flashbackcaruso
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Re: The Monkees ?
Oct 28, 2010, 09:15
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In defence of Davy, he was actually the second most prolific songwriter in The Monkees after Mike Nesmith, and came up with a handful of genuine classics. A case in point is 'You And I' on the album Instant Replay, a great slice of acid rock featuring Neil Young on lead guitar. (Not to be confused with the song of the same title he co-wrote with Micky for the Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart LP and rerecorded for the 90s reunion album Justus).
Micky wasn't really a songwriter, meaning the ones he penned were sometimes stunningly original (e.g. 'Randy Scouse Git').
Thanks to Rhino records The Monkees back catalogue is now more than twice the size as it was when they split, and a lot of the best stuff has only recently seen the light of day. Don't be blinded by the whole manufactured image issue: they endorsed Hendrix and Tim Buckley, were friends with Zappa (he is in the movie and one of the TV episodes) and made pioneering use of the Moog synthesizer. The rate of brilliance to dross is about 3:1, I'd say.
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Kilgore Trout
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Re: The Monkees ?
Oct 28, 2010, 09:17
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Ah yes, sorry, for some reason i missed that bit. Not going to argue there!
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Andfurthermoreagain
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Re: The Monkees ?
Oct 28, 2010, 10:20
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Yeah, I agree, they did support and befriend a few of the hipper acts and Head gave them as much retrospective artistic credibility as it did destroy their career at the time. As We Go Along features Neil Young also and Can You Dig It? has another Buffalo Springfield member (Dewey Martin) on drums. Unfortunately none of the available compilations seem to do justice to their more unusual or contemporary endeavors so it may be a case of downloading individual tracks - all the albums I mentioned are available as downloads on Amazon so you could probably spend about £10 and get 10-15 of the essential tunes for your taste.
I also forgot to recommend Circle Sky from the Head soundtrack but go for the bonus track 'live version'!
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Andfurthermoreagain
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Edited Oct 28, 2010, 10:26
Re: The Monkees ?
Oct 28, 2010, 10:25
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Ah, well maybe the massive coke habit is the reason Nesmith invented MTV. Surely only a powder binge could cause that 'snort, hey man, how about a TV station that plays only music, snort, and sucks out every young kid's soul like some demented celluloid cat'.
Oh and his mum patented tippex too - no relation to coke habits I imagine!
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The Sea Cat
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Re: The Monkees ?
Oct 28, 2010, 10:30
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He invented MTV ? WTF ?!?
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Kid Calamity
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Re: The Monkees ?
Oct 28, 2010, 10:35
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And his mother invented Tipex correction fluid. After a massive angel dust binge.
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Kid Calamity
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Re: The Monkees ?
Oct 28, 2010, 10:35
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...probably.
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The Sea Cat
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Re: The Monkees ?
Oct 28, 2010, 10:37
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I know about Tipex, and I thought that was when she was on Ayuahasca, but MT feckin' V! That's a Crime Against Humanity!
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embryonomore
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Re: The Monkees ?
Oct 28, 2010, 10:53
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I agree with what most have said here. Headquarters onwards definitely worth checking out.
Also Nesmiths early solo stuff.
The early Monkees stuff is pretty cool too, and anything with Carol Kaye and co playing is gonna be great by default.
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Kid Calamity
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Re: The Monkees ?
Oct 28, 2010, 11:03
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Like most things in life, it probably seemed like a good idea, at the time.
Besides, after a promising start, MTV was quickly hijacked by corporate whores pedalling hair rock. Art was quickly dispensed with.
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