The Wrecking Crew son!!!! Earl Palmer,Hal Blaine,Tommy Tedesco,Don Randi,Leon Russell,Barney Kessell,Howard Roberts,Bill Pitman,Glenn Campell,ect,ect,ect.The list goes on and on.Thats who played on these records.And a shit load of others.Look 'em up.
Frank Zappa was a big fan of the Monkees. In fact, in addition to appearing on their show, he supposedly offered Mickey Dolenz a job as drummer in his band.
They were all whores, even Stephen Stills was desparate to become a Monkey, now in retrospect, these were cool pop songs,I own 'm now,(to ease my bouts of depression)but at the time, who in his fucking right mind would be prepared to lay good money down,for that manifactured dross, when you had Stones & Beatles ,not to mention the rest of the British invasion and emerging psychedelic legends.Paul Rever & the Raiders,now there I did spend some money on.
'Allowed to sing" means they were allowed to sing what they wanted and write songs that they wanted and have influence that they wanted like Boyce, Hart and Harry Nilsson. These were the PreFab Four..prefabbed by the industry. They were not 'allowed' to sing, play or do what they wanted until Headquarters album.
He was nice, but made it clear that he was not talking about a real band. They have the best arrangers, and NOW sing their own stuff.... It should be good, because it's engineered by a pop-hit-creation team, assembled for that specific purpose.
This is a great find, sittingnextto, thank you so much for posting it -- both for its historical value, and for another few data points showing Jerry to have been a genuinely fine human being, as well as a musical genius.
But people, PLEEZ tell me I'm neither the first nor the only person to have thought the page title meant Jerry had somehow gotten into a camera shot on The Monkees teevee show?!
@smartalek180 Ha! I hadn't thought of the potentially deceptive wording. Well, if Nesmith invited Frank Zappa and Dolenz invited Tim Buckley on the second season, Jerry might well have ended up cavorting with Peter if they'd done a third season.
@smartalek180 & sittingnextto: I too thought "Jerry was on The Monkees TV Show? This I've got to see ..." but I was not overly disappointed - thanks for uploading it, sittingnextto
Frankly,Jerry made that reporter look like a moron. Its ironic that critics call them fake and not'real' musicians when the musicians who 'shouldve been number one' will praise them. It also makes Jann Wenner look foolish if he (as has been rumoured) has banned The Monkees from the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. That makes Rolling Stone look pompous and out of touch.... Here endeth the lecture ;D
The reason the jam sounds so weird was probably because they couldn't hear what they were playing. Micky Dolenz had to watch Mike Nesmith's foot tapping to get the beat right. There were no such things as monitors in those days. The only sound they heard was the crowd screaming. So anything impromptu was a 'hit it and hope' situation for all of them.
Great add; however, I do have to disagree with your assessment of the Moby Grape as being the "poppiest" of the San Francisco psych bands. Not even close to being pop, unless you consider a blues/country/rock sound as pop. However, to each their own. Thanks again for the post!
@1999wharfrat yea, they were...........in the sense of their recorded work anyway.......the songs were painstakingly edited to 2 minute or so format with little jamming.......unlike quicksilver, airplane and the dead.
DUH....but of course!! THATS WHERE ALL THESE CURRENT JAM BANDS TOTALLY MISS IT.....IN THE 1960'S MUSIC WAS ABOUT MELODIES, NOT MINDLESS JAMS.....MOBYgrape, dead, the airplane, the stones, etc, all played MELODIES.....thats why phish is the best jam band around today....they play MELODIES, CATCHY MELODIES
hhhmmmmm.....this video clip is truly a wierd one.. just when u think (the vid) is trying to piss us off, ole Jerry brings everyone back to reality...The Monkees got some kick ass tunes...God Bless The Good Ole GRATEFUL DEAD!!!!!
why do so many people WANT the monkees to be frauds? where do they get their enthusiasm for the notion that they were willing participants in a shell-game? why are they so resistant to the notion that Nesmith, Dolenz, and Company not only played the vast majority of the music under the MONKEES banner, but wrote, produced, and arranged much of it as well?
(and this is a fan of the beatles, queen, and meaf loaf asking!!)
Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork always played on the tunes they sang! And the entire Heaquarters album is only the 4 of them playing all the instruments on it!
@SuperNezzy Not just them; Chip Douglas plays bass on this album. It is mostly them, however. On "The Kind of Girl I Could Love" Nesmith is singing, not playing a song he co-wrote.
The Wrecking Crew son!!!! Earl Palmer,Hal Blaine,Tommy Tedesco,Don Randi,Leon Russell,Barney Kessell,Howard Roberts,Bill Pitman,Glenn Campell,ect,ect,ect.The list goes on and on.Thats who played on these records.And a shit load of others.Look 'em up.
0428mar 5 days ago
@0428mar remember watching Tedesco with 'Happy Kine and the Mirthmakers' on the all-time classic 'Fernwood 2nite' TV show
jenniandrea1 4 days ago
'Journolists,' rock, main-stream or otherwise were dishonest s#!t then and they've only gotten worse. Thanks for Jerry...
1crow 1 week ago
I had no use for the Monkees, but I thought Head was one of the greatest movies to come out of the Sixties, next to Dr. Strangelove and 2001 ASO.
gahrzahk 2 weeks ago
Frank Zappa was a big fan of the Monkees. In fact, in addition to appearing on their show, he supposedly offered Mickey Dolenz a job as drummer in his band.
rayjr62 3 weeks ago
Ok now I really have to listen to some Monkee songs . I Like them but it was not on my schedule until I saw this. :-)
hearnb1 3 weeks ago
I always like the Monkees and the Grateful Dead. Good music is good music. They were all supportive of each other plus they were all very funny.
IQaos 1 month ago
They were all whores, even Stephen Stills was desparate to become a Monkey, now in retrospect, these were cool pop songs,I own 'm now,(to ease my bouts of depression)but at the time, who in his fucking right mind would be prepared to lay good money down,for that manifactured dross, when you had Stones & Beatles ,not to mention the rest of the British invasion and emerging psychedelic legends.Paul Rever & the Raiders,now there I did spend some money on.
PAULLONDEN 1 month ago
'Allowed to sing" means they were allowed to sing what they wanted and write songs that they wanted and have influence that they wanted like Boyce, Hart and Harry Nilsson. These were the PreFab Four..prefabbed by the industry. They were not 'allowed' to sing, play or do what they wanted until Headquarters album.
TheDM70 1 month ago
He was nice, but made it clear that he was not talking about a real band. They have the best arrangers, and NOW sing their own stuff.... It should be good, because it's engineered by a pop-hit-creation team, assembled for that specific purpose.
dav3fk 1 month ago
This is a great find, sittingnextto, thank you so much for posting it -- both for its historical value, and for another few data points showing Jerry to have been a genuinely fine human being, as well as a musical genius.
But people, PLEEZ tell me I'm neither the first nor the only person to have thought the page title meant Jerry had somehow gotten into a camera shot on The Monkees teevee show?!
smartalek180 1 month ago 11
@smartalek180 Ha! I hadn't thought of the potentially deceptive wording. Well, if Nesmith invited Frank Zappa and Dolenz invited Tim Buckley on the second season, Jerry might well have ended up cavorting with Peter if they'd done a third season.
sittingnextto 1 month ago
@smartalek180 & sittingnextto: I too thought "Jerry was on The Monkees TV Show? This I've got to see ..." but I was not overly disappointed - thanks for uploading it, sittingnextto
jeromekerngarcia 1 month ago
@smartalek180 I thought the same thing. Both meanings occurred to me, but I was hoping for that one!
fuzzballzz36 1 month ago
Haha love the freakout at the end..no wait..i was not expecting that
AriDillProductions 2 months ago
Frankly,Jerry made that reporter look like a moron. Its ironic that critics call them fake and not'real' musicians when the musicians who 'shouldve been number one' will praise them. It also makes Jann Wenner look foolish if he (as has been rumoured) has banned The Monkees from the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. That makes Rolling Stone look pompous and out of touch.... Here endeth the lecture ;D
goffer43 2 months ago 5
The reason the jam sounds so weird was probably because they couldn't hear what they were playing. Micky Dolenz had to watch Mike Nesmith's foot tapping to get the beat right. There were no such things as monitors in those days. The only sound they heard was the crowd screaming. So anything impromptu was a 'hit it and hope' situation for all of them.
monkeeshead 2 months ago
Yeah, The Monkees, once they got to play their own instruments and write their own songs, were not bad. In fact, they were pretty good.
threeby8887 2 months ago
Great add; however, I do have to disagree with your assessment of the Moby Grape as being the "poppiest" of the San Francisco psych bands. Not even close to being pop, unless you consider a blues/country/rock sound as pop. However, to each their own. Thanks again for the post!
1999wharfrat 2 months ago
@1999wharfrat yea, they were...........in the sense of their recorded work anyway.......the songs were painstakingly edited to 2 minute or so format with little jamming.......unlike quicksilver, airplane and the dead.
posthumanhero 2 months ago
DUH....but of course!! THATS WHERE ALL THESE CURRENT JAM BANDS TOTALLY MISS IT.....IN THE 1960'S MUSIC WAS ABOUT MELODIES, NOT MINDLESS JAMS.....MOBYgrape, dead, the airplane, the stones, etc, all played MELODIES.....thats why phish is the best jam band around today....they play MELODIES, CATCHY MELODIES
iorioriorio 2 months ago
hhhmmmmm.....this video clip is truly a wierd one.. just when u think (the vid) is trying to piss us off, ole Jerry brings everyone back to reality...The Monkees got some kick ass tunes...God Bless The Good Ole GRATEFUL DEAD!!!!!
tennesseejed1969 2 months ago
why do so many people WANT the monkees to be frauds? where do they get their enthusiasm for the notion that they were willing participants in a shell-game? why are they so resistant to the notion that Nesmith, Dolenz, and Company not only played the vast majority of the music under the MONKEES banner, but wrote, produced, and arranged much of it as well?
(and this is a fan of the beatles, queen, and meaf loaf asking!!)
shadowyfigure100 2 months ago
Frank Zappa also was a fan.
Diosprometheus 3 months ago
All I can think is: Why should people not be allowed to like whatever music turns them on?
blewj 3 months ago
Moby Grape was freakin' unbelievable.
EqualAmerican 3 months ago
Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork always played on the tunes they sang! And the entire Heaquarters album is only the 4 of them playing all the instruments on it!
SuperNezzy 3 months ago 6
@SuperNezzy Not just them; Chip Douglas plays bass on this album. It is mostly them, however. On "The Kind of Girl I Could Love" Nesmith is singing, not playing a song he co-wrote.
gilgamess 2 months ago
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frederickus 3 months ago
The Monkees did all of their own singing on all of the records and they did have backup singers for some songs!!!
maliburide 4 months ago 3
Jerry was sharp as a tack, and he knew the instant the question was asked where the "journalist" was trying to lead the conversation.
He was also very kind, and he had no reason to put down the Monkees.
Cool interview -- thanks for uploading!
1GodOnlyOne 5 months ago 20