Music Appreciation
Related: About this forumPeter Tork (The Monkees) has passed
I saw this story in the General. Thought it deserved a place in here.
The Monkees Headquarters was my first record buy @15. When they first started writing their own songs more. My parents were very strict religiously, and Rock music was of the Devil. So I had to sneak it in, and play it upstairs on my little box turn table I bought with my paper route. I choose it because they had a TV show on, where I was introduced to their music, and I thought I could talk my way out of having a Rock record if I was caught a bit easier with a more "bubble gum" TV group.
I loved that album. It will always have sentimental value, but I actually still like a few of those songs today. Here was my favorite:
I always laughed at the lines,
"My steaming coffee warms my face
I'm disappointed in the taste"
dubyadiprecession
(5,739 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,440 posts)Peter Tork was waiting tables at the Sleeping Lady Cafe in Fairfax, Ca. He served me coffee and a dessert. At the time, hed run through the fortune he made with the Monkees and was doing what he could to survive.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,180 posts)They had 4 number one records. You'd think he'd have been able to save or invest something. Although I heard they only got $450 an episode for their TV show!
Eyeball_Kid
(7,440 posts)We were all young.