Lyrically about a macaque monkey in the Los Angeles Zoo (footage of whom is featured on the DVD portion of Golden), “Macaque” was one of the first songs the band wrote influenced by the experience of playing live. According to Greg in the Essentials booklet:
“It’s rhythmically atavistic, written on...
There's a philosopher I once met
He showed me many things
He told me things of the world
His face was unusual
But it could tell a story
With rich detail
Rich detail
Sometimes eating, sometimes eyes closed
But there was always that face
And its knowledge of things
He never spoke
He needed not to
He needed not to
He sits in a zoo in North America
Has no other in his habitat
He's originally
From West Africa
West Africa
West Africa
West Africa
Macaque was written by Ken Andrews.
Macaque was produced by Steve Albini.