A very extraordinary scene 11/09/2021

"It's a very extraordinary scene, To those who don't understand"This song, "Circle Sky" is often about struggle.Today I am using it to reflect on my tribe and my friends.Being a Monkees fan, has not always been easy. Often you were mocked or marginalized over something you liked.(Keep in mind, we could have hid it, we refused).It is weird, even some of the voices calling for acceptance for all , still crap on all we have done.I meant to say "we". I never recorded an album under the logo. But I enjoyed and shared and cared about this band. No movement, Band, art , Intellectual property is only ever just that one thing.At some point, we become it. The thing we love. It becomes us as well.Nez wrote in another song...about a Monkees concert (and oh so much more), "It cannot be a part of meFor now it's a part of you"."Reasoned verse some prose or rhymeLose themselves in other timesAnd waiting hopes cast silent spellsThat speak in clouded cluesIt cannot be a part of meFor now it's part of youSunshine, rag time, blowing in the breezeMidnight looks right standing more at easeSilhouettes and figures stayClose to what he had to sayAnd one more time the faded dreamIs saddened by the newsIt cannot be a part of meFor now it's a part of you"That is a concert, an event, a convention.Monkees fans casts silent spells until we all were together again.Now, we are not so silent.We willed the Monkees to return to us, We cast that spell.In various incarnations with various incantations ,we showed promoters, demoters and companies that we were out there, and we made them come back to us time after time.Soon , the physical will move on from us, but it will never leave us.Purple flowers, love and woolhats, tamborines and ponchos. They will always be part of us, as we are part of each other. The Monkees stand, in demand, they tell the stories, they sing the songs and share the smiles that have been our communal fire place. And we are all brought together again.The show will go on in some form or another, for some it is a rerun for the very first time."Do I have to this all over again?"No, but I sure want too.Tonight in St Lou, (which is actually St Charles) The tribe, the friends, The Homecoming meets.Where I met Andrew , John and Amy, Coco, Rich, Alex, Wayne, Pete, Circe , Christian, Dave, Probin, , John H ,Micky , Mike , Peter and so many of you.We come from all over, but for those five or six nights for various things over these few years, we were home.At a place where none can live, but some care for it and the magic it holds.Thank you Tom O'Keefe I will not be at the show tonight, But I am there and I will be in every smile tonight in St Lou, (which is actually St Charles) The tribe, the friends, The Homecoming meets, oh and buttons.Again.."It's a very extraordinary scene, To those who don't understand...But what you have seen you must believe...If you can"I, and my friends, we are Believers.To all of my friends and makers of magic.Thank you to those who have understood it with me.We will be known as we know.Peace & Love,Love is Understanding , this is something we all need.KenThe Monkees LiveValley Music Hall / Salt Lake City, UtahMay 17, 1968https://youtu.be/QqE8WTwkMXgAudiohttps://youtu.be/hRn1IZUL8FYLive 2021https://youtu.be/5ufh7WEoZwULyricsCircle skyTelling liesHere I standAt demandAnd it looks we've made it once againAnd it looks we've made it once againColor soundAll aroundWing tip smileSees for milesAnd it looks we've made it once againAnd it looks we've made it once againIt's a very extraordinary sceneTo those who don't understandBut what you have seen you must believeIf you canIf you canHamiltonSmiling downTelling moreThan beforeAnd it looks we've made it once againAnd it looks we've made it once againYes it looks like we've made it to the endSongwriters: Michael NesmithBig Sky lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLCTop 2 Photos by Gemma Dolenz