The Monkees 1994 All Four One
Peter was the first to leave the group and the Monkees had to find a way to carry on. Even though they had been put together as band for a sitcom they had become a real band. After the show went off the air, Davy Jone, Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz put out a couple more albums in 1969. In the 1970 the Monkees album Changes just had Dolenz and Jones.
In 1986 MTV and Nickleodeon started airing the old series and there was a renewed interest in the band. Tork rejoined Jones and Dolenz touring once again. In 1987 the three released a new Monkees album called Pool It!. All four did get together for an album in 1996 but this imagining would have them get together two years earlier.
I chose three songs from Tork's 1994 solo album Stranger Things Have Happened, the title song, "Sea Change" and "Tender Is". Dolenz put out an album called Broadway Micky. I had to include his cover of Harry Nilsson's "Me and My Arrow" since the Monkees had recorded two Nilson songs previously. I also grabbed "My Favorite Things" and "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" from Micky's album. 1994 Nesmith put out an album with a book called "The Garden". It was all music except for one song. I used the song, "Life Becoming" and the opening piece, "Garden's Glow". For Jones all I could find from 1994 was a reworking of "Daydream Believer".
YouTube would not let me add "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" or "My Favorite Things" but they are here.
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