Peter Tork RIP

[Gil Bang 26125]

Dead. 77

[Chad Fuck 17910]

I remember seeing re-runs of their show when I was a kid.  Turned me on to jangly 60s rock before I knew where the Beatles and the Byrds were.  

RIP. 

[Deej 77304]

I don't want to be a believer. 

Rest in peace. 

[baboso 6057]

Finally done Monkeeing around.

[Rimbo 26482]

RIP dude

 

[Sbbruin 21943]

He's on the last train to the big Clarksville in the Sky.

[BoomMF 1399]

He was older than I thought.

RIP to a member of a favorite group of mine growing up. On the sitcom, Peter often stole the show.

[retread 2951]

RIP

Used to love watching the show.

[Gil Bang 26125]

I just read that Stephen fucking Stills auditioned for the show and didn’t get it.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13597]

 

[next2naus 439]

saw the Monkey-Mobile at a car show last year. hits close to home

[South Austin 52768]

I hope he's a believer.

[Richard Kimball 1506]

It's not over yet. McCartney, Nesmith, Dolenz and Starr. New group, the Beakees.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

37 minutes ago, Richard Kimball said:

It's not over yet. McCartney, Nesmith, Dolenz and Starr. New group, the Beakees.

The Monkles sounds better.

[Richard Kimball 1506]

2 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

The Monkles sounds better.

You're right. Advantage Cheeseweasel.

[Pato del Muerto 52991]

Nesmith living on that white out money

[South Austin 52768]

47 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Nesmith living on that white out money

Quite racist.

[Steamboat1874 4184]

20 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

I just read that Stephen fucking Stills auditioned for the show and didn’t get it.

So did Charles Manson.

[Richard Kimball 1506]

On 2/21/2019 at 12:20 PM, Gil Bang said:

I just read that Stephen fucking Stills auditioned for the show and didn’t get it.

They weren't hiring musicians. They were hiring relatively clean cut non-threatening actors to play musicians. Stills looked like a doper. The Monkees would have been less successful with him than with the group they selected, cause he always looked like the guy who might pull a knife on you in a parking lot. The twelve and thirteen year olds they were targeting wanted bubble gum music, not protest songs.

4 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

So did Charles Manson.

Read some interesting stuff on the Monkees. They were a big part of the Ventura Canyon scene, but the studio kept it under wraps to keep their image clean. During their brief run, they had a lot more success than the "serious" musicians, many of whom would hang out with them off camera. Manson was a hanger on all over the place, and played in several bands. No surprise he'd show up at an open audition. 

People may have dissed the Monkees, but Screen Gems wasn't out to make art, they were out to make money, and when Don Kirschner was handling them, they were outselling the Beatles. They harmonized pretty well, and quite a few of their songs still get air play. 

[DigglerontheHoof 21343]

RIP.  Loved the show, as a kid.  Would be down for a Monkles/Beakees experiment. 

[PencilPusher 454]

RIP......still my favorite Monkees tune which was written by the great Carole King:

 

[hullabelew 3724]

Which ones did Peter sing besides this one?  

 

 

[UTCzech III 2917]

If you haven't watched their swan song, Head, it's worth it.  I love it, some great tunes, and a pretty subversive flick.

 

And I just watched this yesterday, a great interview with their director Bob Rafelson, learned a lot about both the movie and the TV show (one reason they didn't hire Stephen Stills, he came in and wanted them to give him a hair transplant and some new teeth!  Bob said ain't nobody got time for that...).

 

Edited February 22, 2019 by UTCzech III