absolutely under-rated..I didnt appreciate what a great voice he had until I rediscovered the Monkees in the last 20 years ..his vocals on "as we go along" brilliant,
Remember The Monkees TV show?...I was just a little 6 or 7 year old bugger back then... couldn't wait to wake up on a Saturday morning and watch them...miss those days...
Even Mike Nesmith said that Mickey's voice was the most distinctive sound that made The Monkees what they were. There would have been no shame in just singing. It's like they had a complex where they felt like they needed to really play instruments to be taken seriously. But Mickey and Davy were both just fine as singers. Ironically, what they did have is probably rarer than the ability to play a guitar or drums well. Millions of people can do that, but no one has their voices.
My daughter wasn't born until 2 years after this performance, but when she was roughly the same age as that girl on the stairs she would have been doing exactly the same. All these years later I would love to hear that lady tell the stroy of how she felt then and what, if anything the performance means to her today.
It was their first big hit. Used to set the record player needle to this song on their first album and played the heck out of it on the okd Symphonic stereo we bought in 1961. Cherry finish and a very heavy recird player platen for stability. Cost our family a small fortune back then but my father wanted to buy the best-made in the USA when that meant something.
I described to a blind person when I was 11 the colour of purple and he totally comprehended...2 pieces of Hubba-Bubba Grape gum...From that moment on he's been infatuated with prince....
@@chucknoto281 Peter played every instrument and was awarded the Orchestra Kentucky lifetime achievement award. He returned the favor by writing a concerto for them. When he was hired to play Bass for The Monkees tv show, he also had mastered classical piano, the banjo, guitar drums and two other instruments I can’t remember. Micky played classical guitar but played contemporary with his band. For his audition, he played a spirited rendition of “Johnny Be Good”. Michael Nesmith was “discovered “ by the producers performing at The Troubadour Club in West Hollywood. He played his six string but played his now signature 12 string for the show. Micky was cast as the drummer despite the fact that he didn’t play drums. But like any good actor, he learned. David and Peter taught him. Peter having fun while playing is due to the simplicity of the guitar. Peter was a classical pianist. He played several instruments when he was hired for the tv show. After the show, he learned all orchestra instruments as well as innumerable instruments from around the world. He especially loved it when someone brought him an obscure instrument. He’d fiddle around with it and within minutes would be playing songs on it.
@@TiaMargarita Hi Margaret. It seems like you are really interested in Monkees history. You might want to check out the documentary "The Wrecking Crew" and the book by David McGowan titled "Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon".
@@richardrichard9785 Ya, I’m a closet Monkeephile. Have you read Fred Velez Then and Now? I wrote a piece in the international version. I’ve seen The Wrecking Crew documentary. Great minds think alike!
I love the Monkees and have since their very first show on NBC back in the 1960s. Fast forward to the early 1980s and my 5 year old daughter loved them too without any prompting from me, as she watched reruns on Nick at Nite or some other channel. The thing is, she thought it was a new show and that the guys were still young. I bought their 20th anniversary album and that's when my daughter, a bit confused, discovered that her crush Davey was 20 years older than the episodes showed him. Many years later, my grandson watched Shrek and thought the Monkees tunes in it were new too. The Monkees keep gaining new fans in each generation. Long live The Monkees.
I was blessed to had grown up watching Mickey, Peter, Davy and Michael perform. Their show was great. I loved these guys. If any of you read this, I miss you.
@@elizabeththompson6644 Unfortunately, Mike pased away in December 2021. After his run with the Monkees, and his country band, First National Band. He took a step back and founded Pacific Arts. He continued to write songs, such as Lynda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys' "Different Drum". And he occasionally did bit parts in film and TV.
Saw these guys live in the late 70's at a rather small bar. I swear it felt like Bugs Bunny and his buddies had been brought to life - they were such a huge part of my childhood.
I meet Davey Jones in person in Los Angeles. It was in February of 2012. Two weeks later he died. I was so hurt when I heard the news 😢💔. I have a picture of myself with him. I am so happy that I got to meet him before he died. I think he died on February 29th 2012. I remember it was a leap year. R I P DAVEY JONES. You will always be in my heart ❤.
I saw the Monkees at the Spectrum/ Philadelphia in 1967- the first of a lifetime of concerts. They opened me up to music. Of course Linda Ronstadt & the Stone Ponies warming up, along with Jimi Hendrix appearing a couple of times didn't hurt! Mickey was my fav, my first crush, when all my girlfriends raved about Davy. Then I became too "cool" to admit I liked them. Well, I'm happy I can say Hey hey we're the Monkees again with my head held high!!! Play us all into heaven, guys.
Boy, Mickey's voice is just great! All their voices were great. It's like stepping through a time portal. Too bad Mike wasn't still with them. Really can't speak about Davey and Peter it's just.... can't believe their gone. How ironic, "I'm a Believer" was the first song of theirs that really caught me. Just can't believe their gone. They were the "young generation", they were never supposed to grow old and in a way they didn't. - LOLOL All who I love is passing around me. This generation is passing away and that just isn't supposed to happen!
That little girl dancing on the stairs all by herself brought a tear to my old wornout eyes. I took my daughter to see Gary Puckett and she got away from me and stood up and started dancing just like that. She was about that age. I guess everyone must have thought it was cute, because no one said a word. Even the ushers pretended they didn't see anything. It was so cute. My only regret is there was no decent quality video on flip phones back in those days, so it only exists in my memory now. She doesn't even remember it.
@@fairenough7984 i actually met him after the concert. Very nice guy and very appreciative, unlike most performers today. He actually took the time to talk to me, where most performers today would tell me to p*ss off!
The little girl dancing in the isle losing her hat was me listening to my first Monkees album from my Mom's collection @ her age.. Sadly after l really listened, I knew as a kid in '73 why he might never come home.
This song is underrated by many. It was an anti-war song - the last train was departing for bootcamp and then Vietnam, and he didn’t know if he would come back alive hence the “don’t know if I’ll return” line. The TV execs never knew the song was anti-war, but all us young people listening on the radio knew what it was about.
@@stevek8829 The TV execs created the Monkees but the band members gelled and were genuinely talented. The writer of the song said that they couldn't make it a direct protest song due to the TV execs, but it was intended to be an indirect protest song and they hoped the fans would get it. As it turned out they did get it, but for an incorrect reason. Fans assumed that the song was referring to Clarksville Tennessee which is close to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Apparently that was just a coincidence and the song writers only learned of that after the song's release. The writers thought the line "I don't know if I'm ever coming home" was the indirect reference to going to Vietnam that they wanted people to understand.
@@artistjoh as a 15 year old when it came out, it went right over my head. I never caught it. I had also learned not to pay too much attention to rock lyrics. Jeez, 55 years to learn about a song. The one thing I did know was that they were a contrived band, so paid then little mind. They did show that a lot of a band's success was ability to publicize.
@@stevek8829 They were intended as an artificial thing by their TV producers, and at first they were intended to be the face of the band on TV, but other professional musicians would play the music for recordings, but the guys didn't like that and fought the TV execs and eventually gained control of recording etc. So they stopped being the compliant fake group for TV and became a genuine creative group. They ended up selling 75 million records, and during 1967 (some said they outsold The Beatles and Rolling Stones combined,) making them one of the highest selling bands of all time. They broke up in 1970, but reformed in 1986 and produced four albums over the next 35 years. Jones died in 2012 and Tork in 2019, and Dolenz and Nesmith conducted a Monkees farewell tour in 2021. Nesmith died just after the tour ended. A lot of people don't know about this Monkees band life that continued after the demise of the TV show and continued until quite recently. It demonstrates that while the band was intended to be just a TV creation, it grew into something real and long lasting.
Miss those Saturday mornings! Couldn't wait to wake up, get downstairs for some peanut butter and toast and milk, and get that TV on for the best half hour of my week! It was 1967- I was 11 and crazy for the Monkees!
Writer Stephen King has always been convinced that he is going to die in the month of February. Because of that paranoia he has never set the events of any of his books or stories in February
I'm so glad they all managed to get back together and perform which we were all hoping The Beatles would have done. It was nice The Monkees got together in their older ages and stayed friends. I mean how many bands have done this successfully. ☺️☺️
The replacement Paul (i.e. "Faul", a.k.a. Beatle Bill) decided he wanted an in-law to take over managing the money, and he wanted to get paid more than the others. John just wouldn't stand for it. It was never to be.
I'm English, and between aged 11 and 14 these my favourite band! My first ever single bought with my pocket money, was a little bit me, a little bit you. I'm 64 now! 🇬🇧👍🏻😆. Shit, where did those years go? 😱
On my 6th or 7th birthday, my favorite gift was a record album by the Monkees. I was in love with Davy and my sister loved Micky. We just knew we would grow up and marry them lol. This video brought a lot of memories back of my wonder years!
Saw them at Disney's House of Blues with my daughter. Nesmith wasn't there, but it didn't matter. Davey, Peter & Mickey rocked the joint!. I was impressed with how strong their voices were, particularly Dolenz' singing Goin' Down. Love you guys forever!💕
Nesmith had some issues while The Monkey's TV show was going because he wrote a lot of songs and the TV Executives were rejecting his songs most of the time. Nesmith was a pretty serious music making man, so the Monkey's music was not really his cup of tea. As the show went on, he grew more tired of it and for a long time he hated the Monkey's music. Finally, he had enough of everything and wanted out, but the TV Execs said no that he had to finish his contract which also included some type of commercial etc... Once he finally go out of it he never really looked back. However, I think it was in the last 10 years of his life he finally started seeing what The Monkey's thing was all about and he even started actually enjoying the music from those days. I think he finally realized that some of the things he wanted for himself, and his life had happened because of that time in his life. He finally came to embrace it instead of seeing as a mistake and thinking it kept him down when really, it wasn't. I am sorry it took him so long to see that and to also mend some of those relationships. In the end, no one can say he didn't finally make amends to things... because he did.
in 1966 I had the 45 record "I'm not your stepping stone", I started playing drums in 1970, I took my daughter to see the Monkeys in 2000 at Boston's Esplanade, we took the train from West Concord and rode our bikes into the Esplanade, and I had the best time with my daughter ever. she never seen Boston, I love my daughter Selma, Ill never forget that day! it was the best day I ever had with my daughter,
*If I had a kid...EVERY DAY would be 'best' for me!* (I had a good chance once to know real happiness with the woman I still love and her son...and I let it go over my stupid fucking 'Pride & Arrogance' and my heart hurts everyday since...at least if 'Hell' is real, there's nothing there that hurts more than I hurt already)
The Monkees started in 1966, and I was born in 1972. I have enjoyed the show, in reruns of course, haha, and songs my entire life. Whenever I look them up on CZcams and listen to their music, it's like visiting with lifelong friends. I will enjoy their music for the rest of my life.
It's what they did with their lives that matters. I discovered the Monkees during their big comeback in the mid 80s. I remember summer vacation, getting up early with my brother and sister to watch cartoons, then The Monkees, The Munsters, Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch then ouside to play until dark. I remember it as one of the happiest times in my life, just innocent fun and my family was all still alive. My family is all gone now except for me and my brother. It sucks but everyone dies. I loved the 3 Stooges and Little Rascals when I was a kid and cried my eyes out when I found out that all the 3 Stooges and most of the Little Rascals were dead but they live on forever with their films.
I grew up watching and listening to these guys. I loved them. Always voted for them on the "Battle of the Bands" local radio KLIV broadcasts in San Jose, CA back in the 60's.
I whet to a concert in Denver Coliseum in 1966 had balcony seats just left of stage. Got my first univox ES135 guitar and started playing in a year's time my brother and a couple of friends had a Block Party Band. Needles to say we played a lot of the Monkey's songs.
Man, Mickeys voice was always really underated.....he is a great singer!!
absolutely under-rated..I didnt appreciate what a great voice he had until I rediscovered the Monkees in the last 20 years ..his vocals on "as we go along" brilliant,
Mickeys voice is one of the Best.
Really he sounded great. Back in the day Davey was the star and Mickey on the drums.
His vocals on "Good Times" at 70 years old make him sound like a teenager. No loss at all. Amazing.
Pleasant Valley Sunday really shows his vocal range also.
The little girl in the audience bopping along to the song is adorable!
Remember The Monkees TV show?...I was just a little 6 or 7 year old bugger back then... couldn't wait to wake up on a Saturday morning and watch them...miss those days...
The more I hear these guys all these years later, the better they sound!! They really DID kick ass!!! RIP DAVY, MICHAEL AND PETER!!
How come they died so early ?
@@johndarrell3738They were in their 70's. Mike and Davy died of heart attacks and Peter had cancer.😢
That little girl dancing on the stairs all by herself was a joy to watch and I hope she got to meet The Monkees. . . . . . .
No matter what they say. They are a BAND!
No
@@durango8882 Yes.
With a band playing behind them.....
Well, I guess, even though they have a bunch of pros backing them up, and they didn't write the song, but hey! Nostalgia!
@@Mike_LaFontaine75 nesmith wrote some good songs like distent drum
I’ll never stop loving The Monkees.
Fabulous underrated band of super talented musicians and personalities who brought so much happiness to the world ❤thank you so much the Monkees😊🎉
All they did was sing, they didn't play any instruments.
You are right they didn't at first but they did as time went on they were fun to watch and listen to
3:35 3:35
The little kid dancing on the stairs, made this video perfect.. ✌️
Mickey is a very credible pop singer with a unique voice.
Even Mike Nesmith said that Mickey's voice was the most distinctive sound that made The Monkees what they were. There would have been no shame in just singing. It's like they had a complex where they felt like they needed to really play instruments to be taken seriously. But Mickey and Davy were both just fine as singers. Ironically, what they did have is probably rarer than the ability to play a guitar or drums well. Millions of people can do that, but no one has their voices.
You know you've got something when you even see the kids getting up and dancing with joy.
That's because they were told to get up and clap and dance around with the flashing Applause sign!
My daughter wasn't born until 2 years after this performance, but when she was roughly the same age as that girl on the stairs she would have been doing exactly the same. All these years later I would love to hear that lady tell the stroy of how she felt then and what, if anything the performance means to her today.
It was their first big hit. Used to set the record player needle to this song on their first album and played the heck out of it on the okd Symphonic stereo we bought in 1961. Cherry finish and a very heavy recird player platen for stability. Cost our family a small fortune back then but my father wanted to buy the best-made in the USA when that meant something.
Mickey Dolenz could have been one of THE most memorable vocalists ever - the guy was a natural
Could have been?
He’s great!
Davy Jones appeared on
The Ed Sullivan Show
09 February 1964
just like David Cassidy , but they got stuck in the bubblegum and couldn't get out
I described to a blind person when I was 11 the colour of purple and he totally comprehended...2 pieces of Hubba-Bubba Grape gum...From that moment on he's been infatuated with prince....
The Monkees may have gotten old, but the spirit of the Monkees never will
@Berry Harbour I figured as much😀👍
De acuerdo.sus canciones unicas para gente mayor
Unicos
I love how Peter can’t help dancing while he is playing!
Wow, the best.
Good singing voices but they need a backup band to play their music Peter looks like he is not even. Playing but I love their music
@@chucknoto281 Peter played every instrument and was awarded the Orchestra Kentucky lifetime achievement award. He returned the favor by writing a concerto for them. When he was hired to play Bass for The Monkees tv show, he also had mastered classical piano, the banjo, guitar drums and two other instruments I can’t remember. Micky played classical guitar but played contemporary with his band. For his audition, he played a spirited rendition of “Johnny Be Good”. Michael Nesmith was “discovered “ by the producers performing at The Troubadour Club in West Hollywood. He played his six string but played his now signature 12 string for the show. Micky was cast as the drummer despite the fact that he didn’t play drums. But like any good actor, he learned. David and Peter taught him. Peter having fun while playing is due to the simplicity of the guitar. Peter was a classical pianist. He played several instruments when he was hired for the tv show. After the show, he learned all orchestra instruments as well as innumerable instruments from around the world. He especially loved it when someone brought him an obscure instrument. He’d fiddle around with it and within minutes would be playing songs on it.
@@TiaMargarita Hi Margaret. It seems like you are really interested in Monkees history. You might want to check out the documentary "The Wrecking Crew" and the book by David McGowan titled "Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon".
@@richardrichard9785 Ya, I’m a closet Monkeephile. Have you read Fred Velez Then and Now? I wrote a piece in the international version. I’ve seen The Wrecking Crew documentary. Great minds think alike!
I love the Monkees and have since their very first show on NBC back in the 1960s. Fast forward to the early 1980s and my 5 year old daughter loved them too without any prompting from me, as she watched reruns on Nick at Nite or some other channel. The thing is, she thought it was a new show and that the guys were still young. I bought their 20th anniversary album and that's when my daughter, a bit confused, discovered that her crush Davey was 20 years older than the episodes showed him. Many years later, my grandson watched Shrek and thought the Monkees tunes in it were new too. The Monkees keep gaining new fans in each generation. Long live The Monkees.
I was blessed to had grown up watching Mickey, Peter, Davy and Michael perform. Their show was great. I loved these guys. If any of you read this, I miss you.
Mickey is the only one left.
@@sandrajohnson2489 Thank you for that Sandra. I trust you enjoyed them as well. I’m still a day dream believer.
@@sandrajohnson2489 where is Mike with the hat?
@@elizabeththompson6644 Unfortunately, Mike pased away in December 2021. After his run with the Monkees, and his country band, First National Band. He took a step back and founded Pacific Arts. He continued to write songs, such as Lynda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys' "Different Drum". And he occasionally did bit parts in film and TV.
@@Riftsrunner I knew he had passed, but this video says it was from 11 years ago.
The original 'made' boy band and still the best. Listening to their music still puts a huge smile on my face.
Rock group.. not boy band.
Saw these guys live in the late 70's at a rather small bar. I swear it felt like Bugs Bunny and his buddies had been brought to life - they were such a huge part of my childhood.
Some of us were fortunate enough to have grow up in a time when there was such a music !!!!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you Monkees for giving me the most amazing fun and peace filled childhood. I love you guys. Your songs are pure nostalgia.
They were a real band and a great one at that. Awesome performance.
Micky has a great voice!
I meet Davey Jones in person in Los Angeles. It was in February of 2012. Two weeks later he died. I was so hurt when I heard the news 😢💔. I have a picture of myself with him. I am so happy that I got to meet him before he died. I think he died on February 29th 2012. I remember it was a leap year. R I P DAVEY JONES. You will always be in my heart ❤.
The sounds of my youth. I didn’t miss a show.
I saw the Monkees at the Spectrum/ Philadelphia in 1967- the first of a lifetime of concerts. They opened me up to music. Of course Linda Ronstadt & the Stone Ponies warming up, along with Jimi Hendrix appearing a couple of times didn't hurt! Mickey was my fav, my first crush, when all my girlfriends raved about Davy. Then I became too "cool" to admit I liked them. Well, I'm happy I can say Hey hey we're the Monkees again with my head held high!!! Play us all into heaven, guys.
R.I.P - Davey Jones. I had the pleasure of meeting you. Xoxo from here to heaven; you are truly missed.
I met Peter about 20 years ago he was very sweet! I even got a hug and an autograph!
Boy, Mickey's voice is just great! All their voices were great. It's like stepping through a time portal. Too bad Mike wasn't still with them. Really can't speak about Davey and Peter it's just.... can't believe their gone. How ironic, "I'm a Believer" was the first song of theirs that really caught me. Just can't believe their gone. They were the "young generation", they were never supposed to grow old and in a way they didn't. - LOLOL
All who I love is passing around me. This generation is passing away and that just isn't supposed to happen!
Definitely deserve some Consideration for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024.
That really needs to happen before Micky passes away
That little girl dancing on the stairs all by herself brought a tear to my old wornout eyes. I took my daughter to see Gary Puckett and she got away from me and stood up and started dancing just like that. She was about that age. I guess everyone must have thought it was cute, because no one said a word. Even the ushers pretended they didn't see anything. It was so cute. My only regret is there was no decent quality video on flip phones back in those days, so it only exists in my memory now. She doesn't even remember it.
I am a Gary Pucket fan, as well.
Great music from childhood.
@@fairenough7984 i actually met him after the concert. Very nice guy and very appreciative, unlike most performers today. He actually took the time to talk to me, where most performers today would tell me to p*ss off!
Nice memory. It's great when something triggers a fond recollection years later. Had that happen myself a few times.
Now Gary Puckett -- yet another awesome talent who had megahits in the 1960s.
LoveLoveLOVE your story!!!
The little girl dancing in the isle losing her hat was me listening to my first Monkees album from my Mom's collection @ her age..
Sadly after l really listened, I knew as a kid in '73 why he might never come home.
Man, they were so great. So sad that Mickey is all we have left from this epic group.
It's 2022 and I've loved the Monkees about 56 yrs..❤❤❤
Mickey Dolenz -- great vocal.
This song is underrated by many. It was an anti-war song - the last train was departing for bootcamp and then Vietnam, and he didn’t know if he would come back alive hence the “don’t know if I’ll return” line. The TV execs never knew the song was anti-war, but all us young people listening on the radio knew what it was about.
I didn't know it and still don't see any connotation to boot camp. Clarksville? You do realize the TV execs created this, made for TV, band?
@@stevek8829 The TV execs created the Monkees but the band members gelled and were genuinely talented. The writer of the song said that they couldn't make it a direct protest song due to the TV execs, but it was intended to be an indirect protest song and they hoped the fans would get it. As it turned out they did get it, but for an incorrect reason. Fans assumed that the song was referring to Clarksville Tennessee which is close to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Apparently that was just a coincidence and the song writers only learned of that after the song's release. The writers thought the line "I don't know if I'm ever coming home" was the indirect reference to going to Vietnam that they wanted people to understand.
@@artistjoh as a 15 year old when it came out, it went right over my head. I never caught it. I had also learned not to pay too much attention to rock lyrics. Jeez, 55 years to learn about a song. The one thing I did know was that they were a contrived band, so paid then little mind.
They did show that a lot of a band's success was ability to publicize.
@@stevek8829 They were intended as an artificial thing by their TV producers, and at first they were intended to be the face of the band on TV, but other professional musicians would play the music for recordings, but the guys didn't like that and fought the TV execs and eventually gained control of recording etc. So they stopped being the compliant fake group for TV and became a genuine creative group. They ended up selling 75 million records, and during 1967 (some said they outsold The Beatles and Rolling Stones combined,) making them one of the highest selling bands of all time.
They broke up in 1970, but reformed in 1986 and produced four albums over the next 35 years. Jones died in 2012 and Tork in 2019, and Dolenz and Nesmith conducted a Monkees farewell tour in 2021. Nesmith died just after the tour ended. A lot of people don't know about this Monkees band life that continued after the demise of the TV show and continued until quite recently. It demonstrates that while the band was intended to be just a TV creation, it grew into something real and long lasting.
All artists have a responsibility to their audience. That is what the First Amendment is all about. The People Rules. The war was very unpopular.
Oh.....Great memories. I had their posters on my bedroom walls. Dreamy Davie 🥰
Their music never ever, ever gets old. Love it!
RIP....David and Peter. Your show and music brought me many good times.
I love the Monkeys they were always on in my house as a kid
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Miss those Saturday mornings! Couldn't wait to wake up, get downstairs for some peanut butter and toast and milk, and get that TV on for the best half hour of my week! It was 1967- I was 11 and crazy for the Monkees!
The Monkees I saw aired on Monday night...... Maybe you were viewing later reruns on Saturday.....?
Thank goodness they got this on tape while they were all still around
Both David and Peter died in the month of Feb. Rest in peace.💔
Be happy that we had them as long as we did. "THANKS GUYS"
Peter Tork passed away on February 21, 2019 and Davy Jone passed away on February 29, 2012.
Like they say, "Rock & Roll heaven has one hell of a Band". Thank You, RIP
I'm a Shelton
Writer Stephen King has always been convinced that he is going to die in the month of February. Because of that paranoia he has never set the events of any of his books or stories in February
@TOM ARCHER I would like to remind you my brothers and sisters, The Beatles landed in America on February 9th, 1964. Ban February, indeed.
I'm so glad they all managed to get back together and perform which we were all hoping The Beatles would have done. It was nice The Monkees got together in their older ages and stayed friends. I mean how many bands have done this successfully. ☺️☺️
They got better with age !!
Surprisingly many these days. So many bands got back together over COVID, made albums and now touring.
The Beatles reunion may eventually have happened if John had not been assassinated. A huge loss to the world for sure.
The replacement Paul (i.e. "Faul", a.k.a. Beatle Bill) decided he wanted an in-law to take over managing the money, and he wanted to get paid more than the others. John just wouldn't stand for it. It was never to be.
I think the stones are still knocking about!
I'm English, and between aged 11 and 14 these my favourite band! My first ever single bought with my pocket money, was a little bit me, a little bit you. I'm 64 now! 🇬🇧👍🏻😆. Shit, where did those years go? 😱
If i could turn back time, to the good old days. Agree. Same here . Oh God . Time machine please 🙏. 😊👍
I keep asking myself the same thing all the time.
Me 62. Loved 'em since the day they came on. 1966 forever!!!
I am 63 ,ahh bob wonderful music times, the girls,TV, cinema,etc if only we had a time machine
Loved watching them on tv, thought I could go and be on there with them. Funny as a little kid you think it's real.
Watch the audience. These guys are loved by their fans. And rightly so.
Love their music ❤️ such an underrated band. 👍
Awww look at the Lil cutie dancin on the steps! Just goes to show how their music crosses over many generations!!!!!!!😊
I was looking for the first comment about Mara Wilson dancing on the steps!
Yes I love that. So sweet. She’s moved by the music.
Ohhhh my God!!!!
I love the Monkees.....Im 57 old but they are with me ..all my life..
I love Michael Nesmith...💋💋💋💋💋💋💋❤❤❤❤❤
Died last week. Too sick to tour.
Man! MICKY can sing!!!!!!
He can scat too. Check one of their old songs called "Goin' Down"
I love when he belts!
I love Goin' Down!
the Monkees were really a great band, n gave us oldies alot of good memories when we wanna go back in time, thanks!!
On my 6th or 7th birthday, my favorite gift was a record album by the Monkees. I was in love with Davy and my sister loved Micky. We just knew we would grow up and marry them lol. This video brought a lot of memories back of my wonder years!
Слушали на магнитофоне и танцевали,!а тут живое выступление,! это здорово и восхитительно,благодарен,
Wow! That was great - such an irresistable song and a wonderful performance.
Saw them at Disney's House of Blues with my daughter. Nesmith wasn't there, but it didn't matter. Davey, Peter & Mickey rocked the joint!. I was impressed with how strong their voices were, particularly Dolenz' singing Goin' Down. Love you guys forever!💕
Nesmith had some issues while The Monkey's TV show was going because he wrote a
lot of songs and the TV Executives were rejecting his songs most of the time. Nesmith was a pretty serious music making man, so the Monkey's music was not really his cup of tea. As the show went on, he grew more tired of it and for a long time he hated the Monkey's music. Finally, he had enough of everything and wanted out, but the TV Execs said no that he had to finish his contract which also included some type of commercial etc... Once he finally go out of it he never really looked back. However, I think it was in the last 10 years of his life he finally started seeing what The Monkey's thing was all about and he even started actually enjoying the music from those days. I think he finally realized that some of the things he wanted for himself, and his life had happened because of that time in his life. He finally came to embrace it instead of seeing as a mistake and thinking it kept him down when really, it wasn't. I am sorry it took him so long to see that and to also mend some of those relationships. In the end, no one can say he didn't finally make amends to things... because he did.
Mon KEEs as in piano Kee's@@Knorkooli
Loved watching the monkeys as a child here in England 🏴
GREAT BAND MISS AND LOVE...THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC 🎸🎸🎸🥁🎶🎵🎼🎸❣🎤🎤🎤
Look at these guys!!! They are amazing. Just doing what they do best making people happy. 💯
Love the little girl dancing in the aisle! RIP Davy and Peter.
My wife and I saw them in Albany ga in the 90s along with Herman and the hermits .. what a fun night!!!
Lucky you
RIP Peter Tork and Davey Jones.
The only band I truly regret not seeing. RIP
Wow.....that was sooooo good. If you're ever feeling down, just watch this video.
Man, I love Peter’s dance moves! And how he makes the guitar sing!
I love that Peter is wearing glasses!
in 1966 I had the 45 record "I'm not your stepping stone", I started playing drums in 1970, I took my daughter to see the Monkeys in 2000 at Boston's Esplanade, we took the train from West Concord and rode our bikes into the Esplanade, and I had the best time with my daughter ever. she never seen Boston, I love my daughter Selma, Ill never forget that day! it was the best day I ever had with my daughter,
creto Olsen Nice memories
*If I had a kid...EVERY DAY would be 'best' for me!* (I had a good chance once to know real happiness with the woman I still love and her son...and I let it go over my stupid fucking 'Pride & Arrogance' and my heart hurts everyday since...at least if 'Hell' is real, there's nothing there that hurts more than I hurt already)
Framingham here!
So good for you great bonding between you all
Tough guys use
*bold*
They had such great songs - I loved the TV show when I was a kid.
The Monkees started in 1966, and I was born in 1972. I have enjoyed the show, in reruns of course, haha, and songs my entire life. Whenever I look them up on CZcams and listen to their music, it's like visiting with lifelong friends. I will enjoy their music for the rest of my life.
I love The Monkees so much. They weren’t even popular when I was growing up. I discovered them in my 20’s
Extremely underrated band!
Underrated? Are you nuts? They became huge.
No they were not underrated
@@abelmontalvo4052 Why are you trying to assassinate my penguin!
@@theoriginalmungaman like I said they were not underrated
I remember watching this when I was a kid. Thought it was pretty cool that these guys tried to get back together after so many years apart
Just love watching that little girl dancing in the aisle! She is really having fun! LOVE the Monkees, especially Davy!
Janine Henseler Always a new generation!
This is amazing. It still sounds great. I watched all there shows in the 1960s. I even saw them live in Toronto about 1990 it was great.
Long Live The Monkees Rest In Peace Peter And Dave You Guys Are One Of A Kind And One Of The Best Singers /Actors In History
they definitely was apart of my childhood good memories
So sad about peter. Still very very sad over Davy, he went way too young! Monkee fan 4ever!
Davey jones lives forever on CZcams
It's what they did with their lives that matters.
I discovered the Monkees during their big comeback in the mid 80s. I remember summer vacation, getting up early with my brother and sister to watch cartoons, then The Monkees, The Munsters, Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch then ouside to play until dark. I remember it as one of the happiest times in my life, just innocent fun and my family was all still alive. My family is all gone now except for me and my brother.
It sucks but everyone dies. I loved the 3 Stooges and Little Rascals when I was a kid and cried my eyes out when I found out that all the 3 Stooges and most of the Little Rascals were dead but they live on forever with their films.
Mike gone last week. Dolenze had nothing but good to say about him.
I was in 10th Grade when the Monkees first started out on their TV show. Fun memories of all those years ago. Never saw this video.
The Monkees play continuously in my surroundings.! They are xllnt and bring musical joy always...r.i.p.peter torkelson r I.p.davy Jones....amen
Goodbye Mike.
Peter and Davy you are missed by so many💔
Good Memories. Thank you.
Wow! That little dancing girl. She was having a good time.
Still sounds as good as ever.
Great fun and energy. Peter was a hoot.
I grew up watching and listening to these guys. I loved them. Always voted for them on the "Battle of the Bands" local radio KLIV broadcasts in San Jose, CA back in the 60's.
Brings back some great memories. I used to watch the monkeys on TV when I was a young boy. My sisters went crazy for the monkeys. 😂❤
One of the best groups of the 60s loved Davey Jones when to soon r.i.p your music will live on forever
Peter Tork used to live near my cousins in Connecticut. They said that he made a good living teaching guitar.
Great to see them again
*that little kid dancing was so cute..😊😊*
Great song by The Monkees. I caught them long ago on a reunion tour when Davey was still alive.
Oh, the memories, makes me teary eyed to see Davyand Peter, love them.
This version is fire, Bravo!!!!🎉
I remember watching the Monkees on TV when they were producing the shows I was just a kid they had some cool shows and some of their songs were hits.
I finally found a reason to watch the rosie show for 2 mins. NOW MOVE TO CANADA AS YOU PROMISED.. PS TAKE DENIRO WITH YOU!
Peter Leiza:Hey,what's Canada ever done to you,sport?
1:53. Entertaining the young. From generation to generation, they never get old
Priceless moment(s) as the young girl on the stairs drops her hat and has a whale of a time!
I whet to a concert in Denver Coliseum in 1966 had balcony seats just left of stage. Got my first univox ES135 guitar and started playing in a year's time my brother and a couple of friends had a Block Party Band. Needles to say we played a lot of the Monkey's songs.
Awesome performance by The Monkees
Feeling old. We've lost way too many classic rock stars lately
Dave & Peter aren't the 1st kickass celebrity legends to be lost to us & the last they will not be.
Sad but True😭.
The Last Train to Heaven they took.
Rock stars? They were actors playing rock stars
I just love them!! This was the year I saw them in concert at Six Flags over Texas with my Mom&Daddy. One of the highlights of my life!
I love the little girl with the hat dancing on the stairs. LOVE.