So long, Mike Nesmith

[Bob Jersey]

78.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/monkees-michael-nesmith-dead-1270079/ (link)

B

[Kevin M.]

There is much to be legitimately critical of The Monkees, but despite being “pre-fab”, their harmonies were well crafted. There’s only one Monkee still standing, and I confess to being sad that Micky’s got nobody left to sing with anymore. 

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 9:31 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

78.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/monkees-michael-nesmith-dead-1270079/ (link)

B

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/658a9d69-a23e-41ad-a67d-f67d9d3a1ae5n%40googlegroups.com.

--

Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Keith Stattenfield]

We bought tickets to their tour two years ago, postponed due to COVID-19, and so we finally saw them in San Jose back in September, as one of the first events we attended.  Dolenz looked, well, like Dolenz but older, but Nesmith looked old and spent most of the show on a stool on stage.  They told stories and sang songs we all knew the words to and it wasn't the best concert I've been to but I was happy.  My wife's first concert ever was a Monkees show in 1985, without Nesmith.

-Keith

To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BvzcuzgfS5syEp8_6-LCDpg2Gj6joB47qJiwfUcxV1%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.

[Diner]

I saw them in Red Bank, New Jersey on October 19.

It was a fun, wide-ranging show, and Micky Dolenz was still a fantastic performer with a great voice and dynamic stage presence, but... "Papa Nez" was in really bad shape. He couldn't play guitar anymore, and he was shuffling across the stage the way my grandfather did when he was 90.

So I can't say this news is a huge surprise. But it's still so incredibly sad. He wrote so many great songs, including some of my favorite Monkees numbers.

During the pandemic and the last few SAD-suffused winters, I've relied on harmony-heavy pop to get me through the dark times - The Beach Boys, The Hollies, The Zombies, and The Monkees. I bought a box set of all their albums and inundated myself in it for a while. It really did the job. Michael Nesmith, even at his most bizarre, will always make me happy.