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……. My fingers are still burning from the last time !! ??
I grew up watching them in the 80s on Nickelodeon and our local UHF station, which used the syndicated versions of the episodes that switched out songs during the romps.
Tubi is using the original versions and it’s so jarring to me!
Back in the 80's when we had the option of what we called the boom boxes. Did anyone every else discover or do this. The knob control on the boomboxes had the balance control to make it go all left or all right. And sometime when some Monkees songs were played. You could turn knob all left or all right and get a different sound. It varied from song to song. Sometime not at all. Sometime lead vocals would disappear, or drums would sound different. It was never the same on each some songs.
Did anyone else ever discover this and play around with it for fun?
Even found it could be done on some Beatles tracks sometimes with certain songs.
This drawing is from a few months ago, I never finished it, I just focused on drawing daby lol
I've been listening to the Monkees since childhood (I'm 48 now) but, despite that, my knowledge of their catalog has really been limited to the hits. Now, I'm trying to expand my knowledge of their music and one thing keeps jumping out at me.
Was Mike the most talented of the group? If so, did he not get the same exposure that Davy and Micky did? I always thought Mike was more like Peter in that he was kind of a background guy. Now though, it seems that he was more front and center as well as more rounded as a musician.
Mike was considered the "leader" based on the TV show... but it seems that he was hemmed in quite a bit. Am I wrong?
ETA: thank you for all of the responses. I have a better idea of both Mike's talents as well as his motivations. I have noticed that I appreciate his style more than with some other songs and your insight into why that might be has been useful. I look forward to checking out more of the catalog. Thank you all again! 🙂
I was at a store the other day and the guy who worked there said he liked my tattoo (Monkees logo on my forearm. It looks like an embroidered patch). I was surprised because said guy looked REALLY young. Turned out he was only 21 but his dad was a big Monkees fan so he learned from osmosis (sort of how I learned to love Tom Jones, Harry Belafonte and Herb Alpert, back in the day - because my parents liked them LOL).
Anyway, the kid (I'm 60...he was a kid) said he worked at our local Rocket Fizz and they sold a Monkees soda.
Of course, I HAD to go and buy it the next day LOL!
I looked it up here and conversation from 3 years ago suggested the banana nut flavored Monkees soda is awful, so I got it just to "have it." ;-)
But I figured if anyone would appreciate it, it's y'all.
And yes, that really is our knife holder. I like quirky. LOLOL
This week on The S1E1 Podcast, we're kicking off Music Month by reviewing the original pilot of The Monkees.
Every week we watch the first episode (or pilot) of a TV series and decide whether we'd give it a Green Light or Cancel, knowing only what was available at the time.
This episode led to a fun discussion about:
We'd love to hear your thoughts. Would you have greenlit The Monkees based on the pilot alone?
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Does anyone know anywhere where I can listen to this commentary? I am aware that the transcript is online but I would love to listen to it while watching the film, especially since all four of The Monkees contribute to it. It is on the dvd/blu-ray for certain releases but they don’t seem to be available to buy in my country. Thank you ☮️
Does anyone know anywhere where I can listen to this commentary? I am aware that the transcript is online but I would love to listen to it while watching the film, especially since all four of The Monkees contribute to it. It is on the dvd/blu-ray for certain releases but they don’t seem to be available to buy in my country. Thank you ☮️