TMC
05-23-2013, 04:13 AM
http://www.avclub.com/articles/best-band-ever-briefly-17-musical-acts-beloved-by,83038/
2. Davy Jones, The Brady Bunch
No one would ever mistake The Brady Bunch as an authentic document of what kids and teens of the early ’70s were really into. The Brady kids’ fashions and interests could best be described as “Hollywood groovy,” more like youth culture as filtered through what middle-aged writers and production designers thought teenagers liked. But for one 1971 episode, the show got specific. And like many of the entries on this list, that specificity was determined by what guest stars could make themselves available to the show. In the appropriately titled “Getting Davy Jones,” the ex-Monkee makes an appearance when his No. 1 fan Marcia Brady promises her class she can get him to perform at the prom. Jones’ career wasn’t exactly riding high in 1971, several years out from the height of Monkeemania and one album into a non-starting post-Monkees solo career. But he’s treated like a visiting deity throughout the episode. In the Bradyverse, he’s a star forever—or at least until the next week when Marcia and everyone else seems to have forgotten all about him.
2. Davy Jones, The Brady Bunch
No one would ever mistake The Brady Bunch as an authentic document of what kids and teens of the early ’70s were really into. The Brady kids’ fashions and interests could best be described as “Hollywood groovy,” more like youth culture as filtered through what middle-aged writers and production designers thought teenagers liked. But for one 1971 episode, the show got specific. And like many of the entries on this list, that specificity was determined by what guest stars could make themselves available to the show. In the appropriately titled “Getting Davy Jones,” the ex-Monkee makes an appearance when his No. 1 fan Marcia Brady promises her class she can get him to perform at the prom. Jones’ career wasn’t exactly riding high in 1971, several years out from the height of Monkeemania and one album into a non-starting post-Monkees solo career. But he’s treated like a visiting deity throughout the episode. In the Bradyverse, he’s a star forever—or at least until the next week when Marcia and everyone else seems to have forgotten all about him.