I’ve been doing this feature since June 29, 2012, meaning it’ll be celebrating its fourth anniversary next month. I’ve done over 200 of these, and I’m starting to forget who I’ve done. So, what I’ve decided to do is to build an index of all of them, hyperlinked and everything, and have it as a permanent page on the website, one that’ll be updated as I have more Two for Tuesdays. So, while I work on that, here’s an encore presentation (i.e. a rerun) of the first Two For Tuesday I did.
The Monkees. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, they were a band formed specifically to star on a TV show, most of their music was performed by studio musicians, blah blah blah.
The Monkees premiered on NBC in 1966. The show was a hit almost immediately. I, being a little jaded after The Beatles, was a little too cool for them, but there was nothing else on, so I watched.
My father went into the hospital and died in January, 1967. A few weeks later, Mom and the three of us went on a ski trip along with her cousins and several of her sisters. That weekend, we must have worn out the hotel jukebox’s copy of “I’m a Believer” and “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone.” I was hooked. And they got better as they went along, as these two songs from the second season prove.
The show, and the band, lasted just two seasons. I probably shouldn’t say that; the reruns are probably playing on a cable channel, and the remaining members (Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Micky Dolenz) are no doubt off doing oldies concerts.
I watched The Monkeys on TV much later than 1966 and never knew that it was a rerun! They were a perfect blend of slapstick and pop music and hubba-hubba-ness to keep a young girl entertained and enthralled. I guess that make me… a Monkeys believer. 😉
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I know, they just keep gathering new fans. That’s the hallmark of a classic TV show.
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Great encore presentation! Love the Monkees. Brings back some fabulous memories…
Michele at Angels Bark
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They’re still pretty active on the oldies circuit, and still sound good. For a band thrown together for a TV show, they were all right.
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They used to get repeated during the late 70s/early 80s, which is when I got to know them. They were a great band for a 7 year old to adore.
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They were a great band, period. Some of their later stuff was pretty complex.
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Oh what a crush I had on Davy Jones! His picture adorned my bedroom wall for several years!
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He was little and cute, even when he got older. Great voice and loved being in The Monkees.
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OK, I have three things to say:
“I want a pair of red maracas.”
And then two things that have become catchphrases for my Accomplice and I, but confuse the living daylights out of our teen and pre-teen:
“Argentina is nice.”
“We’ll make it up on the microfilm.”
That was a whole lot of fun. =)
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