― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 14:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
Anyway, back to the question - Classic, of course. My favourites would have to be Headquarters (You Just Might Be The One/Shades Of Grey/For Pete's Sake/Early Morning Blues and Greens), and PAC+J (Salesman, Door Into Summer, Pleasant Valley Sunday, What Am I Doin'..), but I love virtually everything they did.
Favorite Monkee : Micky Dolenz.
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 14:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 14:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
there's a wicked davy jones can't dance thread on the "i hate everything" board, by the way.
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 15:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
"As We Go Along" is so perfect it almost makes me swoon, particularly when coupled with the footage from "Head" of Peter walking into the snow. Even after Nesmith and Tork had left they could still achieve moments like "Ticket on a Ferry Ride", a shivering, crestfallen lament that matches up to anything from the early years. In between was a lot of fun and possibly too many syrupy Jones ballads.
the Monkees are everything!
― pulpo, Wednesday, 18 December 2002 15:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
yes, but I can't remember which was recorded first.
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 16:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick A. (Nick A.), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 17:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 18 December 2002 18:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
Pool it!
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 19:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 19:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 19:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 19:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
Secret fantastic Monkee's song: "Your Auntie Griselda". How many Peter songs are there, anyway?
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 19:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
Davy hataz need to listen to "Early Morning Blues and Greens" .. ..My steaming coffe warms my face/ I'm disappointed in the taste ...
..but in general, yeah, I fuckin' hated Davy Jones. Mickey & Mike were the band...
― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 19:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― doorag, Wednesday, 18 December 2002 21:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
fritz you forgot: mike nesmith's mum invented tippex
― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 18 December 2002 22:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
The 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee documentary was a trip.
― call mr. lee (call mr. lee), Thursday, 19 December 2002 01:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
And if you haven't heard "Zor and Zam" - from "The Birds The Bees & The Monkees" - do so at once. They do a SPOT-ON imitation of "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane, and Dave (I believe it's him singing it) sounds so much like Grace Slick it's scarey. Shivers are sent to my spine just thinking of it.
― Adam Bruneau, Thursday, 19 December 2002 02:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 19 December 2002 04:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
1) What Am I Doing Hangin' Round?2) Daydream Believer3) Sometime in the Morning4) Love Is Only Sleeping5) Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 19 December 2002 04:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Rayas Blancas, Thursday, 19 December 2002 09:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― pulpo, Thursday, 19 December 2002 10:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
Classic of course (apart from "Listen to the Band")
― bham, Thursday, 19 December 2002 10:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 19 December 2002 11:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 19 December 2002 12:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nicole (Nicole), Thursday, 19 December 2002 13:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
The TV show was cack, though.
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 19 December 2002 13:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 19 December 2002 13:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
The Monkees are endlessly fun to analyse, but pretty uneven as far as pure listening enjoyment goes fer me. Even the Rhino best of has a few stinkers (I mean, "I Wanna Be Free", wtf?)
― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Thursday, 19 December 2002 17:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 19 December 2002 23:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― horace mann, Friday, 20 December 2002 04:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
anyhow, definitely classic. I for one like the tv show, though I've only seen the same 4 episodes over and over again. I approve of Head.
― nick ring (nick ring), Friday, 20 December 2002 06:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Chris Barrus (xibalba), Friday, 20 December 2002 06:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― di smith (lucylurex), Friday, 20 December 2002 08:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Prude, Friday, 20 December 2002 08:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 20 December 2002 08:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 10:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 10:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 10:50 (twenty years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 16:58 (twenty years ago) link
― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 19:58 (twenty years ago) link
― theodore fogelsanger, Tuesday, 20 April 2004 21:44 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 13 August 2004 14:39 (twenty years ago) link
― herbert hebert (herbert hebert), Saturday, 14 August 2004 04:04 (twenty years ago) link
My teenage years would have somehow been a little less fulfilled without "She" from their second album. Or was it their second hit from their first album?
Never ashamed to wear my Monkees badge here...
― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 14 August 2004 04:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Sunday, 26 September 2004 18:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Sunday, 26 September 2004 18:37 (twenty years ago) link
― dr do-good, Sunday, 26 September 2004 21:12 (twenty years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/michael-nesmith-monkees-last-interview-final-tour-micky-dolenz-1278666/amp/
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 9 January 2022 21:30 (two years ago) link
Just saw that and came to post. Good stuff.
― The Door into Summerisle (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 January 2022 20:16 (two years ago) link
Yesterday was the birthday of Aquarius, I mean Norman MailerPeter Tork.
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 February 2022 14:37 (two years ago) link
And today is the anniversary of the day Chip Douglas arranged "Happy Together" for The Turtles.
― Solaris Ocean Blue (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 14 February 2022 18:44 (two years ago) link
As We Go Along is such a beaut. Mickey slays on this. I’m surprised there aren’t more covers of this
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Saturday, 26 February 2022 22:25 (two years ago) link
Take the sound collages out and Head may well be the best EP of all time.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Saturday, 26 February 2022 23:20 (two years ago) link
otm (on the monkees)
― class project pat (m bison), Sunday, 27 February 2022 00:29 (two years ago) link
Keep seeing reminders that it's Micky's birthday today.
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 03:12 (two years ago) link
Mickey along with Coco and some others rehearsing "Valleri" in a tiny cruise ship room: https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=499444991737376
― Never Mind the ILX, Here's the Blecch Pistols (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 31 March 2022 18:38 (two years ago) link
Aargh. Micky.
― Never Mind the ILX, Here's the Blecch Pistols (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 31 March 2022 18:39 (two years ago) link
This footage popped up in the new Linklater:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3iMP0SFIqA
As does a Monkees LP on the <SUNDAZED> label. I really hoped somebody got fired for that blunder.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 4 April 2022 23:59 (two years ago) link
!
― Came Here to Roll the Microscope (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 00:04 (two years ago) link
WIthout clicking, looks like they are singing "Nine TImes Blue."
I'm watching Richard Linklater's new rotoscoped film Apollo 10 1/2 - which I'm enjoying a lot - and something unintentionally funny happens about 55 minutes from the end. One of the characters puts on a Monkees record...and the label says "Sundazed," a modern day reissue label, not one that existed in the '60s. So I guess when they shot the movie, the art or props department bought a Sundazed reissue thinking nothing of it, and then the animators rotoscoped that reissue label.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 03:10 (two years ago) link
Ahhh, I really need to scroll up before I post...C. Grisso/McCain caught it.
Even funnier is thst one of the other records one of the sisters handles is the first Souther Hillman Furay Band album, a dollar-bin staple released in the mid-'70s.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
Furay's Buffalo Springfield buddy Neil sittin' in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvN6LA0dCQs
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 03:30 (two years ago) link
LOL. Cameron Crowe would never make this mistake!
(But Linklater's a far better filmmaker and the movie's highly entertaining so I'll let it slide.)
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 03:36 (two years ago) link
― birdistheword, Tuesday, April 5, 2022 8:10 PM
I'm glad you did, because now I understand what "the new Linklater" refers to. I also assume that the Cash show episode came after the movie's period, correct?
― nickn, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 16:13 (two years ago) link
The core of the film takes place in 1969, so the Cash episode should be correct in terms of the period. (They also make a reference to Tork's departure, with the narrator asking "why is there only three of them?")
It's a really good film, FWIW. On paper, I thought it was going to be Linklater remakes The Wonder Years but that does a huge disservice to what he's done. It's deceptively light, but it really is about pop culture, growing awareness and shared, ephemeral experiences - themes that run through a lot of his best work. It never devolves into self-involved or self-pitying nostalgia.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 16:27 (two years ago) link
In the YouTube description they say it was filmed in Nashville on May 6th (two days after the Monkees played in Houston, where much of the Linklater film takes place), and aired on July 19th.
The weird thing about the kids wondering why there were only three of them is that the group had already put out its first trio album in February.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 16:41 (two years ago) link
Although I imagine if one didn't necessarily read the fan mags or go to the concert or buy Instant Replay, one wouldn't know. Isn't it one of the brothers who asks about it?
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 16:50 (two years ago) link
Yeah, it was one of the brothers who probably didn't follow them that closely. It's very possible they just didn't find out that quickly in an analog world, which is one of the film's charms - I forgot how things were like pre-internet and cell phones.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 16:59 (two years ago) link
Yeah. It's wild to think about how slowly music news traveled stateside back then. Xgau has mentioned how his columns for Esquire had really long leads (like 3-5 months sometimes) before hitting newsstands.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 17:09 (two years ago) link
In Almost Famous there's a scene set in 1969 where Joni's Blue appears amongst Tommy and Axis: Bold As Love, among others. On the DVD commentary Crowe acknowledges that Blue came out two years later, but deliberately put it in the scene because he loves Joni Mitchell.
(But the version of the Who's "Sparks" that Lester Bangs yanks off a radio station turntable in 1973 wouldn't come out until 1995.)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 17:18 (two years ago) link
Ah k - well at least Blue was intentional and I can see how it was more important to include something like that, especially if it's a record his sister was handing down to her brother.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 17:35 (two years ago) link
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1987/07/19/monkees-hits-make-fans-day/62683387007/
― Groovy Situation Vacant (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 19 May 2022 14:14 (two years ago) link
An unexpected development
Huh, Micky Dolenz, the lone surviving member of The Monkees, has lodged a FOIA lawsuit for FBI records related to the band. pic.twitter.com/MAYhKEwAGQ— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 30, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 15:06 (two years ago) link
Makes sense.
https://frinkiac.com/meme/S06E11/1001549.jpg?b64lines=IFRoZSBNb25rZWVzIHdlcmVuJ3QgYWJvdXQKIG11c2ljLCBNYXJnZS4gVGhleSB3ZXJlCiBhYm91dCByZWJlbGxpb24sIGFib3V0CiBwb2xpdGljYWwgYW5kIHNvY2lhbAogdXBoZWF2YWwh
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 15:11 (two years ago) link
I am having problems getting past George Michael Dolenz Jr
― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 15:11 (two years ago) link
Somebody told meThe FBI wantsWhat the FBI needs
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 15:27 (two years ago) link
Trying and failing to stop imagining him singing “I Want Your Sex”
The giggles are incapacitating
― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 15:29 (two years ago) link
And the wounded skies aboveSay it's much, too much, too lateWell, maybe we should all be praying for FOIA
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 15:29 (two years ago) link
xpost Someone needs to see Head!'Quiet, isn't it, George Michael Dolenz?'Blew my mind the first time, for sure.
― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 15:47 (two years ago) link
I will file a FOIA lawsuitPut your documents with mineAdd me to the docket, poppetPencil me in any timeI will file a FOIA lawsuitI am guilty of no crimeI will be restoring my good name‘Til the end ofTime
― castanuts (DJP), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 15:53 (two years ago) link
Daydream Subpoena
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 17:24 (two years ago) link
I Wanna Be Free (From FBI Scrutiny)
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 18:59 (two years ago) link
What Are The FBI Doing Hangin' Round?
― Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 19:08 (two years ago) link
Listen to the Band (Using Covert Surveillance Devices)
― Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 19:10 (two years ago) link
Look Out (Here Comes COINTELPRO)
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 19:11 (two years ago) link
Habeas Corpus Song
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 21:41 (two years ago) link
Gonna Bug Me a Dog
― Buckfast At Tiffany's (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 22:23 (two years ago) link
lol
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 22:29 (two years ago) link
Ladies FBI Society
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 23:26 (two years ago) link
Last Train to Quantico
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 23:33 (two years ago) link
"Mary, Mary (Why ya buggin?)"
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 31 August 2022 00:52 (two years ago) link