This is cool! You don't often hear Peter and Nez riffing jokes together like this. Ends with Pete on banjo playing "Cripple Creek" that he'd do at concerts in '67.
On the subject of Peter and Michael - there are more quotes (all filed under the tag "Peter and Michael" at thislovintime.tumblr.com), but to let Peter's words speak for themselves: “Well, I’ve never been really close with Michael [Nesmith] for some reason. You know, I have a lot of respect for him and admiration. But somehow we’ve never integrated. We’ve never been warm with each other. We worked together and did pretty well at it really.” - Peter, Clevescene, March 13, 2017
I don’t think they “hated” each other. They just didn’t jibe together and both were the real musicians of the group, so I think that can either make for musical chemistry or not. They were just different people. I think Micky and Davy balanced out the group. Nez was a bit high and mighty I think, opting out of participating in the 80s. Pete was a perfectionist, so I think that was the rub. Davy and Micky were the lead singers, so I think they were out of that Nez/Tork situation…but both are gone now and it’s all such a shame now.
Michael Nesmith was a busy man in the 80s. He was functioning as an executive producer on indie films, a music video director, scouting comedy talent for a television show and most importantly, running his own business, Pacific Arts. A CEO of a business can't just take off on tour for several weeks, whether he wants to or not.
its strange hearing this knowing Mike & Peter hate each other guts ,this is acting. Mike did let Peter stay with him and his wife in the Monkees early days.
Don't you think the problems only really started with Nez and Peter when Peter pushed away from Chip Douglas and started recording on his own? At this time the Monkees were still a united front - touring and recording in the studio together.
I don't think it was hate relationship at this point. I think the hate and dislike for each other came as the years without Mike went on. More at about the HEAD period I think is when it set in the most.
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This is cool! You don't often hear Peter and Nez riffing jokes together like this. Ends with Pete on banjo playing "Cripple Creek" that he'd do at concerts in '67.
Never heard this before!! Thanks for sharing and posting
On the subject of Peter and Michael - there are more quotes (all filed under the tag "Peter and Michael" at thislovintime.tumblr.com), but to let Peter's words speak for themselves: “Well, I’ve never been really close with Michael [Nesmith] for some reason. You know, I have a lot of respect for him and admiration. But somehow we’ve never integrated. We’ve never been warm with each other. We worked together and did pretty well at it really.” - Peter, Clevescene, March 13, 2017
Thank you for posting this for us!
I don’t think they “hated” each other. They just didn’t jibe together and both were the real musicians of the group, so I think that can either make for musical chemistry or not. They were just different people. I think Micky and Davy balanced out the group. Nez was a bit high and mighty I think, opting out of participating in the 80s. Pete was a perfectionist, so I think that was the rub. Davy and Micky were the lead singers, so I think they were out of that Nez/Tork situation…but both are gone now and it’s all such a shame now.
Very good explanation
Michael Nesmith was a busy man in the 80s. He was functioning as an executive producer on indie films, a music video director, scouting comedy talent for a television show and most importantly, running his own business, Pacific Arts. A CEO of a business can't just take off on tour for several weeks, whether he wants to or not.
its strange hearing this knowing Mike & Peter hate each other guts ,this is acting. Mike did let Peter stay with him and his wife in the Monkees early days.
Don't you think the problems only really started with Nez and Peter when Peter pushed away from Chip Douglas and started recording on his own?
At this time the Monkees were still a united front - touring and recording in the studio together.
I don't think it was hate relationship at this point. I think the hate and dislike for each other came as the years without Mike went on. More at about the HEAD period I think is when it set in the most.
I don’t think there was any hate between the two of them
Nez said they "never had a kind word for each other" on TV after Peter died. Didn't you see the interview?
Agreed. Davy shat on Nez in his later years, but I think the two of them always had an enjoyable camaraderie and chemistry - even on the Justus tour.