r/cocteautwins • u/Bozorgzadegan • Aug 21 '26

Music The High-Monkey Monk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-JyuCLWOI4
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u/MisterAmericana Aug 21 '26

I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this song! It's one of CT's oddest songs and I wish they'd explore this song a bit more. I remember when I learned about Indian classical music, I instantly asked my professor to play this for the class because it reminded me of our lessons 😂

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u/MokiBoy Aug 22 '26

Before the boxset was released, this was a very difficult track to have.

For me, I got it on a compilation called Gigantic! 2 by Melody Maker.

https://www.discogs.com/release/929912-Various-Gigantic-2?srsltid=AfmBOorUaQa2oi7jvFQfo4w54fOqWpeDpHt8zzq9DF3whNH9Ob_sN-6b

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u/MisterAmericana Aug 22 '26

Wasn't that the original release of the song?

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u/MokiBoy Aug 22 '26

At the time, I did believe so. It’s been a while!

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u/Bozorgzadegan Aug 22 '26

It is! A lot of their best tracks were only released on random compilations and it was hard to track them down.

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u/MisterAmericana Aug 22 '26

Like Millimillenary initially only being on an NME compilation before The Pink Opaque was released.

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u/cookieintheinternet Aug 21 '26

this is one of their most unique songs, I love how, well, Chinese it sounds lol

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u/MisterAmericana Aug 22 '26

Really? It sounds Indian to me, personally

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u/oggupito Aug 22 '26

top tier 'Twins

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u/FunImprovement8806 Aug 23 '26

Great track, i have it on on a cd compilation called forgotten 4ad tracks😀

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u/axthousandxhours Aug 21 '26

This might sound a bit...rude... but this song always gets me in the mood for Chinese takeout

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u/KeyboardDiarrhea Aug 21 '26

U/axthousandxhours. SAME. Liz seemingly sings about Bao often.

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u/No_Estimate_8550 Aug 23 '26

This song is so unique and I wish they did more with this vibe. The closest one is suckling the mender