The Monkees "I Never Thought It Peculiar" RARE Video 1969

[1GodOnlyOne]

Not exactly their best effort.

[evillexi7]

this isn't the song to this video but I love it anyway

[evillexi7]

this isn't the song to this video

[pimakilledsuki]

BOYCOTT TUCSON AZ THEY KILLED MY DOG SUKI ON 1/5/2011

[Rikishade1]

Were they high when they made this?

[olhole]

@Rikishade1

Hurry and make that time machine and let us know. :)

[unhappymonster]

I first discovered the Monkees on Saturday morning TV in '69 when I was 8, and watched faithfully -- I was hooked, baby! Some of the new song "inserts" that i recall (in addition to "Peculiar") were "Listen to the Band", "Looking for the Good Times", "I Love You Better", and "Do You Feel It Too". I remember very distinctively these songs being aired.

[hooterstooge]

can you believe it HENDRIX opened for these clowns!



[RedTurt1]

@hooterstooge think you need to go read a bit more history about he group before you can call them clown - yes they did muck about, thats what was required for the shows.... they wanted musicians to be actors not actors to be musicians....

[wrff1045]

@hooterstooge I think you have it a bit in reverse, Hendrix is the ape monkey, the Monkees are the real pros....

[lundehund44]

@wrff1045 and you're a dick.

[skillzbeat]

Can anyone help me be clear on what exactly a monkee romp is? Or just a romp? I keep hearing it and I'm like "What is that?!" Sorry if it's a stupid question, but I just have to know!

[moxie96]

not the original song that was on this episode, this one was tacked on in it's saturday morning syndication days done to keep the new songs they were still making after the series -and peter tork- left primetime tv/ the band. The real song was Zor and Zam off the birds bees and the monkees album.

[jody808]

i've seen this scene before using the song Zor and Zam as the backing theme

[lannykaster1]

it originally had "Zor and Zam"..... never heard it with this track before, though

[MissChrystalline]

I love having the whole series on dvd, having all the original things on there. This is interesting though!

[chaosfilms9295]

The Frodis Caper

[misamisa31]

I realize that now, since that is my favorite episode

[moxie96]

That is one of the few monkees songs I don't know well, it shocked me when I heard it play on the (Severyly chopped up "Screengems network" version of Monkees episodes which do follow the reruns soundtracks from CBS Saturday mornings. I think Micky sounds a great deal like Grace Slick singing "Lather". Play them back to back and you'll get what I mean

[crowley24]

This is Davy singing.

[storrs19]

While I enjoy hearing an early mix of I Never Thought It Peculiar it just seems wrong not to hear the early mix of Zor & Zam while watching this "Typical Monkee Romp". This is my favorite episode of the entire series though as it is so weird.

[UrbanImpulse]

Wow, I wouldn't be surprised if they edited out Zor and Zam for the reruns because it's an anti-war song.

[imabeliever81]

actually they edited it out to keep up with the monkees current music Thsi Song although an alternate version of it was released on changes and therfpore worked in to the show to try and sell some records for changes didnt work along with the 2 albums prior to it they also did this with headquarters songs to and edited them intot he first season shows

[soles44]

Que ha pasado con este grupo musical? alguien sabe que paso? y de sus videos? me gustavan mucho y no se nada de ellos.

[mc52877]

i love this song

[bandcouver]

The TV version of "Zor & Zam" ( which was originally used in this clip ) is also available on the Monkees' "Missing Links Vol. 3" compilation o Rhino Records.

[greenwichlirr]

ZOR AND ZAM from the NBC airing is great, but this Saturday rerun version is just great in an absurd sort-of way. It takes an already bizarre episode and turns it into one of the most ridiculous Monkee Romps ever.

Drugged Monkees, a football-headed alien, and Rip Taylor. 3 minutes of total perfection! :-)

[WAIATA4U]

Oh, ok. Thanks Antifrodis for clarifying that argument. I had researched my info from a 1986 book called The Monkees Tail--chock full of info--you were right. Seems like you're the Monkeeologist? LOL I have a question: Did 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee ACTUALLY aired back in 1969? I read that it didn't because it was going against the 1969 Academy Awards. Then I heard from my older siblings that 33 1/3 DID air on tv, but in selected cities across the U.S. back in 69'

[Antifrodis]

Yes it did air opposite the Oscars in some timezones.  There is a taped version of the show with all the original commercials floating around out there.

[SkeebWilcox]

@Antifrodis You are correct about the VHS tape. It has all the commercials intact (Future Floor Polish, Hai Karate and American Oil come to mind). There's also a mention of a Don Ho special and a mention of "Rowan And Martin's Laugh In" returning in two weeks or something like that. I did have a copy of it at one time but when the Rhino set came out with it on it I ditched the VHS. Should have saved it...

[WAIATA4U]

I don't believe this video was produced in 1969 because Peter Tork had quit The Monkees in December of 68' to pursue his solo career--Tork's attempt at composing and auditioning the theme to the Peter Fonda/Dennis Hopper flick "Easy Rider" lost to Bob Dylan & Roger McGuinn (formerly of The Byrds)...BTW, The Monkees were on NBC, not CBS. The Monkees' show was on at 7:30pm right before STAR TREK.

[Antifrodis]

You've made a convincing arguement but you've got it all wrong. The episode aired originally in 1968, obviously, when Peter was still part of the band. However, this particular airing of the show was a rerun version from 1969 (or later) on the CBS network. The show moved to CBS and later ABC both in reruns. The difference being the song that aired during this scene. In 1968, it was "Zor and Zam".

[HankLandMan]

I don't believe it either because it was obviously on UPN, which is an American Network that didn't exist then. Lol, the UPN 11 is in the bottom right, you forgot to take it off.

[Antifrodis]

Do you think it's possible that UPN got a hold of one of these 1969 rerun episodes and aired it? That's exactly what happened. In some cases, there are 3 different versions of some episodes in existence. There's the original airing (what you see on Rhino's dvd box set), the 67 reruns of the first season shows (with songs from Headquarters inserted in) and the 69 reruns which featured some really strange song replacements, such as this one. Need more proof?

[robhoma]

This episode just became available on Comcast's On Demand service and I was looking forward to hearing Zor and Zam, but it turned out to be the CBS broadcast. It turns out the closing credits were never updated either.

[torchkit]

And in the original '68 airing, the version of "Zor and Zam" was without the horns that appeared on the album version. Strange that this song, was inserted without the horns that appear on the "Changes" version.

[Madrocker1954]

The version of "Zor and Zam" that was featured in the TV series was an alternate take of the song and not the version from the album which had horns and strings as part of the backing track. On the version that was in the series, Micky's vocal is different and the backing track is slightly different as well. Also, backing vocals can be heard at the end of the TV version that was missing from the album version. The TV series used quite a few alternate takes during the Monkees's two seasons.

[AarHan3]

Actually, The Monkees were on NBC Mondays; Star Trek was on Thursday evenings in its first season on NBC, and on Friday evenings (and later Tuesday) for its next 2 seasons.

[Madrocker1954]

Pity this song wasn't released as presented in the tv show. The horns and strings were unnecessary. The orchestration complemented the song but it could've held its own without them. Wonder whose idea it was to sweeten the song with the orchestration?

[WAIATA4U]

When the Monkees did their final tour in the Summer of 1969, (minus Peter Tork) they recruited a couple of Mike Nesmiths' musician buddies as back-up band. The 69' concerts featured zany movie shorts (directed by Nesmith & Dolenz) projected behind the band on a movie screen. The Summer 69 Tour dwindled big time in NYC--Something about a 3-day rock concert on Yasgur's Farm (Think: Woodstock). The very last Monkees' concert was August of 69' in Oakland, California.

[Antifrodis]

They weren't Nesmith's buddies. They were Sam & the Goodtimers, an all black r&b group that at one time played with Ike Turner. The Monkees hired them to back them up on their 69 tour to revamp their sound.

[ardalsgirl]

So cool, thanks for posting! :D

[AarHan3]

Yes, Boyce & Hart's "I Never Thought It Peculiar" was indeed presented in the CBS edition of "Mijacogeo" (a.k.a. "The Frodis Caper") (and most likely that of "Don't Look A Gift Horse In The Mouth" and "The Devil And Peter Tork") in an alternate take which dispensed with the brass/string arrangement it was eventually bounced down with for its inclusion on Changes.

[rainkatt]

Gosh! I was only 12 when this was recorded...I feel so old!

WAIT, I AM old!!!!

Davy was my favourite, he was so dreamy!!

[KHARRILC]

Davy Jones married Linda on 1968

[KHARRILC]

Davy is so hot in this viedo

[xIndieAngelx]

I love this song, the episode was kinda odd lol

[ytclif2s]

Plenty of bubblegum left over, but the wrapper's evaporated.

[pawnshopsign]

CHANGES MAY BE THE BEST POP RECORD OF ALL TIME.

Thank you for this.

[gli7utubeo]

For some reason this song strongly reminds me of "Top of the World" by the Carpenters. Also, I wonder why didn't this make it to any of the Rhino complilations; it's really listenable.

[shelly3808]

this was the last episode for the show in 1968 because it only ran for two seasons-1966-1968-because in 1969 like this episode led them to the movie in working on it in Ojai with Jack Nicholson, like I said 1969 was it only being Mike,Micky and Davy because don't forget it this episode was the genesis of Peter's leaving which he actually accomplished after their 1969 special of "Thirty-three and a Third RPM"

[SLCPunker101]

I liked Zor and Zam more.

[JonDavidson]

This alternate song kind of turns the chase scene into a mindless romp with no purpose; why sing about a girl when you're being chased by a madman? At least the surreal "Zor and Zam" in this scene pointed up the fact that power-obsessed goons can seem goofy, yet be dangerous. "I Never Thought it Peculiar" sounds like one of the most bubblegum of their early songs.

[Antifrodis]

Oddly enough, "I Never Thought It Peculiar" was recorded way before "Zor and Zam", but not released until well after.

[hanniballecturer]

This is the last half-way decent Boyce-Hart song they had left

[inwoodliver]

sorry this isn't the song on the show.

[Antifrodis]

Yes it is. This was the way the show aired during the 1969 reruns. The original song "Zor and Zam" was replaced with something that more represented their current output. "I Never Thought It Peculiar" was recorded in '66, mixed in '69 and eventually released in 1970.

[smctopia]

It's weird seeing this song in place of Zor and Zam, but I always thought "Forget That Girl" worked well when it was dubbed into the episode. "One Man Shy".

[Edenbridge]

Wow, you rock, Antifrodis! While I could never appreciate a "Monkees" album that doesn't include contributions from Mike or Peter, I always love hearing rare, alternative takes like this, and especially weird how they replaced songs in the reruns!!

[GimmeKitty]

Anti-Frodis, you are a LOVE!

I will watch the other RARE video that you so NICELY uploaded for us :) Thank you so much, -- Abbie

[NepperCat]

Weird, this song so does not fit in this romp. But then again, the song they actually used originally (I think it was Zor and Zam) didnt really match either. Crazy episode, this was from the final episode "Mijacogeo" or "The Frodis Caper" which was directed by Micky "James Brown" Dolenz!

P.S.- Save the Texas Prairie Chicken

[Odawek]

Nepper I agree, that particular video could also be interpreted as a tribute to weed, and that spaceship a bong, I did here of ttheir weed and lsd trips,  and whats wrong with that, like the door man said , " feed your head" hey didnt they do a movie called "head"? things that make you go, hmmmm?

[PrincessBlack]

Well, actually "Mijacoego" was named for members of Micky's family, Micky, Janelle (his mom) Coco,(his sister) and George (his dad). And "Frodis" was in fact a code word that Micky used for weed,or pot. He got the idea from the Lord of the Rings character Frodo Baggins. Lord of the Rings was his favorite book.

[Odawek]

yes Princess blk, are quite right about Mijacoego, I did not know mick's cods word for weed or that Butthole sufers, in 1987 /88

[PrincessBlack]

Yeah,I found that out about Frodis a lnog time ago. When you study the Monkees and their music long enough, you'll find that there are alot of things hidden around that you cant see with an untrained eye. Like Randy Scouse Git...there is SO much I could talk about on that one!!!

[SLCPunker101]

they did do a movie called HEAD, it;s very trippy. Check it out!

[darkmagickian]

I googled "Texas Prairie Chicken" (I thought Mike made it up) just now for a laugh and found out that the bird really DOES exist and that it's endangered. Bet Mike didn't know about that, although it does seem to be recent (2006) and the reference here in "Monstrous Monkee Mash," was said in 1966. Who knew?

[klwewf]

Mike knew. That's why he said it in the first place.