Comments on: Cutouts Gone Wild!: New Monkees, “New Monkees” (1987)

By: nathansmart

nathansmart — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:11:50 +0000

Re-Up please!

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:11:38 +0000

Mmmmmm… Corn. (drool.)

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:11:38 +0000

Mmmmmm… Corn. (drool.)

By: steed

steed — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:12:39 +0000

Well now see, Marty missed the point – the point that Jeff opened up a new generation's ears to the New Monkees. I followed through on my comment and went and bought the record. New! mind you. Well, at least it was re-sealed. I mean I bought it at Dollar General in one of those revolving racks at the counter. The other side of the rack had a mess of Eddie Rabbitt cassettes and there were some of those mini fork like things you stick in the sides of corn on the cob so you don't burn yourself and I still chose the New Monkees instead. How many people would have chosen the New Monkess over Corn on the Cob forks? Boo-yah.

By: jefito

jefito — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:55:35 +0000

You don't own two houses in one of the nicer parts of L.A.

By: dslifton

dslifton — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:44:51 +0000

I am very pissed off at this. I've been calling Jeff a hack for years and haven't gotten as much as a sneer in return. I guess being a New Monkee has its rewards.

By: David_E

David_E — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:47:33 +0000

I'm assuming the “Hollywood food chain” you refer to is In-n-Out Burger.

By: Not Justin

Not Justin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:03:12 +0000

I don't remember what year the Monkees appeared on the scene (see jefito's terminology: old fart), but I do recall an almost visible tear in the fabric of music that year. Friends divided, those of us who listened to Hendrix and the likes would groan, leave the room, change stations on hearing their music. The Monkees, in my opinion, were the leading cause of the musical catastrophe that ensued: “Bubblegum music” was born. Worse yet, it stayed. Yes, I am aware of its popularity, that doesn't mean it was good or that I ever want to hear it again. What little I remember of the associated original TV Show was from nights babysitting my younger brother, whose musical taste had not yet evolved. The Monkees were not the worst, by any means, but … still… why repeat a less than great thing?
I don't really need to watch the “New” Monkees to know I would regret the wasted time. I'm sure I don't need to hear the music to know I don't really need it on my iPod – after all, I'd trust Jeff with my life why wouldn't I trust his review – a review I enjoyed reading, not really sure why Marty Ross didn't. You'd think that despite whatever MINOR facts were wrong or missing would still be worth having his name be seen, his music be heard? It's not like it was a personal slam, and hey, this is why they paid him those big bucks that got him those two fancy houses. Getting reviews, good and bad, goes with the territory. (and no, getting death threats should never go with any territory)
My suggestion to Marty Ross, if you're still following the fallout from your temper tantrum, invest some of that hard earned Hollywood money in some therapy.

By: JohnHughes

JohnHughes — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:22:25 +0000

I'm just disappointed in this post's Google Page Rank. I mean, Marty's obviously been obsessively Googling himself and it took him a year and a half to find this page.

Some search engine optimization is in order, methinks.

By: jasonhare

jasonhare — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:44:25 +0000

Wow, you own TWO houses? Shit, that validates everything!