Neil Diamond wrote this for the Monkees after writing the big hit for "them I'm a Believer." Neil was not well known in public at time and became a big star a couple years later. Davy Jones, the British member of the band, sang lead on this.
Early Neil was heavily influenced by The Everly Brothers. All his early songs feature major power chords on acoustic guitar. The Monkees added organ to this and "I'm A Believer."
From 1966-1968 it was said The Monkees were bigger than The Beatles thanks to their popularity from their TV show and music. And @teri7398 is spot on, Neil Diamond was all over this song with the chords. And fun fact: If no one hasnt brought it up yet, lead guitarist of The Monkees Michael Nesmith's mother invented liquid paper.
The dance you are thinking about Asia is called "The Swim". But the dance we would do to this song actually would be the "Jerk". Love the Monkies and I never missed their TV show even the re-runs.🎶🎵🎶
I was lucky enough to see the Monkees with Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, the Turtles, Herman’s Hermits, Spiral Staircase and a few others..it was an outdoor venue with grass seating and such a fun day! I have seen so many “great” bands perform but this will go down as one of the most fun concerts ever! They are pretty light but so much fun😊
They didn't even know each other until they auditioned for the show back in 65, 66. The Monkees debuted back in 1966. I remember I was eight years old.
The vast majority of well-known singers through the decades sang, but did not play instruments If you want the best sound, you hire the best musicians. Many bands people think are playing the instruments on their records are mistaken. The majority of the ones who could actually play instruments only played them on the road. Top notch musicians almost always played the instruments in the recording studios!!!! That is how a professional sound was achieved on the records
@@maryshaffer8557 Nesmith and Tork could run circles around the studio musicians. Tork specifically, easily played piano, banjo, bass, and guitar. Nesmith was a great guitar player and accomplished song writer. Dolenz did not know, but learned, to play the drums. Nesmith fought to have them play in the recordings and it’s a well documented point of contention between the group and the label. It’s not accurate to say studio musicians played the instruments and therefore the Monkees aren’t good or legit. The better question is how much better would the Monkees have been if they were allowed to play their own instruments? Highly encourage you to watch and research before deciding they aren’t a real band. You literally had two top tier musicians and the failure was the lack of foresight by the C-Suite, not the very legitimate musicianship of the band.
@@unclebobunclebobevery band used studio musicians back then there’s a video about The Beach Boys and the Beatles using studio musicians. They became a band and played their own instruments on their records. In fact their album more of the Monkees had a lot of their own music. Mickey wrote randy scouse git and mike wrote sweet young thing and papa jeans blues and more.
one of the reasons for the 60's sound is the amplifiers still used Tubes, solid state amps became popular in the 70's. Tube amps had a different sound quality to them and weren't as loud. You can especially hear it in the electric organs.
Thanks for the reaction and help get in the Monkees mode as I will see Mickey in concert on Sunday night. "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" is a song written by Neil Diamond, recorded by the Monkees in 1967 and released as a single on the Colgems label. The lead vocal was Davy Jones' first on a Monkees single. The single reached No. 1 on the Cashbox Top 100 chart, while on the Billboard Hot 100 it reached No. 2, with "Somethin' Stupid" by Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra keeping it from the top spot. (Wikipedia)
Haha, they should react to Something Stupid....while on a crosstown trip, whole family in the car, the song was ;playing on the radio. My dad had a dry sense of humor and said "Boy, that was a Stupid Song" and we all laughed.
Michael (Mike) Nesmith had a single out in 1963 and one in 1965. Davy Jones released his first album in Aug 1965. Peter could play the piano, guitar, acoustic bass and banjo and was hanging out in the Greenwich Village folk scene in NY City. Micky was TV's Circus Boy when he was a kid, on a show with the same name. He was in a band, with him as lead singer, and they recorded several songs that were unreleased. They all auditioned and were hired for their roles in the Monkees TV show in 1965. Mike wrote several songs on the Monkees' first album. They all were writing songs for the band before the show ended. They continued as a band with limited success after the show went off the air. Mike had several hits after the Monkees split up. I'd recommend his song Joanne.
I've always been a BIG fan of The Monkees. Their songs AND their TV show 1966-1968. Yes the TV show was called The Monkees. The show came FIRST. It was about 4 guys sharing a beach house portraying musicians. In real life, only 2 were actual musicians. The other 2 were child actors. They decided to actually form a band and play their own instruments. Davy, the one from England was a seasoned actor, singer and dancer. He sang lead on quite a few of their songs. Ask me anything about the Monkees. HUGE fan here. I've seen them live 4 times.
I was only 9 when the shoes started and quickly became a big fan, especially of Davy! I only wish I could have seen them in concert. I still love their music and have several of their vinyl albums.
The Monkees were from the late 1960s. They started as a TV musical comedy series about a fictional rock in roll band that ran from 1966 to 1968. The creators actually based them off the Beatles. They actually became a real band even selling millions of albums during their series. I used to watch re-runs of the show as a teen during the 1980s in which the group reunited as a trio for a reunion tour and even made a new album. I even attended one of their concerts when they performed in my hometown in the summer of 1987 and had some of their tapes and cds and dvd from their TV show as I was a fan. They continued doing reunion tours during the 1990s, and 2000s, 2010s. Sadly only one of them, Micky Dolenz is still alive. Davy Jones is lead singer on this song, the other members were Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith. Asia is right, you can tell from their sound that it is from the 1960s plus their clothing and hairstyles is definitely late 1960s.
@@AlBarzUK No I didn't, I already mentioned that Micky is the only one still alive, meaning all the others are dead, I just didn't mention when they died.
Band came together in 1966. While many of their early songs were written by other up-and coming music writers/performers, as their TV show, The Monkees, ran (1966-68), and the band members kept pushing harder and harder to use their own music and to play their own instruments. By the end of the show, they were truly a self-contained band. The sound you hear that makes you think of this being done in the 60s, is the electric organ. It was used by a LOT of bands in the 60s.
Welcome to our world. 1960s. The Monkees have been a staple musically for decades. Keep searching and learning, you will be happy with what you will discover and it brings us all together. Also their album, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones LTD, is a must listen.
Davy Jones is singing lead. This song was written by Neil Diamond, but Mike Nesmith, one of the members of the group was also a songwriter, who wrote songs for which he is the lead singer. He also wrote Linda Ronstadt's first hit, "Different Drum", two years before the Monkees formed. All four bandmembers sing lead for different songs.
It was a kid's sitcom show from the late 60s-early 70s. Super popular, I watched it every day after school. They played songs, like this one, during the episodes.
Actually it was from September ‘66 to March ‘68. I was born in ‘62 so I think by the time I knew who they were I was watching reruns, which were on TV well into the ‘70s, but I thought they were new episodes. Same with Star Trek (‘66-‘69). I didn’t learn the truth until years later. And yes, I watched them after school at 4:00.😊
@@kathybwell I think the network was aiming at the same demographic that dug rock and pop in general, and The Beatles in particular -- the "youth" market, which included kids but was not exclusively kids. As for me, I was so young during their first run that they were officially on AFTER MY BEDTIME!
Fave Monkees song. Absolutely describes that era of RnR. Must listen to "Stepping Stone", and something a little different: "Randy Scouse Git" - you both will love it 👌
1960's they were huge. Fell off afterwards and broke up. Reunited a few times in the 1980's and 90's and had a couple of hits. In 2016 they came out with a new Album that reached number 8 on the charts. A Song from the Album called Me and Magdalena was said to be in the top 50 songs of the year by Rolling Stone Magazine.
Wife here...,My Husband is a HUGE Monkees fan...,One of the members helped start MTV..as their TV shows were some of the first "music videos"..."Mostly his Fault".Love it Ms.Asia.".!!...".70..30"..BJ ..,You always Crack me up...Sooooo Witty U2!! And ..yes Ms.Asia it's the sixties!!🥰
The Monkees first album was released in October 1966. Their TV show lasted from 1966-68, but they had a few albums after that. Davy Jones, who sang this song, appeared on the actual Ed Sullivan show that introduced The Beatles to the U.S., singing a song from the Broadway hit "Oliver".
They're from the mid 60's. The show, 'The Monkees' was an idea for a tv sit-com about the 'day-in-the-life' adventures of a west coast band in the mid to late 1960's. The show came first. They were the four actors picked for the show. Only two of the four were actual musicians. The others eventually learned their musical parts when they decided to become a real band aside from the fictional version of the tv series. They were ironically extremely popular. And I loved them my whole life. They were the best thing, as a 70's rerun, on tv, when I was a kid.
The last Monkees concert I saw was sometime in the 90's at the Columbus Zoo, & Davy jumped up on a table dancing & singing right in front of me, & I was so scared the table would break, & he'd fall on me.
The Monkees were actually a band put together by a record company as America's answer to the Beatles. The record company had a casting call for male musicians between the ages of 15-19, and they picked the best 4 musicians that showed up and they became The Monkees.
Song was from 1966 early 1967-one of their early hits. Show and music were at the same time in late 1966 Their first album was released when the TV show started. Songs had already been recorded for the show when the album was released. They became popular when the Beatles went on a hiatus after their last tour in august 1966.
The Monkees was the first album I ever purchased. I know they're goofy but they actually had some pretty good songs. It didn't hurt that they had the likes of the legendary Neil Diamond writing their biggest hits.
The Monkees have many great songs. My personal favorite is "Shades of Gray." If you haven't heard it, you should react to it, you have my personal guarantee you will love it, much deeper emotionally than most of their songs.
Mike Nesmith, the one in the front with the red (brown?) shirt, inherited a sizable fortune from his mother. She worked as a typist and invented a correction fluid called Liquid Paper. You guys probably never had to use it since you used computers to write papers in school but it was invaluable when you got to the bottom of a page and made a typo. I’d say it was similar to inventing Post-it Notes in that both products were very practical and were almost immediately considered essential in business and among students and teachers, secretaries, and many others.
This was their third Neil Diamond song. The fourth, Love To Love, was recorded around the same time as this, I think but didn’t come out until much later. The first two, I’m A Believer and Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow, we’re on the second album. This single was a bit controversial as the band wanted their own song, Mike’s The Girl That I Knew Somewhere, on the flip side, but the musical director Don Kirshner said no and put the single out with another studio-made track, She Hangs Out. Mike went berserk, Kirshner got fired, and the Monkees had a lot more say in what got released. Their next album was played entirely by the band. Then they realized they were more comfortable just producing the music they wanted and all four eventually split off and made their own songs in different studios. The next couple of albums were good but by the time they made the Head soundtrack things were breaking down. Peter left the group since he was barely there on the albums. Mike stuck around for a few more albums and then he left, so just Davy and Micky were there at the bitter end, when it was just sub-Archie’s bubblegum pop. And then they dissolved, and the Monkees were heard no more until the mid-80s, when MTV did a marathon of the show and a whole new generation like me discovered the band.
I haven’t heard this song in years, but listening to it just now I was thinking this has to be one of their Neil Diamond songs. It reminds me of something that he recorded but I can’t think of which one. Cherry Cherry, maybe?
@@kittykohrherr3825 circle sky..can you dig it...listen to the band...porpoise song...salesman...what am I doing hangin round...nine times blue..for Petes sake
The Monkeys were sort of a response to the popularity of the Beatles. So a TV sitcom about a band trying to make it was cool and funny. Definitely 60s. I loved the show and still occasionally catch a rerun.
Great first real put together Boy Band for TV, and their TV show was Great but only lasted 2 years. Many great songs came from what was called The Brill Building with musicians like Carol King and Neil Diamond
About ten years ago Davy Jones did this song on one of the PBS "My Music" specials. For being 40 years older I have to say he did it full justice. It was a hot version, and the girl helping him raised the temperature about 100 degrees all by herself.
Late 60s my friends. 1966 to 1967. Davy Jones sang it. They were reunited it seems like every decade. Sadly only one Monkee is still alive- Mickey Dolenz.
This came out in the late 60s - and even back then I caught the part where he says, "I'm a little bit wrong, and you're a little bit right." That implies that she was the one mostly wrong - lol. The show came first - they were all hired to play the role of a struggling band. All of them separately did have some musical background beforehand. The TV show had several songs featured in it and was the basis of their first album released. They remained together for a while after the show and continued to put out several more albums. The one remaining living Monkee (Mickey Dolenz) still performs.
Some of the dances in the 60s were: The Mashed Potato, The Frug (frOOg), The Watusi, The Shimmy, The Pony, The Twist, The Penguin, The Funky Chicken, and ironically, ...The Monkey. The one you sorta demonstrated looked like "The Swim." The Monkees" was conceived as a a sitcom, for the younger "Boomer" generation of the 60s on NBC. This group was made of musician/actors, who never played together before, and auditioned for the roles. The "Pre-Fab Four's" (a name by critics, based on the Beatles nick-name "The Fab-Four") physical involvement in recording process was limited by music supervisor Don Kirshner, who was dissatisfied with the actor/musicians' musical abilities. He relied instead on professional songwriters and studio musicians. This arrangement yielded multiple hit albums and singles, but it did not sit well with the band members, who were facing public backlash for not playing on the recordings. After a brief power struggle, the band members gained full control over the recording process, for two albums.
Yes, it was called the Monkees. It ran from 1966 to 1968. They auditioned for it in a Las Angeles news paper add. Only two of them actually were musical performers. The other two were just child actors. They had other musicians play their music as they sang, but in 1967, they demanded they play their own instruments.
They were a put together corporate Band who auditioned individually for the TV show called "The Monkees" in 1966. They had studio musicians playing the songs for them in the beginning as they only had limited ability as musicians. Eventually they played their own songs as they got better playing instruments.
That is not entirely true. Of the group when they first formed only Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork were already accomplished guitarists and musicians. Peter Tork was a folk guitarist before he joined the Monkees and Michael Nesmith also was a good guitarist and song writer.
@@xJamesLaughx true, Nesmith played a decent guitar and Tork was a serviceable musician, but before the TV show, neither one had any real success with their talents alone or with other groups. But they were a fun, early Bubblegum type Band. They were set up to be America's answer to the Beatles.
They started in the mid-60's and went on from there, recording and performing their music for many years, even decades. All that is left now is Micky, and he is still performing. Shortly before Mike died, he and Micky were performing their music at various venues . BTW, Davy Jones is the lead singer on the song you just played.
Just checked this was written by Neil Diamond, sounded like it was. He wrote Daydream Believer maybe I'm a Believer also. Dave Jones was a good singer sort of underated. This is a good catchy song dug it back then still do. Daydream Believer may be their biggest hit.
@Asia and BJ- You have to remember that The Beatles started Beatlemania and were the first English group to come to the U.S and then other English groups such as The Stones, Monkeys, Bee Gees and many others followed in a big wave.
Do you mean The Monkees? Davy was British but the others were American. The show was set in Los Angeles. The Bee Gees were Australian. But yes, Beatlemania was the inspiration for The Monkees and probably the reason the show was such a hit.
the show was The Monkees, thats how they started in the mid 60s, was on every week for 3 or 4 years for a start, Michael Nesmith had a few solo hits that I was right into from the early 70s and throughout
I watched that show as a small child. Remembering how every time Davey Jones' character had a crush on a groovey chick he would get a cartoon glint in his eye. It was his thing... Hopefully you get to react to some clips?
Monkees started in 1966 and were at their height until early 70's, but kept plugging along until the passing of a few of the members over the last decade.
Monkeys was a TV show that started with auditions for those who would be casting to play members of a band. and in that show there were songwriters who were hired to write the music and the songs that they played in the show became huge hits on the charts and even surpassed The Beatles then after a period of time they wanted to go out and perform playing their own instruments and playing the songs which they did. There's much more to the story but that about summarizes it.
Love The Monkies 3 Americans and an Englishman.The most successful Monkie after they split in 1970 was Mike Nesmith who had a couple of hits my favourite being Joanne.
The Monkees TV show, in the mid-1960s, was America's answer & tribute to the madcap style of The Beatles movies. The band members were individually auditioned for the show, and they selected two musicians and two actors. One of the actors was from Liverpool, England, like The Beatles, probably as a way to not stray far from the inspiration of the series. They were provided with songs written by some of the best new songwriters of the time (like Neil Diamond) and became a huge success, with many top 10 songs. Initially the band were told to pretend to play their instruments, but they eventually rebelled, and insisted on playing them themselves. I guess they could be the first manufactured boy band! But they became much more than that.
You can't go wrong with any tune from The Monkees. Most of the tunes were written by professional songwriters. Mike Nesmith wrote some of their material as well. He was the guitarist who wore the beanie....
There was a show called monkeys and they were a band before that what they did was they Incorporated their music in with the band and with the show and that's one of the one of the reasons why they sold so much so many records and so many songs
Love the Monkees! They are fun, talented and have that next door look just a step up. Check out more, Stepping Stone, look out here comes tomorrow, she hangs out & Gaint Step to name a few
Hi Asia & BJ, this was the era of the Go-Go dancers. The theme from the show was "Hey, Hey, We`re the Monkees". see :- ua-cam.com/video/ujzyXArvM_g/v-deo.html to understand why they & their show were popular. I still think, their idea was based on the Beatles performance in their 1965 film Help! where the boys lived in 4 houses knocked through together.
the show came first they were hired to play a music group on tv show then at some point they became a real band they knew how to sing and play anyways.
There was a lot of controversy at first, because when they released their first hit single, "I'm a Believer," they sang but they had studio musicians play the instruments. That was sort of discovered after the song had been out for a while. So at that point they really needed to perfect their musicianship, which they did going forward, playing their own instruments on their music.
Ok this isnt about The Monkees, but I gotta get a request in for another Grand Funk classic, "Paranoid". You wont be disappointed! Keep up the great work!
That is the one and only Neil Diamond on the rhythm guitar on this great Monkees song. And if I am not mistaken I think Neil Diamond wrote this song too!
Huge Monkees fan here, and I've always thought this was one of their weaker tunes, especially from the Kirshner Era. Pretty interesting/unique backstory to this tune: After being very unhappy with their first two (huge-selling) albums, the band was going through a dispute to get the right to have more say on their records, as far as song choice and playing instruments instead of having studio musicians do it. Music Supervisor and Industry Bigwig Don Kirshner dragged Davy into the studio and had him record this as their third single. So Davy is the only Monkee on ALBMALBY. The agreement was that the B-side would be an all-Monkees single, with the four guys playing all the instruments. Kirshner said F That and released this song, with She Hangs Out (another Davy track with all studio musicians backing him) as the B-side, as their third single in Canada. Kirshner was then FIRED from the project for his insubordination, and The Girl I Knew Somewhere, a (far superior) song written by Nesmith and featuring Micky on drums, Mike on guitar, and Peter on keyboards, was released as the B-side to ALBMALBY here in the states. Their next album was all-Monkees, and it's one of their best, "Headquarters."
BJ kept changing his percentages of blame...obviously he wants dinner tonight...😂 the Monkees were TV show FIRST, and became a band after critics called them phony. Really the Monkees sure showed them! That took guts to take them on and the music producer [show as a successful onem but an ass]. the TV show ran 2 years from 1966-68. It was created as an American TV version of the Beatles essentially. The Monkees initially lasted until 1970 after Peter quit they were a trio for a year or so. they all eventually reunited in different forms and sometimes 4 of them playing instruments with a back up band.
Neil Diamond wrote this for the Monkees after writing the big hit for "them I'm a Believer." Neil was not well known in public at time and became a big star a couple years later. Davy Jones, the British member of the band, sang lead on this.
This is all 60's. I grew up with The Monkees. Loved them!
Classic early Neil Diamond song writing. You can tell by the chords. Monkee's did it justice. Good 1960's song.
Early Neil was heavily influenced by The Everly Brothers. All his early songs feature major power chords on acoustic guitar. The Monkees added organ to this and "I'm A Believer."
Right on, Teri: I could tell it was Neil Diamond right from the start even though it was the Monkees.
From 1966-1968 it was said The Monkees were bigger than The Beatles thanks to their popularity from their TV show and music. And @teri7398 is spot on, Neil Diamond was all over this song with the chords. And fun fact: If no one hasnt brought it up yet, lead guitarist of The Monkees Michael Nesmith's mother invented liquid paper.
The dance you are thinking about Asia is called "The Swim". But the dance we would do to this song actually would be the "Jerk". Love the Monkies and I never missed their TV show even the re-runs.🎶🎵🎶
Love The Monkees
I agree 100 percent. Those are the two dances I immediately thought of!
@@maryshaffer8557 Right!!!🎵❤️🎶
I did both of them. We learned how to dance from American Bandstand too.
I was lucky enough to see the Monkees with Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, the Turtles, Herman’s Hermits, Spiral Staircase and a few others..it was an outdoor venue with grass seating and such a fun day! I have seen so many “great” bands perform but this will go down as one of the most fun concerts ever! They are pretty light but so much fun😊
I saw them in 1985 with Gary Puckett and Herman’s Hermits. The following year I got to see them and Weird Al was the opening act. It was a lot of fun.
wow what a trip! Talk about a conversation piece..
20 anniversary tour
Yes weird al that was a great show
ME TOO! I got a bunch of autographs from them. It was a magical time.
Asia & BJ, you’ll love their "I'm a Believer" and "Last Train To Clarksville”!!
They didn't even know each other until they auditioned for the show back in 65, 66. The Monkees debuted back in 1966. I remember I was eight years old.
I don't care that other people wrote their songs and they used studio musicians. Still one of the best bands of the 1960s IMO.
The vast majority of well-known singers through the decades sang, but did not play instruments If you want the best sound, you hire the best musicians. Many bands people think are playing the instruments on their records are mistaken. The majority of the ones who could actually play instruments only played them on the road. Top notch musicians almost always played the instruments in the recording studios!!!! That is how a professional sound was achieved on the records
Haha....just what is your definition of a band?
@@maryshaffer8557 Nesmith and Tork could run circles around the studio musicians. Tork specifically, easily played piano, banjo, bass, and guitar. Nesmith was a great guitar player and accomplished song writer. Dolenz did not know, but learned, to play the drums.
Nesmith fought to have them play in the recordings and it’s a well documented point of contention between the group and the label.
It’s not accurate to say studio musicians played the instruments and therefore the Monkees aren’t good or legit. The better question is how much better would the Monkees have been if they were allowed to play their own instruments?
Highly encourage you to watch and research before deciding they aren’t a real band. You literally had two top tier musicians and the failure was the lack of foresight by the C-Suite, not the very legitimate musicianship of the band.
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@@unclebobunclebobevery band used studio musicians back then there’s a video about The Beach Boys and the Beatles using studio musicians. They became a band and played their own instruments on their records. In fact their album more of the Monkees had a lot of their own music. Mickey wrote randy scouse git and mike wrote sweet young thing and papa jeans blues and more.
one of the reasons for the 60's sound is the amplifiers still used Tubes, solid state amps became popular in the 70's. Tube amps had a different sound quality to them and weren't as loud. You can especially hear it in the electric organs.
Thanks for the reaction and help get in the Monkees mode as I will see Mickey in concert on Sunday night.
"A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" is a song written by Neil Diamond, recorded by the Monkees in 1967 and released as a single on the Colgems label. The lead vocal was Davy Jones' first on a Monkees single. The single reached No. 1 on the Cashbox Top 100 chart, while on the Billboard Hot 100 it reached No. 2, with "Somethin' Stupid" by Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra keeping it from the top spot.
(Wikipedia)
Haha, they should react to Something Stupid....while on a crosstown trip, whole family in the car, the song was ;playing on the radio. My dad had a dry sense of humor and said "Boy, that was a Stupid Song" and we all laughed.
Michael (Mike) Nesmith had a single out in 1963 and one in 1965. Davy Jones released his first album in Aug 1965. Peter could play the piano, guitar, acoustic bass and banjo and was hanging out in the Greenwich Village folk scene in NY City. Micky was TV's Circus Boy when he was a kid, on a show with the same name. He was in a band, with him as lead singer, and they recorded several songs that were unreleased. They all auditioned and were hired for their roles in the Monkees TV show in 1965. Mike wrote several songs on the Monkees' first album. They all were writing songs for the band before the show ended. They continued as a band with limited success after the show went off the air. Mike had several hits after the Monkees split up. I'd recommend his song Joanne.
I've always been a BIG fan of The Monkees. Their songs AND their TV show 1966-1968. Yes the TV show was called The Monkees. The show came FIRST. It was about 4 guys sharing a beach house portraying musicians. In real life, only 2 were actual musicians. The other 2 were child actors. They decided to actually form a band and play their own instruments. Davy, the one from England was a seasoned actor, singer and dancer. He sang lead on quite a few of their songs. Ask me anything about the Monkees. HUGE fan here. I've seen them live 4 times.
I was only 9 when the shoes started and quickly became a big fan, especially of Davy! I only wish I could have seen them in concert. I still love their music and have several of their vinyl albums.
The Monkees were from the late 1960s. They started as a TV musical comedy series about a fictional rock in roll band that ran from 1966 to 1968. The creators actually based them off the Beatles. They actually became a real band even selling millions of albums during their series. I used to watch re-runs of the show as a teen during the 1980s in which the group reunited as a trio for a reunion tour and even made a new album. I even attended one of their concerts when they performed in my hometown in the summer of 1987 and had some of their tapes and cds and dvd from their TV show as I was a fan. They continued doing reunion tours during the 1990s, and 2000s, 2010s. Sadly only one of them, Micky Dolenz is still alive. Davy Jones is lead singer on this song, the other members were Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith. Asia is right, you can tell from their sound that it is from the 1960s plus their clothing and hairstyles is definitely late 1960s.
Yeah I forgot Mike Nesmith died last year. RIP
@@AlBarzUK No I didn't, I already mentioned that Micky is the only one still alive, meaning all the others are dead, I just didn't mention when they died.
Sorry, I thought you said I forget to mention that Mike died last year, my mistake.
I was middle school, so they came on the seen 1966-1968 Love that time in music...
Band came together in 1966. While many of their early songs were written by other up-and coming music writers/performers, as their TV show, The Monkees, ran (1966-68), and the band members kept pushing harder and harder to use their own music and to play their own instruments. By the end of the show, they were truly a self-contained band.
The sound you hear that makes you think of this being done in the 60s, is the electric organ. It was used by a LOT of bands in the 60s.
Welcome to our world. 1960s.
The Monkees have been a staple musically for decades.
Keep searching and learning, you will be happy with what you will discover and it brings us all together.
Also their album,
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones LTD, is a must listen.
Two Actors, two Musicians, = History ❤️ 1965
1966!!!!
OMG... Guys, the Monkees are the 60's.. the dance you were doing was called "The Swim".. This was a great song because it was written by Neil Diamond
Davy Jones is singing lead. This song was written by Neil Diamond, but Mike Nesmith, one of the members of the group was also a songwriter, who wrote songs for which he is the lead singer. He also wrote Linda Ronstadt's first hit, "Different Drum", two years before the Monkees formed. All four bandmembers sing lead for different songs.
It was a kid's sitcom show from the late 60s-early 70s. Super popular, I watched it every day after school. They played songs, like this one, during the episodes.
Actually it was from September ‘66 to March ‘68. I was born in ‘62 so I think by the time I knew who they were I was watching reruns, which were on TV well into the ‘70s, but I thought they were new episodes. Same with Star Trek (‘66-‘69). I didn’t learn the truth until years later.
And yes, I watched them after school at 4:00.😊
@@terri2494 thanks for that clarification!
It wasn't a kids show.
@@alisonflaxman1566 hmm, you don't think The Monkees was a kids show?
@@kathybwell I think the network was aiming at the same demographic that dug rock and pop in general, and The Beatles in particular -- the "youth" market, which included kids but was not exclusively kids. As for me, I was so young during their first run that they were officially on AFTER MY BEDTIME!
Fave Monkees song. Absolutely describes that era of RnR. Must listen to "Stepping Stone", and something a little different: "Randy Scouse Git" - you both will love it 👌
Both my favorite Monkees songs.....GREAT SUGGESTION!!
Steppin Stone kills! 👍
1960's they were huge. Fell off afterwards and broke up. Reunited a few times in the 1980's and 90's and had a couple of hits. In 2016 they came out with a new Album that reached number 8 on the charts. A Song from the Album called Me and Magdalena was said to be in the top 50 songs of the year by Rolling Stone Magazine.
Love the monkeys. They had a tv show late 60s for a few years. I was 10 and loved Peter and Davey, they’re all gone now except Mickey the drummer😢
Wife here...,My Husband is a HUGE Monkees fan...,One of the members helped start MTV..as their TV shows were some of the first "music videos"..."Mostly his Fault".Love it Ms.Asia.".!!...".70..30"..BJ ..,You always Crack me up...Sooooo Witty U2!! And ..yes Ms.Asia it's the sixties!!🥰
The Monkees first album was released in October 1966. Their TV show lasted from 1966-68, but they had a few albums after that. Davy Jones, who sang this song, appeared on the actual Ed Sullivan show that introduced The Beatles to the U.S., singing a song from the Broadway hit "Oliver".
Davy actually had an album out over in England before the Monkees.
They're from the mid 60's. The show, 'The Monkees' was an idea for a tv sit-com about the 'day-in-the-life' adventures of a west coast band in the mid to late 1960's. The show came first. They were the four actors picked for the show. Only two of the four were actual musicians. The others eventually learned their musical parts when they decided to become a real band aside from the fictional version of the tv series. They were ironically extremely popular. And I loved them my whole life. They were the best thing, as a 70's rerun, on tv, when I was a kid.
They were the 60s. They were my favorite band when I was growing up. Davy, the youngest and first to die, was the heartthrob of the group.
Davy in 2012 last tv appearance on Dr Phil with his young wife
I was pregnant w my daughter
Even his voice was cute! (The British accent didn’t hurt.)
@@kittykohrherr3825 He was on Dr. Phil?!
The last Monkees concert I saw was sometime in the 90's at the Columbus Zoo, & Davy jumped up on a table dancing & singing right in front of me, & I was so scared the table would break, & he'd fall on me.
Great choice! This takes me back to my childhood, watching them on the weekends in the morning.
The Monkees were actually a band put together by a record company as America's answer to the Beatles. The record company had a casting call for male musicians between the ages of 15-19, and they picked the best 4 musicians that showed up and they became The Monkees.
Song was from 1966 early 1967-one of their early hits. Show and music were at the same time in late 1966 Their first album was released when the TV show started. Songs had already been recorded for the show when the album was released. They became popular when the Beatles went on a hiatus after their last tour in august 1966.
I didn’t realize that part about the Beatles. What perfect timing!
The TV show ran from 1966-1968
The band was formed because the producers needed one to front their TV show.
The Monkees was the first album I ever purchased. I know they're goofy but
they actually had some pretty good songs. It didn't hurt that they had the likes of
the legendary Neil Diamond writing their biggest hits.
The Monkees were actually pretty good They formed their band in 1966. The show was called The Monkees. I watched it every Saturday 😊
@@cottonplant100 guess it depended on where you lived
Monday night in Chicago 😸😸😸
The Monkees have many great songs. My personal favorite is "Shades of Gray." If you haven't heard it, you should react to it, you have my personal guarantee you will love it, much deeper emotionally than most of their songs.
Mike Nesmith, the one in the front with the red (brown?) shirt, inherited a sizable fortune from his mother. She worked as a typist and invented a correction fluid called Liquid Paper. You guys probably never had to use it since you used computers to write papers in school but it was invaluable when you got to the bottom of a page and made a typo. I’d say it was similar to inventing Post-it Notes in that both products were very practical and were almost immediately considered essential in business and among students and teachers, secretaries, and many others.
This was their third Neil Diamond song. The fourth, Love To Love, was recorded around the same time as this, I think but didn’t come out until much later. The first two, I’m A Believer and Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow, we’re on the second album.
This single was a bit controversial as the band wanted their own song, Mike’s The Girl That I Knew Somewhere, on the flip side, but the musical director Don Kirshner said no and put the single out with another studio-made track, She Hangs Out. Mike went berserk, Kirshner got fired, and the Monkees had a lot more say in what got released. Their next album was played entirely by the band. Then they realized they were more comfortable just producing the music they wanted and all four eventually split off and made their own songs in different studios. The next couple of albums were good but by the time they made the Head soundtrack things were breaking down. Peter left the group since he was barely there on the albums. Mike stuck around for a few more albums and then he left, so just Davy and Micky were there at the bitter end, when it was just sub-Archie’s bubblegum pop. And then they dissolved, and the Monkees were heard no more until the mid-80s, when MTV did a marathon of the show and a whole new generation like me discovered the band.
I haven’t heard this song in years, but listening to it just now I was thinking this has to be one of their Neil Diamond songs. It reminds me of something that he recorded but I can’t think of which one. Cherry Cherry, maybe?
You forgot about them reuniting and releasing the Album Good Times in 2016
Don Kirshner was an ass.
'Last Train to Clarksville' and 'Pleasant Valley Sunday' are worth a reaction too guys.
Shades of gray and look out here comes tomorrow. Valerie that was then this is now words and heart and soul are a few of their songs papa blue jeans
@@kittykohrherr3825 circle sky..can you dig it...listen to the band...porpoise song...salesman...what am I doing hangin round...nine times blue..for Petes sake
Love all those songs too
Listen to them when I need a mental boost
The Monkeys were sort of a response to the popularity of the Beatles. So a TV sitcom about a band trying to make it was cool and funny. Definitely 60s. I loved the show and still occasionally catch a rerun.
Man, I haven't heard this great song in a LONG time!
Great first real put together Boy Band for TV, and their TV show was Great but only lasted 2 years. Many great songs came from what was called The Brill Building with musicians like Carol King and Neil Diamond
Monkeys was big in mid 60's and I think 70. Loved them and there show was so funny. They had some great songs.
I love this song, the first time I heard it, I was in grade school. The Monkees were very popular then.
About ten years ago Davy Jones did this song on one of the PBS "My Music" specials. For being 40 years older I have to say he did it full justice. It was a hot version, and the girl helping him raised the temperature about 100 degrees all by herself.
Late 60s my friends. 1966 to 1967. Davy Jones sang it. They were reunited it seems like every decade. Sadly only one Monkee is still alive- Mickey Dolenz.
This came out in the late 60s - and even back then I caught the part where he says, "I'm a little bit wrong, and you're a little bit right." That implies that she was the one mostly wrong - lol. The show came first - they were all hired to play the role of a struggling band. All of them separately did have some musical background beforehand. The TV show had several songs featured in it and was the basis of their first album released. They remained together for a while after the show and continued to put out several more albums. The one remaining living Monkee (Mickey Dolenz) still performs.
Some of the dances in the 60s were: The Mashed Potato, The Frug (frOOg), The Watusi, The Shimmy, The Pony, The Twist, The Penguin, The Funky Chicken, and ironically, ...The Monkey. The one you sorta demonstrated looked like "The Swim." The Monkees" was conceived as a a sitcom, for the younger "Boomer" generation of the 60s on NBC. This group was made of musician/actors, who never played together before, and auditioned for the roles. The "Pre-Fab Four's" (a name by critics, based on the Beatles nick-name "The Fab-Four") physical involvement in recording process was limited by music supervisor Don Kirshner, who was dissatisfied with the actor/musicians' musical abilities. He relied instead on professional songwriters and studio musicians. This arrangement yielded multiple hit albums and singles, but it did not sit well with the band members, who were facing public backlash for not playing on the recordings. After a brief power struggle, the band members gained full control over the recording process, for two albums.
Monkees 1966-1968 ! this song was 1967!!!!
You two should watch The Monkees TV show. It's a blast! Quirky characters, silly stories, great music, and lots of fun!
The Beatles were called The Fab Four (fabulous)
The Monkees were called The Prefab Four (prefabricated)
Yes, it was called the Monkees. It ran from 1966 to 1968. They auditioned for it in a Las Angeles news paper add. Only two of them actually were musical performers. The other two were just child actors. They had other musicians play their music as they sang, but in 1967, they demanded they play their own instruments.
Davy was a singer and actor. He was on Broadway in the musical Oliver.
They were a put together corporate Band who auditioned individually for the TV show called "The Monkees" in 1966. They had studio musicians playing the songs for them in the beginning as they only had limited ability as musicians. Eventually they played their own songs as they got better playing instruments.
That is not entirely true. Of the group when they first formed only Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork were already accomplished guitarists and musicians. Peter Tork was a folk guitarist before he joined the Monkees and Michael Nesmith also was a good guitarist and song writer.
@@xJamesLaughx true, Nesmith played a decent guitar and Tork was a serviceable musician, but before the TV show, neither one had any real success with their talents alone or with other groups. But they were a fun, early Bubblegum type Band. They were set up to be America's answer to the Beatles.
They were a mid 60's band (1966). They were a fun pop rock band.
They started in the mid-60's and went on from there, recording and performing their music for many years, even decades. All that is left now is Micky, and he is still performing. Shortly before Mike died, he and Micky were performing their music at various venues . BTW, Davy Jones is the lead singer on the song you just played.
Just checked this was written by Neil Diamond, sounded like it was. He wrote Daydream Believer maybe I'm a Believer also. Dave Jones was a good singer sort of underated. This is a good catchy song dug it back then still do. Daydream Believer may be their biggest hit.
David Bowie had to change his name because of davy jones
Oh really
Neil Diamond didn't write Daydream Believer.
"It sounded older than 50s, so like 60s" - - Asia 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Asia and BJ- You have to remember that The Beatles started Beatlemania and were the first English group to come to the U.S and then other English groups such as The Stones, Monkeys, Bee Gees and many others followed in a big wave.
Do you mean The Monkees? Davy was British but the others were American. The show was set in Los Angeles. The Bee Gees were Australian. But yes, Beatlemania was the inspiration for The Monkees and probably the reason the show was such a hit.
@@terri2494 The Begees were British. They were born in England and then relocated to Australia when they were still very young.
@@davidcohen7146 I stand corrected. I don’t remember ever hearing that. Thanks for the information.
@@terri2494 You are more than welcome. I use to think the same thing about them being actually born in Australia. LOL.
the show was The Monkees, thats how they started in the mid 60s, was on every week for 3 or 4 years for a start, Michael Nesmith had a few solo hits that I was right into from the early 70s and throughout
Their TV show was on only two seasons.
The Monkees was the name of their show, and most of these songs were on it.
I watched that show as a small child. Remembering how every time Davey Jones' character had a crush on a groovey chick he would get a cartoon glint in his eye. It was his thing... Hopefully you get to react to some clips?
Monkees started in 1966 and were at their height until early 70's, but kept plugging along until the passing of a few of the members over the last decade.
Monkeys was a TV show that started with auditions for those who would be casting to play members of a band. and in that show there were songwriters who were hired to write the music and the songs that they played in the show became huge hits on the charts and even surpassed The Beatles then after a period of time they wanted to go out and perform playing their own instruments and playing the songs which they did. There's much more to the story but that about summarizes it.
Monkees.
Love The Monkies 3 Americans and an Englishman.The most successful Monkie after they split in 1970 was Mike Nesmith who had a couple of hits my favourite being Joanne.
Monkees
I was around 5-7 when the Monkeys were on. We loved them! Watched reruns for years too.
Love ♥️♥️♥️♥️ The Monkees music 🤗✌️
Great music great live performances
The Monkees TV show, in the mid-1960s, was America's answer & tribute to the madcap style of The Beatles movies. The band members were individually auditioned for the show, and they selected two musicians and two actors. One of the actors was from Liverpool, England, like The Beatles, probably as a way to not stray far from the inspiration of the series. They were provided with songs written by some of the best new songwriters of the time (like Neil Diamond) and became a huge success, with many top 10 songs. Initially the band were told to pretend to play their instruments, but they eventually rebelled, and insisted on playing them themselves. I guess they could be the first manufactured boy band! But they became much more than that.
No Davy was from Manchester England not Liverpool.
You can't go wrong with any tune from The Monkees. Most of the tunes were written by professional songwriters. Mike Nesmith wrote some of their material as well. He was the guitarist who wore the beanie....
Ya'll could watch one of their shows on your channel, they are silly, but they always had good music. Enjoy
Look Diana Ankudinova " What a Wonderful World"
There was a show called monkeys and they were a band before that what they did was they Incorporated their music in with the band and with the show and that's one of the one of the reasons why they sold so much so many records and so many songs
They weren't a band before the show.
Asia, you kill me!!!😂😂😂. “It’s mostly you…”
The Monkeys were like family to me.
Love the Monkees! They are fun, talented and have that next door look just a step up. Check out more, Stepping Stone, look out here comes tomorrow, she hangs out & Gaint Step to name a few
Please listen to Lee Michaels "do you know what I mean". 😀
They were a late 60's band that was promoted as a tv show. They were the supposed to be an answer to the Beatles.
We would definitely be doing The Jerk to this song, with a little Pony mixed in.
Fun Pop, Mid 60’s !😀
Watched their show every week !
Hi Asia & BJ, this was the era of the Go-Go dancers. The theme from the show was "Hey, Hey, We`re the Monkees". see :- ua-cam.com/video/ujzyXArvM_g/v-deo.html to understand why they & their show were popular. I still think, their idea was based on the Beatles performance in their 1965 film Help! where the boys lived in 4 houses knocked through together.
Rock band from 1966. After that they formed a show (series) i watched as a young kids in the 70s
1966 they came onto the scene. With the show called the monkees..about a band then went to a band.
the show came first they were hired to play a music group on tv show then at some point they became a real band they knew how to sing and play anyways.
First record I bought. Loved it and the B side by Mike Nesmith.
The Monkees is wonderful!!!! I like very.... SHOW!!!!
I really like their song “SHE”. Sung by Mickey Dolenz, whose the drummer👍🏽. Check it out Asia and BJ💙🎶
I recommend from the Monkees "Look Out, Here Comes Tomorrow!"
There was a lot of controversy at first, because when they released their first hit single, "I'm a Believer," they sang but they had studio musicians play the instruments. That was sort of discovered after the song had been out for a while. So at that point they really needed to perfect their musicianship, which they did going forward, playing their own instruments on their music.
Their first single was Last Train to Clarksville.
The Monkees were formed around 65-66. You will have to read the story behind this song, there was controversy involved.
Ok this isnt about The Monkees, but I gotta get a request in for another Grand Funk classic, "Paranoid". You wont be disappointed! Keep up the great work!
Monkees were put together for a 1966 TV show.
The monkeys were early mid sixties !! Like 1964 thru 1968 !
Yes y’all ❤
That is the one and only Neil Diamond on the rhythm guitar on this great Monkees song. And if I am not mistaken I think Neil Diamond wrote this song too!
All of this also applies to I'm a believer.
@@cammybaby01 So this does not apply to "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You"? Did I get this wrong? Or.....
@@JimmyPlato1 no you were right. It's true of both songs.
@@cammybaby01 Great info! Thanks! WOW.... This just illustrates what a great talent both The Monkees and Neil Diamond are....
Huge Monkees fan here, and I've always thought this was one of their weaker tunes, especially from the Kirshner Era. Pretty interesting/unique backstory to this tune: After being very unhappy with their first two (huge-selling) albums, the band was going through a dispute to get the right to have more say on their records, as far as song choice and playing instruments instead of having studio musicians do it. Music Supervisor and Industry Bigwig Don Kirshner dragged Davy into the studio and had him record this as their third single. So Davy is the only Monkee on ALBMALBY. The agreement was that the B-side would be an all-Monkees single, with the four guys playing all the instruments. Kirshner said F That and released this song, with She Hangs Out (another Davy track with all studio musicians backing him) as the B-side, as their third single in Canada. Kirshner was then FIRED from the project for his insubordination, and The Girl I Knew Somewhere, a (far superior) song written by Nesmith and featuring Micky on drums, Mike on guitar, and Peter on keyboards, was released as the B-side to ALBMALBY here in the states. Their next album was all-Monkees, and it's one of their best, "Headquarters."
This song came out around 1967.
BJ kept changing his percentages of blame...obviously he wants dinner tonight...😂 the Monkees were TV show FIRST, and became a band after critics called them phony. Really the Monkees sure showed them! That took guts to take them on and the music producer [show as a successful onem but an ass]. the TV show ran 2 years from 1966-68. It was created as an American TV version of the Beatles essentially. The Monkees initially lasted until 1970 after Peter quit they were a trio for a year or so. they all eventually reunited in different forms and sometimes 4 of them playing instruments with a back up band.
They're from the 60s. That dance is called "The Swim".
Pleasant Valley Sunday / one of their best !!
Yes they had a show called the MONKEEs
Correct !!!
Then they went as a band !!!!
Neil Diamond wrote it and you can tell!!!❤