You're such a brat, 'ellpus, but a nice one.
.....and a much BIGGER brat, than KP.
boomerang wrote:So is this where I'm supposed to post the fact that I'm going to be away for three weeks?
I might have sporadic access to post.
I don't know if I even post enough for people to notice my absence but I know there are a few who might wonder....
I noticed your absence and searched for when you had last posted....
Eva and Letty, you'll find this interesting. If I may digress.Boyce & Hart wrote "I'M Not Your Stepping Stone for the Monkees.
When I was 14 I got my first bass guitar and our band would practice Steppin Stone for hours. We thought it was really raw Rock & Roll...hee hee.
"Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were successful rock-and-roll performers and prolific songwriters in the 60's. According to Rolling Stone Magazine, they wrote more than 300 songs and sold more than 42 million records.
Tommy Boyce was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1939 and Bobby Hart in Phoenix the same year.
Producer Stan Schulman caught the act of an unknown talent, Curtis Lee, in a Long Beach rock-and-roll show in 1961 and brought him to the Brill Building in New York. Under the guidance of legendary record producer Phil Spector, Lee recorded his only two hit songs -- Under The Moon Of Love and Pretty Little Angel Eyes. Both had been written by Tommy Boyce and Curtis Lee. The first hit for the songwriting duo of Boyce and Hart was Lazy Elsie Molly by Chubby Checker in 1964, followed by Jay and the Americans' Come A Little Bit Closer, which was a top ten record later in the same year.
Television producers Bert Schneider and Bob Rafelson came up with the idea of casting a rock-and-roll band that could star in its own televison series on NBC. They ran an ad in Variety and selected four young men to serve as members of the band: Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, and Micky Dolenz. They produced a pilot and called the group the Monkees. It was Boyce and Hart who did the songs for the pilot in 1966, including the singing. When rock impressario Don Kirschner was brought in to handle the music for the show, he told Boyce and Hart they didn't have a proven track record as producers and they were off the project, except as songwriters. As the show's first air date loomed, one music producer after another was acquired and then rejected for the project, while Tommy Boyce kept telling Kirschner that he and Bobby could handle it. Kirschner finally gave them a chance, Boyce and Hart recorded vocals and backing tracks for the first album, and then the Monkees recorded lead vocals.
The first big hit for the Monkees, one that was written by Boyce and Hart, was Last Train to Clarksville, a song that went all the way to number one on the charts shortly after the premiere of the TV show in the Fall of 1966. It was aided by exposure on national televison and an advertising blitz. The songwriting duo came up with more hits for the Monkees -- songs that were sung by the Monkees themselves and produced using studio musicians. As their popularity increased, the Monkees began to talk about writing and producing their own songs. The response of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart was to become recording artists themselves. "
Panzade, while you and your friends were out in the garage driving your parents crazy, I was cutting up every teen magazine I could find and taping pictures of Davy Jones to the back of my bedroom door. I had it completely covered.
He must be in his 60s now, but I saw him on some TV show last year, and he's STILL as cute as a bug. I couldn't believe it. How do some people manage to do that?
taptaptap.... so when will Boomer be back?
Boomerangs always come back. Trust me.
boomer posted here on 8/28 -- eggzackalee 3 weeks ago...
I'll be abroad for the next two weeks.
So, I'll post here when I can get an internet connection.
Have a nice time, Francis!
Eva wrote:He must be in his 60s now,
He lives real close by me on a horse farm. He hired us to play as his back up band at a local bar about 15 years ago. It was fun watching him down a bottle of Cuervo 1800...one shot at a time
I bet y'all wish I'd get lost or misplaced...hee hee!
Haha Panzade, you know we love you!!!
Has anyone seen theollady? I havn't seen her in ages......
Panz, Boyce was a Virginia guy? I don't know much about the Monkees except that stepping stone song surfaced when spendius said something or the other.
Standup, Haven't seen theo in some time, but I'm certain that she is fine.
Francis wrote:I'll be abroad for the next two weeks.
So, I'll post here when I can get an internet connection.
Bye bye, Francis. Enjoy yourself!
Please have an excellent journey, Francis!
