"Give me the bo bo bo bi,Give me the Good life" 19

**danielmoloko** · August 18th, 2004, 01:37 AM

something close to KOOL AND THE GANG with some SKYY sound, it is a MALE VOCAL, around 1981-1982

the lyrics go like this:

...the man promised me a ...

working everyday, lords knows when we could use our holidays baby.

the two of us would be so nice!

CHORUS

Give me the bo!

Give me the bo, bo!

GIVE ME THE bo bo bo bo bo bi! Give me the good life!

wow wow baby!!

HELP ME !!

CIAO

**Mixmachine** · August 18th, 2004, 01:59 AM

It's "Bon Bon Vie (give me the good life)" by TS Monk, Mirage records 12", 5:12, 1980, very good tune.

**djscream67** · August 21st, 2004, 01:35 AM

Yeah that's it, I LOVE that song!

The man promised me a raise, well who's gonna raise me when I'm dead...

We were born & raised in New York City, fell in love in Central Park...

I really love New York City, still #1 in my heart!

How can you NOT Like that? I live by those phrases even today. That jam ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

**Nano** · August 21st, 2004, 08:28 PM

T.S. Monk, a drummer player, is no other than the first son of legendary jazz piano player Thelonious Monk. He plays jazz now and did a tribute record to his father recently.
From the tracks I heard, his two R&B albums ("House of music" and "More on the good life") must be superb.

**djscream67** · August 22nd, 2004, 09:12 AM

Hey you know what? Hearing about Thelonious Monk I knew he HAD to be related to T.S. Monk. I was never too sure until now. Since then I was contemplating on that but I never spoke out on it because I didn't want to 'go leaping in the pool if I couldn't swim' or so to speak. This is great! :lol: I LOVE these forums!

**Mixmachine** · August 22nd, 2004, 03:33 PM

Another club hit for TS Monk was "Candidate for Love" released on 12" also, I had forgotten all about this cuts until a few years ago while searching Ebay found them selling for for lots of $$$$.

**Nano** · August 22nd, 2004, 11:29 PM

Smart move, djscream67. I myself assumed mistakenly that Rod of "Shake it up (do the bogaloo)" was Rod Temperton a few weeks ago. :oops: However, now I know they are two different guys, so maybe it was good to make that post after all. :roll:
I remember some 15 years ago, when I made the great discovery that J.J. Cale and John Cale were in fact two different artists!!! :o When I told a friend of this, the two laughed out loud for a good while. We have been thinking all that time, how that Velvet Underground guy went to make those lazy guitar records? :P

So those T.S. Monk vinyls go high on EBay? Probably because of his actual fame as a jazz musician, huh? I'd like to know who were the other musicians on those records. They sure could jam... 8)