I remember playing this in a music shop I worked in a few years ago, so many people wanted to know what it was, and were surprised to find out it was by The Monkees. Deffo an underrated band, RIP Davy.
RIP DAVY JONES...I was first introduced to the Monkees in the late 80s when I was only 10 or so..my baby sitter would record the monkees episodes that they would regurlary play in the 80s and I used to love when the band would start playing...Monkees and Davy Jones will always be part of my life....Thnks for the music Davy,
Mickey Dolenz had one of the best pop voices in the 1960s ... don't beilieve me? 10 Top 10 hits in Australia can't be wrong. But then the whole band was underrated. So they didn't play ALL the instruments on ALL their tracks but neither did the Beach Boys or the Birds (and bo Beatle played on Eleanor Rigby, but that a moot point). The Monkees had great pop/rock/country sensibilities and their songs are timeless ... some of them they even wrote!
lol i think that mickey is the most funny on the shows :) lol still watchin em
ok but first i loved the beatles but rick told me about the monkees and now im addicted i sleep to their music watch em all day i need a poster!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was a b side of a monkees single i brought as a kid, It blew my mind and opened me up to a whole heap of different types of music - jazz, blues, and soul. Mickey Dolenz was the man. the coolest Monkee.
I believe this opened the episode where the Monkees go to Paris, sometime late in the 2nd season. A nice touch with the live vocal over the original music track...he stumbles a bit here and there but it's still very nice. The great "Fast" Eddie Hoh on drums...thanks for posting!
Talent like this is of no comparison to something like Kanye west's piece of shit opening to ET sung by Katy Perry. What happened? I think I'll record some of my farts and see if I can make ana album. Yeah Micky...Outrageous.
l saw them last week in Hershey PA, great show!! They played this and Mickey sang it to perfection. They also had the 60s video of Mickey dancing playing on the screen behind the band, which was pretty cool too.
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I think a lot of acts in the Hall of Fame would agree that the "Monkees" belong in the Hall. They satisfy all of the criteria for admission and most of the Brill Building writers that wrote most of their early material are in, Neil Diamond finally. John Lennon and Paul McCartney got them and they loved The Monkees. This was no Disney act, this band honed their craft and produced classic tracks that will forever stand the test of time, which most acts of today will never have.
Micky singing this live in the 80s (20th Anniversary Tour) was AMAZING!! Nothing like it! I just wish they had an official DVD of the 20th Anniversary Tour. Those were the BEST!!
I wish I had another drink it wouldn't be so hard to sink I should have taken time to think besides I got the picture straight she must have had another date I didn't need this extra weight I wish that I could see the way to shore. Don't want no more. Goin down!! :)
Liquid paper and white out are competing brands of a similar product, typewriter correction fluid. Since typewriters no longer exist, they should be hard to find.
This song came from the group's frequent jams during recording of HQ and PAC&J - they were fans of Mose Allison and would jam "Parchman Farm" - Mike then decided "we're not stealing the melody" so they created the backing track, co-wrote the lyrics with Diane Hilderbrand, and the result is one of the most audacious and brilliant singing performences ever put to record.
I entered michael nesmith's mother on google came up and it said that his mother invented liquid paper and died in 1980 leaving 1/2 of 47.5 million to Michael. It stated that this was a true fact. White Out is probably not considered the same a liquie paper.
One song that Michael Nesmith wrote that I always liked was sung by the Stone Pony's with Linda Rondstadt called Different Drum. He wrote that prior to the whole Monkee's schtick....He didn't care much about a reunion because he was worth millions as heir to his mother who invented and owned that patent on "white out".
@cooltooth112 - Check Snopes or other Internet sites (look up White Out on wikipedia), his mother did NOT invent it. That urban legend has been going around for decades.
In 1951, Bette Nesmith Graham invented the first correction fluid in her kitchen. Working as a typist, she used to make many mistakes and always strived for a way to correct them. Starting on a basis of tempera paint she mixed with a common kitchen blender, she called the outcome fluid Mistake Out and started to provide her coworkers with small green bottles on which the brand's name was displayed.
(cont.) By 1956, Graham founded the Mistake Out Company and continued working from her kitchen nights and weekends to produce small batches of correction bottles. She was fired from her typist job after she made a mistake that she did not manage to correct. She had typed in her company name instead of the bank's. After this stroke of bad luck, she decided to devote her time to her new company.
(Cont.) In 1979 she sold Liquid Paper to the Gillette Corporation for USD $47.5 million. At the time, her company employed 200 people and made 25 million bottles of Liquid Paper per year.
Bette Nesmith died in 1980, at the age of 56, in Richardson, Texas.
(cont.) Her only son, Michael, inherited half of his mother's $50+ million estate. A portion financed the Gihon Foundation which established the Council on Ideas, a think tank with a retreat center located north of Santa Fe, New Mexico active from 1990–2000 and devoted to exploring world problems
(cont.) Where the confusion arises is because folks confuse Wite-Out with Liquid Paper. Wite-Out dates to 1966, when George Kloosterhouse, an insurance-company clerk, sought to address a problem he observed in correction fluid available at the time: a tendency to smudge ink on photostatic copies when it was applied.
(cont.) Kloosterhouse enlisted the help of his associate Edwin Johanknecht, a basement waterproofer who experimented with chemicals, and together they developed their own correction fluid, introduced as "Wite-Out WO-1 Erasing Liquid".
Sorry for the LONG reply, but it saddens me that too many folks confuse the two products and in doing so deny Mike's mom the credit she deserves for inventing this important product:correction fluid.
@cooltooth112 And thats a shame...Nesmith was a talented songwriter...And the Monkees show I saw last month woudl have been even better with him there...
on this song alone the monkees should be enshrined in the hall, but the assholes that be at the hall would rather dump lesser artists into the rnr hall. Fuck them!!!
@darkpoet0919 ditto. The Monkees, The Moody Blues, Ted Nugent. Until they are ALL members I will never ever go to the RARHOF and I live in Ohio. It's like a two hour drive. I wouldn't go if they were giving away tickets.
@tulllguy hendri and springsteen sucks and the Beatles started it for the Monkees so there not rip-offs dumbass and you just like new music probably like ugly nikki minaj or rihanna
@TheMonkeesRock I told you who I like, you idiot. lol at Hendrix and Springsteen sucking. At least they play instruments, not start in a gay tv show. Thank God the RRHOF keeps phonies out.
@tulllguy Fucking awesome and funny tv show and i dont believe in god so haha and the sexy monkees do play music nikki minaj , justin bieber, and miley cyrus lover
Yes, they SHOULD be in the hall of shame. I call it that because of some of the sh*tty groups they put in there. Little Steven sold out. He's on the Board, he should be embarrassed to be associated with it. But I digress... The Monkees are one cool band. They ain't The Doors, but they partied on all the good stuff, too. "Know when to say when"! If the Hall doesn't want them, then screw it. Leave it for Justin, or Dustin, whoever that little fague is.
@jeffrefrig didn't just party with The Doors, partied with The Beatles...does it get more rock and roll than the fabs? Hell Mike is even appears in the video that was taken for "A Day In The Life". Give me a break. Jann Wenner has his brains where is asshole should be. Fuck him, Fuck Little Steven, and fuck the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
@productionidontcare1 I saw the Monkees in Chicago in 1987...the place was packed...and they played their own instruments. They had amazing talent considering they were unknowns THROWN together for their TV show. GOOOOOOO Monkees
For being able to do this song live alone -- gets my vote for the Monkees sliding into the R&R Hall of Fame. This is a jazz flavored piece of genius. Obvious they are not playing the instruments on this track. I know it's not Buddy Rich on drums but it's close. I know it's not Doc Severinsen on trumpet but it sounds like it. The track is a relentless & Mickey's vocals are incredible. He spewed a million lyrics at break-neck speed. A classic song. I get winded just listening to it.
Apparently skills-wise, the best lineup would have been Micky on vocals, Davy on drums, Mike on bass and Peter on guitar - not that it mattered anyway, but would have been interesting to see on a consistent basis. And let's face it, the Monkees rock, and Micky is a kick-butt performer.
no matter what, you gotta give the monkees some credit for somewhat bringin hendrix up a little bit, i wish i could of been around to see hendrix open for these guys.. what a diverse show it would be.
Wow, dayyum, that song takes considerable musicianship on the part of the singer to pull off. Kudos, Micky. To all the naysayers who thought The Monkees were no-talents, this performance proves'em all wrong. All four studs are multi-talented.
@ekocentric Singing complicated lyrics AND dancing... WOAH. Yeah, Micky's got it.
I enjoy this vid because it reminds me of , you know, when you get a disc in a ViewMaster stuck between two pictures? It looks kinda like that. If I spin around for a minute while standing up, and then look into a ViewMaster that is stuck between two pictures, I would be able to get even closer to this cool visual effect. If I drink Mickeys 40, and THEN spin around whilst standing up, and...
@DancingSpiderman Spidey....you are funny as hell. I hope that Mickey had a little nip of the grape before trying to lean this song. It's truly adorable.....I wonder what the other guys did on this song? I don't think that many of them were playing instruments at this time.
@ekocentric Yeah, i gree... Their producer prolly used the Nelson Riddle Orchestra or some other established Hollywood TV&film studio orchestra for this tune. And most likely the rest of The Monkees sat this one out. I'm not saying I know something; merely surmising . Friend.
@DancingSpiderman I remember Nelson Riddle now. Did he play with people like Sinatra? Was Sammy Cohn an orchestra leader? I always got them confused with one another.
@ekocentric Google says Frank Sinatra had songs written by Nelson Riddle. Nelson Riddle was the one with his own orchestra named after him; he was an arranger, composer and the bandleader.
Sammy Cahn was a songwriter, who also happened to write hit songs for Sinatra, Doris Day, and also for films. I do not know whether there was direct collaboration between Nelson Riddle and Sammy Cahn, but they were both in Hollywood during more-or-less the same decades of activity, so maybe they might have
This is the flipside of Daydream Believer, although this version from the Monkees Tv show's second season features alternate vocals. Unfortunately, it was never released on vinyl or Cd as most of the rest of their alt tv show versions were. I wonder why? Anyone know?
@captainjanks1 I bought an imported vinyl version of Aquarius, Capricorn, Pisces and Jones, LTD and this song was on it. It didn't fade out, either. Mickey stopped singing and you can hear a tiny bit of studio banter. Yes, all of these guys came into this show as experienced talent. Mickey had TV experience already and auditioned by singing "Johnny B. Goode." Mike performed as soloist Micheal Blessing. Peter performed with Stephen Stills. Davy was a stage performer in Britain.
there is a lot of ignorance here. comon sense is not so common. but as long as you like their music-whatever.....oh, and Mike owned the beenie, Mike AND Peter came to the show/band already capable musicians!!!
did anyone know Mike"s mom invented whiteout if u ever used a type writer ya know what so he was already loaded then they made him were that hat Mick shows what a preformer he is right here ya they all had talent not just Nesmith
@mewrth that's brillant!! i love this song, but i never thought about it like that. Best suicide attempt song ever.. and by the monkees hahaha thank you for making my day! daily nightly RULES, also!! WHO SAYS THE MONKEES WEREN"T INNOVATIVE??? p.s. CIRCLE SKY ROCKS!! and how about peter playing lead guitar on "do I have to do this all over again" from the "Head" soundtrack at the end of the solo, pete plays one of the heaviest sounds a guitar can make!!
@pumpedup1971 You're right all the way haha! Allthough Ithink it should be best dubbed "the best failed suicide attempt song ever", or he wouldn't be signing it at all :)
@pumpedup1971 actually, the Ladies and Gentlemen intro made the comment perfect!! have you seen the frank zappa and michael nesmith intro to the second to last monkee episode? it's right here on you tube! zappa was one of the greatest musicians to ever walk "god's grey earth" ( quote from the studio intro to "muffin man" by zappa on the "bongo fury" album) peace out "and if i don't meet you no more in this world, i'll meet you in the next one, so don't be late!" ( jimi hendrix quote )
oh and they did play their own instruments. Not at first, but they did have a huge argument with the studio about it because they said it looked cheesy just pretending. The first live Monkees show in "Clarksville" was the test to see if they really could play their own instruments. Mike already played, so did Micky, they had to teach Peter and Davy (which is why Davy doesn't do anything too hard, he couldn't get it).
They fought long and hard to get to play their own instruments and write their own material. They won that fight, and still had hits doing it themselves. Read a bio before you jump on the hater bandwagon. Why do so many people prefer ignorance?
@TheMichaelmc99 Bil Hood Plas Johnson Buddy Collette John Lowe Bud Brisbois Virgil Evans Van Rasey Tom Scott Bobby Helfer Louis Blackburn Richard Nash Richard Leith Phil Teele Shorty Rogers did the horn arrangement.
This is such a cool song - what a talent Micky is. My favorite part of the song is "He threw me in to teach me how; I stayed there floating like a mama cow." What I wouldn't give to hear William Shatner cover this on a spoken word album. Lol! This and Randy Scouse Git are my two fave Micky songs.
Ah, Circus Boy ....
weehoo 3 days ago
Now that's Rap and Jazz!!!!! Mickey, you were sooo good, but ever so underated!!!!! In PEACE and LOVE!!!!! Sonny
sonday50 4 days ago 2
And claim they were 'bubble gum'!
peopleofthecircle 4 days ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Monkees
Micky Dolenz = BAMF
jaydeebee69 5 days ago
Perfect!!
Micky, you were and are great! And yes, I'm one of the millions for whom you were a big part of my childhood...
Funny4450 6 days ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Monkees
Dolenz is one of the unsung gems of the 60s. He absolutely made Pleasant Valley, Clarksville and Stepping Stone and yet no-one rates him at all.
Crumphorn 6 days ago 4
I remember playing this in a music shop I worked in a few years ago, so many people wanted to know what it was, and were surprised to find out it was by The Monkees. Deffo an underrated band, RIP Davy.
readingjuice 6 days ago 2
Saw Mickey do this on Johnny Carson, live. It blew my mind how darn good he is!..
cybrsu1121 1 week ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Monkees 2
While I thought Davy was adorable, of course, I was the kid who actually preferred Mickey. He had a great voice!
kannbrown84 1 week ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Monkees 4
R.I.P. DAVY, ALWAYS LOVED....GONE TOO SOON
MAFLongfellow 1 week ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Monkees 3
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RIP DAVY JONES...I was first introduced to the Monkees in the late 80s when I was only 10 or so..my baby sitter would record the monkees episodes that they would regurlary play in the 80s and I used to love when the band would start playing...Monkees and Davy Jones will always be part of my life....Thnks for the music Davy,
djbabyrey44 1 week ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Monkees
I WAS HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE WITH THIS DUDE
honeybaby11102 1 week ago 2
RIP Davy Jones
OBAJFLORES 1 week ago 4
Mickey Dolenz had one of the best pop voices in the 1960s ... don't beilieve me? 10 Top 10 hits in Australia can't be wrong. But then the whole band was underrated. So they didn't play ALL the instruments on ALL their tracks but neither did the Beach Boys or the Birds (and bo Beatle played on Eleanor Rigby, but that a moot point). The Monkees had great pop/rock/country sensibilities and their songs are timeless ... some of them they even wrote!
alanwhit 2 weeks ago 3
When I hear this, I'm just perturbed all over again that these guys were ever classified as Bubblegum.
christimacc 1 month ago 6
@christimacc Not that Bubblegum is a dirty word for me (I personally love the genre) but I could not agree more.
Louie4711 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Monkees
Did I just see Micky C-walkin'?!
NepperCat 2 months ago
With this example of Micky singing,..there is no such thing as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" without the Monkees
rwp340 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Monkees 3
All of my friends had crushes on Davy Jones, but I loved Micky. He and Mike were the most talented. I still love the music.
jooleepadoolie 2 months ago 2
straw dogs brought me here.
KillKenny09 2 months ago 2
@KillKenny09 ya it blew my mind when i heard this on the movie
trailertrashrnr 1 month ago
@KillKenny09: Ditto. Sounds like a song that sound bein a Tarantino film.
MadScout 1 month ago
It was always interesting to see Micky and the Monkees try their hand at jazzy funk/soul.
TsugaruClan 3 months ago
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A song about suicide.
tryithere 3 months ago
i love how The Monkees was originally a show about a made-up band, but then the band became popular. Hell yeah Monkees!
imapowerranger27 4 months ago 2
Micky , Blondie , Isac Hayes , definitely early rap !
larrygriffith 4 months ago
Who knew the Monkees could do songs like this? Mickey Dolenz is the man. And dig those crazy moves of his.
IRONMANHONDO87 4 months ago 2
Early rap.
TrippyWeekender 4 months ago
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Beatlemaniacaa1 4 months ago
I think the Monkees were better than the Beatles by a long shot the Beatles had a few good songs but loved the Monkees alot more
TheNorthernSoulKing 5 months ago 2
lol i think that mickey is the most funny on the shows :) lol still watchin em
ok but first i loved the beatles but rick told me about the monkees and now im addicted i sleep to their music watch em all day i need a poster!!!!!!!!!!!!!
diamond10137 5 months ago 2
CONGRATS MICKEY...OPENING SONG IN STRAW DOGS. YOU'RE AWESOME!
tonymice 5 months ago 2
Imma chill here, floating like a mama cow of course. ;)
Dufflad00 6 months ago
25 people went down. XP
Chynaash 6 months ago
This was a b side of a monkees single i brought as a kid, It blew my mind and opened me up to a whole heap of different types of music - jazz, blues, and soul. Mickey Dolenz was the man. the coolest Monkee.
Luciferays 7 months ago 26
@Luciferays Still is the man! I saw him perform this in 1996 -- it brought the house down!
Deep Condolences to Mickey, Peter, and Mike for Davy's passing. :-(
stillpeace2baby 1 week ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Monkees 4
@stillpeace2baby Who will be next?
lecagot2 4 days ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Monkees
@Luciferays Yup, the B side of Daydream Believer. This song rox mah sox and has since it's release :)
aprildramsey 6 days ago
Ooh-sucky!
Rockinghorserider1 7 months ago
I believe this opened the episode where the Monkees go to Paris, sometime late in the 2nd season. A nice touch with the live vocal over the original music track...he stumbles a bit here and there but it's still very nice. The great "Fast" Eddie Hoh on drums...thanks for posting!
StooGP 7 months ago
this doesn't seem to be the vocal track released on the single. the original vocal had more of a punch to it
briney1973 7 months ago in playlist mokees
Talent like this is of no comparison to something like Kanye west's piece of shit opening to ET sung by Katy Perry. What happened? I think I'll record some of my farts and see if I can make ana album. Yeah Micky...Outrageous.
tonymice 7 months ago
@tonymice See if anyone remembers Kayne Wests name, face or voice in 31 years. Then you can compare.
collins61 5 months ago
Absolutely my favorite Monkee performance !
TheMichaelmc99 7 months ago
well i'm 15 and i LOVE THEM! <3 :D
aundreawolfie 8 months ago
LOVE the jazz influence! Jazz rocks (not an oxymoron).
Dawnte243 8 months ago
Micky RULES!!!!
Atreides528 8 months ago 2
did goin' down mean oral pleasure back then too?
IVatworky 8 months ago in playlist The Monkees
@IVatworky This comment is full of win.
Biddyjr 8 months ago
Mickey's greatest vocal.....it was ahead of his, and my time.....I didn't even realise it resembled jazz....it was just so different..GREAT!!
DavidCKendall 8 months ago
@lawlers69 YAY! o(|:)
MsNancydrew12 8 months ago
People are still saying fake, not real and didn't play on their songs blah blah blah for over 45 years now . so why are you still watching it.
So what, if I could pull off the same bit of superd marketing, I would jump at it now and watch the money roll in for the next 50 years.
It was put together to entertain and give people a laugh, it worked beautifully
lawlers69 8 months ago
l saw them last week in Hershey PA, great show!! They played this and Mickey sang it to perfection. They also had the 60s video of Mickey dancing playing on the screen behind the band, which was pretty cool too.
imthedorf1964 8 months ago
@BeatlesMonkees finally! Someone who likes both the monkees and the beatles, I thought I was the only one
o(|:)
MsNancydrew12 8 months ago
@MsNancydrew12 No your not alone Cheer up ; D
lawlers69 8 months ago
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BeatlesMonkees 8 months ago
Saw him perform this last Wednesday--and let me tell you, he's still got it!
rockisheaven 8 months ago
forever the best <3 i love the monkees with all my heart! proud to have them in my username :)
BeatleMonkeegirl15 8 months ago
Best :D
BeatlesMonkees 8 months ago
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These guys are a fake joke.
ModernLifeIsTrashy 8 months ago
@ModernLifeIsTrashy And you're an idiot.
imthedorf1964 8 months ago 2
I love you Mickey! ^^
ebonpinion 8 months ago
got some moves too doesn't he? Go'ne ahead Mickey.. my mom loved you & I do too.
bmaharet 9 months ago
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bmaharet 9 months ago
Oh MICKY!!!!
isolovedabeatles 9 months ago
i love this song <3 'GOING DOWNNNN'
coltmanm 9 months ago
goin down, cant breathe. take off shoes. tread, swim oooohhhh yeah! what a rush!!!
buckeyeeddy 9 months ago
dude is so Hot...hes hella FINE too :-)
42feenix 9 months ago 35
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buckeyeeddy 9 months ago
Effin Brilliant! So much energy and Perfect Delivery
frank19593 9 months ago
The song is the reason why Micky Dolenz is one of my favorite vocalists ever.
witchypoo71 9 months ago
I thought they were in the R n R HOF ... I'll have to check it out !!!
hydraIX 9 months ago
I think a lot of acts in the Hall of Fame would agree that the "Monkees" belong in the Hall. They satisfy all of the criteria for admission and most of the Brill Building writers that wrote most of their early material are in, Neil Diamond finally. John Lennon and Paul McCartney got them and they loved The Monkees. This was no Disney act, this band honed their craft and produced classic tracks that will forever stand the test of time, which most acts of today will never have.
bhm1304 9 months ago
Love It!!! :) great song, i want one of those microphones, i always have.
kelseynsuggs 9 months ago
This is my favourite version that Mickey ever did of this classic and how could anyone listen to this and think he isn't one hell of a great singer.
Babyhowdy233 9 months ago
Wow, I absolutely love this song! Is this song about suicide?
retroalex1 9 months ago
This is better than any song of 2011
trevor40 9 months ago 2
I was watchign this video on the Monkees TV show a few weeks back...Im SOOO glad that Antenna TV brought the sahow back to television =)
Atreides528 10 months ago
SCOOOORE!!!!
GordosMama1111 10 months ago
Micky singing this live in the 80s (20th Anniversary Tour) was AMAZING!! Nothing like it! I just wish they had an official DVD of the 20th Anniversary Tour. Those were the BEST!!
sshelget 10 months ago
I wish I had another drink it wouldn't be so hard to sink I should have taken time to think besides I got the picture straight she must have had another date I didn't need this extra weight I wish that I could see the way to shore. Don't want no more. Goin down!! :)
sshelget 10 months ago
at 0:38 he starts to say "Hemp, Hemp!!"
nah just kidding it just sounds that way
sonic10shadow 10 months ago
Liquid paper and white out are competing brands of a similar product, typewriter correction fluid. Since typewriters no longer exist, they should be hard to find.
morgulthefriendly 10 months ago
This song is H-O-T. Way to jam, Micky!!
LadyKatieSummer 10 months ago
@DancingSpiderman Definitely!
LadyKatieSummer 10 months ago
This song came from the group's frequent jams during recording of HQ and PAC&J - they were fans of Mose Allison and would jam "Parchman Farm" - Mike then decided "we're not stealing the melody" so they created the backing track, co-wrote the lyrics with Diane Hilderbrand, and the result is one of the most audacious and brilliant singing performences ever put to record.
STP43FAN1 10 months ago
I entered michael nesmith's mother on google came up and it said that his mother invented liquid paper and died in 1980 leaving 1/2 of 47.5 million to Michael. It stated that this was a true fact. White Out is probably not considered the same a liquie paper.
cooltooth112 10 months ago
So, the "white out" story is fake. What a strange story to get spread ,,lol....
cooltooth112 10 months ago
@cooltooth112 Its real
TheMonkeesRock 10 months ago
was this the first rap record?
mic187x2 11 months ago
One song that Michael Nesmith wrote that I always liked was sung by the Stone Pony's with Linda Rondstadt called Different Drum. He wrote that prior to the whole Monkee's schtick....He didn't care much about a reunion because he was worth millions as heir to his mother who invented and owned that patent on "white out".
cooltooth112 11 months ago 4
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thetragedian 10 months ago
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thetragedian 10 months ago
@cooltooth112 - Check Snopes or other Internet sites (look up White Out on wikipedia), his mother did NOT invent it. That urban legend has been going around for decades.
thetragedian 10 months ago
@thetragedian
It IS NOT an "urban legend".
In 1951, Bette Nesmith Graham invented the first correction fluid in her kitchen. Working as a typist, she used to make many mistakes and always strived for a way to correct them. Starting on a basis of tempera paint she mixed with a common kitchen blender, she called the outcome fluid Mistake Out and started to provide her coworkers with small green bottles on which the brand's name was displayed.
Babyhowdy233 9 months ago
(cont.) By 1956, Graham founded the Mistake Out Company and continued working from her kitchen nights and weekends to produce small batches of correction bottles. She was fired from her typist job after she made a mistake that she did not manage to correct. She had typed in her company name instead of the bank's. After this stroke of bad luck, she decided to devote her time to her new company.
Babyhowdy233 9 months ago
(Cont.) In 1979 she sold Liquid Paper to the Gillette Corporation for USD $47.5 million. At the time, her company employed 200 people and made 25 million bottles of Liquid Paper per year.
Bette Nesmith died in 1980, at the age of 56, in Richardson, Texas.
Babyhowdy233 9 months ago
(cont.) Her only son, Michael, inherited half of his mother's $50+ million estate. A portion financed the Gihon Foundation which established the Council on Ideas, a think tank with a retreat center located north of Santa Fe, New Mexico active from 1990–2000 and devoted to exploring world problems
Babyhowdy233 9 months ago
(cont.) Where the confusion arises is because folks confuse Wite-Out with Liquid Paper. Wite-Out dates to 1966, when George Kloosterhouse, an insurance-company clerk, sought to address a problem he observed in correction fluid available at the time: a tendency to smudge ink on photostatic copies when it was applied.
Babyhowdy233 9 months ago
(cont.) Kloosterhouse enlisted the help of his associate Edwin Johanknecht, a basement waterproofer who experimented with chemicals, and together they developed their own correction fluid, introduced as "Wite-Out WO-1 Erasing Liquid".
Sorry for the LONG reply, but it saddens me that too many folks confuse the two products and in doing so deny Mike's mom the credit she deserves for inventing this important product:correction fluid.
Babyhowdy233 9 months ago
@cooltooth112 And thats a shame...Nesmith was a talented songwriter...And the Monkees show I saw last month woudl have been even better with him there...
Atreides528 8 months ago
What episode is this from?
HaWkBeAtLeSnElSoN 11 months ago
Oh my god after 1time listening i got the wods speed and pitch correct huge monkees fan
ferrofever2 11 months ago
Listen well, folks. He is singing and dancing LIVE...real time. You don't see as much of that these days. Micky is amazing.
Gidget521 11 months ago 2
I saw this Friday night looking at The Monkeys on TV. Good one.
cjjaxxon 11 months ago
when songs actually had more lyrics than chorus
MarcSylex 11 months ago
@MarcSylex
Itn't that the truth! I get so damn sick of hearing songs that are basically nothing more than a chorus repeated over and over again!
Babyhowdy233 9 months ago
on this song alone the monkees should be enshrined in the hall, but the assholes that be at the hall would rather dump lesser artists into the rnr hall. Fuck them!!!
darkpoet0919 11 months ago
@darkpoet0919 ditto. The Monkees, The Moody Blues, Ted Nugent. Until they are ALL members I will never ever go to the RARHOF and I live in Ohio. It's like a two hour drive. I wouldn't go if they were giving away tickets.
GonzoGuyy 11 months ago
they suck; pretentious crap.
tulllguy 11 months ago
@tulllguy The monkees?
TheMonkeesRock 11 months ago
@TheMonkeesRock of course
tulllguy 11 months ago
@tulllguy WTF no they sing good you probably dont like them cuz your into justin bieber or miley cyrus
TheMonkeesRock 11 months ago
@TheMonkeesRock no, I like REAL bands and musicians with talent like Hendrix and Springsteen, not this fake Beatle-ripoff nonsense.
tulllguy 11 months ago
@tulllguy hendri and springsteen sucks and the Beatles started it for the Monkees so there not rip-offs dumbass and you just like new music probably like ugly nikki minaj or rihanna
TheMonkeesRock 11 months ago
@TheMonkeesRock I told you who I like, you idiot. lol at Hendrix and Springsteen sucking. At least they play instruments, not start in a gay tv show. Thank God the RRHOF keeps phonies out.
tulllguy 11 months ago
@tulllguy Fucking awesome and funny tv show and i dont believe in god so haha and the sexy monkees do play music nikki minaj , justin bieber, and miley cyrus lover
TheMonkeesRock 11 months ago
Yes, they SHOULD be in the hall of shame. I call it that because of some of the sh*tty groups they put in there. Little Steven sold out. He's on the Board, he should be embarrassed to be associated with it. But I digress... The Monkees are one cool band. They ain't The Doors, but they partied on all the good stuff, too. "Know when to say when"! If the Hall doesn't want them, then screw it. Leave it for Justin, or Dustin, whoever that little fague is.
jeffrefrig 1 year ago
@jeffrefrig didn't just party with The Doors, partied with The Beatles...does it get more rock and roll than the fabs? Hell Mike is even appears in the video that was taken for "A Day In The Life". Give me a break. Jann Wenner has his brains where is asshole should be. Fuck him, Fuck Little Steven, and fuck the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
GonzoGuyy 11 months ago
Happy Birthday Mickey! This song still stands the test of time and ROCKS!
glasscamels 1 year ago
Man I grew up watching these guys on TV in cali.
phxxr650r 1 year ago
He sings cute
XxxXSeptemberXxxX 1 year ago
Mickey ''James Brown' Dolenz.
GarwinEugeneW 1 year ago
This has to be Bill Chase on trumpet~
jloprodigy 1 year ago
@jloprodigy Trumpet: Bud Brisbois, Virgil Evans, Uan Rasey, & Thomas Scott
I found this credits on some page on Tripod
DancingSpiderman 11 months ago
Orange, can you send me the audio file? I am captainjanks@comcast.net
captainjanks1 1 year ago
Just how the fuck does one remember those lyrics,yet alone sing them??????????
GBPaddling 1 year ago 2
Yeah mahn. What a song. They did end up playing their own instruments, apparently. This I think is one, who cares? Great song.
freehoob 1 year ago
They did eventually play their own instruments. I think Goin Down is the bomb!
productionidontcare1 1 year ago
@productionidontcare1 I saw the Monkees in Chicago in 1987...the place was packed...and they played their own instruments. They had amazing talent considering they were unknowns THROWN together for their TV show. GOOOOOOO Monkees
TheMichaelmc99 1 year ago
For anyone who doubts that Mickey was the best vocalist the Monkees had then all you need is to listen to this;he was phenomenal!
Babyhowdy233 1 year ago
Is this from "Head"?
GreyhawkGrognard 1 year ago
@GreyhawkGrognard This is actually the B side to Daydream Beliver. This is a preformance from the show.
SuperNezzy 1 year ago
@GreyhawkGrognard
BONGHOLIOSHIT 1 year ago
For being able to do this song live alone -- gets my vote for the Monkees sliding into the R&R Hall of Fame. This is a jazz flavored piece of genius. Obvious they are not playing the instruments on this track. I know it's not Buddy Rich on drums but it's close. I know it's not Doc Severinsen on trumpet but it sounds like it. The track is a relentless & Mickey's vocals are incredible. He spewed a million lyrics at break-neck speed. A classic song. I get winded just listening to it.
lastrada52 1 year ago 4
Apparently skills-wise, the best lineup would have been Micky on vocals, Davy on drums, Mike on bass and Peter on guitar - not that it mattered anyway, but would have been interesting to see on a consistent basis. And let's face it, the Monkees rock, and Micky is a kick-butt performer.
BeeDotSix 1 year ago
@BeeDotSix Mike and peter were fantastic musicians some of what Nesmith did were ahead of the time(Valerie)
garybravo 1 year ago
no matter what, you gotta give the monkees some credit for somewhat bringin hendrix up a little bit, i wish i could of been around to see hendrix open for these guys.. what a diverse show it would be.
DoctaP100 1 year ago
Wow, dayyum, that song takes considerable musicianship on the part of the singer to pull off. Kudos, Micky. To all the naysayers who thought The Monkees were no-talents, this performance proves'em all wrong. All four studs are multi-talented.
DancingSpiderman 1 year ago 49
@DancingSpiderman I was always blown away by the fancy foot work.
ekocentric 11 months ago
@ekocentric Singing complicated lyrics AND dancing... WOAH. Yeah, Micky's got it.
I enjoy this vid because it reminds me of , you know, when you get a disc in a ViewMaster stuck between two pictures? It looks kinda like that. If I spin around for a minute while standing up, and then look into a ViewMaster that is stuck between two pictures, I would be able to get even closer to this cool visual effect. If I drink Mickeys 40, and THEN spin around whilst standing up, and...
DancingSpiderman 11 months ago 2
@DancingSpiderman Spidey....you are funny as hell. I hope that Mickey had a little nip of the grape before trying to lean this song. It's truly adorable.....I wonder what the other guys did on this song? I don't think that many of them were playing instruments at this time.
ekocentric 11 months ago
@ekocentric Yeah, i gree... Their producer prolly used the Nelson Riddle Orchestra or some other established Hollywood TV&film studio orchestra for this tune. And most likely the rest of The Monkees sat this one out. I'm not saying I know something; merely surmising . Friend.
DancingSpiderman 11 months ago
@DancingSpiderman I remember Nelson Riddle now. Did he play with people like Sinatra? Was Sammy Cohn an orchestra leader? I always got them confused with one another.
ekocentric 11 months ago
@ekocentric Google says Frank Sinatra had songs written by Nelson Riddle. Nelson Riddle was the one with his own orchestra named after him; he was an arranger, composer and the bandleader.
Sammy Cahn was a songwriter, who also happened to write hit songs for Sinatra, Doris Day, and also for films. I do not know whether there was direct collaboration between Nelson Riddle and Sammy Cahn, but they were both in Hollywood during more-or-less the same decades of activity, so maybe they might have
DancingSpiderman 11 months ago
@DancingSpiderman Absolutely well-said!
swetergrl91 11 months ago
Good God I love Micky Dolenz....I love this freaking song too. Thanks for posting this!!
acciofirebolt29 1 year ago 2
This song is the SHIT!!! Micky sings the hell outta this song!! Sorry but he does!!!
My vote is they SHOULD be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!
butterp7 1 year ago 40
This is the flipside of Daydream Believer, although this version from the Monkees Tv show's second season features alternate vocals. Unfortunately, it was never released on vinyl or Cd as most of the rest of their alt tv show versions were. I wonder why? Anyone know?
captainjanks1 1 year ago
@captainjanks1 I bought an imported vinyl version of Aquarius, Capricorn, Pisces and Jones, LTD and this song was on it. It didn't fade out, either. Mickey stopped singing and you can hear a tiny bit of studio banter. Yes, all of these guys came into this show as experienced talent. Mickey had TV experience already and auditioned by singing "Johnny B. Goode." Mike performed as soloist Micheal Blessing. Peter performed with Stephen Stills. Davy was a stage performer in Britain.
kurtb8474 1 year ago 2
there is a lot of ignorance here. comon sense is not so common. but as long as you like their music-whatever.....oh, and Mike owned the beenie, Mike AND Peter came to the show/band already capable musicians!!!
gardea01 1 year ago
did anyone know Mike"s mom invented whiteout if u ever used a type writer ya know what so he was already loaded then they made him were that hat Mick shows what a preformer he is right here ya they all had talent not just Nesmith
whitally 1 year ago
Ladies and Gentlemen, the best suicide attempt song EVER, by the Monkees.
mewrth 1 year ago 2
@mewrth that's brillant!! i love this song, but i never thought about it like that. Best suicide attempt song ever.. and by the monkees hahaha thank you for making my day! daily nightly RULES, also!! WHO SAYS THE MONKEES WEREN"T INNOVATIVE??? p.s. CIRCLE SKY ROCKS!! and how about peter playing lead guitar on "do I have to do this all over again" from the "Head" soundtrack at the end of the solo, pete plays one of the heaviest sounds a guitar can make!!
pumpedup1971 1 year ago
@pumpedup1971 You're right all the way haha! Allthough Ithink it should be best dubbed "the best failed suicide attempt song ever", or he wouldn't be signing it at all :)
mewrth 1 year ago
@pumpedup1971 Thanks!
mewrth 1 year ago
@pumpedup1971 actually, the Ladies and Gentlemen intro made the comment perfect!! have you seen the frank zappa and michael nesmith intro to the second to last monkee episode? it's right here on you tube! zappa was one of the greatest musicians to ever walk "god's grey earth" ( quote from the studio intro to "muffin man" by zappa on the "bongo fury" album) peace out "and if i don't meet you no more in this world, i'll meet you in the next one, so don't be late!" ( jimi hendrix quote )
pumpedup1971 1 year ago
This is HOT!!!!!!! Whoa BABY!!!! Thank you OrangeTabbyCat3
PoliteTia 1 year ago
oh and they did play their own instruments. Not at first, but they did have a huge argument with the studio about it because they said it looked cheesy just pretending. The first live Monkees show in "Clarksville" was the test to see if they really could play their own instruments. Mike already played, so did Micky, they had to teach Peter and Davy (which is why Davy doesn't do anything too hard, he couldn't get it).
SNS1016 1 year ago 2
22 dislikes?! If you don't like The Monkees, don't watch the videos!
SNS1016 1 year ago 4
They fought long and hard to get to play their own instruments and write their own material. They won that fight, and still had hits doing it themselves. Read a bio before you jump on the hater bandwagon. Why do so many people prefer ignorance?
bigfatbass 1 year ago 3
Aerosmyth should do the remake of this song.............its soooooooooooo apropo.
Zorcler 1 year ago
GREAT tune !! Wonder who played horns/sax ???
TheMichaelmc99 1 year ago
@TheMichaelmc99 Bil Hood Plas Johnson Buddy Collette John Lowe Bud Brisbois Virgil Evans Van Rasey Tom Scott Bobby Helfer Louis Blackburn Richard Nash Richard Leith Phil Teele Shorty Rogers did the horn arrangement.
Hope2009pc 1 year ago
This is such a cool song - what a talent Micky is. My favorite part of the song is "He threw me in to teach me how; I stayed there floating like a mama cow." What I wouldn't give to hear William Shatner cover this on a spoken word album. Lol! This and Randy Scouse Git are my two fave Micky songs.
crazysingingchick 1 year ago
This is without a doubt. The first real original Rap song. And the Monkees did it !!!!!! Crank It Up !!!!!
MRGXX64 1 year ago 2
The really wild thing is this song is about a guy killing himself by jumping off a bridge and then changing his mind. GREAT JAM!!!!!
lippy816 1 year ago
@lippy816 Seriously???? I always thought it was about alcoholism (or just drinking his cares away). What you say makes even more sense! :)
crazysingingchick 1 year ago
@lippy816 Would this have led to the scene where the Monkees jump off the bridge in 'Head'?
MsBkirk 7 months ago