Oddly enough, when watching this episode as a child in the 80s, it was exciting to see Davy Jones. This was only because The Monkees reruns were running at the same time. My question was in the early 1970s, was Davy Jones the sensation the Brady Bunch episode made him out to be? I have never heard that song, "Girl" on any oldies station or even seen it on a CD or LP. For that matter, I have never heard a Davy Jones song on the Oldie's station or seen one on a CD. Did he have his day back in the 1970s? The article on the Brady Bunch episode, said he was a "Rock Idol". Sounds like "guest-star" inflation to me. Anybody remember him ever being such a big star after his Monkees days ended?

He was a teen idol along with others. Just like it is now, one didn't need to have made a record or been on a t.v. show. all they had to have was LOOKS. I remember growing up in the seventies and i kept seeing this stupid geeky looking guy named Leif Garrett, and I was like who the hell is this guy?

Don't get me wrong, I like The Monkees and I like The Brady Bunch, but Davy seemed a little out of it on that episode. Almost like he had a hangover...

He was only 5'3" and not THAT good looking.

Don't get me wrong, I like The Monkees and I like The Brady Bunch, but Davy seemed a little out of it on that episode. Almost like he had a hangover...

When he sang "Girl" he kept looking at something or somebody. Surely he wasn't singing to his manager or the sound guy.

"Davy Jones is the most!"

One of the Brady books addressed this issue. Either Florence or Robert commented how even though Davy was past his teen-idol prime at that point (the Monkees had been cancelled three years earlier), the kids still made a big deal out of him and were excited to work with him.

The episode was semi-fantastical. Kind of like the Ramones being the biggest band in the world in the movie Rock 'n' Roll High School. They should have been the biggest band in the world because they were certainly one of the best in their day. Davy was a professional singer, and he was definitely a teen idol.

Real singers probably wouldn't record new music during stops along a tour like Davy Jones did. It happens, but they are exceptions.

I heard the song "Girl" in an obscure movie from the early 70's. It was used as the opening theme.

The episode was semi-fantastical. Kind of like the Ramones being the biggest band in the world in the movie Rock 'n' Roll High School. They should have been the biggest band in the world because they were certainly one of the best in their day. Davy was a professional singer, and he was definitely a teen idol.

Real singers probably wouldn't record new music during stops along a tour like Davy Jones did. It happens, but they are exceptions.

I heard the song "Girl" in an obscure movie from the early 70's. It was used as the opening theme.
yeah it was a movie with Sandy Duncan called Star Spangled Girl.

Yeah.. I didn't see what the big deal was with Davy...

I tell people I am listening to Neil Diamond, they go ugh...puke:

But I don't listen to him that often anyway, just when I'm on the bus to work or home..

If they heard Jerry Orbach singing on the CD called Broadway, they go omg: Who the hell is that horrible singer... Oh well... at least I don't have to listen to people talking on the bus when I listen to JO on my headset.

Wonder what their reaction will be if I say, The Brady Bunch is what I'm listening to... http://oldtoolsforsale.com/smiley12/think2.gif

The thing about the song "Girl" was it TOTALLY SUCKED!! puke:

I'm thanking ya
Girl, for making the morning bright-ah
Girl, for making the nighttime nice-ah
Girl, for making a bett-ah world for me!

Ugh - it does suck. But now it's going to be stuck in your head all day.:D

I'm thanking ya
Girl, for making the morning bright-ah
Girl, for making the nighttime nice-ah
Girl, for making a bett-ah world for me!

Ugh - it does suck. But now it's going to be stuck in your head all day.:D

Unfortunately, I think you're right!

The thing about the song "Girl" was it TOTALLY SUCKED!! puke:

Did you ever hear the 90s remix of the song?

I didn't like the song either... :barf:

I didn't know there was a remix of it.. was it better?

Did you ever hear the 90s remix of the song?


The only other 'version' I've heard is the one that was done on stage at the high school dance in the Brady Bunch movie...when the teachers were all crowding the stage in order to get close to Jones.

And I don't ever remember hearing the song on the radio even back then, and I started listening to 'oldies' stations in the mid-70s when disco hit, and I refused to have anything to do with disco.

I liked the version he did with the grunge band in the movie. That was cool! I was waiting for all those teachers to throw their panties on stage.

Davy Jones was a great, original, singer. So was Mickey. They were carefully chosen by the producers, who were dedicated music fans themselves. I recommend buying a greatest hits compilation if you've never really listened to them.

The Monkees get a bad rap because they sang other people's songs. But look at Elvis - so did he. Hasn't anyone ever heard the expression, "It's the singer, not the song." Or does that just apply to people like Elvis and Sinatra?

Davy has a great perspective on their success (unlike the other 3 members of the band). He puts the songwriters in their place. The songwriters used to brag about their music. But Davy has stated that it was also the Monkees who helped make the songwriters famous, not just the other way around. It works both ways. A performer can make or break a song.

He was as great - or greater - than the Brady Bunch episode depicted him.

If they heard Jerry Orbach singing on the CD called Broadway, they go omg: Who the hell is that horrible singer... Oh well... at least I don't have to listen to people talking on the bus when I listen to JO on my headset.



How dare they insult Mr. New York!

Don't get me wrong, I like The Monkees and I like The Brady Bunch, but Davy seemed a little out of it on that episode. Almost like he had a hangover...

Haha. Hmm... wonder if he did.


I was not alive in the 70s so I can't give my personal opinion about Davy Jones and his popularity/importance during this episode. But the Brady Bunch was really with it (just listen to some of the tunes from their records they dance to, not to mention their own music) so I'm guessing he was it. For real.

i'm sure he would have loved to be a solo hit post monkee but he just wasn't
as far as GIRL that song was another DAYDREAM BELIEVER sounding song that was only a near hit because of the brady episode i don't even think it was on a DAVY JONES album.

Davy Jones was a great, original, singer. So was Mickey. They were carefully chosen by the producers, who were dedicated music fans themselves. I recommend buying a greatest hits compilation if you've never really listened to them.

The Monkees get a bad rap because they sang other people's songs. But look at Elvis - so did he. Hasn't anyone ever heard the expression, "It's the singer, not the song." Or does that just apply to people like Elvis and Sinatra?

Davy has a great perspective on their success (unlike the other 3 members of the band). He puts the songwriters in their place. The songwriters used to brag about their music. But Davy has stated that it was also the Monkees who helped make the songwriters famous, not just the other way around. It works both ways. A performer can make or break a song.

He was as great - or greater - than the Brady Bunch episode depicted him.

I am a big Monkees fan. I like music from the 60s and 70s and while The Monkees are listed among the icons of the era, I have never known Davy Jones (as a solo artist) to be considered one of the stars of the day. I've never heard a Davy Jones song on the radio or seen an album or CD of his. I like him just fine, but the ranting and raving or Marcia and the girls just seemed inflated.

On the subject of artists vs. songwriters, I am a huge Glen Campbell fan. Despite the fact that he wrote very few (if any) of any of the songs he performed.