Favorite Monkees Songs

[Motown_Johnny]

I am going to avoid the obvious choices here in an attempt to allow other to join in.

#1)" Valerie" Just for the guitar solo (notice how you don't get to see the actual guitarist's face)

#2) "Last Train To Clarksville" The closest they ever got to a war protest song (I don't know if I'm ever coming home)

#3)" Cuddly Toy" The ultimate poorly done 2:30 bubble gum song, which is really what they were all about.

[rurallib]

1. Valerie and Pleasant Valley Sunday

Also liked Nesmith's "Joanne" - think that was a solo effort.

[pipi_k]

8. Yes...

Mike Nesmith did that away from the Monkees, but it's always been one of my favorites as well.

There's a mournful quality to his voice not quite heard when he was with the Monkees.

[abq e streeter]

17. Nesmith's "First National Band"

Still have it on vinyl. Damn nice record.

[LeftinOH]

2. 'Listen to the Band' ..though that one's mostly just Nesmith.

[MorningGlow]

3. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You

I Wanna Be Free (I have that one on an a 45-size cardboard cutout off a cereal box. I wonder if it still plays.)

The Girl I Knew Somewhere

Valerie, definitely

ETA: Mary, Mary

[Motown_Johnny]

6. I forgot about The Girl I Knew Somewhere

listening to it as I type this

thanks for the reminder

[MorningGlow]

9. A locally run radio station plays it a lot for some reason

I hear it pretty often. It stands the test of time, I think.

[pipi_k]

4. Hey you beat me to it!!

"Valleri" is my real name, so it was always one of my favorites...especially, like you said, the guitar solo

And "Last Train To Clarksville"

Also...

[HopeHoops]

5. The theme song. I just always loved it.

And cats hate it when you sing it while they're coming down the hallway after a week-long nap.

[LynneSin]

7. Who are the Monkeys?

[treestar]

10. Anyone remember "I'm Gonna Buy me a Dog?"

We played the record on our little record player for kids. Then when Mom played it on the stereo, it had background banter in it - which could only be heard on the stereo. The worst of that was "Zulus?" "No, I usually won."

[raccoon]

12. "I wish I had a glass of water." "Why, are you thirsty?"

"No, I want to see if my neck leaks."

[raccoon]

11. Hard to say....I like so many of their songs. "Last Train to Clarksville" would be way up there. nt

[hifiguy]

13. "Pleasant Valley Sunday"

which I played in a cover band 30 years ago. Mickey sang the hell out of that one. "Valleri" (guitar solo by session ace Louie Shelton), "Last Train to Clarksville," "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" (proto punk, almost). Almost forgot "Zilch" - a little piece of Monkees surrealism. And "Your Auntie Grizelda" because it was funny and Peter sang it.

Lotsa great Monkees memories, though I was a Beatles kid at heart.

[REP]

26. Pleasant Valley Sunday is a great song

[abq e streeter]

14. Look Out,Here Comes Tomorrow

[shanti]

21. that one too!

oh noooooooo, now i have an ear worm!

[abq e streeter]

22. Yeah but at least it's a good one

I hate getting one for a song I don't even like.

[abq e streeter]

15. I Wanna Be Free

[abq e streeter]

16. You Just May Be The One

[Quiet_Dem_Mom]

18. Here's a couple of songs that are a bit out of the "bubble gum pop" mode.

I've had a soft spot for the Monkees since MTV aired episodes back in 80's. Forgot how much I enjoyed some of their less popular titles.

Rip, Davy.

Salesman

No Time

[LibertyLover]

19. Zor and Zam

This was their war protest song -

The King of Zor, he called for war
And the King of Zam, he answered
The fashioned their weapons
One upon one, ton upon ton
They called for war at the rise of the sun

Out went the call, to one and to all
That echoed and rolled like the thunder
Trumpets and drums
More upon more, war upon war
Rolling the call of come out to war

Throughout the night, they fashioned their might
With right on the side of the mighty
They puzzled their minds
Plan upon plan, man upon man
In the dying of dawn the great war began

The met on the battlefield, banner in hand
They looked out across the vacant land
And the counted the missing
One upon one, none upon none
The war, it was over before it began

Two little kings playing a game
They gave a war and nobody came
And nobody came and nobody came
And nobody came, nobody came
Nobody came

[shanti]

20. I'm a believer

would have to be my #1 monkee song from back in the day. i used to dance and sing to it and the rest of their hits while washing dishes, when i was 11 years old. good times! mickey was my favorite too.

[Rochester]

23. Shades of Gray

[deutsey]

24. "For Pete's Sake" and "The Porpoise Song" n/t

[REP]

25. Circle Sky

Circle Sky (this is a rough mix)

Daddy's Song

Porpoise Song

[mvd]

27. My top 5

"I'm a Believer"
"Last Train To Clarksville"
"Daydream Believer"
"A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You"
&quot I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"