Part of what's so cool about Headquarters is that they pull off their usual range of styles like a normal band would have, but of course there really were no normal bands with an assortment of individuals like the Monkees were. So the range on that album is really wide.
― timellison, Friday, 24 June 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
Rest of US tour cancelled due to "Business Reasons".
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
damn you, US economy, DAMN YOU.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
Lol Michael Nesmith is probably telling everyone within earshot today "I told you so" (and then, "Stop wearing my hat!").
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
I've gotten hooked on "Sunny Girlfriend" recently. Got your pop, rock, and country mixed nicely in just 2:30.
― that's not my post, Friday, 13 January 2012 07:18 (twelve years ago) link
Wonder if OP DJP has learned to play "Stepping Stone" on his new guitar yet?
― TEH PNINFOX aka the veen driver (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 January 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Learn *intro to "Valleri" by lunchtime and report back
(*cut from Dan's frowning face to someone else's hands a la Mike Nesmith)
― Then in walked Barbara Castle with the Lady Eleanor (Tom D.), Friday, 13 January 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
lol all these ideas! guitars really are the best
― Bam! Orgasm explosion in your facehole. (DJP), Friday, 13 January 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
I just want to state for the record that I was the guy Blount hyped re: singing "Goin' Down" at karaoke, but I'm pretty sure I did get out of breath and screw up somewhere along the way. Man that was fun though. Ssssssock it to me!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
My #1 favourite. (I think the guitars might be mixed up and Mickey's vocal down on the album.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvMP2ya_AGs
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
Tork turned 70 today.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 04:04 (twelve years ago) link
Four days after Carole King turned 70--and "Take a Giant Step" is hers and Goffin's.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 04:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/29/davy-jones-dead-monkees/
― stet, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
damnnnnn
― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
One of my earliest gay crushes, I think, from when Nickelodeon started rerunning eps. :(
― dead-trius (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
;_; for real
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
dang, dude was probably my least favorite singer in the monkees but daydream believer is still a classic
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit
RIP
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
bummer : (
rip little man
― buzza, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
I saw Jones in 1990 in a local production of "Oliver Twist" in which he played Fagin.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
RIP Davy
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Not gonna lie, I disliked "I Wanna Be Free" and "The Day We Fall In Love" so much as a kid.
But this one is just great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKKjTNorf38
RIP Davy, you were a huge and important part of my childhood.
― Ham House showdown (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
this one deserves to be here -- davy wrote this one, neil young plays guitarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6cpo_5lMWs
― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17214430davy jones rip
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOI-SDYGviM
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
Always liked their version of "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" later covered as well by various punk and hardcore bands. RIP, 66 is too young.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
RIP Davy... Doesn't he deserve his own thread?
― Talcum Mucker, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
aww RIP
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
:( RIP
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
was a fan at 6, and residually since. So long.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
Huge fan as a kid, amazed as an adult how well their best songs survive their moment.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
eesh, USA Today obit says Jones sang lead on i'm a believer. COME ON. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/story/2012-02-29/obit-monkees-singer-davy-jones/53304196/1
― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
Not only that, but Radio 2 just marked his passing by playing "I'm A Believer." Sigh.
Still, I always thought wee DJ would be the last Monkee to go rather than the first. RIP small man from Manchester...I wrote about the Monkees twice on my number one albums blog; their debut http://nobilliards.blogspot.com/2009/07/monkees-monkees.html and the follow-up http://nobilliards.blogspot.com/2009/07/monkees-more-of-monkees.html
Though "Daddy's Song" from the Head soundtrack is probably Davy's best Monkees performance. He'll be much missed.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
obit says Jones sang lead on i'm a believer
Apparently they had Tork listed as Peter Tosh, too!
― Ham House showdown (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
Classic on several levels. But especially in Davy's honor.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
RIP Davy. Thanks for being an important part of a still ridiculously underrated band.
My least favourite Monkees, but Cuddly Toy, Daddy's Song and, of course, Star Collector are stone cold classics. I'll even forgive you for singing The Day We Fall In Love.
― Guilty_Boksen, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
I know "Porpoise Song" is mostly Dolenz, but Davy knocks it out of the park (or off the bridge, as it were). Probably my favorite Monkees song.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Surprised how sad I am about this...Saw the Monkees in May last year in London, and hoped they'd come back to Europe.
― Bob Six, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
It's sad.
I just didn't expect to hear of any of them passing for quite some time.
― *tera, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
Looking forward to spending 10 or 15 minutes on this with my class tomorrow. (Should not be interpreted as "I'm glad he died.") The creation of the Monkees is such an amazing story when placed in the context of the Beatles, and I think I can make the kids understand when you fast-forward to Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, etc.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
aw, this is sad. what a great band.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
my wife was and is a monkees obsessive and is devastated. i can only imagine what will happen when nesmith goes :(
― trivial fursuit (m bison), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
One thing I'm clarifying as I figure out what I want to play tomorrow is that almost every Monkees song I love was sung by someone other than Davy (mostly Mickey). But I did find one of his that's in my pantheon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnMuwzm7kw4
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
When Nesmith goes....I don't even want to think about that.
― *tera, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
He was a great Nilsson interpreter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0emLj0d66DQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ornP4eeCyBI
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
A young Alice did ask "Did he marry that girl?" after seeing that bit in "Head"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
this is *AMAZING*http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jarviscocker/2011/01/monkees-manufacturing.shtml
― piscesx, Thursday, 1 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
wow. RIP
― Chris S, Thursday, 1 March 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
Isn't Nesmith as rich as a czar?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 March 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago) link