OT: RIP Peter Tork

[Bigboote]

When it comes to playing instruments, read up on the Beach Boys. After a while, Brian Wilson was laying down the instrumental tracks with the famed wrecking crew while the band was touring. Then the Beach Boys themselves added the amazing vocals. So they didn't play the instruments on the albums either.

Good call, that may have been one reason the Monkees handlers did it that way. Pet Sounds was one of the albums with studio musicians. You can't argue that the formula didn't work on that one, at least from the artistic results.

 

[Bama fan]

Or ubiqitous and omnipresent! When you become elevator music you know you have arrived. Yes, this is our Irish wake. We can laugh as we raise a pint.

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A drop of the craythur every morn!

 

[choochoo]

I can't remember all the things I forget! His name is Mickey Dolenz

Oh yeah the goffy one and drummer.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

Yea, they had some good songs, however, they didn't actually write any of them.

I think The Monkees more than made up for their song writing deficit with their sons of mothers who invented liquid paper credit (not that typewriter correction fluid residuals are doing all that great anymore).

 

[RegisteredUconn]

The woman who played the mom is Shirley Jones. She is from Western Pennsylvania, in a river town south of Pittsburgh. Her family owned the Jones Brewing Company ,which produced beer dating back to the 19th century. The brand, Stoneys, was very popular in towns south and east of Pittsburgh. Shirley was a local princess! And I am sure Susan Dey was also very special.

Shirley Jones at her absolute finest.

 

[CL82]

Yea, they had some good songs, however, they didn't actually write any of them.

or play instruments on the albums, for the most part, but again that's not unique to them.

I sometimes wonder how'd they'd be remembered if they just rolled with the punches instead of pushing for creative control. Their body of work would be larger that's for sure.

Monkees turned down this song....
My Choice 596 - The Archies: Sugar Sugar

Definitely sounds like their style.

 

[j66kicker]

Some kids in my class got their parents to drive them to Tulsa (the 'big city') to see the Monkeys live. They came back disappointed that the band had lip-synched the whole concert to pre-recorded music which was the exact versions of the songs on their album(s)/radio.

 

[meyers7]

I think The Monkees more than made up for their song writing deficit with their sons of mothers who invented liquid paper credit (not that typewriter correction fluid residuals are doing all that great anymore).

Yes, Mike Nesmith's mom sold Liquid Paper to Gillette for $48Mil.

They did write some stuff throughout their careers, but not the stuff the Monkey's did. Or the stuff that the Monkey's made popular.

 

[Striper69]

Some kids in my class got their parents to drive them to Tulsa (the 'big city') to see the Monkeys live. They came back disappointed that the band had lip-synched the whole concert to pre-recorded music which was the exact versions of the songs on their album(s)/radio.

I went to see them too. Don't remember anything about the performance though. Probably cause the girls were screaming too much.

 

[choochoo]

I think The Monkees more than made up for their song writing deficit with their sons of mothers who invented liquid paper credit (not that typewriter correction fluid residuals are doing all that great anymore).

Yeah but boy did they have some great song writers including Neil Diamond and Carol King and her husband.