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To: combjelly who wrote (471070)	4/12/2009 10:40:58 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1575399

You ever listen to their music? It was formulaic and trite. It riffed on the "safe" themes of the times and their music was simplistic and loud. No signs of art at all. I'm not a huge Monkees fan as I've indicated. But for that time period the Monkees' music was not particularly better or worse than others. "Daydream Believer" has been covered on at least 10 albums. "Last Train to Clarksville" was covered by more than that -- including George Benson, The Four Tops, Manfred Mann and Jerry Reed. Hendrix covered "Stepping Stone". Hendrix (along with maybe 15 other bands). You know who that is, right? They weren't highly prolific but you can find more music in a "Best of Monkees" album than in a "Best of Madonna" and "Best of Brittany", combined. I get the idea music isn't one of the subjects you know much about....that's okay, you can't know everything.

To: combjelly who wrote (471070)	4/12/2009 11:09:19 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575399

CJ, > Much like Britney. I've listened to The Monkees. They're not bad, at least talent-wise. So there isn't much art or creativity in their music, but that has always been true for 90% of the music created throughout all of modern history. Plus The Monkees didn't have digital effects to distort their voices the way Britney's voice is always distorted techno-wise. Even Madonna resorts to that, from simple reverb to Euro-style nonsense. Tenchusatsu