Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Words Fail Me (An Occasional Series): Hey, Hey, We're the....Yeah, Whatever.

Those who know me well are aware that I have long held that gorilla suits are intrinsically hilarious. But Oh. My. God.

Seriously -- I think this is the funniest thing I've ever seen or heard.

The Kongsmen(!) and "King Kong." Not the Kinks song, BTW.




Incidentally, I have no idea who these guys are or when this was done. I was going to Google them, but then I figured -- nah, this way madness lies. So fuck it.
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14 comments:

  1. DaveB10/05/2010 9:01 AM

    Call me mad, but I had to know.

    This stuff is brand new this year.

    So say their ... are you ready? ... Facebook and MySpace pages.

    Damn dirty apes.

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  2. steve simels10/05/2010 9:31 AM

    This year, really?

    Man, they sure have that 60s crappy mono sound down to an art.
    :-)

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  3. Edward10/05/2010 9:33 AM

    I dunno, they sound pretty good for guys wearing monkey suits;>

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  4. steve simels10/05/2010 9:52 AM

    I thought the K's on their frat sweaters were an especially nice touch.
    :-)

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  5. TMink10/05/2010 9:54 AM

    Hmmm, too many of them to be Los Straitjackets.

    Trey

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  6. Faze10/05/2010 10:11 AM

    I had no idea that Kingsmen cover had become so iconic. The album itself was such a comedown from the darkly exciting "Kingsmen in Person". The joke resonates.

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  7. Michael10/05/2010 10:14 AM

    They follow through in their on stage persona. Not sure how the Ape with the red Danelectro maintains his Kong like figure.

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  8. Anonymous10/05/2010 11:12 AM

    "Finally, really did it! YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP!! DAMN YOU! G*D DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!'

    AP

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  9. Anonymous10/05/2010 11:27 AM

    I should be working but . . . Following up on previous responses, I note that the YouTube of the Kongsmen singing "Can Your Monkey Do The Dog?" is a dollup of performance genius.

    Follow up Question: They're Spanish?

    AP

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  10. Gummo10/05/2010 12:47 PM

    That's just fun!

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  11. Anonymous10/05/2010 5:40 PM

    Listomania suggestion: King Kong songs. (Kinks, ABBA, Kirsty MacColl -- even our pal Zappa had one.)

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  12. Anonymous10/05/2010 6:32 PM

    The Original version of this is by Big "T" Tyler. I'll send it to you. It's better then this version. A classic old R & B number.

    ROTP(lumber)

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  13. Anonymous10/05/2010 7:53 PM

    this is good but dig out Barence Whitfield and the Savages' version from the mid 80's. White hot!!

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  14. Anonymous10/13/2010 3:39 AM

    Is a band from Barcelona (Spain)
    Formed by other band's members.
    can't unveil too much more...
    True party see them playing

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