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The Monkee and the Thief
"Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees" ^ | 1996 | Mike Nesmith

Posted on 09/25/2005 2:29:54 PM PDT by theFIRMbss

"I was producing a movie called Square Dance in Texas. It was a starring part for Winona Ryder, who was fourteen or fifteen.

She said, "Aren't the Monkees gonna play in Arlington?" which was just up the road from where we were filming. I said, "Yeah." And she said, "Do you think you could get me tickets?" And I said, "Well, yeah, I probably could." And she said, "I'd really like to go -- would you take me?" And I said "No, I won't take you. I can't possibly do that." She said, "Why not?" I said, "Nonie, I am one of the Monkees. I can't show up in the crowd with you going to a Monkees concert." She said, "Well, I really want you to take me. That would be really fun for me."

I was madly in love with her -- she was such a wonderful, young girl. There's a certain age at which young women blossom; they have a puppy quality about them, very fetching. She was right at that age. I just couldn't say no to her.

I said, "Let me see what I can do."

I wrangled a couple of tickets, and they were real ordinary tickets. I didn't want box seats or anything. From the costume department I got a fat pad, and I grayed my hair and my beard. I put on a pair of old man's glasses and a baseball hat, and I took her too the show.

We sat there with 25,000 people, after a ball game. They came out, and I was in the middle of the crowd, watching a Monkees concert. . . . I think Nonie liked it."




TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: goape; mikenesmith; mikeylikesit; winonaryder
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1 posted on 09/25/2005 2:29:55 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: theFIRMbss

Who does he think he is, Jerry Lee Lewis?


2 posted on 09/25/2005 2:34:08 PM PDT by motzman (Vote Quimby)
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To: theFIRMbss

Ok?


3 posted on 09/25/2005 2:34:13 PM PDT by Bear_Slayer
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To: Lil'freeper


4 posted on 09/25/2005 2:34:39 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Pope JPII)
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To: theFIRMbss

Thanks for opening up and sharing this priceless bit of history, Mike.


5 posted on 09/25/2005 2:38:28 PM PDT by RedRover
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To: theFIRMbss

Once, in a crowd, my sister touched Peter Torque's hair...


6 posted on 09/25/2005 2:40:02 PM PDT by tje
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To: theFIRMbss

Didn't the other three Monkees notice that he wasn't on stage?


7 posted on 09/25/2005 2:54:20 PM PDT by Buck W. (Yesterday's Intelligentsia are today's Irrelevantsia.)
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To: theFIRMbss
I'll admit I didn't even bother to read the piece but just had to chime in, I loved the Monkees when I was growing up.

The rest of you who bothered to read this and are going to comment appropriately may now resume your normal activities.

8 posted on 09/25/2005 2:56:10 PM PDT by ShadowDancer (Stupid people make my brain sad.)
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To: Buck W.

He refuses to perform with them. He is a bit of a jerk.


9 posted on 09/25/2005 3:09:39 PM PDT by sharktrager (http://hookedonphoniks.blogspot.com)
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To: theFIRMbss; ShadowDancer

Sweet Young Thing

By Gerry Goffin, Carole King and Michael Nesmith

Know that something very strange
Is happening to my brain.
I'm either feeling very good
Or else I am insane.

The seeds of doubt you planted
Have started to grow wild
But feel that I must yield before
The wisdom of a child

And it's love you bring,
No that I can't deny,
With your wings,
I can learn to fly,
Sweet young thing.

People try to talk to me
Their words are ugly sounds
But I resist all their attempts
To try and bring me down.

Turned on to the sunset,
Like I've never done before.
And I listen for your footsteps
And your know upon the door.

And it's love you bring,
With dreams of bluer skies
All these things,
When I seem them in your eyes
Sweet young thing.


10 posted on 09/25/2005 3:24:07 PM PDT by martin_fierro (|\/|4R71|\|_P|-|13RR0)
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To: theFIRMbss

I've got one word for him. Wait, is "jailbait" one word, or two?


11 posted on 09/25/2005 3:29:55 PM PDT by prion (Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
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To: martin_fierro

Okay, now I know why I don't read some things. Thanks for ruining my Monkee memories. I hope you're happy with yourself.


12 posted on 09/25/2005 4:11:50 PM PDT by ShadowDancer (Stupid people make my brain sad.)
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To: theFIRMbss
I got a fat pad, and I grayed my hair and my beard. I put on a pair of old man's glasses and a baseball hat...

Sooo...
...he went as Michael Moore?


13 posted on 09/25/2005 4:13:36 PM PDT by melt (Someday they'll wish their Jihad...Jihadn't.)
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To: theFIRMbss

OK.

Strange article to post, but for the record, I had the biggest crush on Mickey Dolenz.


14 posted on 09/25/2005 4:14:59 PM PDT by Hoodlum91
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To: ShadowDancer

Oh, it gets better:

Saturday's Child
by The Monkees

Monday had a sad child
Always feeling low down,
Tuesday had a dream child
She's always on the go
So I'm in love with Saturday's child

Every time you take her out at night
(She drives me wild)
You want to kiss and hold her way up tight
(Gonna spend my time)
You can tell the future's looking bright
(Making sure that Saturday's child is mine)

If you love a Wednesday
You live your life apart now
And if you love a Thursday
She's gonna break your heart,
So I'm in love with Saturday's Child

Every time you hold her close you'll see
(She drives me wild)
You can feel the thrill that's gonna be
(Gonna spend my time)
Now the future has a guarantee
(Making sure that Saturday's child is mine)

Seven days of the week made to choose from
But only one is right for me
I know that Saturday's got what it takes, babe.
I can tell by the way she looks at me.

Friday likes the good life
She'll take you for a ride now
And Sunday makes a good wife
She wants to be your bride
So I'm in love with Saturday's child


15 posted on 09/25/2005 4:22:34 PM PDT by martin_fierro (|\/|4R71|\|_P|-|13RR0)
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To: sharktrager
He refuses to perform with them. He is a bit of a jerk.

That's funny. He refuses to perform with the rest of the Monkees, yet I remember him agreeing to lead a large kazoo parade in what was supposed to be the world's largest chicken dance when I lived in Cincinnati a few years ago. What a dork.
16 posted on 09/25/2005 4:27:20 PM PDT by Welsh Rabbit
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To: theFIRMbss

"There's a certain age at which young women blossom; they have a puppy quality about them, very fetching. She was right at that age"

She has always looked like a 14 yr old boy.


17 posted on 09/25/2005 4:31:09 PM PDT by Maximus of Texas (On my signal, unleash hell.)
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To: ShadowDancer
I loved the Monkees when I was growing up.

Me, too!!!

Only I caught them the second time around - during their 20th anniversary revival. :)

18 posted on 09/25/2005 4:36:01 PM PDT by Lil'freeper
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To: theFIRMbss

i thought nesmish was married?


19 posted on 09/26/2005 3:17:55 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you.)
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To: sharktrager; Buck W.
>He refuses to perform with them. He is a bit of a jerk

Michael Nesmith ain't
Tina Louise! He went back
and did some live shows!




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"... In 1977, Nesmith furthered his efforts in the field of music video by creating a TV chart show called Popclips. When Warner bought the idea from him several years later, the company then developed it into MTV. [!] A stop-gap live album (Live at the Palais) appeared in 1978, while Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma, Nesmith's last solo album for 13 years, was released the following year. During the '80s, Pacific Arts became the most important video publishing company in America, and Nesmith moved into film and TV production as well, winning the first video Grammy award in 1981 for Elephant Parts. He returned to the music business in 1989, appearing with the Monkees once on stage during their reunion tour. Nesmith also released a compilation of rare solo tracks called The Newer Stuff for England's Awareness Records. Rhino Records followed two years later with the best of his early-'70s material, The Older Stuff. In 1992, Nesmith released his first album of new material in 13 years, ...Tropical Campfires... Four years later, he reunited with the Monkees again to record Justus, the first Monkees album since 1968 to feature all four original members." John Bush, All Music Guide

20 posted on 09/26/2005 7:11:37 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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