When the universe unwinds for you...

I came across a song on a mixed tape the other day that I wanted to identify. I hadn't listened to this tape in at least 4 or 5 years. The song was a short piece, with a number of singers, singing, bum bum ba-da-da-da-da-da, for the entire length of the tune and I knew it was from the 1960s or 70s but that wasn't much help. How in the world was I going to find it?!? I tried googling "song with bum bum da da da" -- a hilarious attempt that produced a whole lot of nothing. I thought I'd try playing it for Doug, but didn't hold out much hope he would know it.

And then the universe answered....

I was listening to KCRW and would you believe, they played a song that sounded like MY singers!! And the group's name...The Swingle Singers.

However, the universe did not stop there, because last night, Doug and I watched the film The Trip and would you believe that the two characters, on their road trip, decided to sing the exact song I was looking for! Ok, fine, don't ask about my taste in music, that's not the point of the story.

we're all monkeys chasing coconuts

That's our culture: Drive a Volvo. Look like people on MTV where everyone's pretty and packaged and no one is struggling to pay their gas bill.....That's what punk rock's about. Not trying to fit into that disco world or arena rock world, where everything's about money. Where you buy people, you buy love, you buy Acapulco, you buy everything, and you do it by getting over on the world. I know we're all monkeys chasing coconuts, but one person's freedom and liberty is another person's oppression. ~ Dave Dictor of MDC in Gimme Something Better

 Yeah, what is this thing where people are trying to get over on the world or each other?