I always loved The Monkees. They were put down but they had a lot more hits than most bands that acted superior to them. And now, fifty year later without the prejudice factor involved, all people know is that this is great music!
Their first four albums-all #1's btw, featured all of their songs on their TV show-so if you watched the show you knew the songs-my personal faves that were NOT hits were-Sweet Young Thing, Let's Dance On,Saturday's Child, Gonna Buy Me A Dog, I Wanna Be Free, Sometime In The Morning, You Just May Be The One, Papa Gene's Blues, She, You Told Me,cuddly Toy, Words, Star Collector, Mary Mary, Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow, Goin Down and the psychedelic Daily Nightly. Hit songs include-A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You, Valleri, I'm Not Your Steppin Stone, Daydream Believer, someday Man, Listen To The Band, The Porpoise Song and The Girl I Knew Somewhere
Great reaction, Stan. This is one of my favorite songs of theirs. A couple others you might enjoy are "Saturday's Child" and "Sometime in the Morning." ✌️
Oh this takes me back to summers when I was little! I sang it at the top of my lungs( which I'm positive my mother loved lol)whenever it played on the radio
Next Monkees track you should hear is from their 1968 motion picture "Head". The title is "As We Go Along". There is a video from the film that goes along with it.
At this stage of their career some of their sound is still provided by session musicians, with the strong exception of Mike Nesmith who multitasked. The social criticism of suburban America seems to have flown over the heads of contemporary music critics, one at least thinking it was "an up-tempo happy-flavored ditty celebrating summertime activities" [Wikipedia]. I was 9 when this came out, but later as a teen I could hear it clearly, even from the wrong side of the Atlantic. The Monkees would later break free of their TV image [possibly in part due to meeting The Beatles in the UK - see the video for 'A Day in the Life'] and start producing a music style totally their own.
There's NO substitute for great songwriting. So every critic who derides The Monkees is insulting Carole King, Neil Diamond, Gerry Goffin, Neil Sedaka, Boyce & Hart, Carole Bayer Sager, Paul Williams and other amazing composers.
If you were a fan of The Monkees and listened to all their albums you get exposed to blues, jazz, rock, pop, country, psychedelic, soul, broadway, country-rock, ballads, experimental, electronica, etc.
People forget hiw huge the Monkees were in the 1960's.
They have a lot of great songs. A band from my childhood.
Love the Monkees and the song.
"Porpoise Song" was also written by Carole King and was featured in the Monkee's movie "Head". It's very psychedelic.
I always think about growing up in the suburbs in the 60s and 70s when I hear this.
I always loved The Monkees. They were put down but they had a lot more hits than most bands that acted superior to them. And now, fifty year later without the prejudice factor involved, all people know is that this is great music!
Great Music...
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Their first four albums-all #1's btw, featured all of their songs on their TV show-so if you watched the show you knew the songs-my personal faves that were NOT hits were-Sweet Young Thing, Let's Dance On,Saturday's Child, Gonna Buy Me A Dog, I Wanna Be Free, Sometime In The Morning, You Just May Be The One, Papa Gene's Blues, She, You Told Me,cuddly Toy, Words, Star Collector, Mary Mary, Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow, Goin Down and the psychedelic Daily Nightly. Hit songs include-A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You, Valleri, I'm Not Your Steppin Stone, Daydream Believer, someday Man, Listen To The Band, The Porpoise Song and The Girl I Knew Somewhere
Great reaction, Stan. This is one of my favorite songs of theirs. A couple others you might enjoy are "Saturday's Child" and "Sometime in the Morning." ✌️
Jimmy Webb wrote some good tunes for them, also. 'Last Train to Clarksville'.
Carol king wrote this for them, this was an actual block in a neighborhood ,where carol lived in new jersey, the monkees did it justice
Love the oldies.
My mom always said Mickey's voice was like honey!
Oh this takes me back to summers when I was little! I sang it at the top of my lungs( which I'm positive my mother loved lol)whenever it played on the radio
The Carole King original is well worth a listen 🎉
Next Monkees track you should hear is from their 1968 motion picture "Head". The title is "As We Go Along". There is a video from the film that goes along with it.
Great review. You should check out their 2016 songs, like Me and Magdalena.
Harmonies
At this stage of their career some of their sound is still provided by session musicians, with the strong exception of Mike Nesmith who multitasked. The social criticism of suburban America seems to have flown over the heads of contemporary music critics, one at least thinking it was "an up-tempo happy-flavored ditty celebrating summertime activities" [Wikipedia]. I was 9 when this came out, but later as a teen I could hear it clearly, even from the wrong side of the Atlantic. The Monkees would later break free of their TV image [possibly in part due to meeting The Beatles in the UK - see the video for 'A Day in the Life'] and start producing a music style totally their own.
yes - most people do not get what is going on lol
They could have had a better reputation if they were not set up by commercial interests to cash in on Beatlemania ,, Get a slice of that pie, ..
There's NO substitute for great songwriting. So every critic who derides The Monkees is insulting Carole King, Neil Diamond, Gerry Goffin, Neil Sedaka, Boyce & Hart, Carole Bayer Sager, Paul Williams and other amazing composers.
If you were a fan of The Monkees and listened to all their albums you get exposed to blues, jazz, rock, pop, country, psychedelic, soul, broadway, country-rock, ballads, experimental, electronica, etc.