It’s surprisingly difficult to come up with a definitive ranking of the Monkees’ songs. I mean, it’s hard to come up with a ranking of any popular band’s songs, but I think the Monkees pose a ...

The Monkees may be more known from their ’60s “television show about a band,” but they made some outstanding and underrated records. Their catalog is very diverse. Bubblegum, psychedelia, vaudeville, ...

While the 1960s was a flourishing time for music both in America and abroad with the British Invasion, The Monkees still managed to carve a lane all their own. Introduced to audiences via The Monkees ...

The Monkees‘ earliest hits spoke of girls, love, and good times. However, as they evolved as musicians and grew in the public eye, their music also changed. Songs with more topical themes were ...

Of the dozens of songs Mike Nesmith penned as a member of The Monkees, one stands out as the one he is most proud of. In an interview with Sound and Vision, Nesmith shared the varied musical ...

Many songwriters have specific lyrical themes that they revisit in song after song. Love, for example. Crying. Dancing. We know the obvious ones. And the Counting Crows are no exception. But the ...

On April 11, acclaimed musician Micky Dolenz was able to celebrate The Monkees’ musical legacy at The Paramount in Huntington on Long Island. Micky Dolenz of The Monkees. Photo courtesy of the dis ...