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Dave Starsky

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12. The Monkees do not get the love that they deserve.

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 09:08 PM

Mar 2021

Yeah, yeah, I know they started out as a pre-fab "band", but they always had talent and aspirations and they grew into playing and performing their own material. It didn't hurt that their big hits were written by giants such as Carole King, Neil Diamond, Harry Nilsson, and Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart and that they had the phenomenal Wrecking Crew helping out.

I am also a huge fan of Mike Nesmith's post-Monkees work, on his own and as part of the First National Band. He was always a great songwriter from the start. (He wrote Different Drum for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys.)

Their movie HEAD is, in my opinion, one of the greatest movies ever made.

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The series finale of 'The Monkees' aired 53 years ago, March 25, 1968, on NBC [View all] IcyPeas Mar 2021 OP

I can remember keithsw Mar 2021 #1

Wow. It hurts to see the reruns knowing that Davy Jones & Peter Tork have passed. hlthe2b Mar 2021 #2

A friend of mine keithsw Mar 2021 #6

Doesn't surprise me, but pleases me to hear! hlthe2b Mar 2021 #9

My favorite was "Pleasant Valley Sunday" Just_Vote_Dem Mar 2021 #3

My favorite, "Last Train to Clarksville" Phoenix61 Mar 2021 #5

"Heh, heh...." yonder Mar 2021 #4

As a 13-14 year old girl hauckeye Mar 2021 #7

My younger siblings... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #8

when I catch episodes of The Monkees Skittles Mar 2021 #10

Ah, the pre-fab four gratuitous Mar 2021 #11

The Monkees do not get the love that they deserve. Dave Starsky Mar 2021 #12

Yes. The Monkees should have been in the Hall of Fame long ago. Kaleva Mar 2021 #13

Frank Zappa Elessar Zappa Mar 2021 #16

Yeah, Zappa was a friend and a fan. Dave Starsky Mar 2021 #17

classic cameo IcyPeas Mar 2021 #19

My favorite Monkees song. Corgigal Mar 2021 #14

Here's a YouTube of the full last episode "The Frodis Caper"... GReedDiamond Mar 2021 #15

The TV series was a failure.Head ... not so much. speak easy Mar 2021 #18

It seemed a happier, more innocent time Ron Obvious Mar 2021 #20

Saw them in concert in St. Paul in 1967 dflprincess Mar 2021 #21

My much younger cousin had a mad crush on Peter Tork. Mickju Mar 2021 #22