The Monkees - The Best Of The Monkees - 1981

Hey hey, we're covering The Monkees! As you'll discover, this was an LP that Rick borrowed from his cousin 20 odd years ago and he hasn't quite managed to return it yet - eek! Rick's now expecting a message from cousin Dave requesting its return, but secretly hoping that he no longer owns a record player so he'll be given the nod to keep it!

Kate was researching this one and being a 'Best of...' there wasn't a lot on this particular version of the album itself. The episode is therefore more of a focus on The Monkees and the story of their crazy formation in two seperate guises - firstly the actors who played the struggling band in the TV show, and secondly becoming an actual band in their own right. They sold a hell of a lot of records, often referenced The Beatles and reportedly outsold the Fab Four in america in 1967. They had some fantastic singles too, including Last Train To Clarkesville, I'm a believer, Plesant Valley Sunday, and Daydream Believer.

As we've covered 1981 before (Soft Cell's 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret), Kate left the usual film, TV and chart analysis this time round and focused on a few 1981 news stories which turned in to a mini chat about tennis and in particular John McEnroe.

On the continued countdown of Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 500 songs of all time, we cover numbers 35-31 featuring Rock 'n' Roll royalty in Little Richard and Chuck Berry, The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, The Notorious BIG, and one of the greatest live acts of all time - The Rolling Stones. Kate is somewhat sceptical about Mick Jagger's explanation of what their top-50 rated song is all about!

Rick's single of the week is from 2006 (although it didn't chart in the UK until 2007) by Brazilian 'nu-rave' band CSS - 'Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above' reached #39 in the UK singles chart in May 2007.

Watch the video of the single here: https://youtu.be/7agPOt1XZz8

Kate's single of the week is a little further back in time. Kate's version of The Wombling Song is from 1974 and she thinks is the first 7" she ever bought. A fine start to her vinyl collection!

Nostalgia lovers, click here: https://youtu.be/XWQMMPFtoG4

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