The Monkees on Feuds, Hendrix, Hollywood Vampires, Manson, Beatles, Screen Test, Criticism
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- Опубліковано 21 чер 2024
- Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith, Mickey Dolenz discuss the Monkees. Stories they made up to mess with the media. Mike explains the invention his mother created that evolved into a multimillion dollar corporation. Mickey discusses his time as a member of the infamous Hollywood Vampires. They go on to give an emotional reaction to Peter Tork’s death.
Peter Tork discusses Jimi Hendrix opening for the Monkees, being manipulated, session musicians playing the music, the breakup, Jack Nicholson, screen test and the impact of the criticism.
Fascinating footage from the 1965 Monkees audition process and the screen tests.
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In High-school , I had Peter Tork as a social studies teacher one year. Occasionally on a Friday we would have Monkees Q&A time. He was really intelligent & a fine teacher.
Wow that’s so cool! He totally sounds like a social studies teacher.. lol
He seems adorable.
@@Lola-AreaCode212He was.
Your so lucky
I heard he taught French as well. That is cool you were a student of his.
i jammed with Peter in Philadelphia back in 76, had a blast, me,pete and a bass player we didn't do any Monkees songs I do remember playing Diamond dogs by Bowie and Johnny B.Goode we rocked the place, RIP Peter and Thanks
After seeing those auditions posted they picked the perfect four talents for the Monkees. 👍 I saw the show when they had just started their fame. Davy Jones was my favorite Monkee but all four created a certain “magic” together on the show and on their songs. Glad they were a part of my youth. ❤🙏RIP Davy, Peter, and Mike N. ❤❤❤ 💐⭐✨Glad Mickey Dolenz is still with us. ❤💎
Listening to this interview from the late Peter Tork is so enlightening. He sounds so genuine and sincere about his time in the industry and the Monkees.
Peter and Mike were real musicians. That's probably why they had animosity with each other.
Micky actually sang and played some guitar in band before the Monkees, not professional, but hey, a band.
Both Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork had different visions for "The Monkees". Michael Nesmith wanted Chip Douglas to produce "The Monkees" and he was a great choice. However Peter Tork wanted Stephen Stills to produce "The Monkees" and he lost. It would had been interesting to hear that version of "The Monkees".
It was not animosity, just that they didn't get along with each other. They didn't wish ill on each other.
Davy had been doing British theatre since he was a pre-teen, mostly Broadway type stuff, nothing Shakespearian, musicals mostly. He also played the drums quite well but they did not want him behind the kit due to his size, and that he was quite the draw they wanted him out front...shaking his "maraca" at the ladies.
Always liked Stepping Stone
So did The Sex Pistols .. They do an awesome cover of it.
@@davidellis5141and who knew Lydon could actually dance !
@@davidellis5141 and Paul Revere and the Raiders
@@davidellis5141 and The Liverpool Five
I saw an interview recently of Stephen Stills where he said he never auditioned for the Monkees but he did recommend Peter Tork. He claimed that he was pitching some songs that he wrote. I guess after all this time passing memories can be different.
That makes sense. Everyone seems to have a different memory of what happened way back when.
Volgens een ander interview die over de moskees en stephen stills gingen wilden ze een ander hebben als stephen omdat hij een hoektand niet meer had door een ongelukje .
@@henkhor-pi5bmMonkees = affen.
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If only Peter had been able to quit cigarettes 😢❤
I loved the Monkey's, still do❤❤❤❤
Monkees.
Dont they mention Boyce and Hart ?
Hey! That looks like Mr. Whipple!!
The screen tests! You can tell who was destined to become a Monkee and who wasn't. The other actors.... way too serious delivering the lines. The show wasn't a drama, far from it. 😂
As an amateur actor myself I noticed that too. It's a paradox - the best actors I've met are great despite not having acting classes - acting is being yourself.
I do hope sweet Vanessa got that well deserved *help.* She certainly had enough boys worrying about her!
THANK you!
Monkees were one of the greatest bands ever!
To be fair, many or most bands used studio musicians (thus the deserved fame of the "Wrecking Crew,") in recordings.
Leland Sklar, who is now a famous studio musician well as a live performer, tells a story about being in a band in his early days and not being able to play on it. He's not even on his own band's album because he wasn't a vocalist.
I kind of compare them to The Partridge family. They were a fictitious band which became a real band. Just like David Cassidy. I think David Cassidy had a lot of sold-out concerts. Other musicians respected him because he would sell out every show.
At 31:53 that actor knew it would be better if he moved the pillow. That's Mr Whipple (Please don't please the Charmin) buying the record for this daughter. Also, Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz were the best actors. They probably had the most previous experience.
. I thought he looked familiar.
Does anyone know who the other guys in the audition, the ones that didn't make it? I wonder what they remember about it....
I thought about that too. They didn’t look familiar so must not have stayed in the industry.
Unpopular opinion, but Michael Nesmith was a great songwriter, but felt guilty from the fame and trainwrecked his own career until he passed away. He tried his best to avoid the Monkees name and connection, until I guess he needed the touring cash after Davy Jones and Peter Tork passed away. Can't exactly fault the guy on his choices, but it's really interesting once you go down that rabbithole.
Maybe so..
He didn't need the money...his mom made a fortune on Liquid Paper.
I didn't get the vibe that Nez avoided the Monkees. His beef was with Peter, but it was personal, not professional. He couldn't commit to their Micky-Davy-Peter tours anyway because he was tied up with too many projects and crises, trying to juggle business and music of his own, living out of the way in Carmel and New Mexico and wherever. But once he was good and retired, he had a chance to realize what he and the Monkees meant to their fans -- AND what the fans meant to the Monkees. With Davy gone, Peter gone, and his own health sending him ominous warnings, Michael Nesmith finally embraced his Monkeehood and joined Micky to celebrate all of the hurrahs he had left, sharing that time with their loyal fans.
If you read any of the biographies about Nesmith, or his autobiography, you'll find that he had a life full of all manner of interesting things aside from music. As well, he did just fine with music. He could have really taken off when Joanne became a hit in 1972, but his label screwed up *royally* as well he did a lot with music, but on his own terms. His Tropical Campfires band worked in just the way he wanted, and at the level he wanted. He had absolutely *no* desire to *ever* have the sort of fame he did with the Monkees.
@@mr.g1758 And I believe MTV as well.
Hey hey with the monkees
We're
Nobody played their own music on records the studios musicians played on everybody's records. Watch any of the TV shows they are not even plugged in!
That bit about the instruments not being plugged was for other reasons. The logistics of live performance on TV was, especially in the sixties, was much more difficult. You can see bands that could play, such as Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, the Animals, Grateful Dead (with Phil Lesh protesting by playing the broom) miming (as the call it in Britain) their songs on TV.
@@augustusbetucius2931 It would have been a disaster
8:13 Sick burn to Don Kirschner. But not undeserved.
This host really did not know her stuff. I don’t know if she had a research assistant, but whoever it was really let her down. Who are the Archies 😆 😆
The host is Terry Grose from "Fresh Air" radio interviewer who's pretty popular and does her homework...usually.
@@robertsangalli6165 I’m surprised that it was Terri Gross. She’s a great interviewer. Which makes this more of a letdown. IMHO she fell short in researching for this interview.
these guys love to bad mouth Kirshner but without him the Monkees would have failed, we would not be talking about them now. The hits kept them on the air for a second season.
you gotta remember, Kirshner's ego was tremendous! The guys originally did not want to replace him, they just wanted to be more involved so they could say 'Hey, we did play on that record!' And Kirshner's ego would not let them be involved more - even when Raybert ordered him to release a group performance he refused.
Those hits during the second season had nothing whatsoever to do w Kirshner...
@@joeychiarolanza6310 my point being , without those big hits in the first season= no more Monkees. As I said everyone likes to knock Kirshner, he became a joke in the '70's with his unintentionally hilarious intros on In Concert but he knew how to pick songs. When the Monkees started , the boys were nobodies, who basically knew nothing about the music business. They picked the right guy to make the Monkees successful.
The guys were silly to trash Don, the show would have lasted longer.
Don Kirshner was extremely important to "The Monkees" during the early days. Hits like "Last Train to Clarksville" and "I'm a Believer" put the group on the map. Too bad Don Kirshner and "The Monkees" couldn't co-exist together long term. In a perfect world Don Kirshner would produce and pick the singles and "The Monkees" would control what was done on the albums.
Except for Michael Nesmith I never considered the Monkees to be serious musicians. They were manufactured for television. It’s interesting that Peter in particular was an integral part of the Topanga Canyon scene with really prominent musicians.
As you heard in this video, Peter Tork had been playing, working as a musician prior to the Monkees.
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Just another pyro-technic band. The Who & Hendrix. Ok.
I know, right? 🙄
I-I-I-I-I'm not your stepping stone
Favorite monkees song performed BY the monkees is cuddly toy.
I think that is a Harry Nilsson song
Jimi Hendrix refered to the monkees as 'plastic Beatles' lol
Can you cite your source?
Because they were a man-made act. Manufactured by television producers and writers expressly for a television show.
Hendrix spoke highly of the Banana Splits, however..... 🤪
@@johnnyelizabethtonone of the Myers of the Banana Splits
Wow, Hendrix is really an authority; he managed to off himself at age 27.
Idea: Let them tell it.
Favorite monkees song performed by someone else is stepping stone (,Sex Pistols)
A lot of bands covered this song. It wasn’t even a Monkees original.
i was looking for waldo. not here
I wonder why Mike has sniffy nose...😮
Pisces,Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones was the actual members playing and it sucked. Coming from a fan.
Yes, with quite a few session musicians to help out, and it was their most cohesive and solid album.
Headquarters and Justus were the albums on which only the four of them played.
That was a great album 😮
You are not correct. 'Headquarters' was the Monkees playing all their own music. Don't think you're much of a fan. PAC&J is an excellent album.
@@clydekimsey7503 I personally like The Monkees Greatest Hits album. The majority of the songs on the album are my favorites like Steppin’ stone, Daydream Believer, A Little bit me, Valeri, I’m a believer, Pleasant Valley Sunday, etc.
i didn't know Nesmith was so annoying
Michael Nesmith seems like a total phony lol
White-Out privilege!😂
Michael Nesmith was super talented in his music and songwriting. He made so many albums. Plus he had a good singing voice for Pop and Country music
Peter is just not too bright in real life either.