I am so sorry for your loss, and I am pleased you found this song - treasure memories this was my number one song in Karaoke, and i could nail this and won prizes .. My prayers to you and your family and to Jeannie, rip...

Bless you and may your sweet memories of Jeannie lift you up and sustain you Mark, music can be a powerful healer ❤

❤

So sorry for your loss, I don't think I am that far behind, were here because we are that generation. Time for us to go and leave the youngsters to it!

Sorry for your loss. God bless.

Same here.

So sad 😔

I bet they did!

And his mother, too. He really loved her and she was a good mother to him

She was a Secretary who INVENTED Liquid Paper. Eventually sold the patent for 48 million back in the late 70's and died suddenly afterwards at age 56. True story.

I agree with you. Not sure how gracefully I have aged. But times from my past are locked into some wonderful memories. It looks as though you embrace a culture as well. I do also. A much different one. But music has always been magical to me. Far back in my youth. I still have an extensive music collection. And every song brings me to a place or person. Many I've lost. Families mostly were bigger in my time. 8 in mine all gone but 1. Most were lost at young ages. But these songs refresh that time for me. It's magical as I said. ✌️☮️🌹🥲

Yep. RIP Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork and Davy Jones. God bless you, Micky Dolenz. I also remember Saturday mornings watching 'The Monkees' in the early 80's reruns. Heck of a theme tune.

I also remember watching a couple of the reruns in the late 70’s (my cartoon age).

Now I know I'm an old-timer. I watched the in the 70s.

Yeah I was one of those lucky kids to have watched the monkees after Saturday morning cartoons.

I saw reruns as a teenager in the 2010's thanks to channel 26. Their show and music will always have a special place in my heart.

Michael, Peter, and Davy. Poor Mickey

@@robertolmstead1346 yep

Thought for a second you said "Forever forgotten".

*WHAT!?!?* *'Wool Cap Mike' is gone?* *I didn't know* ( *Like Lennon said in '70 "Don't worry over us, we're alright and so are you and everything you liked of the 'Beatles' is still here, all the records and the films and all that will still be around...we gave you fans the best we had for years and years and now it's time for a long rest and none of you would like to hear and see us at forty or something..."* ) __________ *How wrong he was and didn't know it!* __________ * 'The Monkees' will live-on long after all the original fans are gone, and that wouldn't be true unless there was real talent and chemistry involved between them, because although a camera may not 'tell the truth of things'...it doesn't 'lie' either* *WE know the difference between 'fake' and 'real' and what we saw and heard from the 'American Fab Four' was real even if it was never intended to be* __________ *I saw an interview with Nesmith here on 'Tube and he talked about Peter Tork and how Mike seemed to just 'always not quite right' and "Not the friend I should've been" with Peter in being 'not enemies but not close the way we should have been' and that when an assistant told him where he working said "I just heard that Peter has died" it felt "Like I was kicked in the guts and my heart stopped because I never got the the chance to tell him I loved him and didn't know it and now it's too late to even say goodbye to him* ( *Mike looked like he going to burst into tears right on camera and trying hard not to* ) __________ *I have a friend 'Leon' that I knew from Kindergarten all the way to 7th. grade and we were always 'pals' but what I didn't realize was how poor he was...I had no real concept of what it meant to not have any money in a pocket for a snack or matinee movies or a bag of candy* *My family was not 'rich' at all but there was always money for me to have for lunch at school and for 'after' and I always got 'movie money' at least twice a month and Leon had none of that and the 'little house' he and his mom lived-in would be considered 'cheap' and 'poor' even in the late '50's thru the '60's in Dearborn, Mi.* *How I wish I could see him now after more than fifty-years have passed, and tell him "I'm sorry for not being a better friend than I was but I just didn't know any better and now that I know it makes my heart hurt that I wasn't as good to you as you were to me and I'M SORRY* ( *We moved from Dearborn to Las Vegas in early '68 and I never even thought to say 'Goodbye' to him and get his address so I could write to him or maybe call sometimes* ) *WHAT AN A-HOLE I WAS TO HIM and I still don't understand 'Why?'*

RIP to a great musician & entertainer

Oh what can it mean

Yes😄

Cheer up, sleepy jeen

My freind my John Fitzgerald Kennedy actuality wrote this!

Brings back a lot of great memories.

I'm with you! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This song literally just popped into my head May 28,2024. I love it and love the monkees.

@zoki-kj3ox Nice one! Peace be with you

@flacidbeach101 Hear, hear!

2020 o_O

Dave Chapelle 😂

Me ! Here from Northern lights!

Me!

Me ❤

Innocent!!?? I don`t know where you were in the late 60`s, but

Oh, you mean you don’t like the wokeness, the gender confusion, the trans activism, Bidenomics, the Ukraine war, inflation, invasion on our southern border, fentanyl, Joe Biden, the corrupt Marxist Democrat party

Must be great living in the past

@@dancingvirgil Don`t nostalgic fools make you wanna slap them too? Cuz I do.

1967 wasn't so innocent. 1:47 Mickey isn't that innocent - look at that hand gesture.

Yesss

Adoro❤❤❤❤

And mine😊

そうだよ.ちょうど. Exactly. The Monkees were underestimated because they seemed to be a (fictional) creation for a TV series, and (fair enough) a ‘knock-off’ of the Beatles - and therefore artificial. Their output speaks - and sings - for itself, though. Underneath the admirably self-deprecating comedy presentation, the four were competent and talented musicians - just look at the coherence and concentration in this film, and how Jones ‘conducts’ and the others willingly follow his time. The result is crisp, with discipline and precision that, er, sometimes eluded the Beatles. And listen to Jones! Maybe it depends whom we ask: Paul McCartney is no slouch on vocals, but Jones’s voice puts him in the shade. モンキーズは過小評価されていた。なぜなら、彼らは（架空の）テレビシリーズのための創作物であり、（当然だが）ビートルズの「コピー」であり、したがって人工的であるように思われたからだ。しかし、彼らの作品は、それ自体が物語っており、歌っている。見事なほど自虐的なコメディーの演出の下には、4人が有能で才能のあるミュージシャンだった。この映画の一貫性と集中力、そしてジョーンズが「指揮」し、他のメンバーが喜んで彼のテンポに従う様子を見ればわかる。その結果は、ビートルズには時々できなかった規律と正確さを備えた鮮明なものとなった。そして、ジョーンズの歌声を聞こう！ 誰に聞くかによるのかもしれないが、ポール・マッカートニーのボーカルは決して劣ってはいないが、ジョーンズの声は彼を凌駕する。Please forgive the AI translation! I翻訳ですのでご容赦ください！

ビートルズは偉大なるアマチュア・グループだが、意図的に作られたという意味でモンキーズは偉大なるプロフェショナル集団。ポピュラー・ミュージックにおいて、その成り立ちで優劣はない。

@@SugarPieGuy1961 Hey, SugarPieGuy1961 - Right. I have thoughts, but please say more.

+Gideon H. The Beetles were manufactured as well.

***** They had manager didn't they? They obviously worked on their image. You know most people say the Beatles were simply not very good live. They were mostly a studio band. Not saying they didn't have some creative stuff going on. But live they didn't deliver. The Monkees were more talented performance wise.

+Meade Skelton you do know as the beatles grew they experientented more in the studio, making they're music more creative. a lot of those sounds are hard to create live. also it would be hard to judge how good the beatles sounds when thousands of girls are screaming at tops of they're lungs

Richard Lynch "Creative". Um okay. I don't think repeating "number 9 a thousand times over a bass guitar is very creative, but I guess that's just me. Performance art is creativity in of itself. The Monkees had it. Elvis had it. Its magic. The Beatles didn't have it.

matesc e. Ok

So sorry for you loss

​@@janet2926why do you care if he's right?

Same here ..

It is an awesome song 🎵!!!!

A great man is always missed

Wasn't mine but this always played at the Holiday site we went to, he died when I was 11 in 2018, this takes me back to those moments in the bar with the live musicians singing this and everyone waving there hands along, truly a blessed time

Great memories from my younger days. 😊

Dolenz is still alive

@@ElChavo1128 his talking about Mike nesmith

@@aureliusgabrielromero1580ik but he said 4 and their is 4 Monkees 3 of the died .Davy , Peter and Mike Died. Micky is Still Alive

@@ElChavo1128 dude he said three of the four monkees

@@ElChavo1128 read carefully

1961 totally agree

Born in 83 and at least had a very passionate Dad who taught me all about the good music from his time 😊

My father showed me the monkees and I love them so much

Can you tell us something more about that era, how was life back then?

1963! we got the best of everything.

How beautiful!!! I loved this song for my whole life!!!!

Your just a spring chicken. I'm 69 ha ha. I sing it at the Karaoki in the UK at Skegness Little City Pub Saturdays from 8pm.

What do you know exactly about the person who reads this? Suppose this person is already christian, so now what? So do not be a blind evangelist but do it with insight and wisdom and in union with the Holy Spirit.

Rubbish.

@@huascar66 Yes, well... it is not copletely rubbish, when the Lord Jesus has to die on the cross, but the rubbish are the blind and corrupt evangelist practices...

I don't even know what wandavision is I just like happy songarinos

I've heard it on the radio for years before Wandavision, so it was already ingrained in my mind but it's nice that recent generations are discovering and enjoying it.

This☝👏👏👏

marvel Made it famous again Once by its own But marvel gave it a lil push

I don't see anyone who claming that Marvel made this song popular.

Really??? He's dead. They're both dead. What happens to you when you're dead is that you cease being able to do the things you could do when you were alive.

Mark M You’re an atheist. I get it. Enjoy your limited existence.

@@eriknanstiel1102 ⚛ Death is birth in reverse. You see a bright light, go back into a hole, turn into goo and back into nonexistence.

@@TheOsfania It's a joke moron!

Agree with you! It's so sad..., 😔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Bill Haley precious story

Sweet. Thank you

Bill Haley This happened to a friends mom she turned on the radio and heard bob Marley say hush little sister don't shed a tear and that happened when she was cringing because her brother just died and it was a older brother, many weird things happened to my friend and his family after their uncles death.

Bill Haley wonderful love the song

I'd like to think that God and the entire divine realm had a hand in giving you the strength and healing you needed even through music but it's all the signs that seem to come to us just when we need them most...you are truly blessed.

Yes! I used to watch their tv show with my siblings, laughing our butts off. Good times!

Friday 24th sep 2021 iam listening to this great song brings back so many memories loved the monkees watched there show 🧡🧡♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

@@annhughes1503 lol...me too!!!

Yes! I get that!!!

Absolutely sweeet that you cried !! 😍🤩🤣

Yeah it was a great show. Funny, Great music, no violence or hate. Nothing like that on any more.

@@mickjagger8439 wish music was it was when I was younger Elvis Presley and The Monkees Rolling Stones Bee Gees

@@Kim-hj4wx So many great bands, SO MANY!

Greetings from Salford👍🏼

August 2, 2020 here. It's so sad Davy and Peter are gone. I bought Davy's book many years ago, it was a fun read. And The Monkees are timeless, I agree. I used to hurry home from school so I could watch their show.

I meaannn, Im not trying to be the bad one here but most people who kinda clicked the video might be listening to it... I'm just trying to be honest xD EDIT: I also liked the comment to agree with you.

Wonderful memories 💜💜

I am. I grew up listening to these guys. My sister had a Monkees collage on her bedroom wall, and their music rang off the walls of our home for years, along with the Smothers Brothers,, Wayne Newton, Johnny Mathis, Ed Ames and many others. It was a great time to be a kid.

Meeeee💟💟💟

That's because writing music has become a lost art. Computer programs do the writing now based on an algorithm of what people supposedly want. This is why there has not been a popular song with a key change since 2002. They no longer know how to write a proper melody and don't understand how to use key changes and time changes to enhance and color the mood(s) of a song. That is what's missing from modern music. It reminds me of the Bowie / Ronson collaboration. Bowie wrote the songs on guitar and brought a very crude and basic structure to Ronson who then molded that song into the tunes we know and love. Ronson created the arrangements, key changes and time shifts. That was all 100% Ronson.

Couldn’t agree more. ❤

yesssssss

Listen to The Coral

G

Dead right, day dream believer…❤

This song hits close to home. I always been a daydreamer.

This and imagine by John Lennon are perfect songs. I wish someone would write a song inspired by both.

@@williamp9117 That would be awesome. These are 2 of my favorite songs.

They did though... Some of their best songs were written by Mike & Micky

RIP Mike!

Nothing like it anymore all trash music now,very sad.

Pure joy for sure. They will live in our hearts forever.

Didn't know he passed away. Sad. He was cool

Always filled the dance floor at university ♥

He and Davy . . .

So sad. He was my fave! ❤️❤️❤️😢

Strange how we are reminded of our youth, when one of your youth heroes dies.....

@@patknight9922 right said

@@patknight9922 Yes you are so correct.

Hey madam/sir, I'm Gen X (1973) and I vaguely remember seeing some of The Monkeys' shows on re-run channels, and I just loved them. I'm re-visiting some of their songs and remembering their own magic. They are/were really talented for their time, and I'm glad they are still people from your generation reveling in their music, still. Cheers :)

​@@rhequiemI was born in 73' too. I remember them on TV.

64 here… and still loving it!❤

🤗🥰 I understand completely ❤‍🩹💖

I’m right there with you Marina, I was born in ‘71 and I loved The Monkees through reruns of their TV show. This song always makes me feel good, brings me back to the late 70’s. Where has the time gone to…?

40 and I love the Monkees. Watched them as a kid...didn't realize they were older shows back then

64 los escucho y me calman la ansiedad. Recuerdos de mi tierna juventud, me siento feliz por ello.

I 'm 69 and love this

65 yrs old and i liked their tv show too.back in the day....

Me too. Love these guys, all these years later.

Hey thank you a whole bunch! I am glad that people all over the world and across time can still enjoy this song!

Wandavision

Hello Japan!

Every time you enter 7/11. What IS that song??? Hahaha...This brings back memories :)

yeah it's an awesome song isn't it?! Saludos de Perú Japanese friend :)

Awe ❤❤

Oh cheer up sleepy Michelle. Look, he was only 3ft11in. Feel better now?

The problem is that we got more Karen's today and they find joyful music repulsive..

Still makes me smile 😊

Facts

I 100% agree my friend

I know what you mean…!!

Yeah it'd really sad how much they were limited and looking at the video now, it makes sense why so many notes and tunes are not accounted for. Regardless the band is a true classic!

@@RyonMugen agreed. They made a big impact. This song is an absolute gem.

My childhood innocence wrapped up in a great sing a long song

@@glennbartram2620 great song choice, Glenn. This song is very uplifting. The Monkees definitely had talent.

@@alexcarratu5554 yes

And we all cry to copy his dance moves😊😊

what? most people under 40 haven't even heard of them lol

68 and counting... and still listen to these guys!

69 years young 😁

No diría que mi juventud fue feliz Pero en ese medio conocí a quien me hizo infinitamente apreciada, amada atendida, desgraciadamente se fue, pero me precerbo por el resto de mi vida.porque: lo amo y lo amaré siempre

John Stewart wrote it. The Monkees' performed it with a word change.

@@tomsampson8084 yes, so its 'by The Monkees'

@@jocook17 Stewart reluctantly agreed to the word change as it was the only way the management company would use the song. Stewart has the writing credit and collected the writing royalties for the rest of his life.

What a beautiful description!

@@tomsampson8084 yes i know all writers do. It's still a monkees song.

And I'll bet he does. My favorite group,when I was growing up. Bless them.

Micky Dolenz is the last one left !

​@@rosspbarnett458I know, I wonder what he thinks about being the last man standing. Sad the other three all died relatively young, especially Davy.Fantastic band, especially considering they were supposed to be a fake band..😢😢😢

I have heard that Mickey does that at all of the shows and even though there was some (a lot ) of tension , Mickey brought Mike out on some shows . Because they still loved each other ! That is class !

🙏👏👍👍💖

I was in 7 th grade when I heard this song I felt like a homecoming 👑 queen. RIP The Monkeys

Amazing!!!

👍 nice 👍👏😃😅😂

He could keep a beat, too.

Wasn't he wonderful...? And beyond cute!

He was so cute

That's because it was about her.

A big hug Jules!

I was literally going to post almost the same thing. My mother always said it was about her, LOL.

Hugs to you Sweetheart. You’re not alone Honey. Death hurts, but in time the sting will lessen. Just keep ALL OF THE WONDERFUL &HAPPY MEMORIES of Her in your heart. Love to you doll 🥰💝🥰💝🥰💝

Lol

Well said bro,✌️🤟♏🎼🤪

the media has u convinced that theres nothing to look forward to. its easier to control you that away. be happy, and optimistic in everything that you do. you'll see things aren't so bad

Biden and liberals. Oh, wait. You wanted a REAL answer, not some insane rambling bullshit craziness?

I think the world has always been a depressing dump We just grow up and stop seeing the world through rose tinted glasses

YOU KNOW IT!!!

geraldine should say you-know-who

Imagine staying up until 3am to watch it

@@marcosavalos5644 seen?

It’s his mother’s name

Martha reference?

And RIP peter

@@joeleyden8463 indeed.

Yea Rip Peter Tork.

Same

Same

🙏🙏🙏💙💙💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I know how you feel. Takes me back to a time, when I still had my parental figures in my life.

@@sanjuro66 ----

My condolences...

❤️

@@byroncosta8614 --- Thank you!

Another Monkee gone to heaven. RIP Mike.

@@dariowestern Pixies? Awlride!

@@dariowestern 😂 Mike was a well known for being a snob

Yes I was also. It's a tragedy this kind of music has disappeared. It was such a kinder world...

If you ever saw him he’s not like that at all

Great memories

Three, four, or five TV channels was the usual for most cities, and if you had a good antenna you could get most of them pretty clearly in the suburbs and even a ways out into the sticks. And they went off the air at midnight, and played a "test pattern" (look it up, some of them were pretty trippy) until 5 or 6 AM when they started broadcasting again. And all of that got broadcast not only to the planet Earth, but out into space. Some of it has already reached the nearest stars.

Indeed... Me too...

Girl that sounds like so much fun. I wish I had been there to join you. 😄

Me 65 love then

You lived in good times

♥ This is my all time favorite Monkees song.

Just got done watching that episode lmao

I honestly couldn’t care where you came from

@@wolverine234 who the fuck asked

@@zombiex63music no-one asked him

As our day draws upon us.

Reduced to atoms

This story is bout to kick into overdrive

I’m curious what Monica is gonna tell S.W.O.R.D and jimmy woo

I thought Agnes is going to kick Monica from Wanda's reality

Wanda: In terms of Geraldine, we have no Geraldine

Good stuff 👍, and I love the song as well. Though while I'm old enough to remember the band, I'm nowhere near old enough to remember the show haha (only 40, and off the top of my head, I think the show started in the 70's 🤔).

@@catisreckless4647 if I remember correctly it was on in the mid sixties.

@@garyowens1517 Sounds about right. Either way, quite before my time haha (I still like their music though, at least the small amount I'm aware of)

@@catisreckless4647 yes, good stuff. Unlike what passes for music today.

Yes, they could sing, act, and nothing violent or political on the show. Nothing on like that any longer.

And to think Stewart (the composer) couldn't get anyone to record this song, and was pitched to the "We Five" and a couple other artists before The Monkees producer heard Stewart do it at a party and told him he'd like the Monkees to record it. It stayed there 4 four weeks, then bumped out of the number one spot by the Beatles "Hello Goodbye" Every time I hear the tune it brings tears to my eyes it's so beautiful. God Bless!

I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS SONG WHEN I WAS YOUG,HOME COMING QUEEN,NOT IN THE NETHERLANDS ,SOUD MAKES ME CRY,BEST SONG IN MY LIFE I THINK,BETTER THAN I LOVE YOU FROM BEATLES,STLL LOVE TO LISTEN❤

@@BeachNature I am 100% with you, that was the music of my generation, Metallica , Megadeth, JP, IM, Sabbath, Dio, etc. I feel very lucky to have become a man in the 1980`s. Are you younger? I only ask because the way you spoke made me think thet. And I would never haved thought "my" music `89`s Metal would still be the go-to for so many youn people now. It is friggin awesome !!! Sorry for so many typo`s. too lazy to fix `em.😮🥴

Yes. I remember watching the Monkees after school as a little guy

What is a homecoming queen ? Probably something American 👇

Watch this at night, without any exogenous stimuli. It's almost as if the era comes alive again.

Yep. Me too. Met all except Mike. Loved all. Mickey was so fun. He even sang I'm a Believer to my niece when she was 7 dancing on a table at Harrah's Tahoe.

I'm was 13 when I first heard this song...along with Batman on a black & white TV:) later.

Agree totally. I just recall sitting in front of the TV and my Dad would sometimes sit down and even he laughed at their antics. Just a pure sound that brings out the best childhood memories.

Thats the TRUTH! TV was Soooo Great then! Monkees, Wild wild west! Rat Patrol! Clay Coles Discotheque! Chiller Theater! Lost In Space! Time Tunnel! Etc Etc! No Screens! Noo Buttons! Just Simple Enjoyments.. Was a GOOD time to be a kid.... God Bless.

They are called the PRE-FAB FOUR for a reason. They were put together for a TV show to mock The Beatles. I don't care for The Beatles but at least they were a legitimate band.

Rosemary winter don't forget Davy.

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Yes!

I agree however people especially young people are way too jaded and cynical thank you Mark , Elon , Steve , PS5 , etc ...

@@michaellorenzen8200 You make a great point. I bet there is a bit more , and more ugly reasons also. The teens and 21-25`s now are into nothing but digitized rep/hip hop and have no attention span because of the tach. you speak of. They react to these old tunes(check out reaction vids) and take rock lyrics literally , not understanding analogies or poetic license. If they hear "my baby blue", they think it means "oh, he`s talking about his new child with blue eyes", not a reference to a girlfriend he is singing about. Not the best example, but ya get my meaning.

My middle name is Jean too. Now I know why I always loved this song. I was twenty three when it came out, and I was crazy about Davy Jones even though I was married and had a little boy. Cherish those memories of your mom.

💔💓💕

Rip so sorry for you and your family, she lives on through this song

@@rebeccaday2554 That means so much to me.😊💖

@@CaptainJake21 Yes I cry every time I hear this song thank you so much.😊😪

Be proud of your father! But, this is not the end! Someday you will be with your father again. Happy together!! 🙏💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

R.I.P Davy

R.I.P Davy

WAIT WHAT!?

Davy passed about three years ago from a heart attack. I can't believe you did not know!

yep Feb. 29 2012..i do believe..Pretty sad too.I always he did the best Shing-a-Ling dance steps..

and John Stewart. The man that wrote this great song. It will live forever, John. Thanks.

I'm sorry to hear you had an unhappy childhood. Absolutely no child should be put through anything but love. I'm glad the Monkees could free you if only for a while x

Same here. Rip Michael with Davy in heaven.

@@vilmalugay3401 And Peter!

hello how are you doing today?

It’s got it all

It's fab

No, but I did! Lol

@Tara Doring Thanks for the tip!

No it doesn’t.

🥲

HereHere! Thinking of the perfect song where everything fits in its place, this is it.