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Monkey Gone To Heaven by Pixies

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Pixies Is An American Alternative Rock Band Which Formed In Boston Massachusetts United States In 1986. The Band Consists Of Charles Black Francis Thompson IV Vocals Guitar Also Known As ''Frank Black'' Joey Santiago Lead Guitar David Lovering Drums And Paz Lenchantin Bass Vocals . Until 2013 The Band Also Featured Kim Deal On Bass And Vocals. The Band Officially Split In 1993 And Reunited In 2004. They Went On Hiatus In 2007 With Each Band Member Pursuing Projects Of Their Own Only To Reunite In 2009 With The Announcement Of A New Tour Commencing In Europe That Summer. Although Quite Popular On Alternative Rock Radio In The United States Due To Heavy Airplay Of The Singles "Monkey Gone To Heaven" And "Here Comes Your Man" They Were Never Widely Popular There But Found Success In Europe Especially In The UK Where They Managed Three Top 40 Singles "Velouria" "Planet Of Sound" And A Re-Release Of "Debaser" And Belgium And The Netherlands Where They Were Heavily Broadcasted By Alternative Public Radio. The Band's Style Of Alternative Rock Music Is Heavily Influenced By Punk And Surf Rock And While Highly Melodic Is Capable Of Being Tremendously Abrasive At The Same Time. Francis Is The Pixies' Primary Songwriter And Singer And Has A Distinctly Desperate Yowling Delivery. He Has Typically Written Cryptic Songs About Offbeat Subjects Such As UFOs And Surrealism. References To Mental Instability Violent Biblical Imagery And Physical Injury Feature In Many Of The Band's Songs. The Group Is Frequently Posited As The Immediate Forebear Of The Alternative Rock Boom Of The 1990s Though They Disbanded Before Reaping Any Of The Benefits This Might Have Brought Them. Avowed Fan Kurt Cobain's Acknowledgement Of The Debt Nirvana Owed To The Pixies Along With Similar Tributes By Other Alternative Bands Ensured That The Pixies' Legacy And Influence Grew Substantially In The Years Following Their Demise. In 1993 During An Interview With BBC Radio 5 Black Francis Announced That The Band Had Split - Something He Had Not Told His Bandmates. After The Interview He Called Santiago Who In Turn Faxed Deal And Lovering The News The Next Morning. After The Split Black Francis Inverted His Stage Name To Frank Black And Embarked On A Successful Solo Career While Deal Resumed Her Role In The Breeders With Her Identical Twin Sister Kelley. In 2004 The Band Reunited For A Tour - Documented In The Film LoudQUIETloud - And Released A New Single "Bam Thwok" That Summer. In 2007 Black Francis Now Going By That Name Again Stated In An Interview That The Reunion Was "done" Even Though The Members Remain In Good Terms With Each Other. In Later Interviews However He Began To Mention That He Might Be Willing To Record Another Pixies Album. Nonetheless Francis Has Returned To His Solo Career And Deal To The Breeders Both Of Which Released Albums And Toured In 2008. Lovering And Santiago Meanwhile Set Up Their Own Project A Band Called Everybody. In Order To Celebrate The 20th Anniversary Of The Release Of Doolittle Pixies Launched A Tour In October 2009 On Which They Perform All The Album's Songs And B-Sides. In The Autumn Of 2011 The "Lost Cities" Tour Continued The "Doolittle Tour" As They Played Many Venues For The First Time.

Frogtoon Muziek - Nummerinformatie: Monkey Gone to Heaven

"Monkey Gone To Heaven" Is A Song By The American Alternative Rock Band Pixies And Is The Seventh Track On Their 1989 Album Doolittle. The Song Was Written And Sung By Frontman Black Francis And Was Produced By Gil Norton. Referencing Environmentalism And Biblical Numerology The Song's Lyrics Mirrored Themes That Were Explored In Doolittle. "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 Released As The First Single From Doolittle In The United States And United Kingdom. As The Band Had Signed To Elektra Records Shortly Before The Single Also Marked Their First American And Major Label Release. It Was Critically Well-Received Rolling Stone's David Fricke Said "Monkey Gone To Heaven" Was "a Corrosive Compelling Meditation On God And Garbage". In The Years Since Its Release The Song Has Received Several Accolades From Music Publications. "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 The Ocean This Big Organic Toilet. Things Get Flushed And Repurified Or Decomposed And It's This Big Dark Mysterious Place" Black Francis Later Said "It's Also A Very Mythological Place Where There Are Octopus's Gardens The Bermuda Triangle Atlantis And Mermaids." Black Francis 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. After Black Francis Set The Developing Lyrics To Music He Rushed To Lead Guitarist Joey Santiago's Apartment To Play It To Him. Joey Santiago Later Commented On The Nascent Performance "It Was Early In The Morning I Was Still So Tired. Francis Said 'Hey Joe I Need To Come Over. I Need To Show You Something.' ... It Was Awesome Really Good. He Had The 'If Man Is Five' Part There And He Was Laughing. ... It Was Hilarious". "Monkey Gone To Heaven" Includes References To Numerology In The Lyrics "If Man Is Five/then The Devil Is Six/and God Is Seven". Francis Later Expanded On The Significance Of The Lyrics In An Interview To Alternative Press Saying "It's A Reference From What I Understand To Be Hebrew Numerology And I Don't Know A Lot About It Or Any Of It Really. I Just Remember Someone Telling Me Of The Supposed Fact That In The Hebrew Language Especially In The Bible You Can Find Lots Of References To Man In The 5th And Satan In The 6th And God In The 7th. ... I Didn't Go To The Library And Figure It Out". The Song's Numerology Is Alluded To On The Single's Cover Which Features Figures Of Five Six And Seven And Also A Monkey With A Halo. Ben Sisario Author Of Doolittle 33⅓ Offers A Slightly Different Interpretation Of The Song "Neptune The God Of This Realm In Reference To Francis' Ocean Comment The 'underwater Guy Who Controlled The Sea ' Hung Out Down There The Personification Of Man's Relationship With The Earth. And What Happens To Neptune? He Gets 'killed By Ten Million Pounds Of Sludge From New York To New Jersey.' Same Thing With The "creature In The Sky " Who Gets Stuck Up There In A Hole In The Ozone Layer. Man The Divine Manifestation Effectively Dies And What Remains Is His Degraded Animal Nature The Chintzy Halo Stuck On The Primate's Head Is The Symbol Of That Unhappy Fall".

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