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  • R.I.P. Davey!!!!! You will be missed

  • Oh how I love this song. ♥

  • Did I just watch evidence of the first "flash mob"?

  • @FelisLeo94 Sorry it was mickys sister

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  • How about just getting nominated in to RR hall of fame?? I'm all for it!! Sign the petition!! Go to Pete's sight, or Davy's or Micky's to sign. thanks.

  • I have not heard this song since 1966! Thanks for posting it.

  • that jam at about 1:30 sounds like sledgehammers marching right thru ya.must be played loud!great stuff

  • That 1/2-second shot of Peter at 1:30 is perfect...he's just vibrating with the intensity. This is my nomination for the most sexual track The Monkees ever recorded. Not "sexy" -- delirious-with-lust sexual.

  • My fav song by The Monkees

  • and jann wenner at rolling stone doesn't think the monkess belong in the hall of fame -what a pilw of shit that is -these guys were and are the real deal - listne to this song -sweet young thing -they tear it up ---Nesmith and his vocals and songwriting abilty and dolenz vocals alone make them an excellent choice for the r&R hall of fame !!!!!!!!!

  • Best Monkees song

  • im 24..and mikes voice....omg

  • I'm 21 and I totally know what you mean! Amazing.

  • Go, Mike, go! What group, past or present, can boast of having more than one person who can sing lead????

  • The Serious One -- labels within a group are only that. Have you seen the video of Mike with Frank Zappa on the Monkees? Seriously!! ;)

  • I haven't heard this song in ages!

  • Me either, but I love it..wow!

  • *sigh* this song is great!

  • when they started they had Davy playing Guitar,the producers said they wer copying the Beatles too much.

    so they put davy on percussions

  • the monkees are great need to be rock n roll hall of fame

  • I agree with this one 100%

  • To nirrado791 I really like the way Peter sings cripple creek at their concert, you can't hear him so good, but what you do it sounds really good. And he looks mighty hot! I think I love just about every song Micky sings espcecially Going down and Zor and Zam

  • Mike was hot jump roping haha. I love his singing voice too. :D SEXY.

  • My favorite songs that each monkee sings that I think are their best singing voices are as follows: MIKE: Sweet Young Thing. DAVY: I Want To Be Free (fast version). MICKY:Daily Nightly. PETER: (sorry, I don't have a favorite song) but his "For Pete's Sake" is definitely a standout. What do you think?

  • Peter - shared vocals on Shades of Gray

  • I said it once and I will say it again..Mike looks really good in this video!!!!

  • micky sang for petes sake.

  • Was this in Head?

  • no success story episode of the monkees season 1 i think episode 6

  • Yep, Mike's a hottie in this vid, that's for sure.

  • From Wikipedia:

    Michael Nesmith sings lead on his own country-flavored compositions, "Papa Gene's Blues" and "Sweet Young Thing" (co-written with legendary songwriting team Gerry Goffin and Carole King).

    From me:

    Thanks to video, I can be in love with Mike when he was younger...I was only 6 when this was on tv!

  • this is my favorite song

  • Mike *-*

  • I think this is from the episode that davy's grandpa visits! (@-@) :-) Lol

    luv this song! (my friends think i'm weird cause i like this kind of music.)

  • I always liked Mike's edge and Peter's sweetness.

  • This song will totally embed itself in your brain :-)

  • There was an episode with Carl Ballantyne as a big TV producer auditioning groups for a new show. The boys kept trying to play this song for him, but something always interrupted. They must have played partial versions about a half-dozen times. Very frustrating, 'cause I really wanted to hear the whole song.

  • one of the coolest songs they ever did

  • Mike has an awesome voice...Micky is still my favorite though :)

  • I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!

  • He really is a talented guy

  • I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!

  • I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!

  • No matter what you thought of the "manufactured" stigma they had, you can't ignore that these where pioneers, and what was ever composed for them they did it justice, its just a pity their record label didn't give them the chance to properly as a band

  • While true they did justice to many songs written for them, they also butchered tons of stuff that you can hear on there later releases starting with the album Instant Replay and ending with Changes, And RCA/Colgems gave them every opportunity to play as a band, They just all had there own style of music and musicians they liked to record with. It was the main reason Pete quit He wanted them to play as a band but by the end of Pisces they were seldom in the same studio together.

    Sad But True

  • Mike Nesmith is in The Beatles(A Day In The Life,Video)Talking to John Lennon,Cool

  • One of Nesmith's best!

  • I love the way Mike says "door" in this.

    actually, I love the way he ends a lot of his words in this song.

  • Funny, I noticed that about him too. And like you said, the emphasis he put on the word "door". I also loved the backing melodious vocalisation too. When you take a closer listen to the backing vocals, it's like listening to the song for the first time again. Good ear, man.

  • i love mikes singing voice! its amazing

  • Priceless :)

  • Manufactured or not,they had a ton of great songs!!

  • Just GREAT!!!

  • i didn't know mike had a country accent until recently and i think hes even cuter now!!!

  • I don't hear any accent -- even in this very country-flavored tune.

  • Yes...crazy as it seems, I am in love with the Mike I see in the vids...and I do wish him well.

  • I know what you mean...he looks really good in this video.

  • the close ups ofmike and davy are awsome. I LOVE THE MONKEES!!!

  • It sounds a little punk and a little country too. great song!!!

  • That is typical of Mike's songs.

  • I always thought this song had some of the coolest lyrics and ahead of its time! I could never understand why this wasn't on a single. Maybe a little short but compared to some of the songs in the 60's it isn't. Still think Davy looked cool with the "Byrds" type shades on. Thanks for posting

  • I love this song.

    I was about 7 years old and I still have the record. Once in a while i am listning.

  • one of my fav

  • This would be considered one of their greatest songs if it were longer, they could definitely have gotten alot more out of those incredibly catchy (and haunting) background vocals, but they only play that chorus once(and dont even make the 2 minute mark). A brilliant song, but unfortunately a bit half baked.

  • This is one of their alltime greatest songs!

  • Great Nesmith tune. Could even be redone as a bad ass metal song with that heavy beat.

  • I remember being 6 years old and glued to the monkees every chance I got. Mike is still my favorite!

  • Monkees were Great; They and the people around them never were given the credit for shaping a whole generation of kids in the late 60's. I'm talking about kids that weren't even 10 years old yet!

  • From a great episode

  • Love this song.

    And

    again

    know all the lyrics... haven't listen to it in 5 years lol

  • Mike could have gone so much farther(further?)

    Listen to "fading through the door into summer"

  • just saw a biography on the monkeys and i do realize now that they were a great talent. thumbs up brother

  • Awesome song! Mike Nesmith was an amazing songwriter...he's very much underrated!

  • very so

  • Absolutely an amazing talent!

  • Wow! Love Mike Nesmith's lyrics! No wonder he fought so hard for the Monkees.

  • Mike never fought hard for the Monkees, Mike fought hard for Mike and control of his music. he had hoped to push the Monkees into the country rock direction. These guys were allowed to record any music they wished and did so, but they had no say over what went on a album. After Pisces they seldom recorded together. Micky said they each wanted their own sound. Pete wanted the Lovin Spoonfool sound Davy Broadway, Mike country and the internal battles eventually broke them all up. A Great What If?

  • you are spot-on with this comment. we had an exchange before and you beat me. maybe you stole this from me. (kidding) this is all true. you keep popping up on all my monkees favorites. very monkee-cultured, my friend, indeed. erin p.s. what do you think of "goin' down"? i love it.

  • Hi erin, Are you stalking me.(smile)I try to post a little info on all the Monkees vids if its got a good story behind it. Here is a little more useless information about this one. "Sweet Young Thing" will be the last song Mike records with his tonsils in. The producers like his voice but want to remove the nasal sound so they arrainge to have them taken out and it worked. Listen to his later songs and the nasal sound is gone.

    I Hate I Know This.

    Goin Down is cool Ive got info their too.

  • you hate that you know this? i hate that you know this, and i don't! Now i'm forced to check through a zillion pages of comments on Goin' Down, but as far as i remember, there may not be that many not enough people know that song. kenc, you disgust me (smile) I liked his nasally twang. It happens to be my son and cousins all have adenoid problems, but they don't remove them routinely anymore. i'll think of one to... got one! you spelled "there" wrong. best i could do. now i'm reaching. TRUMP!

  • i really think he got his tonsils taken out later, between recording headquarters and pisces, aquarius

  • It's kinda hard to understand because of the sound quality in a few parts, but still a great song.

  • the monkees were my first introduction to music, really. i found my moms old records when i was about 6 and listened to them obsessively. i had my first ever crush on mike :) and i used to co-erce the other neighbourhood kids into being in my 'shows' where id choreograph wacky dance moves to this song. im 27 now. and the monkees still rock.

  • I remeber being only allowd to watch tv back then when I was 5 for a hour and I always watch the monkees I always had a crush on davy like all the other girls and now lets say Im some were in my 40:s and I still love to wacth them. THEY WILL ALWAYS ROCK TO ME

  • The Monkees were my daughter's first introduction to rock music as well, also at age 6 yrs. She's a few years older than you, but forever a fan, as am I.

  • This is a definitive song of the 60's. I loved this song. Every time the Monkees came on me and my Grandmother would watch their show with popcorn and lots of love. This is the 60's.

  • Great song. Too bad Davey only had the Maraccas to play on a lot of videos. That and the tambourine and he had to stay with it for the whole song. Nice face and voice though. Good to have Youtube to celebrate these old songs again.

  • Great

  • Starslb, that's funny.

  • turned on to the sunset lke I've never been before....

  • I love this song, and this is such a funny episode that this song sequence is from too. :p

  • In one of the episodes Davy and the Gang are trying to save this girls horse.  I think the song was All the Kings Men? Does anyone have that vid?

  • bearis16 has that complete episode.

  • I mean bearis26... Sorry about the typo.

  • I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!! XD :3 i watched the show all the time when i was a kid and this video is one of my all-time favorites. I'm with starslb about it making me grin. Watchin all the seniors gettin' down just maked me go ear-to-ear!!!!! XD

  • I love this video! The whole thing makes me smile, especially at the beginning. I don't know why, just seeing all those people lookin happy to hear the Monkees makes me giggle.

  • groovy, man

  • I was about 8 years old!! Before Apollo 11.

    Great song. Great band. They don't make anything like this anymore. Jack Nickelson

    should've left these guys alone!!

  • You are absolutely right!!!

  • Before pedophilia!!! Loves it!!!

  • Absolutely love this song!!!

  • the Monkees RULE!!!!!! I LOVE THIS SONG SOOOO MUCH!! *sighs* MICKY.......

  • I don't care if they sound like pedophiles, I love this song!!!

  • I could just watch and listen to Mike sing "thing-GUH" at the end of this video ALL DAY. Watching these Monkees vids has brought a new found appreciation for Mike as an artist.

  • I was 10 when the Monkees just started, and I've come to appreciate Mike's talents more and more over the years. This was such a great song, and sounds best LOUD. Thanks!

  • wow i love this so much!!!!!

  • always one of my fav monkee tunes. thanks!

  • is the older man in the wheelchair a young man in disguise??

  • Oh, if only there was something out there now that is this good!!!!

  • Unfortunately for those of us who recognize real talent, there is nothing out there now that is this good!! Sad, isn't it?

  • Couldn't agree more!!!

  • Another AWESOME Nesmith song. He really wrote some of the best Monkee tunes. He knew how to create a catchy melody. Micky had a fabulous voice, but I love me some Nez! LOVE these guys!!!

  • Back in my time this was heavy metal.Still as good today as it was when I was about 10

  • i wish i was in this vid *sigh*...i'd be holding Micky's hand in the circle scene LOL!!

  • SWEET YOUNG THANG YEAH!this song makes me do the Irish jig. this is like my second favorite Monkees song!

  • mee too, it's fun

  • This is one of my favorite Nesmith songs. Thanks so much for posting!!

  • love this also !! should be called sweet young thing....AAAA !!!

  • HA HA! That was brilliant

  • This has always been my favorite Monkees tune. LOVE IT!

  • WONDERFUL!!!!!!

  • Quite easily Mike's best song.  Sings it perfectly. Such a shame it's less than 2 minutes long.

  • I know! I always feel shorted

  • omg all you people commenting on here are ignorant... you can like both the beatles and the monkees. they were good on two completely different levels. all you need is love, stupid ladies.

  • This song isnt purley a Nesmith composition either. It was co-written jointly with Goffin/King - two of the greatest pop writers ever.

  • Daily Nightly, is very PSYCHEDELIC!I think it was ment for the Hippie movement back in the late 60's.I think the Mog-Synthsizer (Not sure of the spelling) was just coming out and move for the drug induced trippy type people back then.Good song though.I remeber it and still enjoyed it.

    Sound like your not a Beatle fan.The Monkeys did a movie that was terrible.I saw it in the movie theater and remember paying I think 25 cents to see it.

    Take care

  • I never did see the Monkees movie "Head".Did you know Jack Nicholson was a co-producer for that movie? I bet you HE's a Monkee fan!;) Yes, I'm not too partial to the Beatles. I never understood all the hype. Although , the only one I seemed to like was George. Now he put out some good tunes.....

    I almost smirked when Michael Jackson bought all the Beatles royalties in back of unwitting Paul. Well, at least he did something right;)

  • Michael didnt buy all the Beatles royalties,he brought some and Paul also brought some of his bands songs.

  • Hope this does notcome in twice..But Nice bit of Heavy Monkey's.Whats the year,1967-68.Not bad for its time.Good song,could go even today.

  • You should check out the song "Daily Nightly", that's pretty "Heavy Monkees", too.

    ;)

  • "...and it's LOVE you bring.."

    Great song!!

  • If it wasn't for Mike Nesmith, we would have never had MTV.

  • I second that!

  • Sorry fonna, but The Beatles beat that by just a few years years when Hard Days Night movie came out in 1964.I am sure Mike Nesmith helped later in the 60's to bring it into the living room,but I would say The Beatles started the ball rolling.

    Take care

  • The Beatles made a movie about themselves. Wow!

    Their own contribution, themselves.

    Nesmith made the structure and introduced way more that one band. I'd call that a little more...... dynamic.

  • ... proving once again, the Beatles were over rated.

  • You're so right, fonna. If it weren't for the Monkees, there would never have been a British invasion in the 60's. Men would never have grown their hair long. Musicians would never have invented new pop sounds.

    The Monkees liberated us from Motown and rip-off Elvis clones.

    The Monkees were just what 1963 America needed after the Kennedy assassination.

    Whenever anyone asks famous musicians what their favorite rock band was, they always shout, "The Monkees!"

  • I loved how the Monkees introduced America to psychadelia, by the way, instead of merely copying it from the Beatles.

  • That's right!......damn it!

    *LMAO*

  • Great song about tripping.

    LSD....Gotta Love It!

  • really that is so cool i wish i can get lucky like that i would love to meet them and wouldn't mind singing she with mickey

    thanks alot for the response

  • This one is really nice. Don't remember too many Mike solos. I'm in the mood for Monkeys tonight and I am getting my fill. Feels good to reminisce w/you all.

  • I love this song. I"ve met Davy once, not the nicest fellow. I met Peter in a coffee, shop, he chatted with me for about 10 minutes, bought my coffee and thanked me for being a good fan. He was a real nice down to Earth person.

  • you are sooo lucky to have met peter

    i think he is the nicest one, well mikey is too

  • you know peter loves this song you can see it i love watching him. mike is a great song writer he gave alot to the monkees i love his southern rock blues style who don't anywho i love the monkees, but i admire mike a great funny man and good looking

  • mike was allowed to do some of his own songs on the monkees when he threatened to deck don kirshner.

  • always loved this song

  • Never heard this before... great!

  • Glen Gampbell played the guitar on the backing track... Mike is a real go getter as he faught like hell to play on the records as was on headquarters..

  • This is the song that made me respect Mike Nesmith as a singer and a songwriter, I don't know why, but this has to be my favorite song that he did. Mike = best Monkee EVER!

  • I always loved it when Mike sings....<3

  • Sweet song.

  • I've got this song in my head!

  • Great song. Still sounds great today. Thanks!

  • any relation to the sweet thing?!

  • great song-great group

  • no problem nirrad0791...its my fav monkees song

  • Everytime i sing this, i get the words wrong. What did Mike sing (from 0:19-0:27)?

  • the seed of doubt you planted have started to grow wild and i feel that i must kneel before the wisdom of a child :)

  • oh man, we were on at the same time. that is the best lyric in the song!! now i love the song more than ever. Thanks moontheloon89

  • I think it's *yield* before the wisdom of a child...monkees-dot-net (can't post URLs) has it that way, and that's the way it sounds to me, too. Nevertheless, an amazingly powerful lyric. And it looks like you and I might share an appreciation of The 'Oo, too, Loon...:-).

  • yea, do you have myspace? i have a pretty cool page of music...

  • It's yield before the wisdom of a child.

  • luv that sock to me sounds of kasion rock

  • I like how every-so-often we get an eye-full of the Monkees' packages. Not that I'm complaining or anything, heh.

  • Neither am I. Ahhhh! Mike....Peter. Too cute.

  • I loved watching them on tv!

  • don kirshner allowed mike to perform some of his songs with the monkees just to shut him up.