http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.36786&rws=%2Fthe-monkees%2Ftop-tracks.rssThey may have been prefabricated to steal pocket change from the pockmarked teen masses, but the Monkees were the best darn prefab rock band ever created by cynical cigar chompers (and counterculture director Bob Rafelson). Who cares if "Last Train to Clarksville" is an inferior rewrite of the Beatles' "Day Tripper," or if the Monkees were just an inferior, third-generation pastiche of the Fab Four? Their songs were fantastic -- from the hard-rocking drive of "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" to the dreamy Psychedelic splendor of "Porpoise Song." Could any of today's teenybopper confections release anything as brilliant as the Kinks-esque "Randy Scouse Git," which goes from sunny, British music hall to slamming Pre-Punk and back again? Despite all the nattering nabobs of negativity who say the Monkees never wrote their own tunes, they did pen a considerable number of their songs. They also relied on the talents of proven Brill Building scribes such as Goffin/King, Neil Diamond and Boyce/Hart. The TV show they were created to front remains a fun time capsule, and their bizarre, acid-drenched movie <I>Head</I> is still a creative tour de (unfocused) force. What does it say about modern pop music that the Prefab Four made better music than today's "uncompromising" artistic geniuses? - Nick DedinaBubblegumen720Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:32:53 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.36786&rws=%2Fthe-monkees%2Ftop-tracks.rss They may have been prefabricated to steal pocket change from the pockmarked teen masses, but the Monkees were the best darn prefab rock band ever created by cynical cigar chompers (and counterculture director Bob Rafelson). Who cares if "Last Train to Clarksville" is an inferior rewrite of the Beatles' "Day Tripper," or if the Monkees were just an inferior, third-generation pastiche of the Fab Four? Their songs were fantastic -- from the hard-rocking drive of "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" to the dreamy Psychedelic splendor of "Porpoise Song." Could any of today's teenybopper confections release anything as brilliant as the Kinks-esque "Randy Scouse Git," which goes from sunny, British music hall to slamming Pre-Punk and back again? Despite all the nattering nabobs of negativity who say the Monkees never wrote their own tunes, they did pen a considerable number of their songs. They also relied on the talents of proven Brill Building scribes such as Goffin/King, Neil Diamond and Boyce/Hart. The TV show they were created to front remains a fun time capsule, and their bizarre, acid-drenched movie <I>Head</I> is still a creative tour de (unfocused) force. What does it say about modern pop music that the Prefab Four made better music than today's "uncompromising" artistic geniuses? - Nick Dedina http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3597762&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-monkees%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bubblegum Tue, 29 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Monkees on Rhapsody Online 3597762 tra.3597762 The Monkees art.36786 1.29 The Best Of The Monkees alb.273031 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/1/4/7/1597415_170x170.jpg 2009-03-17 00:00:00.0 2003-04-29 00:00:00.0 true Daydream Believer tra.3597762 176000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3597762&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-monkees%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3597762&variant=data&rws=%2Fthe-monkees%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3597710&variant=play&rws=%2Fthe-monkees%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bubblegum Tue, 29 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by The Monkees on Rhapsody Online 3597710 tra.3597710 The Monkees art.36786 1.29 The Best Of The Monkees 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