The Monkees

[radhead]

Here are a few of their best songs...


"Words"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbwXpa4_EXk

"She"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEkQH18Bxso

"What Am I Doing Hangin Round"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JAELBIX5vc

"Porpoise Song"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdd5xI9l7Ns

 

[WarEagle]

The Monkees were...well, they were the Monkees.

But once they ditched Don Kirshner and let Michael Nesmith they were actually a very good band.

The rumor that they never played their own instruments on their first three albums is true. But the same people who put them down for that will turn around and tell you what geniuses the Beach Boys and the Byrds were, when the same studio musicians (Glenn Campbell, Hal Blaine, etc) played on the Beach Boys and Byrds' records.

In fact, other than Brian Wilson, the guys in the Beach Boys were so bad that they've always had to travel with a group of musicians to make up for their inadequacies. They're considered geniuses, while the Monkees were considered fake.

The truth is, everybody used studio musicians. That's just the way the industry worked back then.

But Papa Nes was a good guitar player, as was Peter Tork (as his solo albums with James Lee Stanley will attest).

And Davy Jones? One of the finest maraca shakers rock and roll has ever seen.

I don't know how many people know this, but Michael "Mickey" Dolenz was actually a guitarist, not a drummer. They asked him to play drums because Davy was so small that nobody could see him behind the drum kit.

in 1967, Dolenz had never even picked up a pair of drumsticks. He studied under studio wiz, Hal Blaine, and in about six months, was good enough to play live.

By 1973, Frank Zappa asked him to join the Mothers of Invention.

 

[radhead]

I would say all four of them were exceptional musical talents, whether as singers or instrumentalists. Instrumentally I would say Peter Tork was the best, while vocally I would go with Mickey Dolenz. But I liked all of them.

 

[floridasun]

Always loved the Monkees ...Mickey is my favorite...My favorite songs are "All the Kings Horses", "Love is Only Sleeping" and "Girl I Knew Somewhere"....

 

[Nomenclature]

Cheer up sleepy jean, oh what can it mean, to a daydream believer, and a homecoming queen.

 

[Nomenclature]

Here is another one

Let's dance on
Woah baby c'mon
Let's dance on
'til the dawn
Have fun
'til the music's all gone

My mom and dad have all of the Monkee's music. I love it. The Monkee's are also on cable now too, on the On Demand thing. It's free.