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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
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| Date | Wed, 16 May 2007 22:59:23 -0400 |
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Gary,
As usual, I bow in front of you encyclopedic awesomeness.
I believe that Stewart is from the Boston area- anyone else grow up in the 70's watching the Monkees on Channel 56?
By right, and by going by everyone's tastes here, we should all worship Wham!'s 'I'm Your Man'.
Any takers??
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>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Wed, 16 May 2007 17:20:10
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><< There have been multiple strings on this site
>about everyone's love
>of the
>Monkees. But what were their first two or so CD's
>but blatant
>commercial cash
>ins (if not rip offs) of the Beatles?
>Let's give the kids A Hard Day's Night every week
>and put out albums to
>promote
>the show.
>The studio/Kirshner heard Paperback Writer, knew
>they needed a song
>that began
>with a riff, and came back with Pleasant Valley
>Sunday.
>Many early Monkees tunes are great songs that have
>stood the test of
>time (at
>least in groups like this) but let's face it- money
>was driving that
>enterprise. >>
>
>
>actually,
>it was none other than Quiet Beatle George's "I
>Want To Tell You"
>that inspired the "P.V. Sunday" riff you speak of,
>according to no less an authority than then Monkee
>producer Chip
>Douglas.
>
>(see Page 103 of Harold Bronson's "Hey, Hey, We're
>The Monkees" book
>for the whole riff-raffin' story).
>
>
>Now I believe Greg Sager has already expertly
>addressed/corrected
>most of your remaining (Pre-) Fab Four points, Rob,
>
>
>but As for that other age-old Great Debate
>(Art vs. Commerce),
>SOME Answers may indeed be Here......
>
>
>http://www.bubblegum-music.com/monkees
>
>
>Gary "and << Rock and roll is supposed to be fun
>(which was
>assassinated by the
>grunge movement as I've stated before). >> ?? I
>thought the guilty,
>fun-sucking party here, Jaimie,
>was none other than Sgt. Pepper ;-) " Pig
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