Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Davey Jones never stole my heart

 
30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012

Never got into The Monkees, wasn't a member of the Davey Jones fan club, but they were iconic of the times: find a market, make a product, package it and sell.  I always thought of them as a pretend band meant to appeal to children pretending to be rock n' roll teens.  Good marketing, clean family appeal.  And Davy always seemed like a nice, nice guy, very conscious of the impact he could have on his fans.



By the time they came along, young as I was I had already been listening to this guy, thanks to my very cool big brother:



Sorry, Davey.  I went with the bad boy.  Sleep easy, though.

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