kinks "apeman"

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   Ray Davies is surely one of the best songwriters of 

the rock era and even though he could not slip 

"Coca-Cola" past the BBC, he did get one of his best 

lyrics past the censor on "Apeman" with "the air 

pollution is a 'Fog-kin' up my eyes"... yeah, right... one 

of the KInks finest, it's a "fogkin" shame this wasn't a 

bigger hit, but i'm wondering if this is at all related to 

the "LP version lyrics" vs. 45 version lyrics?  i also 

detect a fairly different mix  on the mono 45 version, 

especially the jungle noises during the spoken 

passage (~ 1:40 on the LP version)

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jrjr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 28 December 2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jrjr Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: kinks "apeman" Posted: 20 January 2007 at 12:31pm
	Ray Davies is surely one of the best songwriters of the rock era and even though he could not slip "Coca-Cola" past the BBC, he did get one of his best lyrics past the censor on "Apeman" with "the air pollution is a 'Fog-kin' up my eyes"... yeah, right... one of the KInks finest, it's a "fogkin" shame this wasn't a bigger hit, but i'm wondering if this is at all related to the "LP version lyrics" vs. 45 version lyrics? i also detect a fairly different mix on the mono 45 version, especially the jungle noises during the spoken passage (~ 1:40 on the LP version)

Bill Cahill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 27 June 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bill Cahill Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 January 2007 at 9:24pm
	At this point I'm not really sure the line "Foggin' up my eyes" was re-sung for the 45 as I originally thought. The 45 mix features the vocal much hotter so it's more obvious that he's singing "foggin". The LP mix buries his vocal a bit and it sounds like he's using the "F" word but it may just be because of the mix. In any event, there is at least a significant difference in the mix to deserve a notation of some kind. Instead of LP lyrics maybe it should be LP mix. Unless someone else knows differently.

Santi Paradoa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 17 February 2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 26	Post Options Post Reply Quote Santi Paradoa Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 August 2014 at 6:02pm
	The mono single version of this song can be had on the recent two CD deluxe edition of Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround on the Sanctuary label (and yes it's a US release).
	Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida