Joseph Alberto Santiago (born June 11, 1965) is a Filipino-American musicia… Read Full Bio ↴Joseph Alberto Santiago (born June 11, 1965) is a Filipino-American musician. He is guitarist for the Pixies and The Martinis.
Santiago was born in Manila, Philippines and moved to Yonkers, New York at the age of 7, but spent most of his childhood in Massachusetts and eventually matriculated at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. There he met Charles Thompson (who later used the stage names Black Francis then Frank Black), with whom he dropped out and formed the alternative rock band Pixies in 1986. The band released 5 albums through the 4AD record label before falling apart in 1993. The band reformed in 2004 with all the original members, touring throughout that year. He describes his guitar playing as "angular and bent", attributing much of his style to songs he enjoyed when first learning the guitar such as Savoy Truffle (a composition by George Harrison on The Beatles album The Beatles, also known as The White Album).
Santiago went on to make guest appearances on Frank Black's solo albums and form The Martinis with his wife Linda Mallari. He helped write the score for the 2000 film Crime and Punishment in Suburbia and the 2003 film The Low Budget Time Machine, both along with Frank Black. Also of note, Santiago co-scored with Michael Andrews for the sixteen episode Fox Network TV series Undeclared in 2001-2002. In 2004 he played guitars on the album Statecraft by Charles Douglas released by Redeye. Santiago also wrote two songs for the Showtime television series Weeds in 2005 which included "Birthday Video" and "Fake Purse."
Santiago was born in Manila, Philippines and moved to Yonkers, New York at the age of 7, but spent most of his childhood in Massachusetts and eventually matriculated at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. There he met Charles Thompson (who later used the stage names Black Francis then Frank Black), with whom he dropped out and formed the alternative rock band Pixies in 1986. The band released 5 albums through the 4AD record label before falling apart in 1993. The band reformed in 2004 with all the original members, touring throughout that year. He describes his guitar playing as "angular and bent", attributing much of his style to songs he enjoyed when first learning the guitar such as Savoy Truffle (a composition by George Harrison on The Beatles album The Beatles, also known as The White Album).
Santiago went on to make guest appearances on Frank Black's solo albums and form The Martinis with his wife Linda Mallari. He helped write the score for the 2000 film Crime and Punishment in Suburbia and the 2003 film The Low Budget Time Machine, both along with Frank Black. Also of note, Santiago co-scored with Michael Andrews for the sixteen episode Fox Network TV series Undeclared in 2001-2002. In 2004 he played guitars on the album Statecraft by Charles Douglas released by Redeye. Santiago also wrote two songs for the Showtime television series Weeds in 2005 which included "Birthday Video" and "Fake Purse."
Monkey Gone To Heaven
Joey Santiago Lyrics
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[Verse 1]
There was a god
An under water god who controlled the sea
Got killed by ten million pounds of sludge
From New York and New Jersey
[Hook]
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
[Verse 2]
The creature in the sky
Got sucked in a hole
Now there's a hole in the sky
And the ground's not cold
And if the ground's not cold, everything is gonna burn
We'll all take turns, I'll get mine too
[Hook]
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
[Bridge]
Rock me, Joe
[Verse 3]
If Man is five, If Man is five
If Man is five, then the Devil is six
Then the Devil is six, the Devil is six
The Devil is six, and if the Devil is six
Then God is seven, then God is seven
Then God is seven
[Hook]
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
[Outro]
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
This monkey's gone to Heaven
@sasarasasarasa
28 years and still sounds fresh. That happens only with masterpieces.
@dwightholt9401
sasarasasarasa
@watchdog304
sasarasasarasa That is absolutely correct.
@dojoblink9148
very true
@lasherthirteen7456
yuppers its perfecto
@adamreith468
actual music has nothing to do with time or epoch
@ameliac1280
Thanks to my Dad this song was a staple of my childhood. In 2017 I went to my first Pixies concert with my Dad. Front row of the mosh. Was bloody brilliant. We went again in 2020 just a week before New Zealand went into lockdown for the first time. Dad passed in June this year and we played this at his funeral at his request. I now have “this monkey’s gone to heaven” tattooed on my arm under a modified version of the Doolittle album art for my Dad. Miss listening to Pixies with him
@brendanoreilly5601
condolences to you and a great song choice
@lmp3033
Mis condolencias Amelia El día que me muera y me entierren sonarán está canción y "A forest " de the Cure.
@SteezyKillzYUU
May he rest in peace