Monkees - Head (1968 Film)
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Free Music Notes for Head (1968 Film)
Free Music Review: Maybe the best Monkees' album ever! (Though not typical)
Hit: 5 Stars
A strange album from a strange moment in pop history. It starts off with 2 of the best songs The Monkees ever did: the beatiful, psychedelic "Porpoise Song" (which they played in another recent movie, Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise!) & Nesmith's classic rocker "Circle Sky". Two of Tork's best contributions to the group (outside of "For Pete's Sake") are also included-- the catchy, Micky-sung pop song "Can You Dig It?" & the hardest rocking Monkees song ever: "Do We Have To Do This All Over Again?". Also, Micky sings one of The Monkees most mature-sounding guitar-driven ballads, "As We Go Along". Davy does a somewhat decent version of the Broadway-rock styled "Daddy's Song", but that was performed much better by its writer, Harry Nilsson, at a later date. They even have fun making fun of themselves and their whole "manufactured" image with "Ditty Diego". Even though that's all the real Monkees' songs (outside of the bonus tracks, which include the Monkees' best live performance ever:"Circle Sky") on this album, they truly are some of their *best* songs that should shut *any* critic up. Interwoven between the songs are hilarious snippets of dialogue from their movie that this is a soundtrack to (which I think are much funnier than the movie itself). Highly recommended, but probably not for those seeking "I'm A Believer"-type stuff.Free Music Review: Great but definitely an acquired taste
Hit: 5 Stars
Head sounds like nothing that the Monkees ever did before. This is the soundtrack to their very trippy movie which reminds you of a '60s version of Pulp Fiction. First of all, if you're looking for the bubblegum pop of "Daydream Believer" or "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You", you won't find it here. The album itself is six tracks mixed in with snippets from the movie. Yes, it's a short album, even with all the bonus tracks it's only 45 minutes. Having said that, some of their best tracks ever are here. "Porpoise Song" was a great single and the most psychedelic song they'd ever release. Peter Tork's tracks "Can You Dig It", with its Eastern melodies, and "Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again" are excellent tracks. Michael Nesmith's "Circle Sky" is perhaps the best rock song they've ever performed. The acoustic "As We Go Along", with a great vocal by Mickey Dolenz, and the 1920's-sounding "Daddy's Song" are strong as well. The snippets from the movie are interesting. If you enjoy the movie, you'll love them. Otherwise, you may deem them unnecessary. The bonus tracks feature a killer live version of "Circle Sky" and the radio advertisement for the movie which is downright hysterical. Best way to put this, you'll either love it or hate it.Free Music Review: Experimental Monkees
Hit: 5 Stars
Head is the soundtrack album to a true cult classic and underrated film. After the Monkees' TV show was cancelled, the band decided to make a movie that would destroy the Monkees' myth and image. They got together with Bob Rafaelson & Jack Nicholoson, smoked alot of dope and came up with this true gem. The film opens with the killing off the group by having them jump off a bridge. What follows is a stream of conscious film that jumps between scenes at a break neck pace. The soundtrack follows that same style. The album mixes songs with dialogue from the movie and it makes for an interesting and enjoyable listening experience. The songs are all top notch including the psychedelic "The Porpoise Song" which contains sounds from actual porpoises, Mike Nesmith's powerful "Circle Sky", the middle-eastern flavored "Can You Dig It?", "As We Go Along" is the prettiest song the band has ever done, "Daddy's Song" has a vaudevillian feel with good horn play and "Do I Have To Do This all Over Again" is the best song Peter Tork sang lead on for the band. Not what you would expect from the Monkees and it shows that the group were more than just a bunch of hired actors.Free Music Review: The Monkees send their bubblegum image to hell!
Hit: 5 Stars
Bubbleum music and sunshine pop play no part in this album (they rarely did in the Monkees career anyway!)This collage of music and abstract sampling is brilliant. Having only seven real songs does of course hurt it, but it's still great.Opening Ceremony-features bits of the opening scene and other goodies. It segues right into:
Porpoise Song-etheral, beautiful, and eerie
Ditty Diego War Chant-you gotta love the sped up voices
Circle Sky-great rocker! Love the lyrics!
Supplico-quiet, isn't it?
Can You Dig It?-The Monkees go raga rock! Nice!
Gravy-....
Superstitious-Bela Lugosi and bologna!
As We Go Along-beautiful folk song. Nice flute. Great vocal
Dandruff-Jack Nicholson is a blasted fruit!
Daddy's Song-Davy's Broadway rock. Interesting story in the song.
Poll-well, the song WAS pretty white...
Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?-long title indeed, great party rocker, great guitar from Peter! Smokin'!
Swami, Plus Strings: swami advice, movie chatter, porpoise song reprise, and cathcy ending credit strings! YEAH!
Great album. Milestone in avant garde music. Needed in every rocker's collection.
Free Music Review: Things go better with "Head"!
Hit: 5 Stars
I have not heard of "Head" until watching "Behind the Music" and "Daydream Believers". When it was going to air on AMC I Figured that I would enjoy this film. So I thought the film was funny and wanted to get the CD the day after. It also has dialogue from the film, too. Most of the songs like "Porpoise Song" and "Daddy's Song" sound like Beatles Music. On one of the bonus tracks, Who elese would start "Happy Birthday To You" with Beautiful,yet weird chanting. what Happens during this in the film is where Mike gets scared to death as the room lights up and they run to him like they want his autograph and they all dance to"Do I Have to do this all over again?" and he was angry at everybody for suprising him like that. That was funny! What was also Funny was Micky beating up the Coke Machine because of it being empty. The radio spots are funny because THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE! No Matter how a failure it was, IT WAS STILL FUNNY! Contact Rhino video or Columbia-Tristar to re-release this film on VHS and DVD. You must get the reissue CD while you still can as well!