Listening to Bonobo on Radio Paradise

An easy 7
...and that's probably underated

Posted 1 week ago by DigitalJer [ Reply ]

It’s happened a number of times that when I hear something here that I’m not familiar with and when I check who the artist is, it turns out to be Bonobo.

Posted 7 months ago by TurtleMan [ Reply ]

xavfitz wrote:

this song dont go anywhere

Surely you mean "this song don't go nowhere?"

Posted 11 months ago by Jakethemuss [ Reply ]

suebee3 wrote:

A little redundant.
A little redundant.

Better report that to the office of redundancy office!

Posted 1 year ago by Jelani [ Reply ]

Love this! Every song today has been an amazing new discovery for me. Thanks, RP!

Posted 1 year ago by PamHam [ Reply ]

The RP is hitting right this afternoon.

I found stuff like this absolutely entrancing in the y2k era. It sounded like the thoughtful worldly place I was longing for. Something like a gritty street in a beautiful city, peaceful in the middle of the night. I don't know quite how to articulate what I mean, but I miss that feeling.

Posted 1 year ago by bialia [ Reply ]

dew34 wrote:

I've come back to say I like this.

Twice today for me

-once on Main Mix live
2nd was listening to my favorites

Posted 2 years ago by the_jake [ Reply ]

Typically, I'm a fan of Simon's stuff, but this particular track just seems to meander around without much purpose...

Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66 [ Reply ]

jerund wrote:

Bonobos aren't monkeys.

Turtles aren't whales! We could do this forever!

Posted 2 years ago by 1jerry [ Reply ]

I've just watched the concert in the Alexandra Palace in London this morning, which blew me completely away :)

Posted 2 years ago by huib [ Reply ]

Originally, I gave this a 7 but just bumped it up to 8. What can I say? It grows on you.

Posted 3 years ago by itsme_bygolly [ Reply ]

jerund wrote:

Bonobos aren't monkeys.

Thank you for letting us know.

Posted 3 years ago by dwhayslett [ Reply ]

Bonobos aren't monkeys.

Posted 3 years ago by jerund [ Reply ]

xavfitz wrote:

this song dont go anywhere

Neither do YOU!

Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy [ Reply ]

Posted 9 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly:

fredriley wrote:
Sounds good to me. Better f*cking than fighting any day. And we'd all get a lot more sex which would help society chill out.

On a tangent to this, the Brit SF writer Brian Aldiss wrote, back in the 1961, a novella called The Primal Urge,
about Brit society where everyone had to wear 'emotional registers' on
their foreheads, metal discs which would glow increasing shades of pink
and red when the person was sexually aroused. A fascinating, funny and
wickedly satirical thought experiment, and worth a read IMO.
Wow. I remember reading Brian Aldiss back in the day.

. . . maybe that is why I wear an illuminated red throbbing codpiece to show my level of arousal for Mrs Poacher.

(Oh, and Bonobo. . . a constant on playlists on our house - magnificent stuff!)

Sadly, we bid farewell to Squiddly and fredriley, who succumbed to bonobo poisoning recently. They will be missed. Please be careful what you eat.

Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest [ Reply ]

There's a note in this song that sounds just like my Slack notification and it is driving me batty :)

Otherwise, pretty decent tune!

Posted 3 years ago by balinor [ Reply ]

brianbf1986 wrote:

Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Good for background or if you sleep with music playing.

Dude, RP is good for sleeping and not sleeping. Let me tell you the number of times RP's been on during, well, "sleeping", with my girlfriend, lol. 37 (and counting; but we don't always have it on :).

Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest [ Reply ]

Posted 4 years ago by danmc [ Reply ]

xavfitz wrote:

this song dont go anywhere

It can't, since it's not even sung.

So if you don't enjoy layered sound structures for what they are, it's definitely not your kind of thing.

Posted 4 years ago by Bleyfusz [ Reply ]

xavfitz wrote:

this song dont go anywhere

What is a "dont"?

Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy [ Reply ]

this song dont go anywhere

Posted 4 years ago by xavfitz [ Reply ]

really dig this jam

Posted 4 years ago by Ihatethissong [ Reply ]

Posted 4 years ago by Kaw [ Reply ]

Wonderful song

Posted 5 years ago by R_Adamska [ Reply ]

Very chill...

Posted 5 years ago by wolverine [ Reply ]

dew34 wrote:

I've come back to say I like this.

WELCOME BACK! So what do you like about it? The groove? The dreaminess? I like that sizzling snapping drum beat!

Posted 5 years ago by Ihatethissong [ Reply ]

Nice instramental

Posted 5 years ago by wolverine [ Reply ]

Bonobo is cool in person as his music.

Posted 5 years ago by Lessard0570 [ Reply ]

Tommyknocker wrote:

Is Bonobo from San Francisco?

Nope. He's from Brighton, England.

Posted 6 years ago by Andres-7 [ Reply ]

Is Bonobo from San Francisco?

Posted 7 years ago by Tommyknocker [ Reply ]

${#Dancingbanana_2}$

Posted 7 years ago by Noé [ Reply ]

TerryS wrote:

Alone amongst all the animal kingdom, only Bonobos do it face to face; whereas I have a Scottish acquaintance who owns a sporran made from a badger.

'nuff said.

Posted 8 years ago by TerryS [ Reply ]

I've come back to say I like this.

Posted 9 years ago by dew34 [ Reply ]

Inorgs wrote:

Bill's evil twin brother has taken over. Elevator music. Come back Bill.

Elevator music on Saturn, maybe.

Posted 10 years ago by On_The_Beach [ Reply ]

Music = 8.

Comments below get votes above 8, or so sayeth my glowing red sex-o-meter. (You guys crack me up!)

Posted 10 years ago by unclehud [ Reply ]

Yes yes yes! Bonobo is my jam... Especially as we're approaching the end of my work day. ALL of his music is fantastic, like this.

Posted 11 years ago by nipplering [ Reply ]

I wonder if Four Tet has anything to do with this song... sure sounds like them.....

Posted 11 years ago by ckcotton [ Reply ]

Great groove - never heard of them but like it!

Posted 11 years ago by aspicer [ Reply ]

All of the below is wrong.

Posted 11 years ago by richlister [ Reply ]

Sorta boring.

Posted 12 years ago by hollirg1 [ Reply ]

Cool tune with a nice groove. Good chill-out stuff.

Posted 12 years ago by Proclivities [ Reply ]

fredriley wrote:

Sounds good to me. Better f*cking than fighting any day. And we'd all get a lot more sex which would help society chill out.

On a tangent to this, the Brit SF writer Brian Aldiss wrote, back in the 1961, a novella called The Primal Urge, about Brit society where everyone had to wear 'emotional registers' on their foreheads, metal discs which would glow increasing shades of pink and red when the person was sexually aroused. A fascinating, funny and wickedly satirical thought experiment, and worth a read IMO.

Wow. I remember reading Brian Aldiss back in the day.

. . . maybe that is why I wear an illuminated red throbbing codpiece to show my level of arousal for Mrs Poacher.

(Oh, and Bonobo. . . a constant on playlists on our house - magnificent stuff!)

Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly [ Reply ]

Bill's evil twin brother has taken over. Elevator music. Come back Bill.

Posted 13 years ago by Inorgs [ Reply ]

mellow

Posted 13 years ago by d-don [ Reply ]

Giselle62 wrote:

If we were exactly like them we'd be dry-humping with store-clerks who gave us food, our teachers: anyone we were in conflict with or who gave us something that gave us pleasure. (yeah, you probably would get laid more if you didn't mind being loved on by other males as well as females; from what i read they don't discriminate.)

Sounds good to me. Better f*cking than fighting any day. And we'd all get a lot more sex which would help society chill out.

On a tangent to this, the Brit SF writer Brian Aldiss wrote, back in the 1961, a novella called The Primal Urge, about Brit society where everyone had to wear 'emotional registers' on their foreheads, metal discs which would glow increasing shades of pink and red when the person was sexually aroused. A fascinating, funny and wickedly satirical thought experiment, and worth a read IMO.

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley [ Reply ]

Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Good for background or if you sleep with music playing.

Posted 13 years ago by brianbf1986 [ Reply ]

Hypnotic.

Posted 13 years ago by ziakut [ Reply ]

Businessgypsy wrote:

. . . dude has gloves on his feet. . . how cool is that?

Posted 14 years ago by vandal [ Reply ]

Stingray wrote:

SUPER-FUNNY - really! And lovely!
THANKS!
SR

Once again You Tube has decreased productivity at my job. That was cute though.

Posted 14 years ago by Jonathan_pa [ Reply ]

Now and Zen, you need to search for subtleties. Good stuff.

Proclivities wrote:

Do you mean "repetitive"? They're not really synonymous words.

Posted 14 years ago by FrankMc [ Reply ]

suebee3 wrote:

A little redundant.
A little redundant.

Do you mean "repetitive"? They're not really synonymous words; I'm not sure why so many people here seem to believe they are interchangeable terms. However, your post is both repetitive and redundant.

Posted 14 years ago by Proclivities [ Reply ]

jagdriver wrote:

SUPER-FUNNY - really! And lovely!
THANKS!
SR

Posted 14 years ago by Stingray [ Reply ]

SONG's SPECIAL!
8-9 even!

Posted 14 years ago by Stingray [ Reply ]

A little redundant.
A little redundant.

Posted 14 years ago by suebee3 [ Reply ]

Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver [ Reply ]

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy [ Reply ]

9

10

I don't know why, but this track really hits the spot. If you like this I'd really recommend checking out Bonobo. The music is as tight as you like and the production superb.

Posted 14 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly [ Reply ]

Blablabla....

Freaking great!!

Posted 14 years ago by V-bro [ Reply ]

I dialed "1" for this sad Monkees!

Boooring!!!

Posted 14 years ago by Stingray [ Reply ]

philbertr wrote:

Why do you have to wait until Thursday? Or is Tuesday martini day?

Lol! No, we try to limit our alcohol consumption to Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun..it's a Brit thing about trying to cut down on booze. But - hurrah - it's Thursday!!!!

Posted 14 years ago by jools [ Reply ]

fuh2 wrote:

Humans are apes.

No, but some people would like usto behave that way

Posted 14 years ago by Felix_The_Cat [ Reply ]

Oh yes - nice segue from DW...mmmm

Posted 14 years ago by jools [ Reply ]

Posted 14 years ago by spigolli [ Reply ]

fuh2 wrote:

Humans are apes.

I thought we were ribs...

love this song

Posted 14 years ago by ambrebalte [ Reply ]

fredriley wrote:

True enough - 'make love not war' is a way of life for them, in stark contrast to their ape cousins, chimpanzees, for whom the opposite holds. IMO humans would do well to emulate bonobos. I'd get laid a lot more often for a start if we did :o)

If we were exactly like them we'd be dry-humping with store-clerks who gave us food, our teachers: anyone we were in conflict with or who gave us something that gave us pleasure. (yeah, you probably would get laid more if you didn't mind being loved on by other males as well as females; from what i read they don't discriminate.)

Posted 15 years ago by Giselle62 [ Reply ]

fuh2 wrote:

The most noticable is monkeys have TAILS and apes DONT. Humans are apes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=—szrOHtR6U

Posted 15 years ago by crockydile [ Reply ]

SweTex wrote:

For some reason I'm liking this..Creeps up on you...Who are these guys?

Talk about creeping up on you: These guys have another song, Koto, that was used in a David Attenborough documentary called "Serpent." They strapped a camera to a python's back and filmed as it climbed a tree and ate a bunch of weaver birds. Great footage and the song was burned indelibly into my brain for years. I never would've figured out who did it if it wasn't for RP (with a little help from last.fm).

Posted 15 years ago by vit [ Reply ]

Bono's alter-ego when tripping?

Posted 15 years ago by bmeador [ Reply ]

fuh2 wrote:

Humans are apes.

I think you've just insulted apes.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond [ Reply ]

I like this kinda stuff. Not sure how to rate it. I like laid back groovy stuff. *And anything that has to do with monkey like things.

Posted 15 years ago by goodgroove [ Reply ]

AnchorMan wrote:

They're apes! Don't call them monkeys, the librarian will get upset. You don't want to upset the librarian.

I read to much Terry Prachet.

Thankyou. THere are 17 differences between apes and monkeys. The most noticable is monkeys have TAILS and apes DONT. Humans are apes.

Posted 15 years ago by fuh2 [ Reply ]

For some reason I'm liking this..Creeps up on you...Who are these guys?

Posted 15 years ago by SweTex [ Reply ]

jools wrote:

Very nice and laid back for this time of day - which is around 6pm in UK. If it wasn't Tuesday, I'd be in the mood for a gin and tonic right now....Roll on Thursday..

Why do you have to wait until Thursday? Or is Tuesday martini day?

Posted 15 years ago by philbertr [ Reply ]

dionysius wrote: Shock the Monkey, I say. Shock him. Watch the monkey get hurt.

jagdriver wrote: Everybody's got somethin' to hide ('cept for me and my monkey). I'm a MON-key! Moh-moh-moh-moh-moh-moh-MON-key!

why do I have to share my baby with a monkey?

Posted 15 years ago by corndog4000 [ Reply ]

Very nice and laid back for this time of day - which is around 6pm in UK. If it wasn't Tuesday, I'd be in the mood for a gin and tonic right now....Roll on Thursday..

Posted 15 years ago by jools [ Reply ]

Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find [ Reply ]

moonajohannes wrote:

Bonobos are very special monkeys - having sex whereever and whenever!!!

They're apes! Don't call them monkeys, the librarian will get upset. You don't want to upset the librarian.

I read to much Terry Prachet.

Posted 15 years ago by AnchorMan [ Reply ]

Interesting article in New Yorker not long ago regarding bonobos. Evidently because they are studied almost exclusively in captivity, some question of whether the peace love hippee monkey thing is how they behave in the wild. As the article said, researchers wonder if having nothing to do all day what with living in a cage and being fed there is much to do but hang out and make love. Sort of like being in college.

fredriley wrote:

True enough - 'make love not war' is a way of life for them, in stark contrast to their ape cousins, chimpanzees, for whom the opposite holds. IMO humans would do well to emulate bonobos. I'd get laid a lot more often for a start if we did :o)

Posted 16 years ago by FrankMc [ Reply ]

moonajohannes wrote:

Bonobos are very special monkeys - having sex whereever and whenever!!!

True enough - 'make love not war' is a way of life for them, in stark contrast to their ape cousins, chimpanzees, for whom the opposite holds. IMO humans would do well to emulate bonobos. I'd get laid a lot more often for a start if we did :o)

Posted 16 years ago by fredriley [ Reply ]

Bonobos are very special monkeys - having sex whereever and whenever!!!

Posted 16 years ago by moonajohannes [ Reply ]

dionysius wrote:

Shock the Monkey, I say. Shock him. Watch the monkey get hurt.

fannypk wrote:

You'd think if you listened to this station, you'd have some taste. Shame on ya'll, these guy are great!!

Oh, fannypk, if you listened to old Peter Gabriel, you'd realize that dionysius wasn't trolling, just making a funny song quote reference.

"you can ape the ape / I know about that!"

Posted 16 years ago by robco1 [ Reply ]

This reminds me of that I am Kloot track thats in rotation...

Posted 16 years ago by Frater_Kork [ Reply ]

poopypants wrote:

this is the kind of music that keeps the monkey hitting the crack dose button.

Dose me dose me dose me. More Bonobo. More more more.

Posted 16 years ago by Ntropy [ Reply ]

Isn't there some kind of oriental drink with little floating pieces of wheat in it called bonobo or something like that. . .either way this music reminds me of that. . .

Posted 16 years ago by pacificbeth [ Reply ]

I'm liking this...

Posted 16 years ago by bizon [ Reply ]

Nice CD cover...boring song

Posted 16 years ago by sunny_day [ Reply ]

This is really well thought out. Cool.

Posted 17 years ago by birdland [ Reply ]

I spoke to Simon recently and when i mentioned he is played on here he said 'yeah i know, i listen to it' Cool.

Posted 17 years ago by geordiezimmerman [ Reply ]

this is the kind of music that keeps the monkey hitting the crack dose button.

Posted 17 years ago by poopypants [ Reply ]

The end of that song totally sounded like Tom Waits - Step Right Up was coming next.. Dire Straits..

Posted 17 years ago by gabbadar [ Reply ]

like \'em or not, they create a unique sound, esp. on the radio . . .

Posted 17 years ago by jjbix [ Reply ]

dionysius wrote:

Shock the Monkey, I say. Shock him. Watch the monkey get hurt.

Everybody's got somethin' to hide ('cept for me and my monkey). I'm a MON-key! Moh-moh-moh-moh-moh-moh-MON-key!

Posted 17 years ago by jagdriver [ Reply ]

very similar to FOUR TET

Posted 17 years ago by Saliby_Br [ Reply ]

gradys_kitchen wrote:

Only if you're running for a republican senate seat in Virginia.

True that. Allen sucked as a candidate anyway.

Posted 17 years ago by bcorcoran [ Reply ]

7

8

Posted 17 years ago by vandal [ Reply ]

ooo this is cool!

Posted 17 years ago by davin [ Reply ]

You'd think if you listened to this station, you'd have some taste. Shame on ya'll, these guy are great!! dionysius wrote:

Shock the Monkey, I say. Shock him. Watch the monkey get hurt.

Posted 17 years ago by fannypk [ Reply ]

Shock the Monkey, I say. Shock him. Watch the monkey get hurt.

Posted 18 years ago by dionysius [ Reply ]

randomprime wrote:

Politicians?

Only if you're running for a republican senate seat in Virginia.

Posted 18 years ago by gradys_kitchen [ Reply ]

meloman wrote:

What a name for a band! All I can think of is our closest primate cousins.

Politicians?

Posted 18 years ago by randomprime [ Reply ]

If U2 were lead by monkeys?

Posted 18 years ago by bobringer [ Reply ]

Music to fling feces to.

Posted 18 years ago by Lonestar [ Reply ]

mattt wrote:

But what if the were badgerbadgerbadgers...? -mt-

Did you mean Badger badgerers? Badger rogerers? Badger sporanos?

Posted 18 years ago by TerryS [ Reply ]

tiddalick wrote:

They'd still suck, even if they were badgers.

But what if the were badgerbadgerbadgers...? -mt-

Posted 18 years ago by mattt [ Reply ]

reminds me of the soundtrack to age of mythology.

Posted 18 years ago by StickerSticker [ Reply ]

tiddalick wrote:

They'd still suck, even if they were badgers.

Alone amongst all the animal kingdom, only Bonobos do it face to face; whereas I have a Scottish acquaintance who owns a sporran made from a badger.

Posted 18 years ago by TerryS [ Reply ]

I like this kind of music. To relax. But there's nothing greater than guitars and drums!

Posted 18 years ago by MacHazzer [ Reply ]

meloman wrote:

What a name for a band! All I can think of is our closest primate cousins.

Yes, and it grosses me out to visualize same. Missed the song--actually, failed to notice it. Maybe that is for the best.

Posted 18 years ago by rKokon [ Reply ]

Cruithne3753 wrote:

Bonobos aren't monkeys, they're apes!

They'd still suck, even if they were badgers.

Posted 18 years ago by tiddalick [ Reply ]

<pedantic> Bonobos aren't monkeys, they're apes! </pedantic>

Posted 18 years ago by Cruithne3753 [ Reply ]

the song had possibilty until the drum (or drum machine) kicked in but still never went anywhere

Posted 18 years ago by kctomato [ Reply ]

dave216j wrote:

I have to say that being able to see the breakdown of ratings, rather than just the high and low, make it much easier to ignore all the people venting their hate. Rate it as low as you want, we will still be able to see what most of us think of everything. Thanks Bill!

I agree. Love the bar graph!

Posted 18 years ago by kazuma [ Reply ]

What a name for a band! All I can think of is our closest primate cousins.

Posted 18 years ago by meloman [ Reply ]

I have to say that being able to see the breakdown of ratings, rather than just the high and low, make it much easier to ignore all the people venting their hate. Rate it as low as you want, we will still be able to see what most of us think of everything. Thanks Bill!