The Monkees
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Topic: The Monkees
Posted By: marktheshark
Subject: The Monkees
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 18:02
| What do you say, guys? How 'bout the Monkees added to the archives? After all, they were the first ever to use a Moog when only 3 units existed. |
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Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 18:11
| Are you crazy? They didn't even play in their records! They were an artificial product! |
Posted By: Rust
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 18:18
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Artificial indeed, sound like another The Beatles for the record companies to cash off of. ------------- We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart Its astart What we need is awareness we cant get careless Mental self defensive fitness Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 18:34
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Worth the attempt, MS. But it was moved to non-prog music. If people decide they're proto-prog, I promise to get this thread back to its deserved forum.
------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 18:40
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All I know about that band- well 2 things: 1. They had a crappy TV show 2. The mother of one of the band-members invented white out. ------------- |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 19:31
Don't take it too seriously, I was just kidding anyway! 
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 19:42
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I got it. BTW, their TV shows were much more interesting than their music IMO. ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
marktheshark wrote:
Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 21:32
| Yeah- go for it. If they're not prog related, I don't know what is. But I think the Partridge Family should go in first. |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 22:32
The Village People would make a good addition.
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Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 23:52
| ^ definitetly AOR |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 15:52
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I can't tell you how many nights I have spent pondering the deeper meaning within "The Last Train to Clarksville." Is it a train of thought, of mouthwash, of turnips? Was Mickey Dolenz really Phil Collins' alter-ego? Or Bill Bruford's? Only by having them crowned worthy of prog status will we ever truly get to the bottom of these and many more questions. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:04
True! I forgot which one, but you know your facts! The Monkees were designed to be a copy of The Beatles: it was a record company idea. (There was one who could write songs though: Mike Nesmith made some country rock albums and he really was good at it.) |
Posted By: wolf0621
Date Posted: May 25 2006 at 17:51
See here for the scoop on Mr White Out Jr:
http://inventors.about.com/od/lstartinventions/a/liquid_paper.htm - http://inventors.about.com/od/lstartinventions/a/liquid_paper.htm
and some recent info re: Michael Nesmith:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.12/nesmith.html - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.12/nesmith.html
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Posted By: Minkia
Date Posted: May 25 2006 at 18:40
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How about 'GORILLAZ', then? ------------- RELIGION IS HATE, RELIGION IS FEAR, RELIGION IS WAR,RELIGION IS RAPE, RELIGION'S OBSCENE,RELIGION'S A WHORE |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: May 25 2006 at 20:08
 Insane Clown Posse are totally prog! ------------- 
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: May 25 2006 at 23:19
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I'll probably lose all credibility for this, but I think there's more to the "Fabricated Four" than most people realize. You can't deny that they had a lot of great, if nonthreatening, pop tunes. On "Headquarters," They actually did start playing their own instruments. The point about the moog was relevant, because it was introduced by the band members. They were striving to be more than their handlers wanted them to be. Check out "Headquarters," and "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd." (with an open mind) It may change the way you view these guys.
But they had absolutely nothing to do with prog. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: May 25 2006 at 23:27
OMG YES TEH BEST PROG BAND EVR ONG I CANT BELIEV TEHY RNT ON THIS SITE OMG OMG OMG ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: May 25 2006 at 23:29
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Haha, nice one Zach!
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: May 26 2006 at 15:44
| OOOhh stop messin' about. The Rutles demand entry with half of Patto and a fifth of the Bonzo Dog Do Dah Band on board, for the real musicians. |
Posted By: Hector Gilbert
Date Posted: May 26 2006 at 16:36
| I found their album Head in one of the music stores in my city. I'm still considering going over there tomorrow and picking it up... |
Posted By: moodyxadi
Date Posted: May 26 2006 at 16:40
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Totally agree with you. They're born as Beatles clones, fight to ut their own music in their records and produce some very good albums. The thing started to ruin when Peter Tork decided to leave. But their "maturity" albums citade abice are worth- listening.
Of course they're not prog. But who cares about this? Thw world has a lot of other interesting music to offer, and The Monkees are fun and unpretentious. ------------- Bach, Ma, Bros, Déia, Dante. |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: May 27 2006 at 10:01
Have you ever seen the film "Head"?  ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: May 27 2006 at 14:44
No, but everything I've read, or heard, suggests that it's a complete mess. An unsupervised Monkee may not always be a good thing. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: May 27 2006 at 16:56
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It's a brilliant film in my opinion - and it is also a complete mess.
The two are not mutually exclusive
Anyway, they're supervised by Frank Zappa... ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: May 27 2006 at 17:12
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There are some strange bands included in PA but I feel anyone would be hard pressed to make an argument for The Monkees! Never knew their claim to fame with the Moog though I must admit.
They did make some great music and although some may take the mickey (Dolenz or otherwise...) out of their musicianship, let's not forget Mike Nesmith was/is an acomplished musician.
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Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 17:06
Should'nt be on PA but i do love The Monkees!!!  ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Thyme Traveler
Date Posted: May 28 2006 at 19:24
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Hey why not add George Michael ?
Oh yeah, nevermind. He's http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=10705 - already in the archives. Sort of.
 ------------- Fire up the flux capacitor ! We're taking this Delorean through all four dimensions. What is the future of prog ? Genesis reunion ? I'm not telling!That could upset the thyme/space continuum. |