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  • @monkeeman1966 I would imagine the mono versions quite often were recorded initially for the TV show... and making them for albums, they had to re-record them completely... a perfect example is te popular song Valleri. It was on the first season I believe of the TV show,.. some DJs even recorded it so they could play it. Valleri didn't appear on an LP until their 5th release "The Birds, The Bees, and the Monkees" - a re-recorded version. The original is on CD Missing Links Vol 2

  • 7 people are steppin' stones.

  • this was the first boy band , and it kicked ass

  • @BarrioPunkRock I agree with you full heartedly, The Monkees never got the credit they deserved

  • @BarrioPunkRock oh ok i didnt realize the BEATLES and the ROLLING STONES didnt count

  • densaner77: actually they started out that way. they were initially told that they were going to play on the records but that idiot kirshner reneged on the deal first 3 albums were vocals only but nesmith exposed the truth to people magazine. Kirshner was fired and the next album (Headquarters) was ALL them . As dolenz put it "every fucking note!" Also, how did they get away with concerts if they couldn't play???

  • Granted, the Monkees were nothing more than a manufactured pop/rock group like the Archies or the Banana Splits, I agree, but STILL, they provided wonderful catchy songs and memories during 1966-68.

  • @dawnabrendan I just think they liked playing around with them, since so many are different. Three versions of She Hangs Out, Pleasant Valley Sunday, Look Out (Tomorrow), Valleri, , You Just May Be The One, Mr Webster, Words, I'll Be Back Up On My Feet, Zor And Zam, etc. She and Let's Dance On had reverbed back up vocals. Some had added instrumentals, another version without. I am glad they did do those different things. I prefer the mono versions butI have stereo too. later...

  • the ppl on the vinyl over look like they've spent the whole day smoking pot.

  • Gee, that's weird. The video is only counting MY views...

  • @Msemospongebob shut up

  • Fuckin' great song.'Nuff said.

  • yeah great song ! i have the original by paul revere & the raiders midnight ride on vinyl , i found it at a thrift store for 1 dollar ,great buy !

  • YO DONT BE STEPPIN ON THIS SONG HATERS LOL!

  • Appreciate the song but did you really need the advertisement?

  • Hey these guys were not too bad..at least they picked Jimi Hendrix as their opening act...FYI Boyce and Hart first  gave this tune to an English group the Liverpool Five who in early 1966 were recording their first album for RCA in LA. The Monkees later used the same studio and engineers as the LP5 and heard that version and decided to put it on their own initial Colgems album. Have a treat and go check that LP5 version recently posted on You Tube.

  • I remember getting this on the back of a cereal box,seriously. I think it was honeycombs I had to be about ,IDK But I swear you had to cut it off the box and it played as a 45

  • thanks for putting this up. :)

  • you know i'm not much for "made for t.v. bands", but i would like to give credit where credit is due..........Mickey Dolenz really gets down with this vocal. i could see him fronting a legitimate r&b band...........

  • @johnnyrockintalkin - listening to them now ... Mickey was the best vocalist in the band ... but he missed the boat to get in a real band and this one I believe tarnished them. Mike Nesmith went through hell to prove himself as a real artist separate from The Monkees.

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  • Awesome! Thank you so much for uploading this. Been looking for this version for a long time

  • happy days!

  • i dont really like the monkees but i did like this tune

  • Music 101. Was that in a cereal box?

    dat book the Monkey mean,< your pink cell phone Grandma Moses?

  • I prefer the Minor Threat version, but this is cool too.

  • @berbobloo Minor threat's version is sooo good

  • I feel like popping a wheelie on my Stingray or racing my slot cars. Where the hell are they?

  • I remember my first Monkees record. It was literally off the back of an Alphabet's cereal box. I think Crazy Mary and this song were on the box.

    You cut the record out from the box, poke the spindle hole and put the record on your old fashioned Close and Play record player (red tyvm).

  • I gave a thumbs up because this is such a great Monkees tune, thanks for posting it, and also because I was put in a mild state of hypnosis by the spinning picture which suggested to me that I should vote a thumbs up.

  • I'm listening to some fabulous tunes, Meredith!

  • @rocco133 XD I just came here from that. But I heard it way before I watched that.

  • i prefer the sex pistols version of this song

  • hey, lay off the banana splits.

  • Cool! Catchy!

  • Love this...so 60s!!!

  • Awesome, I've been searching for ages to find this version. Thanks!!

  • The Monkeeys were great, and each was a great song artist. Just becuase Mickey or Mike sounded better singing a song written by someone else like Niel Diamond or Carol King and that doesnt make them like the Fake Archies or Banana Splits. These guyz were for real. Nobody could ever sing those songs better. the songwriters couldnt have sung the songs better. All 4 had a great voice that cannot be copied. Today they all sound the same. Boy bands suck. Same old bs. These guyz were great.

  • the monkees actually started out as a tv show but grew into an actual band including writing and performing on their own albums,so you're right and wrong

  • This is one the greatest little pop songs of all time. It was written by Neil Diamond but the Monkees brought it to life. Have you ever heard Neil Diamond's version. Let's just say it sucks. Peace.

  • great to watch stoned! :)

  • i love micky drums voise

  • The Monkees were no more a band than The Archies or The Banana Splits. What they did have was international TV exposure and excellent songwriters such as Neil Diamond and Carole King. They did put out some good tracks such as this and Last Train. However to view The Monkees as a band is missing the point as they were wholly manufactured for a TV show.

  • @densaner77 After the first two albums, they heard these same words... and music after that was done largely with them doing all the instruments... They also wrote many songs. Yes, they were initially actors thrown together for the show, but there is some music ability there, they chose these guys from hundreds of others. Do some research/// I did.

  • @dawnabrendan. The Monkees could play musical instruments but the only member who had any real musical talent was Nesmith. Almost all of The Monkees big hits were written for them by the professional songwriters I mentioned. Without the TV show and the songwriters The Monkees were nothing. Do some research! I did.

    youtube.com/watch?v=LJUG8G00HQ­Y

  • @dawnabrendan I totally gree with your Point Of View on the development of The Monkees. They became real musicians with real talent.

  • @dawnabrendan Agreed !

  • @densaner77

    I agree with you completly

    I remember them fondly as a young child .

    Their innocent t.v. show, along with the great song writing , helped me better understand and appreciate the already fabulous "Beatles". When I became the older and wiser age of 8...I will never forget "The Monkees" for that

  • @densaner77 The greatest amazement out of it all though, is the fact that the boys, actually sang the songs written. Futhermore, they actually played the instruments.

    Yes! You are right with the fact, that it was a manufactured TV Show. However, the boys themselves, proved to audiences that they themselves weren't manufactured.

  • @densaner77 They started like that but as mentioned, they were a band after a year or so, nowadays a band gets contract and the finished song sounds nothing like the demo or live version as it was molested in a studio and over-produced to the point where the instruments are indistinguishable. Mike was always a musician and a great one song writer surprise surprise he isn't doing the reunion, except one show...almost all popstars today write none of their music, just lyrics

  • @densaner77 Yes you are right and the TV show had a lot of great fans that ilike The Beatles and Frank Zappa

  • @densaner77

    Excellent song writers is the key. The beatles put out a lot of crap but the Monkees stuff was by and large pretty good.

  • @densaner77 Anyone can be made into a star! I like the Eric Burden influence here though.......very good tune! Allot of people went ahead and copied it and made ton's of money!

  • @densaner77 it's worth pointing out that "serious" groups like the Byrds hardly played their own instruments on their first two LP's, either. Jim (Roger) McGuinn's Rickenbacker was about it...but still great records anyway.

  • @densaner77 And what year is it now?.....anyone who can hold strong through years of changing music is worth raving about...Those lost in the past didn't hold enough interest to keep there songs listened to for the generations to come.....You have to give credit where credit is due...no matter the opinion of craftsmanship.

  • @densaner77

    Maybe they weren't a real band in the traditional sense (though at one point they did play their own instruments), but those are their voices on those tracks- the voices that made those songs so great. Micky had fantastic pipes, Davy was also wonderful, and Mike had some good songs too. Point is, even if they'd NEVER played an instrument, it was their voices that made those songs so wonderful, and that's good enough for me and millions of other fans.

  • feels kind of like an attempt to be the animals....

  • @pinatafication "Bury My Body"

  • I'm so glad someone finally posted this! i love the monkees and I looked all over for this and could only find those crappy covers so thank you sooooo much!!!

  • Loved this song when i heard it over 20 yrs ago and loved the monkeys tv series as well i was only a nipper, that whole controversy relateing to whether they played their instruments or not who cares excellent track,as regards the spinning disc i just listened to the music nice 1 for posting this i love it.

  • This song was rewritten into "Sally" by the Foxboro Hot Tubs on their album Stop, Drop and Roll

  • sex pistols did it better, this is so fucking hippie

  • man, this spinning pic got me feelin dizzy

  • Whoever votes down on this is definitely a stepping stone......

  • Everytime my wife asks me to do something i don't want to do I start singing this song and she gives me a look.

    original Monkee fan

    Bobby...

  • Science Merideth SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Check out their song, Auntie Grizelda. These guys WERE the first punk group! Who knew  :)

  • only one the best monkees songs EVER

  • someboy claimed this was punk..it is not but it is still amazing beyond words :) pistols version just kicks more ass

  • I'd love to find a good quality live version of this.....the Monkees did do this live a few times. 

  • people take notice I know who you are

  • I do remember when this came out , watching the Monkeees on TV just was SOOOOOOOSOOOOO cool in 1966.

  • i don't mind the spinning- it is a very 60's thing. I love the song and thank you for posting it because the original was very hard to find. Love the song! It is my favorite Monkees song.

  • i used this for my mini skate video... really like the monkees and im 14 so yeahh

  • "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" is a song by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. It was first recorded by Paul Revere & the Raiders and appeared on their 1966 album Midnight Ride." Quoted from Wikipedia.

  • I'm so dizzy, and not because I'm blonde, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

  • only one of the best Monkees songs EVER!

  • I'm not your steppin' stone! <3

  • Love the scene in "I'm not There" Dylan's party where this plays, my favorite scene in the film and one of the best songs from the sixties. This truly made me a believer

  • had to work to find this one, thanks for posting!

  • The original version of this song was the one done by WC Fields Memorial Electric String Band, one year earlier, in 1966.

  • screw sex pistols, this is the only version!!

  • Great song dawnabrendan. Don't worry about the clip. I've made a few myself with Australian Crawl songs, that never had clips for them. Without the right material and loads of it, we can only do the best we can, with what we have.

  • Love this music I still have my vinyl of the Monkees . And i agree they should be put in the rock hall of fame.

  • (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone Monkees (the original)--What a classic Monkees song! This is one of their best songs!

  • Their best song! Thanks!

  • Sex pistols version is much better

  • Jebus this brings back memories when I was 13 I thought the Monkees were great and then all my friends called me a fag for liking them.

  • classic

  • XD this was in the swiffer thing that secretagentbob had!

  • Check out Minor Threat or Intruders Covers there pretty awesome

  • you know i remember this song from swiffer by secretagentbob and filmcow

  • I wish Nirvana was still around so they could cover this song. I've ALWAYS wanted to hear that...**Misses Kurt...sniff*** </3

  • LOVE IT .......... And the spinning Vid ;-))

  • The Bass and Drum sound SO EPIC!!!

  • it makes me so happy that there are NO dislikes. :)

  • Thanks for posting this, but I could do without the spinning photo. If that's all the work you're gonna put into the video, that's actually fine with me, I don't like most homemade vids to classic songs - but the spinning is just irritating, that's all I'm saying.

  • @MultiNickDanger It's meant to simulate a spinning CD... yeah, I know, wrong direction, and slower than a CD... I've made dozens of videos, this is the only one like this. Having almost 20,000 views in less than six months isn't too shabby.

  • @dawnabrendan Why not make it to simulate a spinning record (vinyl)? CDs didn't exist when this song was made.

  • @MultiNickDanger....make your mind up. is it fine with you or is it irritating??

    moron!

  • @MultiNickDanger We all gotta' start somewhere! !;-)

  • @MultiNickDanger do you actually sit there and stare at the picture while youre listening to the song?ahahahahaha. fucking loser. stop complaining. its a song. not a video.

  • @MultiNickDanger and you dont know shit girls love them and you suck lol

  • This is sparta

  • This is the background song in SecretAgentBob's Swiffer.

  • I'M LISTENING TO FABULOUS TUNES MEREDITH!

  • You're makin' me dizzy! My head is spinnin'! I know...it's Tommy Rowe, butt shitt!...I love the Monkees, but I gonna puke if I watch this long enough! Haha!

    XOXOX

  • original??? they couldn't even play there instruments

  • Thanks. Except I am your steppin stone.

  • yeaaaah thx 4 the up <3!!!

  • Sex pistols was right this is garbage.

  • I SICK OF ALL THESE COVERS, FINALLY THE VERSION THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR:)

  • I'm listening to some fabulous tunes, meredith!

  • SWIFFER MEREDITH SWIFFER XD

  • has anyone heard sally by the foxboro hottubs? this totally sounds the same as this

  • @xX0Jota0Xx I thought of that when I listened to this. Both songs are good though.

  • I now have time to listen to this fabulous tune because I bought a Swiffer.

  • @EnkaiNami AMEN!

  • @EnkaiNami OMG U TOO?! i remember this song because of that!!

  • This image is classic. I think you've struck a chord! (WOW!!!!)

  • IM LISTENING TO SOME FABULOUS TUNES, MEREDITH!

  • i like this

  • i have been looking for this version for years, thank you................

  • Yeah cool the original is posted again. Cheers

  • Cool! The Original Cool Concept. Awesome! Excellent song,too.Thx-u.

  • punk?

  • @mangozumo the original wasnt punk... sadly :/ its got punk lyrics tho

  • WAS THIS GREAT SONG THE "B" SIDE OF I'M A BELIEVER"?

  • don't care who did the instrumentals...a freaking great record

  • The Monkees are great!

  • great

  • Thank you for this. I've been searching for so long and all I can find are covers. Only the original will do!

  • Guy's weren't 'monkeying' around when they made this one.

  • yes thanks for the original. this is awesome.

    Mickey D's voice is perfect for it.. try hollering this in your car on the way home..

    Esp if you've been having lady problems.

  • THANX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • This song would've fit in great with the music coming out of the early 90s.

  • Awesome rendition of this Boyce/Hart Song-get the CD 'More Of The Monkees'(which I have-special ordered it)the sound quality is great.

  • @onthemoveagain i got in on vinyl :P

  • Thanks for posting I have been looking on youtube for this as well for ages and was going to add my own copy :) wicked tune one of my fav monkees tracks along with she....

  • THIS SONG ROCKS

  • Sex Pistol version is good as well.

  • From Brazil...

    A very nice song, buddy.

    Thank you for this.

  • THANK YOU. I'm sick of all the covers! I just want the original!

  • @doodl3bugg13 ditto!

  • @doodl3bugg13 --- This song was a big hit up in woodstock ny in 1969 , Ciggerette smoking was so cool .

  • @doodl3bugg13 yeah im so fucking sick of the crap covers .......................this is in my top 10 of all time favs even the pistols covered it ................if you listen closely its SOUL isnt it!

  • @doodl3bugg13 the original was actually done by Paul Revere and the Raiders. Not to hate on this version, because I think the Monkees do it better :-)

  • great song- very much unlike all other Monkees' songs, its such an angry song

  • gj looked over 10 video's to find this

  • From Brazil

    Nice song, buddy.

    Thank you for this.

  • Finally, way to go!!

  • finally dawna did it !! i'm Canadian too!! Luv ya!! Yore the coolest!! U can step on me ,yup!!

  • From Brazil

    Nice song, buddy.

    I've been looking for it a long time.

    Thank you for this.

    God with you.

  • all i can say is ty!!

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