to those who will try to correct me on The Line: see the first line of the description. what’s your favorite monkees one-liner? comment below!
@tudormiller887
3 ай бұрын
Just like ABBA I never understood why The Monkees were such a big deal. Happy100th Vinyl Monday episode Abby. 🎉
@paullynn473
3 ай бұрын
Chemistry it's all about the chemistry But I failed chemistry
@alanclayton9277
3 ай бұрын
well it's not by them but it's on their 45, 'then i saw her face, now i'm a believer': the thing about the tv monkees is that they convince you about value of pop (sez he who sometimes belts out yummy yummy yummy i've got love in my tummy).
@AshleyReynolds-vc6ly
3 ай бұрын
Mountain sides put arms around the unsuspecting city.... or... I'm either feeling very good or else I am insane
@johnbyrnes7912
3 ай бұрын
@@alanclayton9277God I hated that song. As I remember it came out in 69 by the Ohio Fruitgum Express or something like that and went to #1 ! but at the same time the classic " Yesterday When I Was Young " failed sneaking in only for a week or two into the top forty just ! We all remarked on that incredulously. Nobody plays Yummy Yummy .... Anymore. Thank God ! 🤡
@davidellis5141
3 ай бұрын
Peter Tork was my social studies teacher in 10th grade. Occasionally on Fridays we would have Monkees Q&A's !
@romelovesdan
3 ай бұрын
As a kid I often thought about how cool that would have been a player on the school Baseball team he coached. Those bus rides to game (and your classes) would have been interesting.
@abigaildevoe
3 ай бұрын
omg no way you went to one of the schools he taught at?!
@robgronotte1
3 ай бұрын
What year was that?
@davidellis5141
3 ай бұрын
@abigaildevoe Yes & he was a good teacher. Not particularly friendly but very intelligent & very straightforward. He didn't like Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf thought it was contrived. Liked The Doors Riders On The Storm. He was really thin at the time. Driving an older & decidedly not flash car ( Datsun ) & definitely not fiscally flush. ✌️
@davidellis5141
3 ай бұрын
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@stevestarr9769
3 ай бұрын
Critics: "Magical Mystery Tour is an outright disaster for the Beatles. For the first time, the boys have failed." The Monkees: "Hold my beer."
@frankperry1111
2 ай бұрын
Most people do not have a clue but Magical Mystery Tour is a classic. There is a tent show in the movie where a band from England appears and sings their own composition, Death Cab For Cutie. The Bonzo Dog Band members were pissed off when the Magical Mystery Tour album came out that their song was not on the album as a guest band of The Beatles. I agree that their song should have been included on the album. Watch Magical Mystery Tour again, The Bonzo Dog Band in the tent show has a stripper performing during their song.
@DavidDykes-dm9lc
2 ай бұрын
Abigail, bless you and thank you for this!!!
@DavidDykes-dm9lc
2 ай бұрын
Hi, it's me again! I love how you get Mike, some of the funniest scenes in the show are when Mike's in the background or off to the side doing the funniest Shiite without saying a word!! RIP Wool Hat❤
@DavidDykes-dm9lc
2 ай бұрын
Didja see Dennis Hopper in the background at around 53:00?😮
@buserror1
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for doing this... more importantly, for being able to understand by context just how criminally misunderstood and thus underappreciated the band was. I would not call Head "plotless", however. I would argue that "Head" was the band's very public, and very intentional suicide attempt; A suicide on every conceivable level, as well as a surprisingly clever way of saying goodbye to their fans, goodbye to their own ordeal(s), and goodbye to their ambitions on becoming respected as a "real group", all at the same time. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.. The film literally begins with and ends on this motif, and is filled with all sorts of variations of an impossible-to-achieve death in the interim. Death by jumping off a bridge wont kill them. Death by arrows wont kill them. Death by drowning wont kill them. Death by war wont kill them. Death by thirst wont kill them. Death by boxing. Death by gas. Death via being strapped to a factory conveyor belt. Death by dismemberment at the hands of mindless fans. The death of a child's belief in his father. The death of fun at Mike's birthday party. The death of the illusion. Even _ego death_ , for Pete's sake....yet, nothing seems to kill them. They wanted to thoroughly kill their facade for good, kill any hopes of remaining "cool", kill any possibility of continuing...and do so in every comically morbid but nonetheless entertaining way possible, but they knew they couldn't, which leaves them in a completely intractable position. _That position_ is "the box". Yes, its complicated, but it's beautiful for what it leaves the viewer with.....an odd sense of culpability for the band's demise. You get the feeling that as a fan, you contributed to the problem; that you asked too much of them, perhaps at the expense of more important things...and this is the real price of what you wanted from them. Remember the opening song about the beginning being the end? The money's in, we're made of tin, we're here to give you more? You want more? Ok, this is what "more" looks like. This is what "more" is going to cost you. If you don't believe me, just watch the final scene -- Right after they jump off the bridge, just when you think they've been liberated from the box, and finally free, the viewer discovers they're just inside another box again, carted away by VIctor Mature's character--the embodiment of Hollywood. They know they're never going to be able to achieve that "on-every-level" suicide. They'll always be "in the box", whether they like it or not. Their position is so intractable that they can't even suicide their way out of it... and that's the plot/theme I think you missed. (Don't feel bad for missing this, btw---I completely missed it too at first. It took me 2 or 3 times of watching this film before it clicked.) Beyond that, it's a truly beautiful piece of 60's zeitgeist in its own right, as confusing and overwhelming as the times themselves were. Few films capture that time like "Head" does. It still has an innocence to it, something that still resonates 50+ years later. And you're spot-on by realizing how beautifully filmed and thoughtfully edited it was. It's a master-work. One you understand the "let's attempt suicide on every level" plot of Head, everything else falls into place, and the film begins to makes sense. You realize the execution montage at the outset was meant to physically repulse any excited-to-see-the-Monkees audience members, and the "Gimmie A 'W'!!!" Gimmie an 'A'! !! Gimmie an 'R'!!!! scene was intentionally designed to make them as suddenly and as wildly unhip and unpopular to younger audiences as fast as possible, right out of the gate. The linebacker in the trench is America's brainless "win at all costs" Vietnam-era self image. Victor Mature is the embodiment of the Hollywood machine, the Goliath to the David the Monkees represented... The "porpoise is waiting" refers to the myth that porpoises are supposed to save humans from their deaths. This movie is hidden with little easter eggs (did you notice the flame change color as Peter spoke in the box?) ...Maybe watch it again, this time knowing the people you're watching were, by that point, sick of being the cartoon characters they became, sick of the requirements of fame, sick of being forced to live an illusion bordering on a lie..and so sick of it that they did everything in their power in one fell swoop to divorce themselves of it, once and for all....once you grasp that, you realize that you really can't blame them for choosing this sort of multi-lateral suicide. They understood the futility of it. They knew they were, and forever would be The Monkees in the public's eye, the big inescapable black box we all put them in. Just as the movie itself says in the factory scene, _".....A new world, who's only preoccupation will be how to amuse itself...The tragedy of your times, my young friends, is that you may get exactly what you want."_ "Head" is in every way a brilliant film, and just as criminally underrated as the band itself was. It's almost as if they knew even this film would fall along similar lines... that the film, itself, would be a failed attempt at suicide, and something that would remain largely misunderstood and under-appreciated. They gave us exactly what we wanted. BTW--Keep up the excellent work...but you really should cover a Devo album or two. Talk about underrated/under appreciated..
@LisaBarstowMusek
3 ай бұрын
Pow... Bullseye 🎯
@sugadelicsavagesoul8623
3 ай бұрын
BOOM!!! Bingo!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🎉
@nikk1138
3 ай бұрын
Fantastic summary. Spot on! And I concur 100% about Devo.
@happylikeanoldtimemovie
3 ай бұрын
Can you please post this on a blog or something so I can easily share it and go back and reread it? I think there are lots of easter eggs too. Every time I watch it I notice something new and that's one of the reasons it's one of my favorite films. Would you like to share any you noticed? Expanding on the death theme there is the girl threatening to jump and Mike and Micky are just cynically betting on it, death isn't real to them and really nothing is in their Hollywood bubble. There is also just a lot of things in the movie that refer to their experiences, some they put in consciously and some are either subconious or my brain is just pattern seeking 😂 An example of what I mean is the scene where Mike and Micky have Davy walk off the set and that's what happened on the first day of filming, those 3 were striking and only Peter showed up. So either that was put in later to dig at them or to suit my theory: maybe attitudes, opinions, feelings, experiences that they were having seeped into their surreal dream like plot. There are just a lot of things where you could say oh this could represent this thing from their past or even their future, like the film, it's not really linear past present future it's more of a loop. Wibbly wobbly timey wimey 😂
@buserror1
3 ай бұрын
Btw, why they called it "Head".... likely because the first frame of a film reel stock says "HEAD", followed by the radial line sweep number count down before the start of the film. The use this frame in the film itself, so..
@alanclayton9277
3 ай бұрын
quite simply the BEST B-ROLL footage in VINYL MONDAY HISTORY. i always knew b-roll abby was a star
@Rhubba
3 ай бұрын
Abby got to play both Mike and Peter in this.
@alanclayton9277
3 ай бұрын
@@Rhubba she's a better actor than both
@arzabael
3 ай бұрын
Abby Roll
@abigaildevoe
3 ай бұрын
@@Rhubba and micky, he was the one tying the sheets in the scene from the show!
@buserror1
3 ай бұрын
@@abigaildevoe B-Roll Abby needs her own episode where she fails to even scratch the surface of the meaning of what's being reviewed, and you argue with her. You have an alarmingly razor-sharp skill and talent for artistic criticism for someone your age.. to contrast that talent with a terrible review would be hilarious. :) Or, perhaps do something like, "Wait, soooo, you're saying...that.......Dark Side Of The Moon wasn't ...about...the moon???!?" ...Make it a reoccuring thing to have her go into a catatonic 300-yard stare as her brain quietly explodes as the epiphany sits in. :)
@pigguy
3 ай бұрын
Head is in my top 10 movies, and I love showing it to people who just expect teenybopper fluff. Blown a few minds and made some life long Monkees fans!
@josemaria8177
3 ай бұрын
About time the Monkees got their recognition as the zany stars they deserve. What a way to celebrate 100 episodes. Here's to 100 more!
@myradioon
3 ай бұрын
You mean finally get their recognition as Serious Avant-garde Artists. They're well known for being 'Zany' ;)
@monaural2.988
3 ай бұрын
I don’t give a damn what the so-called “serious Rock” crowd ever had to say on the matter. Those first four Colgems albums are Classics. As for “Head”, don’t listen to the clueless crowd that whines that the film is “about nothing”. Look at the scenes between the lines, you’ll find one of the greatest slams of fame and what it does to people that you’ll ever find.
@chrismcgovern1647
3 ай бұрын
The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees is a classic too 😀
@kz.m4251
3 ай бұрын
Yea, what he said.
@robertwilloughby8050
3 ай бұрын
It's not about "nothing" it's about looking but not finding. And remembering what you didn't find.
@brianinglis3805
2 ай бұрын
The first 6 Monkees albums are great, including Head. The actual songs on Head are fantastic. The last 3 Monkees albums without Peter (& eventually Michael) are completely forgettable.
@AshleyReynolds-vc6ly
3 ай бұрын
This is your best episode yet. Brilliant. Bonzer. Fantastic. Awesome. Wonderful. Amazing. And good. The lyrics of Porpoise Song are not meaningless, not by a long shot. It is a cleverly enigmatic commentary on life as a product of your environment and how hard it is to break away from it. A couple of lines are often misunderstood: 'riding the backs of giraffes for laughs' is a reference to Micky Dolenz in his early TV series 'Circus Boy'. And the line 'clicks clacks' is NOT clicks, clacks, it is actually 'cliques, claques'. Every lyric site gets that wrong because every lyric site copies from one another so errors are perpetuated. Porpoise Song is a majestic track that deserves more recognition - the single version is even better because the album cuts out the final 'sting' at the end. 'Head' the movie is about The Monkees trying to break free from their image and everything they do brings them right back to where they started. Even suicide is no escape. 'Head' the album functions as a movie soundtrack, but also stands alone as an album that can take you wherever your imagination and cerebral and/or emotional response to the music leads you. There are many gems in The Monkees catalogue. Thank you Abby for this milestone, your stuff is always good but with this episode you ascended to unprecedented heights.
@sugadelicsavagesoul8623
3 ай бұрын
So from my understanding the original album only had the 2:00 Porpoise Song version, and then in the 80's with their comeback and all their catalog was reissued and in demand, they revamped the HEAD album to feature the longer 4:00 single version of Porpoise Song, which of course makes the album a couple minutes longer. When I was getting into the Monkees during this time as a young kid I purchased the Head soundtrack on cassette tape, and it was the longer version. That is how I grew up with this album. Then later, when I got into vinyl, I specifically ordered (off Discogs) the vinyl version with the longer Porpoise Song, which I believe is the only way to listen to this album, as streaming services and newer vinyl reissues reverted back to the short version, unfortunately. To make things worse, the Spotify version of the album is so edited, changed and dissected it's irritating. Anyways, the whole affair is off-putting because this is one of my favorite Monkees albums and 60's albums ever.
@AshleyReynolds-vc6ly
3 ай бұрын
@@sugadelicsavagesoul8623 Streaming sucks.
@smaz9
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for 100 episodes of your... Knowledge of classic rock Incredible fashion sense Countless MC5 callbacks (And Eric Clapton ones, too) Ability to shine a light on underrated artists/albums Delightful sense of humor I could go on forever, but I think I'll stop it at there. Keep kicking out those jams, Abby ❤
@alvinhayden8358
3 ай бұрын
"The Porpoise Song" is my favorite Monkees song. I wish it got more recognition along with their other more well-known hits.
@buserror1
3 ай бұрын
Mine too.. I love this song. Once I sat down and looked at the lyrics, and understood the deeper meaning of it, I loved it even more.. Its a bittersweet song about the band just giving up, and giving out... It's sad, but honestly really beautiful at the same time.
@J.R.Psych74
3 ай бұрын
Vhat a great song, written by Carol King..
@NewFalconerRecords
2 ай бұрын
My fave as well. So beautiful.
@keithmichael112
2 ай бұрын
It is the best one
@PartTimeBuddhist
3 ай бұрын
The nuttiest thing of all is how the "sequels" to Head ended up being - in a way - Easy Rider and Five Easy Pieces!
@kobcritic624
3 ай бұрын
I like that B-Roll Abby is slowly becoming a separate character from the main Abby
@abigaildevoe
3 ай бұрын
she has been since the sgt pepper's episode like 2 years ago!
@creeder44
3 ай бұрын
@@abigaildevoe I love B-Roll Abby, but hearing her speak was startling, like Charlie Chaplin speaking for the first time in "Modern Times." I was thinking of her as kind of a blend of Carol Merrill and Harpo.
@CandyManSC
3 ай бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this!!! PLEASE do Elephant Parts next, it’s the crown jewel of the (Grammy-winning) Mike Nesmith cinematic universe! (you can just hold up the laserdisc and pretend it’s a vinyl record, no one will be able to tell!)
@coldcreamkitty
3 ай бұрын
I think B roll Abby needs her own series - a spin off 😂
@myradioon
3 ай бұрын
Now you're talkin'!!! If Taylor Swift suddenly became politically outspoken, really, really Darkly Humorous, Intellectual, and a serious ARTIST, ergo fully FREAKING OUT her established tween audience = what the Monkees did with this amazing movie. It made the whole 'Arc' of their career into a Performance Art statement. One of the best Movies ever made.
@tenceknight5165
3 ай бұрын
LETS GO SHE DID A MONKEES ONE AT 100 🎉🎉🎉🎉
@williamlangan5902
3 ай бұрын
I hope you enjoyed making this episode as much as we enjoyed watching it, Abigail! I think Micky summed it up just before a watching he was present at. “If you have any idea what it’s about, please tell me!” He said the same thing about 33 & 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee. I had an idea an episode like this was coming. After all, you hear Circle Sky in between scene switches in your episodes. RIP, Davy Jones, Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith. I’ll see all of you in the great Circle Sky! PS Ok, true fact. I went nuts trying to find out about the ending theme. It was beautiful! I know, none of the Monkees performed on it. It sounded like something Mozart might’ve composed. But he didn’t, Ken Thorne did. Is it my favorite song from it? No, like you, Circle Sky and The Porpoise Song are mine. Favorite scenes (I think I’ll pick a favorite from each Monkee): The Coke machine. Very Micky. His frustration is something we can all relate to. The price of a Coke for a machine now in 2024- let’s just not go there, please! Daddy’s Song. Always great seeing Davy burst into song and dance. He and Toni tear the rug lovingly! “I’m always the dummy!”- No doubt Peter resented playing that “dummy.” It was not him! He resents having to clobber the surly waitress, I mean waiter in drag, too! Odd? Even!- I was going to choose Mike’s birthday party but that’s too cynical. This on the other hand shows Mike trying to be romantic. I had heard he asked the kisser out in some takes and she said “Are you kidding?” So there you have it- an intriguing mess! It could’ve made 3-10 episodes of their show but that would’ve required more padding out than there already was! And how can we forget that donkey summing it up much like the one who spoke to Balaam? In comparison, the Monkees had nothing on Balaam, one of “ze craziest people!”
@mitsymarcella
3 ай бұрын
My favorite movie EVER, this is a wonderful concise deep-dive into both its history and its Nicholson Mixtape soundtrack LP. Love all the songs, Peter, Carole, and Nesmith get to shine in particular. While Davy was perfect to perform Daddy's Song, if Nez had danced, it would've be an extra meaningful moment. Mike Pozen seriously deserved some kind of accolade for his film editing in both Head, and the previous episodes of the show he worked on for that matter. The movie is the best finale to the Monkees there could ever be. Congrats on 100 episodes, wonderful video! Oh and, while most lyric sheets for Porpoise Song have "clicks, clacks" in the second verse, I've been fond of hearing it as "cliques, claques" since it fits the Monkees' situation well.
@DavyG56
3 ай бұрын
Born in 1956, I was 10 when the Monkees hit. The influence the show & their music had on me is incalculable. All this is to say, your review, analysis and appreciation for Head (the movie & album) was surprisingly moving for me. I admire your passion for the music that made up the soundtrack of my youth. Your grasp of the vibe of the time is astonishing for someone your age. I've learned this by watching many of your first 99 episodes. So, watching this missive on Head, I get that you understand the confusion of a young preteen & teenager of the late 1960s. Music, and the acts supplying it, were my anchor in an otherwise baffling world. You explain why Head portrays my young perception of life from 1966-1969. Honestly, a tear came to my eye listening to your conclusion. Knowing someone 43 years my junior digs where I was at back in those days touched me, and I thank you for that. You are doing a great thing for all of us who love this music (and the films). And you do it with such a great entertaining & sincere enthusiasm. I look forward to what you do next! ❤✌️
@thomastimlin1724
2 ай бұрын
You can add my name to this entire paragraph lol. I was also born in 1956. My late younger brother was a huge fan when he was a kid. Abigail is such an intelligent sweetie and cracks me up also. she was born in the wrong time period...she belongs with us.
@sugarjoe50
3 ай бұрын
Nicholson wore a similar gold football (possibly the same?) helmet in Easy Rider.
@stanwbaker
2 ай бұрын
It's the self-same helmet. Depending upon who you believe, it was his HS football helmet, a brother or cousin's HS football helmet or a random find at a thrift store. On the other hand, I believe no one including myself.
@asianonetap9258
3 ай бұрын
Amazing video! Really loved your analysis, but I did notice one small mistake. The Utah performance filmed for Head was actually the second-last US show from the classic era. They did a second performance the same day at a different venue in the city specifically for the fans (the venue for the Head show changed at the last minute, so they did another show at the originally planned venue due to the fact some fans didn't know of the relocation and showed up there). The concert wasn't filmed or recorded like the other one, and unfortunately, there's not much information about it around. Luckily, there are a few pictures of the event. You can identify them based on the fact the Monkees all look the same physically (same hairstyles, for example), but they were dressed much more casually (Peter Tork was wearing a white t-shirt instead of his sweater, for example). Anyway, sorry about this! I sometimes get a little too obsessed with stuff like this...
@dougsmith7083
3 ай бұрын
I totally agree with you about "As We Go Along" I played it for my father in palliative care as he was fading away...he noticeably responded to it and, he had no idea who/what the song was. I truly believe that Dolenz is one of the greatest pop/rock vocalists of his era Cheers PS - The only other song that my father responded to anywhere close to AWGA was The Kinks "Days" I am very thankful for these moments shared with him during his final days
@gazfunk
3 ай бұрын
I think it's a masterpiece. It blew me away when I first saw it. The editing is amazing for its time.
@NewFalconerRecords
2 ай бұрын
It really flows in its own way. Extremely watchable.
@ronniedeen3651
3 ай бұрын
Micky was a voice of a generation. Just mesmerizing. Same feeling with Michael and Micky harmonizing together. Their voices blended so amazingly that I'd put them as one of the best vocal duos of the 60s.
@stevenclubb7718
3 ай бұрын
I just found the movie to be really sad, as they realize they climbed the wrong mountain and were now trapped there. Or as the movie ends, with them still trapped in the box. I got the feeling they didn't have a clear vision of what they wanted to be beyond "not this". I do love Davey's number, as it feels like a glimpse into what he really wants to be doing.
@timmeadows970
3 ай бұрын
The Porpoise Song is, well, one of my favorite songs. The movie is one of the best deconstructions of pop culture ever made.
@stephensorensen4477
3 ай бұрын
The pause after the laugh track line shows your spot on comedic timing. I like your sense of humor & smarts! Rock on, Abbie! 🌻
@harlowslanding
3 ай бұрын
Like the man said, "It cannot be a part of me / For now it's part of you." Keep up the great work. You are a river to your people.
@Nuclearmagenta
3 ай бұрын
I think "Head" is a brilliant title for a film. I also think it was brilliant that the word "head" only appears at the "tail" of the film. Film leaders (numerical countdowns that preceded movies on film prints) had the word "head" on them, and the word "tail" was on outro leaders. This would indicate whether a film was "heads out" or "tails out" to a projectionist. If it was tails out that meant the reel of film needed to be rewound before being projected. I recall that this film was beginning to get back into the public consciousness, after over a decade of being totally forgotten, in 1982. In March of that year I interviewed Tork on my radio show prior to him presenting a print of the film at the famed New York club The Bottom Line. Shortly afterwards, the film started to appear at various revival houses and college campuses to an enthusiastic response from audiences in their 20s and 30s. I first saw it at the renowned Theater For The Living Arts in Philadelphia at a sold out show in 1983.
@LisaBarstowMusek
3 ай бұрын
Dearest Abby, I'm a 59 year-old woman and adore what you do and HOW you do it! I find a piece of my younger self in your inhibition and creativity. Congrats on 100! Do it til the sun goes down in your eyes. I would be proud to be your mom, but I'll settle for being a fan... And looking for new music insights with your flair down the line!!
@johncollier9280
3 ай бұрын
I posted this comment in a previous video but since this'n is 'bout The Monkees-Head I'll say it again. Mike was a customer in the Carmel music store where I worked 'n we would strike up conversations 'bout Monkees lore. I mentioned my love for Head 'n he enthusiastically agreed. I attended his concert in Sand City in 2019. His sons Christian 'n Jonathan were in the band 'n photographer Henry Diltz musta taken a thousand photographs.
@AlanKPet
3 ай бұрын
I was literally in Vietnam in 1968. Thank you for your insightful reviews. I grew up with classic rock. Your analysis always teaches me new facts. Thanks, again for highlighting Vietnam. After serving I joined the anti-war movement. ☮️❤️
@davidbreen6335
2 ай бұрын
I actually got to see Head on the big screen back in 2018. It was a fundraising event at The Regent Theater in Arlington, Massachusetts, as well as the movie being screened Micky Dolenz was there to do a meet and greet, and he gave a lecture about the history of how the movie came about before screening it not only was it an awesome event seeing the movie on the big screen, but hearing Micky’s lecture was also a great thing. He definitely has the reputation and he’s earned it based on this experience that I had of being the nicest one of the whole group. He was very pleasant very open and thanks everybody for having him there, probably only two things that was kind of sad was that he did do a brief Q&A, and before he even started that he showed us his ears which obviously he has to wear hearing aid and said I am going to apologize right now if I ask you to repeat your question, obviously years of being a non-drummer drummer have taken its toll on his ears. The other thing that was a little sad was that Mike was supposed to be there, but was home resting as he just got out of the hospital for his quadruple bypass. I heard because this was a touring event that it was going to be both Mike and Micky doing the lecture. sadly, we didn’t get to hear Mike talk about it because of him being home resting still though it was a very, very cool experience.
@Rhubba
3 ай бұрын
I love this movie...don't ask me why I love it, don't ask me to explain it. Daddy's Song and Mike's Birthday Party are brilliantly filmed and edited.
@7bestthings
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the deep dive on this incredibly talented foursome, their indecipherable film, and the wonderful album it produced. I love the Monkees' albums, and Head is one of the best. Porpoise Song and Circle Sky are classics. Congratulations on 100 episodes! Your show is unique, interesting, entertaining and very insightful. Thanks for all your hard work!
@GraphicEqulizerProductions
3 ай бұрын
Trivia: Woman dancing in Daddy’s Song is Toni Basil did the song in 1980s “Hey Mickey”
@dylanlee32
3 ай бұрын
I took a musicals class as part of being a film student in college - our professor showed us the Daddy's Song sequence and I was absolutely transfixed. Those match cuts are insane and the work that went in to both the choreography and editing can't be understated. One of these days I'll get around to watching the rest!
@ssolomon999
3 ай бұрын
Finally found “Head” on a streaming service. Expected it to be self-indulgent and unwatchable but found it surprisingly insightful and ahead of its time. Very interesting questions about media and reality that seem very relevant today.
@katfishzomby
2 ай бұрын
When my father rented Head (thanks nickelodeon) I rationalized after watching it that they were just tired of doing the silly 30 minute thing. I was about 12. Was very fortunate to see them on their 20th and 30th anniversary tours. ✌
@tiedyearmy
3 ай бұрын
I became a Monkee fan when I saw 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee on its original broadcast! I was barely a human being at that point, but it affected me the same way that the Beatles on Ed Sullivan affected an earlier generation. But I never heard the Head soundtrack until my 30s, and I was blown away. My favorite songs are the Porpoise Song, As We Go Along, and Circle Sky. Years later I met Peter Tork at a house concert, and he signed my vinyl Head album. I was floating on air. Thanks, Abigail, for this video, and thank you for doing what you do because there just don't seem to be enough of us gals in the music biz on any level. You're doing GREAT!
@disappointmentpotato9408
3 ай бұрын
"Justice for Gerorge and Ringo"? Nah, "Justice for my man Peter"
@scottshepherd8795
3 ай бұрын
Head is one of my favorite Monkees albums. It's wild, absurd, and ultimately fantastic. It took me many years and several watchings to finally appreciate the movie. It wasn't until it was shown after a Monkees TV marathon, when I realized this is the Monkees version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. The TV versions of Mikey, Mike, Davy, and Peter slowly become self aware, but not enough to do anything to change their outcome. And every attempt to break out ends with them ending up back in their wacky, absurdist world. At least, that's my reading of the film. Great episode, and thanks for covering the strange story of Head. Congrats on 100 episodes!
@randydoak6638
3 ай бұрын
Did somebody say Harry Nilsson???
@LordStarscream-
3 ай бұрын
Nilsson episode!
@konowd
3 ай бұрын
Bob Rafelson was part of BBS, and along with Bert Schneider and Steve Blauner they made Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Last Picture Show and Hearts and Minds, all funded by the Monkees
@scotttaylor7767
3 ай бұрын
Well done Abby this film actually makes sense for me now ! Lol. You took on a very difficult and complex project and explained it really well. 😊. The monkees played Australia in 1968. My history teacher was in the support band on that tour. He told us they had to play behind the curtain to boost the sound of the group. Because the screaming from the fans was so loud! Lol. It wasn’t that they couldn’t play their instruments but he explained it more of a rock n roll review than a traditional rock show. So only two monkees would be on the stage while Mickey or Mike would be off the stage changing their clothes. And they needed a bass player or a drummer to cover that. He said they treated them really well. And apparently they played them a early rough cut of Head on a projector back at the motel. He told us the ending he saw was different from the ending in the original movie.
@johnclarke851
3 ай бұрын
Great episode! Loved the Ringo click track insert.
@derianimp
3 ай бұрын
Head is my second favorite film of all time
@RGRG3232
3 ай бұрын
Love your sense of humor Abby. I couldn't imagine anyone else doing this format and carrying it off so intelligently and, dare I say, flawlessly.
@denniswood1437
3 ай бұрын
I love "Porpoise Song" from the Head film & soundtrack album!
@myradioon
3 ай бұрын
Carole King wrote it. Harry Nilsson wrote 'Daddy's Song'.
@denniswood1437
3 ай бұрын
@@myradioon You're right. I think Carole King also wrote "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees with her ex-husband Gerry Goffin
@happylikeanoldtimemovie
3 ай бұрын
@@denniswood1437 You're right, they did write Pleasant Valley Sunday. They also wrote for the Monkees: Star Collector, Take a Giant Step, and Sweet Young Thing with Nesmith. I feel like Porpoise Song, Pleasant Valley Sunday, and Goin Back all kind of have a similar vibe/mood/perspective that's really cool.
@c11p
3 ай бұрын
31:35 Let's take a moment to give kudos for the EXCELLENT video/audio timing of the edits in the next ten seconds. Many other examples, too. Abby, you are truly a pro! (it's Toni BAAA-sil, by the way, like the English pronounce it:)
@jltrem
3 ай бұрын
Leave it to the Marvelous Devoe. She finally does The Monkees and she does "Head".
@TheHelloWaterface
3 ай бұрын
I'm stuck in meetings at work all day, but I fully plan on digesting this video when I get home... because not only am I a life-long Monkees fanatic, but HEAD is one of my two favorite films ever made. Like, I watch it once every couple of months and have the entire thing memorized from top to bottom. Oh, and what a dang soundtrack, too! Thanks for covering this one, Abby!
@happylikeanoldtimemovie
3 ай бұрын
What is your other favorite?
@lathedauphinot6820
3 ай бұрын
Wow, Abby. Your shows are always well-researched, interesting, and fun, but maybe they’re getting to be almost necessary. Head is a fascinating Monkees tangent, but you explain why, and you’re not coming from the perspective of an old person claiming the superiority of his culture over today’s, but a young person explaining to her own generation why it’s culturally relevant to them. Necessary if there’s going to be a continuing understanding between generations, because if you can’t pass something you’ve learned along the way to the next generations, then what’s the point of life? Thank you.
@roberthardin2133
3 ай бұрын
"Monkees is the craziest people!" I unironically love the film and my Japanese pressing of the soundtrack. the 4 actor/musicians were so insanely self-conscious of the image they were meant to project, that a cynical apathy pervades the movie. their drugged up reaction to being helpless cogs in a money making Hollywood machine remind me of the California punk bands that appeared a decade+ later such as Dead Kennedys, Flipper, and pre-Rollins Black Flag. thanks for reprising Circle Sky's cool riff and covering this obscure classic!
@stevebosteder4030
3 ай бұрын
I don't know the specific history timeline well enough, but there was a point where Davy had to contest mandatory British military service. Could his two week absence from filming HEAD be because of that?
@MrWebste67r
3 ай бұрын
The Movie was not easily accessible, or understood at the time. More is known now, especially the Book 'The Monkees, Head, and the 60s' even given high praise by Rafelson as the best "As for Head, no-one has so thoughtfully elaborated on its meaning. The movie is elusive. But not to him or anyone who reads the book. And that includes me.” Bob Rafelson
@scootinand
3 ай бұрын
You have a phenomenal voice as a writer and presenter, genuinely one of my favorite people to hear talk about music. You've got an insight and a passion and a drive to put work into these videos that is truly extraordinary. Here's to 100, and to the future!
@ItzRobbie05
Ай бұрын
Re-watching this - I love that sometimes a Vinyl Monday can turn into Abby having a slight existential crisis. (I don’t actually “love” it, but that’s not as funny)
@tmountain1
3 ай бұрын
Head is as great and baffling as 200 Motels. Both are deliberately confusing and bore / annoy half the audience and open the minds of the other half to new creative possibilities. Also both films suffer for having a strong first half and a draaaaag in the second.
@HuskerDu2
3 ай бұрын
First off: Congratulations on 100 Vinyl Monday episodes! The growth has been a joy to watch. They have been entertaining as well as informative. Second: This is the episode I have been anticipating for the last 5 months! You definitely did the subject justice (or Justus?) Lastly, as for the album, I have always described it this way: It is all Killer, with filler. The songs are all good to great, but the clips from the movie, being needed, do pad out what is more an EP. Otherwise, great episode (as always), look forward to the next 100+ episodes, and most importantly, Thanks!
@ricimercury9490
3 ай бұрын
Evertone has to watch this film at least once in their life, btw the 'selling more than Beatles and Stones combined' is a lie that Mike Nesmith made to journalists
@abigaildevoe
3 ай бұрын
(that’s why i say “allegedly”)
@CacaoRockBand
3 ай бұрын
@@abigaildevoe hold Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass' beers.
@svjim1
3 ай бұрын
Yes I heard Teri Garr tell David Letterman that one version of the title. My theory is that it's kinda an inside joke for filmmakers. At the beginning of every movie is the word "Head" to tell the projectionist it's the first part of the movie. So no need for a title since it's going to say head anyway.
@derbychang
3 ай бұрын
"This is my sitcom, and I'm gonna keep performing until I hear the fking laugh track". Wonderfully said. Congrats on the Century
@StrahaoftheRace
3 ай бұрын
The movie Head is brilliant. You just have to understand it. Its about Mickey showing all the rest of the guys in the band just how the movie/TV/music industry worked.....They all jump off the bridge at the end. All the segments lead up to the band "escaping".
@Shrimpy08
3 ай бұрын
Mike nesmith really was a songwriting force to be reckoned with. Circle sky!! ST.MATTHEW!!!(love those flanged vocals)
@romelovesdan
3 ай бұрын
👏👏👏 on your 100th! Fans need to check out the longer "Single" version of "The Porpoise Song", with the final, instrumental tag. Epic!
@sugadelicsavagesoul8623
3 ай бұрын
Also, I recommend picking up the longer HEAD album version with that longer 4:00 Porpoise Song version instead of the 2:00 album version. It's the only way it should be listened to.
@TAGallagher-di9sd
3 ай бұрын
Still love the album. When my best friend and fellow Monkees-lover and I found ourselves in the CA mountains with her parents during our 3rd winter as pals in 1969, SANS music of any kind, we walked through the snow together endlessly for two days, singing all the songs from Head. So glad you enjoyed the music too, Abigail, the part of that wild, weird, wondrous movie that lasted forever for us. BTW, we're 72 now and still love "Head"---the film as well as the music. This was great fun. Thanks!
@nikk1138
3 ай бұрын
Congratulations on 100 episodes!! And what a great album/film to choose! I was very excited to see this. Great job as always!!
@WattisWatts
3 ай бұрын
It's like the Rorschach blot of movies. That's what I told my psychiatrist, at least.
@farrellmcnulty909
3 ай бұрын
It's a great film and the soundtrack is one of their best albums.
@ChristopherElli-cc1ly
3 ай бұрын
Lifetime Monkees fan. Love the film. Love the music. Just me but, why have i never heard Porpoise Song on the radio! The most underappreciated psychedelic song. And the greatest line in any huge bands catalog "The Ego sings of castle and kings and things that go with a life of style." Circle Sky live is so balls to the walls, lets shred this mother! Yep, Boomers this is a fake band.
@gregpaspatis9425
12 сағат бұрын
@ChristopherElli-cc1ly "Just me but, why have I never heard Porpoise Song on the radio!" At least two reasons why, first was because the single came out after the network series was discontinued along with the string of nine or ten hit songs that all went top twenty over about a nineteen-month run from "Last Train To Clarksville" in 1966 to the not officially released (until early 1968, that is) leftover 1967 track "Valleri" in the first third of 1968 that are all within that nineteen month period of "classic" Monkees hits. Secondly, rightly or wrongly, the Monkees were seen as being more of a pop music band from the 1966-1967 period, meaning they don't quite align with the radio formats where you find Tom Petty or Pink Floyd or Boston or Journey being played ad infinitum. Although Porpoise Song made the top 100 nationally, it is looked at as being more of a "failed" hit than anything else, unfortunately.
@tokucore4524
3 ай бұрын
this is legit perfect RIGHT when i finished writing an essay about HEAD and the monkees' involvement in anti-vietnam war activism
@abigaildevoe
3 ай бұрын
this bit from my research might interest you: NME reported on (november?) 2nd 1968 that mike got arrested for "defacing the american flag" - he was wearing his american flag shirt as a means of protest. but caught some flack for it because the public thought the shirt was support for the war
@tokucore4524
3 ай бұрын
@@abigaildevoei can’t believe i missed that in my research!! that’s so interesting omg
@nicktherecordlover1969
3 ай бұрын
"Are you still paying tribute to Ringo Starr?!" "Would you like a pinch in the mouth?" "I'll think about it." "Don't hurt yourself."
@nicktherecordlover1969
3 ай бұрын
"The Same thing goes for Christmas!" (GASP!)
@nicktherecordlover1969
3 ай бұрын
I loved this whole production Abby! Thank you for sharing your experience! Happy 100th Episode!
@zorromaskedman685
3 ай бұрын
100th. 100th. 100th. 100th 100th Episode Wow....Abby is on a roll. "To experience the now without Preconception or belief." The Monkees have always had their own place! I never considered them in competition with the fab four. The tv show was an outlet for comedy and successfully so. 🤣 "Keep on going with your Vinyl Mondays. You're the new generation, and you've got Something to Say."😮😊😅😅😂
@TearyEyesAndersonReacts
Ай бұрын
"Head", it's like all the strangest moments from "F.R.I.E.N.D.S" put into a blender, with Ross as Mike, Chandler as Mikey, Joey as Davy... And Phoebe as Peter. Something is going on here, and I guess it somehow makes sense.... 😉
@guillermomiyares5549
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for this great review... Porpoise song and As We go Along are my all-time Monkees faves
@edryba4867
2 ай бұрын
This is living proof that ANYONE can make a video that, good or bad, ANYONE CAN WATCH.
@kellyr9949
3 ай бұрын
Congrats on the 100 wow i found you very early on and just luv your takes your sense of humor and just your research and knowledge look forward to every monday as a person who lived thru it all i always learn something new btw i always luv your outfits to the next hundred thank you
@LBAW
Ай бұрын
Just learned that Head is in the Criterion Collection as part of the BBS box set of films which include Easy Rider, Last Picture Show, and Five Easy Piecesz
@williamburkholder769
3 ай бұрын
This film is a prime example of what happens when dope fiends get "creative." PFFFTTAH! The structure of the soundtrack was inspired by FZ's Lumpy Gravy??? MAN, that's obscure! I have a copy of that album. It's definitely wEiRd - certainly not commercial, but hilarious if you're in the right mood. I always thought this movie was The Monkees saying, "FU Hollywood! We quit." They were a plastic band, a Sears Poncho, not a real poncho, as Frank Zappa would say. Might as well spend a fortune and lose a fortune for the studio to say goodbye. Working with Jack Nicholson? Priceless! Living it up in Laurel Canyon? FUN. Great while it lasted, until you realized it was ridiculous. The Monkeys as a band CONCEPT was a great snapshot of Hollywood and network TV at its very worst. The guys in the band were - at best, good sports, and deserve kudos for hanging in there as long as they did. As a kid, I couldn't stand them. They were the anti-Beatles in a strange way. Why some studio exec thought he could recreate The Beatles is beyond me. You can't knock off any original without using the original design. It wasn't available. OH, and Hey, Abby - Great job you're doing here. It matters to those of us who love the music. Keep up the good work. And do review *Queen of the Murder Scene* by The Warning. It's a masterpiece made by teenagers.
@ogam5
2 ай бұрын
Perhaps, Abby - but the 'LOOK' just works SPECTACULARLY for you; summons a SERIOUS Boyd sister vibe.....
@sjbang5764
3 ай бұрын
I read on IMDb that Sean Lennon and Les Claypool cited Head as a major influence on their musical collaboration "Monolith of Phobos". Lennon commented, "Head is, like, my Bible. Any project or important thought I've ever had was inspired by Head." Have you read that; I mean independent of IMDb? Somehow, I find that hard to believe considering he's lived with 2 of the most creative geniuses of the 20th - 21st century. Of course anything is possible. I must admit, Abby, your comprehensive review of the movie persuaded me to revisit it after 50 years of having it out of my Head.
@RedVynil
3 ай бұрын
Okay, here's a kind of break-down of "what the movie is about". Sort of. In no particular order. Granted, this is off the top of my head! I haven't seen the movie in years. So, I might miss a few bits. Basically, the movie is just about The Monkees trying to "destroy" The Monkees. The "manufactured image with no philosophies". And, destroy it, they did! If, "The Frodis Caper" (a veiled reference to smoking marijuana) didn't do it, "Head" surely did! That's, basically, what, "Ditty Diego" is all about. It even starts and ends with, "Hey, Hey, we're the Monkees". And, if Head didn't do it, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee nailed the coffin shut. From what I understand, "Present" and "Instant Replay" consisted mostly of songs they recorded very early on before the series started. I liked "Present" but wasn't a fan of "Instant Replay" and "Changes" was probably their worst album. "Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart" didn't go anywhere, either. Except for maybe the first one, I don't think I ever bought any of their later albums. Not by choice, I just never got around to it. At the beginning, you're actually seeing the end of the movie and the rest of the movie tells you how they got to that part. When shooting the t.v. show, any time one or more of the guys wasn't needed for a while, they'd get sent to the black box until needed. Although they liked the black box and being in it gave them a chance to be creative, in the movie, they hated being shoved into the box and kept ending up there over and over again. I wonder if there were a few more bits where they wound up in the box in those cut scenes? I think "Daddy's Song" was supposed to represent at least one of them being creative while in the box and that's why it became a fantasy song & dance routine. Can you actually picture Mike doing those dance moves if they HAD chosen his version of the song? They couldn't have Davy doing the dancing while Mike was doing the vocals. Also, that box was responsible for helping write the movie. From what I understand, the band, Jack, Bob & Bert all got into the box with a tape recorder and a LOT of weed and just rattled off all the bizarre ideas for what was gonna be in the movie as they smoked the weed and recorded their ideas onto the tape. By the way, Harry Nilsson has at least one other song about his dad leaving him. It's called, "1944" and it sounds a LOT like a cross between, "Daddy's Song". and, "The Courtship Of Eddie's Father" theme song. Just think of how many songs would've never been written had it not been for that war and missing fathers. We never would've gotten "The Wall" (no great loss, as far as I'm concerned!) or half of the rest of Pink Floyd's output!! OKAY, Roger!! WE GET IT!! You're pissed about you losing your dad in the war!! PLEASE write a dozen more albums about it!! The girl in the western scene is Teri Garr (of "Young Frankenstein") This was her very first film and her very first line. Victor Mature had the part of The Big Victor. He represented their parent label, RCA Victor so, that's why there are scenes of him kicking the t.v. in disgust because he doesn't like what's being shown, or with them getting into his hair, them being abused and chased by him in the desert and eventually, them being trapped by him in the black box at the very end during "The Truck Driver's Suite". Victor always seems to come out the victor in the end. Why the cop faints when he sees Victor, I don't know. After the War Chant and battle scenes, it shows them running into a cave and is intercut with them running through a tunnel on their way to the stage to play "Circle Sky" in front of live fans. This was a reference to how, sometimes, them going onto a stage was like going into battle, to them. Of course, as I've said, this proves they are NOT plastic and faking their gigs! But, at the end, they DO suddenly turn into plastic as the girls rip them apart. I used to know what the deal was with the Coke machine. George Michael Dolenz is, of course, Micky's real name. I'm not sure why the one credit slate at the end was printed backwards but, I deciphered it once. The only name I can remember, at the moment, is that of Terry Chambers because, the drummer for XTC was also named Terry Chambers! (If you like The Beatles, you really should get some XTC records! Their singer, Andy Partridge, wrote two songs for The Monkees' last album. Strangely, when he was boy in England, someone had a drawing contest to sketch their fave Monkee, I think, and Andy, being a huge Peter fan, sketched him and won the contest!) Near the end, we're back in the desert but, this time, they're being confronted with everyone in the movie that they pissed off along the way ready to attack them and get even. In the ads I've recently seen, they say the movie is a western, comedy, drama, war, boxing, etc., etc., movie. Oh, and, the way I heard the joke was, they were thinking about making a sequel, "Head II" and that way they could say, "From the people who gave you, "Head"." By the way, did you know that the original single version of "Porpoise Song" was at least a minute longer than the album version? As far as I know, all the Rhino re-issues include the single version instead of the album version. I guess I'm gonna NEED to watch the movie again to see if there's more to tell you. I'm drawing a blank and I haven't had a meal in about 24 hours so, I'm gonna go eat.
@daydoe40s
2 ай бұрын
I believe that Pearl Jam was inspired by "Circle Sky" when they wrote "Spin The Black Circle." There are a few similarities, and not just the word "circle." LOL
@TomTobin67
3 ай бұрын
I miss these guys, especially Peter. You should do a deep dive on the "Electro- glide in blue " movie and soundtrack. It's a Chicago (the band,not the city) album that's kinda not a Chicago album.
@nicksherreard1215
3 ай бұрын
You’re right the movie is six songs and six vignettes. It’s really a copy of the format of the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour.
@KarlWitsman
2 ай бұрын
I think the issue with the movie was that they wanted to bring over HELP but instead they brought over Monty Python... before America was ready for Monty Python.
@jimmymelendez1836
2 ай бұрын
One thing's for sure about this movie. It looks totally bizarre. No, I have not seen the movie. Shocker! The one thing I don't like about the reissue is the Rihno logo trying to be the Colgems logo. I pretty much prefer the look of the original logo.
@konowd
3 ай бұрын
You didn’t like Davey on the Brady Bunch? I recently learned the song Girl was written by Charles Fox, who also gave us the Happy Days theme
@keiththorpe9571
3 ай бұрын
I saw "Head" for the first time during the Monkees resurgence to popularity in the mid-80s, so that would've been in my teens. I saw the movie as being absolutely a product of it's time, and as a result it didn't speak to me at all. I just recall seeing a nonsensical mess, with next to no story and not much bother put toward telling what story there was. I wasn't stoned at the time of viewing, however, which might mean a critical component was missing.
@Adam-qi7no
3 ай бұрын
One of my favourite films of all time, but a disappointing album. I really wish they had done what the Beatles did, and put the film music on one side, and then other songs on the other - they had plenty of unused material after all. Imagine songs like St Matthew or Tear the Top Right Off Your Head on here rather than the collages… What a wonderful album that would've been!
@alanclayton9277
3 ай бұрын
in parentheses (!) ( thedollpod justifiably told the story of grace slick who proved you don't necessarily need a frontMAN to head up the band. she seems, commendably, to lead her life without fear. her alice paintings portray a more adult girl and that's interesting. the german uniform affair. i get emma's objections but i agree totally that in the decades after the war riducule would have been rife on the other side. the goons in england were an influence on monty python and peter sellars, spike milligan sent up fascism almost on compulsion. sellars portrayal of the german scientist in doctor strangelove a case in point. the podcast has so much potential and in conversing with your co-host you are coming across as someone who it must be so rewarding to work with).
@nvm9040
3 ай бұрын
Honestly its not a bad album but its a soundtrack album so everything levels out 🙃 I don't think this album would make a dent in my 60's rotation but Circle Sky would totally be in Side Note I didn't think a song from Head would be the bummer for the transition 😂
@wsbill14224
Ай бұрын
By the way the Monkees weren't a boy band. Mike and Peter were 24 and Mickey and Davy were 21 when the show began.
@thomastimlin1724
2 ай бұрын
Abbie I think you should get a better last name...like...uh..."Road."
@konowd
3 ай бұрын
The Monkees set up BBS to make great movies at Columbia. They set it up very smart, as long as a movie didn’t cost over a million or so, they had complete artistic control. Films like Last Picture Show, Five Easy Pieces and Hearts and Minds, to name a few, made history and still hold up.
@frugalseverin2282
3 ай бұрын
Congratulations on 100 videos and thank you for all the research and recording you do. I'm sure I've watched over 95% of them. You always make me laugh, liked the B-Roll Abby today too.
@almishti
3 ай бұрын
Can you make "my best friend Jack" into like your American version of Philomena Cunk's "my mate Paul"???? 🙃
@rdesranleau11
3 ай бұрын
Head is filled with symbolism. For example, the Coke machine is God.
@zmix
2 ай бұрын
Whew... "Nobody ever lends Money to a man with a sense of Humor" ($8M?)
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