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Favorite Monkees song?

posted 18 years ago by ysam14
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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".

[–] Moondog-6 15 years ago

"The Girl That I Knew Somewhere". As a kid this was the first song I ever learned the words to!

Also, "You Just May Be The One" and "Pleasant Valley Sunday" - love that guitar work!

[–] pantera_disturbed 15 years ago

This one is hard! Most of them are Micky Dolenz songs, lol! I love them all, but my very top faves are:

mary mary, prithee(do not ask for love), i'm not your stepping stone; zor and zam; mommy & daddy; sweet young thing, love to love, long title: do i have to do this all over again, etc. Too many to name, like I said!

[–] PKLarkins 15 years ago

Wasn't "Do I Have to Do This All Over Again" a Peter Tork song?

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[–] amdetata 15 years ago

My favorite Monkees song is 'Words.'

[–] rainbowsparkle 15 years ago

"What Am I Doing Hanging Round" - without a doubt, then later, "Heart And Soul". Followed by anything with Nez's vocals and everything else they did is joint next on the list lol. Seriously, I love all their stuff. It's just too hard to rank them, really.

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Bones: I got a foot.
Cam: Me too!
Booth: If you find a third one, I'll be impressed.

[–] dpcole7 14 years ago

There are many between 1966 and 1968, but "Mary Mary" is my all-time fave.

[–] faeria 14 years ago

Riu Chiu

That song is deeply awesome.

I see my love for Randy Scouse Git is not alone, either. Nice.

Bobby: Do I look like Dr. Phil to you?
Crowley: A little.

[–] originaLee 14 years ago

This is tough, because I like just about every song, released and unreleased! If I had to absolutely narrow it down to a handful of favorites----

The Girl I Knew Somewhere
She
Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day
Mary Mary
Randy Scouse Git
Love Is Only Sleeping

[–] InjunNose 14 years ago

Hard to narrow it down to just one...'The Girl That I Knew Somewhere', 'The Door Into Summer', 'Goin' Down', 'Tapioca Tundra', 'Daydream Believer', 'Listen to the Band', and 'Oh My My' are all favorites of mine.
One fantastic track that seems to have been completely overlooked is 'Of You', an early outtake. Sung but not composed by Michael Nesmith (the writing credit here goes to Bill and John Chadwick), the instrumentation is very similar to 'Papa Gene's Blues'. I think it's one of Mike's finest moments in or out of the group.

[–] newhavencoliseum 14 years ago

DAILY NIGHTLY

[–] rena165129 14 years ago

daydream believer, pleasant valley sunday, listen to the band

[–] mickys_frodis 14 years ago

This is tough but Top 10 probably

As We Go Along
Randy Scouse Git
What Am I Doing Hanging Round
Words
Valleri
Daily Nightly
Kind of Girl I Could Love
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Shorty Blackwell
All Of Your Toys

I love Micky and Mike's voices the best. Can't wait to see them in May!!!