Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
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“Monkey Gone to Heaven“‘s main theme is environmentalism. The song mainly deals with man’s destruction of the ocean and “confusion of man’s place in the universe”. “On one hand, it’s this big organic toilet. Things get flushed and repurified or decomposed and it’s this big, dark, mysterious place”, Frank Black later said, “It’s also a very mythological place where there are octopus’s gardens, the Bermuda Triangle, Atlantis, and mermaids.” Black came up with the song’s hook, “this monkey’s gone to heaven”, long before the song itself was written. The line itself forms a basis for the song, which revolves around man’s relationship with the divine and environmentalism.
“Monkey Gone to Heaven” was the first Pixies song to feature guest musicians: two cellists, Arthur Fiacco and Ann Rorich, and two violinists, Karen Karlsrud and Corine Metter.
“Monkey Gone to Heaven” was the first Pixies song to feature guest musicians: two cellists, Arthur Fiacco and Ann Rorich, and two violinists, Karen Karlsrud and Corine Metter.
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dada_my wrote:
That little 5-6-7 thing is seriously too good. Now could everyone please stop quoting it?
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everythings gonna burrrrn
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kin-oats wrote:
56777777777777777777777777777777777777777777
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stop_jackin_it wrote:
(now someone sing the chorus!)
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stop_jackin_it wrote:
theen GOOOOOD is seven, theen GOOOOD is seven
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TMVRadio wrote:
WOW! Stunning <3
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fortonionly wrote:
and if the devil is six, then god is seven
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kubakubi wrote:
that is the best part of this song. whole's great <3333
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stop_jackin_it wrote:
Then the devil is six...then the devil is six...
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Alexston wrote:
If man is five...if man is five...
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stop_jackin_it wrote:
iiiis gooooone to heaaaven
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TROGDOR57 wrote:
Such a great song.
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lektroluxe wrote:
Best Album ever !!
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Brian_F wrote:
Deliciouso.
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v_for_violence wrote:
if the ground's not cold everything is going to burn.
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Dandy-Jon wrote:
what a trip this song is, stunning, I love it
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amymillard wrote:
ah this song is so good
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coregamer wrote:
kimizefa, when he says that, for some reason he says it in an explanatory tone. I don't know why but I like it. :P
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kimizefa wrote:
Everything is going to burn! We'll all take turns.
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Shaunography wrote:
Superb song. One of the first songs I fell in love with
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