Re: The Monkees

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

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.

bbsr · ‎04-06-2010

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

ChynnaBlue · ‎05-22-2012

@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 · ‎05-22-2012

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 · ‎03-09-2010

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.

"Behold! We are not bound forever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory." J.R.R. Tolkien

JustJazzmom · ‎03-09-2010

@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 · ‎03-03-2011

@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.

ChynnaBlue · ‎05-22-2012

@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 · ‎03-10-2010

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 · ‎03-11-2010

@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!