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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: The Monkees
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Date: Tue, 1-May-84 10:38:46 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  1 10:38:46 1984
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	Now, now, let's not pick on the Monkees! OK, they'll never go down in
music history next to the Beatles, but they weren't *that* bad. I confess that
they are one of my "Guilty Pleasures". Besides, a fair amount of their material
was good, solid stuff, even if it wasn't ground-breaking. And they weren't com-
pletely talentless as musicians; in fact, one could say that they did pretty
well, considering how they were thrown together. And I consider Michael Nesmith
to be quite talented, as a composer, arranger, and producer. Have you heard any
of his solo stuff? A lot of it is quite good. His one-hour programs, "Rio" and
"Elephant Parts" are among the first "video records" done; back before MTV, he
realized the potential of that medium.

				  --- jayembee
				      (Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard)
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