Love these guys (Monkees) but it's always gotten on my nerves when Mickey slips into that faux "British" enunciation. I know it was a thing but for some reason I have always cringed a little inside.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 11:35 (three years ago) link
When does he do that?
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 11:58 (three years ago) link
"Clarksville", "Randy Scouse Git" to name a couple off the top of my head. Probably just those two but they've always stuck out for me. Haven't listened to them in years so maybe no longer a big deal.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 12:44 (three years ago) link
I can't say I've ever noticed any especially British enunciation, I just thought that was his voice! But then, I'm not American, so maybe I wouldn't notice.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 12:57 (three years ago) link
Can kinda hear "Lahst train to clahksville".
― peace, man, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 13:06 (three years ago) link
it's the way he says "again" in that one that does it, i think.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
That too, although it seems necessary to get it to rhyme with "train". By the end of the song, his r's sound more distinct.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 13:11 (three years ago) link
Maybe, I just thought of him as a singer with very good diction!
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 13:23 (three years ago) link
Lol
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 13:33 (three years ago) link
To be fair, the title of the song is "Randy Scouse Git."
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 13:38 (three years ago) link
Well, yes, he's obviously hamming it up a bit in that song.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 13:40 (three years ago) link
can’t believe the monkees singer would be so inauthentic
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
Didn't Mickey affect a fake British accent in the show sometimes, kind of a military thing?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 13:49 (three years ago) link
i'd be kinda shocked if they didn't do like fifty "British" bits --- surely they did a Bond spoof moment at some point, some kidding about the "British Invasion," etc.?
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link
Mickey was the Funny One, so I'm sure he did all sorts of accents.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
Also, they were the Prefab Five, the show was I believe modeled after the British new wave. It was kind of in the air.
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 14:14 (three years ago) link
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Tuesday, January 5, 2021 7:23 AM (fifty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
That would be Nesmith, who I generally love but who has an annoying habit of really hammering home the enunciation at times. Particularly the gerunds. He gets a touch Mark E Smith-ish, as well. 'All the games you are play-ENG-ah'.
― Telly Salivas (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 14:17 (three years ago) link
Hahaha! Nez 4Ever, though.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
Truly this band's admirable diction set a fine example to their many young fans.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Tuesday, January 5, 2021 9:14 AM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yeah, as I said above it was "a thing".
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
Now I wanna just listen to all of Nez's songs with an ear out for his proto-M.-Doughty delivery-ah.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
Also, I'm sure I've posted this before, but twenty years on I still get the giggles imagining my bookstore assistant manager declaring "They should have called that song 'Listen to the Bad.'"
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
Sweet young thing-AHHHHH!
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
xp OK I love that song and that is still lol-worthy
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
This diction conversation is tugging at a thread I love about this band that I never really considered before
― Totino's Fortnite Training Room (DJP), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 17:13 (three years ago) link
"Zilch" has lovely diction.
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Tuesday, 5 January 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
Has there ever been a compilation of cover versions of Monkees' songs? This one is atrocious but is good for a laugh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9IOcxTPqaI
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Sunday, 23 May 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
One a y’all posted a monkees Spotify playlist and I’m now officially on board w “them monnkess were better than the Beatles”
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Sunday, 20 June 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
hideous lump it was you! Thank u
Yay me! One of my better mixtapes if I say so myself.
(Auto correct changed that to "...my better mistakes...")
― Hideous Lump, Sunday, 20 June 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link
I’ve shared it w like 3 ppl already
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Sunday, 20 June 2021 21:43 (two years ago) link
Historically and presently, I listen to and feel compelled to listen to the Monkees about 10-20x more than I listen to the Beatles. Thank u again to my mom, who passed all of her Monkees LPs on to me and who afaict has never had any time whatsoever for the Fab Four.
― Jerome Percival Jesus (Old Lunch), Sunday, 20 June 2021 22:06 (two years ago) link
I've been compiling a massive 4th of July summer funtime playlist which, after intense tightening and polishing, has like 10-15 Monkees tunes on it and only 2 from the Beatholes ('Everybody's Got Something to Hide...' and 'Come Together').
― Jerome Percival Jesus (Old Lunch), Sunday, 20 June 2021 22:10 (two years ago) link
Beathole Surfers
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 20 June 2021 22:30 (two years ago) link
a/k/a the Beach Boys
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 21 June 2021 08:05 (two years ago) link
Mickey is the last man standing. https://deadline.com/2021/12/michael-nesmith-dead-the-monkees-singer-guitarist-was-78-1234888787/
RIP Mike
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
Damn. RIP. Obviously brought a ton to this band and really contributed tremendously to the mix of voices and styles on their records. And just as obviously had a huge behind-the-scenes career in music and movies in the decades after. I don't know if Monkees and Repo Man fans overlap that much, but they both owe him a lot.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
Damn, they just did their last show a month or so ago.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
Oh no, say it ain't so. I love Mike ;_;
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
R.I.P. :(
― katebishopfan616 (morrisp), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
By weird coincidence, a Mike-led song ('Sweet Young Thing') is one of the three songs I played while making breakfast this morning (and before hearing the news, natch). Please be careful today, Janet Jackson and members of PiL.
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLXVz5fms10
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
Reminds me there's a bit in John French's book when the Beefheart & the Magic Band are recording "Safe As Milk" (I think) at the same time as the Monkees are recording something and Don and Mike Nesmith take to hanging out together.
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:34 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l55KNFiZ7Y
"That's not even Michael Nesmith's real hat!"
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 10 December 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link
Several Monkees episodes up in nice quality on YT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h7dkwTLcUw
This is the first season finale, a mini-tour documentary of a '67 show.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:20 (two years ago) link
he did a pretty good set at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in SF 2019…i watched it virtually and he was as weird & wonderful as everi am so gutted by this news you guysit should be illegal for Monkees to diewe must protect Mickey at all costs
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:56 (two years ago) link
https://64-media-tumblr-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w820/s/64.media.tumblr.com/1a3e47daf52b801dfb33c54bcbd3f87c/tumblr_n98zo2WprZ1sfyszho1_400.gifv
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:57 (two years ago) link
https://64.media.tumblr.com/1a3e47daf52b801dfb33c54bcbd3f87c/tumblr_n98zo2WprZ1sfyszho1_400.gif
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
OTM
― When Smeato Met Moaty (Tom D.), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:59 (two years ago) link
https://i.etsystatic.com/14025475/r/il/a43a31/2086863927/il_570xN.2086863927_hp25.jpg
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 11 December 2021 00:06 (two years ago) link