Groovy! "Mary, Mary" is a Monkees original song, written by Mike Nesmith and initially recorded by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 1966. Run-DMC revived the song with a rock-rap version in 1988. In that album cover photo Nesmith is wearing a large belt buckle and standing on the left just below the M in the guitar logo. I don't know the story behind the song but it might have begun as a reinterpretation of the English nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" -- "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, \ How does your garden grow? \ With silver bells, and cockle shells, \ And pretty maids all in a row." The shaking sound at the beginning that carries on throughout the song is likely made with a pair of maracas, a percussion instrument, also called a rattle, that makes a sound when shaken. Toy rattles are made to amuse babies and toddlers so adding a prominent rattle to the song lends support to my nursery rhyme speculation. For some musical context from the sixties that informs the song also check out Manfred Mann "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", Dave Clark Five "Bits And Pieces", Tommy James & The Shondells "Hanky Panky", and The McCoys "Hang On Sloopy". But for some soul blues instrumentals from the sixties that also inform the goove check out these classics... No Matter What Shape · Booker T. & The MG's (1966) ruclips.net/video/ClPWMpmjw18/видео.html Beat Me Till I'm Blue · The Mohawks (1968) ruclips.net/video/SdiK6E0w2wQ/видео.html Cardova · The Meters (1969) ruclips.net/video/4kd3QuTexvM/видео.html
The Monkees had quite a few good tracks, not all of them got much airplay on radio back then but were played on their TV show. Us old timers remember them with much fondness and I think it would be a nice rabbit hole to go down.......
Groovy! "Mary, Mary" is a Monkees original song, written by Mike Nesmith and initially recorded by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 1966. Run-DMC revived the song with a rock-rap version in 1988. In that album cover photo Nesmith is wearing a large belt buckle and standing on the left just below the M in the guitar logo. I don't know the story behind the song but it might have begun as a reinterpretation of the English nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" -- "Mary, Mary, quite contrary, \ How does your garden grow? \ With silver bells, and cockle shells, \ And pretty maids all in a row." The shaking sound at the beginning that carries on throughout the song is likely made with a pair of maracas, a percussion instrument, also called a rattle, that makes a sound when shaken. Toy rattles are made to amuse babies and toddlers so adding a prominent rattle to the song lends support to my nursery rhyme speculation. For some musical context from the sixties that informs the song also check out Manfred Mann "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", Dave Clark Five "Bits And Pieces", Tommy James & The Shondells "Hanky Panky", and The McCoys "Hang On Sloopy". But for some soul blues instrumentals from the sixties that also inform the goove check out these classics...
No Matter What Shape · Booker T. & The MG's (1966)
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Beat Me Till I'm Blue · The Mohawks (1968)
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Cardova · The Meters (1969)
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Thanks for sharing all that!Looking forward to diving into those tracks too-thanks for the recommendations!
The Monkees had quite a few good tracks, not all of them got much airplay on radio back then but were played on their TV show. Us old timers remember them with much fondness and I think it would be a nice rabbit hole to go down.......
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