I was lucky enough to have a dad born in the early 60’s, he was in to 70’s punk and Ska music so songs like this were around in his youth and he shared songs like these with me when I was little, really opened my world to so many great songs and genres, which is why I’m here!
my dad was born in the mid 70,s loves punk and ska so that's also why I'm here, I remember being 4 dancing with my dad to this and its one of my favourite childhood memories, so much love to your dad mate he sounds like a good one 👍
@@robertcaffrey6097 This current clownworld run by satanic khazarians feels like purgatory. If you were born after 9/11 or cannot remember the 80s/90s then you have no idea what they have taken from ou, from all of us.
RIP Terry you will always be so very special to us your fans xx You are to young to pass away xx i have loved you and your band since your beginning xx Gone but never forgotten lol Jane x🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
Thanks KS , really have to listen to lyrics . Is monkey man , slang for bouncer ? Might be urban lingo gonna check it out . Quarantine gives us plenty of time . Thanks again
This song is about a woman who gets busy with another man, probably a big guy, and the original singer Toots(and the Maytals) is jealous, calling the guy a big monkey man! “I didn’t see you, I only heard of you, hugging up a big monkey man. It’s no lie, it’s no lie, hugging up a big monkey man”.
How can protein smoothies be made by a harmless robot that grows and collects it then gives it to another harmless robot using artificial intelligence so we as people can safely consume it 🎉
Nothing racist about it. It’s a cover of a Toots and the Maytals song. Here’s what Toots said about the song in an interview: “Well Monkeyman is all about a girl, a very good looking girl like you! I fell in love with her and then a monkey-looking man took her away from me but I thought she was in love with me. The guy was ugly and not good looking like me, ha ha!”
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I was lucky enough to have a dad born in the early 60’s, he was in to 70’s punk and Ska music so songs like this were around in his youth and he shared songs like these with me when I was little, really opened my world to so many great songs and genres, which is why I’m here!
my dad was born in the mid 70,s loves punk and ska so that's also why I'm here, I remember being 4 dancing with my dad to this and its one of my favourite childhood memories, so much love to your dad mate he sounds like a good one 👍
Love that for you ❤❤
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R.I.P. Terry Hall you Rude Boy. Thank you for the music and rest easy
The Specials hold a "special" place in my heart. I back packed through Europe the summer of '81, Ghost Town was played that whole summer.
good one Richard
Great times,
We have no idea how good we had it back then.
We certainly don’t 😢❤
Yeah best years and times for great music..... Enjoy yourself Its later than you think.
@@robertcaffrey6097 This current clownworld run by satanic khazarians feels like purgatory. If you were born after 9/11 or cannot remember the 80s/90s then you have no idea what they have taken from ou, from all of us.
I'm so glad I was only 13 when these guys were doing this. Still listening 45 years later.
I'm 14 and I love listening to this and this is what you call music
Im 15 and same
Im 12 and same.
Baby rude boys. Nice.
find concrete jungle
Listen to thrash son.
Bought this and Madness first LP on same day, 17 then, god wheres the years gone, mum and Dad both gone now as well, such is life
I’m hope you’re smiling. RIP to your mum and dad bless you all ❤❤❤
the SPECIALS northern soul UK styled brill xx...the best cd album imho cheers from Dallas ya'll BRILL....xx
One of my VERY favourite songs of all time!
in the 80's
skateboarded Tokyo with my Aiwa cassette player
RIP Terry you will always be so very special to us your fans xx You are to young to pass away xx i have loved you and your band since your beginning xx Gone but never forgotten lol Jane x🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
I saw The Specials at the Lyceum in 1979 when I was 16.
What a show that was!
RIP Terry Hall xx
I was 14 when this came out so many great memories. Thank yo so much
Love it still. Sat here and sang with my mates.
I used to love this song me and my daughter used to enjoy it so much
Thank you guys! So many memories.
Still moonstompin after all these years.❤️🇫🇴
The whole LP is feelgood...I miss this era. Times were s**t but fab!
It was in Doc Martin season 1 but it had different lyrics, something about a white house. It was the episode when Elaine's dad got married.
I was lucky enough to see them a couple of years ago when they toured 😎 they were absolutely amazing 😜
i love this song
My late dad was a music lover.
Love this!
Certainement le meilleur ska que j écoute et j en suis fan depuis l age de 14 pige a 57 pives qu elle fierté mon look sia
Aaaj ajj ajj 🐒🤸♀️🤸♀️🤸♀️💃💃
love it
RIP Terry Hall 😔
Grazie, Amy Casa del Vino
Don't understand a word they're singing but ,, " I LIKE IT , A HA , A HA "
...singing about bouncers...
Thanks KS , really have to listen to lyrics . Is monkey man , slang for bouncer ? Might be urban lingo gonna check it out . Quarantine gives us plenty of time . Thanks again
@@deandiaz7757 i think it just means like big bodybuilder types, ive not actually looked though
Special songs always had some sort of deeper meaning to them and probably the most important things to all there songs is the lyrics.
This song is about a woman who gets busy with another man, probably a big guy, and the original singer Toots(and the Maytals) is jealous, calling the guy a big monkey man!
“I didn’t see you, I only heard of you,
hugging up a big monkey man.
It’s no lie, it’s no lie,
hugging up a big monkey man”.
Love the song 🎵
I found this on a mixtape someone left in the old tape player in my college's machine shop
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great song mun key man.
I never thanked you uploading the remaster even though I've been back many, many times since. I guess I'm just a rude boy.
Classic
Tune👌🏻🇬🇧
I love this song I sang it on karaoke with my dad one time
That's cool 😂
Bang bang bang messing with the dude
The crown sent me here
Just by the album cover and their clothes I could tell they were a ska band
If they don't play this in the monkey man movie, they failed
Netflix - Crown series brought me here xD :D
Yeaaaah!!
How on Earth are there only 11 comments bro what
4 months later, and 27 comments is still too little for this amazing tune.
🏁💙
THIS ONES FOR THE BOUNCERS….
Here after watching the Crown 4
I did too
Yep.
😅
True
Noobs
Taj Mahal's did a similar version called Coconut man
Reel big fish did a version in the early 00s was wicked 👌🏻
Food fight everyone
That's nice now where's the chicks ,,,I wanna dance
Hey, would you look at that. I’m the first one to comment here.
Pleased for you 😘
Ha ha monkey
Winehouse sent me here.
Got another step back to take.
Lee Richard Hernandez Christopher Brown Matthew
MONKI MAN!!!
Came here from Melt-Banana
2
Hajaijai,...
Sellin' Crack🎶
Here cuz of my dad :)
27 bouncers 🙈
How can protein smoothies be made by a harmless robot that grows and collects it then gives it to another harmless robot using artificial intelligence so we as people can safely consume it 🎉
He's No Lie.
Fuckin bums I love it.
🐒🐒🐒🐒
How bad are people that doesn understand?
monke
i demonised myself
Official soundtrack of Africa
Damn
Stop it!!!!!!!!
Only Toots did it better.
Those comments were common in Norway as well in the 50s and 60s,
when racial slurs were publicly accepted and rooted upon.
Nothing racist about it. It’s a cover of a Toots and the Maytals song. Here’s what Toots said about the song in an interview:
“Well Monkeyman is all about a girl, a very good looking girl like you! I fell in love with her and then a monkey-looking man took her away from me but I thought she was in love with me. The guy was ugly and not good looking like me, ha ha!”
This probably wouldn't get released nowadays in case it upset the" woke gen z" crowd who haven't a clue
Amy Winehouse version is Better
HIYA JASON YORKE NN8