Guilty Pleasure.

Sassafras

I know it wasn't cool to like The Monkees back in the day but I was never too bothered about what was or wasn't cool.
I particularly liked this song.
Nice to see two of them are still alive and at it:

dogload

Ah, always loved The Monkees!

Not uncool at all!

portobear_65

The Monkees are great, Pleasant Valley Sunday is another awesome track of theirs. 

Chris.B

I'm sure I had a Monkees toy car when I was just a little lad, an estate car - or is my memory playing tricks on me?

Sassafras

Chris.B said:

I'm sure I had a Monkees toy car when I was just a little lad, an estate car - or is my memory playing tricks on me?

Ah, merchandising!
Whatever happened to that?
You never see much merchandising these days.

mikem8634

Always loved The Monkees. First as a little kid, watching the TV show and just thinking it was funny. Then as a guitar-playing grown up, realising they made (albeit with some assistance) some really great music.

Sassafras

Yeah, the TV show was a lot of fun.

Schnozz

Before my time but I have the greatest hits and the playing is fantastic.

DavidRees

big time Monkees fanboy here ...

grappagreen

Yep - killer songs... 

dogload

Chris.B said:

I'm sure I had a Monkees toy car when I was just a little lad, an estate car - or is my memory playing tricks on me?

At the risk of divulging my age, I also had one of those!

Paul_C

Sassafras

dogload said:

Chris.B said:

I'm sure I had a Monkees toy car when I was just a little lad, an estate car - or is my memory playing tricks on me?

At the risk of divulging my age, I also had one of those!

At your age it's a miracle you can remember!
  

mikem8634

Oh my God! I had that!

dogload

Sassafras said:

dogload said:

Chris.B said:

I'm sure I had a Monkees toy car when I was just a little lad, an estate car - or is my memory playing tricks on me?

At the risk of divulging my age, I also had one of those!

At your age it's a miracle you can remember!
  

What were we talking about?

thegummy

Sassafras said:

Chris.B said:

I'm sure I had a Monkees toy car when I was just a little lad, an estate car - or is my memory playing tricks on me?

Ah, merchandising!
Whatever happened to that?
You never see much merchandising these days.

It used to be that toy companies would make merch based on the popular tv shows.

Now they make the toys they make tv shows involving them to sell them.

Kind of heart breaking after a life of avoiding as much consumerism as possible that I've had to buy in to it so my toddler doesn't miss out.

munckee

Another monkees fan, Mary Mary, pleasant valley Sunday, d w Washburn, Valleri. Great stuff. 

I have a vision in my head of America ingrained from watching the monkees I think. Hence I’m never going there as it won’t live up to it. 

DulcetJones

I'm in as well!  Me and my buddies watched the TV show, bought the records, used their jokes on each other, the whole bit.  In the 80's the band I was in covered "Last Train to Clarkesville", people sang along, people danced.....

Chris.B

Paul_C said:

Thats the one, thanks for posting that Paul, it took me back more years than I want to think about.

pigface

I had a Monkees book, a hard-cover comic like the Beano annual.

pigface

pigface said:

I had a Monkees book, a hard-cover comic like the Beano annual.

This one ...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/iqpadj4f85z2zai/Monkees annual.jpg?raw=1