I've always loved Earl Palmer's drum track! I learned it when I was studying jazz as a teenager. I was so happy to hear some of the isolated Cuica talking drum under the vocal track. The use of that here has always blown my mind!
I love how the guitars are arranged in this song; the somewhat awkwardly played electric 12-string, the bluesy Stratocaster lead guitar, and the rhythm acoustic guitar to tie it all together
It also sounds like someone's using a Telecaster with a B-Bender too. Lots of great stuff going on. Just in structure alone - did you ever try sitting down with your guitar and figuring out all the chords in this tune? I did, years ago. I was up all night, and I still don't think I was able to play them all, in this tempo, all the way through. Linzer and Randell were truly amazing songwriters on the merits of this song alone.
Interesting observation about the B-bender, though I think what you’re talking about is what I thought to be a Strat To me it sounds a lot like position 4 specifically on a Strat, the middle and neck pickup together, but the riffs do have a pedal steel esque quality to them with the bends I haven’t tried to learn this song yet, but I have tried to learn some other 60s rock riffs note-for-note like Last Train To Clarksville and a lot of Byrds riffs, hats off to you for grinding and learning this one
I never knew they re-recorded this one, though gotta say I prefer the '66 version used in the show. Odd that it never got released until the Missing Links compilations. Great work on this track!👍👍
Really been looking forward to this one! My favorite from the album since childhood. I’ve always thought this version was superior to the earlier one used in the show. This arrangement and the addition of the horns improved an otherwise bland track in my opinion. Even Micky’s vocal is a bit more enthusiastic on this version. This excellent deconstruction solidifies my opinion even more. As always with Septyl’s breakdowns I hear things that I never knew were there and now I’ll always hear, enhancing further appreciation of the songs. That’s the beauty of your work. Excellent job, keep it up!
I’d give you better than a “B” for deconstruction quality. I am sure you have your own grading criteria, like ability to separate parts, but - as with all of your deconstructions- I hear things in this song I never heard in the old original vinyl mix back in the 1960s. In particular, the electric guitar work (two or three guitars, I can’t tell which) is exquisite and something I never really noticed before. This is the first of the post HQ/PAC&J ltd songs that you’ve deconstructed in which I am not familiar with any of the contributing studio musicians, save one: the great jazz pianist Michael Melvoin plays the harpsichord here, no doubt supplementing his income doing studio work. For those who don’t know, Melvoin was the father of Wendy Melvoin, of Wendy & Lisa (and of Prince’s “Purple Rain” band The Revolution). The two of them continued to record together after they left Prince and some of their material is very good. They should have had more success than they did. W&L also won an Emmy for writing and performing the theme song for the Nurse Jackie series in 2010 (yes, I got the date from Wikipedia). Melvoin had two other children - Susannah and Jonathan - who are also professional musicians. Just a little off-topic ramble exploring the connection between the Monkees and other successful musicians. And I never miss the chance to praise Wendy & Lisa. There are several RUclips vids of their work with and post-Prince if you are interested. As always, thank you for the deconstruction. I hope you are still having fun doing them!
My gradings are relative to my other videos, based on sound quality and my ability to isolate as many instruments as possible. A deconstruction like "Mary, Mary" or "Auntie's Municipal Court" would get an A (my best works). Thanks for the comment!
I've always loved Earl Palmer's drum track! I learned it when I was studying jazz as a teenager. I was so happy to hear some of the isolated Cuica talking drum under the vocal track. The use of that here has always blown my mind!
I love how the guitars are arranged in this song; the somewhat awkwardly played electric 12-string, the bluesy Stratocaster lead guitar, and the rhythm acoustic guitar to tie it all together
It also sounds like someone's using a Telecaster with a B-Bender too. Lots of great stuff going on. Just in structure alone - did you ever try sitting down with your guitar and figuring out all the chords in this tune? I did, years ago. I was up all night, and I still don't think I was able to play them all, in this tempo, all the way through. Linzer and Randell were truly amazing songwriters on the merits of this song alone.
Interesting observation about the B-bender, though I think what you’re talking about is what I thought to be a Strat
To me it sounds a lot like position 4 specifically on a Strat, the middle and neck pickup together, but the riffs do have a pedal steel esque quality to them with the bends
I haven’t tried to learn this song yet, but I have tried to learn some other 60s rock riffs note-for-note like Last Train To Clarksville and a lot of Byrds riffs, hats off to you for grinding and learning this one
You have elevated my appreciation for this song! Thank you!
I never knew they re-recorded this one, though gotta say I prefer the '66 version used in the show. Odd that it never got released until the Missing Links compilations. Great work on this track!👍👍
Really been looking forward to this one! My favorite from the album since childhood. I’ve always thought this version was superior to the earlier one used in the show. This arrangement and the addition of the horns improved an otherwise bland track in my opinion. Even Micky’s vocal is a bit more enthusiastic on this version. This excellent deconstruction solidifies my opinion even more. As always with Septyl’s breakdowns I hear things that I never knew were there and now I’ll always hear, enhancing further appreciation of the songs. That’s the beauty of your work. Excellent job, keep it up!
Great work! Thanks.
Bravo, ancora!!
Great song and the separation is very good! I especially enjoyed the harpsichord/guitar section by itself. Thanks so much!
This is one of my favorites; I much prefer the earlier version from the show. That version can also be found on The Monkees Anthology.
I’d give you better than a “B” for deconstruction quality. I am sure you have your own grading criteria, like ability to separate parts, but - as with all of your deconstructions- I hear things in this song I never heard in the old original vinyl mix back in the 1960s. In particular, the electric guitar work (two or three guitars, I can’t tell which) is exquisite and something I never really noticed before.
This is the first of the post HQ/PAC&J ltd songs that you’ve deconstructed in which I am not familiar with any of the contributing studio musicians, save one: the great jazz pianist Michael Melvoin plays the harpsichord here, no doubt supplementing his income doing studio work. For those who don’t know, Melvoin was the father of Wendy Melvoin, of Wendy & Lisa (and of Prince’s “Purple Rain” band The Revolution). The two of them continued to record together after they left Prince and some of their material is very good. They should have had more success than they did. W&L also won an Emmy for writing and performing the theme song for the Nurse Jackie series in 2010 (yes, I got the date from Wikipedia). Melvoin had two other children - Susannah and Jonathan - who are also professional musicians. Just a little off-topic ramble exploring the connection between the Monkees and other successful musicians. And I never miss the chance to praise Wendy & Lisa. There are several RUclips vids of their work with and post-Prince if you are interested.
As always, thank you for the deconstruction. I hope you are still having fun doing them!
My gradings are relative to my other videos, based on sound quality and my ability to isolate as many instruments as possible. A deconstruction like "Mary, Mary" or "Auntie's Municipal Court" would get an A (my best works). Thanks for the comment!
Is he singing 'I'll GET back upon my feet?'
@@songwriterjj6022 Yes
What did you use to make this would love to know ?
mvsep.com and Audacity