Thu Oct 18, 2018, 05:19 PM

crazytown (7,277 posts)

1968: The Monkees commit suicide

1968 was a hell of a year. Their movie Head was purecommercial suicide. Here’s a beautiful reprint of the movies ending - jumping off a bridge, kicked off a TV - they knew what they were doing. Amazing

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1968: The Monkees commit suicide (Original post)	crazytown	Oct 2018	OP
Well, they had to do SOMETHING to put a stake through that teevee show. n/t	TygrBright	Oct 2018	#1
The Porpoise song is a beautiful goodbye.	crazytown	Oct 2018	#2
They actually made a lot of good music over the years. n/t	TygrBright	Oct 2018	#3
Didn't stop Hollywood from trying again though	Revanchist	Oct 2018	#4
OMG! Unbelievable	crazytown	Oct 2018	#5
One of my favorite movies of all time.	Dave Starsky	Oct 2018	#6
I bumped into this after "Head"	BootinUp	Oct 2018	#7
RIP David Jones. RIP David Robert Jones (David Bowie)	crazytown	Oct 2018	#8
"Head" and "Pet Sounds" are the two most unforgivable holes in my record collection.	mahatmakanejeeves	Oct 2018	#9

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Thu Oct 18, 2018, 05:26 PM

TygrBright (20,043 posts)

1. Well, they had to do SOMETHING to put a stake through that teevee show. n/t

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Thu Oct 18, 2018, 05:54 PM

crazytown (7,277 posts)

2. The Porpoise song is a beautiful goodbye.

Real Music

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Thu Oct 18, 2018, 06:04 PM

TygrBright (20,043 posts)

3. They actually made a lot of good music over the years. n/t

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Thu Oct 18, 2018, 07:22 PM

Revanchist (1,372 posts)

4. Didn't stop Hollywood from trying again though

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Although I did find this while searching for the above clip and it is HILARIOUS!!!

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Thu Oct 18, 2018, 09:15 PM

crazytown (7,277 posts)

5. OMG! Unbelievable

I do have soft spot for the Fake Four: The Rutles

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Thu Oct 18, 2018, 10:35 PM

Dave Starsky (5,914 posts)

6. One of my favorite movies of all time.

I've probably seen it at least a dozen times.

The first time I saw it, I thought it was the most bizarre movie I had ever seen. I had no idea what they were aiming at.

Now the whole movie makes perfect sense to me.

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Thu Oct 18, 2018, 11:35 PM

BootinUp (43,806 posts)

7. I bumped into this after "Head"

Nice compilation tribute to David Jones.

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Fri Oct 19, 2018, 09:21 AM

crazytown (7,277 posts)

8. RIP David Jones. RIP David Robert Jones (David Bowie)

Look up here man I’m in heaven.

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Fri Oct 19, 2018, 10:01 AM

mahatmakanejeeves (50,188 posts)

9. "Head" and "Pet Sounds" are the two most unforgivable holes in my record collection.

I really need to get them. I saw "Head" on TV years ago. The album is great. But, it's by the Monkees, so of course it's great.

Head (film)

Head is a 1968 American satirical musical adventure film written by Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson, directed by Rafelson, starring television rock group The Monkees (Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith),[2] and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

During production, one of the working titles for the film was Changes, which was later the name of an unrelated album by The Monkees. Another working title was Untitled. A rough cut of the film was previewed for audiences in Los Angeles in the summer of 1968 under the name Movee Untitled.

The film featured Victor Mature as "The Big Victor" and cameo appearances by Nicholson, Teri Garr, Carol Doda, Annette Funicello, Frank Zappa, Sonny Liston, Timothy Carey, Percy Helton and Ray Nitschke.[2] Also appearing on screen in brief non-speaking parts are Dennis Hopper and film choreographer Toni Basil.

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