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Top Five Songs of....The Monkees

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
edited February 2019 in Not Sports Related
In Tribute to Peter Tork

5 Daydream Believer

4  Pleasant Valley Sunday

3 Last Train to Clarksville

2 Listen to the band

1 I'm not your stepping stone
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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    "Tork"
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Henry Irving said:
    In Tribute to Peter York

    5 Daydream Believer

    4  Pleasant Valley Sunday

    3 Last Train to Clarksville

    2 Listen to the band

    1 I'm not your stepping stone
    Can't argue with this, though I do love their theme song
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    Henry Irving said:
    In Tribute to Peter York

    5 Daydream Believer

    4  Pleasant Valley Sunday

    3 Last Train to Clarksville

    2 Listen to the band

    1 I'm not your stepping stone
    • Style Wars (1980)
    • The Official Sloane Ranger's Handbook (1982)
    • Dictators' Homes (2005)
    • Cooler, Faster, More Expensive: the Return of the Sloane Ranger (2007)
    • "Authenticity is a con" (2014)
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    Mary Mary has got to be there somewhere 
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Henry Irving said:
    In Tribute to Peter York

    5 Daydream Believer

    4  Pleasant Valley Sunday

    3 Last Train to Clarksville

    2 Listen to the band

    1 I'm not your stepping stone
    Is he Michael's brother?
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    edited February 2019
    Henry Irving said:
    In Tribute to Peter Tork

    5 Daydream Believer

    4  Pleasant Valley Sunday

    3 Last Train to Clarksville

    2 Listen to the band

    1 I'm not your stepping stone
    All of yours @Henry Irving plus Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) and A little bit me, a little bit you. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    5 Last Train to Clarksville

    4 Mary Mary 

    3 Daydream Believer

    2 (I'm not your) Steppin' Stone

    1 I'm A Believer (better than any version I've heard by the song's writer, Neil Diamond)
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    1. Pleasant Valley Sunday

    2. Last Train To Clarksville

    3. A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You

    4. (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone

    5. She
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    Oh come on. Day dream believer must be number 1 for most people no? 
  • greenwichred68
    greenwichred68 Posts: 277
    1 Daydream Believer 
    2 im a believer
    3 What am i doing hanging around
    4 pleasant valley sunday
    5 sometime in the morning
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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    1. Valleri
    2. Stepping Stone
    3. Last Train To Clarkesville
    4. Pleasant Valley Sunday
    5. What Am I Doing Hanging Round?
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    They were utter crap of the first order. Manufactured garbage who no one at the time or since took seriously.....put them up there with The Wombles and Tiny Tim!
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    SoundAsa£ said:
    They were utter crap of the first order. Manufactured garbage who no one at the time or since took seriously.....put them up there with The Wombles and Tiny Tim!
    So wrong.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,677
    'Cheer up Peter Reid' is my number one.
  • Low_Ears
    Low_Ears Posts: 692
    5. Last Train to Clarksville

    4. Steppin' Stone

    3. What am I Doing Hangin' Round

    2.  You Just May Be The One

    1. The Girl I Knew Somewhere
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    I thought my wife was joking when she threatened to divorce me because of my obsession with the Monkees.

    But then I saw her saw face ....
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Bloody autocorrect

    Better than the Beatles
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    Henry Irving said:
    Bloody autocorrect

    Better than the Beatles
    PML.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    SoundAsa£ said:
    They were utter crap of the first order. Manufactured garbage who no one at the time or since took seriously.....put them up there with The Wombles and Tiny Tim!
    Ok then, you tell me when the likes of Robert Wyatt, REM, U2, Carter, Coldplay, Smash Mouth, Minor Threat, Weezer, The Wedding Present, Floyd Cramer, George Benson and The Sex Pistols start doing Wombles covers.  Nobody takes The Monkees seriously - pah! 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Saw the wombles supporting Springsteen in 1975. Blew the Boss off stage.
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  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    Henry Irving said:
    Saw the wombles supporting Springsteen in 1975. Blew the Boss off stage.
    Just as well it was off stage.
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    Henry Irving said:
    Saw the wombles supporting Springsteen in 1975. Blew the Boss off stage.



  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    And all of them did better versions. They were calculatedly and cynically manufactured in classic Hollywood fashion to appeal to teenie bobbers off the back of The Beatles massive success. Souless musical junk not found anywhere in serious record collections anywhere on the planet.
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    1. Daydream Believer
    2. I'm a Believer
    3. Shades of Grey
    4. Stepping Stone
    5. Last Train to Clarksville

    Wanted to have Listen to the Band or something else self-penned in there, but these are all better IMO. 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    SoundAsa£ said:
    And all of them did better versions. They were calculatedly and cynically manufactured in classic Hollywood fashion to appeal to teenie bobbers off the back of The Beatles massive success. Souless musical junk not found anywhere in serious record collections anywhere on the planet.
    Beatles were a cheap British copy of the Monkees.

    A few drug addled hippies didn't like their clean cut image but most real music fans can see their genius.


  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 913
    Like them a great deal, very easy to listen to. D.W.Washburn one of my favourites of theirs.
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    For Pete's Sake - the song played over the closing credits of the TV show.
  • pettgra
    pettgra Posts: 1,572
    I know I could do with some Pleasant Valley Saturdays.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,560
    SoundAsa£ said:
    And all of them did better versions. They were calculatedly and cynically manufactured in classic Hollywood fashion to appeal to teenie bobbers off the back of The Beatles massive success. Souless musical junk not found anywhere in serious record collections anywhere on the planet.


    looks like you are in a minority of one on this

  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    LargeAddick said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    And all of them did better versions. They were calculatedly and cynically manufactured in classic Hollywood fashion to appeal to teenie bobbers off the back of The Beatles massive success. Souless musical junk not found anywhere in serious record collections anywhere on the planet.


    looks like you are in a minority of one on this


    Not quite.

    They made some decent catchy tracks that I'm happy to sing along to, and written by other very talented songwriters (not least Neil Diamond) but musically and creatively they were third division.

    They were put together just for commercial television and marketed very well - cynically manufactured? - most definitely. The Pre-Fab Four eh?? 

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