RIP Davey Jones

Wow, I can't believe that this happened. I loved the show and their music is better than what I expected for a TV show.

Aw, man.

I love the Monkeys.

That sucks. My mother used to think this guy was hotter than all four of the Beatles combined.

Yeah, when I was a kid back in the '70s, The Monkees tv show was in regular syndicated afternoon rotation. I remember coming home every day after school and watching The Monkees and Gilligan's Island. I likely know most all of their songs by heart as a direct result.

Here's a couple faves that don't get as much airplay.

I always liked "Steppin' Stone". But nothing beats "Last Train to Clarksville." They were so much better than a band manufactured for a goofy TV show had any right to be.

Sad day.

I saw the Monkee's in concert last year. This makes me sad. I'd tell my 4 year old (who was at the concert and loved it) but a) he doesn't need to know and b) he's been kind of obsessed with death lately.

I like it when they made good music.

The Monkees' Greatest Hits was the first album I ever had as a kid in the 70s. The TV show theme song talked about how they'd "maybe come to your town." and I remember being bummed out to learn that they'd been broken up as a band for years already.

Really sad. These are my personal favorites. Thanks to my mom's childhood crush, I heard them a lot growing up.

Man they looked like they were having fun as a band.

Another reason I'm headed for the special hell:

When there's only one left, does the song change to "Hey, hey, I'm the Monkee"?

LilCodger wrote:

Another reason I'm headed for the special hell:

When there's only one left, does the song change to "Hey, hey, I'm the Monkee"?

Only at night, when he's crying alone in his bedroom, you jerk.

When I was a kid the people who grew up with the Monkees were the right age to have the positions of power at networks to syndicate it and re-run it. I watched that show hundreds of times after school. Now, at 34, I couldn't tell you the plot to even a single episode, although I do enjoy their music.

Quite sad indeed.

No jokes about his locker?