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For me the Turtles were a much more "real" Monkees, I always much preferred them (The Turtles), but they were sort of seen as Hollywood softies too.
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I once much later bought a compilation of the Turtles. I wanted to have their two great pop songs from the past, especially "Happy Together", but also "She'd Rather Be with Me". I found then that I still liked them. And I still do.
It may, of course, be due to weaknesses with me, however not from prejudice, but, apart from those two songs, for me there was not much about the other songs of that compilation from the Turtles.
Given the choice, at this moment I would rather have listened to my compilation from the Monkees than that from the Turtles.
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jbwelda
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For me the Turtles were a much more "real" Monkees, I always much preferred them (The Turtles), but they were sort of seen as Hollywood softies too.
jb
I once much later bought a compilation of the Turtles. I wanted to have their two great pop songs from the past, especially "Happy Together", but also "She'd Rather Be with Me". I found then that I still liked them. And I still do.
It may, of course, be due to weaknesses with me, however not from prejudice, but, apart from those two songs, for me there was not much about the other songs of that compilation from the Turtles.
Given the choice, at this moment I would rather have listened to my compilation from the Monkees than that from the Turtles.
This Turtles song was a hit and should have been on that compilation.
As far as recordings go, this is a perfect record:
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Rockman
and Mickey Dolenz was Corky in Circus Boy ........
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bob r
I think the rub with the Monkees is that on their 1st 2 albums the bulk of the music was provided by the wrecking crew-- but, so what ? A lot of bands at that time did the same thing: early Beach Boys, the Byrds,Paul Revere and the Raiders, lots of bands. Pet Sounds features about 99% studio musicians-- Smile too. So whats the big deal ? The Monkees catalog is awesome. They should be in the R&R Hall of Fame
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timmyj3
I tend to agree with the original posters thoughts. I think the TV friendly groups like The Monkees, Paul Revere & The Raider, Hermans Hermits are really dealt a shit hand by "rock snobs" These groups were the pioneers of moving the medium forward. They drove TV, record sales, concerts (usually caravans of some sort, trends, clothing, etc..
Quite frankly without Paul Revere, Monkees, Hermits we could have had a much different late 60's and early 70's rock landscape. I find it criminal that these type of groups are so under represented in the RnR Hall. We ooh and ahh over some obscure blues guys that really weren't very good and hail them as Pioneers.
The Monkees, Paul Revere, Hermits, and others had their place in history and for whatever reason are looked down upon. I hope this will change but there doesn't seem to be much love for the pop sound that really shaped RnR of the late 60's and early 70's. Shameful in my opinion.
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bob r
OK -Not looking for any argument, BUT: These acts are IN the R&R Hall of Fame
Joan Baez (?), Donna Summer , Depeche Mode, Whitney Huston (??? )--- What do they have to do with Rock n Roll ??
They are in and bands like the Monkees, The Raiders, The Turtles, J Geils, etc are not ???????? Really ? I would say they had a lot more to add to the Rock n roll landscape than Joan or Whitney...........
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bob r
OK -Not looking for any argument, BUT: These acts are IN the R&R Hall of Fame
Joan Baez (?), Donna Summer , Depeche Mode, Whitney Huston (??? )--- What do they have to do with Rock n Roll ??
They are in and bands like the Monkees, The Raiders, The Turtles, J Geils, etc are not ???????? Really ? I would say they had a lot more to add to the Rock n roll landscape than Joan or Whitney...........
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bv
My oldest brother was a big fan of The Monkees. He followed them on TV, and he bought all their records. I enjoyed outdoor life then, biking, delivering newspapers, climbing trees, and jumping on ice flakes on the fjord, so without any TV time I did not bother much about The Monkees. However, I do remember they did a song called "Daydream Believer", I liked it, and I was impressed about the fact that hired actors could actually make great music.
Then I finally had enough money for my very own record player in 1971, and I bought my very first album, it was not a Monkees album, it was "Sticky Fingers". Who knows, if I had spent less outdoor time, and more TV time, late 60's, that first record might have been a Monkees record, and I might have missed out on the Stones? Nah... I don't think so.
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NashvilleBlues
Music industry creation, like N*Sync, Milli Vanilli, The Sex Pistols (Sid couldn't play bass, at all, and they ripped off their whole look from Richard Hell), etc.
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downagain
Apologies if this has already been mentioned but their latest LP "Good Times" is absolutely fantastic.
It took me a minute to realize how great it is because my initial reaction was, "oh, they're just trying to make a 60's sounding record" but then I thought, "What the hell else do I want from the Monkees?"
The album includes songwriting credits from Rivers Cuomo, Noel Gallagher and others.
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Music industry creation, like N*Sync, Milli Vanilli, The Sex Pistols (Sid couldn't play bass, at all, and they ripped off their whole look from Richard Hell), etc.
So whats your point? Why even post that?