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The influential and ahead-of-their-time band The Monks play on German TV in 1965. More
Added Jun 6, 2007
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Duration 2:26 | views 88572
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hamiltonjsh Says:
krautrock before krautrock
sullenday Says:
this version is better than the album's.
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wallofvideo Says:
the monks & the fugs complement one another as a soundtrack for '65.
TwoBitEddie Says:
The electric banjo is the bomb!!!
dieKalthaushummel Says:
too cool for their time!!!
fortylove64 Says:
I have become intrigued with this sound, energy, perspective...could you imagine hearing live?
hendrixfun96 Says:
Real very very good Rock Band. Jimi Hendrix said it intresting music. I say it is Fantastic natural sounds and actual words.
jacobladders Says:
bro thats awesome the pixies fucking rock black francis is a unique frontman
bottlesandcrates Says:
Nicely done!
jerryandpigpen Says:
this was '66
jerryandpigpen Says:
this was '65 '66
atomicdruid Says:
Hey, berbotty, you dropped something.
sonicdeath10 Says:
It kills me every time Dave syncopates his banjo.
Yardbird68 Says:
Not your typical cookie cutter 60's band,...........they have such a awesome driving beat.
berbotty Says:
@ryanfard I just told Black Francis to check out the monks. He was in town for Doolittle concert. (His wife is my son's godmother)
ironpizza Says:
we have a small, but strong scene. But it mostly comes from Milwaukee as far as i know.
ironpizza Says:
whoa, those weren't a random 125 people at a jack oblivian concert or something, were they? In wisconsin people not in with the "punk" crowd don't seem familiar with the monks.
snowshoetom Says:
its like a bogus small faces copy
MattHatter Says:
@MrFlashBazbo: Unfortunately America wouldn't have taken these guys seriously at all. Well I guess America did in a way, their album was rejected for release in the States because of supposed sexual innuendos and the whole anti-war message before it became common to hear bands singing such things. The U.S. would have probably been like, "Oh what bunch of cute funny guys looking like that" when it wasn't supposed to be "funny" at all.
MattHatter Says:
@MrFlashBazbo: Well my coolness has been a long time in the making as well. I take it you saw my playlists on here! LOL. I've been obsessed with music since I was 3 years old, but it was at the age of 9 that my obsession of '60s/'70s rock began. I'm now 33. My quest for knowledge on bands from the era never stopped. I stumbled upon The Monks in '06 when I was looking up bands from 1966. It was "Boys Are Boys" and it blew my mind! Like where did THESE GUYS come from?! Ha ha ha.
sonicdeath10 Says:
They're like a more fun Velvet Underground. They're just as vicious and ground breaking but fucking catchy and fun. These guys aren't brooding New York assholes (love the Velvets but that describes them perfectly): they are having a blast. Look at the smiles. Incredible. The banjo owns too.
MattHatter Says:
@MrFlashBazbo: That is unbelievably AWESOME! 106 knew The Monks out of 125 asked. God Bless YOU SIR for attempting such a thing. I wear my Monks T-shirt everywhere hoping to make some converts. The popularity of The Monks has come a long way over these last four years or so, I know You Tube introduced ME to them back in '06 and it's been MONK TIME ever since! I still wonder how they would have gone over in the States. I'm guessing a guest appearance on "The Addams Family."
Funnysterste Says:
I know them and I know the feature film. But do you really think they are famous? Ask random people if they know The Monks. This video has 56k views. If they are that well known as you try to suggest by your enraged comment, it should be some millions of views.
Funnysterste Says:
with what?