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Post by Taildragger on Nov 19, 2023 16:08:19 GMT -5
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Post by Sharkie on Nov 19, 2023 17:38:35 GMT -5
I heard that Jimi had opened for the Monkees years ago but never knew the story behind the story. Perhaps one of the biggest mismatches in bookings of all time?
Great story. Thanks for posting TD!
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Nov 19, 2023 18:54:35 GMT -5
I have had SiriusXM for a while, and one thing the decade stations will do is run down the charts of the time. It is a good reminder that what we remember as being big in the '60s wasn't as big at the time, and what was REALLY big is either forgotten, or relegated to "classic oldies" sorts of things. Comparing The Monkees to Hendrix is a great example.... today the Monkees are in Hendrix's shadow, but then it was clearly the opposite. It is a good thing the pop people liked the more avant garde people. We might have never gotten Hendrix otherwise.
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Post by Taildragger on Nov 19, 2023 19:37:46 GMT -5
In November of 1969, Zappa's "Hot Rats" album topped out at #189.
He was beat out by Donovan, Ferrante & Teicher, Iron Butterfly and John Davidson, among many other lesser and non-talents.
Just sayin'...
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Nov 20, 2023 10:38:08 GMT -5
Great example! I just checked the Billboard list for this week in 1969, and Tom Jones has number 4 and number 22. Some have aged better than I would have guessed. I checked 1967, and Hendrix IS on there, but there are a lot of ones on there that haven't aged nearly as well. Petula Clark, Andy Williams, Herb Alpert...
It reminds me of a youtube channel that was popular a few years ago... it was called "data is beautiful" or something. They'd take some sort of dataset and time elapse it for a visual. One in particular was top TV shows across 30 years or so. The top show would often be some CBS show that no one remembers or would admit to having watched, and often by a long shot. Meanwhile, Seinfeld barely makes it into the data set, making a small appearance at number eight, if I remember correctly. It comes and goes so fast you'll miss it if you aren't looking for it. Going later, I don't think the early 2010s shows like 30 Rock or Community even made it, but Big Bang Theory dominated. I think The Office was on there, but not as high as you'd think.
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Post by Leftee on Nov 20, 2023 19:39:31 GMT -5
Data are amazing
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Post by LeftyMeister on Nov 20, 2023 20:56:06 GMT -5
One of the great innovators opened for the original pretenders. lol!
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Post by markfromhawaii on Nov 20, 2023 23:30:03 GMT -5
I recall the story about the Daughters if the American Revolution hoax set up to ban the Experience from the tour. For a while it was taken as the truth. I had a professor in college who played keyboards in the studio when the Monkees recorded their first album. He said many of the songs’ vocals had to be recorded phrase by phrase with a coach singing to the lads before the engineer would do a take. To their credit, they learned to play their instruments and sing. Great stuff Taildragger.
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