🎵 Peter Gabriel - Shock The Monkey REACTION
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@sealdrup 2 жыл бұрын
Gabriel has described "Shock the Monkey" as "a love song" that examines how jealousy can release one's basic instincts; the monkey is not a literal monkey, but a metaphor for one's feelings of jealousy.
@s.mcpherson6354 2 жыл бұрын
I loved how, on tour, he would wear the 'monkey' makeup. I remember that was the first tour I ever saw the artist wear their mic.
@s.mcpherson6354 2 жыл бұрын
@@sealdrup Sorry, you lost me. Do you mean how he was using electronics in the studio?
@sealdrup 2 жыл бұрын
@@s.mcpherson6354 No, someone had responded how they loved Wikipedia and said I could state it in my own words. I copy and paste text because I am a programmer.
@lilymarinovic1644 2 жыл бұрын
I thought it was about our primitive emotions as well- jealousy being one, anger another
@OronOfMontreal 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel has stated that "Shock the Monkey" is about jealousy. Go figure, eh? You should have seen him, in the day, performing this live. Amazing. The 1982 music video was chosen by MTV and by Rolling Stone magazine as the best Rock music video of all time, to be supplanted four years later by another Peter Gabriel video: "Sledgehammer". That one is still considered the absolutely best music video ever created.
@MsTruthseeker999 2 жыл бұрын
Wow I never knew it was about jealousy...I always thought it was maybe about experiments on monkeys! Lol but was mainly just confused by the lyrics.
@hosehead58 2 жыл бұрын
both videos were excellent..the rest of them, 99%, you can forget
@alukuhito 2 жыл бұрын
I've always thought of it as about trying to kick the habit of doing drugs. Drugs are the monkey on his back.
@MarkJones-mm3br 2 жыл бұрын
@@MsTruthseeker999 you are also correct. The jealousy was observed in an experiment with monkeys. Reading about this experiment inspired PG to write the song.
@cyberserk5614 Жыл бұрын
I think the same guy who created the video for Sledgehammer did the visuals for Frank Zappas Inca Roads.
@adgato75 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel is immensely talented. He makes great music , in different styles , that is excellent. He was also one of the early white artists to incorporate "World Music" into their music.
@jazztheglass6139 2 жыл бұрын
Robert palmer "the silver gun" and woke up laughing" both excellent tracks
@rogeroran2911 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel is my favorite solo artist. Man is amazing. To get a better feel for his music try watching one of his live performances. Start with In Your Eyes from The Secret World Live video. Incredible musicianship.
@TheScottSlater 2 жыл бұрын
100% this.
@GoHomeAndGetYaFuckinShinebox 2 жыл бұрын
He is the GOAT.
@Matt2010 2 жыл бұрын
Was just going to say the same!
@pauljansen1137 2 жыл бұрын
His duet with Kate Bush..."Don't Give Up"....is worth a listen as well guys!!!
@dennissullivan888 2 жыл бұрын
I agree with "Don't Give Up", but even more so with Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill"
@pauljansen1137 2 жыл бұрын
@@dennissullivan888 well...I agree!
@stuartfenton157 2 жыл бұрын
The version of Roy Harper’s Another Day that Peter & Kate did in 1979 for her Christmas BBC TV special is equally as good.
@cwillece3128 2 жыл бұрын
"Shock The Monkey" is sometimes mistaken as a song about shock therapy, but Gabriel has said it is a song about jealousy.
@phungyi4947 2 жыл бұрын
Oh, so it's not like spank the monkey? I did wonder though..
@bobcorbin3294 2 жыл бұрын
I read an interview with PG back in the 80'sand he said that to Shock The Monkey was to bring a persons emotions to the front
@mr.knowitall6440 2 жыл бұрын
Nice "cut and paste" job... 🧐
@anthonygarcia3543 2 жыл бұрын
I was always guessing this song’s meaning!! Thank you 🙏
@BensSoZen 2 жыл бұрын
'Peter Gabriel has never elaborated much on the meaning of “Shock The Monkey,” other than to say in a 1993 interview, “This song is about jealousy and a sort of animal nature.” However, another Gabriel song, “We Do What We’re Told,” was inspired by the infamous 1961 Milgram experiments in which subjects believed they were administering shocks to other test subjects and continued to administer higher and higher “shocks” when instructed to do so.'
@johnmavroudis2054 2 жыл бұрын
"San Jacinto" or "Rhythm of the Heat" would be AMAAAAZING reactions for Peter Gabriel. "Biko" and "Solsbury Hill" would also be winners.
@davidpeters44 2 жыл бұрын
what he said.
@jamessweet5341 2 жыл бұрын
San Jacinto is gorgeously spiritual.
@chosanwan1510 2 жыл бұрын
Mercy Street, Games Without Frontiers Aaaand Sky Blue live W/The Blind Boys Of Alabama. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f8CIo6t3mrOnkpc.html&ab_channel=PeterGabriel
@Jhelpura 2 жыл бұрын
Gabriel has described " Shock the Monkey " as "a love song" that examines how jealousy can release one's basic instincts; the monkey is not a literal monkey, but a metaphor for one's feelings of jealousy. Gabriel has mentioned that the song's lyrical motif was inspired by King Kong's lightning powers in the film King Kong vs. Godzilla.....had to look this up and delete the other stupid post I made.
@MrDiddyDee 2 жыл бұрын
I think its about our basic primal feelings, our fight or flight mechanism. No matter how intellectual humans become we can't escape are emotional reactions to potential threats. I think this song is about anger and jealously, he's asking his partner to have his back instead of making him jealous and suspicious and awaking the 'monkey' in him.
@mvellis3863 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel is one of the creative geniuses of art/progressive/rock music starting in the 70's with Genesis and his solo career through the 80's and 90's (check out Kate Bush for his genius female counterpart). Highly recommend you react to Peter's "Digging In The Dirt" with the official video, or his incredible duet with Kate Bush "Don't Give Up"
@BKLYN_TZU 2 жыл бұрын
It's crazy to think this song is 40 years old this year and it sounds like it could fit in with some of today's EDM & '80S revival music Mr.Gabriel was definitely a futurist and ahead of his time when it came to the Electronic music
@Johnny_Socko 2 жыл бұрын
100% agree, this sound was SO fresh to me as a kid, I felt like it introduced a whole new concept of music to me. This song was originally played a little on traditional Rock radio (I guess because they already played Genesis), but it quickly got picked up on Alternative and New Wave stations, and THAT'S the music I started listening to. And in general, this song is just so freaking *cool,* I don't think I'll ever get tired of it.
@BKLYN_TZU 2 жыл бұрын
@@Johnny_Socko Arhythmius me too when I was a kid in the Early '80s I was already a fan of Genesis but to hear Peter creating more Electronic sounding music that's true that was getting main stream radio play thanks to him being in Genesis who would have thought this song was just one of many hits he had back then the cool thing about back then Artists could take their time & experiment with different sounds and still get mainstream airplay your right I have been listening to this song for 40 years can't believe I'm writing this and I never lost interest in hear this song now that's timeless music
@buzzardbeatniks 2 жыл бұрын
I love it but It absolutely sounds 40 years old.
@BKLYN_TZU 2 жыл бұрын
@@buzzardbeatniks Buzzardbeatniks it is 40 years old this song cameout in 1982 lol.
@Sweep_The_Leg_Johnny 2 жыл бұрын
funny you mention that. the last Synthwave set I DJ'd, i tossed this in. Fit perfectly.
@mrkelso 2 жыл бұрын
He's the monkey. He wants his girl to help him feel safe, but instead she's out there "casting her pearls before the swine", freaking him out, making him jealous. It reminds him of how scientists retrain the thought processes of lab animals: shock the monkey, watch it get hurt. He's not particularly cool with being treated like that. No arousal.
@melissaw704 2 жыл бұрын
Lol... everything is about “arousal” with these younger generations. Lex: “Oh, I know... I figured it out... 😅
@mikeg.4211 2 жыл бұрын
You're exactly right.
@jamesburnett6247 2 жыл бұрын
Bingo. Dead on. He feels like he’s being used as a lab experiment by some girl.
@wholeshebang1 2 жыл бұрын
@@melissaw704 - I wonder if they're aware of the expression "Spank your monkey," which _is_ about masturbation (by men). 😂
@richardbailey1295 2 жыл бұрын
I have been trying to figure out this one for years.....All I could find was Gabriel once introducing the song as a song 'About Jealousy' Your explanation makes sense.
@Cadinho93 2 жыл бұрын
You guys should react to… Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill 🎸🤘
@smittybenzo4693 2 жыл бұрын
In this episode of Brad & Lex, after the couch couple gets acquainted with Mr Gabriel while performing moderate "sways" and "bops", Lex may or may not pick up what Peter is putting down but she maintains optimism until her confidence peaks at the point of enlightenment in which she provides her "arousal" theory that isn't met with hostility from her cohort. In fact Brad exudes a sense of relief and peacefulness although his inquiries are left a mystery.
@badgrandma6973 2 жыл бұрын
I think your comment is very underappreciated sir. I find your sense of wit refreshing! LOL
@robertcain9682 2 жыл бұрын
I read maybe 3 comments like this now probably all yours. Will check next time. Lol
@ninawildr4207 2 жыл бұрын
@@badgrandma6973 i suuuuure do appreciate em and look for these comments here
@jacobjones5269 2 жыл бұрын
Tune in next time…
@hubrisnaut 2 жыл бұрын
weak
@markclark4795 2 жыл бұрын
Gabriel is a very dramatic performer with a lot of depth. The more I hear of his work the more I research him and find out more about his life and experiences. Great writer and like Bowie you get more for your money than you ever expected when you watch him perform. Career goes for decades and decades while remaining relevent.
@gregfagan199 2 жыл бұрын
As other commenters have noted, this song is about jealousy, and as Gabriel once put it himself at a concert I attended, the effect of shock on human behavior. Get your mind out of the gutter, Lex! 😉
@michaelbriefs9764 2 жыл бұрын
This considered New Wave music and it very danceable -- I've danced to this song numerous times, back in the day -- and "clubby" for the time period.
@surlechapeau 2 жыл бұрын
Brad & Lex, his song "In Your Eyes" is outstanding!!!
@wholeshebang1 2 жыл бұрын
As is "Don't Give Up," with legendary, British singer/composer Kate Bush. The song is powerful and the video of Peter and Kate holding each other closely while standing, with a camera revolving around them, was so touching and emotional. I find it a source of comfort, and I sometimes cry, because the music, voices and imagery are so exquisitely beautiful!
@CJ-Fischer 2 жыл бұрын
Peter is Amazing! Love anything he has put out…especially with Genesis
@BodhranPlayer66 2 жыл бұрын
Found this: "Gabriel has described "Shock the Monkey" as "a love song" that examines how jealousy can release one's basic instincts; the monkey is not a literal monkey, but a metaphor for one's feelings of jealousy. Gabriel has mentioned that the song's lyrical motif was inspired by King Kong's lightning powers in the film King Kong vs. Godzilla."
@ugadawgs1990 2 жыл бұрын
The song is about Cocoa, a monkey in Birmingham UK who was killed by jumping out of the cage onto a live wire. It’s about trying to escape a depressing job.
@jamesstarks3676 2 жыл бұрын
Shock the monkey is about a lab experiment where one monkey has a shock collar and the other a button to induce the shock. The monkey isn't prone to use the button as it gives pain to his friend in the other cage, but when the lab tech gives the monkey with the shock collar grapes, but not yet one with the button, over time, jealousy causes the button monkey to shock his friend. Peter Gabriel was genius for researching hoe jealously causes our basic animal instincts to arise... to allow us to hurt others without remorse.
@michaeldaugette802 2 жыл бұрын
According to Peter Gabriel it’s a song about jealousy !
@spydude38 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel, a very talented singer, song writer was at one time the lead singer for Genesis. Upon his departure, Phil Collins, their drummer took over as lead singer and he too eventually went solo and onto greater success.
@footnotedrummer 2 жыл бұрын
If Wikipedia is correct: "Gabriel has described "Shock the Monkey" as "a love song" that examines how jealousy can release one's basic instincts; the monkey is not a literal monkey, but a metaphor for one's feelings of jealousy"
@TheBuzzard1209 2 жыл бұрын
his book Obedience to Authority.[5] It is neither, but the Gabriel song "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" from his 1986 album So does deal directly with Milgram. Gabriel has described "Shock the Monkey" as "a love song" that examines how jealousy can release one's basic instincts; the monkey is not a literal monkey, but a metaphor for one's feelings of jealousy
@Gloomshadow100 2 жыл бұрын
no.., heroin habit
@TheBuzzard1209 2 жыл бұрын
@@Gloomshadow100 could be, but I don't think Peter Gabriel was a heroin user?
@Gloomshadow100 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheBuzzard1209 yeah he was, mentions it in sledgehammer, "I kicked the habit, shed my skin, here is the new stuff, I come dancing in" heroin was big back then
@TheBuzzard1209 2 жыл бұрын
@@Gloomshadow100 well unless he publicly comes out and said hes a user, then I'll believe it, otherwise that song could be a metaphor for well anything.
@TheBuzzard1209 2 жыл бұрын
@@Gloomshadow100 Another dichotomy I've read about regarding you is that you're someone who freely chases altered states of mind whether by hanging upside down by your ankles, or meditating, or spending time in flotation tanks or by reading esoteric works but contrary to popular belief, you don't take drugs. PG: No. The only drug I was interested in was LSD but I look at my nine-year-old son now and he gets scared shitless by his dreams and nightmares and I think I was the same as a young man - I didn't really want to amplify what was already vivid to me. But I was curious and I've got drunk, I've smoked dope but not regularly. One time I was trying to write lyrics and I was stuck. The road crew had baked a hash cake and I thought that might help. I had this empty page staring at me and I thought, 'What the fuck do I do?' I started eating it and I was thinking, 'This just doesn't do anything.' So then I ate all of it. Ha ha ha. Then I thought, 'It's still not doing anything, I don't understand it.' So I sat down at my desk and there was this surge of silver metal that came shooting up my spine and exploded in the front of my head and I started hallucinating. I was absolutely certain I was going to die. I had a cassette recorder with me for lyrics and I thought, 'Ok, well I'll keep this with me to record my last words.' I started heading home to where Jill [his wife at the time] and the kids were. It was about a mile across some fields and a stream. If you listen to the tape now you can hear me fall into the stream and start swearing. I was trying to get my last words down but then I fell in a bramble bush. Eventually I got home and my wife saw me covered in blood and scratches and mud, she thought I'd been in a car crash but still holding onto a tape recorder for some reason.
@patmullen7597 2 жыл бұрын
Ever since I listed to this for the first time 40 years ago the arrangement starting at 5:09 has affected me in a way I can't even explain because it's not technically complicated and there are barely any lyrics at that point but EVERY time I hear this song start I'm waiting for that point in the track. I have always loved Peter Gabriel's work. He is an amazing writer and musician.
@brianyoungberg9904 2 жыл бұрын
Met Peter in KC on this tour in 1982. Hung out by the stage exit. Saw him a few times later. Genius...
@robertherring9277 2 жыл бұрын
Danced to this in High School back in the day. Not my usual genre, but there is a lot of Peter Gabriel that I really like and have good memories too.
@doriwiljt 2 жыл бұрын
Saw Peter numerous times in the 80s and 90s. Amazing live. Watch some live videos of his secret world tour
@alboystewart2212 2 жыл бұрын
Superb ex genesis vocalist Not one of us Games without frontiers Solsbury hill Excellent numbers
@swartwoodart2558 2 жыл бұрын
They used to do experiments that would reward monkeys with food, or shock them, to see if they would learn. His woman is shocking him instead of helping him "Don't like it but I guess I'm learning"
@LynnThompsonAuthor 2 жыл бұрын
Watch the official video, not one somebody else made with the lyrics. This song came out in the early days of MTV, when it played one music video after another all the time. The more avant-garde musicians like Peter Gabriel were all trying to out-do each other with the style of their videos, which was just as important to them as the music. Some of them, including this one, were very clever.
@dannycasson1551 2 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely one of my favorite artists. Incredible talent. His album “So” is a masterpiece in my opinion. I nearly forgot about this one. I think there’s a music video. Anyway I’m assuming it has something to do with lab experiments on animals.
@wholeshebang1 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, "So" is a fantastic album. This song is about jealousy in a relationship, as Peter Gabriel has described it. The video showed a monkey that appeared to be rigged up for a lab experiment. It's interesting that Brad thought it's a "chill" tune, whereas Lex thought it was a danceable one, saying it has _"a beat," - _all_ songs have a beat/rhythm - but I think she mean it's _upbeat_ and thus danceable. In the '90s when this came out, it was a *New Wave* (music genre) dance song. Rockers didn't dance to it, but prog rock fans loved it, as they'd also have been into *Genesis,* the world-famous, prog rock band Gabriel was in with drummer/singer Phil Collins (who also had a successful solo career, post-Genesis), Tony Banks, Steve Hacket and a few others over the years.
@jeffreyaverett1800 2 жыл бұрын
@@wholeshebang1 Shock The Monkey was released in 1982 PS & BTW ✌️
@dannycasson1551 2 жыл бұрын
@@wholeshebang1 👍
@metalmark1214 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel has said this song is about jealousy.
@dlpowers3898 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel always thinks outside the box of music and musical technology which makes him awesome! thx for sharing Brad & Lex :)
@shellzmoe8966 Жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever, and my absolute favorite Peter Gabriel song (In Your Eyes is runner up) I've always LOVED this song, then my kids loved it too, it was their favorite of mom's "old school" music, and NOW yes, my grandkids love it!
@ElijahPerrin80 2 жыл бұрын
I have to hand it to you both on exploring and experiencing the music many of us grew up on.
@bobsonian 2 жыл бұрын
Coal Chambers cover of this is awesome, has Ozzy O on that as well
@lukec2579 2 жыл бұрын
Came here for that. Ozzy's vocals on this song fit so well. Never the biggest Coal Chamber guy but their cover was great.
@terrysmith1037 2 жыл бұрын
I was in college when this came out and MTV was just getting started. (They actually played music videos instead of strange reality shows) and the official video was played a lot. It is very interesting and fits Peter Gabriel well. You can see it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edSGmZSL1Kmug6M.html
@chrisa4695 2 жыл бұрын
I was a senior in high school or freshman in college.
@Alewifes_Husband 2 жыл бұрын
Gabriel left Genesis in 1975 and once his new son had gotten to be a few years old, Peter set out on a solo career. He released six or so really good but slightly uneven records in the late 70's and through the 80s into the early 90's. My favorite Gabriel solo song is "Red Rain" from the album So. Also Solsbury Hill is a great song. He's got so many, really. And his world music collaborations are very interesting.
@joehynes5452 2 жыл бұрын
Games Without Frontiers and Solsbury Hill are beyond fantastic
@vickiroman189 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, get your minds out of the gutter - LOL! This video was my favorite for years. Peter is incredibly diverse - he introduced me to world music, and I remain eternally grateful.
@Valorius 2 жыл бұрын
So 80's. What a great time. Forever gone.
@landreaulover 7 күн бұрын
I never knew what this was about either, but I've always liked songs with monkey in the lyrics or title. Aside from that, this is just a great, funky 80s song!
@bazookajoe6133 2 жыл бұрын
Gabriel is one of the few musicians in the HOF as himself and with Genesis. Guy is a legit songwriting genius. In your eyes maybe the greatest love song of all time.
@semchen9 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel, too, in regards to his Song Writing, writes in Metaphor. His Tone also often is "Confessional" , - ..."I paint in Pictures, not in Words." -- Peter Gabriel's song -And Through the Wire
@haydenwittig8877 2 жыл бұрын
Peter used the Fairlight CMI basically a computer instrument a digital synthesizer sampler invented in Australia in 1979, Many 80s bands used this system.
@da_blade5040 2 жыл бұрын
Peter just Shows us all How Really Talented "Genesis" really was!! Great Times Listening to this when it first was Released!! ❤️🤘🎸👍😁
@KoZsWastingMoney 2 жыл бұрын
Gabriel said the song is actually about jealousy.
@YolandaAnneBrown95726 2 жыл бұрын
According to The Urban Dictionary: "Based off the song of the same name by Peter Gabriel, the term is used when an individual incites or causes another to feel jealous or spiteful. To bring out one's primal instinct to protect what they believe is there's."
@glassontherocks 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel "In Your eyes" Best of the best.
@iainweller452 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel is just brilliant check out his song “Biko” it’s amazing
@wholeshebang1 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it certainly is a powerful and emotional song. *Stephen Bantu Biko,* a prominent anti-apartheid activist during the '60s and '70s in South Africa, founded the *_Black Consciousness Movement_* which empowered and mobilized much of the urban Black population against apartheid - i.e. the enforced racial segregation and discrimination of Blacks by minority white colonizers (first the Dutch in 1652, then Britain, then back and forth between them for a few hundred years, until Dutch again). Apartheid prevailed in South Africa from 1948 until (future president) Nelson Mandela, after a serving 27 years in prison, also as a political prisoner, brokered the end of white-nationalist apartheid in 1994. Biko was arrested in 1977 at a roadblock, as a political prisoner for _subversion._ He was driven to a jail in Pretoria (700 miles away), and found shackled, naked and dead a week later in a filthy police hospital. Afrikaner (white) police claimed he'd died from a week-long hunger strike, though the autopsy showed he'd sustained a fatal blow to the head. Later, four police officers admitted to killing Biko, thinking they'd be granted ammesty (a pardon) by the Truth and Reconciliation Committee led by Desmond Tutu, but no legitimate political motive was found for them to murder him. (Note: I'm not assuming you don't know this, but thought it would inform Brad and Lex (and other readers) of the significance of Gabriel's song which tells the story of Biko and the racist, apatheid movement in South Africa.)
@iainweller452 2 жыл бұрын
@@wholeshebang1 thank you for sharing this
@billofalltrades2633 2 жыл бұрын
Due to its title and the content of the video, the song is frequently assumed to be either an animal rights song or a reference to the famous experiments by Stanley Milgram described in his book Obedience to Authority.[5] It is neither, but the Gabriel song "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" from his 1986 album So does deal directly with Milgram. Gabriel has described "Shock the Monkey" as "a love song" that examines how jealousy can release one's basic instincts; the monkey is not a literal monkey, but a metaphor for one's feelings of jealousy.[6] Gabriel has mentioned that the song's lyrical motif was inspired by King Kong's lightning powers in the film King Kong vs. Godzilla.[7] Music video
@tjmair761 2 жыл бұрын
People used to think that it was about the Milgram experiments (in which participants believed that they were shocking others, and, even though they felt bad, always followed orders to keep electrocuting. Anyway, it's not about that. Others thought that it was about animal rights (i.e. actual monkeys). It's not about that either. Lex posits that it's about arousal. It's not quite about that either. According to Gabriel, it's about jealousy.
@Diva369 2 жыл бұрын
If it’s not about the experiments where they'd shock the monkey, then why does he feature caged monkeys getting shocked in the music video?
@spiderbass65 2 жыл бұрын
You just listened to one of the greatest musicians ever. There it is, I said it.
@sumonjamal1653 2 жыл бұрын
Coal Chamber recorded an awesome heavy metal cover of 'Shock the monkey' w/ Ozzy Osbourne 🤘🤘🔥🔥
@ahmo2 2 жыл бұрын
Sub-Urban Tribe recorded much better version without Ozzy Osbourne. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a7-Bdqqp29-udWQ.html
@willfromyadkinville 2 жыл бұрын
when Peter sings People need to listen! he got words! dig deeper!
@JonathanVee 2 жыл бұрын
If you want to hear a more intense version of this song, Coal Chamber did a cover of this song with Ozzy Osbourne in then late 90's. Its pretty awesome!
@deanchiampas3991 2 жыл бұрын
You guys have a fun channel! Love your reactions! Lex, you are such a ray of light, and Brad plays off that perfectly!
@timfeeley714-25 2 жыл бұрын
The Peter Gabriel that you should listen to is "Biko" it is one of the most important songs ever written and helped bring an end to apartheid. There is a great movie about "Bantu Peter Biko" with Denzel Washington as Peter. Here's a link to the music video: ~ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otuGo9Z-mL-ll6s.html
@andrewriggs4364 2 жыл бұрын
Yihla moja
@timfeeley714-25 2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewriggs4364 What the ? I ran it thru Bing translator, and apparently it's gibberish there's no such language !
@timfeeley714-25 2 жыл бұрын
@Jim Henderson Mahalo nui loa for the explanation !!!
@andrewriggs4364 2 жыл бұрын
@Tim Freeley it's what he says right before the line," the man is dead". Biko IS a powerful song. It helped raise awareness around the World when it came out.
@RockDocNeal 2 жыл бұрын
Brad to Lex..."You're actually listening to the lyrics" 🤣🤣
@jamessweet5341 2 жыл бұрын
Electric shock is used as aversion training in animals. In this case, he's the monkey and he's being hurt.
@michaelbriefs9764 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel videos are all so amazing! He made some of the best of them from the 80's and 90's! I believe the song derives from medical experimentation on monkeys/primates that was going on at the time. The song is a protest against that practice but I believe Peter is also seeing that as a metaphor for modern life and the trials of human existence.
@nelms78 Жыл бұрын
Released: 20 September 1982 Recorded: 23 June 1981 - 10 July 1982
@lancevaughn432 Жыл бұрын
This song you need to watch the video it’s unbelievable
@lovedc4ever678 2 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 80s was the best! Always on my fave playlist. My favorite Peter Gabriel song ever!
@todd8414 2 жыл бұрын
I shock the monkey at least once a week! Got to keep those pipes clean! 😂
@ljwhitmire200 Жыл бұрын
The music video is tripping. Peter was definitely on the leading edge of videos back in the day.
@luthierjustin1 2 жыл бұрын
This song is about jealousy, not arousal
@shawnk7832 2 жыл бұрын
And Lex got something waaaay diff!!!! Yaaaayyy Lex!!!! 🤣
@shawnk7832 2 жыл бұрын
My ex GF would call my a monkey... Yah Lex. Got it. That was one of the best parts of our relationship 🤣
@martinjackson2431 2 жыл бұрын
Best pop vocalist to me. Love when his bourbon rasp kicks in.❤️🇨🇦
@amaru4029 Жыл бұрын
you gave Peter just what he wanted.😂😂😂😂
@fredfloyd34 11 ай бұрын
Cant get no better than Peter Gabriel...This couple knows good music.
@justinkase5269 2 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing about this song when I first heard it...but I was at that age where puberty was just beginning to set in and dirty thoughts, dirty jokes, and such were filling my head, lol. Then several years later a friend said they thought it was about animal rights and such because Peter Gabriel was a well known activist. Though, hearing from the man himself was probably the best answer you could get. Peter Gabriel was big on using metaphors in his songwriting. In this case it's about jealousy and how it can bring out a person's true personality (or something to that effect). If you haven't done it already, I recommend checking out his song "Solsbury Hill". It's easily my favorite song from him.
@domstone6344 2 жыл бұрын
EVERYTHING you guys cover...hard to pop reminds me of my life...what you guys do makes me feel like your sharing a little piece of my life but through new eyes and a fresh perspective that I may not have noticed before...THANK YOU
@tierbore1985 2 жыл бұрын
That was high school.... ... also, I'll say again, Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes from Secret World Live (video) for Lex. For humanity really.
@AW-yj6md 2 жыл бұрын
Ya'll did Shock the Monkey!,..first time I saw and heard Peter,..there is a video that was on MTV,..haven't seen it in ages,..remember him being in this weird room.,..and its pouring down raining on him,..its a trip,..very striking,..and such a groove,..the song was used in trailers for Monkey Shines movie,..huh about a monkey trained to be a helper for a disabled man,..turns homicidal,..Voight?,..from Chicago PD is in it,..its a trip,..there is a song that has that similar electronic, techno sound,..very groovy,.."You Are In My System ", by Robert Palmer,..very nice,..check it, do keep going,..love your reactions,..Godspeed, Peace ✌
@mpkelley20 2 жыл бұрын
This was played so much on mtv. Like every hour. Repeatedly. Yes. MTV used to play music videos.
@eirikrdberg1161 2 жыл бұрын
This was the first Gabriel song I heard. Had a live aid vhs tape with 20 videos. Still have it.
@tracylynn1461 2 жыл бұрын
One of my top 5 fav artists of ALL time.... Blood of Eden and Don't Give Up, Washing of the Water and Digging in the Dirt have to be my favs tho...
@Uradamus 2 жыл бұрын
I always assumed he was just making stuff up, but this song does pop into my head any time I see those videos of people doing magic tricks at the zoo for various apes and such, lol. >.
@autumnsnow8467 2 жыл бұрын
Games without frontiers is a great song by Peter Gabriel
@RobertSmith-xg5md 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of those songs that you need to see the official video while listening to the song.
@wholeshebang1 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I just watched it again. I wish Lex and Brad would watch the *official videos* (when available) for _all_ the songs that have them (instead of oft-incorrect and tacky-looking ones with lyrics), as they, like Lex said, add context. Plus, when we first heard these songs on the radio, we didn't have lyrics to read at the same time, so we had to figure it out on our own, waiting by the radio or later, watching MTV (USA) and MUCH MUSIC (Canada) - or until we got the 12" vinyl record or cassette tape with lyrics on the sleeve. By having the lyrics scrolling in front of them, I think it detracts from them fully experiencing the song for their first time. The co-hosts of another YT reaction channel I regularly watch (A&A, for short) listens to the song without the lyrics in view, and focus on the music and singing, to get the feel and mood first. Afterwards, they talk about their initial reaction to the song, then they pause _their_ video to read the lyrics, then return to discuss the song by its lyrical content, too. And of course, their viewers fill them in on what was intended, if they're way off-base. 😊
@jaymason480 2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy you guys especially when Lex explains the reason why she likes a song or what mind set it puts her in.
@michaellewis2511 2 жыл бұрын
Great song‼️Love this song‼️ Peter Gabriel is a great and puts on a powerful show 👏 🤟
@kellifranklin4432 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel is the background music of my life and soul. He's always with me. There's a song for every major event in my life by Gabriel. His music is my spirit animal and this song is everything to me!
@thecosmicsnail Жыл бұрын
Shock the Monkey is just a smooth feeling song. 40 years old and still rocks it.
@Rogueorl 2 жыл бұрын
You guys pick some of the BEST songs that bring back so many fond fun memories!! Thank You & Keep em coming!
@scottvanhille5688 2 жыл бұрын
Yes! I really like this song and I have his music video dvd. I really like "Steam" and "Big Time." Check them out sometime. "In Your Eyes" Live in concert is a popular reaction on here. His first song I ever heard was "Sledgehammer" and loved his music ever since. He's the original lead singer in Genesis. His duet with Kate Bush entitled "Don't Give Up" is a must. The green-eyed monster is no friend of anyone. His "Games Without Frontiers" "Red Rain" "Solsbury Hill" "I Don't Remember" "Mercy Street" "Shaking The Tree" "Biko" are great hits.
@jaquettajones 2 жыл бұрын
We Definitely Danced to this song in the 80's! :-D
@eximusic 2 жыл бұрын
I love it! The old theory that if you don't understand the lyrics it's either about sex or drugs. You guys haven't done much progressive rock, but Gabriel was the singer for prog band Genesis up until their Lamb Lies Down on Broadway album (some of it's about sex).
@mikesheahan6906 2 жыл бұрын
I'll save you the trip to Wikipedia. "Due to its title and the content of the video, the song is frequently assumed to be either an animal rights song or a reference to the famous experiments by Stanley Milgram described in his book Obedience to Authority. It is neither, but the Gabriel song "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" from his 1986 album So does deal directly with Milgram. Gabriel has described "Shock the Monkey" as "a love song" that examines how jealousy can release one's basic instincts; the monkey is not a literal monkey, but a metaphor for one's feelings of jealousy. Gabriel has mentioned that the song's lyrical motif was inspired by King Kong's lightning powers in the film King Kong vs. Godzilla."
@richard_n 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel said this song is about jealousy.
@GoHomeAndGetYaFuckinShinebox 2 жыл бұрын
Peter Gabriel live is a religious experience.
@gabbybuzzard1543 2 жыл бұрын
“Throw the pearls before the swine” means to offer something valuable to someone who doesn’t understand it’s value the phrase is actually from the Bible
@charlesberton2581 2 жыл бұрын
By far, the Shock the Monkey official video is the BEST music video EVER! You HAVE to see it!!! The song is about jealousy.
@jackndan6603 2 жыл бұрын
Cool song. Saw him with David Bowe in Vancouver. Great show. He has a lot of great songs. Try In Your Eyes or Sledge Hammer... Thanks!!!!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦😊😊😊😊
@Bansenshukai9 2 ай бұрын
Shock The Monkey To Life means shocking the innate jealousy within humans to life, and basically reap your own whirlwind once that happens.
@shawnk7832 2 жыл бұрын
Club music.. all of the above... But less Chill than Brad thinks... 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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