The Monkees: All Things Monkees (Official Thread)

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

Happy Birthday Mickey!

Mickey turns 69 today. We share the same birthday. Egads, I'm only 20 years younger.

 

[METALPRIEST]

Anybody remember who a certain folk artist was that was an inspiration to Peter Tork??

 

[Johnny-Too-Good]

Anybody remember who a certain folk artist was that was an inspiration to Peter Tork??

Stephen Stills?

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

^^Pete Seeger?

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

I just heard that Gerry Goffin passed away. He co-wrote so many great songs with his partner (and then-wife) Carole King, including "Take A Giant Step", Pleasant Valley Sunday" and "Porpoise Song", three of The Monkees' best. RIP Gerry.

 

[METALPRIEST]

^^Pete Seeger?

That's it

 

[Hurdy Gurdy Man]

Yeah,Tork at one time was a major folkie,just like his future Hall Of Fame fole rock friend Mr. Stephen Stills,who recommended the Monkees job to Tork after he himself was rejected for a role in the NBC-TV project due to "bad teeth"...........

 

[bohohippybeatnic]

I just heard that Gerry Goffin passed away. He co-wrote so many great songs with his partner (and then-wife) Carole King, including "Take A Giant Step", Pleasant Valley Sunday" and "Porpoise Song", three of The Monkees' best. RIP Gerry.

We're loosing all the greats. R.I.P.

 

[Hurdy Gurdy Man]

There's no one anywhere near the songwriting capabilities of Goffin/King.NO ONE ANYWHERE NEAR.PERIOD!

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

Another member of the Monkees' extended family is gone. Paul Mazursky passed away a few days ago. He wrote and or directed a lot of great films, like "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice" and "An Unmarried Woman". One of his early achievements was co-writing the original pilot episode of "The Monkees" with his partner Larry Tucker. They both had cameo bits in the episode (Mazursky plays a "man on the street" interviewer in the opening scene). RIP Paul.