Monkey playing Drums

[Virgo's Haircut]

I've just seen an advert on the box of a monkey playing drums to Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight".

The advert is for Cadburys Dairy Milk.

Anyone care to explain? I don't geddit...

 

[severnside gull]

That's odd I thought Micky Dolenz played drums for the monkees










(OK ......fetches coat)

 

[Wardy]

Think it was trying to say that the chocolate is worth waiting for, in the same way that the gorilla was waiting for the drum part of the song to start.

 

[Virgo's Haircut]

Think it was trying to say that the chocolate is worth waiting for, in the same way that the gorilla was waiting for the drum part of the song to start.

Ah right. I see now. Sorry, I should have said Gorilla, not Monkey.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

That's odd I thought Micky Dolenz played drums for the monkees
I think he "mimed" the drums

"I was hired as an actor to play the role of a singing drummer," Micky recalls. "I had to learn to play drums."
http://www.mickydolenz.com/default1.html

Choosing someone to play the drummer proved tricky; Nesmith and Tork did not want to give up their guitars, and the 5' 3" Davy Jones nearly vanished behind the drums. Dolenz ultimately took the job, and began drum lessons. (According to Rhino Records liner notes, by the time of the Monkees' first solo tour, Dolenz had had only a crash-course in drums. To this day, he still sets up his drum kit as if he were left-handed, as his drum teacher had been, although Dolenz is right-handed.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monkees

 

[severnside gull]

That's odd I thought Micky Dolenz played drums for the monkees


I think he "mimed" the drums

You could be right - I remember Dolenz as the drummer on the tv shows but seeing them play live (really - it took a while for them to learn but they got there in the end) and Davy Jones played drums on stage

 

[The Large One]

ON the first few Monkees singles, they used session musicians for everything except vocals.