Terrifying A very cool and easy-going song, breezy. Micky sounds great. AWESOME to have all three guys participating on this one. Would've fit quite well on the album proper. 4/5
"Terrifying"-- 4/5 Should have been on the album. Trying to keep the running length to a colgems lp wasn't really necessary, was it?
Here are the ratings for the songs thus far. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. - 4.68 Headquarters - 4.52 Good Times! - 4.35 Head - 4.34 Instant Replay - 3.72 The Monkees - 3.52 The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees - 3.2 The Monkees Present - 3.07 Justus - 2.982 More of the Monkees - 2.981 Changes - 2.43 Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart - 2.4 Pool It! - 1.78 Live 1967 - 4.05 20th anniversary Tour - 3.68 Monkeemania - 2002 Live in Toronto - 3.5 Live Summer Tour - 3.25 Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart: Concert in Japan – 2.14 Missing Links Volume Two - 4.81 Missing Links - 4.02 Missing Links Volume Three - 3.33 No prizes for guessing which song is still bottom of the pile. 1 - Papa Gene's Blues - 4.96 2 - Pleasant Valley Sunday - 4.957 3 - Last Train to Clarksville - 4.92 4 - As We Go Along - 4.915 5 - The Girl I Knew Somewhere - 4.912 6 - What Am I Doing Hangin' Round? - 4.911 7 - Porpoise Song - 4.89 8 - Daydream Believer - 4.88 9 - Me and Magdalena - 4.84 10 - You Just May Be The One - 4.81 11 - Birth of an Accidental Hipster - 4.76 12 - Listen to the Band - 4.795 13 - Randy Scouse Git - 4.794 14 - I'm a Believer - 4.73 15 - Love is Only Sleeping - 4.71 16 - St. Matthew - 4.70 17 - Goin' Down - 4.68 18 - Tapioca Tundra - 4.663 19 - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone - 4.655 20 - You and I (Instant Replay) - 4.654 21 - Shades of Gray - 4.65 22 - Words - 4.6 23 - For Pete's Sake - 4.592 24 - Nine Times Blue - 4.59 25 = You Told Me - 4.57 25 = Daddy’s Song - 4.57 27 - Circle Sky (Head) - 4.561 28 - You Bring the Summer - 4.559 29 - Don't Call On Me - 4.551 30 - The Door Into Summer - 4.55 31 - Sweet Young Thing - 4.534 32 - While I Cry - 4.526 33 - Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again? - 4.52 34 - Daily Nightly - 4.49 35 - Mary Mary - 4.46 36 - Can You Dig It? - 4.45 37 - Early Morning Blues and Greens - 4.421 38 - Someday Man - 4.4205 39 - Riu Chiu - 4.411 40 - You and I (Justus) - 4.409 41 - Sometime in the Morning - 4.39 42 - Good Clean Fun - 4.35 43 - Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) - 4.33 44 - Auntie's Municipal Court - 4.30 45 - She - 4.288 46 - Some of Shelly's Blues - 4.286 47 - I Won’t Be the Same Without Her - 4.2763 48 - Take a Giant Step - 4.2759 49 - Sunny Girlfriend - 4.24 50 - Steam Engine - 4.22 51 - If I Ever Get to Saginaw Again - 4.21 52 - Wasn't Born to Follow - 4.12 53 - She Makes Me Laugh - 4.115 54 - Star Collector - 4.11 55 - Carlisle Wheeling - 4.091 56 - Cuddly Toy - 4.08 57 - A Man Without a Dream - 4.05 58 - Naked Persimmon - 4.03 59 - A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You - 4 60 - Salesman - 3.96 61 - Saturday's Child - 3.93 62 - Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care) - 3.92 63 - If You Have the Time - 3.91 64 - Calico Girlfriend - 3.87 65 - I Don't Think You Know Me - 3.86 66 - It's Not Too Late - 3.859 67 - I Remember the Feeling - 3.855 68 - Hollywood - 3.848 69 - All of Your Toys - 3.84 70 - Zor and Zam - 3.82 71 - Valleri - 3.81 72 - Terrifying - 3.8 73 - The Kind of Girl I Could Love - 3.78 74 - Mommy and Daddy - 3.75 75 - Forget that Girl - 3.73 76 - Writing Wrongs - 3.72 77 - (Theme from) The Monkees - 3.71 78 - Oh, What a Night - 3.689 79 - The Crippled Lion - 3.66 80 - Midnight Train - 3.657 81 - Love to Love - 3.65 82 - Gettin' In - 3.646 83 - Ditty Diego - War Chant - 3.63 84 - No Time - 3.62 85 - She Hangs Out - 3.61 86 - Never Enough - 3.59 87 - I'll Be Back up on My Feet - 3.585 88 - Of You - 3.579 89 = Mr. Webster - 3.577 89 = Pillow Time - 3.577 91 - If I Knew - 3.57 92 - Time and Time Again - 3.5625 93 - That Was Then, This Is Now - 3.5606 94 - Don’t Wait for Me - 3.55 95 - Little Red Rider - 3.52 96 - Little Girl (Present)- 3.512 97 - Hard to Believe - 3.511 98 - I Wanna Be Free - 3.5 99 - Magnolia Simms - 3.488 100 - Heart and Soul - 3.486 101 - I Know What I Know - 3.468 102 - Whatever's Right - 3.467 103 - Through the Looking Glass - 3.46 104 = Shorty Blackwell - 3.45 104 = Little Girl (Good Times!) - 3.45 106 - Down the Highway - 3.44 107 - French Song - 3.43 108 = Seeger's Theme - 3.387 108 = I Was There (And I'm Told I Had a Good Time) - 3.387 110 - I'll Spend My Life With You - 3.386 111 - Smile - 3.368 112 - Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day - 3.36 113 - You and I (DJBH) - 3.35 114 - She'll Be There - 3.339 115 - The Girl I Left Behind Me - 3.33 116 - P.O. Box 9847 - 3.313 117 - It's Nice to be With You - 3.3125 118 - Oh My My - 3.31 119 - Just a Game - 3.3 120 - It Always Hurts the Most in the Morning - 3.3 121 - Looking for the Good Times - 3.27 122 - Come On In - 3.263 123 - MGBGT - 3.262 124 - Our Own World - 3.25 125 - When Love Comes Knockin' (At Your Door) - 3.24 126 - Good Times - 3.22 127 - Since You Went Away - 3.21 128 - Oklahoma Backroom Dancer - 3.2 129 - It's My Life - 3.1923 130 - Dream World - 3.1905 131 - Tear the Top Right Off My Head - 3.189 132 - Sweet Heart Attack - 3.1875 133 - Zilch - 3.16 134 - I Believe You - 3.13 135 - Moonfire - 3.1 136 - I Never Thought It Peculiar - 3.09 137 - (I Prithee) Do Not Ask For Love - 3.07 138 - String For My Kite - 3.065 139 - 99 Pounds – 3.06 140 - Gotta Give It Time - 3.03 141 = All the King's Horses - 3 141 = Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye - 3 143 - Tear Drop City - 2.98 144 - Lynn Harper - 2.97 145 - This Just Doesn't Seem to Be My Day - 2.967 146 - Love's What I Want - 2.96 147 - Opening Night - 2.95 148 - Music Bridge - 2.941 149 - How Insensitive - 2.9375 150 - I Love You Better - 2.935 151 - Regional Girl - 2.933 152 - Unlucky Stars - 2.923 153 - Look Down - 2.91 154 - Do You Feel It Too? - 2.89 155 - (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World - 2.88 156 - Right Now – 2.875 157 - Let's Dance On - 2.86 158 = Me Without You - 2.85 158 = Sail on Sailor - 2.85 160 - You’re So Good to Me - 2.84 161 - How Can I Tell You - 2.83 162 - Don’t Listen to Linda - 2.81 163 - My Storybook of You - 2.8 164 - Do It in the Name of Love - 2.796 165 - So Goes Love - 2.79 166 - Angel Band - 2.773 167 - Hold on Girl - 2.769 168 - I Can't Get Her Off My Mind - 2.76 169 - A Better World - 2.74 170 - I'm Gonna Buy Me a Dog - 2.739 171 - My Share of the Sidewalk - 2.71 172 - Circle Sky (Justus) - 2.675 173 - Run Away From Life - 2.674 174 - Don't Bring Me Down - 2.66 175 - Dyin' of a Broken Heart - 2.655 176 - Goldie Locks Sometime - 2.65 177 - Lady's Baby - 2.62 178 - Never Tell a Woman Yes - 2.6 179 - Tell Me Love - 2.597 180 - Ticket on a Ferry Ride - 2.59 181 - (I'll) Love You Forever - 2.56 182 - Long Way Home - 2.51 183 - Midnight (When It All Comes Down) - 2.5 184 - The Poster - 2.49 185 - Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere - 2.44 186 - Your Auntie Grizelda - 2.43 187 - The Party - 2.41 188 - Along Came Jones - 2.405 189 - Savin’ My Love for You - 2.35 190 - You’re So Good - 2.34 191 - Rosemarie - 2.32 192 - War Games - 2.30 193 - Merry Go Round - 2.28 194 - Lady Jane - 2.26 195 - You Didn’t Feel That Way Last Night (Don’t You Remember) - 2.25 196 - D.W. Washburn - 2.24 197 - Admiral Mike - 2.23 198 - I Love You (and I’m Glad that I Said It) - 2.22 199 - Teenager in Love - 2.219 200 - Penny Music - 2.21 201 - Kicks - 2.18 202 - It’s Got to Be Love - 2.09 203 - Band 6 - 2.07 204 - Antarctica - 2.06 205 - Counting on You - 2.05 206 - Laugh - 2.04 207 - Apples, Peaches, Bananas and Pears - 2.02 208 = Changes - 2 208 = Acapulco Sun - 2 210 - We Were Made for Each Other - 1.99 211 - The Good Earth - 1.98 212 - You Can't Tie a Mustang Down - 1.978 213 - I'll Be True to You - 1.9 214 - Every Step of the Way - 1.9 215 - Alvin - 1.892 216 - I'm Gonna Try - 1.887 217 - Peter Percival Patterson's Pet Pig Porky - 1.87 218 - All Alone in the Dark - 1.84 219 - Secret Heart - 1.82 220 - Wind Up Man - 1.80 221 - Ceiling in My Room - 1.79 222 - Happy Birthday to You - 1.73 223 - California, Here It Comes - 1.71 224 - Shake 'em Up and Let 'em Roll - 1.66 225 - Kicking Stones (Teeny Tiny Gnome) - 1.625 226 - Ladies Aid Society - 1.51 227 = If I Learned to Play the Violin - 1.5 227 = She's Movin' in With Rico - 1.5 229 - I Go Ape - 1.48 230 - Darwin - 1.47 231 - I Didn't Know You Had It In You Sally You're a Real Ball of Fire - 1.37 232 - The Day We Fall in Love - 1.32
Non-album tracks Christmas Is My Time of Year MTV Christmas Medley Christmas Party Unwrap You at Christmas What Would Santa Do Mele Kalikimaka House of Broken Gingerbread The Christmas Song Christmas Party Jesus Christ I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday Silver Bells Wonderful Christmastime Snowfall Angels We Have Heard on High Merry Christmas, Baby
Today’s song is Christmas is My Time of Year: This is not exactly high art, but neither was it intended to be. It’s a pretty good cover and it’s nice to hear Micky and Davy singing together. I made a comp of 70s Christmas songs recently and, while this doesn’t exactly rival Slade or Wizzard, it fit in quite nicely. I slightly prefer it to the original, but then I am probably biased… I do appreciate the fact that they made quite a few changes to the lyrics and the arrangement though. 3/5.
Gotta sneak this in here... Terrifying - I think it’s a nice song that could’ve made the album. Considering that I listen to my digital download of the album with the bonus tracks tacked on at the end most often, it’s easy to forget that this wasn’t on the album. I give it a 4/5.
Christmas is My Time of Year - I like this song, but when I play it back to back with the original version, I don’t find that much of a difference. Luckily, I play this version most often so I can pretend that I don’t know it’s a cover. I think that it’s an infectious song, but the stop/starts kind of wear on me. Davy seems a little overpowering in the chorus. Having Chip Douglas producing is a welcome shot of nostalgia. I’ll give it a low 4/5.
Christmas Is My Time Of Year - Outside of the DJBH recordings, this song is the first official Monkees reunion record as you have Micky, Davy and Peter on it, plus, Chip Douglas producing it. All it needed was Nesmith adding a bit of jangly guitar on it. (I believe he was invited to participate but he declined). Micky and Davy share lead vocals and Peter is on Hammond B3 organ with Eddie Hoh on drums. The instrumentation benefits from Chip’s production. This is what a 70’s Monkees song would sound like while capturing their 60’s sound. The song was originally issued in 1976 through Davy Jones’ fan club, the flip side was Davy’s solo rendition of ‘White Christmas’. The 1986 remix first appeared on the Rhino Christmas compilation CD ‘The Best of Cool Yule’. It finally officially appeared on a Monkees album on the Target CD version of ‘Christmas Party’ and the ‘76 mix is on the 2019 ‘Christmas Party Plus’ Record Store Day Black Friday double single release. Happy to see this song officially become part of the Monkees canon. 5/5.
"Christmas Is My Time Of Year" -- 3/5 It accomplishes what it was meant to do. It's a nice fan club Christmas single, which I like much more than I do 90% of Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart. I am not, on the whole, a huge fan of hearing my favorite rock/pop artists sing Christmas music, but when it's done right, there can be some fine results.
Christmas is My Time of the Year -3/5 The timing to discuss the Christmas music could not be more perfect. This tune is fun for me. Quite enjoyable overall. Thanks, Fred for the background info!
Micky sounds drunk on the verses; Davy sounds great on the chorus. Love the bass line, as well (I'm assuming it's Chip). The song goes on a little too long what with the synth medley interludes and whatnot - I wish it came back into that killer chorus. Regardless, a very solid 3/5, edging towards 4 but not quite there.
Christmas Is My Time Of Year. 3/5. I LOVE THIS SONG! Mostly because I love Christmas music. But rated as a regular song, I give it a 3. I didn't discover this song until sometime in the 2000's. If I would have known of it's existence in 1986, I would have been over the moon. Either way, it has become a Christmas standard on my holiday playlist.
Christmas is My Time of Year Starts off pretty low key but builds into a nice santa singalong. Extra point for the sleighbells. 3/5
This is a nice fun track and I like it more than most of the stuff on Christmas Party. It's nice to have 3/4 of the boys back with Chip Douglas. It's not a great song but the warmth around it makes me very fond of it. 4/5
Probably should wait for the next CD to be rated but today I had the time to review the above. The first 36 songs are all songs that I personally listen to all the time, with most of my favorites within that group as well. At the bottom, much agreement from me too but I like and listen to 213 and 219 and then 185 is a top track for me, apparently not for many others.
Christmas is My Time of Year- it's difficult for me to rate Christmas songs, since I don't listen to them unless it is December. This is a really good one. Everything that I want in a Monkees song (that will not be the case in the coming days). As a Christmas song, it is a 5/5, as a song in general, I give it a 4/5.
Christmas is My Time of Year is a solid 4 pressing to be a 5. When I got Monkeeshines and first heard it, maybe 3/4 years after the single release, I thought it was very Monkees like and with good reason; the 3 group members and Chip involved. Really a great holiday song and glad it got a release that sounds cleaner. Betting I have higher ratings than most for the rest of the CD with only a track or two that I do not really enjoy, more on that in future days.
Christmas is My Time of Year is a solid 4/5. I feel bad because for the past month or so I’ve given mostly bad grades to everything I bothered voting for. But this is a very nice record and it’s nice to hear them both on it.
After the disappointing DJB&H album the Christmas song was a breath of fresh air. This song always makes me feel good. Great vocals from Micky and Davy, and a solid production from Chip. I enjoy Christmas music, and this is one of my favorites. 5/5.
CIMTOY -- 5/5 -- it's great. It was great when the Turtles did it, but the Monkees version is top notch.
