Here's another song Little Murders used to cover back in the day. And like Monterey by the Animals, it's basically a two-chord song. And this basically makes it the third Monkees song we covered. A little while ago there was a radio special on the Little Murders and one of the DJs noted that we covered a lot of Monkees songs to which I protested strongly. Well, I guess I was wrong.
I love the Monkees and never get why they are so underrated. And it all goes back to when it was revealed that they didn't play instruments on their records. And they were the first manufactured band in that they auditioned for a TV show. None of that bothers me. Lots of bands used session musicians.
It's what's on the plastic. The Monkees sound was defined by Micky Dolenz's great voice. And Mike Nesmith wrote some pretty cool songs. Like Mary Mary and Tapioca Tundra and many more.
We learned Mary Mary when we started playing the Continental Hotel in Sorrento once a month. 1982-83. I think. We used to have these regular gigs that happened once a month in far-off places. At the Continental, we played 3 sets. So that was plenty of songs. So we added a few covers. This went down a storm. The place was always packed. The crowd was always hyper. The beer would flow. The end of the night saw the dance floor look like a twister had gone through the room. In between sets, the DJ played great music so no one left the dance floor for over 3 hours. Spirits were definitely high. Because it was a surfer crowd I even wrote a song called Walking On Water. My first surf tune.
After the gig, we'd jump in the Mazda with the broken window and drive back to The Jump Club to see the last band for the night.
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