In 1969, the Monkees appeared on The Johnny Cash Show and played a stunning, original country song

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/monkees-1969-country-music-performance

My review of the movie Daydream Believers: The Monkees Story – Some Truth, Some Fiction, Lots of Fun #comedymovies #DavyJones #DonKirschner #MickeyDolenz #MikeNesmith #Monkees #moviereview #PeterTork #TheMonkees #WallaceLangham

https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2024/02/03/movie-review-daydream-believers-the-monkees-story-some-truth-some-fiction-lots-of-fun/

#AlternateFridayMusic
January 5 2024
The prompt is #Alone

#TheSmithereens “Alone at Midnight” from "Especially for You,"1986

#Smithereens never hid their influences, #BritishInvasion #PowerPop especially early #Kinks and #TheWho, but their music never sounds dated; the standout track “Blood and Roses” was regarded as so cool and modern upon its release, it was used to great effect in an otherwise-wordless opening scene of an episode of #MiamiVice. (Move over, #PhilCollins.)

There’s a luminous quality to #PatDiNizio’s vocals - I hear a little #MickeyDolenz, a little #BobMould (which is not a bad delineation of their musical territory), but uniquely his own; Mike Mesaros’s #BassLines offer countermelodies. An occasional dash of #tambourine with the solid drumming adds some #60s energy, their chord progressions both hint at and evoke yearning, and of course there are those jangling/biting guitars. These elements all come together on “Alone at Midnight.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOwTOZ0QquY

The Monkees was a great band, and yes...that's another hill I will die on.

#monkees
#themonkees
#MickeyDolenz
#mikenesmith
#petertork
#davyjones