Discovery of the Apeman! (by the kinks)

Apeman – The kinks

I have often enjoyed listening to the kinks however I never came across this song. And as I have been thinking about the greed and cruelty of the world we live in. Corrupt governments and companies in both the East and the West of the world. So naturaly this song with its bohemian nature appealed to me.

I think I’m sophisticated ’cause I’m living my life
Like a good homo sapiens
But all around me everybody’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
Cause 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
’cause I’m a strict vegetarian
But with the over-population and inflation and starvation
And the crazy politicians
I don’t feel safe in this world no more,
I don’t want to 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, apeman, oh I’m an apeman
I’m a King Kong man, I’m a voodoo man, oh I’m an apeman
Cause 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 apeman.

In man’s evolution he’s created the city
And the motor traffic rumble.
But give me half a chance and I’d be taking off my clothes
And living in the jungle.
Cause the only time that I feel at ease
Is swinging up and down in the coconut trees.
Oh what a life of luxury to be like an apeman.

I’m an apeman, I’m an ape, apeman, oh I’m an apeman
I’m a King Kong man, I’m a voodoo man, oh I’m an apeman
I look out the window but I can’t see the sky,
The air pollution is a-fucking up my eyes,
I want to get out of this city alive and make like an apeman.

Oh come on and love me, be my apeman girl
And we’ll be so happy in my apeman world.

I’m an apeman, I’m an ape, apeman, oh I’m an apeman
I’m a King Kong man, I’m a voodoo man, oh I’m an apeman
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 all day, just like an apeman.

I’m an apeman, I’m an ape, apeman, oh I’m an apeman
I’m a King Kong man, I’m a voodoo man, oh I’m an apeman
I don’t feel safe in this world no more,
I don’t want to die in a nuclear war.
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman

The Disposal of Horses – Another example of our disrespect on this planet.

It upsets me that as a species we have a total lack of respect for nature. – When Horses become unfit for our superficial  use we disgard them….They are beautiful, intelligent creatures.

I had  a revelation while watching a medi-eveil  battle film. – Horses have no idea that they are in a film. They are forced to charge at other horses and are expected to fall over. They must be so traumatised. I know that these horses will be trained to fall over by cognitive behavioural techniques – Ie they are rewarded for good behaviour (in this case the stunts for a film). It still must be pretty traumatising for the horse.

Horses owned by the police as a form of riot control also experience trauma…only this is worse because although it makes no difference to the horse if its in a film or in an actual dangerous situation. We as people know that we are putting these horses in a dangerous situation. Its not fair that they should be involved in the quarrelling of humans.

These horses then either get re-homed to a centre where they are given therapy…or they are put down because they are unsuitable to re-home.  Horses are incredibly sensitive creatures, they can show signs of stress and trauma through emotional triggers.

I find it brutal and disgusting that race horses are put down when they are old, there might not be anything particularly wrong with the horse but they deemed unsuitable for the track. Even carriage horses after a while are taken away not because they are too old but because they need to look pristine especially if they are for the Queen of England. We want horses in their prime and when they are unfit we abandon them.

Although this example is pretty old in the 1981 film Anna Karenina a horse was tripped with a wire, which is very cruel. Nowadays if a horse is expected to fall whilst running, a hole will be dug in the earth and there will be a soft cushioning under the top layer of earth so that the horse won’t be harmed. Although this is safer I still don’t feel its humane.

More recently in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the rings trilogy Viggo Mortensson who played Aragon, spent a lot of time behind the scenes with his two horses and formed a close bonds. It is noted that he was very dedicated to his role in lord of the rings, he slept in a tent in the wild and hunted his own food. He did lots of research for his role! After the films were wrapped he bought both of them, he loved them so much! Apparently non of the horses in Lord of the rings were harmed. For large battle scenes the horses were CGI.

This evening I was watching Dawn of the planets of the apes in which the apes, and horses featured with in this film are CGI. Normally when I watch a film with CGI I discredit it because I have always thought from an aesthetic point of view it looks ridiculous and film producers could spend less money by hiring real animals than spending the money on CGI software. But after my horsey epiphany I’m quiet glad of it. Especially in a film that is as violent as this. 

Although I have mentioned some examples here where the actors have been dedicated enough to their horses to buy them (out of love and concern for their welfare.) And other films avoid traumatising real horses by using CGI. Not every filmmaker will have these ideas and not every actor will make a bond with their horse and keep it afterwards. Most of the time we dispose of them when they are no longer of any use to us. This kills me. It is disrespectful…there are some things that make me very ashamed to be human.

We are greedy, we use and we take until their is nothing left. We panic and then think of more ways to be greedy and take more. We have no respect. We harm animals who are so much closer to nature, sensitive beautiful animals. When really….we are the animals.

We are barbaric.

Native American Truth

I have been thinking about a lot of awful things in the world recently.

For example how Coca-cola factories in India pollute their rivers with toxic waste, and so many people die from it. – But they don’t care, because like many corporate companies all they care about is money. They have no morals because they are consumed by their greed.

I was browsing through tumblr as I often do. As a spiritual person,  Native American culture has always spoken to me. Their ideologies are so innocent and peaceful. They worship the land because they recognise that this is where everything starts, and that it is our home and it must be respected. I came across this meme, and I think its very astute. Applicable to all the things I have been thinking over recently. For example how Nestle want to own natural water supplies so nobody else can claim them. Nestle denies that water is a basic human right. 

I also watched a documentary film about how 9/11 was orchestrated by the  US government. How builders had come in the week before the plain crash to do some “repairs” and what they were really doing was checking to make sure the bombs would go off securely. This really does make me wonder. Who are these sick people who are aiding the death of thousands of innocent people. How do they sleep at night. – They were probably paid so much to do it and keep quiet about it they are all probably in their island beach homes now snorting cocaine off an escorts arse cheek. Not a care in the world

It makes me sick to my stomach. When us Europeans went to America, murdered and raped all the indigenous people with no respect or regard for their culture. We then showed them how we think civilised people should live. We looked down on them because we thought that they were uneducated, but they understood far more then the greed within our hearts could ever comprehend.

I feel that I live in a world where not many people care or understand about nature, or the impact that we have on this earth and other people on it. I think that we have a lot to learn from Native American culture

Here is a link to my tumblr page if anyone is interested