I had a brief encounter with Mickey Dolenz while living and working in Los Angeles. He was taking a friend or family member to an appt and needed to get change or something for the parking meter and came into the Chinese restaurant where I was eating next door. I was star struck. He was my favorite Monkee as a little kid growing up in the 70s. I babbled something stupid to him about him being my favorite Monkee. I'm sure he gets that all the time and is probably tired of it, but he just gave me a nice smile and said thank you. What a great guy.
Berry Harbour They didn't know each other before they were hired. They've explained in interviews about first getting to know each other with "the salad story." Some of them bonded quickly soon afterward.
Thanks for posting. Mike and Micky were probably the closest friends of the four. They will always be Monkees but best of all they seem to be great people.
I've followed the Monkees since I was 10 years old. I read a lot still today about them, I know Davy & Micky were extremely close for many years after the group went their separate ways. I have seen them 5 times in Concert over the years, but never Mike. We moved to Knoxville in May, 2019, still trying to get settled in. My Son and his family came over to celebrate my 63rd birthday, in July. We were sitting around and my son spoke up, "Dad Mike & Micky are in Knoxville today, at something called Fan boy! They were actually preforming while we were talking. I didn't show it, to my family, but I was devestated. So close, but so far away!!!
The Monkees will forever be legends. These guys are brilliant & have always been down to earth. So glad that Mickey & Mike are still with us. Would love for these two to make a new album. They have yet to receive the recognition that they deserve from the industry. They did so much more than the Beatles in a shorter time. They could act, sing & were a top selling group. Not many in this world achieved what these men did.
What a fantastic interview. Good questions and even better answers from Mike and Micky. Still brilliant after all these years. Rest in peace, Papa Nez.
I remembed rushing home from school when I was in 8th grade to watch The Monkees on tv. I had such a crush on Peter and Davy. The show was so good and their music was great. Theirmemory will live on forever in us who grew up watching them. R.I.P. Davy and Peter..you're up there rocking with the best of them. ❤
Man I would have killed to hear Mike singing The Night Before. It's in the perfect range for his voice, that reedy quality that he had would have been sublime.
The Monkees eventually demonstrated a real musical talent that should be recognized by the Rock 'n Roll Hall Of Fame. It's a pity Davy and Peter will not be there when that moment comes. They were very good singers who could hold their own playing their instruments and some of their songs have become standards. Before they were chosen for the show Mickey was already a veteran TV performer and Davy had been nominated for a Tony award, for his stage work in the musical Oliver, you can see him acting and singing in the Ed Sullivan Show the same night The Beatles made their debut. Even The Beatles used studio musicians in their recordings, as did The Beach Boys, The Mamas And The Papas, The Four Seasons, etc, so holding that against The Monkees is vicious and makes no sense. Long live The Monkees !!! Blessings from San Juan PR !!!
One year out from his June 2018 heart surgery - Nez looked fit and great with the beard. He was talking deep like Nez would. Two years later - he appeared to be someone else but what a treat to have Mike out there for the fans.
Loved y'all in Jacksonville Florida in 1967! I was the 12 year old in the audience with a full plaster cast on my leg, met y'all at the Elmbers restaurant after the concert
Ilove the Monkees awesome singers ienjoy their music I still do Rest in peace Davy Jones and Peter Tork you both are going to be greatly missed All The Monkees in our hearts forever always.😇😇🤩🤩🤩😇
Wow, the first question from jump really drives it home now that Nez has passed. He may not have wanted to be remembered, but he certainly is going to be
Thanks for posting this (and for holding up that phone for so many minutes!). It's great I think that Micky and Michael continue to share time with the public in these conversations. And this session had a lot of good questions AND answers and non-answers. I was fortunate to attend the HEAD 50th anniversary screening in Hollywood last November. This Q&A was superior to that one IMO. On a musical note, very excited to get a Videoranch email today announcing that an album release is coming soon, which was recorded in 1973 with Nez and the Countryside band including Red Rhodes, at McCabe's Guitar Shop. I saw Nez and Red play that summer, at Knott's Berry Farm, and this album should be prime stuff.
This makes complete sense if you remember Micky sleeping through the day in the "Monkees on Tour" episode, despite the guy's efforts to rouse him from his slumber
I have loved all of the Monkees since probably the early 70's. I am 55 years old at the moment, for a few more months. I love the Monkees!! My heart throb was Peter..
To Micky and Mike: I was your fan since the Monkees began! It was sad when Davy and Peter died. May they rest in peace! There is a quote from one of my favorite saints, Saint Augustine, that I want to share with you. He said, "Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee, Lord." I think that is exactly where the "door" is...in the Loving Arms of our Lord Jesus Christ! God bless you both, Micky and Mike! Thanks for staying in the public eye! We would miss you if you did not.
Mike is so funny! I love them. And I love the Beatle song "The Night Before" That song never got enough credit. Im happy to see Micky and Mike together. Very sad we lost Peter and Davey. Time passes so fast.
@@dmc898 Thanks for your apology. What I meant was you were one of many people who have added an "e" to both Micky's and Davy's first name. Have a nice day and stay safe. I hope your dear Shiloh is doing better. I didn't watch that video.
@@bobdavis4848 Thank you Bob. My dog Shiloh has inflammatory bowel disease and the inflammation goes from his throat to his bowels and he gags and chokes so badly. I have been sending videos to my vets so they can see what goes on. I have to delete that video. But you stay safe too! And have a wonderful day.
I think that all of The Monkeys band members will be remembered for all of acting and music and all of t enjoyment that each one of them given us in the past and for more in the future and each one is or has been very special in their own way and I will always Love The Monkeys and thank our for letting us grow up watching our on our shows.
Cant pick a favorite Monkee now. Yes, when I was younger Davy was my favorite as he was very adorable. But now as I have aged, I just love them all, each for their own contributions. A great admiration for staying with each other as friends or rather brothers to the end. Respect.
I just finished watching this.I figured I'd stay for a question or two.But the questions asked were amazing!.You usually get the "what's ur favorite song or episode?"question.But these questions were on point..Well done!!
They're the old generation and they've got somethin' to say. It was tragic when "All of Your Toys" wasn't released as a single (or even on the album) because Bill Martin wasn't a Screen Gems writer, so they didn't have the rights to it. What a great song.
When Mike said something like ''We didn't have much say or opinion on what happened'' I think he was referring to the fact that 'A little bit me A little bit you' was released in an underhand way by Kirshner instead of TOYS which also he brings up the way the second album was released without their knowledge.
It would have taken the Monkees to a whole other level. The least Rhino could have done was release it as a single in '87 or whenever Missing Links came out. It would have been a top 10 then too. That really pissed me of that they didn't think of that.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker They did release the new song "That Was Then, This Is Now" (in '86, I think) as a single, when the "Then and Now" album came out, but your idea would have been so much better.
Oh, different record company. That was then... was on the Arista greatest hits package with two other songs recorded by Micky and Peter (Davy and Mike were... busy). A year or two later, Rhino leased from Arista (I think they still do) all of the old original 9 albums to put on CD and records for the first time since they were originally released 20ish years earlier, all remastered. With the modest success of those, Rhino leased ALL the master tapes from Arista and released what turned out to be a three album series over 8 or 9 years called Missing Links. The first one had All of Your Toys on it. I think with the right promotion, All of Your Toys could have been a huge follow up single to That was then... And over the last 10 or 15 years they've been doing these massive deluxe box sets of the complete sessions from each of the original albums. But in '87, Rhino instead produced the first Monkees of new material called Pool it! which I've always found to be a terrific album. MIcky, Peter and Davy fit perfectly in '80s pop music. They did release two singles with two cute videos which barely cracked the Hot 100. Again, there was no promotional push so no one except me knew about it. To this day, it's one of my 'go to" Monkees albums along with The Birds and the Bees.... And you're right. My ideas are really good but no on listens to them.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker Yep, I should have remembered it was Arista, since I have a copy of that CD. I got all the original albums when Rhino re-released them (with all those great unreleased tracks), plus "Pool It" and the 3 "Missing Links" releases (LOVE Micky and sister Coco's "Midnight Train") but the only "complete sessions" one I got was my favorite, "Headquarters." The prices for most of them were ridiculous.
hub got me front row seats to their farewell tour and YES... randy scouse git and goin' down are 2 of the songs they have listed that they're going to play!!!!!!!! ♥
Looks like Mike is slowly morphing into Dr. Loomis..Seriously though,it's awesome to see they're both still sharp..They're older than both my wife's and my parents..Her mother is in the latter stages of alzheimers..And my father is fading and has trouble getting around..Cool to see their still able to Monkee around!
@@Crystalpoodleblack Micky was never an organic drummer but Ringo was. Perhaps Micky couldn't just be lead singer at the front just like Roger Daltrey or Robert Plant?
Micky, Mike, Davy . Peter are great guys With the Monkees they brought us fun! The show was great fun! When tested they became a real band. They win on both scores! They were great entertainers. Monkees never forgotten always loved.
Had the honor of talking to Mike on the phone years ago and he couldn't be any nicer.Also met Davey twice he had a farm the next County over from where I was living I was getting gas and a truck pulls up to the other pump and out steps Davey Jones!We chatted about 10 minutes and ran into him almost a year later both times he couldn't be more polite.
In his Monkees audition, Mike said, "I'm not a goof." I think he was the goofiest one. 😊 That's saying a lot, considering they were all very goofy. R.I.P. Mike, Peter, and Davy. ♥️ I hope Micky still goes out there and sings the Monkees songs sometimes. If Barry Gibb can do it, he can.
My list of my top five favorite singers of all time Micky Dolenz would be on that list. I LOVE his voice. Found out last night after watching the Monkees 2001 concert for King Biscuit radio where he divulged that his mother was a singer in a big band and his father was an opera singer. Well duh. there you go. It's in his blood. The Monkees were a BIG part of my early chlldhood. I am almost 62 now and I was 8 when they aired. Nessie was right about the news media then why did he disklike Trump? I guess it was the California liberal in him. Peter played a MEAN keyboard!!
Hey Mickey , do your remember going to Kentucky and putting on a concert at legend baseball field, peter was there then, I was about 8 feet from the stage, I loved you all performance
There was no IQ test to be a Monkeys fan, eh? Some fans don't have their elevator go to the top floor so to speak and are not too bright. But it's cool to love music and blessings to us all.
Mike always has to be contrary and mystical! Come on! We liked his talents. It would have been nice if they could have stayed together from the early 1980s onward. They didn’t have to tour all the time.
I was curious about getting a question answered about on the particular song WORDS, Nez plays bass any reason or who’s idea it was?? The only song or view of them with Mickey in front let alone Nez on bass. I know everybody messed around those days with instruments and acting but that set up it always made me curious. Thanks
I'll have to admit I've only watched the beginning of this video so I haven't heard the question yet. I did however, just read a quote from an interview of Peter that said that if the actors/musicians played the instruments or had the band roles that were better suited for their abilities/proficiency with instruments, it would have been Peter on lead guitar, Mike on bass, Davy on drums, Micky on lead vocals. I read elsewhere that that had to be changed up because the producers needed Davy as the front man. I'm not a Monkees expert so please correct me if I'm wrong. Also, Peter also plays the piano and banjo so there's that.
According to Peter that was the "correct" instruments they should have been assigned from the beginning with himself on guitar, Mike on bass (because Peter was the better guitar player), Davy on drums (because he loved playing them!)and Micky as the frontman. (because of his energy and charisma and also because he sang lead on most of the songs.) That time they played Words to my knowledge was the only time they ever played with that line up.
When Mike talks about what he wants to be remembered for, he says he’s looking for the door. He’s not talking about death, is he? He is the first person in a long time that I have to think hard to parse. What do you think he means by the finite and the door out?
i think mike is a searcher and has his gaze perpetually set on whatever is coming over the horizon. he may very well mean death considering his age, and his penchant for realism and practicality, but i think it's more subtle than that. he is a little hard to parse. his drive is not achievement, but beginnings and endings.
I grew up watching the Monkees I wrote to them gotten pictures so on i didn't know that theyed were looking four guys to be a group I didn't know theyed were looking for a wacky drummer I thought Micky did great
i don't think different character names on the show would have made people see them any different, because allot of artists have had stage names. David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Paul Stanley. Whose to say giving them different stage names would have changed anything? Probably not.
I don't think Mickey gives the Monkees enough credit for being a band musically,all 4 of them played every instrument on the album "Headquarters"Mike wrote a lot of the Monkees hits,such as-Mary,Mary,Papa Genes Blues,Sweet Young Thing,Kinda Girl I Could Love,ect..they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.By the way "Headquarters was the number #1 album on the charts in 1966-67 till Sgt.Pepper took over.
He's trying to tell the audience that HE IS A TALENTLESS, CLASSLESS, CLUELESS, HUMORLESS, MORALLY BANKRUPT, LOW IQ, ELITIST JACKASS who holds the WORLD RECORD FOR BEING THE BIGGEST, MOST DISHONEST, IGNORANT, LYING D*ICK OF A "HUMAN BEING" TO EHHHHH-VER EXIST!!! PERIOD.
Getting old and having people repeatedly ask you ... over and over about something you did 50+ years ago out of 2 years of your life in your prime must really suck. It's got to be a special kind of hell to go through.
Michael's nickname is Nez. "Nessie" is the nickname of the Loch Ness Monster! 😂 He would have got rid of the hat much earlier but it had quickly become his trademark and the producers wouldn't let him get rid of it! He wore it to his first audition simply because he rode a motorcycle and it kept his hair out of his eyes. While it did help him to stand out it also became almost a curse! Matter of fact in the series pilot episode his character was literally named Woolhat!
Mike had the financial support of his mom who invented liquid paper so he didn't need the touring revenue but I also suspect he always had less interest in ongoing entertaining like the 3 others. I thought some of Micky and Mike's answers were non answers but that's what they do and so be it.
It is with a heavy heart that I write this in remembrance of Mike. Yes the Monkees and he will always remain in our hearts. Rest in Peace dear friend.
I had a brief encounter with Mickey Dolenz while living and working in Los Angeles. He was taking a friend or family member to an appt and needed to get change or something for the parking meter and came into the Chinese restaurant where I was eating next door. I was star struck. He was my favorite Monkee as a little kid growing up in the 70s. I babbled something stupid to him about him being my favorite Monkee. I'm sure he gets that all the time and is probably tired of it, but he just gave me a nice smile and said thank you. What a great guy.
Does it bother you that it's spelled MonkEEs, and, not Monkeys?
@@anotheryoutubeaccount9852 He fixed that, but he left his favorite Monkee Micky's first name misspelled.
4 kids that didn't know each other that became lifelong tv and music legends
Berry Harbour They didn't know each other before they were hired. They've explained in interviews about first getting to know each other with "the salad story." Some of them bonded quickly soon afterward.
@Berry Harbour, Don't be stupid.
THEY PRODUCED SOME FANTASTIC SONGS IN THE 60'S !!!!!!
Did songs in the 70's as well.
Y'all helped me survive my childhood
So sad to see only two remaining from the original 4. God bless them and RIP Davy and Peter
Suzanne Taylor
I loved all of them; I had a crush on Davey , of course!
Thanks for posting. Mike and Micky were probably the closest friends of the four. They will always be Monkees but best of all they seem to be great people.
I've followed the Monkees since I was 10 years old. I read a lot still today about them, I know Davy & Micky were extremely close for many years after the group went their separate ways. I have seen them 5 times in Concert over the years, but never Mike. We moved to Knoxville in May, 2019, still trying to get settled in. My Son and his family came over to celebrate my 63rd birthday, in July. We were sitting around and my son spoke up, "Dad Mike & Micky are in Knoxville today, at something called Fan boy! They were actually preforming while we were talking. I didn't show it, to my family, but I was devestated. So close, but so far away!!!
The Monkees will forever be legends. These guys are brilliant & have always been down to earth. So glad that Mickey & Mike are still with us. Would love for these two to make a new album. They have yet to receive the recognition that they deserve from the industry. They did so much more than the Beatles in a shorter time. They could act, sing & were a top selling group. Not many in this world achieved what these men did.
I TOTALLY AGREE!
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but we just lost Mike Nesmith recently.He passed away of natural causes.
What a fantastic interview. Good questions and even better answers from Mike and Micky. Still brilliant after all these years. Rest in peace, Papa Nez.
Very intelligent people.
First concert I ever went to.
I was into them as a little kid even before I discovered the Beatles.
Monkees forever.
Where did you see them?
Two Monkees left, two Beatles left. hmmm that would be an interesting group.
The 'Beatees' or the 'Monkatles'?
@@mr.w.146 lol
Have you seen the Pizza Hut commercial with Ringo, Micky, Peter and Davy?
Maybe they could get together with bill mumy is a great guitar player singer songwriter call the group
Space monkees
And there’s only 2 original members of The Who left, too. 😢
I remembed rushing home from school when I was in 8th grade to watch The Monkees on tv. I had such a crush on Peter and Davy. The show was so good and their music was great. Theirmemory will live on forever in us who grew up watching them. R.I.P. Davy and Peter..you're up there rocking with the best of them. ❤
Mike was always my favorite Monkee. To this day, I still don't know why, except he always seemed so cool.
Probably because he was so nonchalant and never had to try too hard. Naturally witty with dry humor. And fearless!
I have to admit, these two are my favorites.
Mine as well!
Man I would have killed to hear Mike singing The Night Before. It's in the perfect range for his voice, that reedy quality that he had would have been sublime.
The Monkees eventually demonstrated a real musical talent that should be recognized by the Rock 'n Roll Hall Of Fame. It's a pity Davy and Peter will not be there when that moment comes. They were very good singers who could hold their own playing their instruments and some of their songs have become standards. Before they were chosen for the show Mickey was already a veteran TV performer and Davy had been nominated for a Tony award, for his stage work in the musical Oliver, you can see him acting and singing in the Ed Sullivan Show the same night The Beatles made their debut. Even The Beatles used studio musicians in their recordings, as did The Beach Boys, The Mamas And The Papas, The Four Seasons, etc, so holding that against The Monkees is vicious and makes no sense.
Long live The Monkees !!!
Blessings from San Juan PR !!!
One year out from his June 2018 heart surgery - Nez looked fit and great with the beard. He was talking deep like Nez would. Two years later - he appeared to be someone else but what a treat to have Mike out there for the fans.
"Ungodly hour" Micky always has something funny to say.
Love The Monkees so much!! Sooo many amazing memories throughout the years!!!
*All of them were good looking... Not just DaVy*
I SO agree with your statement...
I always thought Mike was super good looking. I had the biggest crush on him when I was young.
My thoughts exactly!
Capricorn Tingz I agree with you. But in my opinion Mike Nesmith looked better when he was in his 30’s & 40’s
@@amysears3211 he has a nice mouth. lol
Loved y'all in Jacksonville Florida in 1967! I was the 12 year old in the audience with a full plaster cast on my leg, met y'all at the Elmbers restaurant after the concert
Ilove the Monkees awesome singers ienjoy their music I still do
Rest in peace Davy Jones and Peter Tork you both are going to be greatly missed All The Monkees in our hearts forever always.😇😇🤩🤩🤩😇
Wow, the first question from jump really drives it home now that Nez has passed. He may not have wanted to be remembered, but he certainly is going to be
Never forgotten.
Great Q and A. RIP Davy and Peter
Thanks for posting this (and for holding up that phone for so many minutes!). It's great I think that Micky and Michael continue to share time with the public in these conversations. And this session had a lot of good questions AND answers and non-answers. I was fortunate to attend the HEAD 50th anniversary screening in Hollywood last November. This Q&A was superior to that one IMO. On a musical note, very excited to get a Videoranch email today announcing that an album release is coming soon, which was recorded in 1973 with Nez and the Countryside band including Red Rhodes, at McCabe's Guitar Shop. I saw Nez and Red play that summer, at Knott's Berry Farm, and this album should be prime stuff.
Thinking about Micky...last Monkee on Earth 😎🧡 Best wishes.
This makes complete sense if you remember Micky sleeping through the day in the "Monkees on Tour" episode, despite the guy's efforts to rouse him from his slumber
That and the Monkees In Paris episodes are the ones I remembered when Micky said the show was always about a band that never made it.
I have loved all of the Monkees since probably the early 70's. I am 55 years old at the moment, for a few more months. I love the Monkees!! My heart throb was Peter..
LOVE this and Whitchita Train Whistle Sings! ...and "Don't Cry Now" !!! FAB~
Nice to see them interacting with an audience.
To Micky and Mike: I was your fan since the Monkees began! It was sad when Davy and Peter died. May they rest in peace! There is a quote from one of my favorite saints, Saint Augustine, that I want to share with you. He said, "Our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee, Lord." I think that is exactly where the "door" is...in the Loving Arms of our Lord Jesus Christ! God bless you both, Micky and Mike! Thanks for staying in the public eye! We would miss you if you did not.
Amen!!
That's a really long time to never learn how to spell Micky's first name.
Mike is so funny! I love them. And I love the Beatle song "The Night Before" That song never got enough credit. Im happy to see Micky and Mike together. Very sad we lost Peter and Davey. Time passes so fast.
Oops I meant Mickey and Mike.
@@dmc898 Why did you want to misspell Micky's name after you had it right? Well, you did misspell Davy's name, too.
@@bobdavis4848 Bob, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to misspell their names. I didn't know if he spelled it with a Y or an IE.
@@dmc898 Thanks for your apology. What I meant was you were one of many people who have added an "e" to both Micky's and Davy's first name. Have a nice day and stay safe. I hope your dear Shiloh is doing better. I didn't watch that video.
@@bobdavis4848 Thank you Bob. My dog Shiloh has inflammatory bowel disease and the inflammation goes from his throat to his bowels and he gags and chokes so badly. I have been sending videos to my vets so they can see what goes on. I have to delete that video. But you stay safe too! And have a wonderful day.
Mike is really funny. It's weird not seeing him with his cap.
He hasn't worn that cap in over 30 years!
I think that all of The Monkeys band members will be remembered for all of acting and music and all of t enjoyment that each one of them given us in the past and for more in the future and each one is or has been very special in their own way and I will always Love The Monkeys and thank our for letting us grow up watching our on our shows.
"I think that all of The Monkeys band members will be remembered..." Too bad how to spell their name won't.
Mike is such a poet.
Cant pick a favorite Monkee now. Yes, when I was younger Davy was my favorite as he was very adorable. But now as I have aged, I just love them all, each for their own contributions. A great admiration for staying with each other as friends or rather brothers to the end. Respect.
I just finished watching this.I figured I'd stay for a question or two.But the questions asked were amazing!.You usually get the "what's ur favorite song or episode?"question.But these questions were on point..Well done!!
Mike looks good with a Goat Tee.
goatee :-) but a billy goat shirt is a good idea.
They're the old generation and they've got somethin' to say.
It was tragic when "All of Your Toys" wasn't released as a single (or even on the album) because Bill Martin wasn't a Screen Gems writer, so they didn't have the rights to it. What a great song.
When Mike said something like ''We didn't have much say or opinion on what happened'' I think he was referring to the fact that 'A little bit me A little bit you' was released in an underhand way by Kirshner instead of TOYS which also he brings up the way the second album was released without their knowledge.
It would have taken the Monkees to a whole other level. The least Rhino could have done was release it as a single in '87 or whenever Missing Links came out. It would have been a top 10 then too. That really pissed me of that they didn't think of that.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker They did release the new song "That Was Then, This Is Now" (in '86, I think) as a single, when the "Then and Now" album came out, but your idea would have been so much better.
Oh, different record company. That was then... was on the Arista greatest hits package with two other songs recorded by Micky and Peter (Davy and Mike were... busy). A year or two later, Rhino leased from Arista (I think they still do) all of the old original 9 albums to put on CD and records for the first time since they were originally released 20ish years earlier, all remastered. With the modest success of those, Rhino leased ALL the master tapes from Arista and released what turned out to be a three album series over 8 or 9 years called Missing Links. The first one had All of Your Toys on it. I think with the right promotion, All of Your Toys could have been a huge follow up single to That was then... And over the last 10 or 15 years they've been doing these massive deluxe box sets of the complete sessions from each of the original albums.
But in '87, Rhino instead produced the first Monkees of new material called Pool it! which I've always found to be a terrific album. MIcky, Peter and Davy fit perfectly in '80s pop music. They did release two singles with two cute videos which barely cracked the Hot 100. Again, there was no promotional push so no one except me knew about it. To this day, it's one of my 'go to" Monkees albums along with The Birds and the Bees....
And you're right. My ideas are really good but no on listens to them.
@@Bigbadwhitecracker Yep, I should have remembered it was Arista, since I have a copy of that CD. I got all the original albums when Rhino re-released them (with all those great unreleased tracks), plus "Pool It" and the 3 "Missing Links" releases (LOVE Micky and sister Coco's "Midnight Train") but the only "complete sessions" one I got was my favorite, "Headquarters." The prices for most of them were ridiculous.
Their recent live shows revealed they are brilliant performers in their own right.The late Peter Tork was/is a multi talented musician.
I was going to marry Micky "when I grew up"
Sorry but I was going to marry Micky......
Cindy Dufala
Did you call it off?
Me too!
you mean Notmicky?
I want to know if Mickey can still sing "Goin' down". Whooo!! That took real talent! And they're _still_ cute!!
They are KaWaii
He can, and usually sings it in concert.
He does, and often has a member from the audience sing a verse!
I'd love love to hear him do Scouse Git.....!
hub got me front row seats to their farewell tour and YES... randy scouse git and goin' down are 2 of the songs they have listed that they're going to play!!!!!!!! ♥
Micky said the only good looking one was Davi, I disagree strongly!!!
This was great. Have been a fan ever since the TV show. They really had a lot of talent and great music
And I Loved watching The Monkeys on here it was wonderful thank our for showing this on here.
It was a life long dream to meet them and I so enjoyed that weekend in Knoxville.
Very enjoyable question session, Its a shame mike left us recently. RIP , and condolences to his family.
Great Q&A! Thanks for posting it!!
Mike is a deep thinker
Looks like Mike is slowly morphing into Dr. Loomis..Seriously though,it's awesome to see they're both still sharp..They're older than both my wife's and my parents..Her mother is in the latter stages of alzheimers..And my father is fading and has trouble getting around..Cool to see their still able to Monkee around!
I loved them on TV as a kid !
Who else thinks it would be cool if Mike and Micky would record with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr?
I don't really think many people like Billy...
Nobody.
I would or better yet do a concert tour with them. I think that it would be be interesting to see a band with two drummers.
It all depends on if THEY all wish to do it. We should have no say in it.
@@Crystalpoodleblack Micky was never an organic drummer but Ringo was. Perhaps Micky couldn't just be lead singer at the front just like Roger Daltrey or Robert Plant?
Micky, Mike, Davy . Peter are great guys With the Monkees they brought us fun! The show was great fun! When tested they became a real band. They win on both scores! They were great entertainers. Monkees never forgotten always loved.
Davy was the very best looking of all. yes they were all cute, but davy, he is my favorite.
Micky said Davy was the only good looking one. I disagree of course. About the others not being good looking.
Had the honor of talking to Mike on the phone years ago and he couldn't be any nicer.Also met Davey twice he had a farm the next County over from where I was living I was getting gas and a truck pulls up to the other pump and out steps Davey Jones!We chatted about 10 minutes and ran into him almost a year later both times he couldn't be more polite.
Nice words for both of those nice Monkees...but Davy's first name had no "e" in it.
Admirados y admirables!!! Inolvidables!!! The monkees geniales!!!
Thankyou for your time.
Still legends...long may you continue.x
In his Monkees audition, Mike said, "I'm not a goof."
I think he was the goofiest one. 😊 That's saying a lot, considering they were all very goofy.
R.I.P. Mike, Peter, and Davy. ♥️ I hope Micky still goes out there and sings the Monkees songs sometimes. If Barry Gibb can do it, he can.
He didn't literally mean "goofy". By "goof" he meant goof-off, f--k-up, loser, etc.
To me they were a band
I always have been a fan. I watched them , as a young girl.
Amazing how funny they are.
I Love everything that you did in music and I will always appreciate The Kind of Girl I Could Love thank You ☝️
My list of my top five favorite singers of all time Micky Dolenz would be on that list. I LOVE his voice. Found out last night after watching the Monkees 2001 concert for King Biscuit radio where he divulged that his mother was a singer in a big band and his father was an opera singer. Well duh. there you go. It's in his blood. The Monkees were a BIG part of my early chlldhood. I am almost 62 now and I was 8 when they aired. Nessie was right about the news media then why did he disklike Trump? I guess it was the California liberal in him. Peter played a MEAN keyboard!!
Michael's from Texas.
You have to ask why Mike didn't like Trump?? Really? I'm feel sorry for you and our country!
Nice goatee Nez!!
Hey Mickey , do your remember going to Kentucky and putting on a concert at legend baseball field, peter was there then, I was about 8 feet from the stage, I loved you all performance
If you wish Micky to notice your comment, it's a good idea to spell his name correctly.
I had the four of them on bedroom walls back in the 60's
Amazing how many are longtime fans, and yet can't spell Monkees correctly, or the members names...😁
There was no IQ test to be a Monkeys fan, eh? Some fans don't have their elevator go to the top floor so to speak and are not too bright. But it's cool to love music and blessings to us all.
EXACTLY!!! "MONKEYS", "DAVEY", "NAISMITH", "MICKEY". REALLY?¿
@@anotheryoutubeaccount9852 Remember the Monkees episode when "Nesmith" kept being mispronounced "Nesbaum," "Nishwash," etc.?
@@bobdavis4848 , "I've got a little song here", was the one, I believe. There may have been another one too.
Bill Martin wrote "The Door Into Summer". Genius.
Loredagger was there! Good times!
"Hey, hey!" Let's reconnect with our "last train" taking success keeping Monkees. Stay safe everyone!
"hi, we're what's left of The Monkees"....
Mike always has to be contrary and mystical! Come on! We liked his talents. It would have been nice if they could have stayed together from the early 1980s onward. They didn’t have to tour all the time.
If you hadn't used your real names you'd be getting called your character names to this day and that would get REAL tiring.
Good questions
RIP - MN
I thought love was only true in fairy tales, meant for someone else but not for me
The Monkees was the first boyband created in lab. As Simon did with One Direction.
I want to ask Mike if he still has his green cap. I want one haha
I would like to know if they could do it all again...would they still choose to be a Monkee? Or choose a different career path
I had a crush on mike when I was younger and was disappointed to find out that he was married
❤️
They still sound the same!
I was curious about getting a question answered about on the particular song WORDS, Nez plays bass any reason or who’s idea it was??
The only song or view of them with Mickey in front let alone Nez on bass.
I know everybody messed around those days with instruments and acting but that set up it always made me curious.
Thanks
I'll have to admit I've only watched the beginning of this video so I haven't heard the question yet. I did however, just read a quote from an interview of Peter that said that if the actors/musicians played the instruments or had the band roles that were better suited for their abilities/proficiency with instruments, it would have been Peter on lead guitar, Mike on bass, Davy on drums, Micky on lead vocals. I read elsewhere that that had to be changed up because the producers needed Davy as the front man. I'm not a Monkees expert so please correct me if I'm wrong. Also, Peter also plays the piano and banjo so there's that.
According to Peter that was the "correct" instruments they should have been assigned from the beginning with himself on guitar, Mike on bass (because Peter was the better guitar player), Davy on drums (because he loved playing them!)and Micky as the frontman. (because of his energy and charisma and also because he sang lead on most of the songs.) That time they played Words to my knowledge was the only time they ever played with that line up.
Thumbnail is Truman Capote and Pete Townshend wtf??
When Mike talks about what he wants to be remembered for, he says he’s looking for the door. He’s not talking about death, is he? He is the first person in a long time that I have to think hard to parse. What do you think he means by the finite and the door out?
i think mike is a searcher and has his gaze perpetually set on whatever is coming over the horizon. he may very well mean death considering his age, and his penchant for realism and practicality, but i think it's more subtle than that. he is a little hard to parse. his drive is not achievement, but beginnings and endings.
I definitely think he was talking about the final exit. He was ready.
Well, guess I got my answer.
I grew up watching the Monkees I wrote to them gotten pictures so on i didn't know that theyed were looking four guys to be a group I didn't know theyed were looking for a wacky drummer I thought Micky did great
i don't think different character names on the show would have made people see them any different, because allot of artists have had stage names. David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Paul Stanley. Whose to say giving them different stage names would have changed anything? Probably not.
I don't think Mickey gives the Monkees enough credit for being a band musically,all 4 of them played every instrument on the album "Headquarters"Mike wrote a lot of the Monkees hits,such as-Mary,Mary,Papa Genes Blues,Sweet Young Thing,Kinda Girl I Could Love,ect..they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.By the way "Headquarters was the number #1 album on the charts in 1966-67 till Sgt.Pepper took over.
And Mike made some great records after the Breakup.
Totally agree. And live in 1996-97, they were incredible the 4 of them together on stage. As tight as any band and with tons of energy.
@@benjaminpensiero8519 Yes,They were,even the Beatles liked them,I can't believe I wrote this 3 years ago already,Thanks for the reply!
Bravo Mike.. wonderful insight.
Oh no I was going to live in sin
W/Mickey
I thought Michael’s last performance was back in 2016? Just can’t keep those Monkee’s down. 🥴
I'm writing a story about them
I want a monkees shirt
What the hell was Mike trying to say there, at the beginning?
He's trying to tell the audience that HE IS A TALENTLESS, CLASSLESS, CLUELESS, HUMORLESS, MORALLY BANKRUPT, LOW IQ, ELITIST JACKASS who holds the WORLD RECORD FOR BEING THE BIGGEST, MOST DISHONEST, IGNORANT, LYING D*ICK OF A "HUMAN BEING" TO EHHHHH-VER EXIST!!! PERIOD.
Sounds like someone has an ax to grind.
Mama Ames you good?
@@Mama-Ames Woah wtf is wrong with you?
@@Mama-Ames STFU fattty....
Getting old and having people repeatedly ask you ... over and over about something you did 50+ years ago out of 2 years of your life in your prime must really suck. It's got to be a special kind of hell to go through.
I know, I wanted them to ask Micky and Mike about some of their more recent solo songs!
I never thought Michael Nesmith would ever get rid of that stupid cap. Nessie looks much better with the beard and moustache than without.
Michael's nickname is Nez. "Nessie" is the nickname of the Loch Ness Monster! 😂 He would have got rid of the hat much earlier but it had quickly become his trademark and the producers wouldn't let him get rid of it! He wore it to his first audition simply because he rode a motorcycle and it kept his hair out of his eyes. While it did help him to stand out it also became almost a curse! Matter of fact in the series pilot episode his character was literally named Woolhat!
Why am I thinking Mike is the real leader of the Monkees.
Because he was. He was the vocal driving force in getting them to make Headquarters and breaking free from Kirschner.
Mike should have got involved years ago with Pete and Davey Alive.
Have some laughs, make a few bucks and have some NEW STORIES to share.
@@AlmostReady504 - Mike and Peter never liked each other. They were civil to each other but otherwise, they stayed clear.
Well, an only child control freak raised by a single mom is never going to appeal to a non-controllable hippie.
@jonny botts I thought it was Peter and Davy that didn't get along.
My question is, why does mickey Dolenz still look like bingo the drummer on the Banana Splits, and Nesmith looks like Drooper??
My question is why do so many of Micky's fans not know how to spell his first name?
Did anyone ever noticed Mike never came back until the other two were gone....?
No...because he had come back briefly a couple times...
He actually didn't come back full-ish time until Davy passed.
Mike had the financial support of his mom who invented liquid paper so he didn't need the touring revenue but I also suspect he always had less interest in ongoing entertaining like the 3 others. I thought some of Micky and Mike's answers were non answers but that's what they do and so be it.