#251367 - 08/14/12 01:42 PM
Re: Tacking and Jibing from trapeze
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In the beastie boys song, the "brass monkey" they are referring to is from cannon batteries found in warmer, humid climates. The water would pool in the brass monkey and algea would turn the water green. Those were referred to as "funky monkeys".
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#251370 - 08/14/12 02:08 PM
Re: Tacking and Jibing from trapeze
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The Beastie Boys "Brass Monkey" is Rum, vodka and Orange Juice over ice.Nothing to do with cannonballs. But Karl's explanation works too.
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#251371 - 08/14/12 02:37 PM
Re: Tacking and Jibing from trapeze
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But Karl's explanation works too. I disagree with this. Brass Monkey, that funky Monkey
Brass Monkey junkie, that funky Monkey
Got this dance that's more than real
Drink Brass Monkey, here's how you feel
Put your left leg down, your right leg up
Tilt your head back, let's finish the cup
M.C.A. with the bottle, D rocks the can
Adrock gets nice with Charlie Chan
We're offered Moet, we don't mind Chivas
Wherever we go with bring the Monkey with us
Adrock drinks three, Mike D is D
Double R foots the bill most definitely
I drink Brass Monkey and I rock well
I got a Castle in Brooklyn
That's where I dwell
Brass Monkey, that funky Monkey
Brass Monkey junkie, that funky Monkey
'Cause I drink it anytime and anyplace
When it's time to get ill, I pour it on my face
Monkey tastes Def when you pour it on ice
Come on y'all, it's time to get nice
Coolin' by the lockers, gettin' kind of funky
Me and the crew, we're drinking Brass Monkey
This girl walked by, she gave me the eye
I reached in the locker, grabbed the Spanish Fly
I put it with the Monkey, mixed it in the cup
Went over to the girl, "Yo baby, what's up?"
I offered her a sip, the girl she gave me lip
It did begin, the stuff wore in and now she's on my tip
Brass Monkey, that funky Monkey
Brass Monkey junkie, that funky Monkey
Step up to the bar, put the girl down
She takes a big gulp and slaps it around
Take a sip, you can do it, you get right to it
We had a case in the place and we went right through it
You got a dry Martini, thinking you're cool
I'll take your place at the bar, I smack you off your stool
I'll down a '40 dog in a single gulp
And if you got beef you'll get beat to a pulp
Monkey and parties and reelin' and rockin'
Def, def girls, girls, all y'all jockin'
The song and dance keeping you in a trance
If you don't buy my record, I got my advance
I drink it, I think it, I see it, I be it
I love Brass Monkey but I won't give D it
We got the bottle, you got the cup
Come on everybody let's get fff
Brass Monkey, that funky Monkey
Brass Monkey junkie, that funky Monkey
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#251375 - 08/14/12 03:45 PM
Re: Tacking and Jibing from trapeze
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There's a rumor Ding was signing that loudly in the shower at Nigel's place (Spring Fever)
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#251378 - 08/14/12 06:00 PM
Re: Tacking and Jibing from trapeze
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Jake, it was a joke. I'm reasonably sure Karl made that up. You're working to hard.
Jay,
How do you "sign" loudly. My wife does sign language ,but I can never hear her.
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If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. White
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#251392 - 08/14/12 11:09 PM
Re: Tacking and Jibing from trapeze
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dry humor....too dry apparently. Well, let me ask you this way. How many times do you think the word "funky" was used on a ship with Cannon?
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If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. White
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#251393 - 08/14/12 11:32 PM
Re: Tacking and Jibing from trapeze
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dry humor....too dry apparently. Well, let me ask you this way. How many times do you think the word "funky" was used on a ship with Cannon? I'm lost now.
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#251394 - 08/14/12 11:38 PM
Re: Tacking and Jibing from trapeze
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Penguin.
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"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea
Isak Dinesen
If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. White
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#251400 - 08/15/12 11:56 AM
Re: Tacking and Jibing from trapeze
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