Well, this was a nice start to the day. Yesterday morning I heard a catchy tune coming from the living room so I popped my head in to see Kylie singing with “The Wiggles” on NickJr. They covered Monkey Man by The Specials and I have to take my hat off to Miss Minogue. Wow.
The song is full of energy, it’s happy, it’s got that “get up and go” feel. My foot was tapping as I listened. Who knew Kylie Minogue could do Ska? Dare I say it, but she does a better job of it than The Specials?
The song was originally recorded by Toots & The Maytals before The Specials.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Man_(Toots_&_the_Maytals_song)
Amy Winehouse has a really good version of this one.
5 Comments
Onetrouser (1 comments.) on March 30, 2009 at 8:36 am.
Kylie’s Ska rocks. Did they do this to raise money for UNICEF?
Donncha (1707 comments.) on March 30, 2009 at 9:03 am.
onetrouser – Yeah. Meant to say that. It’s for a good cause!