Word: dolenz
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Towners don't like to think of themselves as TV characters, though they are. But the obvious comparison of Making the Band (Fridays, 8:30 p.m. E.T.; season premiere 8 p.m., April 13) with the '60s' fabricated four The Monkees misses the real difference: Micky Dolenz and his pals relied on an innocent relationship between fans and stars. They were a fantasy the audience gladly bought into: they fought villains and got in slapstick trouble, and no one worried too much about the artifice that created them...
...straight uptempo numbers. If the tune's your thing, you won't find much bigger hooks than "Daydream Believer," and "Pleasant Valley Sunday" has a breezy, lovely Carole King melody; social commentary never felt so un-preachy. They didn't play much on the early stuff, but Mickey Dolenz could really sing, and when they finally did start to play their own instruments, the difference wasn't all that noticeable...
...Circle Sky," which lays to rest any doubts about their viability in concert. Nesmith's nasal vocals nothwithstanding, his efforts are about the only redeeming feature of the final disc, a somewhat grimmer prospect that includes late-'60s meanderings, some truly naff Davy Jones treacle, and more of Mickey Dolenz' inane flights of fancy than any sentient being should be forced to endure - along with some ill-advised harder rock material from their various latter-day incarnations...