Amazing Songs By The Monkees

Many many many rounds I've let The Monkees roll during last week. This happens through a big collection "The Works" including 68 tunes, which becomes a great part of everything from their nine main albums, from 1966-70.

How peculiar this is my first real meeting with The Monkees! Reminds me of every psychedelic bubblegum band I've ever had extremely easy to appreciate. The most tasteful band of them all seems to be the one I'm discovering last. (But feels like I've listened to Monkees in my past life...?)

Most songs are composed by Tommy Boyce + Bobby Hart, many by Michael Nesmith, yet alot by Gerry Goffin + Carole King,  and two gems by Neil Diamond. Only a few were penned by the monkey Micky Dolenz himself.

Now the 6 x 4 songs I like most, gets their recent place in this list:



1. Through The Looking Glass

2. Mary Mary

3. I'm a Believer

4. Randy Scouse Git

5. Words

6. Never Tell a Woman Yes



7. Daydream Believer

8. What Am I Doing Hangin' Round?

9. Writings Wrongs

10. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone

11. I'll Be Back Upon My Feet

12. Daily Nightly



13. Look Out! (Here Comes Tomorrow)

14. Pleasant Valley Sunday

15. Valleri

16. Saturday's Child

17. Star Collector

18. Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)



19. Take a Giant Step (Outside Your Mind)

20. Listen to The Band

21. Don't Listen to Linda

22. Me Without You (You Without Me)

23. (Come Out of Your) Dream World

24. The Door into Summer







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High Flying Films, my 4:th Tower of 2014

Another Fourteen Films Recently Seen





Crown chakra


1
DONGGAM [DITTO]

by Jeong-kwon Kim
South Korea 2000


2
THE LITTLE PRINCESS
["Without Lying Down"]
silent movie
by Marshall Neilan, USA 1917
earliest version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel





Brow /third EYE chakra


3
DJÄVULENS ÖGA = THE DEVIL'S EYE
by Ingmar Bergman 1960


4
LA COLLECTIONNEUSE
by Eric Rohmer
France 1967





Throat chakra


5
I DUR OCH SKUR
by Stig Olin

with Povel Ramel and Alice Babs
Sweden 1953


6
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP
by Powell & Pressburger
UK 1943





Heart chakra


7
DOCTOR SNUGGLES : THE SENSATIONAL BALLOON RACE
only episode I had never seen before

by Joop Visch via Jeffrey O'Kelly
UK and Netherlands 1979


8
PLANES
[from above the world of Cars]
another big animation
by Klay Hall 2013





Solar Plexus chakra


9
WADJDA ["THE GREEN BICYCLE"]
by Haifaa Al-Mansour

Saudi Arabia 2012


10
THE GREAT BEAUTY [LA GRANDE BELLEZZA]
by Paolo Sorrentino

Italy 2013





Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


11
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
by Woody Allen 2008

seen again


12
MITT LIV SOM HUND = MY LIFE AS A DOG
by Lasse Hallström
based on Reidar Jönsson
Sweden 1985

strangely enough first time for me




Root chakra


13
DET STORA ÄVENTYRET = THE GREAT ADVENTURE
with wild swedish animals

by Arne Sucksdorff 1953


14
[NÄRKONTAKT :] THE FOURTH KIND
kind of UFO-documentary

"There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction."
by Olatunde Osunsanmi 2009







the numbers are not for comparing value here


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Third Music Chakra Horse Race of 2014

14 Songs which Rode Closer and Closer to my Heart
or just made most rounds
during late Mars through early April

Here's my most important "Horses"
two for each chakra




Crown chakra


1
RETURN TO FOREVER

driven by Chick Corea
featuring Flora Purim
from Return to Forever 1972


2
THE ENDLESS ENIGMA part 1 + part 2

driven by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
from Trilogy 1972




Brow /third EYE chakra


3
FLY BOY BLUE /LUNETTE

driven by Elbow
from The Take Off and Landing of Everything 2014


4
FLYGPRINSESSAN ["THE FLIGHT PRINCESS"]

driven by swedish Pontus & Amerikanerna
from Kasino 1998




Throat chakra


5
DEN GAMLA VAKTPARADEN ["THE OLD PARADE MARCH"]

driven by Povel Ramel, Oscar Rundqvist & Bibi Johns 1951
from "Karameller, Det Bästa med Povel Ramel"


6
16 SHELLS FROM A THIRTY-OUGHT-SIX

driven by Tom Waits
from Swordfishtrombones 1983




Heart chakra


7
HANG ON TO A DREAM

driven by The Nice [including Keith Emerson,
via Tim Hardy]
from Nice 1969


8
EUFORIA
[= cover of SUMMER HIGHLAND FALLS]

driven by Helen Sjöholm
from Euforia [covers of Billy Joel] 2010




Solar Plexus chakra


9
SPIRIT

driven by Future Islands
from Singles 2014


10
MILES RUNS THE VOODOO DOWN

driven by Miles Davis and many more electric jazz musicians
from Bitches Brew 1970




Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


11
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

driven by The Monkees
from Instant Replay 1969


12
MOST EXCLUSIVE RESIDENCE FOR SALE

driven The Kinks
from Face to Face 1966




Root chakra


13
ETERNITY'S BREATH part 1 + part 2

driven by Mahavishnu Orchestra
from Visions of The Emerald Beyond 1975


14
I'LL BE HERE IN THE MORNING

driven by Don Williams [via Van Zandt]
from Reflections 2014






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Swedish Vintage Boutique FILIPINIANA filled with Animals and BookCases, Angels and Candy