Monday, February 13, 2012

Tork Of The Monkees

Believe it or not, Peter Tork turns 70 today.  He played the dumb one on The Monkees, and often got the short end of the stick when it came to songs (because he was the worst singer), but was a decent musician nd not a bad actor.

Here he is getting a rare lead vocal:



Here's a clip from a rare episode where the plot centers on him:



Here's a song he wrote that they liked so much they played it under the end credits in the show's second season:



For their trippy movie Head he wrote a couple of trippy songs, including this rocker:

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pointless bit of association from back when the Monkees were on TV a cool Hot Wheels racer was known as the Torque Chop

(I think they tried to stretch the pun a little too far later with something like Knife'n'Torque )

4:46 AM, February 13, 2012  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Another random association. Ben Stiller's Seattle parody of the Monkees, The Grungies, featured one wild character in the band simply named "Tork."

8:28 AM, February 13, 2012  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So apparently Head was the inspiration for Eraserhead.

4:59 AM, February 14, 2012  

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