American Dogs in Europe- Conquest of the Planet of the See Monkeys

Conquest of the Planet of the See Monkeys is a play on words, intentionally referencing the great 1960's and 1970's brine shrimp craze, Sea Monkeys (click here) whic were always advertised in comic books. Sea Monkeys were supposedly "so eager to please that they can be trained" and cost many of us a great deal more in postage that a trip to the beach on the bus would cost to get the same little critters. Mine never had umbrellas, though. Kind of a huge bummer. 

In the song the phrase "See Monkey" (with see intentionally spelled that way) directly refers to the imitative phrase, "Monkey-see, Monkey-do." The term essentially means that people copy each other in atittude, dress, and actions. We are programmed at a small age and drawn in by marketing to the point that our whole reality is just an extension of a television show. 

The lyric "staring out your TV Eye.." is, of course, a Stooges reference (click here) which simply implies that even sexuality is being programmed by advertising. The song, then, is a criticism of consumerism and standardiztion.

Conquest of the Planet of the See Monkeys

From the Cradle to the grave
We are Media slaves.

Labeled, packaged, standardized

Consumer Analyzed-

Poster billboard generation

Spoonfed annihilation.

Monkey see, monkey see, monkey do

Monkey see, monkey see, monkey do

Monkey see, monkey see, monkey do like I do

Monkey see, monkey see, monkey do

Monkey see, monkey see, monkey do

Monkey see, monkey see, monkey do like me

Staring out your tv eye

We embrace the lie.

Dancing with a lottery wife

An imitation of life.

Jersey Shore to the OC

It’s our reality. 

Staring out your tv eye

We embrace the lie.

Labeled, packaged, standardized

Consumer Analyzed-

We are Media slaves.

CD track 2

EP side one/ track two

Released on Concrete Jungle Records, Germany (click here)

Released August 3, 2012