Part of me died this morning

[deadrose]

It's funny. Here I am, a "mature adult" as they politely put it, kids all grown, living my relatively quiet old punk/goth life what with the reasonable bedtimes and all that

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[hanzan]

So tragic. The Monkees released so many gems in their time, and are unfairly overlooked.

When the world and I were young - just yesterday...

[deadrose]

They really did - some of them their own, some of them by the best songwriters of the generation. And I don't think I've yet run into a gathering of people who didn't start singing along if a Monkees hit came on.

But it'll be a while before I can hear the opening lyrics to "Shades of Grey" without tearing up.

[avalonjones]

Yeah, we were passing the news and online articles around at work yesterday, so warm thoughts were being sent to Davy even from Japan. I watched that show all the time as a little kid.

[m_cobweb]

FWIW, I think 66 is too young to die of a heart attack, aside from "lifestyle" reasons.

But yeah, I didn't see Davy going any time soon. :-(

[deadrose]

Apparently both his parents died relatively early with heart disease, but he'd gotten a completely clean bill of health a few months ago. So it took everyone by surprise.

As far as I can tell, his only 'lifestyle' issues were drinking like a Brit and shagging groupies on reunion tours.