THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS THEN: THE MONKEES ON RECORD
In the preface to his assiduously researched Monkeemania (St. Martin’s Press), author Glenn A. Baker means it when he says, “The Monkees are destined to be regarded forever as rock’s first great embarrassment.” (That should come as a big relief to Pat Boone.)
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS THEN: THE MONKEES ON RECORD
Craig Zeller
In the preface to his assiduously researched Monkeemania (St. Martin’s Press), author Glenn A. Baker means it when he says, “The Monkees are destined to be regarded forever as rock’s first great embarrassment.” (That should come as a big relief to Pat Boone.) He goes on: “The rise of the Pre-fab Four coincided with rock’s desperate desire to cloak itself with the trappings of respectability, credibility and irreproachable heritage.” (For one thing, that explains how the Moody Blues went from the heights of “Go Now” to the dregs of “Nights In White Satin.”)