Daydream Believer

[Botany]

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I know it is lip synced, they were not playing their own instruments, and it is very bubble gum pop
but I always liked it.

"Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings of the bluebird as she sings
The six o'clock alarm would never ring
But it rings and I rise wipe the sleep out of my eyes
The shavin' razor's cold, and it stings

Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?"


Sleep well Davy Jones you gave the world a lot of smiles.

[workinclasszero]

1. The Daydream Believer has died

Damn, just damn.

Davy Jones made millions of kids happy in his life. What a great thing to do.

RIP Davy

[elfin]

2. Monkees so full of good cheer

And also underrated as lightweight "Beatles wannabes". Some lovely music and lyrics accompanied their shows. This is sad.

[Botany]

6. I once saw an interview of him and he struck me as thoughtful guy.

When the subject of working as "a Monkee" came up he got a smile on his
face and said that he always saw himself as a working actor and when somebody
offers you steady work and for good pay you take it. i guess he had worked a lot
of crap jobs before the monkees.

[zipplewrath]

3. Make no mistake

The guy could sing. 8 shows a week on both London and Broadway. Ya don't get that job if ya can't carry a tune.

[connecticut yankee]

4. I suddenly feel

much older.

[pipi_k]

8. Me too

He was only six years older than I am.

He was my favorite Monkee. It seems like a hundred years ago, and I want to cry.

[aquart]

5. Yes. Thank you.

[spanone]

7. written by john stewart who was a member of the kingston trio and had a hit 'gold' yrs. later

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stewart_(folk_musician)

[Bluerthanblue]

9. i remember getting that 45-

life sure seemed much more innocent then.

[Botany]

13. Life was more innocent then

Playing kick the can, sledding, hanging out w/ the "grown up kids" aka high schoolers
as they smoked cigs, Dad's Root Beer, and listening to some really good music ....
and then one day a car w/ a Marine officer and an Episcopal priest came to the end
of our street to tell a family that their son* had died in Vietnam and then nothing was the
same.

I still stop and think back when I hear "Sloop John B" and I can almost see the faces and
remember the good times.

* One of the older kids.

sorry I didn't mean to ramble.

[Bluerthanblue]

19. no

need to apologize. Your memories sparked some for me.

[trof]

23. Sloop John B.

Damn, that does trigger memories.
Still a big fan of folk, especially The Kingston Trio.
And Peter, Paul, and Mary.

Coplas
The Merry Minuet.
(still relevant today)

Where have all the flowers gone?

[Botany]

24. I had to be under 10 when my neighbor had the 45 but I always loved Sloop John B

When I now think of the records we had among the neighborhood kids it
was pretty wild .... Motown, Beatles, Beach Boys, The Hollies, The Song
"Spooky", Monkees, and some of that crazy hippy music from California ...
we danced and had "girl friends" and played kick the can or something
till it was bedtime. When I look back I now know we were rich in so many ways.

[chknltl]

10. This song...

...has been going through my head since I heard the sad news a few hours ago. Thank you for posting this. c

[Fawke Em]

11. Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith were actually musicians

And the later Monkees were actually written by either Tork or Nesmith, so, no it wasn't all lip-synch.

That said, R.I.P. Davy. Hope you sing at that big prom in the sky.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Awww crap.

How can it feel like just a moment ago and at the same time feel like eons have passed?

It was an innocent time for a lot of us.

[11 Bravo]

14. Thanks for that. It made me a little bit sad, and it made me smile a little bit as well. Good post.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. I had such a crush on him!!

This is sad news. And it makes me feel old.

[madmom]

16. oh f*ck why did I listen to that?? brought tears to my eyes!

[napkinz]

17. Don't forget their 1968 movie HEAD!

[mcar]

18. I loved that song

Had a wicked teeny hopper crush on Davy Jones. RIP.

[joeybee12]

20. That actually is Davy's voice, though...

He was a singer prior to the Monkees.

It's actually one of the better songs from that era...a lot of their songs were...couldn't be otherwise with the likes Of Neil Diamond and Carole King writing a few of them.

[Botany]

21. Sure it was Davy's voice but the whole video is awfully funny

I love Mike Nesmith's tie into his guitar strings and Mickey laughing
his ass off as he pretended to play the tambourine. He really looks stoned.

[joeybee12]

22. He probably was stoned!

Most of the video is from the opening of the show...they just decided to throw it into a music video!

[niyad]

25. requiescat in pacem, davy, you brought a lot of joy.

I just saw him a couple of weeks ago on a pbs special--looked good, could still sing.

[demtenjeep]

27. this was less than a year ago

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[niyad]

28. thank you for that video

[ScottLand]

26. He was part of the reason I came to love music as I do.

[napkinz]

29. here's a nice tribute someone posted in another thread

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[joeybee12]

30. Did you know he was nominated for a Tony?

For Oliver...read here...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/arts/music/davy-jones-a-singer-in-the-monkees-dies-at-66.html?_r=1&hpw