Yes We Didn't

Thelonious Moog
Grownup Records
Jazz | Aug 2003

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-02-08
Thelonious Monk songs played on Moog synths and run through a musical cuisinart. Fun, wacky, goofy ... a very Esquivel! kind of retro-futuristic sound, a '60s go-go feel.

Other influences listed in the liner notes: Isao Tomita, Wendy Carlos, Bonzo Dog Band, and Roger Powell, the keyboardist for Todd Rundgren's Utopia.

Big fun, impossible not to crack a smile, especially if you're familiar with the originals.

1- Mid/fast surf music
2*- Fast and rolling, with perky duck sound
3*- Loungy soft shuffle
4*- Gloopy and cartoony
5- Drifty and romantic (in a Moog way)
6- Fast; Christmas-at-Macy's organ
7- Squawky, with Hawaiian guitar!
8- Circus-y, spacey, mid/fast
9**- Groovy fast, like the Batman TV theme, with some Moog theremin. Dance, dammit!
10*- Mid/fast, crunchy beat, silly Munchkin voices
11- Big rockin' blasts, goofy banjo pauses
12- Bumpy jungle chaos

Recent airplay

Misterioso
No Cover, No MinimumJul 06, 2017
Misterioso
No Cover, No MinimumMar 09, 2017
Misterioso
No Cover, No MinimumMay 16, 2014
Misterioso
No Cover, No MinimumFeb 28, 2013
Bye-Ya
No Cover, No MinimumNov 20, 2010
Misterioso

Charting

2004-02-09 — 2004-04-12 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Mar 21 2
Mar 14 2
Mar 7 3
Feb 29 3
Feb 22 2
Feb 15 3

Track listing

1. Off Minor
2. Bye-Ya
3. We See
4. Bemsha Swing
5. Ugly Beauty
6. I Mean You
7. Rhythm-A-Ning
8. Jackie-Ing
9. Misterioso
10. Yes, We Didn't
11. Oska T
12. Evidence