Can't get that song out of my head
Here we come
Walking down the street
We get the funniest looks from
Everyone we meet.
Hey, hey we're the Monkees,
and people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing,
to put anybody down.
We go wherever we want to,
Do what we like to do.
We don't have time to get restless,
There's always something new.
Hey, hey we're the Monkees,
and people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing,
to put anybody down.
We're just trying to be friendly,
Come watch us sing and play.
We're the young generation,
And we got something to say.
Hey, hey we're the Monkees,
You never know where we'll be found.
So you'd better get ready,
We may be comin to your town.
Hey, hey we're the Monkees,
and people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing,
to put anybody down.
> What a terrible show.
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But you watched it again because there were no alternatives. It was something to watch.
I heard a guy say the other day when the Soul Train guy died that on Saturday morning while watching cartoons when he would hear that intro to Soul Train he knew it was time to get up and go outside and play because he had no interest in watching people dance for an hour.
TV sucks, it always has - it is just a distraction from everyday life.
Awww....come on. If it weren't for tv, why, we wouldn't have had Ricky Nelson, or Justin Timberlake, or Christina Aguilera, ....or Britney Spears, ....or Miley Cirus....or....hmmm....
On second thought; nevermind.
Davy was married to my mom's cousin. I was hoping he would make it to this year's family reunion. I never got the chance to meet him.
I was a Monkey's fan as a young child in North Dakota during my formative years. LOL Yes, there was a lack of available TV programming back then, and especially in the 60's.
I liked Mickey Dolenz best though, and I was fortunate to see him in Aida on Broadway. I was really surprised to see him and that I recognized him... He made the show!
But this is Davy's piece, what would all the teen magazines have had for covers without Davy Jones?? He was certainly an icon of sorts!!!
Well somebody has to post one. After all a tribute is worthy, and this was always one of my Monkees favorites from that wonderfull era of music that came on 45's and you'd listen to AM radio. It included the Hermans Hermits, The Archies, The Turtles, and too many others to remember.
RIP Davey!
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As far as the Monkees go, for a group that's a total put-on, I always thought they weren't half bad.
So, RIP, Davy Jones
We get the Monkee's and the Brits get Monty Python. Life is just not fair.
Love them or hate them, the Monkees sold more albums than the Beatles and Rolling Stones put together....their music always took me back to a better time...
Hate to see people leave us that I remember. Save us a seat Davy, we'll see you when we get there.
BTW - How many other's out there remember one of the other Monkees in his first TV series? And how does 'clowning' around with James Gardner figure into all that?
Close, Paden.
Micky Dolenz was featured in Circus Boy. His co-star was Noah Beery, Jr. who co-starred with James Garner many years later. BTW, Billy Barty was also in the show.
We didn't have a TV in 1956-57 when this series was on. I had to cheat by going to IMDB. I put in "Monkees" and the first thing that popped up was Micky Dolenz in Circus Boy. Anything you might ever want to know about TV and movies can be found at IMDB.
I remember Circus Boy from '59 & '60, afternoon reruns, no doubt. After I got home from school I had to wait at a classmate's house until my folks got home. He got to watch tv after school.
We could even drink cold drinks in the front room while watching. I'm sure that made my mother cringe when she found that out.
I think I heard on the news today that the Monkees set the stage for the British Invasion in the 60's and the so called "Mercy Era". Including the Beatles. Not sure if I buy into it for a second, but it is cause for alarm. Still not true. Simply toe tapping singalong music that fit the times. Still sucks that Davy died so young.
Don't know what the Monkee gang did when they ended, but I think Peter Tork went the producer route, aka a Todd Rundgren sort or path.
Personally, I think this is one of the best songs ever. And it came from that era. I found this rendition whilst searching for something else. Howard Kaylan & Mark Volman went on to become famous in their own rights.
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>I heard on the news today that the Monkees set the stage for the British Invasion in the 60's
From Wikipedia: (I'm sure you can confirm these from more authoritative sources)
The British Invasion is an American term used to describe the large number of rock and roll, beat, rock, and pop performers from the United Kingdom who became popular in the United States from 1964 through 1966
The Beatles left the United Kingdom on 7 February 1964, ... They gave their first live US television performance two days later on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Monkees were an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966
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Can't so-called news people be bothered to get basic facts right?
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> The Beatles left the United Kingdom on 7 February 1964, ... They gave their first live US television performance two days later on The Ed Sullivan Show
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> The Monkees were an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966
Interesting trivia.....on the Ed Sullivan show February 9, 1964, same day as the Beatles, there was a segment from the musical "Oliver", then running on Broadway. Sullivan often had Broadway casts appear on his show.
In the cast (and watching the Beatles from the wings)......a young actor named Davy Jones, who played Jack Dawkins (The Artful Dodger). He had already been nominated for a Tony Award for best featured actor in a musical, eventually losing to David Burns from "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum...."
(And yes, the woman portraying Nancy is Georgia Brown, long-time West End and Broadway singer-actress, perhaps otherwise best known for playing Worf's adopted parent in Star Trek series.)
> The Monkees were an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966
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> Can't so-called news people be bothered to get basic facts right?
Yes, Wikipedia has it right. I was a teenager when the Monkees show came on, and it was exactly that - a pop group "assembled" in L.A. Even as a kid, we could tell the Monkees were created to take advantage of the buckets of money that were being produced by the Beatles. But the tunes were catchy, and the boys were likeable, and the show was a half hour of goofy fun.
And it wasn't long until Cream, Hendrix ansd Led Zep caught most of our attention.
RIP Davy, you made a lot of people happy.
I believe the problem with the quote was this passage:
> Monkees set the stage for the British Invasion in the 60's and the so called "Mercy Era". Including the Beatles.
The Monkees were created to imitate the success of such movies as the Beatles "A Hard Day's Night", and the Dave Clark Five's "Havin' a Wild Weekend" (which had nothing to do with a T-2...). The British Invasion started in 1963-64, and the Monkees came along, as stated above, in 1966. They were more a response to the British Invasion than a cause of it.
One of their derisive nicknames was "the Pre-Fab Four", partially deriving from the fact that they originally did not play the instruments on their records. However, one must remember that groups such as The Byrds and the Beach Boys often used the very same musicians on their records, and session men such as Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones played on many hit records by otherwise competent bands (Who, Stones, Kinks).
When the Monkees toured England, they actually socialized with the Beatles, and they were present at the "Sgt Pepper" sessions.
Trivia.....the series was originally supposed to star an actual group, The Lovin' Spoonful, but the TV people couldn't negotiate the rights to the music with a competing record company, so a new group was formed.
When the group appeared on tour, their opening act was booed off the stage, and after a few performances, left the tour. That act was the Jimi Hendrix Experience, whose sets were apparently too much for the chaperoning parents of the Monkees fans. In addition, all the audience would do was chant "We want Davy!" or "We want Mickey!" He reportedly flipped the bird at the audience at a concert right here in Forest Hills.
Davy was a "local guy" sort-of!!
He managed to be in the local news often.
Beavertown is located about 20 miles west of my location.
Grant
> I believe the problem with the quote was this passage:
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> The Monkees were created to imitate the success of such movies as the Beatles "A Hard Day's Night", and the Dave Clark Five's "Havin' a Wild Weekend" (which had nothing to do with a T-2...). The British Invasion started in 1963-64, and the Monkees came along, as stated above, in 1966. They were more a response to the British Invasion than a cause of it.
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> One of their derisive nicknames was "the Pre-Fab Four", partially deriving from the fact that they originally did not play the instruments on their records. However, one must remember that groups such as The Byrds and the Beach Boys often used the very same musicians on their records, and session men such as Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones played on many hit records by otherwise competent bands (Who, Stones, Kinks).
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> When the Monkees toured England, they actually socialized with the Beatles, and they were present at the "Sgt Pepper" sessions.
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> Trivia.....the series was originally supposed to star an actual group, The Lovin' Spoonful, but the TV people couldn't negotiate the rights to the music with a competing record company, so a new group was formed.
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> When the group appeared on tour, their opening act was booed off the stage, and after a few performances, left the tour. That act was the Jimi Hendrix Experience, whose sets were apparently too much for the chaperoning parents of the Monkees fans. In addition, all the audience would do was chant "We want Davy!" or "We want Mickey!" He reportedly flipped the bird at the audience at a concert right here in Forest Hills.
Good post, SC. I remember a lot of these things from back in the day. Most of us didn't consider the Monkees as serious musicians, but as pop culture went, it was a pretty fun group.
The Hendrix thing seems incredible at first, until you put yourself back in the days....before Hendrix.