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Randy Scouse Git
The Monkees Lyrics

She's a wonderful lady and she's mine, all mine
And there doesn't seem a way that she won't come and lose my mind
It's too easy humming songs to a girl in a yellow dress
It's been a long time since the party and the room is in a mess

The four kings of emi are sitting stately on the floor
There are birds out on the sidewalk and a valet at the door
He reminds me of a penguin with few and plastered hair
There's talcum powder on the letter and the birthday boy is there

Why don't you cut your hair?
Why don't you live up there?
Why don't you do what I do, see what I feel when I care?

Now they've darkened all the windows and the seats are naugh-a-hyde
I've been waiting for an hour
I can't find a place to hide
The being known as wonder girl
Is speaking, I believe
It's not easy trying to tell her
That I shortly have to leave

Why don't you be like me?
Why don't you stop and see?
Why don't you hate who I hate,
Kill who I kill to be free?

Why don't you cut your hair?
Why don't you live up there?
Why don't you do what I do,
See what I feel when I care?

Why don't you be like me? (she's a wonderful lady)
Why don't you stop and see? (and she's mine, all mine)
Why don't you hate who I hate, (and there doesn't seem a way)
Kill who I kill to be free? (that she won't come and lose my mind)
Why don't you cut your hair? (it's too easy humming songs)
Why don't you live up there? (to a girl in a yellow dress)
Why don't you do what I do, (it's been a long time since the party)
See what I feel when I care? (and the room is in a mess)

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: MICKY DOLENZ

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"Randy Scouse Git" is a popular song written by Micky Dolenz in 1967, and recorded by The Monkees. It was the first song written by Micky Dolenz to be commercially released, and ended up a top 5 hit in the UK where it was retitled "Alternate Title" after the record company (RCA) complained that the title was "actually somewhat taboo to the British audience". The song also appeared on The Monkees popular TV series, and on their album Headquarters. The song also appears on several "Greatest Hits" albums by The Monkees. Read Full Bio"Randy Scouse Git" is a popular song written by Micky Dolenz in 1967, and recorded by The Monkees. It was the first song written by Micky Dolenz to be commercially released, and ended up a top 5 hit in the UK where it was retitled "Alternate Title" after the record company (RCA) complained that the title was "actually somewhat taboo to the British audience". The song also appeared on The Monkees popular TV series, and on their album Headquarters. The song also appears on several "Greatest Hits" albums by The Monkees.

A live version of Randy Scouse Git was also released by the Monkees on their album, Live 1967.

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Comments from YouTube:

Melanie Brandt

8y↑646

The quality of Micky Dolenz voice is so unique and special.

CthulhuKittie

28w

@Rob B I just saw Micky and Mike last night in St Louis 2021 Farewell Tour and I can assure you there are no "special effects". He still sounds the same now as he did then - that is his voice and he has taken exceptional care of it.

chad stengel

30w

@Moo Moo zero fucks troll

pgroove211

33w

dig the Monkees

Moo Moo

36w

Not at all, it's bloody poor 😂 so silly 😂

L A

38w

check out micky's "going down"

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Space Ghost

6y↑834

i always found this to be an underrated song. well written, very eclectic, and actually really heavy at times. especially for the time

Jill Lilly Dailey

16w

@Johnnie Adams The title was controversial as the Britishism translates to horny liverpool bastard

Lauren Hall

23w

Honestly I saw the title and had no idea what song this was, but after hearing I recognized it immediately! Such a good song.

The Crusader 1000

23w↑2

@Chris ONeill Calling someone Scouse Git is not a racial slur. Liverpool is not a race. We always get name calling been from Liverpool but we can take it because of our famous sence of humour and dish out some. Merry Christmas to you and your family from my Scouse city of Liverpool 🤣😉

Della Fenton

27w

@Samson wilkinson You are so right. Underrated is such an overrated word on YouTube

Joseph Madratz

31w

Nothing on the radio about this song

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BerlinerStadtschloss

8y↑184

One of the craziest, most innovating pop-tunes ever written and performed.

Jill Lilly Dailey

16w

@BerlinerStadtschloss Looks like a fancy nehru jacket. Popular at the time.

Moìst Míke

31w

Are you fuckin' kidding me?

Old Yeller's Channel

2y↑5

I love the calm...AND THE ANGER...I was born in Southern California...I witnessed ALL OF THIS...my neighbors were Hippies, by babysitter's older brother,
aged 19, went to Vietnam...THIS SONG...IS THE 60's!!

BerlinerStadtschloss

8y↑3

And all These fanciful clothes, just look at this "frock" (what`s the correct word, heavens sake?) that Davy is wearing behind his drum -set.

blisstoria

8y↑297

Love at the end how everybody is just raging and Mike just stands there.

John Sudar

13w

I like when he yawns (about 1:15).

Jennifer Anderson

14w

And YAWNS! Lol

B. Frost

20w

I actually am amazed that a fellow band member would yawn during a performance by someone else in the group. I get the deadpan thing but sheesh.

Dianne

23w↑1

like Entwhistle, the bass player for tho Who. he did not participate in the on-stage trashing when the others did

flclfan85

25w↑1

@Cheryl Hulting I imagine by the time they got around to filming this video, Mike was more than ready to pack it in and go home

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Mr. Blutarsky

38w↑15

I still maintain that Mickey had one of the great pop voices of the '60s

Bob Hawxwell

3y↑146

Always described as not a real band who didn’t write songs
This is a top drawer song full of eccentricity and sophistication
Composed by Dolenz
The title alone is surreal !

Della Fenton

10w

@mysterirhys The girl in yellow dress he was humming tunes to is Cass Elliott from the Mamas and Papas who he met at a party in London. And the 4 kings of EMI he mentions are The Beatles

Darrell Jebb

23w

@MartinREC Alf Garnett, I remember him.

M Jones

28w

Absolutely agree .

Laura Martin

33w↑6

@MartinREC The "randy scouse git" was Tony Booth whose daughter, Cherie, went on to marry the notorious war criminal, Tony Blair.

Hickory McCay

2y↑7

@MartinREC For the Americans out there, randy basically means horny, and git is a weak insult.

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Melanie Brandt

7y↑96

I LOVE Micky's voice. Especially here.

ogam5

6y↑1

+thenewyorkpauls: I would respectfully submit that the Simians DID ultimately eclipse the Fab Four with HEAD (however much 'HELP!' influenced it) - and the latter, especially Macca, might be inclined to AGREE.....

thenewyorkpauls

7y↑7

+Xcorgi The Monkees never influenced The Beatles' music, the song you mention came out before The Monkees existed. Beach Boys' Pet Sounds was an influence on them, and they listened to lots of other music that had an effect on them in the later '60s (blues rock, soul, folk, avant-garde stuff and traditional Indian music). They became friendly to an extent with members of the Monkees and Lennon once said that they were the best comedic ensemble since the Marx Brothers (something that had been said about The Beatles in Hard Days Night, which The Monkees was based on), but that's about it.
They outsold the Beatles and Stones in '67, but the all-time sales of even their most classic singles and LPs don't even come remotely close to either other band's legacy. In fact, if you only looked at the '60s they still wouldn't have been a blip on the radar to the Beatles/Stones and quite a few other bands and artists of the decade sales-wise. The Monkees was a funny show, some good tunes came out of it for a couple years, and they definitely had the hysteria thing following them in their heyday, but they weren't exactly like another Beatles at the time... their demographic was completely different by 1967 as well. The last record The Beatles did that sounded anything like classic Monkees was probably parts of Revolver (which came out the year The Monkees went on TV and was already getting more experimental with songs like Tomorrow Never Knows).

Dizzy Stone

7y↑2

+Xcorgi don't forget the Beach Boys

Goat Herders

7y↑10

+Xcorgi As "ive just seen a face" was released in 1965 and the Beatles went to number one very often, I don't know where you got that from

peanutbutterex

7y↑1

@Xcorgi That is actually very interesting! I never knew that!

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Leigh Hopkins

7y↑227

A little bit of trivia for you guys...Davy Jones was pretty proficient on the drum kit and Mike Nesmith was a session bass player before they both tried out for the Monkees TV show. Peter Torkelson (Peter Tork) was playing guitar and banjo in Greenwich Village at some coffee houses and Mike Dolenz (Micky) was the lead singer and rhythm guitar player for a band at UCLA...the producers of the Monkees thought it would look better on television (because of Jones's small stature mainly) to have Dolenz on drums, and Nesmith on lead guitar because it photographed better with the large Gretsch that was supplied to the show. This video is what the true staging should have been. And yes, all are actually playing the instruments in this one.

Jon G

16w

@Beau Dure not to mention a bass...

Linda Sullivan

17w

Thanks for the information

Jon G

23w

@William L. Corky on Circus Boy, with Noah Beery

Adam Cole

23w

@William L. How prescient your comment was. Vale, Papa Nez. 🖤

gizzy guzzi

23w

@Pyretta Blaze here's where you say they were underrated. This should make it easy for you to find. you can delete the comment

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Alwyn Dellow

6y↑132

Mickey had some talent writing and singing that song.

Lavern Merriweather

6y↑8

+Alwyn Dellow too bad his career never had more success

Kim Smith

8y↑76

You know? I've seen this video a lot in the past couple of decades and this is the first time I've noticed Mike making faces in the background. I love it!

Qweeknee

31w↑2

Watching the song Hanging Round and Mickey making faces then this song with Mike making faces! Love it!

GingerGilligan

5y↑230

Sometimes I think Micky Dolenz is the most underrated crazy genius in show business. Was this inspired by the lovely Samantha?

Jennifer Anderson

14w

@Beth Lancaster the girl is the yellow dress is Mama Casa.

Gern Blanstin

23w

@Daniel Thompson doesn't change what it means.

Ajmal O'Leary

36w

The term "git" was a polite way of calling someone a bastard, but could just as easily be used to substitute any sweary noun, such as c*nt or f*cker.
It would often be preceded with an adjective, such as follows....
Stupid git
Horrible git
Smelly git
Or as in the song title randy scouse git.

catchinbass86

39w

yes it was.

Beth K

42w

Yes

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Samuel

4y↑55

Ever since I heard it Randy Scouse Git has been my all time favorite Monkees song. I can't seem to get enough of it!

Joe Blow

47w↑2

It's fun, charming and actually written and played by those guys rather than studio musicians and songwriters. What's not to like!

Elena DeRoet

1y↑1

I had no idea that was the name of this..... I listened to this on a greatest hits cassette in the 90's... I love this and just re-found it, I'm so glad ❤❤🥰

Rachel Harvey

46w↑13

Never noticed Micky when I watched these guys as a kid. Now I am really appreciating his amazing voice, and unique personality. He was quirky, light and upbeat. Amazing song!

Anita Shaw

6y↑223

How couldn't love that honest face of Micky.

incrediblenif

2y↑1

By FAR my favorite Monkee. I adore Micky Dolenz. He's not only adorable and so animated in this but an excellent singer and performer. I have had this song in my head for 3 days. This video made my day.

Matthias Green

Helix Moore though have you seen Luke Deacon?

Matthias Green

Helix Moore exactly

Awkward Penguin

who. (Correcting)

Floyd Myers

4y↑2

Lip synced... who cares, OH SOOoooOOOOooooooo many did.
Still a fun tune.

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viennapalace

1y↑7

I've spent the last 50 plus years with this song in my head & I've only just found out it was The Monkees...
WOW!
These guys never cease to amaze me...

Rosemary Baker

1y↑15

Every time I watch the Monkees I remember why I love them so much.

Bill Hallock

6y↑88

love the way Mickey's sense of humour makes this song aewsome

Danny D

6y↑24

i saw micky and peter last night,and this was one of the highlights. they still put on one of the best "oldies" shows.

russell campbell

5y↑8

Amazing song. Never tire of it.

Paul Getson

7y↑15

Probably one of my favourite Monkees songs. I don't know if I recall it when I was a kid watching them on TV (the original series, not repeats, but in my adult life, once I heard it, and the story behind it, it always comes back to be one of those that bounces through my head from time to time. I do remember the Monkees on TV though, even being 4 or 5 years old when they were on. (Born in '63).

astrophonix

7y↑61

This song is completely bonkers, a great number for bipolar disorder, music for rapid mood swings, love it!

ᴍᴀᴄᴋ

41w↑3

@Tracy Rowe holy SHIT! all my life I've only ever known this song as "Alternative Title" hahaha i had no idea this was it's real name

Tracy Rowe

@Russell Marcks my guess is it's Mickey since he wrote the song

Russell Marcks

@Tracy Rowe Wasn't really certain about the reference to birds...I thought it could have been the Byrds but this makes much more sense. The rest is rather obvious EXCEPT I'm still bit stumped about who is the birthday boy?

Shirly Burns

Dude my thoughts exactly...

Kevin M

3y↑2

It's supposed to be romantic, but it does sound like it's about someone with a severe case of mental illness

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aurora

5y↑68

I love when it ends when Davey drops the drum sticks and Peter lays on the piano and Mickys eyebrows at the start of the song go rely funny oh I LOVE The Monkees Rest In Peace Davey😌

Dawn Parker

3y↑6

And now Peter

Robert Middlemiss

5y↑4

This is an absolute classic in my book and is a song I always loved singing along to having bought it when it came out. Extra Brownie points for any listeners who know where Micky Dolenz got the inspiration to write this.

Tasha Nicole

5y↑9

dolenz as of saturday night aug 19 2017 is one of the best, most talented and consistent live performers iverever seen/met. amazing dude

Ann Street

3y↑3

My first loves.. Had all their albums❤️❤️❤️I'm still listening.. And they were sooooo cute✌️

ZyxthePest

8y↑95

The loudquietloud technique decades before the Pixies. Dolenz was ahead of his time with this one.

Alastair Archibald

And there's me thinking I did it first. When I fronted a metal band in the 80s, I had (have) a sing called Midnight at the Hellfire Club, which went quietloudquietloudLOUDquietloudLOUDTOEND.

Pani_Dubito

6y↑7

+MrBook -- Exactly. They were (and are) true personalities artistically. As the one chosen from hundreds of other musicians to "compete" with the Beatles at the absolute peak of their popularity, they had to be unique, not only as personalities and actors, but as musicians as well. I am amazed at their musical mastery (already back then) which -- in my opinion -- exceeds in some respects the skills of the Kings of EMI ;-) I see their fate as sort of tragic -- starting out brilliantly, they became almost overnight sort of gagged by the media, and that happened exactly at the moment when they were actually starting to be the r e a l band. I was quite shocked some months ago when I started digging into it -- behind the Iron Curtain where I grew up, it was said that the Monkees were a fake, plastic band, that they could hardly play at all. As untrue as can be.

MrBook

6y↑7

+Pani_Dubito I know what you mean. To me a lot of it is that their story is so much more complex, due to that corporate element, being on one level a created band made for a tv show and Davy being hired just to be cute and appeal to teenage girls and all that jazz, but on the other hand they were all serious musicians and interesting, funny people with their own ideas of what they could do both as a band and (secondarily) as the stars of a tv show.

Pani_Dubito

6y↑1

+MrBook -- Doesn't it? I experience similar feelings. Have no idea why I suddenly got re-interested in the Monkees after so many years of disinterest in rock music -- and quite unexpectedly I'm finding them and their story way more interesting than the Beatles, who used to be my #1 years back.

MrBook

7y↑2

+Molly Melduskova No doubt. The history of this band keeps getting more fascinating the more I dig into it.

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Human Dugong

3y↑2

This is just gorgeous. I'm hugely impressed.

Jill Carlton

3y↑2

when I was a kid watching these guys I thought Mickey was just too weird! Now I just love his sense of humor! Appreciation for talent grows with age. :D

letsHugElefanten

8y↑140

the song was written about a party that The Beatles threw for the Monkees at the in London There's also a reference the Beatles ("the four kings of EMI") :)

Della Fenton

22w↑1

The girl in yellow dress is apparently Cass Elliott

Kenny Kewn

32w

@inthedarkage you hate music?....you hate innovation?...i hate today's music by commitee, designed for teen girls mainly, decent bands few and far between in charts....remember those?

Sarahtonin

34w

@Dan T of the Gen X Family Sorry, but that is a really dumb thing to say. The Monkees "style of music" came from The Beatles, as almost all pop and rock did after their debut. Everything The Beatles did influenced everything after in popular music. Even to this day, rock bands owe a debt to The Beatles, and George Martin, their producer.
The Monkees were called "prefab four" for good reason: they were auditioned individually to play the part of a rock band for a TV show patterned after The Beatles movie, A Hard Day's Night. All the biggest Monkees hits were written by professional songwriters, like Goffin and King, Boyce and Hart, Neil Diamond, and others, and played by professional studio musicians. The Monkees themselves contributed vocals, and comedy on TV.
They had a handful of good songs, thanks to good writers, but not even close to what The Beatles did.

Richie

37w

@Stubrit The actor was Liverpool born Tony Booth.

Richie

37w

@Rob Finlay The Randy Scouse Git was a character played by Tony Booth, who was Tony Blairs (former UK Prime Minister) Father in law.

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Rachel Sellers

4y↑5

Mike Nesmith is too cool. Haha. His expressions and reactions, especially at the beginning, show why he's my favorite monkee. This and sweet young thing .

Tito Tim Travels

5y↑7

Always one of my favorite Monkee songs. 😀

drprogensteinphp

9y↑2

This brings back nice memories. Haven't heard it in a long time. Thanks :)

m a h a l

7y↑7

Mickey was always my favorite! Great tune!!

Joe O'Brien

6y↑10

Written by Micky Dolenz and was on their third album The Monkees Headquarters which went to No.1 on The Billboard charts in June 1967,multi-platinum.They all played their own insturments on this except the first track,"You Told Me" which was written by Mike Nesmith.The great studio musicians,The Wrecking Crew played on that one.The Wrecking Crew also played on many of the tracks on their first album The Monkees and their second More of The Monkees.Both of their first two albums also went to No.1 and were multi-platinum.Randy Scouse Git was called "Alternate Title" in England because it has a raunchy meaning.(See the comment by Kevin Clarke below).The line "The four kings of EMI referred to The Beatles whom they all met and even partied with in that year 1967.Can you dig it?

Deborah DePriest

4y↑4

The Monkees should be inducted into the 🎸 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

Rosemary Baker

1y↑5

Love seeing Davy playing the drums. They are all very talented.

Rick Baker

5y↑45

This was off Headquarters and was all performed and written by the band. I think some of their better material came when they were left to their own designs instead of being forced into a corner by pop radio writers.

Traci Murray

8y↑1

Love this song, love the monkees. Best concert ever was the 4 of them together again in the mid nineties :)

Karina Reyes

7y↑2

One of my favorite Monkees songs XD Hehehe I love Mike's random antics in the background!

Atsuko Katsuodori

8y↑10

I like MIcky's face closeup. He really enjoyed singing.

Lacie-Janet Barber

1y↑6

Micky’s facial expressions are the best 😂

Dr. Hugh Bumazz

4y↑4

Wow I have not heard this song in over twenty years. Boy, do I miss these boys. I always saw Mickey as. a Hippie. WHAT A HUNK!

Nerfball6

6y↑3

One of my favorite Monkees tunes!

Vincenzo Ridente

2y↑3

This song is so cool Micky's voice is so awesome

attila terdik

9y↑3

what a beautiful voice.

Brian Bingham

Awesome performance! I first heard this song in 1967 when I bought their Headquarters album a few days after it was available here in Canada. This song was one of my favourites on the album.

philip tucci

5y↑2

great music & memories, remarkable talent

Tiffany Pennywell

40w

This song is one of my faves. It blew my mind as I listened to the lyrics and wondered how this got played back then.

Rosemary Stanley

1y↑1

Love Mike's guitar! Been dancing to this tune since it came out!

pop gun

6y↑296

quiet, LOUD, quiet. Decades before The Pixies or Nirvana.

Avery Adrian

35w

Dynamics have been a part of music forever

Mark Tilley

38w

@Simon Simon I was thinking of a particular Haydn symphony actually.

fshoaps

38w

@Simon Simon John Lennon and Paul McCartney are the obvious answer. The fact that you can't see this, is maddening.

Memphis Mick

38w

1970 Black Sabbath Paranoid album, song: Hand of Doom. Soft, loud, soft, loud....

Elena DeRoet

52w

And FAR better!! I remember when Nirvana came out.... I was 13 or 14 and found everything on the radio to just be awful. The Monkees Greatest Hits is one of the things I listened to for a couple of years.... I had Jethro Tull Janis Joplin and the Doors, too.

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phillip kopp

38w↑1

Had never heard this song. Watched them when I was a little boy. I like it!!

rick davis

49w↑2

they never got serious on stage. love these guys

James D. Wheeler

4y↑3

The most creative time for the Monkees, outselling Beatles and Stones combined.Micky wrote that one in London.

llamasarus1

49w↑1

Ahead of it's time with how explosive the chorus is....even without distortion. Wow.

Maggie Anaya

Micky is my favorite Monkee! He always made me laugh with his silly antics!

charlesrlassiter

8y↑1

Super-great video. Micky playing the tempane (kettle drums), awesome, man. Peter's piano playing is great with even a different "flub-up" on the keys than the one on "Headquarters." Just plain GREAT. Thanks for sharing!!!!!

Christopher Lawson

8y↑28

I love the line, "The four kings of EMI are sitting stately on the floor." :)

zim1966

38w

@blisstoria Lennon told Mike he loved the Marx brothers shit they did, he actually got it.

Kathryn McCullough

LOL, too funny! I wonder how many would get the Frank Zappa reference?

carlos marvalous lennon

the beatles of course

Joker Don13

+MrBook Hmm no fooling.

Mad Maggie

7y↑2

@MrBook I can say with confidence that it is a fab and groovy poncho!

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Steve Bratsch

1y↑5

Monkees Rock. So under rated.

Kate Sherman

8y↑403

If you're not watching Mike in the background then you're not watching it right.

WalterSobchak1000

37w

Especially when he yawns 😂

Lisa DeWild

43w

Oh, I watched it right. His yawn was epic. 😆

Rachel Harvey

46w

@Kenny Foster this is just not true. News is false sometimes and you should not parrot incorrect information. Monkees toured all over playing their own music. Read up.

Dolly Dagger

49w

@Donna B. the camera wasn't on him at all. Unless it's a group shot, he gets no face time.

Dolly Dagger

49w

Another reason Mike is always looking deadpan and that you notice Davy and Peter more is that Mike doesn't move like the others, so he stands out very easily. He stealing the spotlight without stealing the spotlight. Who are you going to look at? The members who are moving or the one guy not moving?

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Chrissa Todd

49w↑3

mickey's voice is great but can we talk about the comedic timing he has with his faces mickey was always so funny.

JulieOntology

This is one of my all-time favorite rock pop songs. I need to look into more that Mickey wrote, because this indicates songwriting brilliance. The contrasting mood of the verses against the chorus is striking. And when the secondary boys comes in counterpoint at the end, it is haunting.

And does it not sum up human behavior? "Why don't you hate who I hate, kill who I kill, to be free?" It's horribly true and wonderfully written. Well done, Mickey.

IS2TVbr

8y↑3

One of my favorite Monkees too! Reminds to McCartney songs.

Laurie Janes

I’d forgotten how much I love this song!

Cid B.

7y↑16

Didn't know that Micky wrote this, the lyrics are interesting (especially the "reminds me of a penguin with few and plastered hairs"...vivid image).

Madison Rocca

1y↑1

I love Micky's facial expressions while he's singing.

Melinda Gildart

8y↑6

Brilliant song by Micky. Davy and Peter make the video-they completely lose it and it's great.

termsofusepolice

8y↑93

Dolenz never met a humorous facial expression he couldn't over-mug...

prospero1b

termsofusepolice wwŵ

joe smith

4y↑1

termsofusepolice he was a great actor too...lol!

Raising Awesome

7y↑2

+Megan Walsh Yet...after stumbling upon this video by chance....I can lip sync it after 35 years!!!!

Villagejonesy

7y↑1

+Megan Walsh Heh! No doubt...

Megan Walsh

7y↑9

+Villagejonesy I think it was actually because the scat part was so muddled he couldn't lip sync it to the track so he was covering for it lol.

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Red Sonja

7y↑32

Mike! He is so weird, when he makes all those faces in the back ground, makes it so that I can watch this video over and over.

Midoruto Izukumaki

31w

Michael Nesmith was the least animated person on the show and that's what I really like about him.

sprybug

2y↑1

He typically has odd facial expressions in these videos. Pleasant Valley Sunday is another that comes to mind. I love how it cuts to Micky in part of this song, and you can see Mike just taking a long YAWN in the background. XD

Jerika Shelton

6y↑2

I was watching him too. I first noticed he was doing weird stuff in the back when he did his little kick right before he started playing

Animal Cracker

2y↑1

Never heard this song. It’s one of their best!!

Willian Anaya

Ésta canción demuestra que eran buenos escritores de canciones , excelente canción de Micky Dolenz , muy buena voz

John M Jones

3y↑2

I love it I never knew they made that semi grunge tune

Jennifer Harris

8y↑3

I love this song!

andrew delouise

49w

Great song,one of my favorite Monkees songs,along with What am I doing hanging 'round.

Lezze Guzman

1y↑1

Absolutely the best of Mickey Dolenz ❣️

roseann pannier-Taylor

38w

I love this song pure and simple!❤️

Robert Koenn

6y↑5

Mickey wrote this song after they had a party hosted by the Beatles for them in London. I thought it was a very good song and one of the few they actually wrote themselves.

Cookie MonstA

6y↑1

I heard one time that "Randy Scouse Git" was how Davey described John Lennon after meeting him...

Kevin Rose

3y↑1

I LOVE the way Mike gets into the song when he does that with his legs and starts jumping, I thought that was SO FUNNY :)

Kim Sullivan

49w↑2

Lolol!! I can recall my Mom and my sister + brother, watching this on tv. As serious as my Mom is, she tried, like crazy, to understand the lyrics as Mickey sung them. She grew frustrated yet us kids just loved the silliness! Not too shabby for a 58 yrs old to remember, today. ☮️

Jez Scott

3y↑3

The title taken from "'til Death us Do Part", the classic Alf Garnett sitcom of the time and the way he referred to his daughter's boyfriend. My most favourite Monkees song ever! Here to shed a tear for Peter today.

Lynn

36w

I love this. It's like a rehearsal where they were allowed to be themselves and be silly and then the producers just said, "Let's leave it just the way it is."

Steve Birks

6y↑6

little Davy - Out drummed by Mickey - Great song !!! Love it + That vid that goes with it adds some extra Umph !!!
Thanks for sharing! its made my day!

Dolores Wright

I love the MONKEES!!!!! Takes me back to my childhood, and my moms was alive....
She's a wonderful lady, and she's mine all mine!!!!!! LOL!

dasboot19801

3y↑65

RIP Peter Tork. Job well done!!

Brenten Ireland

2y↑3

Lives well lived. What more can we hope for?

Awkward Penguin

3y↑5

And davy 😐

Rosa Maria

Sempre amei o Micky com essa carinha de criança que vivia aprontando! A voz dele também é inconfundível!

K. Mysti

5y↑1

I was born in the 80s but grew up with The Monkees music thanks to my Mom. And i am glad! This is one of my favorites.. <3

spikesification

6y↑43

Bring back the psychedelic poncho!!

Nerfball6

6y↑5

+spikesification The tablecloth. ;)

Randy Holder

Its crazy how nostalgic this makes me for.........the 80's lol. When I was a little kid watching this show. I still love these guys.

David Mitchell

37w

I’m almost 68. I loved this song, never realised its name before. Brilliant band!

Márcia Alice

2y↑1

Amo o Davy na bateria! ❤️

baskerville

6y↑11

we all used to sing this very loudly in the common room in 6th year in school while "studying"

michelle 2003

My mum had their album and I always loved this song, and made her play it over and over. Very underrated band and song.

Maynard G. Krebs

They were under-rated for a reason. They were a gimmick band for a TV show aimed at the younger crowd and advertising aimed at that age group.

Phyllis Wood

I've always loved this song.

wlhardy

5y↑1

I've always loved the Monkees, their music has stood the test of time. This song hit #2 on the British charts in July 1967 BUT it was called "Alternate Title," because the translation of Randy Scouse Git is "Horny Liverpudlian Jerk." I remember Mickey Dolenz talking about this in an interview about 30 years ago when either MTV or VH1 was showing Monkee reruns.

Vincenzo Ridente

I love this song its one of favorites from the monkees

aramanth

👉Micky is wearing his great-grandma's piano cover! Awesome!
Love the frantic chorus juxtaposed with the calming verses!!!!! 🔴

Jennifer P

32w

Love it when Mickey does this in concert

belairrock

Excellent song! One of the Monkees' best!

KrypticEye

6y↑3

Absolutely one of my favorites from them. Classic folk rock and a touch of what would become hard rock a few years later. Best part is the lyrics, what the hell does it mean? Seems nonsensical on the surface. My understanding of it is that Mickey wrote this and took pieces of all of their lives and associations and came up with a phrase to encapsulate each of them. Beautifully crazy and sounds good too. Can't beat that by and large.