Monkey man what does it mean

Robert Brown John. Posted by: Swayed Posted by: Harlem Shuffler. Thanks to everyone who responded to my post, Rockman in particular. Deltics and schillid have been sent to their rooms because of their facetious comments. Tut tut! Posted by: dandelion Quote More Hot Rocks I never listen to the words in this song.

Just Keith guitar. Posted by: Rockman. I'm a cold Italian pizza I could use a lemon squeezer What you do? Hard to surpass those lyrics, Rockee. Brilliant stuff! Posted by: z. Posted by: Great thread! Lots of other Stones lyrics I don't completely understand, would love to have more info from Rockman or others.

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This song is about the Stones coming to the United States and fitting into the mainstream. This is the only way this line makes sense: "Well, I hope we're not too messianic, or a trifle too satanic.

We love to play the blues. They're just some guys who like the same music we do. General Comment I think this song is Mick and the Stones getting in touch with their primitive roots. The "Monkey Man" that Mick identifies himself here as calls to mind Darwin's theory of evolution and where we came from. The line "I was bitten by a boar, I was gouged and I was gored, But I pulled on through" illustrates the harsh evolutionary struggle and the survival of the fittest.

Mostly this song reminds us of our own primal urges and the animal in us all. One of my favourite Stones tunes of all time. Keith Angus Page on May 20, Link. Keith Angus Page. General Comment Keith Richards is a brilliant fucking musician. JumpyJack on January 10, Link. The jist of the song is that the guy got burned by a male ex-lover and has found a lesbian willing to hook up with him.

He was "bitten" hurt by a boar a stronger male lover and "she-rats" bisexual women. He wants someone to gratify him "lemon squeezer" is someone who masturbates a lot. The term 'monkey man' is a term that old black bluesmen used in the 's and 30's to describe a homosexual black man. If someone asked 'Does he have a girlfriend? StreetSense on August 29, Post by Donna Richoux Post by Mike Lyle I'm told, without figures and by a non-zoologist, that a disproportionate number of primatologists are women.

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Martin Ambuhl. Post by bealoid Is "monkey man" just some random insult, or does being a "monkey man" have some special meaning? Paul Wolff. Purl Gurl. Here are the.