PORPOISE SONG (THEME FROM "HEAD") + lyrics THE MONKEES

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The song's lyrics and melody echo the psychedelic vibe of mid-1960s rock music. Micky Dolenz provides the vocals, which are distorted by an echoing effect, and a mix of organ riffs, cello, string-bass, woodwinds and horns float in and out of the song. It also includes chimes, tubular bells and aquatic sound effects. The lyrics call into question the order of the world and one's place therein, and there are also veiled in-joke references to Dolenz’s childhood work as the star of the television series Circus Boy.[3][4][5]
The song was produced by its cowriter Gerry Goffin on February 26, 28 and 29 of 1968. In his 2005 book The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, Andrew Sandoval wrote: "Without a doubt, this is the most elaborate production ever for a Monkees recording."[6]
According to Bob Rafelson:
Carole King was living in an apartment building on Sunset Boulevard, and I went to her apartment every day, and we would sit and we would talk. That song was critical to me. 'A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice.' In other words, the whole synthetic process of making the Monkees' records was about to be [examined] in the movie. They are constantly being picked up, used, transplanted, subjected to influence by the [guru], by the war, by the media, and all of these things are exposed. They are always [portrayed] as the victims of their own fame. That's what I chose to make the movie about.... It was Carole or Gerry's idea to record live porpoise sounds and use them on the track. That's what you hear [at the end of the song]. I just thought that they were the appropriate people. It is far and away my favourite Monkees' song.[7]
Cash Box said that it has a "'progressive' feel" and "a thundering rhythm line akin to the Beatles' 'I Am the Walrus.

[@tonywtyt]

I've only grew up hearing there more popular songs from their TV shows and radio, so this was entirely a new sound from the Monkeys for me! Thanks for sharing!

[@lowellthomas446]

Beautiful belove ❤️
Ash~