> From: "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:30:52 -0500
>
> I just watched "Head," the Monkees movie from the later sixties.
> Jack Nicholson, Terri Garr, Terry Bradshaw, and even Victor
> Mature show up in this strange bit of flower-power celluloid.
Don't forget Frank Zappa! Jack Nicholson also wrote the film.
> The film starts and finishes with a very early Pink Floyd-style
> song, which I sadly do not know the name of, because it would
> make this post much shorter.
"The Porpoise Song", written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. It's
one of my absolute faves.
> While it is not listed at Andy's site (no Monkees are, as near as
> I can tell) I was wondering if anyone knows if there is any
> Mellotron/Monkees connection ?
I don't think so. It sounds like an actual orchestra to me.
There is a Moog / Monkees connection of course. "Daily Nighty" was
likely the first pop song to feature a Moog.
-- Don
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Don Tillman
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