of the Monkees dead at 77
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/peter-tork-monkees-dead-at-77-obituary-797269/
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Rock critics hated them but manufactured music that truly worked. Just look at the song writers. Really deserve a ton of credit and way ahead of their times. Beat MTV by 15 years. RIP
Some of Tork's folksy vocals in here....
That's where they were ahead of their time, but it should be pointed out that the emergence of self contained bands that wrote their own songs and played their own instruments during that era highlighted the manufactured nature of the Monkees music, and was the impetus for a lot of the criticism of the band. The integrity and quality of live performance really stopped being important when MTV got popular.RIP Peter. They had lots of great songs in my opinion. They did somewhat use studio musicians but many groups did (e.g., Glen Campbell played the famous riffs on The Beach Boys “Help Me Rhonda.”) What’s crazy is that some people complained about the Monkees music being manufactured but look where we are today: vocal and pitch corrections, synthesized instruments, very little truly live performances, etc.
Thank you for trip down memory lane...
RIP, watched the show growing up.
They were fun. Tork was a trainee classical guitarist.
I think mike Nesmith inherited the White Out product company, so was not as present in the late 80’s resurgence and tours.
Also, pretty sure Mickey Dolenz has a hot looking daughter
One of my earlier memories in life was being brought to see them at the Arts Center on this reunion tour...probably 84-85ish. I still call that my first ever concert.Saw the Monkees Reunion Tour at the Arts Center with the ex (huge fan) years ago. No Michael Nesbitt but a decent show
Neil Diamond wrote I'm a Believer and Carole King co-wrote Another Pleasant Valley Sunday. Supposedly King lived near Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange, NJ and this provided some inspiration for the song. Saw Davy Jones at Walt Disney World in the 1990's.RIP. Grew up watching reruns of the Monkees on tv in the '70's. My favorite Monkees song was always Tapioca Tundra
WPIX- home of the Yankees and The Scooter (and Bill White). Was there anyone with better stories or shoutouts than Rizzuto? Cue "here come the Yankees!"T
Me too. Growing up Westchester watched their show on WPIX I believe.