SOMETIME IN THE MORNING + lyrics THE MONKEES
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- čas přidán 16. 11. 2022
- PlayList • THE MONKEES
Monkee-mania had reached full swing by the time the album was released. The Monkees' second single, "I'm a Believer"-included on this album-held the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 and they were about to embark on a highly successful concert tour.
The release of More of the Monkees was rushed to capitalize on the band's popularity, catching even its members by surprise. The band learned of the album's existence while on tour in Cleveland, Ohio, surprised it had been released without their knowing. They were dismayed by the cover image of them (which was used in an advertisement for JCPenney) and were offended by production overseer Don Kirshner's liner notes, which praised his team of songwriters before mentioning, almost as an afterthought, the names of the Monkees. The band, particularly Nesmith, was also furious about the songs-selected for the record from 34 that had been recorded-leading Nesmith to later tell Melody Maker magazine that More of the Monkees was "probably the worst album in the history of the world".[4]
The group began to grow concerned over their musical output, since this album and their debut, The Monkees, featured them limited to just vocals with scattered instrumental contributions. Kirshner had a strict rule that the Monkees were to provide only vocals on his productions, although separate sessions produced by Michael Nesmith himself usually featured Peter Tork on guitar. More of the Monkees has Nesmith limited to one song as lead vocalist.
Within weeks of the release of More of the Monkees, Nesmith lobbied successfully with the group's creators, Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider, for the Monkees to be allowed to play their instruments on future records, effectively giving the quartet artistic control. To make his point clear to Kirshner, who was balking at the idea, Nesmith proceeded to punch a hole in the wall of a suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel during a group meeting with Kirshner and Colgems lawyer Herb Moelis, declaring to the latter: "That could have been your face!". This outburst came after Moelis snapped to Nesmith, "You'd better read your contract", when Nesmith threatened to quit. Kirshner was later dropped from the project altogether. - Hry
Micky has agood voice
Love this song❤️❤️
Still proud to say the first concert I ever went to was The Monkees playing in Seattle. Never forget it !!!!
Great tune, composed/written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin. But there’s an error in the lyrics here. Where it shows, “Your word is for always” is in correct. The correct lyric is, “You’re where it is for me”. Just a simple mondegreen but still a great post, thanks!
Had the first 4 albums growing up as first release...still hv the first one signed by all buy Mike ✌️✌️🖖❤️🤍💙💛
Now that's cool.i still have their second lp first pressing but to also have the autograph of almost the whole group,that's cool and priceless ✌️☮️