The Uptones - Monkey Man (01/25/08)

The Uptones performing at The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco, California on January 25, 2008.

Eric Uptone - Guitar and Vocals
Moose Lethridge - Guitar and Vocals
The Rev. Paul Jackson - Keyboards and Vocals
Bennie Wood - Bass
Tim Carter - Drums
Adam Beach - Saxophone
Jeanne Geiger - Trombone
Scott Bertrand - Trumpet

Shot and Edited by Jake Small

Originally written and performed by The Specials

Lyrics

This one's for the bouncers.
Big, big... Monkey Man!

Aye aye aye, aye aye aye!
Tell you baby,
You huggin up the big monkey man
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye!
Tell you baby,
You huggin up the big monkey man

I never saw you, I only heard of you
huggin up the big monkey man
I never saw you, I only heard of you
huggin up the big monkey man

It's no lie, it's no lie
Them a tell me,
You huggin up the big monkey man
It's no lie, it's no lie
Them a tell me,
You huggin up the big monkey man

Now I know that, now I understand
You're turning a monkey on me
Now I know that, now I understand
You're turning a monkey on me

Aye aye aye, aye aye aye!
Tell you baby,
You huggin up the big monkey man
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye!
Tell you baby,
You huggin up the big monkey man

I was on my way to Banbury Cross,
Then I see a monkey upon a white horse
With rings on he fingers, bells on him toes
Sing a little song, wherever he be
'Cos he's a monkey, 'cos he's a monkey
'Cos he's a weedy little monkey man

Aye aye aye, aye aye aye!
Tell you baby,
You huggin up the big monkey man
Aye aye aye, aye aye aye!
Tell you baby,
You huggin up the big monkey man

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bay
• Area
• Ska
• Skanking
• Dancing
• Concert
• Fun
• Muzic

[unclesamurai]

@STILLAVRIL1 Correct you are my friend. We moshed up a Specials/Toots version in a 2 tone salute. And this must have been an encore, usually I'm jumpin and kickin and high steppin all over the place!

Skank on!

Moose

[guerrald]

I prefer this to jazz. Go West coast!

[801bandit38]

Good cover! Ska is the limit!

[SoulysUK]

Keeping the old Trojan Label turning!

Ska lives forever

[STILLAVRIL1]

Nice job.

One little quibble though, it was written by Toots Hibbert and recorded on Trojan by Toots and the Maytals.

Good luck to you, you've got a good band there.

[seandroid]

i love these guys!