Davy Jones has died

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/monkees-singer-davy-jones-dies-180751406--abc-news.html

(I only post this because I'm sure that many of you, like me, read this board more frequently than the rest of the internet)

-Rob

Still alive:

66 is WAY too young.

Bummer.

The show was VERY clever and the songs were written by some of the best songwriters around at the time (Carole King and Neil Diamond to name a couple).

I'm fascinated by how their songwriters could deconstruct a Beatles tune and make a very respectable copy of it as a Monkees song. "Pleasant Valley Sunday" is a really masterfully-written song.

I can't describe how much I loved that show when I was a kid. 66- damn. That really stinks.

gamby, they got songs from some absolutely amazing song writers. They're pop songs, so I won't make out that they're great works of art, but they had some fantastic pop songs. Pleasant Valley Sunday is one for sure. Daydream Believer and Last Train to Clarksville are a couple of others.

"Will the real Davy Jones please stand up?"

"I am standing up"

...that's what I remember.

fast_eddie_72 wrote: Last Train to Clarksville

A clone of "Paperback Writer". Excellent song.

Go deeper and "Valleri" and "In this Generation" are just great.

As a fan of well-crafted pop music, I love this stuff. The mid-60's was a golden age for pop music.

I remember watching The Monkees when it came on back in the 80's. I know they were all re-runs and I'm way too young to have seen the originals, but they made me laugh. Too bad... Wasn't Peter's mom the one who invented White Out?

he got to kiss Marsha Brady......lucky guy

RIP Mr. Jones

Conquest351 wrote: I remember watching The Monkees when it came on back in the 80's. I know they were all re-runs and I'm way too young to have seen the originals, but they made me laugh. Too bad... Wasn't Peter's mom the one who invented White Out?

Mike's mom.

Mike had a helluva plan B. He inherited F U money.

And all the girls cried.

i call dibs on his locker..

Joe Gearin wrote: he got to kiss Marsha Brady......lucky guy RIP Mr. Jones

From what I understand, lots of guys got to kiss Marsha Brady.

And some girls, too...

gamby wrote:

Conquest351 wrote: I remember watching The Monkees when it came on back in the 80's. I know they were all re-runs and I'm way too young to have seen the originals, but they made me laugh. Too bad... Wasn't Peter's mom the one who invented White Out?

Mike's mom. Mike had a helluva plan B. He inherited F U money.

Mike also invented something called MTV.

just watched bio on him

gamby wrote: (Carole King and Neil Diamond to name a couple).

Not to change the subject, but by "a couple" do you mean "two"?

My wife says that "a couple of bolts" means two bolts. I say that it means "an indeterminate small amount". Two people are "a couple" but "a couple of people" means a small group. Just curious how other people use the term.

And bummer to hear about Davey Jones, has he gone to his locker I wonder?

Sorry to hear that, and 66 is way too young. Didn't Boyce and Hart write a lot of the early Monkee songs?

Edit: Yes, yes they did.

pinchvalve wrote:

gamby wrote: (Carole King and Neil Diamond to name a couple).

Not to change the subject, but by "a couple" do you mean "two"? My wife says that "a couple of bolts" means two bolts. I say that it means "an indeterminate small amount". Two people are "a couple" but "a couple of people" means a small group. Just curious how other people use the term. And bummer to hear about Davey Jones, has he gone to his locker I wonder?

He meant, "to name two people." Carole and Neil were not a couple.

I heard an interview on the radio the other day with a man who wrote a book about The Wrecking Crew, which was a group of west coast session musicians who played the instruments on many of the pop and rock records back then instead of the actual artists.

They were the musicians who played on the Monkees albums; as most people know the Monkees took a lot of flak for that, so they set up a press conference at a recording studio to prove to the press they could actually play their own instruments. According to the guy who wrote this book, while that press conference was going on The Wrecking Crew was in the next studio, recording the next Monkees album.

And Neil Diamond just twittered:

I'm sad to hear about Davy Jones. The Monkees were such a sensation that it was a thrill for me to have them record some of my early songs.

(And yes, I follow Neil Diamond on Twitter.)

gamby wrote: Go deeper... "In this Generation" are just great.

That is a neat song- it's called "For Pete's Sake" and was actually written by Peter Tork. I think Micky Dolenz performance on that song is really good too. He had a pretty awesome rock and roll voice and got to show it off at the end of that awesome, if stuck in a particular historical time, bit of pop.

David S. Wallens wrote: (And yes, I follow Neil Diamond on Twitter.)

That explains a lot.

that is a shame.. and yes, too young. I remember watching the Monkees when I was little.. even today, if I can catch it, I am amazed at the songs and some of the jokes

Well darn it. I was going through pooberty when the Monkees were on top. Thinking of that gives me warm happy feelings.

spitfirebill wrote: Well darn it. I was going through pooberty when the Monkees were on top. Thinking of that gives me warm happy feelings.

Come to think of it, I'm still going through pooberty.

David S. Wallens wrote: (And yes, I follow Neil Diamond on Twitter.)

So do I. I've been a fan since high school.