RIP-Peter Tork

sgtmick63
sgtmick63 Posts: 166
in Music & Movies
Peter Tork of The Monkees has passed away.
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,772
    We were typing at the same time. RIP Peter
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,895
    :(

    https://variety.com/2019/music/news/peter-tork-the-monkees-dies-dead-1203144914/

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    Both of these guys strove to become Monkees. One succeeded, not sure what ever became of the other guy, for what it's worth.

    ;)
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    edited February 2019
    ^^Stephen stills on the left.

    And I see what you did there.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,895
    edited February 2019
    I am one clever sumnabeej*, ain't I?

    ;)

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    * as we used to say in high school.
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,142
    Rip Peter. Very strange as I was chatting with my bud 2 days ago and he offered me a pair of tickets to see the Monkees play at the casino. I passed on his offer and he tells me that Peter lives on the same street as him. Then sadly I see he passed today.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,015
    My older girl cousin was a Monkees NUT when I was a kid, she had every 45 and LP, but I have to admit they had some songs that I like to this day. Some are on the soundtrack to the movie HEAD, which was universally panned, co-written by Jack Nicholson of all people. Bob Dylan once said the song, "Love Is Only Sleeping" was one of his all-time favorites. Don't know who wrote that one. I still think "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone" is a classic and there are some really good punk renditions of that out there. Didn't the Sex Pistols do a classic version? I remember when their album, "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones" came out I didn't understand the title until someone told me it referred to the fact that the individual Monkees had been turned into a corporation, in fact like a law firm. My cousin went to see them tour one time, she also snuck out and saw the Beatles in '64 against her father's strick admonitions. I saw her actually get belted by her father when he found Beatles' singles in their house against his strict prohibition against "Beatle music." RIP Peter. I heard that Steven Stills was really piffed when he didn't get the part.
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  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
    I remember the tv show. I think the other choices was soap operas or bowling for dollars.

    Between The Monkees and destroying the other toy soldier army, I think it’s safe to say a house fire was prevented.
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,158
    RIP Peter.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,556
    R.I.P Pete :'(:'(
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,446
    The Monkeys, Batman, I Dream of Jeannie, and Hogan’s Heroes was the afternoon syndicated lineup on channel 9 when I was a kid. RIP Peter, and thanks for the laughs and music.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,895
    Wellp -- I watched The Monkees first run, and collected all of their pre-Head albums when they were new. Still have 'em. Never did get the Head soundtrack, nor see the movie.

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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,015
    I think you can watch the Head movie on Youtube. B)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,895
    I would have to be in the right frame of mind, I suspect...

    B)
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    I just so happened to watch Head as well as Wild In The Streets (1968) one weekend not that long ago. And yes an altered state of mind is recommended, good times.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,895
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    I just so happened to watch Head as well as Wild In The Streets (1968) one weekend not that long ago. And yes an altered state of mind is recommended, good times.

    Do you mean an...

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    God speed. Used to love watching the Monkees on Saturday mornings.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,159
    I admit, I watched them too. ;):)

    RIP Mr. Tork.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,556
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    The Monkeys, Batman, I Dream of Jeannie, and Hogan’s Heroes was the afternoon syndicated lineup on channel 9 when I was a kid. RIP Peter, and thanks for the laughs and music.

    Don't forget spiderman...... or was that channel 32?
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