Davy Jones of The Monkees dies at 66,Daydream Believer.

 

Daydream Believer

1967

'The Monkees'

I'm going to slip back in time here...I posted this on my Facebook page a year ago as a memorial to The Monkees' Davy Jones, who passed away on February 29, 2012 of a heart attack. So now, just a couple of days after the first anniversary of hid death, I'll memorialize Davy Jones again.

When most people think 'Monkees' Songs' the first song that pops into their head is 'Last Train To Clarksville'. This classic...'Daydream Believer'...has always been my favorite Monkees' tune. It was released in '67, was the group's last #1 single in The U.S., and was also covered in 1979 by Anne Murray as a country song. Daydream Believer was one of the few Monkees songs that Day Jones sang lead on...Mike Nesbitt usually sang lead

As for The Monkees...I think everyone watched the show as a kid. I was 10 when the show premiered and I don't think I missed an episode.

One huge plus for the Monkees was that, unlike their rivals 'The Partridge Family', the Monkees actually played their own instruments, though Micky Dolenz had to learn the drums (He was actually a top-notch guitarist).

The Monkees enjoyed a pretty decent recording career as well, with a quartet of number one albums in a span of twelve months, simultaneous chart toppers in the U.S and the U.K.the chart topping single of 1967 (I'm a Believer) as well as a tie for third in that same year with the very song featured in this post. Oh...they snagged a pair of Emmys along the way, too. Not too shabby for a band than many sidmissed as what they would call 'posers' today. Another little known fact...due to the way the TV show was filmed, using lots of quick cuts and breaks, many of the songs are actually considered to be the first true music videos, thirteen years or so before MTV.

As for Davy Jones...I actually saw two women at work...both my age...crying when they found out about his death. They were, of course, two of the uncounted millions of young girls of the 60s who'd had crushes on him (Hey, even Marsha Brady was smitten by him.) As for all of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s...a little bit of our child hood was gone. So hoist a cold one for Davy and enjoy.

Daydream Believer by The Monkees:

And as a quick bonus to the above post...The late 60's two heart throbs meet! Marsha...meet Davy.