This is a week late, but I would be remiss if I didn’t note Davey Jones passing with something by the Monkees. Now, to the purist they were not a group at all, being as they didn’t play their own instruments, at least at the start, but then, they did do their own singing, at least I think they did. Given that rather salient fact, it stands to reason there would be no videos of them actually singing one of their songs, so I shall break a rule here and play what you might call a music video, which appears to be an outtake from one of the shows. Yes, boys and girls, we really did watch this sort of thing.
One thing the Monkees had going for them is that their music was penned by some good writers, and the instruments were played by good studio musicians. They were a ginned up TV band, but all things considered, the music was pretty good. This song, one of the best, was, in my opinion, sung far better by its composer, Neal Diamond, who, in my humble opinion, has been somewhat underrated. But this is Monkees night, so here’s a Monkees version.
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