always LOVED this song by Davy and The Monkees....just a fun song, especially Micky's vocals at the end.....rest in peace Davy you will always be loved & remembered by your fans...
the monkees formed BECAUSE of the beatles, they started a trend, then had a british kid, the same haircut, and kinda the same humor, they we're an american beatles band, with one small and very sad differance, all the monkees are still alive.
As a very young man in the late 60's, you had to see the Monkees on Saturday morning to actually find the Beatles, who at that time were not getting air play. Then when caught the Beatles on the radio, you heard WHY the Monkees were attempting to be, "Beatlesque".
The Monkees have nothing to do with the Beatles. Take them for what they were, enjoy them, or not. It has nothing to do with the Beatles. It was a TV show with music. And maybe we like the music. I like the Monkees because they represent a fun memory for me growing up. Why does everybody on the interweb have to be such a pedantic tool?
If you feel the Beatles were in the same level as the Monkees?
Tell me why are all the Beatles (and surviving members of their family) are Multi-billionaires & David Jones alone was broke & almost homeless 20 years ago?
(See his autobiography)
David Jones alone was just a 1968 style Justin Bieber!
I love The Beatles and The Monkees and The Animals and The Doors and all of that great music and i'm sorta insulted you said The monkees were low. although they weren't the /best/ band in the world, they had some pretty awesome songs, you must admit. if you love The Beatles, you wouldn't go on other videos you hated and spreaded your hate for The monkees on their videos. if you don't like them, then don't look them up. thats all. No one forced you to listen to it.
At 53 now I lived that life of music history...Don't try to insult my intelligence of an Itune shit because what the hell is a Itune anyway? I lived the life of music & not money making gimmicky contraptions you suckers are overpaying for. But you better believe it when I say that the Beatles are in a higher level then any group you mentioned! (Monkees are at the bottom!)
Michael later became a pioneer in entertainment, winning a Grammy for his video Elephant Parts. He created Pop Clips, for Nickelodeon, which was later sold to Time/Warner that became MTV. His show Michael Nesmith in Television Parts launched the careers of Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Gary Shandling, Whoopie and Arsenio. He started Pacific Arts Records, later Pacific Arts Video, which became a leader in home video, it ended when there was a licensing rights problem. He is still going strong.
Mike wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but he did inherit something like $44 mil when his mom died. He was hard to work with because he was the only one who was really a musician before the show. He was already writing his own music and playing in bars etc. He was frustrated that he and the others could write their own music, yet they refused to let them. He insisted they keep playing music that was mostly the same, written by a select group of people.
They threw everything but the kitchen sink into this song. Moog, steel drums, several electric keyboard parts, cowbell, a kick-ass bass line and crazy vocals by Micky at the end. BTW, this song was written by Gerry Goffin and Carol King.
Too, Micky Dolenz owned the third Moog synthesizer ever commercially sold (the first two belonged to Wendy Carlos and Buck Owens); his performance on The Monkees song "Daily Nightly" (written by Michael Nesmith) was the first use of a synthesizer on a rock recording. He eventually sold his instrument to Bobby Sherman. Keith Emerson was in the running, as well. His solo on ELP's first album's "Lucky Man" is memorable. The story behind THAT song is also memorable, including Moog story.
Emerson is in the running for what? Lucky Man was recorded THREE YEARS after Daily Nightly and Star Collector, and there were quite a few rock records with synths on them in between, too.
...for being among the first to popularize the Moog. Even the late Bob Moog verified that Keith was the first to do what Moog thought to be impossible: Emerson put the Moog live, ON STAGE in 1969. This *might* have been LESS than 2 years after the Monkees songs (released: November, 1967). Although the song "Lucky Man" was RELEASED 3 years later, it seems likely that the solo on "Lucky Man" affected the usage of synthesizers in popular music far more than "Star Collector," etc.
This is another great Gerry Goffin and Carole King composition.
And, the Monkees's version of the song was one of the first pop records to include a Moog synthesizer, played and programmed by synthesist Paul Beaver. Peter Tork didn't think much of Beaver's performance, and told Rhino Records later "He played it like it was a flute or something," preferring Micky Dolenz's more random use of the Moog on "Daily Nightly" (which also appeared on Pisces) to produce spacey sounds.
@Godzie1 I did, and I will again. Don't ever tell me what to do. People like what they like. This song is the most like the beatles than anyof their other songs, what's wrong with saying that? Nothing. I'd listen to this song before a lot of beatles songs. Oh I love the classic knock on a typo, shows real class, I tell ya. Just proves you're a git cunt.
@Godzie1 You also sound like a bloody itunes commercial. What do you get all your retoric from TV? Elvis did more than the Beatles ever did. Hell, the Beach Boys and Rolling Stones could be in that argument too. Hell Rush has the third most concecutive gold and platinum records in all of rock, behind the beatles and stones.
Pink Floyd did more in their music than the beatles did. Your passion for the beatles is understandable, but what I said was in no way an insult on them.
i love the doors type freak out at the end. the monkees often had weird endings to their songs. it used to spin me out when i was a kid.
briney1973 3 days ago
rip davy......
jonathan15365 5 days ago
SECOND FAVORITE SONG OF THE MONKEES!!!! GREAT JOB GUYS, RIP DAVY!!!!!
kayceegirl92 6 days ago
@kayceegirl92 I agree with you!
thebeatlesluvr4 1 day ago
Davy at his best. Thanks for the great memories.
Spiritualized1 6 days ago
Love you too Davy!!!! Rest in Peace. XOXOXOXOXOX
AliceAreR 6 days ago
Loved you, Davy! Thank goodness the gift of your music lives on!!!!!
Cielodrive 6 days ago
RIP Davy!. The stars have come and collected you.
asz420 6 days ago 2
always LOVED this song by Davy and The Monkees....just a fun song, especially Micky's vocals at the end.....rest in peace Davy you will always be loved & remembered by your fans...
MsJune54 6 days ago
RIP Davy...
dmango22 6 days ago
RIP Davy!
izzystarchild 6 days ago
Great song. I like it.
lovereactionsong 1 month ago
my favorite keyboard solo....just so bad...the MOOG
fleetwoodbrawm 2 months ago 3
the monkees formed BECAUSE of the beatles, they started a trend, then had a british kid, the same haircut, and kinda the same humor, they we're an american beatles band, with one small and very sad differance, all the monkees are still alive.
DryBones271 4 months ago
Reiko the Zombie Shop FTW!
Something6000 5 months ago
This song is awful. Can't believe Carole King wrote it. I'd much rather hear one of the classic songs, like "Sometime in the morning".
Bugees 5 months ago
As a very young man in the late 60's, you had to see the Monkees on Saturday morning to actually find the Beatles, who at that time were not getting air play. Then when caught the Beatles on the radio, you heard WHY the Monkees were attempting to be, "Beatlesque".
MrCaustic 6 months ago
HULLO!
demonmama 11 months ago 13
The Monkees have nothing to do with the Beatles. Take them for what they were, enjoy them, or not. It has nothing to do with the Beatles. It was a TV show with music. And maybe we like the music. I like the Monkees because they represent a fun memory for me growing up. Why does everybody on the interweb have to be such a pedantic tool?
agramsci 11 months ago
@agramsci May as well not use the word pedantic...I doubt anyone you're talking about would know what it means. Look it up, kids.
polishflash 10 months ago
If you feel the Beatles were in the same level as the Monkees?
Tell me why are all the Beatles (and surviving members of their family) are Multi-billionaires & David Jones alone was broke & almost homeless 20 years ago?
(See his autobiography)
David Jones alone was just a 1968 style Justin Bieber!
Godzie1 1 year ago
@Godzie1
I love The Beatles and The Monkees and The Animals and The Doors and all of that great music and i'm sorta insulted you said The monkees were low. although they weren't the /best/ band in the world, they had some pretty awesome songs, you must admit. if you love The Beatles, you wouldn't go on other videos you hated and spreaded your hate for The monkees on their videos. if you don't like them, then don't look them up. thats all. No one forced you to listen to it.
TheBeatles433 9 months ago
@TheBeatles433 I never said I hated them, but I can't believe today's generation puts them on the same level as the Beatles?
Godzie1 9 months ago
@Godzie1
There not on the same levels, but i also wouldn't consider The Monkees low or at the bottom, either.
TheBeatles433 9 months ago
At 53 now I lived that life of music history...Don't try to insult my intelligence of an Itune shit because what the hell is a Itune anyway? I lived the life of music & not money making gimmicky contraptions you suckers are overpaying for. But you better believe it when I say that the Beatles are in a higher level then any group you mentioned! (Monkees are at the bottom!)
Godzie1 1 year ago
Funny thing about this song, it was written about rock groupies and what they were after.
jandricaine 1 year ago
Michael later became a pioneer in entertainment, winning a Grammy for his video Elephant Parts. He created Pop Clips, for Nickelodeon, which was later sold to Time/Warner that became MTV. His show Michael Nesmith in Television Parts launched the careers of Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Gary Shandling, Whoopie and Arsenio. He started Pacific Arts Records, later Pacific Arts Video, which became a leader in home video, it ended when there was a licensing rights problem. He is still going strong.
phootie98661 1 year ago
Mike wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but he did inherit something like $44 mil when his mom died. He was hard to work with because he was the only one who was really a musician before the show. He was already writing his own music and playing in bars etc. He was frustrated that he and the others could write their own music, yet they refused to let them. He insisted they keep playing music that was mostly the same, written by a select group of people.
phootie98661 1 year ago
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I'm on my son's Acc trying to show my 8yr old granddaughter what I call my "Big Time Rush". Right down to the GTO convertible.
SirLickAlot702 1 year ago
I'm on my son's site trying to show my 8yr old granddaughter what I call my "Big Time Rush". Right down to the GTO convertible.
SirLickAlot702 1 year ago
Is that a Peter Frampton style talk box in there too?
donnyp1966 1 year ago
Is that a Peter Frampton style talk box at the end?
donnyp1966 1 year ago
If you're talking about the solo after the last chorus, that's a synthesizer.
Kohntarkosz 11 months ago
To all who are to young to know this.Mike Nesbit's Mom invented Liquid White out.
He also was the hardest One to get a long with,must have been because He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
Vickieblue 1 year ago
<3 the Monkees sooo much
Lady187GQ 1 year ago
They threw everything but the kitchen sink into this song. Moog, steel drums, several electric keyboard parts, cowbell, a kick-ass bass line and crazy vocals by Micky at the end. BTW, this song was written by Gerry Goffin and Carol King.
MegaObserver1 1 year ago 21
@MegaObserver1 thy even threw in davy jones
fletch2240 1 year ago
@MegaObserver1
They also wrote "Pleasant Valley Sunday".
sixtieskid062 11 months ago
diffenlty groovy :)
edwardelricfangirl1 1 year ago
very groovin'
catz72396 1 year ago
groovy!
adric137 1 year ago
Love this song :D
thechewydude 2 years ago
Too, Micky Dolenz owned the third Moog synthesizer ever commercially sold (the first two belonged to Wendy Carlos and Buck Owens); his performance on The Monkees song "Daily Nightly" (written by Michael Nesmith) was the first use of a synthesizer on a rock recording. He eventually sold his instrument to Bobby Sherman. Keith Emerson was in the running, as well. His solo on ELP's first album's "Lucky Man" is memorable. The story behind THAT song is also memorable, including Moog story.
arfalon 2 years ago
Emerson is in the running for what? Lucky Man was recorded THREE YEARS after Daily Nightly and Star Collector, and there were quite a few rock records with synths on them in between, too.
Kohntarkosz 11 months ago
@Kohntarkosz
...for being among the first to popularize the Moog. Even the late Bob Moog verified that Keith was the first to do what Moog thought to be impossible: Emerson put the Moog live, ON STAGE in 1969. This *might* have been LESS than 2 years after the Monkees songs (released: November, 1967). Although the song "Lucky Man" was RELEASED 3 years later, it seems likely that the solo on "Lucky Man" affected the usage of synthesizers in popular music far more than "Star Collector," etc.
arfalon 5 months ago
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And don't forget:
This is another great Gerry Goffin and Carole King composition.
And, the Monkees's version of the song was one of the first pop records to include a Moog synthesizer, played and programmed by synthesist Paul Beaver. Peter Tork didn't think much of Beaver's performance, and told Rhino Records later "He played it like it was a flute or something," preferring Micky Dolenz's more random use of the Moog on "Daily Nightly" (which also appeared on Pisces) to produce spacey sounds.
arfalon 2 years ago
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arfalon 2 years ago
very nice....
jonnybzzzzc 2 years ago
A comment on the groupie phenomenon in the early days of rock music, classic!
IndianaGreg2000 2 years ago
This is probably the most beetles like monkees song of all. I love it anyway!
Mglosk 2 years ago 10
@Mglosk I think porpoise song sound most Beatle like.
LittleD3 1 year ago
@LittleD3 Yeah, I can see that. Porpoise is more like the later Beatles, and this is more like the older beatles. If you know what I mean
Mglosk 1 year ago
@Mglosk 8 thumbs up or not child...
Never compare the Monkee's bubblegum teeny bopper classics to the historic Rockband that changed & shook the world the Beatles
(God you didn't even spell the name correctly?
The Beatles is & will forever will be the #1 band in history!
The Monkee's could only dream to accomplish a 4th of what the Beatles did!
Godzie1 1 year ago
@Godzie1 I did, and I will again. Don't ever tell me what to do. People like what they like. This song is the most like the beatles than anyof their other songs, what's wrong with saying that? Nothing. I'd listen to this song before a lot of beatles songs. Oh I love the classic knock on a typo, shows real class, I tell ya. Just proves you're a git cunt.
Mglosk 1 year ago
@Godzie1 You also sound like a bloody itunes commercial. What do you get all your retoric from TV? Elvis did more than the Beatles ever did. Hell, the Beach Boys and Rolling Stones could be in that argument too. Hell Rush has the third most concecutive gold and platinum records in all of rock, behind the beatles and stones.
Pink Floyd did more in their music than the beatles did. Your passion for the beatles is understandable, but what I said was in no way an insult on them.
Mglosk 1 year ago
@Mglosk beetles?
judiluvshercules999 9 months ago
@judiluvshercules999 Yeah, it's called a typo.
Mglosk 9 months ago