R.I.P Daydream Believer


Earlier today I had this odd premonition that Paul McCartney was going to pass away-for real this time. I have been in a big Beatles reading mode of late, having just finished reading the 2009 updated version of Hunter Davies' excellent must-read (and only authorized)1968 biography of the group before diving into Geoff Emerick's "Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles". Maybe that had something to do with it. When I did open up the interweb news page , I did not see the death of Macca headlining the entertainment section. No, the "cute" Beatle was apparently alive and well somewhere in the world. The news was not so good for another iconic 1960's pop star. The "cute" Monkee, Davy Jones ,passed away suddenly from a heart attack at the much too young age of 66. Other than enjoying the reruns of their abbreviated show on WLVI when I was a "tween, and a couple of the hits, I never was much of an aficionado of their overall canon, having never purchased a single recording of The Monkees. I fell more into the "pre-fab four" opinion of the group. I just never could get past the original cynical intention of the group's origin, when compared to the Beatles more organic origins. Yes, once the Liverpool lads fell under Epstein's wings, and then later Martin and EMI et al, they became part of the corporate music world. But they certainly paid their dues to get to that point. And created much more influential music than the Monkees could ever lay claim to in their brief career. Nonetheless it is sad news, but Paul's passing will hit the generations of our household a bit harder when that day comes.

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