Apeman (song)
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Apeman is a song by the British rock band The Kinks. It was written by Ray Davies and appears on the album Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. It is 3:52 in length. In the song, Davies is fed up with the modern world and declares that he wants to, "sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman.” He also expresses how man created our problems and, given half a chance, he would leave the cities and traffic to live in the jungle. In some ways, this is the epitome of the nostalgia expressed on the albums Lola vs. Powerman and The Village Green Preservation Society.
The Kinks had to edit this song, because in the line "...the air pollution is fogging up my eyes...", the word "fogging" sounds too much like a certain four letter word.
Many people consider Apeman to be something of a tounge-in-cheek criticism of the hippie movement. Citing that the singer is, "so educated" and "so civilized" because he is a "strict vegetarian," it becomes clear to many that a certain barb is inserted into the track.
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