Davy Jones
A big FU to the snobs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for not inducting or even nominating the Monkees as of this date.
My sister bought the .45 of "Daydream Believer" in 1967. And it was part of her Record collection for ages. Growing up, I played it, and others, many times. But it got beaten up. She didn't take care of her singles. Scratchy, poppy, but I kept playing it, until I got older and bought a Monkees Greatest Hits album.
Davy Jones had other great songs with the Monkees, and obits are already picking out the deepest cuts. But "Daydream Believer" was their biggest hit, his greatest moment, and my favorite Monkees record.
Time and their music has been good for the Monkees. Since they dropped off the charts in the late '60's, they've finally been given credit by critics for what they were: a great Pop group. Sadly, the bozos at the Rock Hall don't see it that way. To them the old sentiments about the Monkees still prevail: too fabricated, a cartoonish TV group, didn't play their instruments, didn't write their hits and worse, just another teen idol that faded fast.
But the music endured. The fans kept coming to see them. Even as late as last year, with or without Mike Nesmith.
The death of Davy Jones doesn't mean the other members won't still play the hits in concert, billed as the Monkees, but without his effervescent stage presence, they will be missing a key heart to the group.
My sister bought the .45 of "Daydream Believer" in 1967. And it was part of her Record collection for ages. Growing up, I played it, and others, many times. But it got beaten up. She didn't take care of her singles. Scratchy, poppy, but I kept playing it, until I got older and bought a Monkees Greatest Hits album.
Davy Jones had other great songs with the Monkees, and obits are already picking out the deepest cuts. But "Daydream Believer" was their biggest hit, his greatest moment, and my favorite Monkees record.
Time and their music has been good for the Monkees. Since they dropped off the charts in the late '60's, they've finally been given credit by critics for what they were: a great Pop group. Sadly, the bozos at the Rock Hall don't see it that way. To them the old sentiments about the Monkees still prevail: too fabricated, a cartoonish TV group, didn't play their instruments, didn't write their hits and worse, just another teen idol that faded fast.
But the music endured. The fans kept coming to see them. Even as late as last year, with or without Mike Nesmith.
The death of Davy Jones doesn't mean the other members won't still play the hits in concert, billed as the Monkees, but without his effervescent stage presence, they will be missing a key heart to the group.
posted by Tom Lane at 4:19 PM
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