Rest In Peace, Davy Jones. - Page 2

HomerMcvie · #16 03-01-2012, 01:37 PM

I have quite a few musician friends, who have been sharing their Davy Jones stories.
And no one has had a bad word to say. All of the stories have been about how kind and funny he was.

One of my favorites was - a bass playing friend of mine...his band was opening for The Monkees. After a nice long conversation in the green room, Davy said, "kid, are you sure you want a hit? You'll still be singing it when you're 55!" He then winked as he left the room, and they took the stage for Daydream Believer.

Class act. Rest in peace, David.

McTrouble · #17 03-01-2012, 04:22 PM

I met Davy loads when I was a kid - his family lived next door to my friend!

I love The Monkees!

PolishStevieFan · #18 03-02-2012, 02:35 AM

Every generation has its own share of teenage Pop stars. The thing is that the contemporary teenage "artists" are totally talentless. I remember, when I was much younger I used to criticize a lot Debbie Gibson and Tiffany but now I can see that in some ways they were more talented than today's youngsters. If I remember correctly Gibson was writing and producing her own songs...Is Selena Gomez able to do that? Is Justin Bieber able to interest anyone apart from his "cutting-edge" hair cut

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RickRobert · #19 03-02-2012, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by PolishStevieFan

If I remember correctly Gibson was writing and producing her own songs...Is Selena Gomez able to do that? Is Justin Bieber able to interest anyone apart from his "cutting-edge" hair cut

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Why do you feel the need to belittle and diminish the accomplishments of people who work hard to make and perform music that people enjoy?

vivfox · #20 03-02-2012, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by RickRobert

Why do you feel the need to belittle and diminish the accomplishments of people who work hard to make and perform music that people enjoy?

Good point, but he's not the only one. I always say, 'why put down other genre's of music just to build yours up?'

PolishStevieFan · #21 03-02-2012, 12:31 PM

That's what I wrote: every generation has its teen idols. But contemporary teenage Pop stars are manufactured to the point when I just can't stand to listen to them. There's little to none creativity included and this is something that prevents me from enjoying their music. I was trying to pinpoint that most of today's teenage stars don't write their own songs which means they are at the mercy of executives who find them generally manufactured, superficially sounding music. I don't judge people who listen to them because to be honest I listen to a lot of music of which you could easily say it's cheesy and simply sucks. But as listeners we are all entitled to have our opinions. You listen and you judge. It's natural.

starshine · #22 03-04-2012, 06:14 PM

I wasn't a big fan of the Monkees but I knew of them. I saw them probably in the first re-runs at the time (grew up in the 70's) but its sad that this time in history is going. The end of an era. So much innocence is lost these days. I think at the time when I grew up in the early 70's thats the last of the innocence. Most children now a days know everything. I knew nothing much & I've done alright. Its sad children aren't children anymore there adults now. I don't have children but I do think its sad really. I did like Davy Jones he was probably my favorite Monkee like many others. Of course who can forget the Brady Bunch espisode. A time that will never be again. Not saying there weren't 'issue's in the 70's above (or the 60's either) but I was too young to know about any of that stuff (drugs etc). Its all sad. May Davy RIP.

Macfanforever · #23 03-04-2012, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by PolishStevieFan

Every generation has its own share of teenage Pop stars. The thing is that the contemporary teenage "artists" are totally talentless. I remember, when I was much younger I used to criticize a lot Debbie Gibson and Tiffany but now I can see that in some ways they were more talented than today's youngsters. If I remember correctly Gibson was writing and producing her own songs...Is Selena Gomez able to do that? Is Justin Bieber able to interest anyone apart from his "cutting-edge" hair cut

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Originally Posted by RickRobert

Why do you feel the need to belittle and diminish the accomplishments of people who work hard to make and perform music that people enjoy?

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Originally Posted by vivfox

Good point, but he's not the only one. I always say, 'why put down other genre's of music just to build yours up?'

Hehehe I'm the another one that fuss about the last 15-20 years of music is not good .Plus whine about music genders I can't stand too .I have to admit and confess to
it.I'm sorry about the negativity of my opinion.

PolishStevieFan · #24 03-05-2012, 01:45 PM

Everyone of us judges music in his/her own way. Usually I use the criterion of songwriting to evaluate the artist's worth. If young person at the tender age of 15 or 16 grabs a pen and does something with it, then I should rank this artist higher than somebody who relies only on producer's instincts. The same thing applies to older artists. For exapmle I think that Janet Jackson's "Discipline" album is one of her worst simply because she didn't write or co write any of its songs. On the other hand there are artists like Whitney Houston or Diana Ross who didn't write their own songs but have earned legacy due to their vocal stylings. We are all entitled to review every kind of music and reviewing always means putting somebody down to put somebody else up. Having musical taste means ranking music with regard to your own criterions of aesthetic values.

RickRobert · #25 03-05-2012, 03:03 PM

Justin Bieber co-wrote most of his songs, Selena Gomez has written a few. Personally I think a song sounding good is more important than who wrote it. I didn't realise Blue Letter wasn't written by Fleetwood Mac for a long time, but when I realised that it didn't suddenly become vastly inferior to Welcome to the Room... Sara because a band member wrote it.

But ob-la-di ob-la-da

Silver Springs · #26 03-06-2012, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by RickRobert

Justin Bieber co-wrote most of his songs, Selena Gomez has written a few. Personally I think a song sounding good is more important than who wrote it. I didn't realise Blue Letter wasn't written by Fleetwood Mac for a long time, but when I realised that it didn't suddenly become vastly inferior to Welcome to the Room... Sara because a band member wrote it.

But ob-la-di ob-la-da

But.....neither of those examples are good. Personally, the offend my ears. And the lyrics....You can tell they were sprung from immaturity.