The Over-looked Genius of Michael Nesmith

[Captain Dago]

^ Yes. Much better.

 

[the G-man]

Sweet Young Thing--written by Mike with Gerry Goffin and Carole King

 

[gblews]

Didn't he pioneer the creation of the modern music video with that thing he did called Elephant Parts? Or something like that? (Although one could say that The Monkees was a prototype of music videos, even granting that they were basically copying A Hard Day's Night.)

And because the Monkees and Nesmith, were "basically" copying "A Hard Days Night", that would make what the Beatles did in that movie the prototype for future music videos. The entire Monkees' concept was just a rip off and exploitation of the Beatles screen persona.

 

[the G-man]

Didn't he pioneer the creation of the modern music video with that thing he did called Elephant Parts? Or something like that? (Although one could say that The Monkees was a prototype of music videos, even granting that they were basically copying A Hard Day's Night.)

And because the Monkees and Nesmith, were "basically" copying "A Hard Days Night", that would make what the Beatles did in that movie the prototype for future music videos...

Rock and roll 'videos' had been used to sell music long before the Beatles, going back all the way to "Rock around the Clock" in the "the Blackboard Jungle," and including movies featuring Chuck Berry and, of course, Elvis.

Nesmith is credited with MTV not because he created music videos (if anything, Merry Melodies created those), but because he created the concept of a television show that showed nothing but stand alone videos that weren't part of a program/movie's narrative.

 

[Chaos Descending]

Didn't he pioneer the creation of the modern music video with that thing he did called Elephant Parts? Or something like that? (Although one could say that The Monkees was a prototype of music videos, even granting that they were basically copying A Hard Day's Night.)

And because the Monkees and Nesmith, were "basically" copying "A Hard Days Night", that would make what the Beatles did in that movie the prototype for future music videos. The entire Monkees' concept was just a rip off and exploitation of the Beatles screen persona.

Yet oddly enough the Beatles were big fans and supporters of the Monkees.