Guilty Pleasures

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:48 am

I like pretty much all The Monkees hits...great sing along in the car tunes.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:05 am

I've always liked a lot of the Monkees songs.

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:09 pm

Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart knew how to write 'em.

JimK

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:03 pm

I liked some of their later stuff like Listen to the Band along with a few of their earlier hits.
I thought the Monkee's theme was good, Hey, Hey, We're the Monkees, etc.

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:30 pm

I rather liked Herman's Hermits "Mrs. Brown, you've got a lovely daughter." The opening guitar riff interested me. I think I remember seeing them on TV once, and the guitarist put a silk handkerchief underneath the strings, close to the bridge and then quickly reached over and yanked it free when he was done. Does that sound right? Or am I imagining things? (Geez, it was over 40 years ago)

JimK

randyz · Post by **randyz** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:17 am

Jim: Yep. I've seen the same video (possibly on 'Hullabaloo'?). I think I posted a nearly identical description in this Forum a few years ago. The guitar was either an RM1997 or RM1998. I've often wondered if this technique was only for live performances or whether it was also used in the studio.