They were utter crap of the first order.
Manufactured garbage who no one at the time or since took seriously.....put them up there with The Wombles and Tiny Tim!
They were utter crap of the first order.
Manufactured garbage who no one at the time or since took seriously.....put them up there with The Wombles and Tiny Tim!
They were utter crap of the first order.
Manufactured garbage who no one at the time or since took seriously.....put them up there with The Wombles and Tiny Tim!
Ok then, you tell me when the likes of Robert Wyatt, REM, U2, Carter, Coldplay, Smash Mouth, Minor Threat, Weezer, The Wedding Present, Floyd Cramer, George Benson and The Sex Pistols start doing Wombles covers. Nobody takes The Monkees seriously - pah!
And all of them did better versions.
They were calculatedly and cynically manufactured in classic Hollywood fashion to appeal to teenie bobbers off the back of The Beatles massive success.
Souless musical junk not found anywhere in serious record collections anywhere on the planet.
And all of them did better versions.
They were calculatedly and cynically manufactured in classic Hollywood fashion to appeal to teenie bobbers off the back of The Beatles massive success.
Souless musical junk not found anywhere in serious record collections anywhere on the planet.
Beatles were a cheap British copy of the Monkees.
A few drug addled hippies didn't like their clean cut image but most real music fans can see their genius.
And all of them did better versions.
They were calculatedly and cynically manufactured in classic Hollywood fashion to appeal to teenie bobbers off the back of The Beatles massive success.
Souless musical junk not found anywhere in serious record collections anywhere on the planet.
And all of them did better versions.
They were calculatedly and cynically manufactured in classic Hollywood fashion to appeal to teenie bobbers off the back of The Beatles massive success.
Souless musical junk not found anywhere in serious record collections anywhere on the planet.
looks like you are in a minority of one on this
Not quite.
They made some decent catchy tracks that I'm happy to sing along to, and written by other very talented songwriters (not least Neil Diamond) but musically and creatively they were third division.
They were put together just for commercial television and marketed very well - cynically manufactured? - most definitely. The Pre-Fab Four eh??
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4 Mary Mary
3 Daydream Believer
2 (I'm not your) Steppin' Stone
1 I'm A Believer (better than any version I've heard by the song's writer, Neil Diamond)
2. Last Train To Clarksville
3. A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You
4. (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone
5. She
2 im a believer
3 What am i doing hanging around
4 pleasant valley sunday
5 sometime in the morning
2. Stepping Stone
3. Last Train To Clarkesville
4. Pleasant Valley Sunday
5. What Am I Doing Hanging Round?
4. Steppin' Stone
3. What am I Doing Hangin' Round
2. You Just May Be The One
1. The Girl I Knew Somewhere
But then I saw her saw face ....
Better than the Beatles
2. I'm a Believer
3. Shades of Grey
4. Stepping Stone
5. Last Train to Clarksville
Wanted to have Listen to the Band or something else self-penned in there, but these are all better IMO.
A few drug addled hippies didn't like their clean cut image but most real music fans can see their genius.
looks like you are in a minority of one on this
Not quite.
They made some decent catchy tracks that I'm happy to sing along to, and written by other very talented songwriters (not least Neil Diamond) but musically and creatively they were third division.
They were put together just for commercial television and marketed very well - cynically manufactured? - most definitely. The Pre-Fab Four eh??