Word: mickeys
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...just the 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...
...like Tokyo's hugely popular Twinstar distribute their own how-to parapara videos. Elementary school kids perform the moves at school events and, the ultimate Japanese pop-culture imprimatur, even the strolling Minnie and Goofy at Tokyo Disneyland are parapara-ing: a special dance has been created for the Mickey Mouse March...
Which is all well and good for a Japanese fad, but if the guy in the Mickey Mouse suit in Anaheim started parapara-ing, barely anyone would recognize he was dancing. The Twist may not have been much of an improvement on the Waltz, and nothing has surpassed the Tango?and don't even get us started on the Macarena?but parapara is an entirely different language altogether?a Japanese dance phenomenon that is far more Japan than it is dance...
...most important credit of all, for "Chief Technician." The man's name is Willis O'Brien, the first great artist of stop-frame animation. For special effects fans, he's Mickey Mantle, Michael Jordan and the Beatles all wrapped up in one bespectacled, balding, paunchy little guy. His innovations affected an entire industry and created a whole genre. He's the one who made the monkey move, the one who made "King Kong...