Mike Nesmith used to talk all the time about the animosity between him and Peter and how they didn't like each other much, but when interviewed on tv just after Peter's death, he broke down on camera. "Brothers" love each other, hate each other and fight with each other, but in the end they were brothers and that bond lives forever. Rest in peace, Davey, Peter and Mike. You brought joy to generations.

Peter and Micky wrote the most beautiful memorial messages to Davy’s family. They truly loved him. RIP Manchester Cowboy.

Love PETER TORK! I had a crush on all of them, but my heart strings always went back for this guy.

These four guys had the time of their lives. They made the world a happier/brighter place in the cosmos. They also wore groovy clothes:-)! Many thanks to Peter Tork and the rest of the band. Davy Jones (RIP).

And now Tork is joining Jones in heaven. R.I.P Peter Tork(1942-2019)

I just like to say how much the group call The Monkees mean alot to me. Missing of Davy Jones, and Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith, will never be the same but the music will always be in our hearts forever. May they rest in peace.

Peter Tork what an incredibly nice guy and hugely talented musician. A huge loss to the world, just loved this guy. R.I.P. Peter Tork.

I met Peter when he played her in the UK with his blues band. He's a very talented, enhusiastic guy, and a really nice man.

Peter Tork was the Monkee I loved the most. Years ago, before their concert in Charlotte, NC years ago, my spouse and I met Davy in Walmart. He gave us tickets eight rows from the stage and backstage passes. They're the best! ¬ Janet

Now, we have only Mickie I hope him great health and send him a lot of love , we all the fans love you May these great talented men Peter Davey and Michael rest in peace loved them too .

Peter Tork is still a great musician and person. After meeting and working with him several times, I can't ask for anyone any better. Class act, class guy!!!

Gotta tell you...as "old man" as his voice sounds, he's a hell of a singer. Just saw him perform in Chicago a few months ago and it's incredible how he can still hit his high notes in the original key. Great singer, and a phenomenal instrumentalist, too.

Caught their gig some years ago about 2005 in London when they had a reunion. They were amazing and what surprised me that there was so many young people around 15 years of age at the gig, I thought it was going to be all oldies there. The gig was fantastic and amazing and was certainly worth seeing.

Peter Tork died today, 2-21-2019. Reading these comments from 5 years ago, the hate, I have to wonder if these same people feel the same. RIP Peter.

Davy's passing really had an effect on me. I had just gone through my own heart attack a couple weeks before him. I had 5 bye passes, and was recuperating at home when it happened. I felt so strange like, why him, and not me? I cannot explain why I felt that way either. But it really upset me. I grew up watching them in the 60's. My sister was a huge Davy Jones fan so we got to know them because of her. In fact, she was the one who texted me the news.

My deepest of most heartfelt sympathies to the Monkees for the passing of Davy Jones, and to his family as well. I too, grieve right along with you! Davy was indeed a lovely lovely gentleman! May he rest in such wonderful sweet peace!

And now also appearing on this stage in heaver,along with Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork. R.I.P.

To clarify for those who haven’t read up on the Monkees’ interpersonal relationships, Peter almost certainly “liked” Micky, “loved” Davy, and “respected” Michael.

I think a lot of people forget that Peter has Aspergers Syndrome, as well. People with Aspergers often have a hard time forming and expressing emotional attachments. It is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. That he was able to express his feelings as he did is a huge tribute to how deeply he really did care for Davy.

I really feel old! If this gal watched re-runs in the 1980's when she was a "child". I watched the shows when they were NEW in the 60's. I was in Kindergarten and I remember wolfing down my dinner on Monday nights so I could watch the Monkees because I was only allowed to watch 2 hrs of TV a day.

I was watching this video and thinking, gee, he looks good for his age. This was made in 2012. This is 2013. I had no idea he had suffered from cancer and had all these ailments. You know, I tend to remember the Monkees as they were in the 60s and on their TV show reruns. You just never think that these guys are going to get old someday. But of course they do, as we all do. They sure made me laugh back in the day. R.I.P. Davy Jones.

My favourite of these guys was Mike Nesmith. He has now passed on as well. Only Micky Dolenz is left. I liked Mike because he seemed intelligent, thoughtful, and he wrote songs, and actually played the guitar, all before becoming a Monkee. I loved his sideburns, and his slight Southern accent. Maybe the wool hat, too. He was sexy, man. Especially to a pre-teen me. This is a comment about the Monkees, so no mention of the Beatles will be made in this space. Lots of praise to lavish on those guys, in their own videos posted on KZfaq.

Before you blast Peter too much, in a later interview he choked up and fought back tears while talking about Davey. Remember, this was RIGHT after Davey died. He was, as he said, "gobsmacked". People mourn in different ways and handle pain in different ways, so may not talk or act the way people expect them to, especially directly after the loss. I've known people that got cold and calm after losing someone which was their way of coping, of keeping it together. Be a little less quick to judge.

Davy, Peter , Mickey and Mike were each a big part of the Monkees it's just that Davy's death took away a big part of the Monkees' heart and soul.

When I was in my early teens I wanted every day to be Monday 7:30 PM Eastern standard time because that’s when The Monkees came on TV! My sister who is five years older than I am would watch it with me she loved them also! My very favorite was Peter Tork! Rest In Peace Davy, Peter and Mike! My heart is broken! 💔

I grew u pin the early 70's, becoming a teen in the mid-late 70's and a full adult in the mid 80's. The Monkees were a part of my viewing from the time I was 5 or 6 in 1970 and onward and they were and continue to be a wacky wild ride that becomes more fun as it goes along. I won't say "as it gets older" because the Monkees will NEVER get old.

RIP Mr. Tork. You will be missed.

The Monkees were a Great part of my childhood. Davy is deeply missed.

I’ve been watching them from the beginning as a child and as an adult got to attend a couple of the reunions without Mike. One thing that I have concluded from reading all about the interpersonal relationships is that who was nice and who was the jerk depends on who you ask and when you asked it. A lot like any other group of friends and colleagues. Look at what just happened with Mike’s passing. He largely rejected the Monkees legacy for a long time, he didn’t get it. Even a couple of years ago when he was touring with the Micky and Mike show, in one shocking interview at some type of meet and greet he says he’s just looking for the exit door. Meaning that that he wanted to die. But when he got really very sick and they did the farewell final tour, you can see how emotional he gets. You can tell that it’s raising him up to perform the music. You can see his love for the music and the fans come through. You can see that he finally gets it in his final performance if Papa Genes when he sings “for I love you and I know you love me”. The important thing to me now is that their cutting edge work is going to play in reruns forever, and they’ve been captured on film forever at the height of their youthful hotness. And so that’s the way we’ll remember them. A struggling band all living in the same house together and the best of friends. Whether true or not.

And now there was one. RIP, Davy, Peter and Mike...

Look every one....The Monkees, for all their flaws, were a great band for their time...and they entertained us for years... I had the pleasure of meeting all of them in the 80's and for whatever problems they had with each other, and you can read the books to prove it, they were a great concert and a fantastic time.. Peter had just got hit with the news 2 days before... their fights were well documented, but they were professional and I think that's the way Peter wanted,and did just that.

For everyone who was put off by this interview ( as i admit I was ), please read Peter's comments on his Facebook page concerning this . You will feel better (as i do). His words are so moving. About the "ratios" : Peter said Davy was the one he loved most.

THE MONKEES TV series lasted only two years, but it's cancellation wasn't due to a lack of quality, but because the zeitgeist of the culture was changing so quickly during the late 1960s. In terms of comedy and music, it was and remains first-rate entertainment, and despite its brief history as a first-run series, its enduring popularity and influence speaks volumes.

I grew up in the 70's loving those reruns of the Monkees . Like so many of those groups from the 60's & 70's, there always some to be only one member left to reflect on the rest of the members who have passed on from this life. RIP Davy, Mike, and Peter. You all was a big part of my Saturday morning/afternoon TV viewing. All the craziness was funny to watch.

Actually, I think they both should share the front-man title. I think all 4 guys made the group what it is. I loved the Monkees when I was young and I still enjoy listening to their music.

Peter Tork is forever a cutie-pie. He was definitely the cutest of the bunch.

I think he said a lot they weren't friends getting together as a band .. they were strangers put together for a business. I'm sure we've all met people we dislike or grew to dislike for all sorts of reasons, There's were a clash of musical ideas as Peter said it was a tribute to their professional ethics that they could put it all aside for the music and the fans

Man, I watched this show obsessively when it first aired! Davy Jones was my first crush - I was 8 and wrote him a letter telling him that I wanted to marry him. I was so saddened to learn that he left us. Peter Tork is awesome and Mickey Dolenz and Mike Nesmith (He was a serious musician so his distance is understandable)

The Monkees came out right about the time my parents were going through a bitter divorce. The Monkees were the ones who pulled me through during that difficult period of my life. It made the experience suck a little bit less! 😢😮

The Monkees were a great band loved their music Peter Tork did a wonderful job on davy Jones death thank you

all four of you were given a gift. and you f-ed it up. and you still don't seem to be thankful for what you received.... But thank you for reminding me how I should be thankful every day of my life. Thank you!

my fisrt love, I was only five❤️ Must admit I have never seen him so serious in an interview.

I'm sorry you feel that way. You're missing out. "You Just May Be The One", "You Told Me", "Sweet Young Thing", "Writing Wrongs", "Mary Mary", "The Girl That I Knew Somewhere", "Circle Sky", "Daily Nightly", and "What Am I Doing Hanging 'Round" rank right up there with the best of the era. Take a listen again and see how wonderful those tracks are.

Thank you, Peter. You are one great guy!

I saw them in Melbourne Florida in 2001 Incredible concert! 1000 Times better than I thought it would be...so sad Davy is gone.....

Peter was my favorite I was little in 1966, but never was able to see them in concert. He is still cute too.

When I was a boy in the 1960s, I had the hugest crush on Peter Tork-lol I thought he was totally the best looking Monkee. Peter really kept his looks over the years didn't he! He seems every bit as handsome now, as when he was a young man:)

I just now watched this years later and they talked more about the show then about Davey passing and his family and reactions. I love this show and Davey and Peter acturally are my fav but wish they would of talked more about Davey then about how they all worked together

Was just going to add that before I saw your posting. Saw them live (minus Mike) in 1989; what an amazing musician Peter is!

*The 'Nez' said "When an assistant told me "I just heard that Peter has died" it was like I'd been kicked in the guts because I never got the chance to tell him I loved him and that I was sorry I hadn't been a better friend to him than I was for all these years and that I was glad to be a 'Monkee' with him because nobody forced me to audition because I wanted that job and then when it turned into a career that I never saw coming and I felt "Is this what I really want?" instead of thinking about the other three and what they wanted"* ____________ *Jones was a 'Star' long before the 'Monkees' and so was Dolenz as 'Corky' in 'Circus Boy' and they both had an advantage over Peter and Mike because they 'knew how things work in show-business' and that was something that Nesmith had a hard time dealing with because he didn't understand 'The 'Show' is the 'Star' and not us personally* ___________ *There was a boy 'Leon' that I was friends with in Dearborn that I knew from 'K' to 7th. Grade...he lived about a block down the street from me* *All that time I never realized how poor Leon and his mom were, living in a tiny house the size of maybe two big 'garden sheds' and that Leon never seemed to have much of anything* *I always had pocket-money/ lunch money/movie money and Leon never had any money at all and I just never realized he was poor because I thought 'everybody lives about the same as my family does' and I had no knowledge at all of being 'Poor'* *My family moved away to Las Vegas in late '67 and I never even thought to get Leon's address so I could write to him or maybe call him sometimes...and now my heart hurts at what a poor friend I was to him and how much I missed him later when I had no 'real friends' at all* ____________ *It's funny how you think of something or someone from more than fifty-years ago and suddenly it 'smacks you in the face' when you realize "I was pretty much a sh!t to someone who was 'my real best friend' and it's only now I realize it and what it must've meant to him 'how I was'* ____________ *I LOVE YOU LEON AND I'M SORRY FOR 'HOW I WAS' TO YOU*

Rip Peter you will be sadly missed 😭😭😭😭😔🙏

I tried riding a bike into the ocean back in the 1970's because of the opening credits of the Monkees. Seeing it again makes me want to try it again- perhaps a lake this time.

Peter was my favorite. I was 11 in 1966 and saw them in concert in Detroit. I remember we all screamed and I saw girls fainting. I loved Peter's looks and I really loved when he fell in love on the Monkees show. I used to pretend I was the girl he was in love with.

Peter Tork was a musician, also. He played 12 instruments, and was an established folk musician. Check out his bio.

I saw Peter at an AA meeting in San Francisco but I didn't say a word to him he was all by himself very quiet they told me to leave him alone but I should have went up to him said hi I always regretted that may he rest in peace if you want to say hi to somebody don't listen to people do it from the heart I always regretted it I always love the Monkees when I was little kid well that's a little anymore I'm 58

My very most favorite Monkee was always Peter Tork. Always so obviously sweet.

Davy, Peter and Mike are all gone

Mike and Peter loved each other but, like brothers, they just couldn’t make words to express it.

Very sweet interview. Thankx.

This was aired before Rachel contracted a terminal case of TDS & I do hope that it will go into remission someday but I’m not holding out hope.

I see Peter's face and see like he is not happy

Anytime you slam a group together that doesn't know each other and they get big, the egos are strange. Who got the most fan mail, who are the girls trying to catch, etc, etc. In-fighting almost always develops. It's a very different world for them, almost surreal. Practically every time though they mellow as they age, get together and reminisce about how great those times were.Have interviewed many artists and it's amazing when you talked with them "back when" then again later in life. Usually if two were at odds back then, they see that as stupid later and they "find" a love. Outta write a book.

Mike once said, "It was HIS band." (Speaking of Davy). "We were just his sidekicks." So he did respect Davy, and they were all like brothers, and had spats just like brothers do. But in the end, they loved each other. Especially Peter and Davy. Its clear to see in many of their videos and in the 56 episodes of their show. Peter also admitted to having a "crush" on Davy, but that's another story altogether!

Peter played his cards very close to his chest here. Probably the best way to do it

Wow, Rachel is so impressed! Great interview. Sad, too. Even at this stage, Peter clearly didn't have much love for Davy. So strange, I always thought of both of them as being pretty easygoing. I'm late to Monkees lore and didn't realize they had gotten into it so many times.

Rachel Maddow did not hold a good interview. Aside from my personal feelings about her and her "professionalism", all this turned into a fan gushing moment when she should have been asking Peter about Davy. Where were the questions about Pete's favorite memory about Davy, or working on set or in studio or in concert? I admit Pete took the easy way out with his "different ratios" comment, but I think that could have been due to not wanting to speak ill of the dead (and Davy's family members possibly watching it) or not mentioning something unpleasant like their infamous dust up (Davy headbutted Peter and Peter took a swing at him and caused him to get stitches). Good reporters are able to draw stuff like that out of them.

No matter what else, Hey! Hey! They will ALWAYS be The Monkees to us❤

I think this is the longest ever watched her since she’s been on the air

And I watched this show every week starting at the beginning. I'm old.

I love Peter. Stop hating on him.

What a classy interview. More celebrities should condcut themselves this way in interviews.

I love you, Peter! :)

Oh my the comments! What he was saying is that he didnt have a lot of great memories of Davy so he didnt want to rehash what his exact experience was. That they kept it professional should tell you what their relationship was like. They weren't close, but this is how it was and I have a lot of respect for him for not making things up just to have something to say

He looks DAMN GOOD for a 70 year old.

Peter Tork had an amazing life considering his early years.

Too bad you couldn't have been there in the mid 60s when it started Rache! It was great to be a teen back then when the Monkees were 'coming to YOUR town'.

It goes to show that there are as many opinions as there are people. I love the re-runs, and so do my kids. Their private life - well we all have one of those, don't we?

His voice has changed quite a lot. Even after watching the Monkees' Behind The Music which was only about ten years ago.

So odd...he said a lot of words but didn't really say anything at all.

I was building a deck and all the post and joists had to be bolted together. I kept yelling at my helper "Tork it Peter!"

Only Micky left now feeling sad 😞

Peter Tork is on the show because he was in The Monkees with Davy Jones who had recently died. Then Davy Jones is hardly mentioned at all in this whole segment, very strange and not a very good or interesting interview at all.

This interview he seems very distant in another interview he tears up.

He's also an awesome musician. Look up his impromptu performance, in his own living room, of "I'm a Believer". It's a whole new song.

I, still to this day, have all of their albums.

Peter Tork's version of the 'Computer Interview' is the best. It was done by many others like David Carridine on 'Partridge Family' and even Lou Costello, but Peter's is best hands down

My teenage years and got to see them at the Hollywood Bowl. God bless them.

@just1again finally i have seen Peter's full letter to us on his fb page. How touching it is that he felt he wanted to write us that letter, share with us how he feels, they (he and Micky and Mike too) must surely know then of course how much we have loved them over the years, so many years and will continue to do so. Its touching that it is touching them that our love is felt by them.

Great interview!

Watching interviews with Davey Jones He Was more than I thought Bless u

@U2platters Oh, I'm glad you found it! I was planning on getting back to you on that-its just been a rough week. I went to Beavertown for Davy's memorial yesterday. It was really nice and healing too. Micky and Peter both sent letters which were read there. nothing new from Mike, but his original posting was read.

The early baby boomers were the first humans to watch daily TV. We have strong memories and immense subconscious affection for those 60s TV actors, who came into our lives weekly. We never realized how strong a bond it was until recently, as we now see them older and dying - just as we are too. We made the trip together and we will step off the boat together - both stars and fans.

I watched them when they were on reruns on Nick at Nite about probably 1986-88? Davy Jones, first crush. 🥰

Good God where did the time go? When did I get old? Seems like yesterday when I seen them in the 60's Why do old memories hurt so much

And now Mike is gone. Rest In Peace Mike…….

RIP Davey, Peter, and Micheal..always in our ❤

did he actually say anything?

I've met Peter Tork. i liked him. Met Davy also, he wasn't as friendly. I have always still been a bigger fan of Davy Jones, though.

Rest in peace and birthday wishes to Peter Tork. 2. 13. We miss the Monkees separately and as a group. My favorite episode of yours is when you went after the girl with hair the same color as yours

@maryp1217 this woman seemed more happy to be meeting Peter than she being sad about davy's death