the monkees television special plus head queries

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1. is the monkees television special (infamous one that bombed around the same time as head) good?

2. is it available for purchase?

3. has monkees head recently been rereleased on dvd?

4. how good is that new radio four album? very good i says.

― doomie x, Friday, 13 August 2004 06:23 (twenty-one years ago)

3) in england, yes, june 26th according to amazon.co.uk

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 13 August 2004 07:35 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/026-1130344-1503664

am not coming up with the goods!

― DOOMIE X, Friday, 13 August 2004 07:47 (twenty-one years ago)

1 & 2. Annoyingly there's no sign of this or of the songs that appear on it - in spite of the fact that virtually everything The Monkees ever recorded appears to have been released

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 13 August 2004 09:05 (twenty-one years ago)

> am not coming up with the goods!

amazon.co.uk. dvd tab. search 'monkees head'.

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 13 August 2004 09:35 (twenty-one years ago)

"33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee" is comically bad, only worth watching for its OMG camp value. (And I say this as an ardent Monkees devotee.) Poorly conceived, acted, and edited (argh, the bluescreen of death, it blinds me); and the new songs are subpar, especially the dippy "I Go Ape" and "Wind-Up Man." The parts that are worthwhile are a song from Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger (I don't know its title, alas); Julie and Micky Dolenz injecting some soul into "I'm a Believer"; Peter dipping into some fugue (Bach's Toccata in D?); and everyone bouncing around freak-out-style to "Listen to the Band."

Oh, and my favorite moment: during a tribute to '50s rock & soul, Little Richard jumps on top of his piano and starts frug-ing, and then the Clara Ward Singers perform "Dem Bones" with remarkable aplomb (Clara does a grand ol' dance, and then the editors ruin it by inserting over the bluescreen images of two skeletons dancing -- get it, "dem bones," oh it hurts).

Worth borrowing just to view once and say "oh my god, I can't believe this happened," but not really worth owning. Head is a hundred thousand times better. Head is pretty widely available now, but "33 1/3" isn't -- I got it at the Amoeba in SF as a bootleg (which amazingly included the actual commercials it aired with -- Hi Karate! The American Scene!).

Hope this helps. I'll recap the whole "33 1/3" show if anyone's curious.

― Joseph McCombs, Friday, 13 August 2004 12:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I still wanna see it

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 13 August 2004 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)

ooo. that sounds so amazing. can you dub me a copy of it?

― doomie x, Friday, 13 August 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6304331304/103-3468978-5565412?v=glance

― zappi (joni), Friday, 13 August 2004 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

am in the u.k. damn. but this means that it will be easy to get!

― doomie x, Friday, 13 August 2004 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow, I never knew this was avaiable!!!!!!!

― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 13 August 2004 12:55 (twenty-one years ago)

33-1/3 is also available on DVD as part of Rhino's Monkees Season 2 box set, but unfortunately it's Region 1 only.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000TAZW4/qid=1092409438/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-6811685-0779213?v=glance&s=dvd

― phil d., Friday, 13 August 2004 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I would tend to characterize "33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee" as delightfully bad. It strikes me as prime 60's kitsch, well worth a look. "Head" is a wonderful piece of surrealist pop, with some wonderful tunes in the soundtrack, which stands as a psychedelic classic, IMHO.

― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Sunday, 15 August 2004 12:36 (twenty-one years ago)

seventeen years pass...

I may take the plunge and watch this. Wish me luck.

― Heatmiserlou (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 22:17 (four years ago)

It's an adventure!

― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 29 December 2021 22:39 (four years ago)

Is it mentioned upthread how it was buried in the schedule when it aired?

― Heatmiserlou (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 December 2021 00:50 (four years ago)

Three minutes in and I am thinking that this is the kind of thing that surely has to have a credit like Screenplay by ~~Harlan Ellison~~Alan Smithee.

― Heatmiserlou (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 December 2021 01:00 (four years ago)

Guessing Davy doesn’t end up hitting on Julie Driscoll or even getting the proto-CGI stars in his eyes to the accompaniment of the “Monkees Love Theme” that I am starting to contend John Lennon nicked for his “Love” song on POB.

― Heatmiserlou (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 December 2021 01:05 (four years ago)

Got slaughtered by the '69 Oscars.

― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 30 December 2021 03:04 (four years ago)

Yup

― Heatmiserlou (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 December 2021 19:21 (four years ago)

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