The Monkees: All Things Monkees (Official Thread)

[Hurdy Gurdy Man]

I like the photo of MIckey and PAul McCartney,Dabolina.I believe this is from the Monkees visit to England in February of 1967 when MIck experienced the tremdous good fotune of being invited to one of the sessions for "Sgt. Pepper"as well as Paul's London flat,virtually around the corner from the Abbey Road studios..................

 

[SloopJohnB]

To close things out, one of my very favorite early Monkees tunes...

Mary Mary

And then later...

Daily Nightly



Timeless...

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

I like the photo of MIckey and PAul McCartney,Dabolina.I believe this is from the Monkees visit to England in February of 1967 when MIck experienced the tremdous good fotune of being invited to one of the sessions for "Sgt. Pepper"as well as Paul's London flat,virtually around the corner from the Abbey Road studios..................

You are correct, sir. Take a look at the music video for "A Day In The Life". It was filmed the night The Beatles recorded the orchestration for the song. They turned it into a big party. Guests included Donovan, Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithful and Keith Richards. If you look close you'll see Mike Nesmith chatting with John Lennon.

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

Congrats to The Monkees. Their tune "Me & Magdalena" made Rolling Stone's 50 Top Songs of 2016 list. O.K., so it's not a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination, but at least someone at the magazine likes them.

 

[Magic]

Congrats to The Monkees. Their tune "Me & Magdalena" made Rolling Stone's 50 Top Songs of 2016 list. O.K., so it's not a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination, but at least someone at the magazine likes them.

That's awesome! Maybe it will get some young readers to listen to The Monkees 2016 album, Good Times, then get into their discography

I really like how they used Harry Nilsson's voice and his piano work from the 1960's in the song "Good Times"

The digital download of the album, which is what I have, has a bonus track that I like quite a bit....even more than Me & Magdalena....

Terrifying

You even get to hear Davey Jones on the album in Love to Love...which was originally recorded in 1967.

 

[Mr. Shadow]

 

[Magic]

February 2024 is the 55th birthday of Instant Replay.

Instant Replay (The Monkees album) - Wikipedia

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Teardrop City

 

[Magic]

The Monkees Present turns 55 October 2024

The Monkees Present - Wikipedia

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Listen to the Band

 

[BeatleMatt]

I’ve never taken The Monkees seriously. Oh, at any given time, I would sing along with a dozen of their songs but I have never listened to any of their albums. I’ll make that my music mission this week.

Most episodes of their tv show were just vignettes of the movie A Hard Day’s Night but they recorded a few fun songs for sure.