Monkeesmixography 2.0— A deep dive into all the variations of the Monkees' songs, created and maintained by Craig Smith in collaboration with others, including information on mix variations, which releases you can find them on, and which were featured in the TV series. A planned book going ...
interview by Don Charles “Some songs, like ‘Where Have All The Flowers Gone?’ people hear and they get sad. I think I’d rather have them get happy! That’s really where I was coming from.” That’s how songwriter/producer extraordinaire Jeff Barry sums up his musical philosophy, a...
they didn't like a lot of the music they were forced to do in the early shows. Speaking of the songs, this show was also a great showcase for many of the greatest songwriting talents of the 60's including Goffin and King, Neil Diamond, Boyce and Hart, John Stewart and Harry Nillson...
The album also has more fantastic songs than the debut. Tracks like "I'm a Believer," "She," "Mary, Mary," " (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone," "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)," "Your Auntie Grizelda," and "Sometime in the Morning" are on just about every Monkees hits collection...
In the beginning, series producers provided ready-made songs crafted by outside writers, including Neil Diamond and Boyce & Hart, but the band was soon fighting to write and produce their own records. The ultimate result was another chart-topping album, the entirely self-produced “Headquarters....
“Show Me”I loved “Lord Knows.” This is like that song’s sax-soaked fraternal twin. If you know your rock history, you’ll know that bands used to make other songs from similar backing tracks all the time. For instance, Tommy James and the Shondells famously created their singl...
Neil Diamond, who wrote “I’m a Believer” and other songs for the band, said onTwitterhe was “thrilled” to have had a connection with the group. I’m sad to hear about Davy Jones. The Monkees were such a sensation that it was a thrill for me to have them record some of my ...
featured such rock classics as Steppenwolf’s “Born to Be Wild.”Five Easy Piecesalso had a strong music focus, from the classical pieces by Chopin, Bach and Mozart that inspired the film’s title to its use of four songs by country queen Tammy Wynette, most memorably “Stand By Your ...
Neil Diamond also wrote songs for The Monkees. The Monkees pre-date Deep Purple by three years, but Deep Purple was more Rock than The Monkees, so Deep Purple gets inducted first. The Monkees will be inducted next. Neil Diamond ---> Deep Purple ---> The Monkees Posted by Roy on ...
When asked whether he resented the success the Monkees had with the song, Diamond refuted the idea. “I was thrilled," he said, "because at heart I was still a songwriter and I wanted my songs on the charts...” At first, "I'm a Believer" had nearly become a country song, and ...