Posted on 02/08/2023 2:49:22 PM PST by DallasBiff
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I know there is a big debate whether The Monkees should be in The Rock and Roll hall of fame.
Yes they were the pre-fab four, yet they did give great performances.
Hard to believe three have passed.
Well,
I remember the group and several of their songs, but
I have never heard that one, and
I do not care to ever hear it again.
Have watched a docufilm about them a few times. Many pleasant tracks. The trickery in presenting them as their own entity is a story in itself, both for the group and their audience. “Fast Eddie” Hoh plays drums on Pleasant Valley Sunday, easily my favorite Monkees song.
As a kid, Valerie was my favorite Monkees song, and Goin Down didnt appeal to me so much. Listening now, I think I like it, perhaps because its amazing how Mickey Dolan is able to rapid fire out the endless stream of lyrics. I would be tongue twisted.
I like the Monkees. They may have been a manufactured band, but they could actually sing, and a couple of them were real musicians too, and even though they farmed out most of the songwriting, they had good songwriters like Neil Diamond, Carole King, and Harry Nilsson. Not my favorite band of the era, but I still have a Monkees playlist I give a spin once or twice a year.
Plus, if it was general knowledge how many “real” bands had all their songs played by the Wrecking Crew or other studio musicians, then I think the Monkees’ reputation would rank a bit higher.
Actually they did write some songs and all of them could play.
It’s hard to listen to that song as performed.
Usually, Mick Dolenz was not the lead singer.
This shows why.
The song is written like a jazzy scat melody.
Picture Sammy Davis Jr. cutting loose with this one. Groovy Dance moves as well.
You need somebody with a strong and octave-flexible voice to carry that weight, so to speak. Davy could have done it justice. Mickey is a bit overwhelmed by the flow.
Like trying to sing “Supercalifragilistic” for 16 bars, nonstop.
This wicked, out-of-sight opus is my favorite tune by the Monkees. It is said to be the first to use a Moog synthesizer.
Daily, Nightly (1967)
Music I grew up with. Pre-fab, augmented, lip sync’d or whatever. I don’t care . I’m neither a music critic nor a musician groupie. I just enjoy the music
Kamala saw the title and thought the song was going to be about something else. Disappointed!
Real musician Del Shannon was interviewed back in the ‘60s about the Monkees, and he insisted that the rap against them was no good, and that they had real talent.
That’s despite the fact that their release of Boyce-Hart’s “She” buried Del’s before it could hit the Hot 100.
As far as my own taste, I am more of a “Tapioca Tundra”-type myself.
Considering who has been inducted into the Hall of Fame it is a crime that the Monkees have not been.
They certainly could, Nesmith in particular. The irony is that none of them were on TV playing their primary instruments; for example, Davy Jones was a drummer, not a front man.
There was, of course, another David Jones in music at the time who had to change his stage name because the Monkees one was already taken. David Bowie.
Long ago, yes.
The Monkees Headquarters album was mostly songs written by the Monkees. Some of the tunes were pretty freaky. I was at a Monkees concert in 1968, they definitely were playing their instruments.
Linda Ronstadt’s first hit song (while a member of The Stone Poneys) was “Different Drum”, written by Mike Nesmith.
Nesmith’s mother, a secretary, invented white-out.
Yes they were the pre-fab four, yet they did give great performances.
Did you mean post fab four?
I like them more now, than I ever did.
Great song writers, funny sit com, wholesome by today’s standards.
How about Hair ?
Cameos from Zappa, Jack Nicholson..
I always liked that one too. For me, It a toss up between that and “Last Train to Clarksville”.
“Nesmith’s mother, a secretary, invented white-out.”
I wonder why we remember that trivia? I know I do.
(Also, Romy and Michele invented Post-Its.)
Thank you. Loved the Monkees.
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