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  • Thanks for sharing this video with us and I really enjoyed watching it and I'm a really big fan of Aldo Nova!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Kellypsalm40 - Big fan here too! Love this video!!

  • Mullet Rock Trans am T-Top Style Hell yeahhhh

  • That Monkey is one mean bastard. He got Micheal, Amy, and now Whitney. That's just the most recent. How many victims had the Monkey claimed in total? Tens of millions. And the meter is still running.

  • great song, horrible video

  • he makes movie themes songs now.

  • Leather, Lasers, Aqua-Net & Baboons! Good GOD! I guess I know why I haven't heard from Aldo Nova in a while. That was fucking awesome! *tears streaming down my face* I'll be laughing for days over that.

  • Beware of that monkey. He'll take even the strongest man down.

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  • is this the original version, I thought I remembered it a little more intense, or maybe it was the monkey?

  • @buzzzzz69yyy

    no, the original version was something the band and the record company did not like (not because it was hard but because I think Aldo did not like the costume look.) Our company, Casey Movies, re-shot about half the vid and re-cut it.

  • Sensational composition. Great song!

  • Just say No...but still a great song

  • keep yourself clean,,cuase the monkey plays mean,,,todays music embraces the monkey....damm shame!!1

  • @uwique

    that's because today's music is played for monkeys by people who play like monkeys

  • LOVE AldoNoDoze, but worn out too many FF buttons getting through the LONG intro of this & Fantasy.

  • 2:39...Michael Schenker? LOL

  • @krelbar haha definately not him but i agree they have kinda the same characteristics lol

  • Underrated song and artist. Great tune.

  • that is a great album reminds me of 80's

  • BABOON ON YOUR BACK!!!!!!

  • Never had the honour of knowing you Kevin ( 2:00 )...but did have the pleasure of meeting you in the early 80's...you were a great guy...R.I.P. my brother

  • gotta give 'em credit: this song, even though I didn't realize it back then, probably kept me off hard core drugs. today, I have ZERO tolerance for anything that can be stuck in the arm, free-based, or is NOT naturally grown. (I'll smoke a joint every once in a while, and I drink). But,DO NOT come around me with IV drugs or crack. THANKS ALDO NOVA!

  • @wdharvey1 why are you telling this to strangers on youtube ?

  • @HackerGuitarist ...why the f...k not

  • Best vid ever made!...Groundbreaking stuff. U kiddin?....forget it.

    Thx for uploading.

  • DANCING SPACE MONKEY!!!

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  • Awesome!!! Aldo Nova (Performing Artist) -- My Sincere Thank YOU

    - You do have a special gift, talent and ability

    "...Listen everybody; cause there’s a Moral to this story,

    Clean up your act, Get the monkey off your back, or you’ll be sorry,

    Keep yourself clean, Cause the monkey plays mean

    He’ll put a knife in your back, then the man in the black will show you

    A dragon that bites and you’ll wind up with a Monkey, Monkey on your back,

    Dirty, Monkey, Monkey on your back."

  • @jedixkalibur with this song, they were before their time. they probably saved a lot of lives with this song without even knowing it, including mine.

  • Give me 80's music anytime!

  • awsome tune and another great hit from the awsome 80's turn it up.Oh by the way Vevo sucks i do not give a shit about see a preview of a movie give us a break

  • Such a great band. Glad I finally got to see them for Blood on the Bricks. I really miss the music from back then, the videos not so much. Like the dancing Space Monkey @ 3:54 :)

  • Never had the honour of knowing you Kevin...but met you in the mid 80's...you were a great guy...in a great band...RIP my brother :)

  • if you dont like then dont listen no body asks you to. people shud know there tastes in music i will not put song in i dont like.

  • The four dislikes are drug addicts or dealers 

  • @MrMidnightsteve Maybe they just hate Vevo like I do.

  • Tesla is a clone of these guys

  • Was a teen in 82-3. Def an overlooked gem. So was triumph

  • Screw it.. I'm gonna go on record and say this guy is all right.

  • Dokken ripoff

  • To have been a teenager in '83, I know I'm aping shit other 20 somethings have said, but this really is some cool ish! And the Justin Beiber/Hip Hop insults are not old, they never were cool, if you don't like it, fine, but not all hip hop stinks, even now......there's really good stuff just look for it, and the beibs....he's a 17 year old kid man, all bubblegum teen singers are going to be fodder for dislikes, let him grow....just be cool man..okay, I've rambled enough

  • You know that he made those growling noises with the guitar, Aldo's good at that!

  • People who don't like this song,music,style, shouldn't watch them. And shouldn't make negitive comments. Where's your Music Video Snapperhead! Peace!

  • This bitch sucks! Bring on some real rock n roll faggots!

  • if u love REAL AOR rtock like this check WORK OF ART THE GREAT FALL

  • 3:43 cracks me the F*ck up! Did u know monkeys can rape u and get away wit it !

  • Get ready for his comeback y'all!!! July 23rd in North Bay ,Ontario for the Voyageur Days festival!....and his new band is AWESOME!!!

  • @stevebootch In Mattawa, Ontario - NOT North Bay

  • LOL@ 0:28 i wish i could make a wire frame head in 3ds max that fast.

  • Always thought this was a cool vid in the early days of MTV... but the song don't sound as good as it did back then... ho-hum...

  • It's what happens to anything good. When this video was new, Mtv actually played videos. Then they started getting ratings, and it started to go downhill as the suits took over, more and more. Now the coolness that was YouTube is being overwhelmed with ads. Too bad.

  • I loved these guys around 6th grade or so. At least they are singing about a valid subject and this album had a bunch of experimental tracks as well. Morons like Sammy Haggar still write crap and get paid WAY too much. ah screw it this is why I embraced punk.

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  • This was crap when it came out and it still is crap. Along with Night Ranger, Foreigner, and too many others to list

  • @therbs442 Get bent butt hole.

  • @therbs442 its that you were crap when born along with that whore u call your mother and donkey she screwed that is your father along with many others in your piece of sh %t jack a ss family

  • @therbs442 Oh, so you like Justin Beiber & Crap ...Uh I mean, Rap????

  • 1 minute of white noise. What's the point?

  • Mullet power!

  • Saw these guys in 83' in Atl. Ga. @ the Fox! Awesome album ,Subject Theme was a top notch album and Aldo tore it up live.I really didn't here to much from him after that ,so I was really LUCKY to see him perform this mighty album. Cheers!

  • i think this video is super cool it mayve bee one of the first anti drug street videos ever but yo folks its cool as hell.

  • SKid row ripped off this song and the video was similiar. Common skid row get some originality.

  • OMG ,Old friends never die even if some were strung out . This is how they got clean cause the monkey is mean ...why do you think they call it dope ? Harsh ,but good message.

  • Say what'cha want...I've been diggin' these guys since the very early 80's. This band was tuff as nails.

  • @naderchaser Right on.. digging them with you. 5 notes in, you know you're getting a tough song.

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  • Why is it showing just my views?

  • the 'subject' LP was simply stupendous! not a bad song on it.

  • As cheesy as this video is, there's a moral to the story.

  • @Lookin2Cool True, Aldo actually so himself during the song

  • I mute the Ads VEVO and pay NO attention, so you're just wasting friggin' time ... yours & mine!!

  • @PJSlimful what ads?

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  • @royalexecutioner I have watched this music video many times, and on several occasions there is a 15sec Ad. showing before the video starts ... them Ads!!

  • aldo nova is a badass! tasteful solos!!

  • Anyone who listens to this song and thinks they know about drugs. If your still alive and survived heroin abuse. That monkey can creep up and pay you back. My cousin who was a user gave up drugs and alcohol and turned to god. And lived clean for 20 years and then that monkey claimed him with hepatitis. He paid for his sins.

  • OVERLOOKED/UNDERATED

  • Trade all the white drug dealing guys,like the one with the gold tooth and earing for black guys,then listen to the lyrics.The song WAS about not letting black people deal drugs to white people,they just couldn't batantly put a black guy in that position at that time.Hmmm,sounds like good advice to me.

  • i played the monkey in this video

  • Wow! a song with a moral to the story. 80's music rules

  • isnt aldo nova homely

  • vevo is sony

  • Montreal heavy metal ! hell yeah !

  • ...too many rides on The Horse, it's got him hooked and it's a pity...

    Now he's got the monkey, monkey on his back -

  • Does anyone know why all of the sudden in the 80's, artists begin wearing clothes (shirts and bandanas in particular) with the Japanese flag on it ? Was it because of the band Loudness ? Maybe a souvenir from a visit ? That look came and went... but even though I lived thru it, I didn't quite know why it was there in the first place.

  • @RamsWrath LOL! Funny you mention the Japanese flag thing. I went to a private school K thru 6, but transferred to a public middle school. Since I had always wore uniforms to school, (& Geranimals, The Gap, etc, outside school) I didn't really know what was "cool". I got my fashion tips from the very bands you mention. When I was like 12yo, I begged/forced my parents to buy me a sleeveless shirt with a Jap flag/writing on it. BTW, I was also clueless as to the symbolism/thought it was cool.

  • @gjc82071 Now it's my turn to laugh...haha !

    Nice story !

    The only thing similar to that, that I can relate to, would be me wanting some Union Jack flag shorts because Def Leppard had 'em. Sadly, or thankfully, I never did attain them.

    Those made sense for the Lepp to have, of course.

    Still curious about the Japanese flag invasion into Metal fashion...

    (Maybe, simply because it looked cool back then..... ?)

  • @RamsWrath IDK lol I was 15 back in 85 and I had a Japanese flag t-shirt.....it just ''went'' with the leather jacket lol

  • ACDC=MOONEY!!! Aldo Nova= MOONKEY!!! =D awesome

  • I guess Baboon on your back would not have sounded as good.....I wish I could go back to the age I was when this song was new.....Time has now became a Baboon on MY back.

  • This is some bitch en music from that 80's that we all love 48 and still love it and will love it when I'm a real old fuck :)

  • Love the intermittent raging monkey shots !

  • i'm big willy

  • Kevin Lee Carlson Mar. 12, 1957 ~ Dec. 12, 2010 Kevin, a bay area resident, passed away after a battle with cancer. In the 80's he was a guitarist in the Aldo Nova Band.

    RIP Kevin.

  • @songsilikejk RIP Kevin

  • @songsilikejk

    Thank you for posting Kevins obituary. It breaks my heart that my old friend is gone. Talk about a shock..He never told me he had cancer. Old friends sometime loose touch with each other over the years, but the memories are always with us.

    Hey Phantom we had many a good time together back in the 80's!! My heart goes out to Kim and Eric who I also have not seen in years and the rest of his family. Kevin you rocked... songsilikejk, I dont know you, but thank you!

  • @songsilikejk

    Thank you for posting Kevins obituary. It breaks my heart that my old friend is gone. Talk about a shock..He never told me he had cancer. Old friends sometime loose touch with each other over the years, but the memories are always with us.

    Hey Phantom we had many a good time together back in the 80's!! My heart goes out to Kim and Eric who I also have not seen in years and the rest of his family. Kevin you rocked... songsilikejk, I dont know you, but thank you! Bill Thiry

  • @BILLS672

    Hi Bill,

    My name is Glenn Sikes, my father David was a long time friend of Kevin and played with him in this band and for years afterwards. Kevin, Kim, and Eric were always there through my youngest years when I was just a child. Kevin was an incredible man and a brilliant musician, but he will live on through the music he has made and through the bonds and memories he has formed with those around him. No one could ever take those things away. Rest in peace Kevin, we will miss you.

  • @ElliottGrooveMachine Hey Glenn, Thank you for the post ! I mised the services and the chance to see Kevin before he passed

    I also was friends with your father back when we all worked for Industrial Freight after the band split up. I have not seen him either in all these years. I did find Kim and reconnected with her. If there is another benefit function in Kevins honor, perhaps I will get to meet you. Please pass on my best wishes to your dad for me and maybe we can all reconnect on FB.

  • @BILLS672

    Yes, I told my father about this and he rembered exactly who you are and would be happy to make contact with you. Would you like me to send you his information in an email? I hope there is another function, and I hope to get the chance to meet you someday.

  • @ElliottGrooveMachine Hi Glen, I found your father on FB via Arick's friend list and sent him a request.

    Thank you for helping and I too look forward to meeting you one day also ! Bill

  • brutalt !!!!

  • holy shit long time since i hear badass music shit im 15 abnd its hard to find good badass rock n roll bands glad i found this guy this is the shit

  • vevo is a way to shove commercials down our throats instead of letting us enjoy these videos away from that commercial excess... you just can't win. i don't watch tv because the tv is all commercialized trash and no talent assholes... now they invade youtube video clips with their lame advertisements. is nothing sacred? not if there's money involved i guess.

  • RIP Kevin Carlson you will always live on in video and in our hearts. ~ Annalisa Carlson

  • @TheMagicalRagdolls RIP to Kevin

  • man... my stereo or eq musta been tuned different, cause all these aldo nova songs sound watered down and weak on u tube....i remember when this came out and it was way harder... real guitar music....these vids sound retarded.

  • Good song with a message warning about the dangers of drug addiction.

    Nova had some good songs but their videos were pretty lame.

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  • I believe you're right Gary.

    Saw the BOC/Nova show at the Indianapolis Convention Center, back when they used to have concerts there.

  • the BOC -Aldo Nova tour was 1982 or 83..1982... i think..

    man time flies in the 'new world order' doesn't it?

  • Aldo Nova and Blue Oyster Cult @ Norfolk Coliseum,Norfolk,Virgina `1986 iffing kick @ss show

  • Kick ass....saw him on this tour.

  • kind of glad I was too broke to have MTV back then. I sure dig this tune though!!

  • Guys this video was made in like 1985, which at the time was considered to be pretty cool. But if you wasn't raised in that era then I guess it's too complex for your mentality.

  • Oh sweet Jesus...this is bad...

  • A goofy video with an important message.

  • is the cat with the shades and capped tooth Michael Schenker lol ??????

  • I'm sorry, but this song just plain kicks asss!!

  • Always loved the song, never knew there was a video as well.

  • @cadirector

    Same here (and kind of wish I still didn't know about the video - lol).

  • kick ass mullet 

  • Seems funny now, but back in the day this video was kick ass.

    The song had a good message but fell on my deaf ears.

    Party till you puke!!

  • fantasy and monkey were Aldo's biggest hits, his other songs were aaah!!!

  • @TheMetalVagabond not medicine man, which was on his blood on the brick album(1991). foolin yourself is pretty cool too

  • FUCK VEVO

  • Parody...

  • Cheesiest video ever! It's hilarious!

  • can stand these effen commericals!!!!!

  • love the leather pants i still have my leather pants and snake skins boots!

  • I like aldo

  • Pure 80's ROCK!

  • Great song.Aldo is from my hometown.

  • Sally's got legs!!!!

  • How are you commemorating the 40th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's passing on Sept. 18?

  • yea, sure she was an actress lol it has nothing to do with anything but thats not even a monkey. its like a gibbon or baboon or something

  • I sure got laid to this tune in High school!!

  • @1floridacracker now you're laying yourself?

  • Kick ass song!!!! weird video LOL

  • Talk about CHEEZY!!!....LOL

    It was a kick ass song back in the day though...still has some cool riffs.

  • This song was not as popular as Fantasy, a shame really because this song, this whole album is better.

  • "fantasy" was a song i remember lisetning to on kazy, kbpi in denver as a child. but of course it was a one hit wonder. from hip hop spawned rap, house, electro, techno, trance, and trip hop. hip hop is the KING of all music and always will b. however "Fantasy" was a pretty kewl tune! word up baby! word up!

  • @TheBlueboyjay

    but hip hop is pretty repetitive,ear crack that wears off like a redbull crash,and sucks pretty damn badly if you really think about it,damn they should continue to do what is happening,resurrect metal,kill c"rap" and the rest of the bic lighter,disposable shit there is out now !!!

  • Monkeyz rule

  • I LOVE THIS GEM! WHATTA JAM!!!!!!

  • old skool computer kewl

  • cool song & vid. featuring the Bay Area legend Kevin Carlson on guitar!!!

  • @guitartomy Thank You.. Kevin is my cousin

  • hahha listen up cos theres a moral to the story...lol..so so funny..you go boi..thats tellin the world. I admit the dude has a gr8 voice and can play the guitar.. but erm..dont they know how redicululous they look when they try and do the sexxxy time routine. My best advice is never make a vid with out your shirt on!!

  • @funfabmegan lmao you get around alot and speak alot for a message board,you should find a chatroom or probably you already did and your typing there left you bored enough to enlighten us also!...Don't like hippies or hippy music theres so much like crap um rap etc you can go check out!

  • @Petie1 hahah rock. British tunes some eltrophonic..opera..country...­everthing but rapp..in most cases. But like i said i aint knockin Aldo Nova..i actually used them to gain some inspiration to write a throw back song. I do like them. so what's your worries? Just your hair? Dude, i know ya feel like Sampson..but get over it. Your strength isn't in your hair. trust me it'll be alright.. welcome to 2010 lol peace.

  • @funfabmegan lmao How do you know where I hide my strength!....It's all good and personally many times I've had short hair to conform to what the world thinks because I had to,but now I don't so I don't care.Hair,no hair etc does not make the person.I just keep reading here and there us guys who like our hair long are gay or some chit,but trust me these dudes in their day got more women than any let me look like a office professional ever could.But anyways I don't care for or follow trends!

  • @Petie1 ha! your right hair dont make the person until it hits a nerve. And you myfriend have a hangup wif your hair. Your too sensitive about it so it obviously means something to you. ( thus your strenth or personality feel expressive through the rebellion of conformity based on your hair. ;P I feel you have a good story to tell. Im all ears. straightens chair to hear the lecture of how superficial the world is to justify your peter pan syndrom. LOL..

  • @funfabmegan Wow I f'd up and obviously thought I was the one with no life!

  • @Petie1 I agree I hate hippies etc,let's adoulph hitler em all lol!..;.Maybe we can go down the line and eventually get to people who make dumbass coments on the internet and should have said nothing at all if they did not have a nice remark to make to begin with and kiss my peter "pan".

  • @Petie1 sorry, someone ticked me off and it was a bit of bad timing. kinda took it out on ya. Happens sometimes.. I dont think before i write..and sometimes my mouth gets the best of me..eh, sorry not your fault. That was kinda mean and fucked up of me. sorry.

  • @funfabmegan Yeah I can relate and thanks for explaining!.It can happen and even has me,but I hope in the future we can both react to stuff on here in a better light!...Be well!

  • wow. YouTube is turning into a sort of "MTV" in that, they are slowly beginning to play a lot of bullshit AD's and Programming that we didn't even ask for. they just "Force it' one you, before you are allowed to watch the goddamn video that you clicked to see in the first place. wtf?? lame.

  • Kick ass guitar riff

  • aldo nova rules :)

  • One of my favorite aldo nova songs. Of course fantasy paved the way for aldo nova. Never seen him perform live but I'm sure he puts on a great show.

  • The music industry's fascination with computers in the early 80s really dates the videos.

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