RIP Davy Jones

[D'Snowth]

No, not the one with the locker that you can get sunk in, I mean the lead singer of one of the 60s' greatest British bands, the one whose biggest fan was Marcia Brady, the one who was a Monkee...

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/monkees-singer-davy-jones-dies-180751406--abc-news.html

This is sad, I quite like The Monkees... can't say much for their short-lived TV series however, but I did enjoy their music.

 

[The Count]

Er Snowth... Davy himself was indeed British... But the Monkees as a band were actually formed to be the USA's American answer/counterpart to the Beatles.

*Will now have Daydream Believer stuck in my head for the rest of this Leap Day.
Sad day indeed.

 

[newsmanfan]

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Heard about this on the way over here. Sad indeed. I met him once in the mid-'80s at a Tampa city birthday party, where he and (if I recall right) Peter Tork were playing a concert on the street as part of the festivities. Nice guy.

Of course as a kid I was totally encrushed with him. My first "fan fiction" at about age 8 or 9 was a story about Davy being turned into a turkey and having to be saved from Thanksgiving by his Monkee buddies. (Yes. I have always been The Weird Kid.)

I shall have to go find some friends to do the Monkee walk in public with in his honor.
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[jackdelayne]

Loved the Monkees! Loved their show. Loved their music. Loved Davy, Mickie, Mike and Peter. Really sad to see his passing.

When I was a tween I had longish hair like them and wore a stocking cap everywhere in an attempt to be like Michael Nesmith. LOL

 

[Beakerfan]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *blows into a hankercheif*

He was one of my favorites as a child...

 

[D'Snowth]

-(Yes. I have always been The Weird Kid.)

Rully? I honestly could not tell.

 

[minor muppetz]

This is sad news. Seems he had the best voice of all the Monkees. "Daydream Believer" is one of my favorite songs from the group.

I saw the Monkees in concert in 1997, shortly after I had started seeing the show.