33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee
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sure..one is a pretty good take on the whole Monkees manufactured image, with funny gags, some of their best songs ever and a lot of fun cameos ..I've watched it many times
...the other is a self indulgent piece of crap with some of their weakest material, a jam session that is a debacle, a rock and roll pastiche which has Mickey singing waaaay out of his vocal range, and some free form ballet that is unintentionally laughable (for about 10 seconds....then it's a boring drag).....it sits on my shelf gathering dust
Where did you find it? I'm assuming it's available on VHS/DVD?
sharegot it a few years back on VHS (Rhino)..check amazon.com...but trust me, you arent missing anything
...aside from the other things I've already mentioned:
they do a stupid wind up doll sequence to show how fake the Monkees image is (which they did much better (and quicker) in the Ditty Diego War Chant from Head)
Davey continues his lame Broadway career with Goldilocks Sometime (again done better with Daddy's Song from Head)
Mike sings one of his worst compositions ever, Naked Persimmon..(duetting himself, but neither half works)
Brian Auger does some lame acting as Charles Darwin
Mike's final song (Listen To The Band) starts off good but they try to end it as a freak out and it just comes off as amateur overcrowded noise
You have to admit it was a totally weird show though . . . I found myself wondering who it was intended for and how it was broadbast (primetime?). Despite it's shouty awfulness I found it hard to look away - like a car crash from another era in some ways. I think Auger was very much taking the p*ss, and Driscoll performance with him was a definite highlight. Plus they had Fats, Jerry Lee (I forget who else) playing pianos perched on top of one another - quite something to see (but then again, a wasted opportunity).
I've been in the group for years and I know, he always listens.share
First it was on VHS through Rhino.
Then they included it as an extra on the Season 2 DVD set of the series.
http://www.deepdiscount.com/viewproduct.htm?productId=5782711
I have 33+1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee, one recorded from original TV showing, and also I have the Rhino VHS. This was the first of three NBC TV one hour Monkees specials that were supposed to take the place of the canceled (after two seasons) Monkees weekly TV series. It basically is a continuation of the Head theme of puncturing holes in the Monkees manufactured image. I find Head to be a much, much better watch. although 33+1/3 is still the Monkees. One can only wonder how off kilter another two Monkees one hour TV specials would have looked. It's amazing in a sense that 33+1/3 was even on network TV at all. It is that strange. The Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard spots are interesting, although I personally could do without the Julie Driscoll bits. The Monkees songs on this special are not any weaker than some of the early Don Kirschner album filler. The Mike Nesmith split screen song isn't any worse than "The Day We Fall In Love" or "I'll Be True To You", etc. Yes, the songs in Head are much better than the songs in 33+1/3. The writhing dancing seems pretty senseless and a waste of time as well. Anyway, if you are a die-hard Monkees fanatic, 33+1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee deserves to be in your Monkees collection.
shareA bit: Anyone notice that the flashy cowboy outfit Mike has one during one of his songs he also where's whilst singing "Her name was Rodan." in one of his later projects (was it Elephant Parts or Home Companion?).
~*We were born to love one another*~
Do you remember? There was a hit song around that time either called "Joanne" or "(Her Name was) Joanne." Kinda sappy and sweet, still kinda catchy Love Song to . . . Joanne.
She went away with another, leaving the singer quite nostalgic for when they were younger and played in the feilds together.
The thing was, 'Joanne' was his Horse!
"Her name was Joanne, and she lived in a meadow by the Pond...
"[ something ] spoke to me of her sweet Love....
"[ da da da, I don't remember, led to ] never knew such desperation,
"[ hmm, hmm... in such ] a hopeless situation,
"For Joanne, and the man [ and the van?] that made them both run." (???)
The melody was quite the ear-worm, as the 'Pond' / 'Fond', 'Run' / 'Fun' ( and whatever the first 2 lines in each verse) were sung in such a High Wavering Falsetto, it made Roy Orbison want to die, simply for the pleasure of Rolling Over in his Grave.
As you can see, I have been able to remember only a few Un-Bracketed words.
It seemed to last forever, on the Charts; it wasn't "Jeremiah was a Bullfrog", but sure felt like it.
And here's the other thing : I'm pretty sure it was Mike's song. With him singing Solo.
Joanne is the girl I marrired right around the same time this song came out; I'm still waiting for the
" man with the plan and the van to make herself. RUN" !!!
It's been awhile, but I think Nesmith is writer singer.
Now listen here, you mugs, nobody gets to say 'Meh' anymore unless you're Edward G. Robinson, see?
The outfit Mike wears is the same one from their Kool-Aid commercial from 1969, without Peter Tork.
shareAgree. Head is a hidden gem.
33 1/3 is unwatchable. And I'm a die hard Monkees fan