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Auburn Annie · 01-13-2011, 05:25 PM

other than the Gord paragraph that was an exercise in wasting space; personally I enjoy going back over the music of (ye gads) 40 years ago - though I draw the line at bubblegum music. Anyone ever see the special (Ovation maybe? Biography?) on The Monkees? Stream-of-consciousness here, bubblegum music (the Archies) leading to The Monkees - same producer, Don Kirschner. I liked the Monkees, including the post-Kirschner records. Still a little smoldering resentment on DK's part if the show was anything to go by (sort of "I made them, they were nothing before or after me, blah blah blah" stuff. MY hand was itching to smack him one through the screen, can't imagine working with an ego that sucked the oxygen out of every room he was in.

I think the Cat Stevens reference was more to the general style of music than any direct comparison with Gord.

01-13-2011, 05:25 PM	#4
Auburn Annie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 3,101	Re: Memories of Lightfoot-San Diego Reader other than the Gord paragraph that was an exercise in wasting space; personally I enjoy going back over the music of (ye gads) 40 years ago - though I draw the line at bubblegum music. Anyone ever see the special (Ovation maybe? Biography?) on The Monkees? Stream-of-consciousness here, bubblegum music (the Archies) leading to The Monkees - same producer, Don Kirschner. I liked the Monkees, including the post-Kirschner records. Still a little smoldering resentment on DK's part if the show was anything to go by (sort of "I made them, they were nothing before or after me, blah blah blah" stuff. MY hand was itching to smack him one through the screen, can't imagine working with an ego that sucked the oxygen out of every room he was in. I think the Cat Stevens reference was more to the general style of music than any direct comparison with Gord.