🎵 MONKEES - DAYDREAM BELIEVER REACTION
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The Monkees are unique. It started with a casting call for a TV show, basically to cash in on the Beatles thing . 4 happy go lucky guys who sing and dance and have funny adventures. Along the way the music became a bigger deal than the TV show. With only 1 serious musician among them, the other two learned their instruments to a higher level and they began playing live. Of course Davey could sing. Its pretty interesting to learn the history on how 4 guys pretending to be a band actually became one.
Mike and Peter were musicians who could act, and Mickey and Davey were actors who could sing. Mickey fake played his drum in the first season, but he could play it better in the second season, and by the time the movie came up, he was a legit drummer. Davey was middle aged before I saw him play anything but tambourines and maracas. By his middle age, Davey was playing guitar on stage. He was no Jimmy Page, but he was onstage with it, not sucking.
Funny thing is The Beatles actually liked them.
I remember growing up in the 80's watching this show, on rerun obviously. When I learned the history you mentioned I was disappointed because I loved their music. The older I got the more I appreciated the fact that they didn't begin as musicians but came to learn how to play and become actual musicians. Their music just makes me think of simpler times of being a kid and enjoying their whimsical music. It later blew my young mind when I found out that one of their biggest hits "I'm a believer" was written by Neil Diamond. Great song and they did a great job with it.
@@3DJapan Full circle, the Monkees somewhat inspired Sgt Pepper. The Beatles invited the Monkees to the Sgt Pepper recording sessions, and they went. They can be seen with the Beatles in some of the videos. Mickey met his wife there, and wrote "Randy Scouse Git" about the experience.
@@BlackHatCinephile Davey looked like a kid as a senior, lol.
The monkey's are just pure innocent happy fun and carefree. Best TV show EVER.
Happier times when people didn't take themselves so seriously! They had a lot of hits :-)
True...true
... I was eight when they came out. Listened to them a lot. I liked them almost as much as the Stones and the Beatles.. I even had a double-breasted monkey shirt...
Happier times? Yeah, I guess if you can repress memories of the assassinations of JFK, MLK, & RFK, & all the strife/tragedy surrounding the civil rights & Vietnam War battles, then, yeah, it was a blast.
@@teddtarr .. Better than now. And why are you here?..
Yeah. I would definitely would be dancing like that if I managed to escape being drafted to Vietnam at the time this cameout in the 60's.
You're right that they were like a kind of One Direction of their day. Manufactured pop, but much much MUCH better.
In that era personalities tended to not need to portray a 'too cool for school' persona and take themselves so seriously. They had fun, had huge female fanbases, but could be goofy at the same time. There was something very appealing about that at the time and people tended to be less cynical and were more fun orientated.
In 4th grade I wanted to be Davy Jones, in 5th grade I was taller than him.
@@mikemaricle9941 I thought you were going to make a joke about Davy Jones's locker
Two of them were serious musicians, Nesmith and Tork. Nesmith was a guitarist and songwriter and Tork could play half a dozen instruments and was a songwriter. Micky had a band and played guitar before joining the Monkees but wasn’t on either Nesmith or Torks level as a musician . The only none musician was Davy Jones.
@@andrewft31 How did Mickey end up being the drummer?
@@neshobanakni he was the only willing to do it and Tork taught him how to play it. It’s a shame Peter didn’t do more musically the few songs he wrote for the Monkees were really good like Can You Dig It and Lady’s Baby
Brad&Lex, their "Last Train to Clarksville" and "Pleasant Valley Sunday" are next for you!!
Yes, and add "I'm a Believer" I like Mickey Dolenz's voice the best.
surlechapeau: And 'Scouse Git'..!! :-D.
They were a great band, manufactured to compete with the popularity of the Beatles, and then they; through their own hard work and determination, took off a legit band in themselves!
I remember watching and loving their TV shows when I was a kid back in the '60s.... Always loved (and still do) the Beatles foremost, but the Monkeys were great as well...
@@alamc200 they reacted to that song Jan 20, 2022.
The best of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
I'm 70 years old and so glad I grew up when I did. The music and cars were much better in those simpler times.
The Monkees were teen idols for 2 different generations in 2 different decades. 1st for the Boomers in the 60s when they originally were formed. Then, in the late 80s because MTV reaired their tv show. It was so popular for GenX that 16 magazine went into their archives and dug out the old pictures they had and printed them, thus GenX had Monkees pinups on our walls. They even created a whole new group called The New Monkees with a new tv show. Sadly, the new incarnation didn't do so well.
I was one of those Gen X’ers. Remember having a poster of The Monkees on my wall and went to two of their concerts in the 80’s. It was a lot of fun.
@@marshanall2695 I also loved the Monkees in the 80s. And ever since. To be fair, though, a lot of the shows that formed me were from the 60s and 70s.
@@mage1439 same here
I lived out in the boonies. For us it was the local UHF tv station that played the show in the late 70s- early 80s.
Count me in. I started watching late 70s/early 80s - had NO idea who they were, but I LOVED the show, and the music was awesome.
The lead singer was the only member from the UK, Davy Jones (RIP 2012...and he wasn't even that old, only 66), and he also guest-starred in another HUGE 70's TV show, The Brady Bunch.
Even us X-gener's know this song well, having listened to this song as kids in the 1970's on our parent's records. Very popular!
repeats of 60's BnW classics as well
Younger Gen X here. Remember seeing their TV show reruns during the 80s as kids. Lol. They were fun. 🤙
@@jeffreekoch9298 i was still watchin BnW reruns of FTroop, Gilligans Island, and I Dream of Jeannie as a boy
I feel old
Yep same here.
@@LordEriolTolkien All those and The Brady Bunch.
The Monkees were created by TV producers looking to capitalize on the enormous popularity of The Beatles. In that sense, they did not start out as a real band. Funny thing is, they chose songs from excellent songwriters, members of the band could really sing, and their records were very well produced. However they got started, all these years later their music still sounds good.
Two of their members were also great songwriters and Dolenz became a decent writer.
Davy Jones, that lead singer, was an English actor before he joined the Monkees. As you can imagine, millions of girls had crushes on him. Nobody was cuter than Davy. :- ) Anyway, to answer your questions, the Monkees did a lot of pop music. They were both heartthrobs and goofballs, with their own weekly comedy show, from about 1966 to 1969. If you were born around 1955-1960 (the youngest Boomers) and were home sitting on a rug watching TV, you would have loved them. They also performed songs on their show, although it was all lip-synced off their albums. Kids and young teens loved them. But in fairness, lots of older teens and adults loved their music, too. Listen to "I'm a Believer" sometime - it was used in the movie "Shrek."
To be clear it was covered for Shrek, not the original.
Davy Jones was also a legit boxer. Don’t mess with Davy Jones
They're all passed away now except for Mickey.
But then, I'm a Believer is really a Neil Diamond song. The Monkees just covered it.
@@chrisking879 He was also a jockey at one time in England. He played "The ARTFUL DODGER" character in the musical "OLIVER" (based on the book "OLIVER TWIST", The cast from "OLIVER" was performing two songs from the Broadway show the same night that the BEATLES gave their FIRST performance on the ED SULLIVAN SHOW on FEB 9, 1964. Davy, the one singing lead here, watched the Beatles while he was waiting to go on with the rest of the "OLIVER" cast, and was enamored with what the Beatles were doing. He says in interviews that when he saw The BEATLES, he WANTED to be in a group like that. A couple of years later, he WAS.
The Monkees had some of the greatest songwriters of the time contributing to their catalog. Carole King, Neil Diamond, Boyce and Hart. We absolutely loved them when they came on TV. They were zany and cute and for us tween girls we absolutely adored them lol. They did sing, Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith were the most serious musicians. David Jones was a seasoned theatre actor and singer, Micky Dolenz had been a child star.
This is what we had to watch as kids. Great time to grow up.
The Monkees make me smile every time. They were so much fun, and such characters. Davey, the singer was a horse jockey before he became involved with acting. He had a pretty decent career later on. Unfortunately, he passed in 2012. I believe the only Monkee that is still with us is Mickey Dolenz. He was the one with the tambourine. Great reaction!
I am SOOOO happy you are reacting to The Monkees!!! The were always so much fun & their songs are great! You could never watch them & not smile. This is a fantastic rabbit hole for you. Try PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY, VALERII, I'M NOT YOUR STEPPIN' STONE, I'M A BELIEVER.......you definitely made me smile today. Thanks!
In the 70's I would get home after school and watch The Monkees reruns on tv just about every day. they always had at least one song in each episode. I believe this clip is from one of the episodes
The "Monkee" with the glasses wrote the song "Different Drum" that basically launched the success of none other than '70s music icon Linda Ronstadt. Also, his mother invented "Liquid Paper", that became the product "White Out", used in every office for making typo corrections on text produced on typewriters.
Yep, Mike Nesmith’s mom I never had to work again after inventing liquid paper lol.
He also wrote and sang Joanne, a beautifully poetic song that you would enjoy.
He also basically invented the music video, and put out an Avante Garde movie. He was also my favorite Monkee, 'cause I'm just that dang old.
@@neshobanakni Mike had a hit in Australia in 1977 (No. 4) with a song Rio. Is this the music video you are writing about ruclips.net/video/WnpcTsy10dE/видео.html.
Mike Nesmith didn’t write Daydream Believer, although he did write numerous songs the Monkees’ recorded. The Monkees were a TV show, as others have pointed out. The entire faze might have faded away forever had it not been for MTv in the 80’s. They resurrected the tv show, and had 3 of the original group host episodes, and they performed new songs, as well. An entire new generation became fans of the group, and the Monkees set out on a world tour in ‘86, which was extraordinarily popular and successful. I probably saw 15-20 of their shows during the next 30 years. They recorded and released new music, albums, made personal appearances, were on all top TV programs during those times… and were, at the very least,FUN! The concerts were full of humor and staged antics, which audiences loved. It pretty much came to a halt in 2012 when Davy Jones - the lead singer on Daydream Believer, died suddenly of a heart attack. The remaining members attempted various member- line- ups to revive a waning interest with moderate success. The Monkees were at their best when all 4 original members were together. All in all, the show/group were a sign of the times - and I’m really glad to have been alive during that tune - because music exploded exponentially on media, radio, tv, and live performances. It was “groovy.” 😉
I think the country was (in many ways) a lot more casual and laid back 50+ years ago. People were able to have fun and not take themselves too seriously. Nowadays everyone seems wound very very tight. It's a different world.
The song was written by John Stewart of the Kensington Trio. The song was just about a wasted day. The Monkees were formed around a sitcom (television show), which aired from 66-68. They were better musicians than given credit for, Mike Nesmith wrote The Stone Poneys classic Different Drum (Linda Ronstadt).
The Kingston Trio
Yes different drum
You wouldn't believe the impact they had on us kids in the UK in the later 1960's. Davy Jones literally lived and was raised a mile from my house in Gorton, Manchester and we were all proud. It was clean pop music. Even the Vicar at the top of our road loved The Monkees, and he was in his late 60s. Not many older people liked modern music then. I only remember great times and happiness from this group. He bought a house for his parents on Clumber Road, Gorton and girls would hang around there, even though he lived in the States. In later years he would be seen occasionally walking in Debdale Park very close to his parents' house. No one bothered him, apart from a wave and thumbs up
What a great comment. Thanks for sharing!❤
When I was just a little boy, this was MY FAVORITE Monkees song. I watched all the shows and even had a model Monkee mobile that I put together with glue which was a big thing back in the 60s
This was a big part of our lives as pre-teens and young teenagers. We all wanted to start a band. Some of us actually pulled it off. The Monkees were just plain fun, and they were part of a machine that took well-written songs by skilled songwriters and turned them into hits. A great time to grow up. It was a whole other world! 😎🎶❤
Looking back you really appreciate how lucky we were to grow up in that era!
One of the greatest anthems of my era, still much beloved. It's fascinating to watch millennials struggle to find any pop cultural references to the song, when we boomers knew back then, and still to this day, exactly the message and mood it strives to convey.
There isn't any way you can feel the 60's and 70's. I miss those days.
No cell phones no internet just fun.
The Monkees were originally a manufactured group for a TV sitcom about an aspiring rock & roll band in the mode of The Beatles (the TV show ran from 1966 to '68). They gradually began to take control of the group for themselves, playing their own instruments in the studio and recording their own songs. They even made a bizarre trippy movie called Head. The Monkees were really based on the early Beatles, particularly the movies A Hard Day's Night and Help. As The Beatles became more experimental in their music and shed their early teen idol image, The Monkees filled the gap in that market - until they too shed that same image.
Love the name of the movie :-)
Hard Day's Night great movie , great comedy , and great songs. Definitely recommend , worth a watch a least one in your life.
@@alfredristan3445 i love watching the monkees my kid watch this show 5 yrs ago “big time rush” i told him this tv show btr reminds me of the monkees tv show
It's funny how the Monkees had a pretty similar career trajectory as the Beatles.
@@Mankind_- Apparently, that isn't actually true. Mike Nesmith made that up during an interview, just to see if the interviewer would fact-check it - they didn't, and the made-up story went viral. Just to add to the fun, Micky Dolenz claimed that Charles Manson auditioned for The Monkees - and that also got published without fact-checking. As Abraham Lincoln once said, "Don't believe everything you read on the Internet".
Love the Monkees! I grew up watching their show, and then my daughter did in reruns. She knew every word to every song before 4 years old. We went to see them, Weird Al opened, and the Monkees tried to get Jen, my baby, onstage. She hid under the table lol. When Weird Al did Like A Surgeon, he came and laid across our table…she spent a lot of time under there ☮️❤️ MONKEES
They were put together for a TV show, one of the prototypes for boy bands. They had little to do with the music production in the beginning (just "performing" it on the show), but eventually practiced up and got more involved in writing and playing the music as an actual full dimensional band. They had a lot of hits, some of them surprisingly good/interesting for what we would expect from a made-for-tv band nowadays with how manufactured and processed the "pop music" pipeline has become.
Well, when the producers had folks like Neil Diamond writing the songs. It wouldn't seem so "manufactured" lol
Sadly the producers never let them actually play on the show, it was always a house band dubbed over them.
Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz were musicians. Dolenz had a band prior to the Monkees he played the guitar and sang. Nesmith could play the guitar and write songs, he wrote hits for Paul Buttersfield (Mary Mary) and Linda Ronstadt (Different Drum), he also wrote a lot of the Monkees better songs like Papa Gene’s Blues, You Told Me, Circle Sky, Listen to the Band. Peter Tork could play half a dozen instruments and was also a songwriter, to get a good sense of his style listen to Can You Dig It or Lady’s Baby. Dolenz became an ok songwriter but not on Mike or Peter’s level.
My dad took my sister and I to see The Monkees at The Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in June 1967 for our birthday; I was 15 and my sister, 10. The girls were screaming so loudly, I remember! It was great seeing them in- person! Daydream Believer came out about 5 months later. What an experience!!🎶🎶
Lex - The Monkees were a corporate manufactured band that was created to be a TV show based on the Beatles "Hard Days Night". There was a "casting call" in LA and they are all actors that answered it. At first the music was recorded by session players, however, later in the seasons they demanded to do their own music and concerts. I don't know if someone else posted this ... David Jones had to change his name to David Bowie because of Davey Jones; he didn't want to be confused with the singer in the Monkees.
I loved this sitcom when I was a kid, they played the reruns on TV all the time. There are plenty of clips from the show on RUclips.
This was one of the first Music Groups in History from a casting for a TV-Series. They had great success in the US and Europe i think. When they had their first Hits i was 11 years old.
Hard to believe that Micky is the only surviving Monkee. God bless these guys
I used to watch The Monkees when I was a kid (and I’m an 80s/90s kid). Back in the 60s, they had a TV show called The Monkees. And pretty much during the show and/or at the end of the show, they would play a song within the show. So of course I had to have every tape of The Monkees. It’s pretty much, America’s version of The Beatles but in a tv show. Mike Nesmith played lead guitar, and he wrote a few songs. Neil Diamond actually wrote the song “I’m a believer” and he wrote some others that The Monkees and other artists sang. Definitely do more Monkees reactions! Do a song that Mike Nesmith sings like You Just May be the one, Papa Gene’s Blues and Sweet Young Thing. 🤩
This is such a fantastic song it just puts a smile on your face, it feels a lifetime away, “Last Train to Clarksville’s” is definitely my favourite, it’s also their debut single.
Another thing about this era was that we had only 3 to 4 tv channels to choose from ... most of us knew and enjoyed these goof-balls and we knew their songs by heart ... GREAT TIMES back then ... good job you two .... as always ... keep on keeping on ...
@@wyomarine6341 One of my favorite places on the planet. Too bad it's part of California...One of the best snacks to me is a slice of Sheepherders bread with real butter from Schat's Bakery.
@@wyomarine6341 That's down on the San Joaquin yes? I lived in Palmdale/Lancaster. Made the drive 5 or 6 times a year with my fly rod. Loved that stretch of the San Joaquin just above and below Devil's Post Pile". Such a beautiful drive, twisty as it is. Loved fishing Convict Creek, but well below the lake, and Rush Creek over on the June Lake Loop. Funny, the Owens is one of the few waters that I've never been able to catch a fish on. The others are the Kern River(both forks) and the Rogue River in Oregon. Did great in all the creeks feeding them though, which is why I always found it frustrating. ROFL, imagine my shock one August morning, stepping out of my room at the Motel6 to head to Schat's, and finding a 1/2 inch of snow on the ground. Cracked me up...
@@wyomarine6341 I was living on Okinawa at that time and we had 1 channel but needed a radio on a certain channel to hear the English...
I live near Harrisburg PA. About 35 miles northeast is a town called Beaverton. Davy Jones had a place there, where he raised horses. I don't remember why I was in Beaverton, other than as a ride-along with a friend who had some kind of business there. BUT... I was outside and who should come riding into town on his horse, but Davy. He looked a bit worse for wear, but I said hello, and he was friendly. I later found out that he had lost his license for DUI.
This video just makes me happy. They look so young and innocent.
A great pop song. You had to be a 6 year old watching the first run of the Monkees TV show to get it. Meanwhile your older sisters walls were covered with posters pulled out of Tiger Beat magazines of Davy Jones, Bobby Sherman, the Cowsills etc. It was a whole different time but innocent, fun and plenty of good tunes....
Believe it or not Jimi Hendrix opened for the Monkees on a 1967 tour. Jimi had 2nd billing to the Almighty Monkees!
He's the dreamer and his lady (wife, live in girlfriend?) is the former home coming queen. If you listen to the lyrics, the couple are going through the routine day to day adult things (he mentions having to get up with the alarm and getting ready for the day) and that they are going through some financial hard times (he talks about them "not having dollar one to spend." He then points out that they don't need much to be happy. It's basically about having all those big dreams when you're a teenager and then coming to terms with the reality of everyday adult life and still finding contentment.
You guys gotta see some episodes of their tv show. It was funny. Micky was the voice of Arthur from The Tick cartoon. Their hit songs like this were in each show recorded as a music video. The Monkees actually went on tour. Jimmy Hendrix opened up once. He got booed off stage by all the teeny boppers there. True story. 🤯
I love music from the 50s 60s they had such an innocence, sweetness and simplicity to them.
This song was Boyce and Hart's crowning achievement......pure bubblegum.......but the sweetest, most satisfying ear candy you'll ever experience.
Btw.......Brad's smile when Davey Jones breaks into his signature shimmy dance is definitely spontaneous.
Boyce & Hart? No. It was written by John Stewart. Produced by Chip Douglas.
the monkees were about art imitating life based on the beatlemania of the 60s. the monkees tv show took 4 struggling performers and created a pop music sensation. the group then took on a life of its own, insisting they were more than the manufactured band they portrayed on tv. the tv show ended after a couple of seasons,but the monkees fans never let them be forgotten. i was at the final concert of the last monkees tour in november 2021,and the packed theater they played proved the monkees will live on just like the beatles,the stones,and the spirit of the 1960s.
I loved the TV show as a kid, when it was re-aired in the UK, probably in the mid 80's.
Some of the best pop songs of the era... from a media made TV boy group that learned to play. They were like the Friends of the 60s with the girls as guests.
But you can see where Austin Powers got his Mojo 😉😎🤣😂🤣
Three of them were already musicians prior to the show. Dolenz was in a band and played guitar and sang but had to learn the drums which Tork taught him. Nesmith and Tork were the professional musicians in the Monkees. Tork alone could play half a dozen instruments, hence why he was the one who taught Dolenz to play the drums. Nesmith although a good guitar player his real strength was his songwriting.
Lol....I've never seen the usually perspicacious *Lex* so nonplussed! :D
I was 16 and the world looked like it had a future. Today I think it's on the brink of destruction. I'm glad I'm old.
The sixties was a time of change and newness. There were so many great bands and all had their own distinctive sound while at the same time being Rock and Roll and Pop music. No auto-tune either and no vocal 'enhancements' That is why it was so fresh and cool. I grew up in that era and will always love that time in history when everything was changing and so exciting a time to live in. Thanks guys. I miss you here. Please come back?
It is hard to understand, for those younger, how important this program was to those of us that were kids at that time. RIP Davy, Peter, and Michael
The Monkees had a massive revival in the 1980s and new albums out every few years including a surprise chart topper album called GOOD TIMES as recently as 2016. Mike, the guitar player in the clip (he died last year), is often credited with inventing the concept of what we think of as a music video. Sadly, Micky, the guy in the blue shirt in the video, is the only one still alive now, but he still has a great voice and recently toured and had a new solo album out.
He's also a very good drummer but gets little credit for it.
@@andyfletcher3561 he was taught how to play the drums by Peter Tork
They were brought together for a TV show called 'The Monkees' - a fake band. The TV show was about 4 guys living in a beach apartment and to pay the rent each week they did any job they could, but mainly they wanted to become a band and did bookings for parties, weddings etc.(Great fun!) Most of the songs they 'performed' in the show were written by other people. The show became so popular (and the songs got to no. 1) that people wanted to see them live in concert - which eventually happened, so the band became 'real' - I'm glad to say.
The music of the 50s and 60s was so innocent, it started changing when people started to really sing about real life!
The Monkeys and Jackson 5 were my baby sister's favorites. They would sing every word of their songs. They were so cute. One of my favorite memories of them. I was already a teenager. They were Mama's late in life babies. Lol.
Loved their TV show, and yes they were a great band.
Except they didn't play the instruments on the music. Only Davey Jones sung and the actual music was played by session people.
@@murrayspiffy2815 all 4 sang. and just like the beach boys they usually had session players.
When I was around five I used to love watching their TV shows and listening to their records…. And now I’m old
Friend zone is a good way to describe The Monkees. They were fun, goofy, but great singers.
Anne Murray remade this song in the late 70s. I remember years ago it came over the loud speaker in a grocery store and my friend and I just started singing along.
Hey Hey, we're the Monkeys! They had a tv show. Love these guys. Davey Jones is so cute but I loved Micky. I was a child watching them on tv and they were so funny. Love them
They were created as a made for TV group. Their TV show was really goofy and their music was lighthearted by the standards of the time. The group was formed from session musicians through a casting call. They didn't know each other until they started this show.
The Monkeys had a Saturday Morning show. They did comedy skits and played music in the breaks between cartoons. They were huge with pre-adolesents, and weren't really considered a "real Band" by most, yet had a number of hits. Davy Jones was a teen heart throb, kind of like David Cassidy of The Partridge Family.
Originally they had a Monday evening sitcom.
The Monkees was a mid 60’s #1 rated tv show. They had 4 #1 songs & several other top 40 songs. They were hired as actors, but it turned out they could all sing.
The monkees were a manufactured TV band that were supposed to be like the American Beatles. They eventually learned how to actually play music
Mike, and Peter were very good from the start, hell Davy was a excellent drummer. They were are real as a lot of bands in the 60s that used studio people and did not write their own songs
@@Noclaf555 yeah I probably worded it wrong, I should have said they became a real band. Davy Jones was indeed a drummer and a Tony nominated Broadway performer, Mickey was a lead singer in bands before the Monkees and Peter tork was probably the best musician of them all.
@@neillenet291 yep, and only Micky left now😢
@@Noclaf555 yeah, kinda sad.
My first concert ever in 1986/87 after the MTV revival craze. They actually have a very decent catalog with some great songs :-)
The Monkees were America's answer to The Beatles, hence Davy Jones in the group with his British accent and similar Beatle hair style. The show came on just a few short years after the start of the 'British Music Invasion' so the audience was there for the music and the entertainment industry went wild with it. I was very young and remember watching The Monkees with my sisters. It was a fun, interesting era.
I remember watching The Monkees on TV each week, and yes Davey Jones was a bit of a heart throb
Love the song and video. I really dig Davey's dance moves. There's definitely a smile on my face! This is a "bubblegum pop" song, a genre that was very popular with us young boomer kids. Don't overthink it. This is one for sheer pleasure!
The first single I ever bought, with my pocket money, was "I'm a believer" :)
They were a TV show. Comedy. Originally actors turned musicians. They were big in US late 60s
TV companies were great at creating TV bands beginning with The Monkees, and that was followed by The Partridge Family, a culmination of people from different backgrounds, when put together made a happy life for others. And their albums and records as a group and as a single performer were also successful. David Cassidy of The Partridge Family became a successful performer. Shelley Jones who played the mother in The Partridge Family was already a successful actress on the big screen and as a singer.
For those who may not know. Mike Nesmith (playing guitar) in the video, his mother created 'White Out' liquid paper, that is still used today to cover typing or written errors on paper.
They were the New kids on the Block of their day. The TV studios put them together so they could have a TV show that featured them they made skits every week on TV for a half hour and they sang songs during the episode they were trying to follow the formula The Beatles used. I guess their concerts were a blast thousands of screaming kids young ladies that were totally into them. Concerts that filled up basketball stadiums
They didn't "perform skits". It was a sitcom about a struggling rock band trying to make it big.
I bet their next question is...who are New Kids On The Block?
Unlike New Kids on the Block, the Monkees could write their own songs and play their own instruments.
@@williamsmith1399 they wanted them to perform sugar sugar and they wouldn't do it. It took some time before they were really writing there own stuff. They didn't even know each other before the show
@@satanlaffing it was more like Carol Burnett and laugh in and Benny Hill than it was a real sit com like Cheers. They even had flying super monkeys
I don't understand why your so "blown away". It's a song from the 60's -- a classic!!
I enjoyed the Monkees too, but I know why they were blown away.....by today's standards, the performance seems kind of dorky....not that they don't like it!
I grew up in the 80s watching the reruns of their show from the 60s. Was my first concert I ever went to when I was 7. Very big part of my childhood.
Loved this show as a kid and between 1966 and 68 their TV show was a must watch for me and I had all of their record. These guys, The Beatles and The Beach Boys were my favorite bands as a boy in the sixties. The Beatles got a kick out of The Monkees and John Lennon loved their TV show because it was like The Marx Brothers comedy, completely zany and funny. They even got to meet The Beatles in 67 while The Beatles were recording one of their masterpiece albums "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Mike Nesmith also went to India in 68 to meditate with The Beatles but I can't recall if any of the other three Monkees also went. ☮️✌️💕👌
Brad is right about everything about the group and the song, video! We GenXers love the Monkees, too. Because, our Boomers parents loved them. Also, they used to air their old TV shows on TV during the '80s, when we were children or teens. They had catchy songs and the shows were funny.
Lex... The Monkees were not the Limp Bizkits, Korn of the '60s, early '70s. lol. They are closer to One Direction, pop rock, like The Monkees. Mix of pop and rock music. Heart throb types as well.
The '60s, early '70s version of Limp Bizkit, Korn would be the heavier, surf rock and proto-punk/garage rock bands like The Stooges (Iggy Pop) , MC5, The Kinks, The Shaggs, The Sonics, The Trashmen, Velvet Underground (Lour Reed), Dick Dale, some early Beach Boys, etc. Those are the '60s/early '70s Korn, Limp Bizkits. lol Brad is right on that, too. Check out those groups!.
Flip the single of this track to find the Monkees own heavy psych !
The Monkees also went into a country sound on the Nesmith songs
I'm with Lex on this one. I grew up watching reruns of The Monkees' TV show in the 80s and so I'm used to seeing them, but the people in the video still seem like they're little critters from some alternate universe.
Brad saying "I'm not getting Lim Bizkit or Korn from this" so earnestly made me chortle.
@@joesmith8725 I guess I would consider the closest thing from my lifetime to the Monkees to be the Spice Girls.
My dad told me the Monkees were not a 'real' band, but a group created specifically to be heartthrobs like the Beatles and marketed via a TV show. My mom considered them so fake, she didn't even pay attention to them. She was offeded by the idea of managers putting together a group and assigning them personas and songs-of course, most bands on major record labels are products of this to some extent via styling.
The Spice Girls were similarly conceived of as a girl group to appeal to young teen girls, and they were put together through a manager who cast them based on their differences and then gave them nicknames, and the public ate it up. They even made a movie like The Yellow Submarine (Beatles) that could be compared with the corny Monkees TV show. They were much more marketing than music. My sister was offended by them in the same way our mom was offended by the Monkees.
My favorite musicians are Tori Amos, Kate Bush and Fiona Apple but I also like a lot of pop confections, some more manufactured than others. I always found the Monkees charming and their music catchy. They were always playing characters as corny as the Brady Bunch and that is probably part of the reason Lex feels like they're from another world-they're acting out some marketing person's idea of a wholesome pop star. What you see isn't exactly who they are.
@@DavidMichaelCommer Ah, true! Those are good comparisons as well. And great write-up and story as well.
Right. Limp Bizkit/Korn would be early punk groups ('60s/'70s) like MC5, Velvet Underground, The Stooges (Iggy Pop), The Trashmen, etc.
Nothing like The Monkees lol. Monkees were like the One Direction at the time (pop rock). I grew up watching the Monkees reruns back in the '80s, too. Fun TV show and band.
@@DavidMichaelCommerno that is who they were. Davy has said so in interviews.
The Monkees were fun. I loved their show when I saw them on re-runs back in the 80s and loved them even more when I discovered their music. A lot of people made fun of them back in the day, but today they're rightfully viewed in a positive light.
The Monkeys were a made for TV band. The girls all went crazy for them.
You guys should react to…
The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville
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Taking someone from the 60's and plonking them in todays society, would be a great idea for a movie!!
Austin Powers.
There is some of us old folks that still dress like that and dance like that. We loved our era.. lovelovelove ❤️🌸✌🏻
The Monkees was a TV comedy that was deliberatly created to cash in on the Beatlemania craze and ran from 1966 to 1968, and even had a big screen movie called 'Head'(1968).
The line up for the "band" was British born Davy Jones (who sang lead on this track), Michael Naismith (with the guitar and wearing a tie), Peter Tork (who was on piano), and Mickey Dolenz (who had the tambourine). Naismith and Tork had both worked as musicians, and Dolenez and Jones were actors. All of them were good enough singers and most of them got better at instruments when needed.
As of now, the sole surviving member of The Monkees is Mickey Dolenz. Michael Naismith passed just last year in 2021, Peter Tork in 2019, and Davy Jones in 2012.
Naismith? Nesmith.
As a GenXer, I grew up watching re-runs of 'The Monkees' TV show in the 80s. You need to check out "Hey, Hey, We're the Monkees" (The Monkees theme song) ruclips.net/video/VNcqV_dC_gE/видео.html as well as "I'm A Believer" ruclips.net/video/wB9YIsKIEbA/видео.html , "Last Train to Clarksville" ruclips.net/video/ZcXpKiY2MXE/видео.html and "Pleasant Valley Sunday" ruclips.net/video/sUzs5dlLrm0/видео.html
I grew up watching them. Everyone was in love ❤️ with Davy but my favorite was Mickey the drummer. He is the only one living now. Everyone watched the tv show 📺 Most were actors only ✌️ were musicians.
The group was formed by two television producers who wanted to create America's answer to the Beatles. The Monkees included three Americans (Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Mickey Dolenz) and one British member (Davy Jones). They were by huge and were featured in all the teen magazines. Most of their songs were composed by duo Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart. Theye were heartthrobs for just about every teenage girl. Mike Nesmith was also an accomplished songwriter, and producer. You might be able to watch their TV show on Nick at Night or any retro sitcom network.
It's hard to resist the charm of the Monkees. This is my childhood right here.
The 60s in my opinion is the absolute best decade in music…most influential as well..and this is just a very small taste of what to expect.
Davey Jones looks like Axel Rose dancing in this videos - JMO
I love the Monkees!!! The TV shows are crazy fun, and the music is AMAZING ❤️❤️❤️
Brad nailed it. “Watching history”
The days of soft rock. The Monkee's was American music's attempt at being more popular than the Beatles from Britain. While the Monkee's definitely were popular, they were definitely not as talented as the Beatles (in my opinion). But I liked them both.
Michael Nesmith was by far the most talented of the four. Tork although a good musician kind of faded away until the reunions where as Nesmith had a decent solo career. Plus he had hits recorded by others like Linda Ronstadt. Michael also invented what would become MTV
Hi Brad & Lex, this look`s like it`s from the tv show. You should checkout the tv show & it`s theme, "Hey, Hey We`re The Monkees" . :) The Monkees were created to be the American competition for The Beatles, to fight the British `60`s invasion of Pop music.
There were 2 accomplished musicians - Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork. Davy and Micky were actors who had musical talent in the end. They were the pre-fab 4 who capitalized on the "fab 4". They were found via an ad in the newspaper - a call for 4 crazy guys audition. It is rumored that Charles Manson auditioned. They ended up writing a lot of songs at the end but started out with a stable of the most famous writers at the time (Carole King, Neil Diamond, Boyce & Hart, Bacharach, Goffin). They were "held ransom" by empire giant Don Kirschner, but emancipated themselves from him. Their show lasted 58 episodes in 66-68 and many of them had the songs interspersed and some were at the end (the early version of music videos, like this one). Mike Nesmith went on to be a music video pioneer and is one of the creators of MTV. His mom was the inventor of liquid paper/White out. Micky was a long time industry kid, as his father was an actor. They all played the roles to sort of emulate The Beatles in the tv show, and even went on to meet the Beatles, who were fans. They had a resurgence in the 80s because of MTV and VH1 and Nick at Nite playing the episodes and they went on tour throughout the late 80s and did still tour through the 90s a bit. They did put out a couple of new albums later. RIP Mike, Davy, and Peter. Micky is the only one left.
Speaking of musical theatre, the lead singer here is David Jones, who joined the Monkees fresh off his run in 'Oliver' as the Artful Dodger (London and NY). One of the Monkees with a professional acting/music background
Davey's alright, but he's for chicks, really. Mickey's the best singer in the Monkees, in my opinion. And Mike and Peter are the best songwriters.
Oh dear, onced a week I watched the Monkees as a child in the 1960's at my Grandma's.
What a great time we had.
We called that little dance Davey Jones did “The Skate”. They had great songs & a lot of charm.
Every time I hear this song, I smile. It can really bring up a sunny day.
Sadly, Mickey (blue shirt) is the only surviving member of the group. Watched these guys every Saturday morning when I was a kid. Silly, entertaining show. The Monkees had a LOT of hits, mostly sung by Davy and Mickey. Mike was certainly the most talented “music” guy of the four and continued to enjoy success in the business after the show’s run.
The 60's were fantastic for music. The majority of it was feel good, put a smile on your face music. LOTS of soul in the 60's.
The Monkees we're a Band Invented for TV. Huge casting call, everyone tried out for it! They didn't write their own music, professional Song Writers wrote much of the Hit Music at the time. The show was So Popular that kids wanted to see them Live. So they learned to play enough to do a live show. If they were on Variety Shows, they would "Lip Sync" to a recording, just like most of the Pop Acts of the time. Michael Nesmith went on to start MTV.
I grew up in the 70s/ 80s and this DID seem like a different era completely. This song made a huge comeback in 86, when MTV started playing full episodes of their tv show.