Micky Dolenz - King For A Day
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Artist: Micky DolenzEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-08-31
Music Label: RED GENERAL CATALOG
Soundtracks:
- Don't Bring Me Down
- Sometime in the Morning
- Hey Girl
- Up On the Roof
- Take Good Care of My Baby
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow
- Sweet Seasons
- Crying in the Rain
- Go Away Little Girl
- Just Once in My Life
- It Might As Well Rain Until September
- Point of No Return
- I Feel the Earth Move
- Sometime in the Morning (reprise)
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Music Review: Great Sounds from a Great Vocalist
Rating: 4 Stars
I do realise that many people have conflicting feelings about the Monkees. Depends on what you read and when it was written, either the Monkees were talentless musical hacks who were the byproduct of a successful tv show. Or they were simply a group of four musicians/actors who were misunderstood. During today's music scene it isn't uncommon for singers not to perform on their own albums and to lip synch in concerts. Today's producer driven music is killing true art if you ask me. When you look back on the Monkees you will see that the only time they didn't play their own instruments is when they weren't allowed to. The powers that be wanted them to do the show and let someone else handle the music portion, only allowing them to sing on the tracks, except for the few Nesmith tunes that were barely allowed. After that they did play their instruments and enjoyed tremendous input on their own albums. So it does bother me that people today still do not think of them as a real band, or they say that Micky was not a drummer he was an actor playing a drummer. He either played the drums or he didn't. (Which he did) So the actor playing a drummer bit is a bit silly. I have liked the Monkees from the reruns of the show (as I was born about a year after their show/movie were over and done) and of course radio-play. As I got older and my tastes in music became more broad, I started to look backwards in time to find what good music took place before I was born. Up till that point I had bought more current albums and listened to the same stuff my peers listened to. But once I learned that the best music on albums never made it to radio (I learned this by listening to Prince albums) I started wondering what else was I missing. So I would go to the library and look up books on older acts to see what was there that I might want to buy and try out. I happened on a book about the Monkees, I learned about the show, the albums etc...and it listed the original albums with tracklistings. So I went to the record stgore to find the albums, at the time I had to buy Vinyl and transfer them to cassettes so I can listen when I was out. Shortly thereafter and ever since Rhino started reissuing the albums. I now have all nine of the originals plus the Pool It CD and Justus. Plus all the collector cds from rhino as well (a new deluxe edition of the sountrack for head is soon to be released, just so you know) To make a long story short, I fell in love with the music as well with the evolution of each of the members. I have quite a few of Mike's post monkees cds as well as the micky dolezn broadway micky cd. Micky has always been one of my favorites. (favorite mokees and one of my all time favorite singers) one critic/observer noted that he liked the way Micky sang because he seemed to be singing from an actor's point of view, meaing he was singing it as if he were acting out the story of the song. Which is true to some degree. He could also do ballads and rock out with the best of them. I have only listened to the snippets of the songs here, as I was just made aware it even existed. So based on that and of course based on the past output of micky, I have to say this is a welcome treat. Micky Dolenz is definitely underrated, but I wonder if he's underrated cause he's a Monkee as someone said, or if because he's also known as an actor/director. Micky sounds great even after all these years. I just hope this is the start of more releases from him. I would love to hear an album of all original songs from him. My friend's son (I live with them) started watching the Monkees with me one day and then started watching all the shows with me (i just got the two seasons on dvd) and he also thinks Micky is the best one. So I am trying to get him more into some of the music that he's missed out on. He has a few of the monkees albums now, and loves them, so I bought him autographed drum sticks from Micky...as a keepsake. So hopefully we can keep the new generation in line by showing them the best of the best music has to offer, so that maybe in the future music will return to what makes it good in the first place...the artists. There are some really great musicians/singers out there today but they are few and far between. At least for now it's good to know that the ones who were great, still are, and still share with us some of their best work. I would highly recommend this album. For no other reason than it's simply great music by a great artist.
Description of King For A Day
Micky Dolenz is one of America's biggest Pop Culture icons. On August 31, 2010, the former lead singer for The Monkees will release 'King For A Day,' his first album in over ten years. Featuring 14 timeless songs from legendary songwriter Carole King, 'King For A Day' fulfills a career long ambition to pay tribute to one of America's most admired songwriters.'King For A Day' is Dolenz's fitting tribute to one of America's most prolific and renowned contemporary songwriters. As lead singer for the popular '60s hitmakers, The Monkees, Micky Dolenz was the voice of the group's biggest hits including 'Last Train to Clarksville,' 'I'm A Believer' and 'Pleasant Valley Sunday' among others. With 'King For A Day,' Dolenz puts his signature voice and charismatic style on such Carole King classics as 'I Feel the Earth Move,' 'Don't Bring Me Down,' and 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow.' Produced by Brian Wilson Musical Director, Jeffrey Foskett, 'King For A Day' also features duets with Bill Medley (The Righteous Brothers) and Emily Osment (Hannah Montana).
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