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8 years ago

Mike Nesmith does not look happy in that video.

If they'd replaced him early on, things may have turned
out very different for the group.

I think Mike would have been happier. If that's possible.

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Joe Mobley 8 years ago

Michael Nesmith * Joanne - YouTube

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SteveJohnson

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Ron Lafuddy

Mike Nesmith does not look happy in that video.

If they'd replaced him early on, things may have turned
out very different for the group.

I think Mike would have been happier. If that's possible.

I always thought that was just his 'character', always the quiet brooding one.

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Midnight Oil 8 years ago

I saw a really good documentary a couple of nights ago, The Making of the Monkees, I think it was. Most of it has been done before, but still a good overall look at the history of the world's first manufactured boy band. The animosity between the band (especially Nesmith) and Don Kirshner was really interesting to watch.

I've always enjoyed the music and think the four had great onscreen chemistry. Although I like Davy's vocals, Mickey and Mike's are the top two for me.

A couple of my favorites below. I really dig Mickey's tablecloth pancho.

The Monkees - Randy Scouse Git

The Monkees-What Am I Doing Hangin' Round
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Kurt

8 years ago

Now for something a little different...This song is much darker than other Monkees songs, plus it has Mickey trying to do some James Brown dance moves.

The Monkees - Goin' Down - YouTube

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hardraysnight

8 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

Now for something a little different...This song is much darker than other Monkees songs, plus it has Mickey trying to do some James Brown dance moves.

The Monkees - Goin' Down - YouTube

i call it the first ever rap song, but then iam hardly an authority on rap music although i did one supposedly rap cd inly because it had the rock singing on

pity i cant remember the name but it had a white clover

wyclef jean, thats him, didnt he run for president of honduras or something

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whateverpedia

8 years ago

A little bit of social commentary:

The Monkees - "Pleasant Valley Sunday"...

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Frank Donovan 8 years ago

Here's another manufactured boy band covering a Monkees song:

Sex Pistols-Stepping Stone - YouTube

And here's the original, pre-Monkees version:

Paul Revere and The Raiders - (I'm Not Your)...

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bizgrower

8 years ago

Jimi Hendrix opened for the Monkees in 1967.
That same year they sold more records than the Stones and Beatles combined.

Nesmith's Mom invented "Liquid Paper", the substance originally used to correct typewriting mistakes,
when he was 13.

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bizgrower

8 years ago

First rap song:

Was The First Rap Song Really Rappers Delight?

First chart topping song with a rap in it, and first MTV rap video:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture_(Blondie_song)

Blondie - Rapture - YouTube

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Kurt

8 years ago

I think Cocaine Blues/Transfusion Blues is the first "rap" song, based on the content. It talks about cops, cocaine, prison, murder.

It was written in the 1940s, but here's Johnny Cash doing it in the 60s: