I have not watched the sitcom in close to 40 years -- is it amusing? Less or more surreal than Green Acres?
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, March 7, 2012 2:30 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's...okay. People can overstate how anarchic and zany it is; it's definitely more Help! than A Hard Day's Night, but if you did say "what do I imagine a network TV weekly episodic version of Help! would have been like," it's slightly better than that. And the songs are good. I'm going to a Davy tribute night next week where they're showing Head and some selected episodes; I'll report back afterwards!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
Nesmith talks to Rolling Stone
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 March 2012 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/surviving-monkees-to-launch-first-tour-in-15-years-20120808
― timellison, Wednesday, 8 August 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
I had thought Tork was in bad health...? I'm glad he's well enough to do this. I thought the thread revive might be a Tork RIP or something about Nesmith's upcoming London shows.
― Your sweet bippy is going to hell (WmC), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
maybe a year late, Nesmith?
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
DAVY JONES HOLOGRAM.
― Jeremy Spencer Slid in Class Today (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
"This seems like a good time to do this – the right time" (now that Davy, who I hated, is dead)
― Get wolves (DL), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
yeah hard to miss that subtext there
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
Missed the quote marks on DL's post at first glance, and was thinking he said now is a good time to see a reunion, now that Davy's dead. He *was* my least favorite of the pre-fab four, though.
― Ermahgerd Thomas (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 8 August 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151752834879170&set=a.10151752768629170.1073741826.19721149169&type=1&theater
― timellison, Friday, 26 July 2013 04:29 (ten years ago) link
seeing them in one week's time
― Uncle Cyril O'Boogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 July 2013 04:30 (ten years ago) link
Set List from one of the first dates:
"Last Train To Clarksville""Papa Gene's Blues""Your Auntie Grizelda""The Kind Of Girl I Could Love""She""Sweet Young Thing""I'm a Believer""(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone""You Told Me""Sunny Girlfriend""You Just May Be the One""Mary, Mary""The Girl I Knew Somewhere""Early Morning Blues And Greens""Randy Scouse Git""For Pete's Sake""No Time""Words""Daily Nightly""Tapioca Tundra""Goin' Down""Porpoise Song""Can You Dig It? ""Circle Sky""As We Go Along""Daddy's Song""Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again""Daydream Believer""What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?" Encore:"Listen To The Band""Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky""Pleasant Valley Sunday"
Encore:"Listen To The Band""Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky""Pleasant Valley Sunday"
― Uncle Cyril O'Boogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 July 2013 04:35 (ten years ago) link
my wife is going to the show in austin next week, she has never seen mike nesmith who is her favorite so she is stoked
― neil degrasse (m bison), Friday, 26 July 2013 14:29 (ten years ago) link
That's actually a really cool setlist. Love the big sequence of "Head" tracks near the end. Also:
Encore: "Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky"
HAHAHA classic!
― Byron E. Coli (Dan Peterson), Friday, 26 July 2013 14:45 (ten years ago) link
yeah, that one made me double-take! Pretty great set-list really.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 26 July 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
well here's today's Spotify listening decided
― My Buddy® of sexting (DJP), Friday, 26 July 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link
seeing them in one week's time― Uncle Cyril O'Boogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, July 25, 2013 11:30 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Uncle Cyril O'Boogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, July 25, 2013 11:30 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
And so I did. A nice night out. Sadly, they've dropped "Daily Nightly" & "Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky" (I'm rather ticked about the former actually). The venue was an 'in the round' place with an overstuffed stationary stage (the 13th Floor Elevators cut an unreleased at the time live album there), and even though I had kind of a shitty seat over on the side, I was still about 20' from Nesmith. Tork's probably the MVP, he was running wireless and frequently played and sang--in surprisingly fine voice--to all areas of the house.
If you're going to any of the remaining shows, be sure to get there early as they are playing a nicely curated program of clips (commercials, stuff from the show, promo films of tracks they don't do live--RIP Davy) before the show starts.
― Uncle Cyril O'Boogie (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 2 August 2013 04:05 (ten years ago) link
http://popdose.com/5-reasons-why-this-monkees-tour-matters/
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 30 May 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
I don't think this has been posted previously? Diane Hildebrand's original "Early Morning Blues and Greens":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBIj9E38h2E
― wild-eyed, high-volume bursts of pious indignation (Dan Peterson), Friday, 30 May 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMa1yJdcEyU
This song is so fun! Early Beatles mode but the background vocals are super trippy.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 26 June 2015 02:34 (eight years ago) link
I watched "Behind the Music" earlier and it's too bad they split w Kirshner they could have made some great proto-glam/proto-punk bubblegum singles.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 26 June 2015 02:36 (eight years ago) link
Apart from their producers tho, they were a really good secret untrained drone rock band.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 26 June 2015 02:54 (eight years ago) link
'headquarters' is my wife's fav monkees album
― not a garbageman, i am garbage, man (m bison), Friday, 26 June 2015 03:12 (eight years ago) link
they did make at least one classic proto-glam/proto-punk bubblegum single- stepping stone! and yeah, they also had some great drone rock- see "sweet young thing". that said the split with kirshner definitely propelled them to new artistic heights; kirshner never would've let them get away with something like "writing wrongs".
― rushomancy, Friday, 26 June 2015 11:41 (eight years ago) link
I'm watching In the Heat of the Night, and I had no idea until I looked it up that the two guys who do "Foul Owl on the Prowl" (the song the creepy diner guy plays on the jukebox) were also responsible for this great Monkees imitation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0tPpu5OiPI
― clemenza, Monday, 3 August 2015 02:23 (eight years ago) link
They are also responsible for "What Am I Doin' Hangin' 'Round" from PAC&JL.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 3 August 2015 03:04 (eight years ago) link
Full Blu-Ray set early next year:
http://monkeesstore.warnermusic.com/music/the-monkees-complete-tv-series-blu-ray.html
Contains _Head_ and _33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee_ as well. Specs:
-10 Blu-ray discs-58 episodes-Newly remastered in stunning HD from the original negatives for the very first time, plus the 1969 TV Special "33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee"-The 1968 Monkees film "HEAD" in HD with never-before-seen outtakes-Also includes bonus material, commentaries from all four Monkees, original Kellogg's Monkees commercials and more-This fan-only edition includes exclusive packaging and a 7" featuring two previously unreleased TV mixes-Strictly limited to 10,000 individually numbered sets-Shipping January 2016-Only available at monkees.com
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
Ehhhh...I was recently thinking about buying the newish DVD sets because they're super-cheap compared to the old Rhino sets. I'm not sure the perks of this thing outweigh the expense for me. Sounds pretty sweet, though.
― Fancy Fantasies (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
My plan to get my relatives to buy this for me as a gift is backfiring and now I think I'm going to end up with a rabid penguin ;_;
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
Just heard that Boomer Castleman, of co-leader with Michael Martin Murphey of Monkee labelmates and Nesmith friends The Lewis & Clarke Expedition (discussed in the last revive) died last week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roCAC4qFhQA
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 18:45 (eight years ago) link
Restoration compare/contrast video up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq4CQr2Ld6k
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 December 2015 00:34 (eight years ago) link
Wha?
https://mobile.twitter.com/xtcfans/status/693070406757040128
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 January 2016 18:17 (eight years ago) link
I saw that -- he was posting about writing for other people earlier this month, so I guess that's the other.
― Dominique, Friday, 29 January 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link
Who constitutes the Monkees these days? In other words, is Mike involved?
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Friday, 29 January 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link
wow, I'm sure this will be much better than XTC
― Check Yr Scrobbles (Moodles), Friday, 29 January 2016 19:01 (eight years ago) link
Watched some Monkees on TV today. There was a cold open where Frank Zappa was dressed like Mike Nesmith and Mike Nesmith was dressed like Frank Zappa and they were riffing on each other's music. Then there was a montage set to "Mother People" where they played a car. I knew Zappa was in the movie but didn't realize he was on the show too!
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 31 January 2016 23:12 (eight years ago) link
^^In the final episodes, each Monkee got to pick a guest star: Nez picked Zappa; Dolenz picked Tim Buckley; Jones picked Charlie Smalls (the guy who had the original idea for adapting "The Wiz"; and I forget who Tork picked.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 31 January 2016 23:16 (eight years ago) link
He toured with them in 2012, 2013 and 2014; didn't in 2015.
― glandular lansbury (sic), Sunday, 31 January 2016 23:51 (eight years ago) link
i bet if these dudes could get on the final ballot they could make the rrhof
― balls, Monday, 1 February 2016 01:37 (eight years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-monkees-plot-50th-anniversary-tour-new-lp-good-times-20160205
tl;dr edit: New album...only Tork & Dolenz involved...Nez busy writing a book...Adam Schlesinger producing...Rivers Cuomo, Noel Gallagher, Ben Gibbard, Andy Partridge contribute new songs...Nez, Neal Diamond, Carole King, Nilsson contribute vintage songs and even recordings to be overdubbed.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 February 2016 20:45 (eight years ago) link
Nilsson writing from beyond the grave?
― Οὖτις, Friday, 5 February 2016 20:46 (eight years ago) link
It's a '60s copyright they never recorded.
― "Damn the Taquitos" (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 February 2016 20:51 (eight years ago) link
it's strange how many of these collaborations/songwriting gigs Andy seems to do given how few of them actually pan out. Fuzzy Warbles is littered with songs he wrote for someone or other that never got used.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 5 February 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
Andy Partridge has now confirmed the collaboration on Twitter: "One of my songs,YOU BRING THE SUMMER is going to be on the new Monkees album,Good Times......wow.........just wow, {do it good lads}."
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Sunday, 7 February 2016 07:45 (eight years ago) link
Album Out May 27th
Track Listing:
1. "Good Times" (Harry Nilsson)2. "You Bring The Summer" (Andy Partridge)3. "She Makes Me Laugh" (Rivers Cuomo)4. "Our Own World" (Adam Schlesinger)5. "Gotta Give It Time" (Jeff Barry/Joey Levine) 6. "Me & Magdalena" (Ben Gibbard)7. "Whatever's Right" (Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart)8. "Love To Love" (Neil Diamond)9. "Little Girl" (Peter Tork)10. "Birth Of An Accidental Hipster" (Noel Gallagher/Paul Weller)11. "I Wasn't Born To Follow" (Carole King/Gerry Goffin)12. "I Know What I Know" (Michael Nesmith)13. "I Was There (And I'm Told I Had A Good Time)" (Micky Dolenz/Adam Schlesinger)
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 19:32 (eight years ago) link
10. "Birth Of An Accidental Hipster" (Noel Gallagher/Paul Weller)
bhwhahahahahaha
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 19:33 (eight years ago) link
I hear that as a kind of Your Auntie Grizelda novelty track
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 19:48 (eight years ago) link
I think I forgot this was happening. Or maybe just assumed it was a weird dream I had.
― You're A Peein' Youth In Asia (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 20:01 (eight years ago) link
Sad that there won't be any of Davy's maudlin PUA ballads on this one.
― You're A Peein' Youth In Asia (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 April 2016 20:02 (eight years ago) link
maybe Noel/Weller's is a Belle & Sebastian pastiche
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 19 April 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link