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Started by mongers, June 18, 2012, 02:47:00 PM

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mongers

#870
August 17, 2012, 11:47:16 AM
I think The Monkees were quite talented musicians and performers.

Certainly some of their music has stop the test of time, much better than some of the 60s fluff. 
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Grey Fox

#871
August 17, 2012, 11:53:11 AM
It might be the same for One direction, who knows. The Pop industry destroys everything.
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Eddie Teach

#872
August 17, 2012, 12:01:38 PM
60s bubblegum pop > 90s onward bubblegum pop

Heck, early Beatles stuff was pretty close.
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Barrister

#873
August 17, 2012, 01:05:36 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 17, 2012, 11:47:16 AM
I think The Monkees were quite talented musicians and performers.

Certainly some of their music has stop the test of time, much better than some of the 60s fluff.

Didn't one of them not even know how to play an instrument?  They certainly didn't write their own music.

Now some of their songs have stood the test of time (Last Train to Clarksville), but that has much mroe to do with being a well-written song than their skills as performers.
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lustindarkness

#874
August 17, 2012, 01:09:36 PM
I enjoyed The Monkees TV show. :)
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derspiess

#875
August 17, 2012, 01:21:40 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 17, 2012, 01:05:36 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 17, 2012, 11:47:16 AM
I think The Monkees were quite talented musicians and performers.

Certainly some of their music has stop the test of time, much better than some of the 60s fluff.

Didn't one of them not even know how to play an instrument?  They certainly didn't write their own music.

Now some of their songs have stood the test of time (Last Train to Clarksville), but that has much mroe to do with being a well-written song than their skills as performers.

Nesmith wrote & produced a lot of their songs, and from what I remember each of them could play something.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Barrister

#876
August 17, 2012, 02:22:01 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 17, 2012, 01:21:40 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 17, 2012, 01:05:36 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 17, 2012, 11:47:16 AM
I think The Monkees were quite talented musicians and performers.

Certainly some of their music has stop the test of time, much better than some of the 60s fluff.

Didn't one of them not even know how to play an instrument?  They certainly didn't write their own music.

Now some of their songs have stood the test of time (Last Train to Clarksville), but that has much mroe to do with being a well-written song than their skills as performers.

Nesmith wrote & produced a lot of their songs, and from what I remember each of them could play something.

Looking at the wiki page, it sounds like they learned how to play and gradually became a "real" band over time.
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derspiess

#877
August 17, 2012, 02:27:10 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 17, 2012, 02:22:01 PM
Looking at the wiki page, it sounds like they learned how to play and gradually became a "real" band over time.

Okay.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Josephus

#878
August 17, 2012, 04:32:52 PM
Didn't Nesmith's mother invent liquid paper?

Wait...you guys old enough to remember liquid paper?
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katmai

#879
August 17, 2012, 04:38:43 PM
How can paper be a liquid???!?!
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Ed Anger

#880
August 17, 2012, 04:41:11 PM
I still have carbon paper.
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Admiral Yi

#881
August 17, 2012, 05:02:47 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 17, 2012, 01:21:40 PM
Nesmith wrote & produced a lot of their songs, and from what I remember each of them could play something.

If you include tambourine.  I never saw Davie Jones play anything else.

garbon

#882
August 17, 2012, 05:06:26 PM
What's paper?
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#883
August 17, 2012, 05:37:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 17, 2012, 05:06:26 PM
What's paper?

The white background under the text on your monitor.
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MadImmortalMan

#884
August 17, 2012, 06:06:52 PM
The Monkees apparently decided they miss each other now that Davy died. They're doing a reunion tour with holographic Davy Jones.

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