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David Neal
20/06/2002 16:03

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Subject:  monkey news from Ananova

http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_611648.html?menu=entertainment.showbizquirkies

Paul McCartney jams with apes

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.

Story filed: 08:21 Thursday 20th June 2002







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