Omg I’m 59 years old learning this was penned by Carol King. Love this Monkees song ❤
@ralphdesmond
5 ай бұрын
Taj Mahal also did a great cover !
@kellys1458
3 жыл бұрын
All of my favorite Monkees tunes are really Carole King tunes!
@fossie32
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@shadowlandstudios86
Жыл бұрын
You would probably be really surprised at how many of your favorite songs of the 60s in general, were written by other people than the groups who recorded them.
@genericgeorge
4 жыл бұрын
Micky's voice was tonally very similar to Carole's. Range-wise too. This is why Micky sang the lead on these Goffin/King songs
@jarrodbarkley9061
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting point!
@DougDreamCatcher
2 жыл бұрын
He interpreted all these songs very well!
@shadowlandstudios86
Жыл бұрын
He fit the Boyce & Hart tunes really well also. Of course Micky had one of the best voices of the 60s so that helped. 😉
@CharlesREllis-kd7xu
Жыл бұрын
He was the best singer!
@cards0486
8 жыл бұрын
It's so great to get to hear Carole sing these songs she wrote.
@fosbury68
2 жыл бұрын
She co-wrote. Carole wrote the melody. Gerry wrote the lyrics.
@rowbags3017
2 жыл бұрын
I loved the The Monkees' version when I was a kid, and have discovered Taj Mahal's since to appreciate it all over again - but, listening to Carole King's original, I can't but wish The Byrds had recorded it!
@ksharpe10
2 жыл бұрын
wow that woulda been awesome with the 12 string Rickenbacker !!!!
@genericgeorge
2 жыл бұрын
@@ksharpe10 It has a Feel A Whole Lot Better vibe to it
@maskedmarvyl4774
Жыл бұрын
You're right; the Byrds would have been great for this. It sounds like their style.
@nathanmoak1515
2 жыл бұрын
thr rock and roll hall of fame should hand out carol king awards - if they can find anyone on this planet! don't hold your breathe.
@Merylstreep1949
Жыл бұрын
One of favorite monkees songs! Proof that Carole had a big hand in their success
@zerofox1551
8 ай бұрын
Ever heard Taj Mahal's version?
@steveluera2109
5 ай бұрын
Just heard the Taj Mahal version tonight at his concert. Steel guitar and steel drums. Monkees' version is great too.
@brianphoenix1975
4 жыл бұрын
I love Taj Mahal's Blues version best. In fact... for years I thought he wrote the song.
@l.sylvester5871
3 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@jameswagstaff7180
3 жыл бұрын
Still the best version recorded to date. Much as I love both Carole King and The Monkees.
@frogman8591
3 жыл бұрын
ME TOO !
@zdravko4428
2 жыл бұрын
Me too bro!
@teresakretchmer3949
Жыл бұрын
his version is so different, I consider him to have "re-created" the song. Far and away the best version - the emphasis on the phrase "Morning smiled" !
@wizardglick1
5 жыл бұрын
Everytime I hear one of these demo's I realize how super talented Mickey Dolenz is. No offence to Goffin/King, they were amazing song writers.
@trfesok
2 ай бұрын
In my Monkees playlist with their cover. Thanks for the upload!
@phillyradiogeek
5 жыл бұрын
King's demo has a nice country-western sound to it. Interesting how producers can hear a song and interpret it a different way. Very cool!
@___---__
3 жыл бұрын
I first heard this song in 1970, in the 1969 Taj Mahal album of the same name. I thought it was his song, and I thought it was a masterpiece. Somehow, I missed the Monkees version entirely until a few years ago. Their fanatic followers (fans) will hear none of the Taj-is-better-than-Monkees talk. I confess a good amount of respect for the group and individual members. Pleasant Valley Sunday, another Carole King tune, was one of many protest songs they sneaked by Screen Gems when they rebelled against creative control of the songs they produced. Carole King has written songs that define the times in which she lived. She should receive the Nobel prizes for Music and Peace.
@alanwatson1687
2 жыл бұрын
Taj first recorded this with the Rising Sons on their unreleased classic album also featuring Ry Cooder
@thechazdarby
Жыл бұрын
It's interesting to think about this song in a totally different perspective. One of my favorite songs ever...Do you suppose it's about trying to pull someone out of a horrible grip of anxiety? I think I just moved on to a new level of love for this song.
@sherilewis4345
Жыл бұрын
What a priceless songwriter!!❤❤❤
@harmonichebe
Жыл бұрын
so right are you!!! incredible amount of songs for which she is responsible. Be Blessed
@magneto7930
4 жыл бұрын
Her voice is so sweet! Micky Dolenz certainly was a great vocalist and did an incredible job interpreting her songs. But it's nice to hear the footnotes from the composer.
@edwardweiser2339
Жыл бұрын
Love Her version of sometime in morning
@davidevans3175
6 жыл бұрын
In case anyone is curious, all these Carole King demos are just that - demos. Publishers would cut simple versions of songs written by their writers (and sometimes sung and played by the writer is he or she could sing or play) with basic instrumentation by studio musicians, to play for producers, record companies and artists, in order to get the songs professionally recorded by major artists. They were never meant for public ears. They were done very inexpensively, sometimes 5 or 10 cut in a day. They just had to be good enough to showcase the song, that's it. Personally I love them, but don't think these were ever meant as final fully produced tracks.
@Mynamesalexa
5 жыл бұрын
This sounds like its been tracked and produced to me. Beatle demos were started sounding like one song and winded up sounding entirely different.
@ginafarrugia7053
4 жыл бұрын
I was just reading in Carole King's autobiography about how they would add bgv by playing the scratch vocals while recording the vocal harmony - she remarked that they could stack up to 4 extra vocal harmonies before the scratchy sound was unbearable. Apparently, what most think is a snare roll at the beginning of Little Eva's Locomotion is actually just a whole lot of static that came out of recording the vox harmonies.
@subg8858
4 жыл бұрын
It was tracked but its still a demo. King never had any intention to make studio recordings of her own until she was convinced to make Tapestry
@mosheparanov
3 жыл бұрын
@@ginafarrugia7053 there's 6 distinct snare hits (fast-ish, but nothing that sounds like a roll) in the beginning of that recording you must be referring to... something's off with the details of what you're relating here
@lewstone1934
6 жыл бұрын
the 1960s... unlimited musical creativity
@stormcloudsabound
3 жыл бұрын
you misspelled "drugs"!
@steve_bal4
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, I really dig this version of the song; strong vocals and and that jangly, driving guitar.
@joeljohnson8214
5 жыл бұрын
A hit is a hit. Bow to the Queen King.
@rainstein3680
9 ай бұрын
This is a great tune, no doubt about it!!! I love this version by Carole, who wrote it, but I adore The Monkees version!!! RIP DAVY, MIKE AND PETER
@geraldboettcher8011
6 жыл бұрын
Such a talented girl. She deserves more credit for all the great songs she written. They should make a movie on her life. Love you Carole!
@georgeorr1042
5 жыл бұрын
Gerald Boettcher Well they have Broadway show about her. That’s a start. www.broadway.com/shows/beautiful-carole-king-musical/
@sportsmediaamerica
Жыл бұрын
They made a Broadway show about Carole and her songs.
@puldspulds5798
Жыл бұрын
The movie is being done right now!
@moonbeanification
9 жыл бұрын
"It's time you learned to live again at last.."
@budostrom4965
2 жыл бұрын
Omygod THIS is fantastic! Just great. Brought here (unbelievably) by Nina Hagen who covered this in English, and German. Now I know why she recorded this also! Nina also recorded "I'm a believer" by the Monkees! Who woulda thought?! This track is tops! I was like, it sounds like rockabilly!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
@TiaMargarita
5 жыл бұрын
Nice! The Monkees often gave kudos to Carole King among others. Micky Dolenz recorded his album, King For a Day, a nice tribute. It is out of print as far as I know and the price is a little too steep. I hope for a new release since the sales of Monkees albums have increased over 1,700%. Yes, that’s right. Peter Tork’s death last month caused the spike. Rest peacefully Peter and David, The Musician’s Musician and The Manchester Cowboy. Carry the fire, Michael and Micky...
@jordyn_gc1788
2 жыл бұрын
Carole really is a fkin legend
@AdlaiAlexander
3 жыл бұрын
Great song. Monkees version was underrated!
@ksharpe10
6 жыл бұрын
I like this alot. Real country style song. Bet Micheal Nesmith Likes this version. He did several similar style songs Wrote and sang by him on Monkees albums.
@karenvrooman2077
Жыл бұрын
WOW! Awesome!💕💕💕💕💕
@sethbank6425
7 күн бұрын
Awesome!
@LoveAndPeaceOccurs
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't know till now shy wrote it ...I've always Loved this song ... the Monkee's really owned it.
@mauschoettle6373
2 жыл бұрын
Taj Mahal rocks this tune to another universe.
@walkerandwilliam
6 жыл бұрын
Monkees version really brings out the inherent psychedelics in this song.Far better with its odd sounding instrumentation.This ain't bad though just not realised yet.
@harryhackney6416
2 жыл бұрын
THIS SONG SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DOUBLE A SIDE FOR THE MONKEES LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE BEING THE ORIGINAL A SIDE. I TENDED TO PLAY THE B SIDE MORE AS WITH MANY OF THEIR SONGS. MOST GROUPS OF THE TIME TENDED TO DO A SIDE ONLY AND SOME JUST PUT ANY OLD SHIT ON THE B SIDE NOT MANY PEOPLE USED TO LISTEN TO THE B SIDE FOR THAT REASON. YET WITH THE MONKEES THEY PUT TWO GREAT SONGS ON ONE SINGLE. IF THEY HAD BOUGHT THIS SONG OUT AS THE A SIDE ON ANOTHER RELEASE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TWO HITS TO THEIR CREDIT. SAME AS ALL OF THEIR SINGLES ALL OF THEM HAD A DECENT B SIDE. I USED TO HAVE EVERYTHING BY THE MONKEES EVEN THEIR SOLO SINGLES THEIR SHIRTS MONTHLY MAGAZINES. MUST ADMIT THOUGH I WAS NOT A LOVER OF THEIR TV SHOWS I THOUGHT IT MADE THEM LOOK LIKE SOME KIND OF STUPID SLAPSTICK COMEDY BUT IN A YANKEE WAY. PERHAPS SCREEN GEMS WERE TO BLAME FOR THOSE SHOWS. ONLY REASON I WATCHED THEM WAS BECAUSE THEY PLAYED AT LEAST THREE TRACKS OF THEIR MUSIC MAINLY FROM THEIR ALBUMS WHICH I HAD EVERYONE OF UP UNTIL THEY CAME OUT WITH HEAD. AND THE FILM PUT THE LID ON IT FOR ME. STILL HAVE LOADS OF THEIR MUSIC FROM UTUBE. LOOKS LIKE IM GOING HAVE TO DO A LIBRARY OF MIKES SINGING ONLY. HE WAS THE MOST TALENTED SINGER OUT OF THEM ALL AND PETER TORK WAS A MULTI TALENTED MUSICIAN. MICKY SAID HE HAD NEVER HELD A DRUMSTICK LET ALONE PLAY THE DRUMS. DAVY WAS ALWAYS MADE OUT TO BE THE HEARTTHROB OF THE GROUP. I HAD NO IDEA THAT MIKE HAD PASSED AWAY UNTIL TODAY DECEMBER 10th NOTHING BEEN ON THE NEWS ABOUT IT FAR AS I KNOW I DONT HAVE TV ON THAT MUCH. PUT IT ON EARLY ON TO SORT MY UTUBE WATCH LATER VIDEOS OUT AND THE PASSING OF MIKE WAS THE FIRST THING I SAW AND THE FIRST I HAD HEARD ABOUT IT. UTUBE SHOULD DO A TRIBUTE TO THE GUY AND HIS MUSIC R.I. P MIKE 🎸🪕♥️
@rudispruell883
7 ай бұрын
I just can't love this enough. I'm sorry. I'm trying. But it's just too damned good!
@psychedelicjim7093
6 жыл бұрын
Fountain Of Youth did a great properly psychedelic version in the 1960's .Like this version and the Monkees too great song.
@rainfallenonmyshoes8471
8 ай бұрын
I absolutely love this !! Thank you for posting !
@soylentteal
6 жыл бұрын
I like it, but just not the same without the "giant step" drums in the middle. I liked her demo of "Pleasant Valley Sunday" even more. She also did one for "So Goes Love," which was released on Missing Links, Volume 2.
@groovygirl23
9 жыл бұрын
Love this.
@susandicasoli411
6 ай бұрын
From Susan DiCasoli It sounds like Carole King at one time, before her Tapestry album, she was tring to sing Country Music. She is putting on a false Southern accent in this song. She is originally from Brooklyn NY.😮 and not from Tennessee!
@_Peremalfait
4 ай бұрын
I like Carol's demo in it's simplicity better than the Monkees' version. It would be interesting to know who played guitar on the demo.
@prettyshinyspaghetti8332
3 жыл бұрын
Kinda reminds me of The Beatles' "You Like Me Too Much"
@gymnastix
3 жыл бұрын
Apt analogy.
@richardhoff1626
10 ай бұрын
I love it!!
@sheldonbermont9373
2 жыл бұрын
Taj Mahal has the absolute knockout version
@daisywrabbit
6 ай бұрын
💕💚
@bgierat
5 жыл бұрын
Love this!
@felipeantunes4485
5 жыл бұрын
The Duet Carole King & Paula Fernandes !!!!!!!!!!!
@redline296
9 ай бұрын
Yep. She was short changed
@josephcostello695
5 жыл бұрын
Sounds country. Not bad for a woman from Brooklyn ny
@shartlover420
5 жыл бұрын
love these harmonies. just simple and fantastic song composition. the guitar solo is a little cheesy, and the track is a little rough around the edges, but it is so damn good.
@magneto7930
4 жыл бұрын
Considering the fact that it's just at the demo stage, I think it sounds very good, mostly because of her sweet voice.
@Pimp-Master
2 жыл бұрын
the guitar solo was probably done in one take as there wasn’t much money for really good players doing demos.
@cucumber9864
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome songwriter. Monkees made this song great.
@kbeyer235
8 жыл бұрын
if you like this you may like the Taj Mahal version from his LP of the same name.
@TurnerLaraine
5 жыл бұрын
Is Taj Mahal a group--or one performer? The name definitely sounds Indian of course--which makes sense, because in the Monkees version I could hear sitar and Indian influence. I like the Monkees version better.
@noahchute9445
5 жыл бұрын
I adore the Taj version-has been a big song in my life for a long time. Gets me every time
@bcaye
4 жыл бұрын
To me that's the best version. It changes when he slows it down and blues it up. Great song, all these are great, I just like Taj best.
@bcaye
4 жыл бұрын
@@TurnerLaraine, he's an American blues musician from Harlem in NYC. Fantastic musician and writer, but he would cover any song that he liked and make it his own way. I think he is around 80 now. Got to see him live at the NOLA Jazz Festival in '06.
@acmacane8277
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@mirandaspencer6097
8 ай бұрын
This version is almost country!
@sylvesterbestertester1013
5 жыл бұрын
This sounds great. How can it not with Carol King singing it. But, I'm very bias, i love Mickeys version better.
@tomthetank924
9 жыл бұрын
thanks
@bgierat
2 жыл бұрын
Another classic Carole King tune! I thought Nesmith wrote this….
@baseboy1241
7 жыл бұрын
Great songwriter.
@DrBill-de5nc
6 жыл бұрын
Taj Mahal's version, picking up all the cadence and rhythm to it is the most inspired and moving.
@67Stu
8 жыл бұрын
Great!
@robertommundsen9155
3 жыл бұрын
Monkees version reminds me of byrds.covering carole king
@robin2012ism
8 жыл бұрын
Wow. Never knew.
@DennisMarkum
4 ай бұрын
Taj Mahal does the best verson by far
@flamencobob
9 жыл бұрын
Taj Mahal did a great slow version of this.
@mtntime1
8 жыл бұрын
+Bob Leslie First of, I LOVE Carole King. But with this song, I'll take the Mickey Dolenz/Monkees version any time. That goes for Pleasant Valley Sunday, too.
@mafru2
8 жыл бұрын
+mtntime1 and hence the demo is just a demo and is unreleased.until the fans find them. :) That said, her demo version of "So Goes Love" is the definitive version and no band bettered it, ever.
@bernardelias976
8 жыл бұрын
+Bob Leslie Agreed!
@icallmybabystp
7 жыл бұрын
He also did an upbeat, rock 'n roll version with The Rising Sons. Including Ry Cooder on guitar. For me, The Rising Sons version is the definitive one.
@___---__
6 жыл бұрын
Taj Mahal stripped away the campy, formula pop sound and revealed the soul of Carole's song. It is timeless.
@mikem3779
Жыл бұрын
This is a really good song and good performance, but there's something about The Monkees' version that is simply magical.
@lololomo5484
4 жыл бұрын
The Monkee handlers gave this song to Mike Nesmith, because a youthful New York genius named Carole King had written it and had herself recorded it to be sung and played with a bit a of a southern twang. Great Carole King composition. There were so many others.
@Mynamesalexa
3 жыл бұрын
I liked the Turtles version of her So Goes Love.
@shanearmstrong9400
Жыл бұрын
Carol carol carol that’s all I hear there Goffin king songs Gerry gets no credit Carol is singing Gerry’s lyrics a man who wrote the lyrics to you make me feel like a natural woman deserves credit how about it
@mafru2
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣 Chill out, Gerry gets a lot of credit. I list all of my stuff by the artist singing.
@mafru2
Жыл бұрын
And... it's Carole 😁
@puldspulds5798
Жыл бұрын
Honestly nobody gives goffin more credit over the past 50 years then king!
@NoName-zm1ks
3 жыл бұрын
As great as Dolenz was as one of the Monkees lead singers (Jones the other) I like her version better-it is as if she was meant to sing it, just MHO.
@joepalooka2145
5 жыл бұрын
Taj Mahal does the definitive version.
@jefemt4645
4 жыл бұрын
Ab so rut er eeee
@thewkovacs316
Жыл бұрын
has a bit of a country twang
@doorswhofan
3 жыл бұрын
Some of these demos were as good, or even better in some respects, than the finished tracks. Pete Townshend was another artist whose demos often assumed the same quality level.
@guitariswin5511
8 жыл бұрын
I always thought this was a TAJ original...
@kwaynefields
4 жыл бұрын
monkees. astonishing that taj really heard it. a carol king song.
@georgebethos7890
4 жыл бұрын
This is great where did it come from?
@liontone
7 жыл бұрын
I like the tempo and general arrangement of this better than the Monkees. Dolenz is a better singer though.
@NilezII
Жыл бұрын
sounds very countryish.
@beatcomber
8 жыл бұрын
Similar to the version by the Rockin' Berries.
@maskedmarvyl4774
Жыл бұрын
This almost has a folk/Western feel to it....
@stevebarden6410
2 жыл бұрын
Better than the monkees!!!!!
@berkshireboy62
9 жыл бұрын
kootch
@jameskennedy721
2 жыл бұрын
Recorded by the Monkees , the best version is by Taj Mahal .
@harmonichebe
Жыл бұрын
taj did a fantastic job with this number. saw him a bunch at the ash grove,RIP, on melrose west of crescent heights in LA.
@jameskennedy721
Жыл бұрын
@@harmonichebe The guy was a walking encyclepedia of American folk and blues roots . I got to see him live too . The audience loved him .
@Timlinthomasp
8 жыл бұрын
I like this version way better than the Monkees with that weird style and tempo sound in it. This sounds like the song was meant to be done.
@msoileau83
7 жыл бұрын
Boyce and Hart decided to try to make a "psychedelic" version which meant, for some reason, adding oboes. Peter Tork has voiced his displeasure at the Monkees version and has released a differently arranged solo version as well as performed it live.
@user-mj8nf2vp7q
7 жыл бұрын
Nice, but prefer the Monkees version.
@mafru2
7 жыл бұрын
I don't really see it as a comparison. This version was the model for the one that finally got released, never meant to be heard by the public. It's only posted here because its extremely rare and not otherwise available. That said, this one has its charms. It's also interesting because the Monkees pretty much stuck to the script on this one where other tunes (i.e. Pleasant Valley Sunday) changed once they got officially recorded.
@jaygordon9921
7 жыл бұрын
Add in the hands of The Wrecking Crew + quality stacking, and viola!
@BlanketMan
7 жыл бұрын
+Jay Gordon Micky's vocals deserve a little credit, no? Prefab or not, the guy could flat out sing. Still can.
@jaygordon9921
7 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah. Dolenz has a great voice. Drop it on top of Carole King's backup vocals and what we have is a great song.
@aaronsmith5433
5 жыл бұрын
@@jaygordon9921 any version at all is more meaningful & fun than 21st century corposlosh.
@gregoryeatroff8608
8 жыл бұрын
Hmmm.... much more country-rock than the Monkees version. Not really to my taste, but interesting.
@bgbstrm2352
2 жыл бұрын
Thx for uploading all those amazing demos etc!!! 💯🎵🎶 Did Carole and Micky/the Monkees record anything together?
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