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  • palitoy
    live. laugh. lisa needs braces
    • Jun 16, 2001
    • 59227
    #1

    Great Article on the New Monkees

    Such a forgotten blip on the radar now, I remember vividly when it came and went. Seemed the hype and controversey lasted twice as long as the series did.

    Turn it up: An oral history of the forgotten New Monkees
    https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/turn-oral-history-forgotten-new-monkees-184714771.html
    Thirty years ago, in September 1987, Columbia Pictures Television and Straybert Productions (headed by Steve Blauner, a former partner of original Monkees producers Robert Rafelson and Bert Schneider) monkeyed around with an old showbiz formula. Attempting to capitalize on the nostalgia sparked by MTV’s Monkees marathon the previous year (which had inspired original band members Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Peter Tork to reunite for a hugely successful tour), Columbia and Straybert controversially decided to a create a new band — specifically, a New Monkees TV show — for the modern age. A nationwide talent search ensued, and out of 3,000 applicants, casting directors eventually selected 20-year-old pizza boy and part-time VJ Dino Kovas, 19-year-old waiter Jared Chandler, 27-year-old professional musician Marty Ross (whose powerpop band the Wigs had been signed to CBS Records and had appeared in the movie My Chauffeur), and 18-year-old college student Larry Saltis, who had already been working since age 16 with Atlantic Records.
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    • Nostalgiabuff
      Muddling through
      • Oct 4, 2008
      • 11296
      #2
      i don't even remember this ever happening. which is probably a good thing

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        • Hector
          el Hombre de Acero
          • May 19, 2003
          • 31852
          #3
          Good grief, they were horrid...
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            • jwyblejr
              galactic yo-yo
              • Apr 6, 2006
              • 11143
              #4
              On the plus side,the originals are doing a new Christmas album. Even have Davy Jones singing 'Silver Bells' and 'Mele Kalikimaka'.

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                • ODBJBG
                  Permanent Member
                  • May 15, 2009
                  • 3143
                  #5
                  Originally posted by jwyblejr
                  On the plus side,the originals are doing a new Christmas album. Even have Davy Jones singing 'Silver Bells' and 'Mele Kalikimaka'.
                  Davy must sound really rough these days.

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                    • huedell
                      Museum Ball Eater
                      • Dec 31, 2003
                      • 11069
                      #6
                      Originally posted by ODBJBG
                      Davy must sound really rough these days.
                      Well, yeah. But today's auto-tune technology brings life into even the most absent performances.
                      "No. No no no no no no. You done got me talkin' politics. I didn't wanna'. Like I said y'all, I'm just happy to be alive. I think I'll scoot over here right by this winda', let this beautiful carriage rock me to sleep, and dream about how lucky I am." - Chris Mannix

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                        • jwyblejr
                          galactic yo-yo
                          • Apr 6, 2006
                          • 11143
                          #7
                          They're using studio recordings from the 70s for Jones.

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                            • MIB41
                              Eloquent Member
                              • Sep 25, 2005
                              • 15631
                              #8
                              To me the one and ONLY Monkees is the ultimate story in rock n roll because they were created by the industry, but found their lasting appeal by doing what most never do, which is revolt against it. I LOVE the Monkees. This horrid attempt to re-capture lightening in a bottle proves it was not just a formula that made the real Monkees.

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