The eclectic mix of songs you could hear on radio in those days was the delight of my young life. I had no idea that would change into decades of generic music, most of them sounding like each other, years where no one played lead guitar anymore, lyrics that don't hook my interest, and, if they do, often lose it before the song is over, and songs that stand out being rarities.

The Monkeys were a Supergroup, super songwriters like Neil Diamond supplying the songs, super players like Chet Atkins playing the instruments, and the boys clowning around, in the early days, and later playing and writing songs themselves.

But they were just one contributor to what came out of the radio, an endless stream of exploration of musical possibilities, many with memorable lyrical and instrumental hooks. If you lived then you can probably sing some or all of each of those songs. They 'hooked' you and you stayed hooked.


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