Should the Monkees ever be inducted in to The Rock Hall of fame?

I know they started as a television show, but they eventually became a real band. They seem to have stayed around a lot longer than many of the people who have be inducted. What do you say? Yes or no and why or why not?

And the guys who wrote their big hits were brilliant. If they do induct The Monkees, I hope they don't do it as a "franchise" (where the actual band members aren't given all the credit).

but the Monkees are to Pop Music what Sandy Koufax was to baseball...

A brief moment of brilliance and fun and then gone....

So yea, they belong....

If you didn't live through the time period you really can;t imagine the impact the Monkees had on Pop rock in the late 60's...

BTW, if the Prentenders can make it in, why not the Monkees


Don't get me wrong, I really like the Prentenders, but they weren't that influential or lasting or even that good, just a cool chick with a snarl in leather with a good turn of words and a knowledge of three cord power rock.....

They started like any other band except they did it on TV. Not only did they come in to their own, they were great on their show. They kept coming back and coming back and sold out shows even in the 80s.
And to be honest, I think Mike was very influential in the world of music.

rock...
He never gets any credit for doing that...

I think his song was Called Rio and it was a stunning video back when people were taking wild ideas and just throwing them out and passing it off as "art".....

He is sometimes considered the pioneer of country rock. Just one listen to "Papa Genes Blues" off the first Monkees album can show where he was at. The was recorded in 1966, well before many other "country rock" artists.
He is a renaissance man of music and he hasn't stopped.

"Different Drum", a big hit for Linda Ronstadt when she was still with the Stone Ponies. Peter Tork was a very gifted musician and played half a dozen instruments. Both Mickey Dolenz and Davey Jones had great voices that presented some of the best late 60's pop to America. Yes, I would say they belong in the Hall of Fame. They may have had cheesy beginnings, but I think they overcame that and really left a lasting mark on popular music. Plus, their TV show was very funny (even won an Emmy) and they starred in one of the strangest movies ever made, the notorious "Head".

I got both seasons on DVD last year and I watch them here and there. They were funny and I really don't get sick of them.
When I was a child (1968 or so) I asked Santa for a bass to be like Peter..lol. Along with only a few people back then, they inspired me to become a musician. I think they should belong in the Rock Hall.
I live 10 minutes from the place and haven't been there. maybe if they get in I might go there...Well, that would be an excuse.

extravegant catering hall...

Been there a few times and, of course, as with almost everything else in Cleveland, they fucked it up......

...And I'm talking about the process. They'll put anyone in who is "popular", but others are left out. Its like the Oscars. Its a popularity contest.

Michael Nesmith is truly a gifted musician. Listen to his last studio album, "Tropical Campfires" It is simply awesome,

I guess you know what we are like then. They do fuck everything up. I remember playing in this town in the 80s and it wasn't half bad. These days it really sucks and I don't want to do gigs any more. I know I should because the band wants to, but it is such a drag.
I will maybe go to the Rock hall one day, but as you say...it is probably not worth the effort.

It was fun, I wan't that good although I hooked up for a time with some really good people...

It was fun, I made my inestment back and have a lot of good memories to sustain me in my waning years......

I don't care who I piss off. The Monkees are not a REAL band and they suck like a hundred sucking things. Neil Diamond wrote their best songs anyhow.

The rest were actors. The guys in the Monkees had much more of a background. During their first season on the show they set up a place to rehearse as a band and played well together. When they went on their first tour they played live together and sold out every show as a band.

...in, and auditioned for acting parts. Yes, they may have actually been able to play their instruments, but it was TV. On TV, elephants fly, horses talk, and Monkees play guitars....

But I like most of the Nesmith's tunes they did. King and Goffen (sp?) wrote a lot of the hits also.

Fake bands = teh suxxor.

...they didn't pass the test of being an organic rock band.

I simply can't imagine Lennon auditioning for a role in a Beatles sitcom.

No hall of fame for the contrived "Monkeys." (...although I must admit that I never missed a show.)

Jimmy Page needed to get a band together to fulfill some Yardbird's contracts and auditioned people to fill in the spots. The difference was, one was a television show contract and one was a tour contract.

You nailed it, johnnie.

A contract's a contract, an audition's an audition.

I still have the shirt from their reunion tour. lol! I was born in '77 and even I like the Monkeys. Yes they're corny, but the music was fun.

one of these days, these created-by-a-producer bands will all wind up in the hall of fame. sorry, but you know they will.

in that light, how can you pass over the monkees?

thought they were credible performers. They didn't rely on the back-up band, they had pretty good voices, and didn't do the songs like they were tired of hearing them again.

And as a band, the Monkees developed into their own identity. Listen to their later productions like The Porpoise Song and their movie, Head was before its time, almost pre-Monty Python. You can see that they were having their ideas integrated.

. . .Kirshnner, Boyce, and Hart. THEY were the monkees.
The Professor

and I was a big fan of The Monkees. But they were actors, not musicians.

I loved them!

The EAGLES are, ffs... :puke:

FUCK YOU, MONKEES!

Although, the market for 'people with no taste' has always been strong in the United States.

Hey hey We're the Monkees - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
I'm a Believer - Neil Diamond
Mary Mary - Mike Nesmith (yes, a "Monkee")
She - Boyce & hart
When Love Comes knocking at Your Door - Neil Sedaka
Steppin Stone - Tommy Boyce
Last Train to clarksville - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

Note however: Boyce shot himself to death on Nov. 23 (1994) at his Nashville home
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In the mid-'70s, Boyce & Hart, who had originally been promised places in the band, finally got to be Monkees of a sort when they toured and recorded with Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz as Jones, Dolenz, Boyce & Hart.

http://www.stagemom.com/djbh/remember.html

edit: more song credits

The Monkees
1 (Theme From) The Monkees Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
2 Saturday's Child David Gates
3 I Wanna Be Free Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
4 Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day Tommy Boyce and Steve Venet
5 Papa Gene's Blues Michael Nesmith
6 Take A Giant Step Gerry Goffin and Carole King
7 Last Train To Clarksville Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
8 This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
9 Let's Dance On Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
10 I'll Be True To You Gerry Goffin and Russ Titelman
11 Sweet Young Thing Gerry Goffin, Carole King and Michael Nesmith
12 Gonna Buy Me A Dog Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

More of The Monkees
1 She Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
2 When Loves Comes Knocking (At Your Door) Neil Sedaka and Carole Bayer
3 Mary, Mary Michael Nesmith
4 Hold On Girl Ben Raleigh, Billy Carr, & Jack Keller
5 Your Auntie Grizelda Diane Hilderbrand and Jack Keller
6 (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
7 Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) Neil Diamond
8 The Kind of Girl I Could Love Roger Atkins and Michael Nesmith
9 The Day We Fall In Love Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
10 Sometime In The Morning Gerry Goffin and Carole King
11 Laugh Philip Margo, Mitchell Margo, Henry Medress and Jay Siegel
12 I'm A Believer Neil Diamond

http://prescott.imbri.com/music/composition/influences/monkees/index.shtml

In fact, NO ONE else should be allowed in until she's inducted.

Monkees sucked. I did have monkee shoes though, but I can't stand to listen to their music anymore. I can still listen to other old time rock-n-roll.