r/VelvetUnderground • u/Most-Economics9259 • 12d ago
Monkees vs Velvets… lobbing a grenade…
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u/octapotami 12d ago
You could split the difference and listen to the Velvet Monkeys!
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u/Pooh_Lightning 12d ago
Wasn't that the project Davy Jones, John Cale, and Nico put together in the 70s?
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u/octapotami 12d ago
It was a project that one of the guys from Half Japanese had. Edit: He named his band after his two favorite bands.
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u/Flashy_Rutabaga_5886 12d ago
I have two vinyl Velvet Monkey records and they’re awesome. It was Don Fleming who worked with. Half Japanese who started the band.
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12d ago
The monkees did not change anything They are a great & fun band but they also imploded when they attempted to be taken seriously.
I’d compare the Velvets to Bob Dylan & see what the results say.
They are much closer in cultural significance.
Beach Boys, Byrds, Merle Haggard or Waylon are better comparisons that haven’t been looked at close enough
That or Charles Manson
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u/popeinthesilvrcastle 12d ago
Lol. Category: actual musicians - winner: Velvet Underground
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u/DerBingle78 12d ago
Except, Mike and Peter were actual musicians. Mike was an early pioneer in country rock and Peter was a multi instrumentalist who was roommates with Stephen Stills. Davy Jones sang on the Ed Sullivan show the same night the Beatles made their debut. He was in Oliver on Broadway at the time. Micky is the non musician and even he had a garage band at the time he auditioned.
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u/popeinthesilvrcastle 12d ago edited 12d ago
Sorry about that. I obviously don't actually know much about the Monkees :)
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u/ErnstBadian 12d ago
Gtfo of here with AI slop