The Monkees' "Headquarters"
Is one of the greatest
Most under-rated pop/rock
records
Of
all
time
Just learning to play their instruments
Slowly but surely crawling out from under
Don Kirshner's thumb
The sound wasn't as confident or solid
As seminal recent offerings by the Beatles
The template... The mold....
Yet there were several pearls in those oysters
Pure raw ragged pop perfection
To give Lennon, Macca, Harrison and Starkey
A serious run for their money
even Brian Wilson sweatin' jeaulosy
"You Told Me" solid out the gates.
"Forget That Girl" Breakin' hearts.
"You Just May Be The One" offering encouragement
"Shades of Grey" and Early Morning Blues and Greys" reminding us we're but fragile hearts
"Sunny Girlfriend " a standard to be achieved
"Band 6" and "Zilch" for comic relief
And don't forget the bands take on flower power
"For Petes Sake"
If you couldn't get all that
Get it good in your soul
There must have been something
wrong
with
you
Jun 12, 2016
Jun 12, 2016 at 1:30 AM UTC
The Monkees' "Headquarters"
Is one of the greatest
Most under-rated pop/rock
records
Of
all
time
Just learning to play their instruments
Slowly but surely crawling out from under
Don Kirshner's thumb
The sound wasn't as confident or solid
As seminal recent offerings by the Beatles
The template... The mold....
Yet there were several pearls in those oysters
Pure raw ragged pop perfection
To give Lennon, Macca, Harrison and Starkey
A serious run for their money
even Brian Wilson sweatin' jeaulosy
"You Told Me" solid out the gates.
"Forget That Girl" Breakin' hearts.
"You Just May Be The One" offering encouragement
"Shades of Grey" and Early Morning Blues and Greys" reminding us we're but fragile hearts
"Sunny Girlfriend " a standard to be achieved
"Band 6" and "Zilch" for comic relief
And don't forget the bands take on flower power
"For Petes Sake"
If you couldn't get all that
Get it good in your soul
There must have been something
wrong
with
you
