We all know that drugs and alcohol is a wrong way to live. Also living life in the fast lane is not always a good thing. When you got this life it will always bring up the bad sides of you and that’s definitely not good. That’s the same as in the song “Me and My Monkey” by Robbie Williams.
The song is about Robbie Williams, a crazy monkey with roller blades and finally a dangerous Mexican with a gun. Robbie and the monkey are on a ride to Las Vegas to live life out and to get some real fun. They go to a hotel called “Mandalay Bay Hotel”. They order some coke and some hookers. Then it’s time for seeing the performance of Sheena Easton which is one of the monkey’s biggest wishes. They are affected by drugs. They decide to go to play some black-jack, and suddenly the Mexican shows up with a gun pointing at the monkey and Robbie. Robbie doesn’t really know how he ended up in this crazy situation.
It seems like the monkey is a good friend of Robbie, but I think it is a site of Robbie’s personality. It’s like he has split up his personality in directions. These directions can be bad or good. The monkey is one direction, the Mexican is another. When he is the monkey he is more risky than “the real Robbie”. The monkey dares to do things Robbie doesn’t. Taking drugs is one thing. You can see this in the end of the story when Robbie and the monkey get together with the Mexican. It’s not Robbie who is going to die, it’s the monkey. There must be a reason why the Mexican wants to kill the monkey. It is like a hazard game. Who is going to die?
The Mexican is a symbol of drugs. Mexico is where it is easy to get drugs. When Robbie was in the city El Segundo, which is a city near the Mexican border, he left his wallet. This is a symbol of that the monkey drove Robbie to go to Mexico to use all of his money on drugs.
The Mexican is also one of the directions. It is a symbol of Robbie when he is affected by dangerous drugs. Drugs can kill and as we see in the song, the Mexican is really dangerous too.
Las Vegas is a symbol of living in the fast lane. The blend of gambling, money, hookers, drugs and all this is what Las Vegas is characterized of.
If the story was happening in New York I would notice that Robbie just wanted to try something else, but the fact that it is all happening in Las Vegas gives us an idea of his life in the fast lane. The black-jack game in Las Vegas is a good place for a hazard game like in the song, because it’s like a “win or lose”-game. In the song it’s rather a “live or die”-game.
The stand-off between Robbie, the monkey and the Mexican in the end of the song signifies a triangle of immorality. The Mexican is pointing a gun at Robbie. The Monkey is also pointing at Robbie, and he is in a big, big trouble. He must get rid of one of those evil men. It is two against one and we get a really good point of how big troubles Robbie had.
The song shows how bad a life with drugs and alcohol is, and how this can show the darkest sites of a person. Robbie will always live with the inner wounds and everybody knows about it, but he discovered how to manage the need for drugs. I think that every person who is almost killed by drugs can get out of it, but only if they got the strength and self-control to do it.
We all know that drugs and alcohol is a wrong way to live. Also living life in the fast lane is not always a good thing. When you got this life it will always bring up the bad sides of you and that’s definitely not good. That’s the same as in the song “Me and My Monkey” by Robbie Williams.
The song is about Robbie Williams, a crazy monkey with roller blades and finally a dangerous Mexican with a gun. Robbie and the monkey are on a ride to Las Vegas to live life out and to get some real fun. They go to a hotel called “Mandalay Bay Hotel”. They order some coke and some hookers. Then it’s time for seeing the performance of Sheena Easton which is one of the monkey’s biggest wishes. They are affected by drugs. They decide to go to play some black-jack, and suddenly the Mexican shows up with a gun pointing at the monkey and Robbie. Robbie doesn’t really know how he ended up in this crazy situation.
It seems like the monkey is a good friend of Robbie, but I think it is a site of Robbie’s personality. It’s like he has split up his personality in directions. These directions can be bad or good. The monkey is one direction, the Mexican is another. When he is the monkey he is more risky than “the real Robbie”. The monkey dares to do things Robbie doesn’t. Taking drugs is one thing. You can see this in the end of the story when Robbie and the monkey get together with the Mexican. It’s not Robbie who is going to die, it’s the monkey. There must be a reason why the Mexican wants to kill the monkey. It is like a hazard game. Who is going to die?
The Mexican is a symbol of drugs. Mexico is where it is easy to get drugs. When Robbie was in the city El Segundo, which is a city near the Mexican border, he left his wallet. This is a symbol of that the monkey drove Robbie to go to Mexico to use all of his money on drugs. The Mexican is also one of the directions. It is a symbol of Robbie when he is affected by dangerous drugs. Drugs can kill and as we see in the song, the Mexican is really dangerous too.
Las Vegas is a symbol of living in the fast lane. The blend of gambling, money, hookers, drugs and all this is what Las Vegas is characterized of. If the story was happening in New York I would notice that Robbie just wanted to try something else, but the fact that it is all happening in Las Vegas gives us an idea of his life in the fast lane. The black-jack game in Las Vegas is a good place for a hazard game like in the song, because it’s like a “win or lose”-game. In the song it’s rather a “live or die”-game.
The stand-off between Robbie, the monkey and the Mexican in the end of the song signifies a triangle of immorality. The Mexican is pointing a gun at Robbie. The Monkey is also pointing at Robbie, and he is in a big, big trouble. He must get rid of one of those evil men. It is two against one and we get a really good point of how big troubles Robbie had.
The song shows how bad a life with drugs and alcohol is, and how this can show the darkest sites of a person. Robbie will always live with the inner wounds and everybody knows about it, but he discovered how to manage the need for drugs. I think that every person who is almost killed by drugs can get out of it, but only if they got the strength and self-control to do it.