The Monkees were huge - their first album went to #1 knocking the Beatles’ “Revolver” out of the top spot. It stayed there until it got knocked out by their SECOND album!
This is '60s pop music at it's finest - and there are plenty more from them to check out - "Daydream Believer," "Last Train to Clarksville," "Mary, Mary," "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You," "The Girl Th at I Knew Somewhere" - great band.
The one who is singing this song, Micky Dolenz, really shows off his abilities in the song "Goin' Down", which he reportedly did in a single take in the studio.
The Girl That I Knew Somewhere was the 1st song I heard when I came home from school saw the sword fight scene in episode 1. I was immediately hooked on the show and it's still my favorite song by them.
I’m so glad I grew up the 70’s to hear this music that is being rediscovered. By new generation she. I’m glad you are sharing this on your channel I enjoy you guys.
You will love their TV show, The Monkees. Such great comic actors who turned out to be terrific musicians. I saw their reunion tour in the 90's and they were great.
Well, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork were aspiring musicians that turned out to be great comic actors and developed into terrific musicians. You're right about Mickey. I'm not sure you can call Davy Jones a great musician but he was a great singer.
Other big hits from the Monkees: "Last Train to Clarksville" (1966), "Stepping Stone" (1966), "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (1967), and "Valleri" (1968, but listen to the single/album version, not the TV show performance).
Monkees Songs: Daydream Believer, I Wanna Be Free, I'll Be Back Upon My Feet, Papa Gene's Blues, Sweet Young Thing, Saturday's Child, Door into Summer, A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You, I'm Not Your Stepping Stone, Words, She, You Might Be the One, Pleasant Valley Sunday, For Pete's Sake, Daily Nightly and Last Train to Clarksville (their first hit single) that was released BEFORE the first tv episode aired in September 1966. They have several albums. I gave you a short list of their most popular songs.
This was the first real boy band, put together for a TV show, in response to Beatlemania. Let's do a TV show with 4 guys who want to be the next Beatles. And it was a huge success back in the 60's
Actually the show was hilarious, fast paced. Occasionally I watch a n episode and still laugh....totally ridiculous. If you're looking for logic in humor, well duh, then that's the same person that cries out in movies, like ET when they fly on the bicycle, that person goes "Well !I'm sure, that would never happen." The turn around and watches a Sci-Fi motive like the Star Trek series, and goes "Oh yeh baby! I love Spock, he da man!"😂
@@thomastimlin1724 err....well thanks for the reply, but I didn't say anything about logic in humour 🤣 So enjoy the rest of whatever drug trip you're on
I'm so glad I got to see Mickey, Peter and Michael do their 50th anniversary tour in 2016!! I seen them twice for that! So sad that Mickey is the only one left! But he always has been my favorite 😍 R.IP Davy, Peter and Michael 🙏❤
I grew up listening to the Monkees music & watching their show. They could act silly but they actually were decent musicians & singers. They had many hits. "Last Train to Clarksville", "I'm a Believer" (written by Neil Diamond), "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" (written by Neil Diamond), "Valleri", "Pleasant Valley Sunday", & "Daydream Believer". Davy Jones was considered a teenage heart throb. Sadly he died in 2012 & later Peter Tork in 2019. Only 1 member is remaining now Micky Dolenz. Michael Nesmith just passed away.
Los Angeles' Wrecking Crew members Louis Shelton and Tommy Tedesco are featured on Many of The Monkees' hits. The guitar part at the bridge of Clarksville is done by Shelton and the flamenco guitar part on Valleri is done by Tommy.
The Monkees were a "made for TV" band (a campy TV series called "The Monkees"), but eventually they became a real band. They actually had a lot of awesome music including "I'm a Believer" (future artists have covered this song years later. Smashmouth (late 90s band) had a pretty good rockin' cover too!). Other songs you should check out by The Monkees - all of them? 😅 (Last Train to Clarksville, Daydream Believer, Words, I'm Not Your Stepping Stone, Mary Mary, etc.) Nickelodeon used to run replays of this series back in the late 80s-early 90s, so I was able to watch it as a kid😅
MuchMusic in Canada aired the series in the late 90's when I discovered it at 13 years old and I was instantly hooked, became totally obsessed with them and they're still my favourite band among my vast music library from the 50's to the 90's and a few albums from the years after that.
This group changes depending on who is singing lead. Micky (drummer) gets the rock songs, Davy (little British guy) gets the love songs and Mike, (guitar) tends toward country. They really were the American Beatles despite being a band made just for TV. Papa Gene's Blues is probably Mike's best, Daydream Believer for Davy and Last Train to Clarksville for Mickey.
@@highpath4776 I take it you're British? Did you know that "Alternate Title" was released in the US as "Randy Scouse Git"? Obviously they didn't call it that in England.
@@highpath4776 I think the reason it was released with that title in the US was _because_ we wouldn't understand it. In America, it's not dirty or rude or anything, it's just three words that don't make any sense together. Randy is a name, and the other two are a mystery to the average American. And before the internet, how were we going to find out without asking a British person? It's a pretty safe title!
"Then I saw her face and she's a retriever"......... Not a trace of doubt in my mind. LOL. Oh the lyrics we sang as kids in the 60s when it came out. lol
"I'm A Believer"(1967) went to number one on the charts. It was written by Rock Superstar Legend and singer/songwriter Neil Diamond. He wrote 3 hits for them besides this song. He also wrote "A Little Bit of Me and a Little Bit of You" (1967) #2 on the charts, and "Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow" (1966). # The Monkees were able to top the charts during the 60's due to great song writers like Neil Diamond. And the rest as they say is history. Great reaction as always.
Monkees is right up there with Beach Boys and The Beatles for early rock that I listened to a lot as a kid. Check out Daydream Believer, Last Train to Clarksville, Steppen' Stone, Valleri, and of course The Monkees Theme from the TV show, full version.
I'm glad you added the that I listen to a lot as a kid part . Early rock? Their manufactured and not really actual musicians. The show was great and I like them and all The people that wrote their best songs are far more talented musically.
Always loved the monkees, for a few years they were as big as the Beatles or stones a lot more than a tv show. They toured for years to sellout crowds great stuff
So glad you got to the Monkees! A rabbit hole indeed. I loved their zany comedy TV series, which show-cased their music and became so popular. They have so many great songs. Thank you for another great, fun reaction! 🙂
The Monkees will always have a special place in my heart as my 1st ever concert as a youngster was seeing The Monkees, special memories. Was lucky to see Micky & Peter concert before Peter Tork passed away & then attended the Micky & Mike concert few years back
You guys are my favorite couple keeping great music alive back out Freddie Mercury and a famous opera singer singing Barcelona perfect in every way amazing words can go on and on must experience .
It's really pretty incredible that a band consisting of four actors, literally thrown together for a television show, who weren't even allowed to play the instruments they were experienced with and instead were assigned their instruments according to how they looked playing them, turned out to be a genuinely talented musical group. Somehow they managed to release some of the catchiest and enjoyable songs of the late 60s.
The lead on this song, drummer Micky Dolenz, age 76, is the last surviving member as Mike Nesmith died a few days ago. Peter Tork 2018. Davy Jones 2012.
The Monkees had many great hit songs. One of the songs that was under the radar, and written by Carol King, was Sometime In The Morning. I KNOW you will love this song. ❤️
Fun Fact: Michael Naismith (the guy wearing the knit Beanie cap) his mom created Liquid Paper/White Out & became rich... She game him a million dollars to "stop 'Monkeying' Around" with music. He took the money, anyway & continued until he passed away late 2021. Mickey Dolenz (the lead singer in this song) is the surviving member of the Monkees.
One of my favorites, I remember coming home from elementary school, I was grade 7, and the monkees sang this song, now they have this song on, the movie Shrek!
The Monkeys started out as a tv show featuring 4 guys. The song that opened the show started like this: Here we come, walking down the street. We get the funniest looks from everyone we meet. Hey, hey, we’re the Monkeys, the kids say we monkey around… If you manage to catch the show, practice walking the Monkeys walk. We all did it! By the way, when they started having hits, they got asked to do tours. The problem was they didn’t know how to play the instruments except one of them. So the group buckled down and learned to play so they could go on the road. I was lucky to see them in the 90s when they were doing a revival tour.
Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith, and Davey Jones. Jokingly called "the Pre-Fab Four" because they were brought together to play a band in a TV show. But they were real musicians, and turned into a real band. And they were amazing. Unfortunately, Peter Tork and Davey Jones are no longer with us but Mickey still occasionally performs. Mike Nesmith comes from money (his mom invented Liquid Paper, I kid you not) so he doesn't actually need to perform, but you see him out and about occasionally too. Other songs by this band you guys need to hear include "Daydream Believer", "Last Train to Clarkesville," "Papa Gene's Blues," "Stepping Stone," and my personal favorite of all their songs, "Pleasant Valley Sunday."
Thank you for your reaction! I was 7 years old when I first heard 'The Monkee's' on the radio. (They had a goofy TV show but I wasn't watching TV at that time.) I was at a store with my mother and saw a Teen Beat or some such magazine at the checkout stand and asked her to buy it for me. Rushed over to my 7 year old girlfriends house and she had the same magazine. The Monkee's were a hit with the pre-teen and teenagers. It's fun to realize their songs are classic all those years later!
The Monkeys were a “made for tv” band, meant to counteract the wave of Beatlemania that was sweeping America in the ‘60’s. Due to their popularity, they went on to become an actual band, making more songs and even going out on tours. The lead singer and drummer was Mickey Dolenz, the bass was Mike Nesmith, the tambourine was Davy Jones, and the organist was Peter Tork. (If I remember right.)
@@plaidmoon5642 One of the things that always bothered me was how most people (even today) dismiss the Monkees as just actors pretending to be a band and "didn't know how to even play their own instruments." Actually, Peter played several instruments before the show and was part of the folk music scene in Greenwich Village. David was a drummer and solo singer before the show (he was the one who taught Mickey how to play the drums when the producers thought Davy would "look" better front and center). David also already had a solo album out before hand when he was around 16. Mickey had been in a previous band as a lead singer, played guitar, and had already written several songs (later writing some of the songs performed by the Monkees). Mike was in several bands before and had a few singles released under the name Michael Blessing. It was just for some crazy reason that the producer thought (at least for the first season) that other musicians should play all the instruments for the recordings.
In 1969 I was 13 years old living in Hawaii and got to see them in concert in Honolulu, I also got to see the Ventures (Wipe Out), it was an awesome night that I'll never forget!
The guy on the right is the singer/drummer/percussionist, Micky Dolenz. He was a child star and had a TV show in the 50s, Circus Boy. He was the one I had a crush on! The guy next to him, Davy Jones, was a stage star as a child in England. Most of the girls had the crush on him! David Bowie (born David Jones) had to come up with a new name because Davy was already using it :-) Peter Tork, next to Davy, was the cute, sweet, quiet shy one. On the left is Michael Nesmith, he's from Texas and his mom invented Liquid Paper. He had the idea of joining music with video, and was the catalyst behind MTV, but he decided he didn't want to run a TV network. Micky and Michael are the only two left of the Monkees, and they recently retired from touring.
So another great dive into 60's pop. Bubble gum music we used to call it. So if you listen to "Daydream Believer", you will find out that John Stewart of the Kingston Trio actually wrote that song. the Monkees took it to the charts. I installed Satellite dishes in Marin county years ago. One day I got the work order to install a dish for John Stewart in Novato CA. After entering his home, he walked me thru several rooms. As we went up stairs, I saw gold records on the wall. One was for "Daydream Believer". I asked him about that song, and how I grew up with the Monkees on TV. He chuckled, and told that one songs royalties bought him several homes. Amazing man. Amazing voice. He sang Gold with Stevie Nicks. Love you both. Peace.
Funfact: Davy Jones was backstage on the Ed Sullivan Show the night the Beatles made their first appearance. He was part of the touring 'Oliver' musical show, playing the part of the Artful Dodger.
This song was both covered by and written by Neil Diamond. He was asked to give this song to The Monkees to go with their TV show. Neil released this song a year afterwards.
The song ''I'm a believer'' by The Monkees was part of the soundtrack of the animated movie ''Shrek'' of 2004... for those of us who were born in the 90s it is instantly recognizable!! I had english language classes in early years of high school and we analized lyrics of songs. There was a picture of The Monkees in our class manual and one of the musicians (the drummer) was hanging upside down from a three... it was funny for us and didn't understand why. Then our teacher said ''that's it! they are The Monkees!'' haha greetins from Argentina
Some deep tracks I think are so good: "The Door Into Summer", "Love is Only Sleeping", and "Words". Not big hits, but IMO, some of their best stuff. Oh, "Daily Nightly" is pretty awesome too.
My first two albums when I was 12 years old. Monkees Headquarters that had this song and The Jackson Five's Greatest Hits. Love all those songs to this day.
You guys are my favorite couple keeping great music alive back out Freddie Mercury and a famous opera singer singing Barcelona perfect in every way amazing words can go on and on must experience
I got to see this lead singer, Micky Dolenz, in person at a golf course back in the 70s. He was finishing up at the 18th hole (Alice Cooper was playing right behind him). I had my 8mm home movie camera with me, and Micky pointed at it and said, "Ah, motion pictures!"
RIP Mike Nesmith 12/30/1942-12/10/2021😭 He just died 9 days after this reaction. Nesmith did write Mary, Mary which was also a Monkees hit, and later sampled by Run DMC in the late 80’s.
There are songs that some people wouldn't think of mentioning because they didn't get any air play on the radio. They had plenty of well known hits, but here's some you'd probably like if you'd listen them, "Sweet Young Thing", "You Just May Be The One", "She", "Randy Scouse Git" and "For Pete's Sake". They were truly a treasure.
I was SO in love with Micky Dolenz when I was 13-14!! 💓💓💓 (He is the lead singer on this song.) An entire wall of my bedroom was covered with pictures of him that I had cut out from teen magazines like Tiger Beat. 💋😉😄
I enjoyed watching them on TV as a kid. Very campy and hilarious. A nice rabbit hole to explore - some more songs: "Daydream Believer", "Sometime in the Morning", and "Pleasant Valley Sunday".
The monkeys were great. And so was their television show. They have great songs like She, Valerie, I'm going to buy me a dog, I want to be free, Words, Pleasant valley sunday, You just may be the one and so many more. ♥️♥️♥️
A great group of musicians and singers brought together for a tv show. Unfortunately, they weren’t allowed to play the instruments on their records. It was great slapstick comedy with outstanding hit songs. Fun fact: John Lennon loved their show, matched his fun, witty sense of humor❤️❤️❤️
That's not quite true. The Monkees didn't play instruments on their first two albums but they threatened to quit the show so their producers allowed them to play most (but not all) of the music on their later albums.
Having session musicians play on the record is not an unusual practice in the 60s. The Wrecking Crew guys played on many of the hit records in those days.
The Monkees were huge - their first album went to #1 knocking the Beatles’ “Revolver” out of the top spot. It stayed there until it got knocked out by their SECOND album!
Love..love.
Love this song...tq
This is '60s pop music at it's finest - and there are plenty more from them to check out - "Daydream Believer," "Last Train to Clarksville," "Mary, Mary," "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You," "The Girl Th at I Knew Somewhere" - great band.
The one who is singing this song, Micky Dolenz, really shows off his abilities in the song "Goin' Down", which he reportedly did in a single take in the studio.
you just may be the one is another banger
oh yeah, and auntie grizelda
They also had their own tv show and little mister Bobby Sherman was also in another tv show where he played one of 3 brothers looking for brides.
The Girl That I Knew Somewhere was the 1st song I heard when I came home from school saw the sword fight scene in episode 1. I was immediately hooked on the show and it's still my favorite song by them.
I’m so glad I grew up the 70’s to hear this music that is being rediscovered. By new generation she. I’m glad you are sharing this on your channel I enjoy you guys.
You will love their TV show, The Monkees. Such great comic actors who turned out to be terrific musicians. I saw their reunion tour in the 90's and they were great.
Well, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork were aspiring musicians that turned out to be great comic actors and developed into terrific musicians. You're right about Mickey. I'm not sure you can call Davy Jones a great musician but he was a great singer.
This song was written by Neil Diamond!🎤🎵🎶 They also played with Jimi Hendrix, he opened for them on tour.😄
They came to Charlotte together. Coliseum. At the time Hendrix over their heads.
I don't think Hendrix finished the tour... 😆
That's a travesty, Jimi Hendrix opening for people who aren't even real musicians.
@@squaaaaak3178 he felt the same way especially since the crowd were actually there to see the Monkees
Neil wrote some great songs!
If u both enjoy this song u have to check out “daydream believer” it’s so catchy!!!
" the shaving razor's cold....and it stings..." Love that song.... so many fond memories :)
Yes, Daydream Believer. Love that song.
The Davy Dance!!
Other big hits from the Monkees: "Last Train to Clarksville" (1966), "Stepping Stone" (1966), "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (1967), and "Valleri" (1968, but listen to the single/album version, not the TV show performance).
I love all those especially Stepping stone
Fantastic suggestions. Thank you.
All great ones!☮️
One of the best lines ever;
She needs someone to walk on. So her feet don't touch the ground.
Love The Monkees listened to them as a kid. I am 63 now and still love them.
I used to watch this show on TV!! Lol
Yeah, I always wanted to live in a fire station, too!
Monkees Songs: Daydream Believer, I Wanna Be Free, I'll Be Back Upon My Feet, Papa Gene's Blues, Sweet Young Thing, Saturday's Child, Door into Summer, A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You, I'm Not Your Stepping Stone, Words, She, You Might Be the One, Pleasant Valley Sunday, For Pete's Sake, Daily Nightly and Last Train to Clarksville (their first hit single) that was released BEFORE the first tv episode aired in September 1966.
They have several albums. I gave you a short list of their most popular songs.
These guys were great. My favorite band as a 12 year old. They are good to hear after so many years
This was the first real boy band, put together for a TV show, in response to Beatlemania. Let's do a TV show with 4 guys who want to be the next Beatles.
And it was a huge success back in the 60's
Actually the show was hilarious, fast paced. Occasionally I watch a n episode and still laugh....totally ridiculous. If you're looking for logic in humor, well duh, then that's the same person that cries out in movies, like ET when they fly on the bicycle, that person goes "Well !I'm sure, that would never happen." The turn around and watches a Sci-Fi motive like the Star Trek series, and goes "Oh yeh baby! I love Spock, he da man!"😂
@@thomastimlin1724 err....well thanks for the reply, but I didn't say anything about logic in humour 🤣
So enjoy the rest of whatever drug trip you're on
@@thomastimlin1724 I used to watch all the reruns over and over on MTV as a little kid. Loved it.
They knew and were liked by the beatles.
I'm so glad I got to see Mickey, Peter and Michael do their 50th anniversary tour in 2016!! I seen them twice for that! So sad that Mickey is the only one left! But he always has been my favorite 😍 R.IP Davy, Peter and Michael 🙏❤
I grew up listening to the Monkees music & watching their show. They could act silly but they actually were decent musicians & singers. They had many hits. "Last Train to Clarksville", "I'm a Believer" (written by Neil Diamond), "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" (written by Neil Diamond), "Valleri", "Pleasant Valley Sunday", & "Daydream Believer". Davy Jones was considered a teenage heart throb. Sadly he died in 2012 & later Peter Tork in 2019. Only 1 member is remaining now Micky Dolenz. Michael Nesmith just passed away.
Los Angeles' Wrecking Crew members Louis Shelton and Tommy Tedesco are featured on Many of The Monkees' hits. The guitar part at the bridge of Clarksville is done by Shelton and the flamenco guitar part on Valleri is done by Tommy.
Sadly as of December 10th that is no longer true. Michael Nesmith past away.
@@heidifedor May be RIP.
@@heidifedor Yes I know, I changed my comment.
Should be in music hall of fame , im not your stepping stone is a must!!!
What, for this song written by Neil diamond?
@@squaaaaak3178 the Monkees themselves!!
THE MONKEES IS WONDERFUL!!!! Micky Dolenz grande interpretação....Ótima música e grande sucesso até os dias atuais ....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
As a 70s kid, I watched reruns of their show, every day after school. Still makes me smile when I hear their music.
The Monkees were a "made for TV" band (a campy TV series called "The Monkees"), but eventually they became a real band. They actually had a lot of awesome music including "I'm a Believer" (future artists have covered this song years later. Smashmouth (late 90s band) had a pretty good rockin' cover too!).
Other songs you should check out by The Monkees - all of them? 😅 (Last Train to Clarksville, Daydream Believer, Words, I'm Not Your Stepping Stone, Mary Mary, etc.)
Nickelodeon used to run replays of this series back in the late 80s-early 90s, so I was able to watch it as a kid😅
Even covered by "Donkey" (Eddie Murphy) on Shrek
The show was petty fun actually. I just watched a few of the old episodes recently and they're still fun to watch!
MuchMusic in Canada aired the series in the late 90's when I discovered it at 13 years old and I was instantly hooked, became totally obsessed with them and they're still my favourite band among my vast music library from the 50's to the 90's and a few albums from the years after that.
How about the Partridge family
Paul Revere and the Raiders had the first, and best version of “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone”:
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This group changes depending on who is singing lead. Micky (drummer) gets the rock songs, Davy (little British guy) gets the love songs and Mike, (guitar) tends toward country. They really were the American Beatles despite being a band made just for TV. Papa Gene's Blues is probably Mike's best, Daydream Believer for Davy and Last Train to Clarksville for Mickey.
Micky's !Alternate Title" one, is perhaps the cleverest one of cross talk singing and vid editing !
I never thought of it that way, but you are absolutely right!
@@highpath4776 I take it you're British? Did you know that "Alternate Title" was released in the US as "Randy Scouse Git"? Obviously they didn't call it that in England.
@@dianem8544 I thought the US would not have understood that title ! - maybe the BBC just copyrighted the phrase .. or EMI executives a bit unhappy
@@highpath4776 I think the reason it was released with that title in the US was _because_ we wouldn't understand it. In America, it's not dirty or rude or anything, it's just three words that don't make any sense together. Randy is a name, and the other two are a mystery to the average American. And before the internet, how were we going to find out without asking a British person? It's a pretty safe title!
Great song. Written by Neil Diamond. Such a great writer.
I’ve loved the Monkees since I was a kid in the 70s. I saw them in concert shortly before Davey passed away.
RIP Davey and Peter.
And today Mike passed away. Only Mickey is left.
"Then I saw her face and she's a retriever"......... Not a trace of doubt in my mind. LOL. Oh the lyrics we sang as kids in the 60s when it came out. lol
She's a retriever, a golden retriever,... My friend who was in a band in the '80s used to play and with those lyrics
I was in love with Davy Jones when I was a kid , we used to play their album and dance around like star struck girls !!!
Same ❤️
I always liked Micky, but only when not trying to straighten his hair.
"I'm A Believer"(1967) went to number one on the charts. It was written by Rock Superstar Legend and singer/songwriter Neil Diamond. He wrote 3 hits for them besides this song. He also wrote "A Little Bit of Me and a Little Bit of You" (1967) #2 on the charts, and "Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow" (1966). #
The Monkees were able to top the charts during the 60's due to great song writers like Neil Diamond. And the rest as they say is history. Great reaction as always.
Had this on 8 track in the 70's love the Monkeys and the TV show. Much love to you and your family.
"When I needed sunshine I got rain". - "Disappointment haunted all my dreams". These lines swirled around my childhood, and still resonate.
Monkees is right up there with Beach Boys and The Beatles for early rock that I listened to a lot as a kid. Check out Daydream Believer, Last Train to Clarksville, Steppen' Stone, Valleri, and of course The Monkees Theme from the TV show, full version.
I'm glad you added the that I listen to a lot as a kid part . Early rock? Their manufactured and not really actual musicians. The show was great and I like them and all The people that wrote their best songs are far more talented musically.
So good, we all love the Monkeys!
Always loved the monkees, for a few years they were as big as the Beatles or stones a lot more than a tv show. They toured for years to sellout crowds great stuff
They were all talented musicians who played really good music together. Such an underrated band.
Shawn and Mel if you guys enjoy this song by the Monkees, you should react to the song Last Train To Clarksville it's a very good song by them
Totally agree, Last Train To Clarksville is my favourite by them
So glad you got to the Monkees! A rabbit hole indeed. I loved their zany comedy TV series, which show-cased their music and became so popular. They have so many great songs. Thank you for another great, fun reaction! 🙂
Written by Neil Diamond
MARY, MARY written by Monkee MIke Nesmith! Sweet Young Thing written by Monkee Mike Nesmith!!! YOU WILL LOVE THEM!!!
Daydream believer is another great one. Thanks for this Shawn and Mel. God Bless.
Thank you for reacting to the Monkees, I am so blessed to have seen them in concert, they are so much fun!
The Monkees will always have a special place in my heart as my 1st ever concert as a youngster was seeing The Monkees, special memories. Was lucky to see Micky & Peter concert before Peter Tork passed away & then attended the Micky & Mike concert few years back
I enjoy watching you lovely young people discover the music I grew up on. Brings a whole new perspective to it.
You guys are my favorite couple keeping great music alive back out Freddie Mercury and a famous opera singer singing Barcelona perfect in every way amazing words can go on and on must experience .
It's really pretty incredible that a band consisting of four actors, literally thrown together for a television show, who weren't even allowed to play the instruments they were experienced with and instead were assigned their instruments according to how they looked playing them, turned out to be a genuinely talented musical group. Somehow they managed to release some of the catchiest and enjoyable songs of the late 60s.
The lead on this song, drummer Micky Dolenz, age 76, is the last surviving member as Mike Nesmith died a few days ago. Peter Tork 2018. Davy Jones 2012.
The Monkees had many great hit songs. One of the songs that was under the radar, and written by Carol King, was Sometime In The Morning. I KNOW you will love this song. ❤️
Back in the 60s we used to watch them after-school
Neil Diamond wrote this.
I just love you both please do not change!
Other great Monkees songs "You Just May Be The One" , "Shades of Gray", "Gonna Buy Me a Dog" , "What Am I Doing Hangin' Around?" Good stuff.
Fun Fact:
Michael Naismith (the guy wearing the knit Beanie cap) his mom created Liquid Paper/White Out & became rich...
She game him a million dollars to "stop 'Monkeying' Around" with music.
He took the money, anyway & continued until he passed away late 2021.
Mickey Dolenz (the lead singer in this song) is the surviving member of the Monkees.
One of my favorites, I remember coming home from elementary school, I was grade 7, and the monkees sang this song, now they have this song on, the movie Shrek!
You'll love "stepping stone" that is so relevant for our time like it was in their time
I not only love your music choices. But you!!! You 2 are beauty personified •♥️♥️♥️♥️
One of my all time favorite songs and groups!
We need more music like this produce today!
I was a huge Monkees fan when I was a kid. Never missed their weekly tv show and even went to one of their concerts. Still love their music
The Monkeys started out as a tv show featuring 4 guys. The song that opened the show started like this: Here we come, walking down the street. We get the funniest looks from everyone we meet. Hey, hey, we’re the Monkeys, the kids say we monkey around… If you manage to catch the show, practice walking the Monkeys walk. We all did it! By the way, when they started having hits, they got asked to do tours. The problem was they didn’t know how to play the instruments except one of them. So the group buckled down and learned to play so they could go on the road. I was lucky to see them in the 90s when they were doing a revival tour.
Epic band and talented guys.
Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork, Mike Nesmith, and Davey Jones. Jokingly called "the Pre-Fab Four" because they were brought together to play a band in a TV show. But they were real musicians, and turned into a real band. And they were amazing. Unfortunately, Peter Tork and Davey Jones are no longer with us but Mickey still occasionally performs. Mike Nesmith comes from money (his mom invented Liquid Paper, I kid you not) so he doesn't actually need to perform, but you see him out and about occasionally too.
Other songs by this band you guys need to hear include "Daydream Believer", "Last Train to Clarkesville," "Papa Gene's Blues," "Stepping Stone," and my personal favorite of all their songs, "Pleasant Valley Sunday."
Real musicians, lol. I guess so, in the way that mediocre bar bands are real musicians.
The Monkees are so underrated.
RIP Mike. Thank you for all the great memories and fun songs.
Can't believe Mickys the last one left, but so happy Mike Nesmith went out on the triumphant high note he deserved. R.I.P. Nez.
You brought me so much joy today. Every note soothes my soul.
The Monkeys had their own show...we all loved it.........Bmore born and raised here......
Thank you for your reaction! I was 7 years old when I first heard 'The Monkee's' on the radio. (They had a goofy TV show but I wasn't watching TV at that time.) I was at a store with my mother and saw a Teen Beat or some such magazine at the checkout stand and asked her to buy it for me. Rushed over to my 7 year old girlfriends house and she had the same magazine. The Monkee's were a hit with the pre-teen and teenagers. It's fun to realize their songs are classic all those years later!
The Monkeys were a “made for tv” band, meant to counteract the wave of Beatlemania that was sweeping America in the ‘60’s. Due to their popularity, they went on to become an actual band, making more songs and even going out on tours. The lead singer and drummer was Mickey Dolenz, the bass was Mike Nesmith, the tambourine was Davy Jones, and the organist was Peter Tork. (If I remember right.)
From my memory, both Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork were guitarists, but Peter was better at it so he played guitar and Mike taught himself to play bass.
@@plaidmoon5642 One of the things that always bothered me was how most people (even today) dismiss the Monkees as just actors pretending to be a band and "didn't know how to even play their own instruments." Actually, Peter played several instruments before the show and was part of the folk music scene in Greenwich Village. David was a drummer and solo singer before the show (he was the one who taught Mickey how to play the drums when the producers thought Davy would "look" better front and center). David also already had a solo album out before hand when he was around 16. Mickey had been in a previous band as a lead singer, played guitar, and had already written several songs (later writing some of the songs performed by the Monkees). Mike was in several bands before and had a few singles released under the name Michael Blessing. It was just for some crazy reason that the producer thought (at least for the first season) that other musicians should play all the instruments for the recordings.
They used to have their own TV series, which was part comedy, part music. Used to have all their albums 🎶💙✊
oh I so loved the Monkees in my very young life
In 1969 I was 13 years old living in Hawaii and got to see them in concert in Honolulu, I also got to see the Ventures (Wipe Out), it was an awesome night that I'll never forget!
Rip Mike Nesmith. Loved the Monkee’s music since I was seven.
I not only LOVE The Monkees music... but I grew up watching their show (The Monkees) Funny ass show!!
The guy on the right is the singer/drummer/percussionist, Micky Dolenz. He was a child star and had a TV show in the 50s, Circus Boy. He was the one I had a crush on! The guy next to him, Davy Jones, was a stage star as a child in England. Most of the girls had the crush on him! David Bowie (born David Jones) had to come up with a new name because Davy was already using it :-) Peter Tork, next to Davy, was the cute, sweet, quiet shy one. On the left is Michael Nesmith, he's from Texas and his mom invented Liquid Paper. He had the idea of joining music with video, and was the catalyst behind MTV, but he decided he didn't want to run a TV network. Micky and Michael are the only two left of the Monkees, and they recently retired from touring.
The Monkees were groovy! Saw them live for my 12th birthday! 💙🎶✌️💋
Words, Sometime In The Morning ","Nightly, Daily ","Porpoise Song " ,"Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow " ,"Love Lies Sleeping " and many more
Yay, the Monkees!! They have so many good songs. Their tv show was pretty funny to. Great reaction!! 🙂
So another great dive into 60's pop. Bubble gum music we used to call it. So if you listen to "Daydream Believer", you will find out that John Stewart of the Kingston Trio actually wrote that song. the Monkees took it to the charts. I installed Satellite dishes in Marin county years ago. One day I got the work order to install a dish for John Stewart in Novato CA. After entering his home, he walked me thru several rooms. As we went up stairs, I saw gold records on the wall. One was for "Daydream Believer". I asked him about that song, and how I grew up with the Monkees on TV. He chuckled, and told that one songs royalties bought him several homes. Amazing man. Amazing voice. He sang Gold with Stevie Nicks. Love you both. Peace.
Funfact: Davy Jones was backstage on the Ed Sullivan Show the night the Beatles made their first appearance. He was part of the touring 'Oliver' musical show, playing the part of the Artful Dodger.
One if the most underrated talents of their time. If you want a song to laugh at try ," I'm going to buy me a dog".
This song was both covered by and written by Neil Diamond. He was asked to give this song to The Monkees to go with their TV show. Neil released this song a year afterwards.
The song ''I'm a believer'' by The Monkees was part of the soundtrack of the animated movie ''Shrek'' of 2004... for those of us who were born in the 90s it is instantly recognizable!! I had english language classes in early years of high school and we analized lyrics of songs. There was a picture of The Monkees in our class manual and one of the musicians (the drummer) was hanging upside down from a three... it was funny for us and didn't understand why. Then our teacher said ''that's it! they are The Monkees!'' haha greetins from Argentina
My husband and I played this song in our wedding!
Some deep tracks I think are so good: "The Door Into Summer", "Love is Only Sleeping", and "Words". Not big hits, but IMO, some of their best stuff. Oh, "Daily Nightly" is pretty awesome too.
Love the Monkees you got a new song with every show. All the songs listed. Enjoy
My first two albums when I was 12 years old. Monkees Headquarters that had this song and The Jackson Five's Greatest Hits. Love all those songs to this day.
These guys were huge! So big that their opening act was Jimi Hendrix!
As a child I clearly remember owning all the Monkees albums! Many years later I bought a best of CD and knew all but one of the 21 songs!
You guys are my favorite couple keeping great music alive back out Freddie Mercury and a famous opera singer singing Barcelona perfect in every way amazing words can go on and on must experience
Great stuff! Thank you!
YAY!!!!! Hey hey we’re the Monkees!!!! 🔥🔥🥰🥰
Oh Yay! a happy memory from my childhood, at least 50 years ago
I got to see this lead singer, Micky Dolenz, in person at a golf course back in the 70s. He was finishing up at the 18th hole (Alice Cooper was playing right behind him). I had my 8mm home movie camera with me, and Micky pointed at it and said, "Ah, motion pictures!"
Yes! More Monkees! This band was actually created for The Monkees TV show.
RIP Mike Nesmith 12/30/1942-12/10/2021😭 He just died 9 days after this reaction. Nesmith did write Mary, Mary which was also a Monkees hit, and later sampled by Run DMC in the late 80’s.
❤️🥰❤️ Hello S & M SQUAD!!! ⭐️ LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SONG!!! LOVE THE MONKEES!!!
⭐️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 STANDING OVATION!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼⭐️ ❤️🥰❤️
I listened to the monkees as a child and watched their TV show!
There are songs that some people wouldn't think of mentioning because they didn't get any air play on the radio. They had plenty of well known hits, but here's some you'd probably like if you'd listen them, "Sweet Young Thing", "You Just May Be The One", "She", "Randy Scouse Git" and "For Pete's Sake". They were truly a treasure.
Loved watching the Monkeys ♥️
I was SO in love with Micky Dolenz when I was 13-14!! 💓💓💓 (He is the lead singer on this song.) An entire wall of my bedroom was covered with pictures of him that I had cut out from teen magazines like Tiger Beat. 💋😉😄
I bought this vinyl when I was 11. Still have it. Still love it.☮️
I enjoyed watching them on TV as a kid. Very campy and hilarious.
A nice rabbit hole to explore - some more songs: "Daydream Believer", "Sometime in the Morning", and "Pleasant Valley Sunday".
Used to love their TV show. I watched it all the time. lol. They were very popular back in the day.
The monkeys were great. And so was their television show. They have great songs like She, Valerie, I'm going to buy me a dog, I want to be free, Words, Pleasant valley sunday, You just may be the one and so many more. ♥️♥️♥️
A great group of musicians and singers brought together for a tv show. Unfortunately, they weren’t allowed to play the instruments on their records. It was great slapstick comedy with outstanding hit songs. Fun fact: John Lennon loved their show, matched his fun, witty sense of humor❤️❤️❤️
That's not quite true. The Monkees didn't play instruments on their first two albums but they threatened to quit the show so their producers allowed them to play most (but not all) of the music on their later albums.
@@plaidmoon5642 you are correct. I should have added that.
Having session musicians play on the record is not an unusual practice in the 60s. The Wrecking Crew guys played on many of the hit records in those days.
Fun bit, Neil Diamond, the writer of the song, played guitar in the recording sessions.
You two are incredible! Thanks for bringing music and joy to us. I would love to see you react to "My Boyfriend's Back" by the Angels.