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Let's See the Monkees
Dec. 1st, 2012 02:31 amIt's pretty well known that Mike Nesmith hasn't wanted anything to do with any of the recent Monkees reunion concerts. He played a few shows in the nineties, but quit partway through the tour. Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Peter Tork allegedly didn't get along at all, but they were still willing to pretend to for two-hour blocks on stage. After Davy died, however, Mike was willing to join the other two surviving members for a brief tour. I'm not privy to the politics that resulted in this decision, but ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bethje and I saw them on Thursday night. She's actually going to more shows, but that one was it for me. They played quite a few of Mike's songs, which was cool. They tend to be Beth's favorite Monkees numbers, and I think that kind of rubbed off on me as well. Her observation on the show was, "Mike Nesmith is magic." Mike also provided the sounds of the original Moog synthesizer on "Daily Nightly." Peter sang "Early Morning Blues and Greens," which I understand he had wanted to sing anyway, but it was given to Davy. For "Daydream Believer," they had a guy from the audience come up on stage to sing it.
When I saw the Monkees live before, back when Davy was still around, they did a lot of obviously rehearsed banter. There was considerably less of it this time, with one song often leading right into another. They still did some, though, and at one point Mike referenced the Nigerian Prince e-mail scam.
After the concert, I finally received my last two birthday presents from Beth, which were copies of Professor Wogglebug and the Frogman of Oz and 20,000 Leagues Under Oz. I don't think I'd mentioned my other presents from her, so I'll do that now: David Byrne and St. Vincent's Love This Giant, Amanda Palmer's Theatre Is Evil, and a DVD copy of Return to Oz. While I'm grateful for these presents, it does make me feel kind of bad because she already helps to pay my bills and such. And I didn't get her anything for her birthday, largely because I have no idea what she wants now. I don't know what to get anybody for Christmas either. I suck as a gift-giver.
bethje and I saw them on Thursday night. She's actually going to more shows, but that one was it for me. They played quite a few of Mike's songs, which was cool. They tend to be Beth's favorite Monkees numbers, and I think that kind of rubbed off on me as well. Her observation on the show was, "Mike Nesmith is magic." Mike also provided the sounds of the original Moog synthesizer on "Daily Nightly." Peter sang "Early Morning Blues and Greens," which I understand he had wanted to sing anyway, but it was given to Davy. For "Daydream Believer," they had a guy from the audience come up on stage to sing it.When I saw the Monkees live before, back when Davy was still around, they did a lot of obviously rehearsed banter. There was considerably less of it this time, with one song often leading right into another. They still did some, though, and at one point Mike referenced the Nigerian Prince e-mail scam.
After the concert, I finally received my last two birthday presents from Beth, which were copies of Professor Wogglebug and the Frogman of Oz and 20,000 Leagues Under Oz. I don't think I'd mentioned my other presents from her, so I'll do that now: David Byrne and St. Vincent's Love This Giant, Amanda Palmer's Theatre Is Evil, and a DVD copy of Return to Oz. While I'm grateful for these presents, it does make me feel kind of bad because she already helps to pay my bills and such. And I didn't get her anything for her birthday, largely because I have no idea what she wants now. I don't know what to get anybody for Christmas either. I suck as a gift-giver.
