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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBeatle sings Monkees tune
I've heard Paul likes to use this song as a voice warmup.
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Beatle sings Monkees tune (Original Post)
milestogo
Feb 2025
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Nittersing
(8,073 posts)1. Who hasn't busted out with a rousing version of "Hey Hey We're the Monkeys!"
hlthe2b
(112,628 posts)2. Poignant
Especially seeing one of the two remaining Beatles singing the original Monkee's song---given all but Mickey Dolenz has left us now. Sounds good, though...
Paladin
(32,208 posts)3. And, just because I haven't mentioned it in a couple of days...
...let me again express my undying relief that Stephen Stills' bad teeth kept him from being a Monkee (his pal Peter Tork got the position, instead).
Here's hoping Sir Paul finds some better-quality warmup tunes.
Ilsa
(63,780 posts)4. Wonderful! Melody, harmony, range changes (or
is it a key change? How do I tell?)
milestogo
(22,451 posts)6. I think its a key change.
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,674 posts)5. This
just made me happy!
LudwigPastorius
(14,049 posts)7. Good warmup.
It modulates up a step every time, so you can slowly extend your top range.
...but, they really should learn the rest of the words.