Top 10 favorite songs by The Monkees

Wonderful choices! That would make a terrific The Best of The Monkees disc!

 

My alternate top 10 Monkees songs list:
The Girl I Knew Somewhere
Shades Of Grey
Love Is Only Sleeping
Star Collector
Shorty Blackwell
For Pete's Sake
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Listen To The Band
Birth Of An Accidental Hipster
Writing Wrongs

 

Today, this is the 10. Tomorrow it’ll be different.

As We Go Along
Me & Magdalena
The Girl I Knew Somewhere
Love Is Only Sleeping
Papa Gene’s Blues
Daily Nightly
Listen To The Band
Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Little Red Rider

...yeah, it’s Nez-heavy, but he was the best one!

 

I like it! I'm a pig Papa Nez fan myself! He's awesome!

 

Off the top of my head...

Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)
Words (First Recorded Version)
If You Have The Time
The Girl I Know Somewhere (Single Version)
I'll Be Back Upon My Feet (Second Recorded Version)
The Girl I Left Behind Me (Second Recorded Version)
Cuddly Toy
She
I Don't Think You Know Me (Second Recorded Version)
Mommy and Daddy

I could go on for hours...

 

So could I. Such a wealth of great material. Great picks!

 

In no particular order:

You Told Me
Pleasant Valley Sunday
The Door Into Summer
Tapioca Tundra
You Just May Be The One
While I Cry
Porpoise Song
Me & Magdalena
Birth of an Accidental Hipster
Can You Dig It? (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve re-edit)

 

The Girl I Knew Somewhere - long time as number 1 favorite song ever recorded by any artist
other top 10 in no particular order
What am I doing Hangin' ' Round ?
For Pete's Sake
The Porpoise Song
I Wanna Be Free (fast version)
Look Out (here comes tomorrow)
Circle Sky - live
You and I - Instant Replay
Daily Nightly
Birth of an Accidental Hipster

A few side notes. Back before the the first reunion, when I knew only one other overtly huge Monkees fan, we put together our top 15 lists while going to rare record shops looking for Monkees material. 15 was hard then, 10 is obviously more difficult as others have mentioned. That list and this one share only 5 tunes which meant I left off the likes of Randy Scouse Git, As We Go Along, Don't Call on Me, Can you Dig it, Mary,Mary - all which could have easily been included. Speaking of Can You Dig It?, the other day they played it on Little Steven's Underground Garage and the DJ talked about how great a song and movie it was/is. Figure Little Steven will be at the show and hopefully join Nez and Micky during their NJ stop.

 

Great list and really kool story! Kudos to you!

 

(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone gets all 10 of my votes

 

Auntie's Municipal Court (Mike's Vocal)
Me & Magdalena (Album Version)
A Little Bit You, A Little Bit Me
A Man Without A Dream
For Pete's Sake
You And I (Justus)
Carlisle Wheeling/Nine Times Blue/Of You (Missing Links 1 Versions)
As We Go Along (mono remix)
She Makes Me Laugh
Do You Feel It To?

11. Listen To the Band!!!!

 

1. Papa Gene's Blues
2. Cuddly Toy
3. Tapioca Tundra
4. Porpoise Song
5. I'm a Believer
6. Randy Scouse Git
7. For Pete's Sake
8. Last Train to Clarksville
9. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
10. As We Go Along

 

Door into Summer
Porpoise Song
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Circle Sky (Live Version)
Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again?
Listen to the Band
For Pete's Sake
You Just May Be The One
Me & Magdalena
Can You Dig It

 

In no particular order:

1. You Told Me
2. Daydream Believer
3. Randy Scouse Git
4. The Girl I Knew Somewhere
5. Pleasant Valley Sunday
6. While I Cry
7. If I Knew
8. Auntie’s Municipal Court
9. For Pete’s Sakes
10. I’m A Believer

Honorable Mention:

Words
Don’t Call On Me
The Door Into Summer
Love Is Only Sleeping
Me & Magdalena
Birth Of An Accidental Hipster
French Song
Midnight Train (Demo)
St. Matthew
Shades Of Gray

 

Love Is Only Sleeping
Last Train To Clarksville
Daydream Believer
I’m A Believer
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Theme from The Monkees
(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone
Valleri
Porpoise Song

 

Love Is Only Sleeping (one of my favorite songs of all time by anyone)
Last Train to Clarksville
The Door into Summer
The Girl I Knew Somewhere
She
Sweet Young Thing
Porpoise Song
Daydream Believer
Saturday's Child
Star Collector

 

Tear Drop City
Tapioca Tundra
Mary, Mary
Daydream Believer
A Little Bit Me, A little Bit You
Words
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Valleri (first Version)
I'm Not Your Stepping Stone
Listen To The Band

 

In no particular order:

• All Your Toys
• Last Train to Clarksville
• The Girl I Knew Somewhere
• Shades of Grey
• For Pete's Sake
• Pleasant Valley Sunday
• What Am I Doing Hangin' Round
• Papa Gene's Blues
• You Just May Be the One
• DW Washburn

That was kind of hard to narrow down, lol.

 

Very difficult to choose just 10, impossible to rank them, so here they are in alphabetical order:

All of Your Toys
Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git)
For Pete's Sake
I'll Be Back Up On My Feet
I'll Spend My Life with You
Never Enough
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Porpoise Song
Sometime in the Morning
Writing Wrongs


Here's another 5 that are just 'bubbling under':

As We Go Along
I Don't Think You Know Me (Dolenz vocal)
Listen to the Band
No Time
She'll Be There


EDIT: Don't know where 'Shades of Gray' went - that should be in there somewhere.

 

Addendum:

Porpoise Song
As We Go Along
Circle Sky
Long Title: Do I Have To Do This Over Again?
Zor And Zam
Looking For The Good Times
Listen To The Band

 

1. St Matthew
2. Door Into Summer
3. Pleasant Valley Sunday
4. Listen to the Band
5. Daydream Believer
6. I'm a Believer
7. For Pete's Sake
8. Time and Time Again
9. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
10. Girl I Knew Somewhere

But there are another 20 that deserve to make the list

 

I'm OK with this order, I guess. The first three are absolute, the rest might shift here and there.

1. The Door Into Summer
2. Me & Magdalena
3. As We Go Along
4. Daydream Believer
5. Girl I Knew Somewhere
6. The Porpoise Song
7. Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)
8. Shades of Gray
9. What Am I Doing Hanging Round
10. Pleasant Valley Sunday

 

1. Take A Giant Step
2. A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You
3. Listen To The Band
4. Pleasant Valley Sunday
5. Aunties Municipal Court
6. Tapioca Tundra
7. Daydream Believer
8. Porpoise Song
9. Dream World
10. Daily Nightly

 

Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky X 10!

 

I'm just a casual fan, so I don't think I really know more than 20 or so. I know DW Washburn doesn't get a lot of love, but it would definitely be in my top five. Not in order here, just a great 10-song playlist:

Monkees Theme
Last Train
Papa Genes Blues
You Just May Be The One
Stepping Stone
Pleasant Valley Sunday
Daydream Believer
DW Washburn
Circle Sky
For Petes Sake