Why Weren't The Monkees Allowed To Play?

[70Chip]

Am I alone in feeling that Don Kirchner was too agressive in insisting on using studio musicians? I mean clearly there was a creative bombshell waiting to burst here:



Clearly Johnny Cash agrees with me, 70Chip:

[htownskinfan]

I know this thread is done in jest,but i love the monkees,I have theyre greatest hits cd.Growing up in manassas in lates 60's and early 70's I remember watching them on sat morning
Great clip from Johnny Cash show,wheres the 4th monkee?
As for the original question,that was just for the first album wasnt it?

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

I know this thread is done in jest,but i love the monkees,I have theyre greatest hits cd.Growing up in manassas in lates 60's and early 70's I remember watching them on sat morning
Great clip from Johnny Cash show,wheres the 4th monkee?
As for the original question,that was just for the first album wasnt it?

I assure you that this thread is as serious as it could be. I think Peter Tork was building a geodesic dome in Arizona. As to your excellent question about the original question, Don Kirchner produced two Monkees albums, then met with the boys about a third at which time he proposed the song "Sugar, Sugar" and was threatened with bodily harm by Micheal Nesmith. I think "Sugar, Sugar" would have been a huge hit for them myself:

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by htownskinfan

I know this thread is done in jest,but i love the monkees,I have theyre greatest hits cd.Growing up in manassas in lates 60's and early 70's I remember watching them on sat morning
Great clip from Johnny Cash show,wheres the 4th monkee?
As for the original question,that was just for the first album wasnt it?

Have we had the Manassas conversation before? Where did you live?

[Hog1]

Boys.......that is some wierdness! I feel all......crawly inside. It was, however entertaining in that....nostalgic way. Admittedly, I watched the Monkee's as well when I was a kid.
JC though is a different matter.....serious talent

[SmootSmack]

I can recall summers eating tuna sandwiches and watching reruns of The Monkees and Gidget (the original one with Sally Field) before heading off to baseball, football, or basketball practice. Good times. Great songs

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I can recall summers eating tuna sandwiches and watching reruns of The Monkees and Gidget (the original one with Sally Field) before heading off to baseball, football, or basketball practice. Good times. Great songs

You had football, basketball, practice all at the same time? That must have been interesting.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by firstdown

You had football, basketball, practice all at the same time? That must have been interesting.

Your key word for today is "or"

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Your key word for today is "or"

LOL. Thank you

Yeah, it was summer/fall rec leagues. I don't remember the exact breakdown but if I remember right it was something like July: Tuesdays-Basketball, Thursdays-Baseball, August: Tuesdays-Basketball, Wednesdays-Football, Thursdays-Baseball. or something like that.

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

Have we had the Manassas conversation before? Where did you live?

I dont know if we have or not,7557 Alleghany Road i think was the address
I would walk on a dirt road past the sewer plant to Sudley Pool {thats what it was known as then}everyday in the summer.

[htownskinfan]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

I think "Sugar, Sugar" would have been a huge hit for them myself:

I dont know,the Archies were great in their own right