Former Beatle goes ape.
Paul McCartney spent four hours playing music with apes at a research lab.
The bonobos played along to Eleanor Rigby and a new song he wrote for them.
Macca visited the Language Research Facility in Atlanta after being told about it by Peter Gabriel.
He told The Sun: "The fact they could recognise and understand 800 words was pretty astounding and we found ourselves actually communicating with them easily.
"We played some music - the male ape and I jammed a little and his sister joined in with us.
"He played keyboards and she played drums. It was wild."
The visit was filmed for possible inclusion on the DVD of McCartney's latest album Driving Rain.
He is also reported to be planning a UK tour later this year.
So, is this a gimmick? Or can brute beasts really get down?
There's also the Thai Elephant Orchstra CD, which seems quite different from the painfully earnest Paul Winter animal sounds jazz albums. |
