Peter Tork, of the Monkees, has died

[dudog84]

I know he's not a musical luminary, but the Monkees were a fun group that made an impression in my formative years. Hard to believe now the TV show only lasted 2 seasons.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/peter-tork-endearingly-offbeat-bassist-and-singer-in-the-monkees-dies-at-77/ar-BBTUevx?li=BBnb7Kz

"Headquarters" is their only LP that has survived in my collection. Not a great album, only 1 of the 14 songs was longer than 2-1/2 minutes!

R.I.P.

[aimo]

Peter was my favorite. THIS is my favorite clip:

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

[CameronBlue]

Peter was my favorite. THIS is my favorite clip:

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

That was great. I'd never seen it. Thanks.

[OldPhiKap]

Didn't his mother invent White-Out, or something like that?

[dudog84]

Didn't his mother invent White-Out, or something like that?

That was Mike Nesmith, the tall one.

[moonpie23]

good ones leaving left and right... :(

[Blue KevIL]

Hey Hey I'm A Bereaver

Too soon?

[duke74]

Memories of my youth. Joining Davey. RIP.

[TruBlu]

Attended the Monkees concert in Charlotte in 1967 with a young lady who eventually was a finalist in the Miss North Carolina pageant.

The opening band was ... The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Charlotte was not ready for Jimi. More boos than cheers.

[HereBeforeCoachK]

Attended the Monkees concert in Charlotte in 1967 with a young lady who eventually was a finalist in the Miss North Carolina pageant.

The opening band was ... The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Charlotte was not ready for Jimi. More boos than cheers.

That was the Charlotte of the "THREE R's" - racin, rasslin and religion......

[cspan37421]

Hey Hey I'm A Bereaver

Too soon?

Since he was such a funny, lighthearted guy, I think he would have liked it. He might have even thought it himself when Davy passed.

I liked those guys. It's funny how badly some people wanted to tear them down for either not writing or performing on their studio tracks (at least the early ones). I was left with the mistaken impression that, at most, one of them was any kind of musician (I think Nesmith). Only gradually I learned that Jones had a background in musical theater. Tork was a multi-instrumentalist. Dolenz was a vocalist - he apparently learned drums after the Monkees were formed. Nesmith was a guitarist and songwriter.

So I've come to a much more nuanced view of these guys. And I love that they did what they did. It was great fun to watch as a kid (and the shows were several years old in reruns when I did watch!)

Sad news as it was, I was amused to read in one of Tork's obits that the Monkees outsold the Beatles and Stones combined in 1967 ... and later in Wikip read that in Nesmith's autobiography, he admits it was a lie to a reporter, apparently one that has legs to this day.

The story of the lie is just great:
https://flashbak.com/in-1977-mike-nesmith-fooled-the-world-when-the-monkees-sold-more-records-than-the-beatles-and-rolling-stones-combined-386535/

[duke74]

The opening band was ... The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Charlotte was not ready for Jimi. More boos than cheers.

That was the bill when they played here in Forest Hills. Has become sort of a local trivia question.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Peter was my favorite. THIS is my favorite clip:

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


That was great. I'd never seen it. Thanks.


Attended the Monkees concert in Charlotte in 1967 with a young lady who eventually was a finalist in the Miss North Carolina pageant.

The opening band was ... The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Charlotte was not ready for Jimi. More boos than cheers.

I hadn't seen that clip either. Thanks for posting.

My then pre-teen daughter loved the Monkees - I took her to three Monkees concerts in Raleigh in the 90's. I enjoyed them too - hey, I watched them on TV when the episodes were brand new! :cool: