Forget how you feel about the music. They had some heavy weights writing for them (Neil Diamond, Boyce and Hart).
This was a band on top of the world at one point, for those who were around. (If you weren't, go on www.wikpedia.com and find out)
The fact is, there's been many covers of "Daydream Believer", but he owns the song. The first five albums, if my memory serves me correctly (Meet The Monkees, Monkees 2nd album, Monkees The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees.Headquarters (album), Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., ) all charted.
"Valerie"--came on the radio like a locomotive, went right to the top.
You know what's funny? I saw the re-union tour in '87 and thought they were old. Not really, all in their forties. It was two decades after their success and it seemed so distant. It was not.
It was a great tour. Gary Puckett came out and raised the roof.
The Turtles did a parody on "flashdance" (what this had to do with oldies is anyone's guess) and were hilarious.
David Jones--part of music history--whether you like it or not.
RIP.
