Apeman
"Apeman" is a non-scientific term that can allude to several things that generally have some of the traits of both other apes and humans:
- the Mangani in the Tarzan fictional stories
- the different ape-men species from Kull's Thurian Age and Conan's Hyborian Age
- the evolved apes in the Planet of the Apes franchise
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Apeman (song)
"Apeman" is a 1970 song by the British rock band The Kinks. It was written by Ray Davies and appears on the album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One.
In the song, Davies is fed up with the modern world and declares that he wants to "sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman". He also expresses how man created our problems and, given half a chance, he would leave the cities and traffic to live in the jungle. In some ways, this is the epitome of the nostalgia expressed on the albums Lola vs. Powerman and The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.
Background
"Apeman", alongside many other songs from the Lola vs. Powerman album, was written by Ray Davies during a family trip to Cornwall in July 1970.
Single release
"Apeman" was released as a single in the fall of 1970, with a B-side of the Dave Davies composition "Rats". While it did not do as well on the U.S. Pop Singles chart as its predecessor, "Lola" did, only reaching #45, it was a major hit in the UK, peaking at number five on the singles chart. It was also the band's final chart success in Australia, reaching #9 on its chart.
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Apeman
by: kinksI think I'm sophisticated
'cos I'm living my life like a good homo sapiens.
But all around me ev'rybody's multiplying
And they're walking round like flies man:
So I'm no better than the animals
Sitting in the cages in the zoo man,
'cos compared to the flowers and the birds
And the trees,
I am an APEMAN.
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized
'cos I'm a strict vegetarian. And with the over population
And inflation and starvation and the crazy politi-shians.
I don't feel safe in this world
no more. I don't wanna die in a nuclear war.
I want to sail away to a distant shore
And make like an APEMAN.
I'm an APEMAN
I'm an APE
APE MAN
I'm an APE MAN.
I'm a king-kong man
I'm a voodoo man
I'm a APE MAN.
'cos compared to the sun that sits in the sky,
Compared to the clouds as they roll by,
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies,
I am an APE MAN. La
la...
In man's evolution he created
the cities and the motor traffic rumble.
But give me half a chance and I be taking off me
Clothes and living in the jungle.
But the only time that I feel at ease is
Swinging up and down in a coconut tree.
what a life of luxury to be like an APE MAN.
I'm an APE MAN
I'm an APE
APE MAN
I'm an APE MAN.
I'm a king-kong man
I'm a voodoo man
I'm a Ape MAN.
I look out the window
but I can't see the sky
the air pollution is a fogging up my eyes,
I want to get out of this city alive
And make like an APE MAN.
Come and love me
be my APE MAN girl
And we'll be so happy in my APE MAN world.
I'm an APE MAN
I'm an APE
APE MAN
I'm an APE MAN.
I'm a king-kong man
I'm a voodoo man
I'm a APE MAN.
I'll be your Tarzan &
you'll be my Jane
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane.
We'll sit in the trees and eat bananas
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