RIP Michael Nesmith

erniejade
erniejade Posts: 6,321
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I know the Monkey's was a fake TV band but still, I enjoyed the TV show as a kid, and some of their music was not bad. Granted, written by Diamond or Carol King, Boyce and others but still, the show was entertaining at the time.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,900
    Nesmith led the charge to gain some creative and performing autonomy of the Prefab Four, resulting in the largely self-deterministic Headquarters. He was also a pretty fine songwriter.
    I posted one of my personal faves at https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/195468/dang-mike-nesmiths-gone
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,529
    He also wrote this tune, made famous by Linda Ronstadt (with Stone Poneys)...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5tWs2kGTkE
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,900
    yup, that he did.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    The TV show was meh, but I liked some of their music when I was a young whipper snapper.

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    Always liked the show, as goofy as it was. I wanted that motorized skateboard bad. lol. Didn't his family also hold a patent on liquid paper ? Anyway, always seemed like a decent guy, RIP.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,900
    Yes, Mike Nesmith's mother invented it. See the Rolling Stone obit for the little kick that her estate gave his art & his career when she passed away.

    I will say, loud and proud, that I loved the show (I was a kid!). :)
    I have all of the rekkids, too, through The Birds, The Bees and the Monkees. Over the years, I've acquired... umm... several copies of a couple of them. :#

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,900
    edited December 2021
    speaking of the Prefab Four ;) -- In all seriousness, if folks haven't seen this holiday-themed a cappella performance by the Monkees, this might dispel some of the impression that they were naught but hack actors. :)

    https://youtu.be/JthZskazxKo

    As an aside, ever think about what would have happened to the Monkees and all of rock music in the 1960s and 1970s if Stephen Stills had actually gotten one of the four lead roles on the show? :#

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    as it was, Mike Nesmith was certainly (OK, from my perspective, anyway), the most interesting Monkee, before, during, and after their heyday.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,562
    I too watched the show as a kid, I liked as well. It was good stuff from my perspective.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    ^^ Did you guys also subscribe to Tiger Beat magazine?
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,562
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    ^^ Did you guys also subscribe to Tiger Beat magazine?

    Lol..... Ummm No!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,900
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    ^^ Did you guys also subscribe to Tiger Beat magazine?

    I don't believe that this request is covered under the Freedom of Information Act. :#
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    Nesmith was the only "real" musician in the bunch. AFAIC
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    ^^ Did you guys also subscribe to Tiger Beat magazine?

    Lol..... Ummm No!

    But, he still has the Leif Garrett poster in the basement.

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,562
    edited December 2021
    erniejade wrote: »
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    ^^ Did you guys also subscribe to Tiger Beat magazine?

    Lol..... Ummm No!

    But, he still has the Leif Garrett poster in the basement.

    May your next power strip be from Chernobyl....

    🤣
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited December 2021
    Back in 70-71 I was stationed at the Key West Naval Air Station, and would occasionally spend (party) the weekend at some hotel in Miami or Boca Raton. Anyway, one weekend I noticed Michael Nesmith on the beach, and said hello. After a few minutes of idle talk we went our own way, and that was my one encounter with a rock star. RIP.
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