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 Casual  Orpington 22 Feb 19 6.31am |
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Originally posted by CPFC1965
Forest Hillbilly, please don't take this the wrong way, but f*** OFF TROLL. Someone’s tired.
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| Midlands Eagle 22 Feb 19 7.41am |
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Originally posted by monkey
One doesn't always notice the passage of time but to read that he was 77 when he died certainly brings it home. I'm not ashamed to admit that I was a big fan of the TV show and like many of us still remember the words to all their hit songs despite them being 50 years old by now
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| YT Oxford 22 Feb 19 7.46am |
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The Monkees were good fun, and fair play to them for making songs written by Neil Diamond vaguely listenable. For a while, at school, you had to declare whether you were 'The Monkees' or 'The Beatles'. The Monkees seem to have had a song either entitled or known as 'Randy Scouse Git'. Not one I'm familiar with though. RIP. Very sad. Edited by YT (22 Feb 2019 7.47am)
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| Midlands Eagle 22 Feb 19 8.53am |
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Originally posted by YT
For a while, at school, you had to declare whether you were 'The Monkees' or 'The Beatles'. I'm obviously older than you as in my time it was the Beatles or the Rolling Stones
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| monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 22 Feb 19 9.53am |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
One doesn't always notice the passage of time but to read that he was 77 when he died certainly brings it home. I'm not ashamed to admit that I was a big fan of the TV show and like many of us still remember the words to all their hit songs despite them being 50 years old by now I know what you mean, I quite often see someone looking really old or passing away who was popular when I was a kid and I can’t believe where the time has gone, I always find it hard to believe The Beatles split up the year I started school!! I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve got most of the monkees hits on my 60’s playlist because it’s still great stuff Edited by monkey (22 Feb 2019 9.54am)
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| topcat Holmesdale / Surbiton 22 Feb 19 10.10am |
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Sad news. Until last year, I wasn't aware that Carol King wrote some of their hits. Another Pleasant Valley Sunday probably being the biggest one.
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| monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 22 Feb 19 10.14am |
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Originally posted by YT
you had to declare whether you were 'The Monkees' or 'The Beatles'. Edited by YT (22 Feb 2019 7.47am) Bit like the 90’s with Oasis and Blur
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 Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 22 Feb 19 10.31am |
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Originally posted by topcat
Sad news. Until last year, I wasn't aware that Carol King wrote some of their hits. Another Pleasant Valley Sunday probably being the biggest one. All their really well-known songs were covers of other people's. Curiously, it was only when they started doing their own material that their popularity started to wane.
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| Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 22 Feb 19 10.33am |
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Originally posted by YT
The Monkees were good fun, and fair play to them for making songs written by Neil Diamond vaguely listenable. For a while, at school, you had to declare whether you were 'The Monkees' or 'The Beatles'. The Monkees seem to have had a song either entitled or known as 'Randy Scouse Git'. Not one I'm familiar with though. RIP. Very sad. Edited by YT (22 Feb 2019 7.47am) You almost certainly do know it but just didn't know the title, as many don't.
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| cpj Kent 22 Feb 19 10.55am |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
You almost certainly do know it but just didn't know the title, as many don't. It was known as 'Alternate Title' in the USA as they didn't understand the reference to 'Til Death Us Do Part. The lyrics talk about the 'Four Kings of EMI' - The Beatles. I also saw The Monkees at the RAH on their 45th Anniversary Tour, and saw Peter at The Borderline in about 2004. Really nice guy. Very sad news.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 22 Feb 19 11.25am |
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Just been reading up on the Monkees. I am old enough to remember them just but wanted to refresh my memory. The press slaughtered them at the time as the "Pre Fab Four" (Apparently the Beatles knew and liked them). This was unfair as they were musicians to a certain standard and did write some of their own stuff and took control of their career. However they have never received any respect from the music industry. The press were sniffy they didn't play on their own records in the early days and yet today this is standard practice for many artists. Many of today's manufactured artists cannot read or write music nor play any instruments but they have the look which seems to be the main thing. So I guess as a manufactured band they were ahead of their time and were probably more talented than some of the current Simon Cowell type stable. RIP Peter time to quit monkeeing around.
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Im sure he's gone to heaven cos He was a believer.
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