Favorite Monkees song?
What's your favorite Monkees song? I have to go with "Papa Gene's Blues" followed by "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)", "Randy Scouse Git" & "For Pete's Sake".
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Some of my favorites are~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxz_JBuyF4I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grd-iHznoGM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRGbqO6FzZI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYWMPFYn0fo
Anything I could have said I felt somehow that you already knew
Oh god that is a hard, hard question! It changes all the time but currently I have three that are just...always playing on my ipod and those are Cuddly Toy, Your Auntie Grizelda, and Goin' Down.
Some past favorites (and still very close to me) are:
Laugh
Pleasant Valley Sunday
You Just May Be The One
Papa Gene's Blues
Sweet Young Thing
Riu Chiu
Mary Mary
I'm A Believer
Daydream Believer
Theme from The Monkees
She Hangs Out
The Kind Of Girl I Could Love
The Last Train To Clarksville
Look Out, Here Comes Tomorrow
Gonna Buy Me A Dog
I'm Not Your Steppin Stone
Randy Scouse Git
Valerie
Words
Shades of Grey
While I like a lot of their hits, my favorite right now is This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day. Great pop song from one of their better episodes.
share1. Listen To The Band
2. Pleasant Valley Sunday
3. I'm A Believer
4. Papa Gene's Blues
5. Salesman
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Nobody knows patience better than me
Looks like your a mike nesmith fan shaolin
Im more into micky songs myself
The Apple Scruffs Corps,07
"I Am The Greatest"
Ahh ha ha!
I like him because he wrote many of his tunes by himself. But Mickey is cool one too, I had to pick "I'm A Believer" just for him.
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Nobody knows patience better than me
Yeah
I like that song,but I like song's that Micky wrote himself like "randy scouse git" and "shorty blackwell",The latter being one of the monkees more out there songs.
The Apple Scruffs Corps,07
"I Am The Greatest"
Wow, you're a monkees expert. At least more advanced than me.
The Apple Scruffs Corps, 05
Nobody knows patience better than me
Hahaha yeah I know a fair bit about the monkees,When I was younger the only two bands I cared about were The Beatles and The Monkees
The Apple Scruffs Corps,07
"I Am The Greatest"
"Shorty Blackwell! Shorty Blackwell! Be friends with me! Be friends with meeeeeeee!"
Gawd I love that song! I recently picked up the Monkees cd box set, and that song is my absolute favourite. It really shows the Beatles-esque direction that they briefly took, along with tunes like The Porpoise Song, Daddy's Song, etc.
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Almost all of them but here's my top ten
1.I'll Be Back Upon My Feet
2.Daydream Beliver
3.Look Out Here Comes Tommorrow
4.Pleasant Valley Sunday
5.Mary,Mary
6.Cuddly Toy
7.I'm A Beliver
8.Little Bit Me,Little Bit You
9.Take A Giant Step
10.Sometime In The Morning
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Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzuFeXYbOOo
You May Just Be the One.
And I love the video of them in it too...with the red shirts. Because they look so happy, and even Mike allows himself a little smile. It's like they could forget about all the controversy about them and just enjoy the song.
Somebody mentioned "Zor and Zam". It's not something you can listen to repeatedly, but it's a freaking excellent song!
I didn't read through all the replies, but I didn't see anyone mention "As We Go Along". That is my very favorite!!
Others, off the top of my head...
Porpoise Song
Auntie's Municiple Court
Daily Nightly
Goin' Down
Teardrop City
Shades of Gray
No Time
Star Collector
Tapioca Tundra
Can You Dig It
Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day
Randy Scouse Git
And of course there are the ones everyone knows...
Daydream Believer
Clarksville
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Nez's songs are always my favorite.
'Papa Gene's Blues'
'You Just May Be the One'
Also really like 'All Of Your Toys'.
"I think that's a lame idea... I just want you to know that." - Mike Nesmith
I like just about all of the ones I'm familiar with. For now, my favorites are "For Pete's Sake" (I wish it was longer than 2 minutes!) and "Goin' Down" (Micky was the Man!)
While "Your Aunty Grizelda" is not my favorite, I did like it and thought it should be mentioned because it is the only Monkee song that makes me laugh - at the end with Peter's crazy vocal sound effects. LOL
"This isn't exactly the first grave we've dug. You still think I'm a catch?" - Sam Winchester
My absolute favourites are:
The Girl I Knew Somewhere
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Last Train To Clarkesville
Valleri
Daydream Believer
I'm A Believer
Midnight Train anybody?
shareTake A Giant Step. I have it in my 45 jukebox and it sounds great cranked.
shareHere's a fairly timeless Top Five:
1. "Papa Gene's Blues" - First Nesmith effort, a great country-rocker. Nice percussion.
2. "Last Train to Clarksville" - One of the great Vietnam songs (yes it was!) disguised as mere "goodbye" song.
3. "Daily Nightly" - pSYcHedElic! Can't imagine how bizarre those unprecedented Moog sounds must've sounded to 1967 teenyboppers.
4. "Love is Only Sleeping" - Those weird time signatures startle me every time.
5. "Circle Sky" - 'Cause it simply rocks.
Circle Sky!
Oh hell yeah!
Pretty much every song in "Head" was awesome.
I don't know if it has been mentioned, but I really like Mommy and Daddy because it is so...like... IN YOUR FACE. It's a very dark and a "I can't believe they are saying this!" Kind of song.
I like Goin' Down, What Am I Doing Hangin' Round, Nine Times Blue, No Time, and Jericho and Pillow Time are just so funny. But I like so many mroe as well.
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Yes, I MUCH prefer the darker, alternate lyrics to Mommy and Daddy. Great stuff!
After they've put you to sleep and tucked you safely down in your bed
Whisper Mommy and Daddy,
"Would it matter if the bullet went through my head?
If it was my blood spilling on the kitchen floor
If it was my blood, mommy, would you care a little more?"
Don't be surprised when they turn and start to cry
And tell your Mommy and Daddy, tell your mommy and daddy
Scream it to your mommy and daddy
They're living in a lie, a lie, a lie!
It's all a lie, a lie, a lie!
A lie, a lie...
That was actually the original version Micky wrote, but they wouldn't allow it to be released so he wrote the other version that most people are familiar with. The one you mentioned is my second favorite song and the original release is my third favorite song.
I love all of the Monkees songs, but I tend to like the lesser known ones the best. My all-time favorite song (Monkees or otherwise since the Monkees are my favorite group and favorite tv show) is "As We Go Along". That is going to be the processional at my wedding.
"As We Go Along" is also my favorite, hands down. Simply beautiful.
shareI like so many already and one day I'll have to listen to all their songs but for now here's an update of my list of favs:
#1 is "You Told Me" because it really rocks. I love Mike Nesmith!
and
Pleasant Valley Sunday
A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You
Valleri
For Pete's Sake
I'm a Believer
Goin' Down
"Listen here, chisel chest - okay. We were here first." - Ed Zeddmore to Dean Winchester
"Sometime In The Morning," "Take A Giant Step," "Listen to the Band," "Zor and Zam (TV version)," "Circle Sky," "Daily Nightly," "Pleasant Valley Sunday," "That Was Then (This Is Now)" (not technically Monkees, but oh well), "Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)," "Can You Dig It?," "Ditty Diego," "Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again," "Your Auntie Grizelda," "Gonna Buy Me A Dog," "Saturday's Child," "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?," "Tapioca Tundra," "Sweet Young Thing..." Heh... I was OBSESSED with the Monkees when I was... 6 or 7. But I still like those songs a lot. And I obviously like Mike a lot"
All good choices except for 'Buy me a dog'. Fun but hardly one of their best.
Too many! I don't think there is a single Michael Nesmith song I don't like which makes it slightly difficult too but the main ones would be:
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Circle Sky
Porpoise Song
Love Is Only Sleeping
Mommy and Daddy
Regional Girl (not much love for Justus on here, I notice!)
Saturday's Child
Sweet Young Thing
You Just May Be The One
Don't Wait For Me
Listen To The Band
As We Go Along
Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?
All Of Your Toys
Last Train To Clarkesville
St Matthew
...I think it would be easier just to say the ones I don't like! :)
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Yeah Pvt_Vasquez87 I'd have to agree with you there. It would be so much easier to say the ones i dont like! I do love Justus too, I just didn't say any!
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