Originally published at: Michael Nesmith, Monkees singer-songwriter, RIP | Boing Boing
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Mickey Dolenz wins the tontine.
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Also, while not specifically about Nesmith, since HEAD is linked here I’ll just add that 46 minutes into the film (co-written by Jack Nicholson) is Davy Jones singing the Nilsson-penned “Daddy’s Song” while dancing with Toni Basil (who probably choreographed the routine) all shot in a way that deserves a photosensitive seizure warning.
The 60s, man.
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“Oh what can it mean, to a daydream believer…?”
RIP
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He was always my favourite Monkee. I’ll miss him.
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A promotional genius and pretty good songwriter, I share a particular love for his new wave soundtrack to the midnight circuit classic Timerider
(Fast forward to 8:20 for a taste of the OST)
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I’m going to watch Elephant Parts tonight. I remember seeing it at a film festival when I was a kid and thinking it was one of the greatest things ever made.
This makes me sad.
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I always enjoyed Nesmith’s parody of his own lovely song, “Joanne.” He’ll be missed.
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Farewell and thanks Mike.
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Totally low-key trying to get my son to learn this dance routine for a future talent show.
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CW: war, murder
I watched “Head” last summer and this song and scene completely blew my mind. Rest in Peace, Mr. Nesmith.
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oh wow, i forgot all about Timerider!
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My favorite Monkee.
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But I bet he is feeling like shit today.
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I’m sure he does. Having the whole street-bed all to himself is a sad and hollow victory
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Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
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everyone knows Repo Man. it’s great. I had no idea Nesmith was affiliated with it, but obviously that tracks.
Tapeheads, however, I don’t hear a lot of talk about, but it’s one of my favorites; one of the movies I was stoked to find as a used-for-sale vhs when I was a teen at our discount supermarket and have watched countless times. Straight away in the opening credits: “a Michael Nesmith production.” it’s great for the myriad cameos alone, including Jello Biafra as a G-man.
as a young kid, Mtv re-ran The Monkees, and I liked it. but it seemed obvious even to a dumb little kid like me that it was just a (more) middle-america-friendly rip-off of the Beatles for the idiot box. however, my local station re-ran those shows as a marathon recently and they actually hold up as their own thing, particularly after the first season. despite being a “fake” band, whichever people they got to write those songs were pretty good. I mean, later hearing Minor Threat cover “Steppin’ Stone” was pretty eye-opening. And Nesmith, widely thought to be the “cool” one, with the least-staged personality (by me, too) wrote a fair number of those tunes.
He was one of the good guys, for sure.
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As my daughter said when she was around 10 yrs old and watching the Monkees “They are not a real band. Its all fake” then pointing at Mike Nesmith “That’s not even really his hat”.
(She has since grown in her appreciation of those very talented fellows)
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