Posted on 02/21/2019 4:32:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
How many times has he died today?
Hey hey
That’s enough.
I thought I saw him a little while ago walking down the street.
Making me feel old
Your Auntie Grizelda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3DBFFTsn40
I’m guessing that the one time he died was more than painful enough for him.
I did some research on the cancer that he had, which apparently can hit a number of areas in the body. It was a very unpleasant research.
I couldn't believe the other boys were all totally into the show. They collected Monkees playing cards; if you collected them all they could be assembled mosaic-style into a groovy Monkees poster for your pad!
Unlike the aging and cranky teachers in the city school, my new sixth-grade teacher was young and hip. She looked a lot like Karen Carpenter, and was married to a doctor.
One of the things that was a total culture shock was that she let us play records on the class record player before class if we got there early.
There were only a couple of records there for us to play. One was Donovan's Mellow Yellow. To this day, when I hear it, I can go right back to September of 1966.
I remember their TV show. Some years ago for some strange reason I bought a Deluxe Edition of their first album.
My favorite songs were Daydream Believer, Valleri, I’m Not Your Steppin’ Stone (Paul Revere & the Raiders did a nice version too) and Pleasant Valley Sunday.
RIP Peter.
They certainly had the best songwriters and musicians working for them.
“Unlike the aging and cranky teachers in the city school, my new sixth-grade teacher was young and hip. She looked a lot like Karen Carpenter, and was married to a doctor.”
Karen Carpenter wasn’t famous when the Monkees were on.
(I enjoyed your post, don’t get me wrong).
I thought Pleasant Valley Sunday was about the town we'd just moved to, and (as an 11-year-old) I thought it was complementary. The irony and snarkiness of it went right over my head.
Interesting how so many of their songs were not about love, romance, attraction, etc., but were about ideas and concepts. Daydream Believer was an insightful song.
Condolences to family and friends of Peter Tork.
monknees
https://youtu.be/whxrdzGnMFk
I recently watched a youtube video titled The Legends Of Laurel Canyon and Mickey Dolenz was one of the host. If you haven’t seen it already try to watch it...you and I are about the same age and have a lot of the same musical experiences...I think you’ll enjoy it.
“They certainly had the best songwriters and musicians working for them.”
Agreed...I recently read Carole King was one of them.
They would play episodes on Nickelodeon back in the late 80s. Strangely enough I found the show entertaining as an 10 year old back then.
Do you get the funniest looks from everyone you meet?
I know. When I saw Karen Carpenter, I thought she looked familiar. Then, some time later, I realized she looked like Mrs. -------, my teacher.
I guess you’d have to actually be one of the Monkees to know they were still around.
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