Peter Tork of The Monkees dead at 77, report says

[jigglepete]

Oh and RIP Mr. Tork.

[Max Rockatansky]

What I mean is that he looked ill then.

Unsurprising if he was in his 70s.

[Tahuyaman]

I remember the "controversy" regarding them not actually playing their instruments... probably true on the show, but not so much when they toured...

I remember that, but it wasn’t really a “controversy”. They weren’t ever taken seriously music-wise. I remember the first album they released where they supposedly played all of the music themselves.

Still their show was just carefree off beat humor. Back then the entertainment tried to briefly take prople’s mind off the issues surrounding the war in Vietnam and the fallout from that.

[Lummy]

77 years is a respectable run. RIP.

[Max Rockatansky]

I remember that, but it wasn’t really a “controversy”. They weren’t ever taken seriously music-wise. I remember the first album they released where they supposedly played all of the music themselves.

Still their show was just carefree off beat humor. Back then the entertainment tried to briefly take prople’s mind off the issues surrounding the war in Vietnam and the fallout from that.

They took heat for being a Hollywood fabrication of a pop rock band, which they were, but they were also talented and put out some good songs. As you said, the show was carefree and humorous. Lord knows we needed some of that in the late 60s. 1968 was a bad year.

[donttread]

Peter Tork, keyboardist and bass guitarist of ‘60s pop group The Monkees, has died Thursday. He was 77.
His death was confirmed by his sister Anne Thorkelson, The Washington Post reported. In 1999 Tork had been diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare cancer affecting his tongue.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...77-report-says


It was a silly show but fun

RIP

RIP. "Hey, hey we're the Monkees , and we got something to say" Comes to mind from their show.

[Captdon]

Sure the show was silly, but that's what it was intended to be. That's what was needed from the entertainment industry at the time. There were no political messages or preaching. Just silly humor.

The show was based on the first Beatles movie. So were they. It was goofy but a little fun to watch. Who remembers that Mickey Dolenz was a child actor? He was on Circus Boy.

[Cotton1]

Dang, my favorite Monkee. RIP