. It has some of my favorite places -Amy's Place, Ming Cafe, Talking Leaves, Lake Effect Diner and of course Shango.
Mondo Video is still open... barely. Maybe another month or so. Too bad. I'm usually on that block a couple times a week. It has some of my favorite places -Amy's Place, Ming Cafe, Talking Leaves, Lake Effect Diner and of course Shango.