The Monkeys Suck thread.

“what a stupid band.”

“Guess you're not a believer, eh?”

“Hey rad!
A website just for you!

http://members.tripod.com/stupid_effin_monkeys/”

“rad, you suck cause you can't even spell it right!! It is the Monkees

http://www.monkees.net/”

“they still suck, no matter how you spell it.”

“That's a great web site. But I'm curious what the "Peter Tork Nude!" photo is all about. No, I don't intend to look at it myself....”

“Maybe he's pissed with Lyra?”

“No one liked my thread. :-(”

“Nope, no believers here...”

“yewkur, i gnow hou tu spehl et, dood. iy was jest maykin phun uv tha "mondays" thred.

deer gawd, iyve terned entu serebel!”

“i'll bet that meg can whoop lyra's ass!

and i'll bet that michael nesmith pees on himself!

i have a halloween name, too!

boo, beeyatches!”

“I like The Monkee's music. Pretty funny show also.”

“The Monkee's were the first fabricated boy band. The iconic roles assigned to each band member's personality and clothing was a precurser to the #&%!$ty music made today.”

“Rad, you're such a freeeeeeaaaaaaaaak!”

“Back in those days, I thought it was cool -- but hey.. what was I -- 12 or 13 or something?”

“I heard that Glen Campbell did the lead on "Last Train To Clarksville"......flat pick or finger picks.....what do y'all think?

That is a wicked cool guitar part.

Too bad Charlie Manson didn't get the job.”

“That may be true. We'd have to look it up.”

“Keith Allison Harmonica
Hal Blaine Drums
Tommy Boyce Vibraphone
Jimmy Bryant Bass, Fiddle
James Burton Guitar
Glen Campbell Guitar
Al Casey Guitar
Gary Coleman Percussion
Bob Cooper Oboe
Mike Deasy Sr Guitar
Frank DeVito Drums
Joseph Ditullio Cello
Micky Dolenz Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Violin
Bonnie Douglas Guitar
Wayne Erwin Percussion
Gene Estes Drums
Jim Gordon Organ, Autoharp, Glockenspiel, Backing Vocals
Bobby Hart Vocals
Viola
Davy Jones Organ
Myra Kestenbaum Drums
Larry Knechtel Guitar
Bill Lewis Guitar, Vocals
Gerry McGee Guitar
Michael Nesmith Bass
Donald Peake Harp
William Pitman Cello
Michel Rubini Guitar
Frederick Seykora Violin
Louie Shelton Bass
Paul Shure Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Larry Taylor Percussion
Peter Tork
David Walters Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart,
Jack Keller, Michael Nesmith
Producer:

(Well I tried to edit it to put the two columns together, but I don't think I can get it done in 10 mins.)


That's a bunch of studio musicians
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“Boyce and Hart wrote this as a protest to the Vietnam War. They had to keep this quiet in order to get it recorded, but it is about a guy who gets drafted and goes to fight in the war. The train is taking him to an army base, and he knows he may die in Vietnam. At the end of the song he states, "I don't know if I'm ever coming home."
Bobby Hart: "We were just looking for a name that sounded good. There's a little town in Northern Arizona I used to go through in the summer on the way to Oak Creek Canyon called Clarksdale. We were throwing out names, and when we got to Clarksdale, we thought Clarksville sounded even better. We didn't know it at the time, [but] there is an Air Force base near the town of Clarksville, Tennessee - which would have fit the bill fine for the story line. We couldn't be too direct with The Monkees. We couldn't really make a protest song out of it - we kind of snuck it in."
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“The Monkees didn't play on this. The 4 members of the group were chosen from over 400 applicants to appear on a TV show based on The Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night. The show was about a fictional band, so the members were chosen more for their looks and acting ability than for their musical talent. Session musicians played on their albums.”

“Frank DeVito rings a bell with me......
I suppose he slapped a cowbell from time to time as well.

James Burton and Glen Campbell are some guitar pickin' dudes!

Nice work, SecretDisorder!”

“so the members were chosen more for their looks and acting ability than for their musical talent


it's a good thing that now-a-days we don't chose our music stars that way.”

“Yah really. They all have talent, like Ashlee Simpson.”

“who the heck's meg?”

“Yeah, like that chick on SNL this week.”

“meg ryan. duh.

you know, of joe vs. volcanoe fame.”

“Session musicians played on their albums.”
SecretDisorder
7:27:08 AM
10/26/04

session musicans didn't play for them while they toured.

Actually Pleasant Valley Sunday is a cool song. It was ahead of its time for some of the music.”

“I like the monkees! My grandkids like "hey hey we're the monkees" the grandboy sings it pretty good!”

“Smeg?”

“meg is the chick that hates stupid effin monkeys!

i regret putting any reference to the band, even though i dislike them. i was just making fun of "The Mondays Suck Thread."

i was poking at lyra, too! poke poke.”

“poke poke poke.

whew! this is FUN!

almost as much fun as...

























a barrel of smegma!”

“I took a chick to see the Monkees on a reunion tour in the late 80's.

I haven't ever heard girls scream like that at a concert. They mobbed the stage.

At that moment, I became a fan. I knew she was worked up.”

“"session musicans didn't play for them while they toured."

Ewker
2:52:51 PM

uMm.. you admitting to going to a Monkees concert, Ewker?..

;)

Please don't make me admit I saw the Archies once.”

“Ok, Ok, just as long as none of you guys says anything positive about The 1910 Fruitgum Company.

bunny boiler likes the Monkees!!!
Which one is the cutest?”

“'...the members were chosen more for their looks and acting ability than for their musical talent.'

SecretDisorder
8:27:08 AM
10/26/04

Please tell me that SecretDisorder doesn't think the Monkees can actually act.”

“LOL.. I just quoted what I read skiracer.

1910 Fruitgum Company? gEez.. what's next?
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“TD, yes I went to a Monkees concert. From what I remember it was great. although you could tell they didn't sound anything like what you heard on the TV show or albums.”

“I thought they were all cute, but Davy looked like a little kid.
I loved watching the Monkees AND I have TWO of "their" CDs.”

“Jimi Hendrix was on the bill with The Monkees for a few shows when he first hit the U.S.

The audience was mostly moms and dads with 10-14 year old kids.

Needless to say they were taken aback by Jimi's "Wildman of Borneo" act and he was removed from the bill.”

“bunny boiler, you have that stuff on CD?”

“yep!
=D”

“Got any Ray Conniff Singers?”

“who? nope...I have a varied collection of music...I'm sure none of it's "good" but I like it!”

“i heart you too, raddy!

however, i do charge $2 a poke.”

“A 'Lonesome Dove' type of 'poke'? ;-)”

“hey lyra, what's up with your name, anywho?

from the constellation?”

“Oooooh...don't go pokin' lyra! She'll sic her daemon on ya!


Lyra from the book series His Dark Materials.”

“aren't kinda like a harry potter kinda thing?”

“Aero, you are goooood! :-)

it is like so much better than Harry Potter.

Lonesome Dove...whooosh, right over my head!”

“that's good lyra, cause i was gonna tell you that while the constellation is suppose to a lyre i've always thought it looks more like a big fish.”