THE DAVY JONES/BLUE OYSTER CULT CONNECTION
Mar. 3rd, 2012 09:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogYou all know by now about Davy Jones.
And I don’t know about you, but I’ve been a Monkees fan almost my entire life. I watched them on TV as a kid (albeit in syndication and a few years after the band split up) and had no idea they weren’t a “real” band, at least not at first. Looking at music videos like this one (featuring Davy on lead vocals), it’s hard to imagine how I missed that.
But hey, I was in elementary school.
Anyway, if you ever wanted to know how I ended up with a love of 60s pop rock and goofy-ass nonsense humor, The Monkees were an important ingredient. And for people who say they were fake, I say: maybe at first. But you’ll notice I’m posting this, while I have yet to post anything about Whitney Houston.
As for the Blue Oyster Cult connection …
No, it’s not the cowbell.
It’s just that, when I was a kid, I had a copy of BOC’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”, and it occurred to me that the singer (Donald “Buck Dharma” Roesler) sounded like Davy Jones. For years after that I’d listen to the song and imagining Davy Jones singing it.
Here. Listen for yrself.
And I don’t know about you, but I’ve been a Monkees fan almost my entire life. I watched them on TV as a kid (albeit in syndication and a few years after the band split up) and had no idea they weren’t a “real” band, at least not at first. Looking at music videos like this one (featuring Davy on lead vocals), it’s hard to imagine how I missed that.
But hey, I was in elementary school.
Anyway, if you ever wanted to know how I ended up with a love of 60s pop rock and goofy-ass nonsense humor, The Monkees were an important ingredient. And for people who say they were fake, I say: maybe at first. But you’ll notice I’m posting this, while I have yet to post anything about Whitney Houston.
As for the Blue Oyster Cult connection …
No, it’s not the cowbell.
It’s just that, when I was a kid, I had a copy of BOC’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”, and it occurred to me that the singer (Donald “Buck Dharma” Roesler) sounded like Davy Jones. For years after that I’d listen to the song and imagining Davy Jones singing it.
Here. Listen for yrself.
Admittedly, the resemblance is more obvious if (1) you’ve never heard “Don’t Fear The Reaper” before and (2) yr ten years old.
Still, I stand by my statement.
FULL DISCLOSURE: Technically, Davy Jones wasn’t my favorite Monkee. That would be Mike Nesmith. But, you know, Davy was the British one, which was also cool.
Too busy singing to put anybody down,
This is dF
