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Even The Monkees never really understood what they were doing in HEAD. It was all Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson.
...and it makes a lot more sense when you remember that.
...and it makes a lot more sense when you remember that.
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This may not be the smartest thing to post, but I actually don't know who the monkees are...If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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That was true at the start, but they worked hard and were all true musicians at the end.Originally posted by SlowwHand View PostNo, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
You poor, poor, blighted boy.
No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Saw the original series when I was about 7 years old. RIPThere's nothing wrong with the dream, my friend, the problem lies with the dreamer.Comment
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Originally posted by Berzerker View Post
The second run happened in the mid-80's. The series ran on MTV for a while and they toured.
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Bugs, I had actually assembled a lengthy post this afternoon -- detailing the genesis of The Monkees, their lack of involvement (other than lead vocals) in the first two albums, who actually wrote the songs, etc. But I figured you were well aware that they were the result of a casting call for a TV show. Basically, the idea was inspited by A Hard Day's Night. Fun fact: producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider actually planned to cast hippie band the Lovin' Spoonful, but it didn't work out due to recording contracts. Thus the casting call. Sadly, only a couple of them (Tork, Nesmith) were actual musicians.Originally posted by Bugs ****ing Bunny View Post
Sure, the band revolted from the semi-iron fist of Don Kirshner (the man behind the curtain) and soon insisted on being involved in the musical and creative process (this was almost all driven by Nesmith). But that material did not meet the same success as their first two albums of Prefab Four stuff, written mostly by Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart and Goffin/King.
Their TV show lasted two years, their effective musical career a bit longer. Which was about right. Don't get me wrong, I was, and am, a Monkees fan. But their true legacy is - and should be - as the first true music video-driven band, and as fairly brilliant comic actors.
Musically, The Monkees' own material never measured up. Comparing their slender catalog of songs to the career arc of the Beatles is pretty laughable. it's no coincidence that their Headquarters album (the first one on which the group actually wrote and played most of the material) had its one-week run at the top of the charts ended by the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.Apolyton's Grim Reaper 2008, 2010 & 2011
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Boyce and Hart wrote most of the music for the Monkees. The Monkees were nice guys. Entertaining. They were certainly not the Beatles.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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Anybody remember Marsha Brady's date with Davy Jones? A TV show within a TV show within......
60's TV was truly something else"I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003Comment
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Marcia Brady.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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Jesus christ, you guys are ****ing old...
If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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With a little luck, maybe you'll be this old.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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Well, you know what they say... the larger the hole, the larger the spider"Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
"I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben KenobiComment
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Originally posted by -Jrabbit View Post
I wouldn't be able to argue with you in the slightest if I simply equated commercial success with artistic merit. Unfortunately I don't.
It's probably no coincidence that I think their self-penned material is better than the earlier tracks they bought in. Like this one-
The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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