In
tribute to the recently departed Davy Jones, The Radio Dial is pleased to
broadcast an obscure track by The Monkees… 1987’s “Heart and Soul”.
After our
boys had long since been relegated to the oldies circuit, MTV and Nickelodeon
began re-airing the classic Monkees TV series, spawning an unexpected resurgence
of Monkeemania! Their comeback single “That
Was Then, This Is Now” hit #20 on the pop charts in ‘86, and three of the
original group, Jones, Micky Dolenz, and Peter Tork, reunited in the studio to produce
the follow up album "Pool It".
Sadly, the revival was short lived, as the LP
disappeared quickly, though it produced this yummy little slice of mid 80s pop
confectionary, which quite unfairly stalled at #72 on the pop charts.
The video
acts as a sequel of sorts to their TV series, as Davy, Micky, and Peter somehow end up frozen
solid in an ice house in 1967, while the strains of their hit “Last Train To Clarksville” echo in the
background… they then thaw out twenty years later, and wackiness ensues.
“Put
your heart and soul where I can see them shine. I wish you'd put your heart and
soul, where I can think they're mine.”
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