I’ve been doing a deep dive into The Monkees recently, and WOW, what a bizarre, unique, and wonderful phenomenon they were. Despite the committee approach to making their music, there’s not a bad song in the bunch (the predigree of their songwriters - for the songs they didn’t write themselves, that is - is astonishing), each of the guys had off-the-charts charisma, and the show was groundbreaking, amazing to watch even today - especially season two, which went into who-gives-a-shit-let’s-try-it territory that I’ve never seen any TV show since attempt.
I will brook no criticism of the so-called “Pre-fab Four.” 
