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From: Dale Houstman 
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Subject: Re: The Importance of The Monkees
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Runnnerr wrote:
> Bloodrock wrote:
> 
>>"They were actors who neither wrote nor played their own songs."
>>
>>But the SANG those songs. If "writing" songs is a primary
indication of
>>"legitimacy," then you infer Sinatra wasn't as legitimate as the
>>Beatles - which, considering his prodigious output, would be an
>>untenable position. The Monkees, of course, were lightweights (and
>>insecure about it) compared to Sinatra - and the Beatles - but they
>>sang on some immortal singles.
> 
> 
> Bottom Line: If you enjoy(ed) The Monkees music and/or TV show, they
> were important. If you enjoyed neither, they weren't important.
> 

That's about it as far as I'm concerned also. I did enjoy the TV shows 
at the time, and have seen them since, although (really) only the fact 
that the songs are used in them make them even bearable for me. The show 
is (at best) fairly innocuous, and (often enough) aggravating. But the 
reocrds are very enjoyable.

dmh

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