I remember enjoying these as a kid. Often the humour was above me but I still loved them.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47319788
Regards,
Jay.
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Regards,
Jay.
Peter Tork Of The Monkees: RIP.
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We just saw that. (wife mentioned it). The Monkees was a fascinating project. The music was actually quite good and the musicians were "The Wrecking Crew" studio group. There's a great documentary on the Wrecking Crew and one on the Monkees tv show.
I enjoyed the Monkees as a very young kid growing up on American television. Then around the age of nine or ten I started discovering real music.
But even so, the Monkees were ok for what they were. RIP Peter.
And I learned a piece of Monkee trivia today that I never knew before...Michael Nesmith's mother invented Liquid Paper, aka White Out. Apparently she ended up making millions from it but sadly died rather young (late 50's I think it was) and Michael apparently inherited the money.
But even so, the Monkees were ok for what they were. RIP Peter.
And I learned a piece of Monkee trivia today that I never knew before...Michael Nesmith's mother invented Liquid Paper, aka White Out. Apparently she ended up making millions from it but sadly died rather young (late 50's I think it was) and Michael apparently inherited the money.
My piece of Monkee trivia is that there was once a young musician who was starting out with the same name as Davy Jones in the Monkees. Not wanting to be confused, he went by a different name for performing. We remember him as David Bowie.
Sad news now that 4 have become two. RIP Peter Tork.
I have always been a Monkees fan with Mike Nesmith probably the one I gravitated to on the show. After the show went off the air and the band ceased to be, I continued to follow Nez's career.
Some other Mike trivia (beyond the Liquid Paper inheritance):
- Had a chart topping song on the radio before the Monkees formed - Different Drum performed by Linda Ronstadt
- Wrote/Produced a couple of movies: The Timerider with Fred Ward and cult favorite Repo Man.
- Wrote/Produced and appeared on the TV Show Elephant Parts
- Founder of multi-media concept which led to his co-creation of MTV, and is in the MTV Hall Of Fame.
I was fortunate enough to see the Mike & Micky Experience last year where they played a ton of the old hits. For guys that were like 73 and 76 years old, they brought it.
I have always been a Monkees fan with Mike Nesmith probably the one I gravitated to on the show. After the show went off the air and the band ceased to be, I continued to follow Nez's career.
Some other Mike trivia (beyond the Liquid Paper inheritance):
- Had a chart topping song on the radio before the Monkees formed - Different Drum performed by Linda Ronstadt
- Wrote/Produced a couple of movies: The Timerider with Fred Ward and cult favorite Repo Man.
- Wrote/Produced and appeared on the TV Show Elephant Parts
- Founder of multi-media concept which led to his co-creation of MTV, and is in the MTV Hall Of Fame.
I was fortunate enough to see the Mike & Micky Experience last year where they played a ton of the old hits. For guys that were like 73 and 76 years old, they brought it.
Their music was fun and uplifting and I still enjoy hearing it today. There was a freshness to it that made you feel happy. Thank you boys.
Rest in peace, indeed. The Monkees were fun and uplifting and the music, regardless of who performed it, was enjoyable to listen to. Last Train to Clarksville and Daydream Believer were two I liked a lot as well. They stuck to what they were good at, instead of going off to India and making idiotic gibberish they could pawn off to hippie kids as "deep".
@Aldecaker: I realize you've probably already purchased this by now, but just in case you weren't aware, I thought you'd want to know the White Album 50th anniversary super deluxe edtion 6 CD set is available!
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Some of their songs were written by artist/writers who became really big names later on.
Neil Diamond
Carole King
Barry Man
Michael Martin Murphy
Harry Nilsson
Neil Sedaka
Paul Willaims
Jack Nicholson is also credited with writing one of the Monkees songs. Don't know if that was the actor or someone else.
I remember the stories about none of the Monkees being able to play instruments when they were hired but later found out that Dolenz, Nesmith and Tork were musicians and that Davy Jones could sing.
Neil Diamond
Carole King
Barry Man
Michael Martin Murphy
Harry Nilsson
Neil Sedaka
Paul Willaims
Jack Nicholson is also credited with writing one of the Monkees songs. Don't know if that was the actor or someone else.
I remember the stories about none of the Monkees being able to play instruments when they were hired but later found out that Dolenz, Nesmith and Tork were musicians and that Davy Jones could sing.
Yes the actor. Jack Nicholson was credited with co-writing the Monkees movie "Head" which included it's soundtrack. Not saying it was great, but it was him.
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