I say The Monkees.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Monkees, all the way.
Posted by Palimpsest (Member # 6897) on :
Addams Family. That Gomez has quite the voice.
Posted by narrativium (Member # 3230) on :
Monkees
Partridge Family sucks.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Monkees. Zany Comedy over Family Sit Com any day.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Totally Monkees.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
My first real *crush* of any kind, the first time I thought it was possible for me to have those kinds of feelings for a boy--it was on Davy Jones. He was so sweet, cute, unthreatening. It was the first time I thought I could be like all the other girls who had been having feelings for boys for a while.
All my fantasies and dreams revolved around him. Sad, I know. But it was so liberating to finally participate in the "mysteries of crushingness". So I was intensely fan-girly about it and watched the show religiously as a young teen.
I never saw the Partridge Family.
Shouldn't be hard to guess what my vote is. Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
Oh man. Davy Jones or David Cassidy? Accent or shell necklace? Daydream Believer or I Think I love you? I'm gonna have to go with the Monkees just because I know more of their stuff. And the whole accent thing. Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
...And now I'm gonna have, "Hey, hey, we're the Monkees! And people say we monkey around..." going in my head all day. Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Oh me too, me too...first thing I thought with this thread Posted by Cor (Member # 4295) on :
Monkees...but I am somewhat biased. I actually briefly appear in a video of theirs done in the 80s at the amusement park where I worked, and I got to meet and shake hands with Davy Jones last summer. Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
What was the question again?
Some questions that come to mind:
Who was most popular? Who do you like more? Who would win in a rubmle? Who would in in a DDR battle? Who would you rather have over for dinner? Who would you rather eat for dinner? Which one is more likely to be made into a retro-cheesy movie?
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
quote: Who would in in a DDR battle?
Pfft--like there's anyone question about that one!
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
There was a Partridge Family episode with Bobby Sherman.
I must have been confused about my sexual orientation back then.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Oh, it's totally the Monkees. I remember watching reruns of the show on Nickalodeon when I was at my friend's house (cause we didn't have cable) and laughing my head off.
My friend didn't seem to get the jokes and always thought I was weird.
Oh, and does anyone remember the Brady Bunch episode with Davy Jones?
I bought my "Definitive Monkees" extravaganza CD last year and have been enjoying it tremendously ever since. I don't think that there even exists a Definitive Partridge Family CD.
Posted by Cor (Member # 4295) on :
Of course I remember that Brady Bunch episode. But what I thought was even better was when they included Davy Jones (and Peter and Mickey) in the first of the Brady Bunch movies.
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
The Monkeys would totally kick *ss on the Partridges.
Mickey Dolanz would clean David Cassidy's clock.
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
quote: But what I thought was even better was when they included Davy Jones (and Peter and Mickey) in the first of the Brady Bunch movies.
That was a nice touch.
[ April 04, 2005, 12:00 PM: Message edited by: AntiCool ]
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Though David Cassidy was cute, you have to admit. He was so secure in his mulletude, you have to admire a man like that. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Kill them both.
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Danny Bonaducci would hold his own, but Pete, Mike, and Mickey would trounce 'em.
Davy could fight the little girl, no problem.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
Cecily: Oh yeah. Posted by whiskysunrise (Member # 6819) on :
Monkees.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Of just those two, I would have to say ... Monkees.
Probably because I got pretty sick of David Cassidy when my sister had a crush on him as a teen...
(yes, I'm that old)
Farmgirl
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Monkees, definitely.
Anyway, even if I had been a Partridge Family fan, having to put up with Danny Bonaduce at my first job would have completely ruined it for me. You see, my first job when I was in high school (and during the time that the Partridge Family was running originally) was in the snack bar at a Sunday Swap meet - at that time, it was one of the largest swap meets in Southern California. And Danny B. was there almost every Sunday. When he'd come into the snack bar he was such a little jerk - it got to the point where I refused to wait on him, he was so bad.
Oh, and to whoever mentioned that there was a Partridge Family episode with Bobby Sherman - how did I miss that? I only remember the Brady Bunch episode with Davy Jones. And why do I remember any of this stuff at all? Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
Monkees!
Crazy I just watched a little bit of an episode that I found at my mother in laws yesterday.... crazy. Had to watch it for nastolgic reasons... Ah Nickelodeon back in the 80s, good stuff.
Posted by Lost Ashes (Member # 6745) on :
The Monkees, without a doubt.
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
The Banana Splits!
Oooh. That Fleagle is sexy!
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
quote:episode with Bobby Sherman - how did I miss that?
I think that was the episode in which somebody took up residence in the family's garage. They hear music from the garage and find Bobby Sherman in there playing everybody's instruments.
Or was it the episode in which some down-on-his-luck lyricist persuades the family to sing one of his songs.
Oh crap, I am so gay.
It was Charlie's Angels that finally got me straightened out. Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Monkee Monkee Monkee Monkee Monkee Monkee Monkee Monkee Partridge Partridge....
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Monkees. Davy. Ooooh.
Posted by BotaLadyG (Member # 7053) on :
OH OH OH !!!! Monkees all the way!!
I use to watch them on Nickelodeon back in the 80's and I had the biggest crush on Davey (with a secondary on Mike with his lil hat)
Nicole
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Imagine. I am not old enough to have watched it when it first aired, but I did watch it on Saturday mornings in the early 70's.
Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
I'm not old enough to remember the shows and I never watched reruns, so I can't choose between them.
But I do know a bit about Davy Jones and David Cassidy, and between the two of them, I have to say I think David Cassidy was much more attractive...and that is accents considered.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
(I agree. Davy Jones' accent is kind of high and whiny and David Cassidy was definitely cuter...a little more rugged.)
But Micky Dolanz? That voice...so sexy. He's the first reason I love the Monkees so much.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Narnia...yes, I was a Mickey sort of girl myself, back in the day. I must have been all of eleven years old.
And Skillery...thanks for the link. I do definitely remember "Getting Together", but I never had a clue that it was a "Partridge Family" spin-off.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Born in 1980, I'm far too young to "remember" either. That's why reruns exist. I can't say I actually care much for either show, or didn't when I saw them back in high school, but the Monkees had much better music (some of it actually played by the Monkees themselves).
Favorite Monkees song: "Your Auntie Grizelda".
Well, that and "Last Train to Clarksville". But I mean, that one's kind of a given, isn't it.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
"Auntie Grizelda" is a wonderful song. Actually, the Monkees really did have some good music. They even, as you said, played some of it themselves. But you know, I wish people would quit grousing about that. At least they weren't Milli Vanilli, for goodness' sake.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
I was saying it in a teasing manner. My understanding is that it irritated them that they didn't get to play their own instruments at first. And they eventually got to, and it turned out they actually knew how after all. So it's not as though they were frauds, like certain other groups I could name.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
I know. I really didn't think it was a slam or anything. I just heard it so much back then that it's sort of an instinctive reaction, even now.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Understandable. You hear a slam often enough, and you just get tired of hearing it. Like when people try to tell me David Bowie isn't really King of the Goblins.
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