Davy Jones of The Monkees sadly passed away yesterday. For those unfamiliar, The Monkees originally began as a band purposely made for a TV show of the same name and was never meant to be than light entertainment and a hit-single generator. However, the band went on to do much more. It was better TV than it should have been during a time of formulaic domestic sitcoms and wacky comedies.Although at the beginning, the band were given limited performing and production opportunities they eventually fought for and earned the right to collectively supervise all musical output under the band's name. Even though the show was cancelled in 1968, the band continued to record music until 1970. The Monkees had a number of international hits, which are still heard on pop and oldies radio stations around the world. These include '(Theme From) The Monkees' , 'Last Train to Clarksville', 'I'm a Believer' and 'Daydream Believer'. Their albums and singles have sold over 65 million copies worldwide. Whatever they were meant to be, they became artists in their own right and the 'chipper Brit-pop presence' of Davy Jone was a big reason why they were able to produce music that was commercial, wholesome and still impressively weird. Davy Jones continued to perform throughout the last forty years both solo and with various incarnations of The Monkees. As a lover of anything and everything from the 60s, I can safely say it's the end of a very brightly coloured, swirly era.
Here's my record of the day: The Monkees - Daydream Believer (From The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees, 1968)
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