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The Monkees

DowntonAbbey — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 05:16:02 GMT

Yes that show of the 60's or early 70's, I have found them on my cable and I so enjoy watching the shows they are still funny. Anyone else enjoy watching them?

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GingerPeach — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 05:22:59 GMT

I haven't seen them lately but I do remember liking them. I thought their music was pretty catchy.

"Take the last train to Clarksville,

And I'll meet you at the station.

We'll have time for coffee-flavored kisses and a bit of conversation,

Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh."

"Hey, hey, we're the Monkees.

We like to monkey around.

But we're too busy singin'

To put anybody down."

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ChynnaBlue — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 05:24:20 GMT

What channel? I am going to look for them right now!!

Oh my gosh, I LOVED The Monkees when I was a kid. (Still do.) I thought I was going to grow up and marry Micky Dolenz. (I did not understand back then that The Monkees was filmed before I was even born and that Micky was in his 30s when I was watching the show.)

It was on at 4:00 every day in the summer and my mom would take us to the local pool in the afternoon and I would make sure we were all out of the water and back in the car driving home to see The Monkees promptly at 4:00.

I got to see them on one of their reunion tours.

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Catty2 — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 08:30:05 GMT

I loved them too and had a crush on Peter Tork.

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daisyk — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 08:31:11 GMT

Love the Monkees. Love the music more than I did the show. I'm not big on slapsticky stuff though. Like the guys though. I think they got a bad wrap when people found out they were "manufactured" and studio guys played on the first couple of albums. I think they were quite decent musicians in their own right. Studio musicians played for so many groups in those days on the albums. Don't know about today. Great songs by Boyce and Hart and Neil Diamond and more. I'm a fan!

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AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 12:10:33 GMT

I adored this show when I was young! I HAD to watch it every week. I had all their pictures plastered all over my bedroom walls. I would rip them out of Tiger Beat and all the other teenage magazines at the time. I saved and scrounged every cent I could get my hands on so I could buy every album of theirs and played the albums so much I nearly wore them out! I had a major, major crush on Peter Tork. I thought he had the most beautiful hair! I still think a lof their songs are very good and I love to hear them!!! I haven't seen their show in eons and I would probably laugh and think --- WHAT??? What did I see in it? All good fun!!!!

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alicedee — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 13:00:21 GMT

About ten years ago my husband met Davy on an airport shuttle ride and got his autograph for me..."Love to Alicedee--Davy Jones, Monkee". It's one of my prized possessions lol!

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katiescarlett — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 13:18:07 GMT

I LOVED Davy Jones because he rode horses and I loved horses (still do, own them now and ride all the time). I was sad when he died, it was like part of my youth passed, but was happy to see that he still had horses in his life and even rode the day he passed away. I watched some clips on youtube and they were so silly, but it was fun to watch them again.

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Shelbelle — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 13:42:41 GMT

They are on Antenna TV on Sunday afternoons. It only aired for 2 seasons, the first was darling and so much fun, the second was awful, which is why it ended after that.

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Lorik62 — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 13:49:25 GMT

I loved the Monkees growing up. My walls were covered with their pictures, and I couldn't wait to buy another Tigerbeat magazine to get some more. Davy was my secret crush!

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SeaMaiden — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 14:39:00 GMT

No, can not say I find them funny or entertaining anymore. Like Laugh In, the humor is old and stale. Slap stick, and too simple.

I think what America found entertaining and funny in the 1960's mindset has changed in the year 2016 as the world has changed. We are not as simple as we were in the 1960's. Is that a good thing... probably not. But, as we evolve and technogy becomes the forefront of our lives, things are just more complicated.

But,God Bless those who can laugh at the simple humor from back then. Nothing wrong with that.

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bbsr — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 14:43:17 GMT

I liked Micky. It was the first album I ever bought!

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ChynnaBlue — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:20:05 GMT

@Shelbelle wrote:
They are on Antenna TV on Sunday afternoons. It only aired for 2 seasons, the first was darling and so much fun, the second was awful, which is why it ended after that.

I blame Micky's terrible second season perm for their cancellation.

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ChynnaBlue — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:23:02 GMT

Oh, they are not available in my area. What a bummer. They have a great lineup of classic TV shows. I watched almost all of these shows growing up. Some I watched as old reruns from many years back and some were first aired when I was a kid.

http://antennatv.tv/shows/

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sharlee — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:30:18 GMT

Omigosh, ladies, memory lane for sure - and a lovely place it is. I still maintain that the 60s were a terrific time to grow up - tremendous change, but also innovation, discovery and such optimism. Sigh.

Adored the Monkees, like so many here - had the pix from 16, Tiger Beat and all the other teen mags plastered everywhere. And, @ChynnaBlue, MY mission statement at the time was to meet and marry Mickey Dolenz, and since I'm way older than you, I saw him first! I was sure it was fated - after all, I'd had a crush on him since his Circus Boy days, hadn't I? Although I thought Davy was adorable, too - what a killer grin he had!

Don't have cable anymore, so I'll have to see if I can find the show on Hulu or Netflix. If not, my memories will have to serve.

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JustJazzmom — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:38:54 GMT

@daisyk wrote:
Love the Monkees. Love the music more than I did the show. I'm not big on slapsticky stuff though. Like the guys though. I think they got a bad wrap when people found out they were "manufactured" and studio guys played on the first couple of albums. I think they were quite decent musicians in their own right. Studio musicians played for so many groups in those days on the albums. Don't know about today. Great songs by Boyce and Hart and Neil Diamond and more. I'm a fan!

The Monkees were part of a studio system (Don Kirshner) where they were the voice and face of the music -- The Archies is another manufactured band of the era. I was going to write a separate post but it shows what the producer really wanted-- inexperienced musicians (?)

Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield fame went and auditioned for one of the roles in the show. He got rejected because he played his guitar too well! Many true musicians did play their own instruments when recording and touring. Many studios did have various studio musicians on call to come in to do various instruments as they were needed. The saxaphonist Tom Scott comes to mind who is credited on many albums where the band needed a saxaphonist to come do a short riff in a song.

I do believe the only Monkees who did know how to play an instrument were Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork and of course Davy Jones knew how to sing.

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silkyk — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:38:58 GMT

@GingerPeach wrote:
I haven't seen them lately but I do remember liking them. I thought their music was pretty catchy.

"Take the last train to Clarksville,
And I'll meet you at the station.
We'll have time for coffee-flavored kisses and a bit of conversation,
Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh."

Or

"Hey, hey, we're the Monkees.
We like to monkey around.
But we're too busy singin'
To put anybody down."

I always liked:

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.

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ChynnaBlue — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:51:05 GMT

@JustJazzmom wrote:
@daisyk wrote:
Love the Monkees. Love the music more than I did the show. I'm not big on slapsticky stuff though. Like the guys though. I think they got a bad wrap when people found out they were "manufactured" and studio guys played on the first couple of albums. I think they were quite decent musicians in their own right. Studio musicians played for so many groups in those days on the albums. Don't know about today. Great songs by Boyce and Hart and Neil Diamond and more. I'm a fan!
The Monkees were part of a studio system (Don Kirshner) where they were the voice and face of the music -- The Archies is another manufactured band of the era. I was going to write a separate post but it shows what the producer really wanted-- inexperienced musicians (?)

Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield fame went and auditioned for one of the roles in the show. He got rejected because he played his guitar too well! Many true musicians did play their own instruments when recording and touring. Many studios did have various studio musicians on call to come in to do various instruments as they were needed. The saxaphonist Tom Scott comes to mind who is credited on many albums where the band needed a saxaphonist to come do a short riff in a song.

I do believe the only Monkees who did know how to play an instrument were Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork and of course Davy Jones knew how to sing.

That was true when they were hired. But they hated the derogatory comments so much that they learned to play. They recorded at least one album where they all played their own instruments and played them in live concerts, though they did also have other musicians on stage with them.

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Suziepeach — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:55:32 GMT

We got to hear Davy Jones and his band play at Epcot! One of the cast members & myself were rockn'rolling on the street. It was so much fun and we enjoyed it! So very happy we heard him, as I know he's missed terribly by his family & friends. Love the Monkees!!

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Kalli — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:58:04 GMT

@katiescarlett wrote:
I LOVED Davy Jones because he rode horses and I loved horses (still do, own them now and ride all the time). I was sad when he died, it was like part of my youth passed, but was happy to see that he still had horses in his life and even rode the day he passed away. I watched some clips on youtube and they were so silly, but it was fun to watch them again.

I never knew until recently that he loved horses. I have a gelding and do a fair amount of trail riding. Nothing like being on the trail on a nice day!

Being a horse lover, I'm sure he provided for them in his will. That thought always crosses my mind when I read of a horse owner passing on.