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Thread ID: 150333 2021-12-10 21:44:00 Michael Nesmith diesl kenj (9738) PC World Chat
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1482770 2021-12-10 21:44:00 RIP Michael.

From what started as a forerunner of the "Boy Band" "The Monkees", Michael Nesmith emerged as a extremely talented musician in his "First National Band"

"Joanne" was a favourite of mine.

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Ken
kenj (9738)
1482771 2021-12-10 22:07:00 Think at the time they were put together to compete with the Beatles who over took America

They were never meant to do well musically but became popular and they all had talent

In my early teens the Monkee's TV series was very popular
Lawrence (2987)
1482772 2021-12-10 23:55:00 The Monkees were surprisingly good. I used to watch the tv program and found it silly really but much later here in NZ I went to a Karaoke Bar and people were singing Daydream Believer with real passion.

Now when I hear it I really like the song and also Last Train to Clarkesville.

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Poignant song.

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zqwerty (97)
1482773 2021-12-12 20:10:00 OK, lets not pretend .
The Monkees were actors , not musicians , except for Nesmith .
They had session musicians playing on their hits (not that uncommon back then) , and had talented people writing their songs (also common back then)

There were even rumors when playing live , session musicians in the back , under the stage playing it all.
And thats common now , sort of. Singers lip syncing at concerts is now very common .
And still common for some band members or singers to pretend to play guitar , just using guitar as a stage prop
ELO got caught , in concerts, pretending to play over prerecorded songs , way back .

Nesmith's mother invented Twink , he inherited $50mil . A nice nest egg for him .
I really liked the TV sketch show he did after The Monkees .
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