*ORIGINAL SHREK!*🎵 The Monkees "I'M A BELIEVER" REACTION
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The short hand of The Monkees is that they were created for TV to capitalize on the popularity of The Beatles. Their early music was written by major industry songwriters and performed by studio musicians, but they provided the vocals. By the end of the first season, they were learning to play for themselves (two had had previous musical experience, the others had to catch up) and were playing their own concerts. They had to fight for the right to produce their own albums, though. By the time their show ended, they'd developed a fan base beyond the show and they continued performing on and off since then. Sadly as of December, only Mickey Dolenz (the drummer) still lives. The Shrek version was a cover done by Smash Mouth.
They all went so quickly too! Davy Jones in 2012 at only 66. Peter Tork in 2019 and Michael Nesmith last year.
Because of their TV beginning, some never wanted to give them credit to being a real band. However, by the time their TV series ended the Monkeys included the Beatles, The Who and Led Zeppelin in their fan base and hung out writing with all 3.
Good synopsis of the Monkees. They were essentially a boy band like n'sync except they played their own instruments... Eventually.
@@markcastellanet9672 The term hadn’t been invented when they were created, but today they are considered the first boy band.
Life is quick guys.
Fun fact: David Bowie’s real name is David Jones, but he had to change it because of THIS Davey Jones.
Well, BOWIE was a clever choice... 🤗
The Monkees are solid gold, so many bubble-gum hits!!
And some great really weird album cuts, from jazz to country to psychedelic.
@@sourisvoleur4854 Head
@@gart9680 Yes!
Lol. Bubble gum hits..In 1967 The Monkees outsold the Beatles and The Rolling Stones
Neil diamond wrote this song
Got to see the Monkees perform a couple times due to my mom and sisters being huge fans. Always gave a great show and kept the crowd entertained. People who think they are a fake band really don't know their history and what they developed into. Doesn't hurt when you got the likes of Neil Diamond helping to write your songs either.
They went to my home town in '86 so my mom went to see them I was 5 so I was probably at a church function or with my grandmother. It was very rare anyone would even look at my home town as an option much less go there so it was a huge event, probably why I remember it.
You are abso right. They get slandered so much. Unfairly. Thank you man
Saw the last show, with Micky and Mike, at the Greek about a month before Mike died. Great fun.
A woman once told me she was at a Monkees concert, wearing one of their hats. She said she didn't know why, but she got excited and tossed her hat up on stage.
So Davey Jones picked up the hat and wore it the rest of the concert.
A few days later, she got on the internet, and checked out photos from concerts after that.
Davey was still wearing the hat!!!
The Monkees had quite a number of great songs.. "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You ", "Valleri", "For Pete's Sake", " Pleasant Valley Sunday", "Love Is Only Sleeping ", "Auntie's Municipal Court", "The Door Into Summer", and many more..
"Mary Mary", "She", "Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow", "Star Collector", "Daily Nightly", "Cuddly Toy"... Sooo many good songs
Lasr train to Clarksville too.
The Monkeys are so heart warming ! If I could go back in time !
It was written by Neil Diamond, as was "Red, Red Wine."
Bands with drummers who sing include Genesis, the Eagles, and Rare Earth.
And The Band
And Queen, for a few tracks.
Neil recorded both songs at a much slower tempo to start with, I saw one of his more recent concert videos and even he was playing I'm a Believer faster.
The Romantics. What I Like About You.
And The Dave Clark Five
Monkees sang this song, however, Neil Diamond is the writer of the song and some others for it just The Monkees but other artists. You should definitely check Neil Diamond out if you haven’t. And yes, more Monkees! I loved them growing up. Monkees, You Just May Be The One is sung by Michael Nesmith (lead guitar, and my favorite) and he just passed away in December 💕. Thanks for doing that 🤩
I always thought one of the most fun/surprising songs from the 60s that was actually a Neil Diamond cover is Tommy James' "Hanky Panky." Neil Diamond, especially 60s-70s Neil is a must dive rabbit-hole to check out. "I Am I Said"; "Cracklin' Rosie", "Holly Holy", "Cherry Cherry" and of course, "Sweet Caroline"... Duh, Duh, Duh.
Neil Diamond is really underrated. 9-year-old me is feeling betrayed that I feel this way, because Dad played HOT AUGUST NIGHT waaaaayy too much in the car . . . But it's true.
My favorite Neil song is Love on the rocks
why clog comments with Google??????????????????????
They had some great songs. Carole King wrote Pleasant Valley Sunday.
The Monkees; a "fake" band that became a real one. Great song. Check out "Daydream Believer" for more.
Every time I see the "Daydream Believer" video I always laugh thinking how Axl Rose ripped off Davy's side to side swag. Lol. Axl stole Davy's moves!
Yep the wrecking crew played all their instruments
To be fair Mike and Peter were musicians before they became part of the Monkeys, and they all could sing.
@@billknox4121 not on headquarters, and that is a fantastic album.
@@DarrenJCrawford They all were very accomplished in their own right. Jones had experience on Broadway , and Dolenz came from a showbiz background. I still have my first Monkee Vnyl from when I was in first grade or so, but it has crayon writing all over it! Lol
the monkees even had their own show during this time. it was a comedy and it was a huge hit
Used to watch that as a kid - along with the banana splits :)
It was the last show I watched on Saturdays. Loved the Monkeys!!! Listen to some of the Carpenters, Karen Carpenter also played the drums and was the lead singer.
@@andyyyz9114 that’s amazing! those days will forever be missed.
@@suzanyoung6372 oh yes karen carpenter was amazing
The show was created, then the actor/singer/musicians were cast individually as group members, and The Monkees were born.
The drummer is Mickey Dolenz and was first known for his part in the TV Series 'Circus Boy' 1956-58, where he played a young boy called 'Corky'.
The Monkees was the beginning of groups being put together for TV Shows in the 1960's, such as The Partridge Family (Shirley Jones, David Cassidy), where they continued and produced songs, albums and performed separate to the TV Show they were in. Some of those songs were performed in their shows. Great memories of the songs and the TV Show.
I remember being in middle school getting into the monkees. My parents talked about circus boy.i have some of the original series and my mom was a fan she said and watched and giggled at it. But micky was the funny guy
The Monkees have several great songs. Be sure to check out Last Train to Clarksville.
Fort Campbell is in Clarksville where they went for basic training before getting shipped out to Vietnam.
@@real_lostinthefogofwar I went there for basic training in 86
Credit to Neil Diamond for writing both of those.
My mum used to go out with Davy Jones, the short lead singer, way back at the beginning of the 60s just as he was becoming really famous. They split up and 2yrs later she met my dad and the rest is history.
I know they both sang, but I always thought of Mickey Dolan as the lead, but either way that's super cool
Michael Nesmith is one of the most underrated guitarist of all time his lead work on those Richenbacher 12 strings are incredible.
"Standing in the lonely lights of the silver moon"
The Monkees were an attempt to capture the popularity of the Beatles on TV. In the video they aren't actually the musicians we hear, the "drummer" is signing, but the rest was recorded by studio musicians. The guitarist and keyboard player were both musicians, but still not trusted to play their own instruments for the show. The other two were hired because they were actors. Eventually the Monkees did become a real band, but their hits come from the period that Don Kirshner (who employed many of the great songwriters of the '60s, and provided songs for many of the 60's bands) was providing their music. When they split with him, he started providing songs for the cartoon band The Archies because they couldn't turn on him.
But during the run of the show they had a lot of great songs.
they may have been a fake band but those vocals are all Dolenz and jones
The Shrek cover was performed by Smash Mouth, who were late '90s stars in their own right with hits like "All Star" and "Walkin' on the Sun." It really makes me feel old to think that the '90s are to the current generation what the '60s were to us in the '90s.
Yeah, on some other video I once read something like "1972 is to 2021 what 1923 was to 1972"
I never looked at it like this, growing up in the 70s, 80s the music from the 60s seemed like from a long ago time ago but the 80s are much longer ago now and don't seem like such a far away time to me.
Y'all should watch an episode of The Monkees. They were made to be a Beetles type band and the shows were a bit Three Stooges with music. Mickey Dolenz on drums and Davy Jones on Tambourine were more actors, while Peter Tork on keyboards and bass, and Mike Nesmith on guitar were more the musician in background. They have tons of great songs.
Agree. Watching an episode or two will give you a much better sense of who the Monkees were and why they were so insanely popular.
John Lennon told them they were like the Marx Brothers. Well, the writers seemed to borrow from every comedy bit they could think of from the past...one episode I saw recently, stole the entire plot, watered down for a half hour TV episode, from a Marx Brothers movie [originally a stage play] called Room Service from 1938.
This is very true, you need to see an episode.
Or a few.
Enough to learn the theme song.
Beatles even...
The show was a lot of fun, fit nicely with its era.
This is a Neil Diamond song, but this became popular to us preteens at the we saw this on their TV show. Kinda stuck with us throughout life.
That’s the definitive version of the song, sliced right out of their tv show THE MONKEES. Huge #1 hit in 1967. Theres tons of great Monkees songs for you guys to hear.
Fun fact Mickey Dolenz was a musician and an actor , not sure the exact year but mid 50,s he stared in a TV show called Circus Boy with a baby elephant . Grew up with Monkees , the music still makes me just feel Good.
The song was written by Neil Diamond, and Al Gorgoni (a session musician who played guitar on the track) came up with the guitar lick after the organ intro and the choruses before the next verse. I remember Neil Diamond performed it in a duet along with Linda Ronstadt as part of a medley on the Glen Campbell Show. I'm sure everyone who's seen Shrek knows Smash Mouth's cover.
This was music from my childhood! All of us little tween girls watched the Monkees' TV show and had a crush on Davy Jones (the short guy with the tambourine) and/or Mickey Dolenz (the drummer who was singing lead on this song). But they actually had several really decent songs, musically. Check out "Last Train to Clarksville", "Daydream Believer", "Shades of Gray", "Pleasant Valley Sunday", and "For Pete's Sake", the last of which was the closing theme for their TV show.
Micky Dolenz, the drummer/singer, is the last living Monkee. RIP to the other three. I wasn't quite born when the show went off the air (I came along a tad less than a year later), but I used to watch the Monkees every day after school in the 70's. So I grew up hearing their music.
Flashback to twelve-year-old me, high as a kite on processed sugar, you could get a huge pile of candy for a dollar back then,watching The Monkees TV show and playing with my Johnny West action figures
The Monkees was one of my Saturday morning shows along with the archies, banana splits, and Josie and the Pussycats. They all had their own music. Great childhood
The opening line he said that he thought that Love was only true in fairytales, like it wasn't true. But after seeing her he became a Believer. All-time great song. Neal Diamond wrote, The Monkees made it a huge #1 song. Shrek revitalized it by having Smashmouth covering it. Of course Donkey sings it in the end song.
Love your reactions!
In the 1960s, when I was 7 or 8 years old, I used to watch their TV show. They were fun and goofy, and I loved their show and their music.
The band was put together for a TV show in the late 60's. Some members didn't know how to play instruments and learned as they went.
The Monkeys even had their own sitcom comedy show back in the days with them singing.
Monkees are so good. So many great songs...
they were a made for tv band against the beatles and i think they did a most impressive job!!!
I remember getting up in the weekend mornings to watch the Monkees TV show and watching for their car to see if it came thru my town! Those were the days! Batman was on to! Also Star Trek at night! Also, that was before we got a color TV, OMG, I am old!
The lead singer of this song Micky Dolenz is the only surviving member of this group now. RIP to Davy Jones (1945-2012), Peter Tork (1942-2019), and Michael Nesmith (1942-2021). Fun Fact: Michael Nesmith's mother invented liquid paper that was used to correct errors while using the typewriter. People nowadays use desktops and laptop computers.
My sister and I loved reruns of their TV sitcom. They played as a struggling band always looking for the next gig and often doing random jobs or adventures.
R.I.P. Mike, Davy, and Peter. Mickey the drummer is the only surviving member
The Monkees had their own TV program. You can see reruns of it on OTA TV from time to time. It was kind of Beatles "Help" movie. Some fun stories and music.
The guitar players were top-flight musicians and song writers. The drummer was top drummer. The actual lead singer was on Broadway in the musical "Oliver" where he had the lead role. When the TV program was promoted they wanted 4 actors and would have the music dubbed. But they got the whole enchilada with the guys chosen.
Smash Mouth covered this song for the Shrek movie. Both versions are amazing, imo. Great reaction!! 🙂
I loved watching The Monkees when I was a kid. Loved the music and their comedy was right up a 9 year olds alley. My oldest sister had The Beatles and my older brother had The Rolling Stones, The Monkees were for me and my younger sister.
They were such a good group and songs so happy and upbeat, they had talent and proved it with the hits the produced .
Neil Diamond wrote 'I'm a Believer'. The drummer, Mickey Dolenz, is the last remaining member of The Monkees. Guitarist Michael Naismith recently past.
Cant wait for you guys to react to one of the most iconic and nutty 60's song from The Trashmen - Bird is the word 🤣🤣
In the Summer of 1967, the Monkees were on tour...their opening act, for some reason, was Jimi Hendrix. He dropped out a week later.
R.I..P Davey , Peter And Mike.. The 4 of you made my childhood fun.. Brad and Lex in case you don't know Micky Dolez on drums and vocals is the sole remaining member still with us
Monkees were created for a TV show, but they showed so much more. Stephen Stills actually auditioned for a part, and was declined, so he told his friend, Peter Taulk to give it a try, and Peter got the part.
Peter Tork. Or in fact Torkelson.
My first music album as a kid was The Monkees. Been a fan my whole life. There's definitely more to them then most give credit. Many great ones but the underrated epic is "Goin' Down".
The Monkees were my guilty pleasure for years. Thanks to the magic of YT, I can now proudly proclaim it! These guys have SO many great songs. Also,if I'm not mistaken, Smash Mouth did the cover for Shrek.
My Saturday childhood: Saturday morning cartoons, followed by the Monkees! Then played outside until nightfall when I heard my mom faintly calling our names from the front porch to come in and eat dinner.
I love watching you guys. Brad is so analytical, Lex instantly vibes. Y'all always make me smile.
You can literally react to any Monkees hit song and I will be hearing watching you guys react. So many memories of the Monkees.
The famous singer and song writer Neil Diamond wrote I'M BELIEVER for the Monkees. Also the 80's group GENESIS the lead singer Phil Collins played the drums for the group.
Mickey Dolenz, the drummer and the lead singer on this song, is the only surviving member of this group. I recall that Michael Nesmith just passed recently. Davey Jones and Peter Tork we lost a while back.
The 1st season of their show was like a bowl of your favorite ice cream!
Btw.. the song is noticeably sped up. It's not quite that high.
Many of the early Neil Diamond-written songs, particularly the ones written for the Monkees, had a heavy gospel feel - besides this one, the Monkees had "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You," and "Look Out, Here Comes Tomorrow," and on his own, Neil sang "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" which got featured in ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD.
I loved the Monkees! This song came out in 1967 when I was 10 years old. I have great childhood memories associated with their songs! 💗 Yes, this was covered by Smash Mouth for the Shrek movie. Thanks so much for reacting to this! I always enjoy your reactions 😃💗💕
This was about 1966 or 67 and they made the original version of this. They had their own weekly sitcom too, in which they'd sing their songs! 💕🎼😍✌️
The Monkees "Last Train To Clarksville" & "Steppin' Stone"
The drummer* Mickey Dolenz actually had a good voice.
A great band that started as actors on a tv show and their first couple alums used session musicians, like the Partridge Family. People were calling them out as being fake, so they started touring and playing their own instruments. If you ever get the chance, watch their documentary on UA-cam. Very interesting.
The only two other drummer lead singers I can think of are Phil Collins and Don Henley.
Mike N. His mom actually invented “liquid paper”
You want a great deep-cut by the Monkees, "Goin' Down" is also sung Mickey Dolenz, but it is a groovy AF.
Eddie Murphy sang the song in Shrek. Micky Dolenz originally sang this with the Monkees in 1966. That mid-sixties sound you're listening to was called, "Mod" back then. Neil Diamond wrote the song.
Hey guys ,these brothas had a " KIDS SHOW." ON T.V. ,GROWING UP , WE NEVER WANTED TO MISS IT, ,,," REST IN PEACE 🙏 MICKY" THE SHOW WAS EXCELLENT...
Only one of them still living. Where does the time go!?
I loved their TV show. My sister bought the albums that I still have. Last Train To Clarksville is my favorite.
Jimi Hendrix once opened for The Monkees. I bet that was different ... and awesome! I was a kid when The Monkees TV show started. My Christmas was all about them. Fun memories.
Tambourine guy is the quintessential teen idol Davy Jones. He made a very famous guest appearance on the Brady Bunch and later cartoonized on Scooby Doo. Check it out!
Used to watch these guys on TV when I was a child. By the time I found out that they couldn't play their own instruments when they started out, they had already learned how to and we're playing their own music. If you look at the video you watched, you never see them close up while "playing". Peace!
This was also covered by my favorite German artist Nina Hagen.
The Monkees started off as a fictional band on the TV Show The Monkees, then they became a real band, sadly Mike Nesmith passed away on 10th December 2021 which means Mickey Dolenz is the only living member of The Monkees
I had a huge crush on Peter Tork when I was a kid 😍
I showed my 15 year old daughter some episodes and Peter was her favorite too.
Davy Jones, the one playing the tambourine, he was the heartthrob the one all the girls were in love with. He was so cute and we loved his British accent. The other three band members were all americans and we love them too.
I'm so old, I remember when The Monkees were on CBS. I'm A Believer was written by Neil Diamond.
When I was in the fifth grade after I would come home from school and watch the Monkees a slapstick TV show. It was 1966. The band was formed for the TV show. Their skits were inspired by the Beatles movies.
"Definitely covering Shrek." A piece of my heart died a little....
Their tv show was funny, loved it as a kid. They had a few radio hits too. *Some Monkees trivia* Jimi Hendrix opened for them on tour where he was booed. Frank Zappa made a brief cameo on their tv show. Micky Dolenz was the voice of Arthur on the 90's cartoon The Tick. 👍
I saw Micky Dolenz (the drummer/singer) at a golf course once back in the mid-70s, finishing the 18th hole right ahead of Alice Cooper. I had my Super 8mm home movie camera with me, and he pointed at it and said, "Ah, motion pictures!"
This song was sung by the Monkees but made famous by Meat Loaf who took it to #2 on the charts in 1979 from the Bat Out of Hell album.
Michael Nesmith Of the Monkeys Later did one of the 1st video albums in 1981. won the first Grammy in the Music Video category. Billboard's review said it was "the cleverest exercise in original video programming to date. There are various comedy sketches between musical numbers: The most notable sketches are "Elvis Drugs", "Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority") -- I include Bee Gees disease in "Rock & Roll Hospital". You can find those minute shorts on UA-cam.
The video album was (is) called "Elephant Parts" and Canadians will know of one of his skits from the video about the "Tragically Hip" which became the moniker for easily one of the top 5 all time Canadian bands.
Also, everyone always points to the song "Rio", a wonderful song, IMO, but I've still always been partial to the overall fun of "Cruisin'"
This song was actually written by Neil Diamond… made popular by the Monkees TV show… fun smiling tune!!😄😄
Sugar Sugar was written for the Monkies but they rejected it. The song became a hit for the cartoon characters, the Archies. It was the number one song of the year 1969.
I used to watch their TV show as a youth. The two surviving members were still touring, until Mike recently passed.
That dude played the shit out of that tambourine. Worth watching the video for that 🤣🤣
Love this reaction! I watched the Monkees in re-runs growing up from when I was about 5. Then they had a resurgence in the 80's on MTV. Such a great quirky show. The theme song from the intro to the show is great as well. Y'all would probably find them hilarious. They were total potheads, but providing good clean humor. LMAO. I heard Jack Nicholson used to hang out on set.
This song was written by Neil Diamond in I think 1967. Guitarist Michael Nesmith wrote the song Different Drum in 1964 and it became a hit in 1967 by The Store Pony's with a young unknown lead singer named Linda Ronstadt.
Used to love watching The Monkees TV show on a Saturday morning when I was a kid.
I grew up on the Monkeys as a kid in the 70's and this song was a Karaoke staple of mine in the 2000's. I was horrible but the more other people drank, the better I sounded. Lots of memories from this one.
For another drummer/singer check out The Romantics "What I like about you"...
Thanks for the great reactions!
In 1967, Neil Diamond’s ‘Thank the Lord for the Nighttime’ was my anthem.
The Monkees took the number one spot by over passing the Beatles song. Thats huge. Monkees were huge back in the day. They had a TV comedy show also. the show was funnt then hell.....
Neil Diamond's original version clearly plays up the romance that Lex noticed. Helluva a songwriter and performer with tons of hits and an A-level stage presence. Definitely a bunny hole worth your time. He was the first concert my wife ever went to, and we were at his last show here in Denver with 18,000 screaming fans before he retired from performing.
“Daydream Believer” is another of their great hits…if you haven’t done it yet.
I love the episode of The Simpsons where Marge has a flashback of going to school with her Monkees lunch box and the mean girls hassle her and tell her The Monkees don't even play their own instruments and Marge has a meltdown!😂
Mickey told them. I'm an actor not a drummer. And they told him. Act like a drummer.
Davy Jones, who's not a musician (hence him being there with a tambourine and doing nothing else), was added to the band because apparently according to those days standards he was good looking. He's also one of the reasons David Bowie, who's real name was David Jones, called himself David Bowie, so to not get mistaken by Davy Jones. Hilariously, Davy Jones gave an interview a month or so ago saying that he might have been what David Bowie was to music if chance just had allowed it. Bowie was an amazing and creative musician, Jones was a placeholder to attract girls to buy The Monkees stuff, I don't know how the idea that he could have been in Bowie's place got into his head.
You two are so entertaining to me because I grew up with this music ! You think Shrek ! I think monkeys !! You are both great fun !!! The way different generations think !!! Wonderful !!!!!!!!
No, the song by Smashmouth in Shrek is a cover of the Monkees. They came out with this song LONG BEFORE Shrek was a thing.
My fav. Is Pleasant Valley Sunday. My teen idol was Davy. Teen magazine. The centerfold. Bedroom walls full of him & David Cassidy. Davy moved to Pa. Only an hour away from me in Wmspt., Pa. An equestrian. He loved horses. Use to be a jockey. A part of my earlier t.v. viewing pleasure, from age 9 to 11. BTW I am 64. Like the Beatles song. Hard to believe...
Future singing star Neil Diamond wrote this song. This was January 1967, song was was #1 for 7 weeks, the Monkees were a TV show about a rock band trying to make it, a fast paced comedy trying to match the Beatles Hard Days Night movie idea. The band was criticized for not being a real band, even though the kids loved them. and they took the challenge and became a touring band and took control of their recording sessions, played their own instruments. They always sang on the early records, but weren't allowed to choose the material or play instruments on their records The Shrek movie is what young reactors only have to latch onto for this song, then they discover it is not the original and are "shocked" [try not to wet your pants please lol]. Not your fault but the sad thing about mentioning Shrek is that this is the Monkees' biggest hit and was done decades before the Shrek movie, taking away the spotlight on the Monkees and the song, and focusing on Shrek this, Shrek that. Smash Mouth redid the song for the Shrek movie...big deal...it didn't go to number one for 7 weeks that time...but hit $#4. Everyone who did not grow up in the 1960's, the first word out of their mouth is "Shrek." Out of context for the reaction. Learn more about the Monkees and forget Shrek. At least you knew the Shrek version was not the original and a cover. Mike Nesmith, on guitar with that hat, recently passed away Dec. 10 2021.
This was a huge hit for them and was written by singer/songwriter Neil Diamond.
The reason we have videos of them performing is because of their TV show that while it was a sit-com featured them performing a song in each episode.
Love when bands have 2 or more lead singers. Changes it up.