I liked the Monkees when I was a kid. Most kids did. We were kids.
The TV show had some genuinely funny moments. It also had some really lame moments.
Their music was, well, a lot like that, too. Some of their songs I liked then, I find cringeworthy today. But, some of their songs I still like.
I likes Mike’s songs the best. None of his songs were hits. The biggest Mike Nesmith penned single by the group was “Tapioca Tundra,” the B-side to “Valleri,” which charted separately.
That wasn’t my favorite Monkees song by a long shot, nor my favorite Nesmith song. But, hearing it performed how he originally intended brings it up a notch or two in my mind.
Compare to the single release.
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Speaking of ‘Valleri’, does the guitar riff in it sound familiar to the Stones ‘Satisfaction’? I think it does.
Not big on the Monkees. I was more of a Kids From C.A.P.E.R. kinda guy
Nothing like a classic from the Carter Admin. era.
I didn’t hate the show or the songs. I only saw them in reruns. I did like the movie Repo Man only to ind out in later years that Mike didn’t have as much influence in it as I thought he had. I was led to believe he directed it. He was the executive producer. But then I was also told that the band on stage in one scene was a very early Red Hot Chili Peppers. Pretty sure that was wrong too.
Any one still wondering what that strange wolf like creature was??? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dna-test-reveals-identity-of-mysterious-wolf-creature-shot-in-montana/
If the article said it was one of those werewolfs from the Twilight movies I was about to call FAKE NEWS!
Ambrose Bierce, author and curmudgeon, was born June 24, 1842, in Meigs County, Ohio. He later wandered off into Mexico and was never seen again.
Well, here’s something humorous that someone on another website linked to, which I tried and got a chuckle out of.
Screen Rant: Pitch Meeting for Jurassic World
youtube.com/watch?v=k1XFupQUNJ8&list=PLkIAjvRy16b_tv0dqShk9FasTdb7tTr8s
Simiilar to the “Movies Explained For” series.
No reason to apologize for liking the Monkees. They were four guys who could actually play music – including Mickey – but also realized that to pay the bills they had to dance to the CBS tune. They were good capitalist artists. And yet they were still as subversive as you could be and still be on TV in 1965. Zappa thought they were cool, and that’s enough for me. Fun fact: When the Monkees played The Dome in Virginia Beach, Mickey’s drum set didn’t have “Monkees” on it. It said “DRUMS.”
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