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The Buddhist Monks — Secret Energy
Album: My Spirit Flies To You
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Released: 2006
Length: 3:14
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 ShamanManu wrote:
this wakes me up faster than coffee! 
thanks!

{#Good-vibes}
and goes good with daybreak coffee ale 

Posted 2 years ago by B4D3neaker3    [ Reply ]
I like this....
Posted 5 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]



I've lost the will to live ~


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Posted 7 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
this wakes me up faster than coffee! 
thanks!

{#Good-vibes}
Posted 7 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
barney and gomer
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
No.
Posted 7 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]


                               Thanx, sadistic DJ. {#Exclaim}




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Posted 7 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
Works great for running.  Almost puts you in a trance.  Kept me going for miles.
Posted 7 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
I had good expectations but they were not fulfilled.
Posted 16 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
This is a very solid CD, front to back.  Weirdly soothing . . .{#Meditate}
Posted 16 years ago by DeeCee1109    [ Reply ]
Wow...who knew monks could rock it.
Posted 16 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
handyrae wrote:
Egads! I was digging the chanting, but then the New Age Muzak kicked in and ruined it.
yup
Posted 16 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
OMG! Tibetan Buddhist downtempo trance musak -
just the thing for the next rave!
Gonna need a heapin' helpin' o' XTC & Special K to stand it though...

Posted 16 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
Sounds like pretty sophisticated instrumentation for a group of monks.
Posted 16 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
I thought we were listening to music on RP.
Posted 16 years ago by Chumbawamba-1984    [ Reply ]
Egads! I was digging the chanting, but then the New Age Muzak kicked in and ruined it.
Posted 16 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
fuh2 wrote:
I love it!
I LOOOOOVE IT!! ..sarcasm aside, it's interesting. A nice change.
Posted 16 years ago by ekalvi    [ Reply ]
MAKE IT STOP!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by Honeyman    [ Reply ]
Pyro wrote:
I like it.
I love it!
Posted 17 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
This proves that the music industry will package anything!
Posted 17 years ago by Monkeysdad    [ Reply ]
Our spirits are with the monks in Myanmar (click here)
Posted 17 years ago by jbtidwell    [ Reply ]
Ah geez yah, you betcha! Zep wrote:
This is more efficient.
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Cool. ish. I sort of like it, but I think a whole album might get to me...
Posted 17 years ago by al9009    [ Reply ]
Buddhist Monkey?
Posted 17 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
Hey, Hey, we're The MONK-ees You oughta see us MONK-ee around We're too busy chanting To put anybody down As the Buddhist Monk said to the hot dog vendor, "Make me one with everything"
Posted 17 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
I like it.
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Zep wrote:
This is more efficient.
This makes me think some buddy of mine who hangs out with people who don't wear deodorant lent this disc to me months ago, and is now forcing me to listen to it, saying, "Killer, huh? Huh? Huh?" Really, really bad.
Posted 17 years ago by agnes    [ Reply ]
What is this shit Bill? A choir of caribbean salsa techno monks? It really sucks
Posted 17 years ago by jazo    [ Reply ]
This sounds like a tobacco auction.
Posted 17 years ago by Lotus_Miata    [ Reply ]
Zep wrote:
This is more efficient.
Yah Margie, I think you're right there.
Posted 17 years ago by slartibart_O    [ Reply ]
Matts wrote:
This song makes me wanna put my head in the blender
This is more efficient.
Posted 17 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Walrus_Gumbo wrote:
How can you insult Electronica? Electronica is already an insult to music!!!
Yep far better we just stick to geeetars, yeeehas and songs about good 'ol boys
Posted 17 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
just awful.....
Posted 17 years ago by fuace    [ Reply ]
ethajn wrote:
Incredible. This cheese-tacular piece of work accomplishes the remarkable feat of being insulting both to Buddhism as a religion and to electronica as a genre.
How can you insult Electronica? Electronica is already an insult to music!!!
Posted 17 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Next !
Posted 17 years ago by Uranie    [ Reply ]
I was worried I'd seem culturally insensitive for not liking this. I mean, I guess it's okay background music but it's kinda spineless. It reminds me of...there used to be a musical-comedy group called Corky and the Juice Pigs in Toronto. One of their five-second jokes was a commercial for "The Buddhist Monk Singers Present - Hit Songs of the 80s." Then the three guys would slip into dead-eyed monotone chant and say, "I'm your private dancer. Dancer for money. Do what you want me to do." End of joke. That's what this made me think of.
Posted 17 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
This song makes me wanna put my head in the blender
Posted 17 years ago by Matts    [ Reply ]
fretman wrote:
I thought this was more Macarena-like crap from Control Machete and those guys from that babble-movie. Then I realized it was what happens when obnoxious western beats and synth sounds destroy another culture. Isn't Tibet under enough threat already to usurp Buddhist religion and culture in such a debased way?
It's not Iraq, nobody held a gun to their heads to sing and mingle the juices of culture it's just fine an' dandy thank you!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Incredible. This cheese-tacular piece of work accomplishes the remarkable feat of being insulting both to Buddhism as a religion and to electronica as a genre.
Posted 17 years ago by ethajn    [ Reply ]
I thought this was more Macarena-like crap from Control Machete and those guys from that babble-movie. Then I realized it was what happens when obnoxious western beats and synth sounds destroy another culture. Isn't Tibet under enough threat already to usurp Buddhist religion and culture in such a debased way?
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
Alpine wrote:
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOT THIS CRAP AGAIN!
Oh dear, not to your liking then. I love it, play it again and again Bill
Posted 17 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
The production hides the possibly interesting chants under a layer of generic electronica. Blah.
Posted 17 years ago by shayborg    [ Reply ]
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOT THIS CRAP AGAIN!
Posted 17 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
Has a few good elements, but doesn't do much with them.
I'm really enjoying PG's experiment in leading with the positive!
Posted 17 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
coloradojohn wrote:
I hear ya! Just slide into your mind some more Tibetan: Om mani padme hom beza guru pema siti Hom mani padme hom beza guru pema siti hom...
I prefer "Oh how money makes me Hum" R.I.P RAW
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Now follow this up w/ some throat singing from Tuva. Add some bagpipes, an oompah band and a 'bitchen' guitar riff... Gitcher kultchur rite heah! Sorry- not doing it for me- either serve it up straight or leave it alone. And rock on w/ the damned funny name-game thing. Laughed out loud.
Posted 17 years ago by MiketheKnife    [ Reply ]
"My Spittle Flies To You" and lodges between your eyebrows on the album cover
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
"Patty-fo-fatty fe fi fo fatty....Patty..."
And if the first 2 letters are ever the same, you drop them both then say the name.... Right on!
Posted 17 years ago by celadonstone    [ Reply ]
OMMake it stop...
Posted 17 years ago by mattc296    [ Reply ]
Hey Macarena!
Posted 17 years ago by FeydBaron    [ Reply ]
Cookie wrote:
I could go for this while I'm grading finals. I really need to reach a Zen-like state so I don't scream at some of these papers.
I hear ya! Just slide into your mind some more Tibetan: Om mani padme hom beza guru pema siti Hom mani padme hom beza guru pema siti hom...
Posted 17 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Remember the scene in "Hot Shots Part Deux"? The monks are trying to impress that woman? I think there's a scene when they're doing this number.
Posted 17 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
CCinSB wrote:
annoying.
agree
Posted 17 years ago by rharvey658    [ Reply ]
don't fly to me dude
Posted 17 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
I can't shake the mental image of monks doing the 'robot' ...
rotflmao!!!
Posted 17 years ago by electronicshaman    [ Reply ]
I could go for this while I'm grading finals. I really need to reach a Zen-like state so I don't scream at some of these papers.
Posted 17 years ago by Cookie    [ Reply ]
Hey, as long as the monks are also working the kits, I got no problem. Puts the 'E' in Eclectic, that's for sure. Daniel_Pittenger wrote:
Monks and electronic drum kits/synthisiers? No thank you. One or the other...
Posted 17 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
I can't shake the mental image of monks doing the 'robot' ...
Posted 17 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Just read through the last 10 post. I think we all agree that all recordings of this should be collected and shot into the sun.
Posted 17 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
annoying.
Posted 17 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
Monks and electronic drum kits/synthisiers? No thank you. One or the other...
Posted 17 years ago by Daniel_Pittenger    [ Reply ]
8:01 am - The Buddhist Monks of Sakya Tashi Ling - Secret Energy 7:57 am - Steve Stevens - Run Across Desert Sands 7:52 am - Gotan Project - La VigÃŒela 7:50 am - Ennio Morricone - Titoli Di Testa (The Good, The Bad & The Ugly)
Really great set.
Posted 17 years ago by wychwood    [ Reply ]
I appreciate that this song is interesting. I'm enriched for having heard it. I just wish I didn't ever have to hear it again. :)
Posted 17 years ago by Bosonator    [ Reply ]
Not this BO GUS crap again. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Posted 17 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
My right hand has been amputated. Can you hear me clapping? And I just saw a tree fall in a forest on television, but the sound was off--or was it?
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
fretman wrote:
Even the not listening to this is as important as the listening to.
? Very gnomic and Zen... ;-)
Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Even the not listening to this is as important as the listening to. I chose the latter and am not let down. At first I thought those were some rappin' monk-dudes! The 11 beat is cool.
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
Really, really irritating - what an awful mix. I'm sure the monks chants on their own are soothing/moving/enlightening/ {delete as applicable} but mixed with an awful synth-pop overlay that reminds me of Jean Michel Jarre at his most tedious and pretentious, it's just plain dire. Next please!
Posted 17 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
In order to maintain the authenticity and purity of mantras, the monks recorded their meditation room in a 10 hour stretch. Relax and enjoy!"
I'm glad we weren't exposed to all 10 hours
Posted 17 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Has a few good elements, but doesn't do much with them.
Posted 18 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
Oh good. Time for coffee.
Posted 18 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
I love this every single time I hear it....
Posted 18 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Somehow strange .......... but interesting. Nothing for the whole day to listten to but now and then
Posted 18 years ago by Coffee-Orphi    [ Reply ]
This sound like Borat,at the faith healing church scene.
Posted 18 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
I like this...it's mellow and energizing at the same time.
Posted 18 years ago by SinBlossom    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
"Patty-fo-fatty fe fi fo fatty....Patty..."
Oh Man, you are so right!!! I can't listen to this without thinking of the 'Name Game' song!!! LMAO!!!!
Posted 18 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
"The Buddhist Monks of Sakya Tashi Ling were established in 1996 in Olivella, Spain, located in Barcelona province. Their purpose is "to transmit tranquillity & happiness" and to express "ethical & moral values" at a time which the society has entered "an increasingly aggressive dynamic", says Jamyang Tashi Dorie, the order's monastic leader. The monks "approach a young, worldly public" by fusing mantras with present musical tendencies, "a very important aspect" because the disc is meant to express Buddhist values on grander scale. The composers assure that each song develops a determined type of energy of mantra, recited mystical phrases that help the listener focus and calm the mind, protecting against the unproductive cycles of thought and action, whereas the music helps to establish a connection with this energy. In order to maintain the authenticity and purity of mantras, the monks recorded their meditation room in a 10 hour stretch. Relax and enjoy!"
Posted 18 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
common how'd this sneak into this set?
Posted 18 years ago by go_ski_mully    [ Reply ]
Uhm, I think we have heard this set before. Perhaps, this song could be dropped...although I loved the Ringo comment. PacificNWPariah wrote:
If you kill this song, will it come back as something that doesn't suck?
Posted 18 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
If you kill this song, will it come back as something that doesn't suck?
Posted 18 years ago by PacificNWPariah    [ Reply ]
Ouch. A bit of a raw segue from Steve Stevens' nice guitar work.
Posted 18 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
Oh, Bill. That was a criminal offense, stomping on the end of Aja to start this one early. Pleeease don't do that again.
Actually, if you want to stomp on the end of Aja three or four minutes early, say, that'd be all right.
8:58 pm - The Buddhist Monks of Sakya Tashi Ling - Secret Energy 8:54 pm - Steve Stevens - Run Across Desert Sands 8:49 pm - Gotan Project - La VigÃŒela 8:47 pm - Ennio Morricone - Titoli Di Testa (The Good, The Bad & The Ugly) Where else would you get this kind of set, I ask you?
Woulda liked this set today. Always up for Morricone. And the monks are really growing on me. I like it.
Posted 18 years ago by mattt    [ Reply ]
I thought is was Ringo in the beginning there.
Posted 18 years ago by Augustus    [ Reply ]
SOLD AMERICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 18 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
This hit me the right way today. I'm bumping it up to a 7.
Posted 18 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
This station ROCKS! 8:58 pm - The Buddhist Monks of Sakya Tashi Ling - Secret Energy 8:54 pm - Steve Stevens - Run Across Desert Sands 8:49 pm - Gotan Project - La VigÃŒela 8:47 pm - Ennio Morricone - Titoli Di Testa (The Good, The Bad & The Ugly) Where else would you get this kind of set, I ask you? NO WHERE ELSE. BillG is the best, hands down.
Posted 18 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Oh, Bill. That was a criminal offense, stomping on the end of Aja to start this one early. Pleeease don't do that again.
Posted 18 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
transporting
Posted 18 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
It's a SECRET
Posted 18 years ago by buckskin    [ Reply ]
Bit of monkey business goin' on here, ok!
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
oddly enjoyable
Posted 18 years ago by Schittzu    [ Reply ]
ziggytrix wrote:
Monksploitation?
Rocking Mountain Cloisters... semi-bump.
Posted 18 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Dude, don't kid yourself. buckskin wrote:
NOOO!!! REALLLY!!!! So much for dry wit. Bit too dry for those who lack wit.
Posted 18 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
sorry, gregorian chant seemed to beat this when combined with electronica. Don't fly to me dude.
Posted 18 years ago by SuperWeh    [ Reply ]
Whathe....?? Wow!
Posted 18 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
mattt wrote:
I think he meant the guys at the airport. Which I always thought were Hari Krishnas. Is that a Hindu sect? And, come to think of it, I haven't seen them in an airport in a loooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnng time.
They are a Hindu sect, yes. I haven't seen them lately either. But hanging out in airports is not the coolest thing to do these days....
Posted 18 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
Dave_Mack wrote:
That would be pretty silly since those guys are Hindus.
NOOO!!! REALLLY!!!! So much for dry wit. Bit too dry for those who lack wit.
Posted 18 years ago by buckskin    [ Reply ]
ahhhh makarena!
Posted 18 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
mattt wrote:
I think he meant the guys at the airport. Which I always thought were Hari Krishnas. Is that a Hindu sect? And, come to think of it, I haven't seen them in an airport in a loooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnng time.
Yeah that was my bad. I am tired.
Posted 18 years ago by ElSupreme    [ Reply ]
ElSupreme wrote:
But it says "The Buddhist Monks" on the cover?? I don't understand.
I think he meant the guys at the airport. Which I always thought were Hari Krishnas. Is that a Hindu sect? And, come to think of it, I haven't seen them in an airport in a loooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnng time.
Posted 18 years ago by mattt    [ Reply ]
Nice string of selections this morning, currently culminating in this wonderful piece. Yay! Eclecticism at its best.
Posted 18 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
UltraNurd wrote:
Monktronica. Yay!
Monksploitation?
Posted 18 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
buckskin wrote:
Gave it a 10 only because it is part of their path to Nirvana/Heaven. Had to fight the impulse to rush off to the airport and buying flowers from a bald guy in saffron robes.
That would be pretty silly since those guys are Hindus.
Posted 18 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Jack_Jefferson wrote:
Good one, Trek! I thought it was an auctioneer at first.
And...what am I bid for this quaint, early model masonry work ? Makes a nice quiet getaway for those with a penchant for murmuring.
Posted 18 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Gave it a 10 only because it is part of their path to Nirvana/Heaven. Had to fight the impulse to rush off to the airport and buying flowers from a bald guy in saffron robes.
Posted 18 years ago by buckskin    [ Reply ]
Cool.
Posted 18 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
Love this one Bill!
Posted 18 years ago by ParadiseStew    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
"Patty-fo-fatty fe fi fo fatty....Patty..."
Good one, Trek! I thought it was an auctioneer at first.
Posted 18 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
Released 9 days ago. Thanks, Bill. It didn't get a good review on Amazon, but I happen to like it!
Posted 18 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Rocking Mountain Cloisters.
Posted 18 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
"Patty-fo-fatty fe fi fo fatty....Patty..."
Posted 18 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
One note melody...won't need to buy the sheet music.
Posted 18 years ago by mrfandi    [ Reply ]
That was different! Not bad.
Posted 18 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
Interesting ............. where'd you find this one ? I'd hear it again maybe more off the album
Posted 18 years ago by slaskey    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by liser    [ Reply ]
Still thinking.....but it must be good vibes, so rock on!
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Monktronica. Yay!
Posted 18 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by TheLoneIguana    [ Reply ]
Trippy and truly eclectic.
Posted 18 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]