Which US pop group starred in the 1968 film 'Head'?
"United Kingdom for the first time outside London as part of the Leeds International Film Festival. It was introduced by Dr. Peter Mills of Leeds Beckett University, author of a book about The Monkees, in which the film features strongly. The Northeast Comic con hosted a 50th Anniversary screening of the film at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA on July 6, 2018. A portion of that screening benefited The Cystic Dreams Fund a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and Micky Dolenz of the Monkees conducted a lengthy interactive question and answer before introducing the film. Head (film) Head is a 1968"
"the counterculture film ""Head"" (1968), starring The Monkees, directed by Rafelson and featuring a screenplay co-written by Rafelson and Jack Nicholson. The film bombed in its initial release due to poor distribution and the lack of a target audience for 1968. Monkees fans were disappointed that the disjointed, stream-of-consciousness ring of stories was not just an expanded episode. Art film enthusiasts may have embraced its creativity but were not interested in a film by the ""pre-fab four."" In recent years, the film has received above average reviews from critics and fans alike as an interesting 1960s period piece. They had"
"Head (The Monkees album) Head is the soundtrack to the film ""Head"", the only theatrical release by The Monkees. Released in 1968 through Colgems, it was the band's sixth album. ""Head"" was the last Monkees album to feature Peter Tork until ""Pool It!"" in 1987 and the last to feature all four Monkees until 1996's ""Justus"". The soundtrack album intersperses the six full-length songs (""Porpoise Song"", ""Circle Sky"", ""Can You Dig It?"", ""As We Go Along"", ""Daddy's Song"" and ""Long Title: Do I Have to Do This All Over Again?"") with bits of Ken Thorne's incidental music, dialogue fragments, and"
"project as a whole: Signals, sounds, and ideas interfere with each other throughout."" The soundtrack includes: Trailers summarized it as a ""most extraordinary adventure, western, comedy, love story, mystery, drama, musical, documentary satire ever made (And that's putting it mildly)."" There were no pictures of The Monkees on the original poster; only a picture of John Brockman, who did the PR for the film. ""Head"" was one of the first films to be advertised with an MPAA rating, with newspaper advertisements in New York daily papers on November 1, 1968 displaying a G rating. A poor audience response at an"
"Do This All Over Again? Swami - Plus Strings, Etc. Ditty Diego — War Chant [First Recorded Version] Circle Sky [Live Version] Happy Birthday to You Can You Dig It? [Early Mix] Daddy's Song [Early Mix] ""Head"" Radio Spot Head (The Monkees album) Head is the soundtrack to the film ""Head"", the only theatrical release by The Monkees. Released in 1968 through Colgems, it was the band's sixth album. ""Head"" was the last Monkees album to feature Peter Tork until ""Pool It!"" in 1987 and the last to feature all four Monkees until 1996's ""Justus"". The soundtrack album intersperses the"
"were interspersed [and] there was documentary footage."" Rafelson and Bert Schneider's newfound success allowed them to get more funding for Raybert Productions and to establish the record company Colgems. Their next project was ""Head"", a feature film starring the Monkees. Co-written with friend Jack Nicholson, and featuring appearances by Nicholson, Victor Mature, Teri Garr, Carol Doda, Annette Funicello, Frank Zappa, Sonny Liston, Timothy Carey, Ray Nitschke, and Dennis Hopper, it was Rafelson's debut as a director. Rafelson said, ""Of course ""Head"" is an utterly and totally fragmented film. Among other reasons for making it was that I thought I would"
"in ""Head"", the 1968 film created by Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson, and featuring The Monkees. The movie was produced by Columbia Pictures. She appeared in a ""Golden Boy"" parody with Annette Funicello, Sonny Liston, and Davy Jones. Encouraged by her success, Doda soon decided to enhance her breasts with silicone injections, going from size 34 to 44. Doda became renowned for her big bust, and was one of the first well-known performers to have her breasts artificially enhanced. She had 44 injections, a large dose of silicone, at a cost of . For the topless and waterless Swim, Doda"
"the helmet's head"" reflecting how news of the war was being presented in the living rooms of ordinary people. The band also shot a film for the song, which was released as a single and became the group's fourth consecutive Top 40 hit. The centerpiece of this album was supposed to be the lengthy theatrical piece ""Celebration of the Lizard"", but in the end only the ""Not to Touch the Earth"" section was used. (In a 1969 interview with Jerry Hopkins for ""Rolling Stone"", Morrison said of the epic, ""It was pieced together on different occasions out of already existing"
"in the 1963 film ""It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"". The 1968 arch bridge had a featured role in the film ""Head"", featuring rock group The Monkees, released in 1968. The first scene of the film features the actual dedication ceremony for the bridge, which is interrupted by the Monkees running into the middle of the ceremony and Micky Dolenz jumping off the bridge. At the conclusion of the film, the Monkees return to the bridge and each of them jumps from it. Elysian Freeway Bridge, based on the 1968 arch bridge is also featured in the 2013 video"
"pictures"". The Shangri-Las The Shangri-Las were an American pop girl group of the 1960s. Between 1964 and 1966 they charted with teen melodramas, and remain especially known for their hits ""Leader of the Pack"", ""Remember (Walking in the Sand)"" and ""Give Him a Great Big Kiss."" The group was formed at Andrew Jackson High School in Cambria Heights, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City, in 1963. They were two sets of sisters: Mary Weiss (lead singer) (born 28 December 1948) and Elizabeth ""Betty"" Weiss (born 1946), and identical twins Marguerite ""Marge"" Ganser (4 February 1948–28 July 1996) and Mary"
"technique both laborious and expensive) and badly under-promoted. The sole television commercial was a confusing minimalist close-up shot of a man's head (John Brockman); after 30 seconds the man smiled and the name HEAD appeared on his forehead. This ad was a parody of Andy Warhol's 1963 film ""Blow Job"", which only showed a close-up of a man's face for an extended period, supposedly receiving 'head'. Receiving mixed critical reviews and virtually non-existent box office receipts, the film succeeded in alienating the band's teenage fanbase while failing to attract the more adult audience for which they had strived. ""Head""s abysmal"
"on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in 1971. He made his film debut in ""The Family Way"" (1966), which featured Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett and John Mills in the leading roles. Head won a leading role in the Oscar-nominated film ""Sunday Bloody Sunday"" (1971), alongside Peter Finch and Glenda Jackson. Despite these successes, he received little public attention in the next ten years (except for his single release, ""Say It Ain't So, Joe"" in 1975, which has been covered by The Who's lead vocalist, Roger Daltrey, among others, including The Hollies). ""Never Even Thought"" has been covered by both Colin"
"career goals, to the detriment of the Monkees project. Nesmith added that ""Head"" was Rafelson and Nicholson's intentional effort to ""kill"" the Monkees, so that they would no longer be bothered with the matter. Indeed, Rafelson and Schneider severed all ties to the band amid the bitterness that ensued over the commercial failure of ""Head"". At the time, Rafelson told the press, ""I grooved on those four in very special ways while at the same time thinking they had absolutely no talent."" Released in October 1968, the single from the album, ""The Porpoise Song"", is a psychedelic pop song written"
"by Frank Slay and initially released by Thee Sixpence on All American Records, owned by Bill Holmes, the band's manager and producer. The band was not impressed by songwriter John Carter's singing, so Slay chose Greg Munford, a 16-year-old friend of the band who was from another group called Shapes of Sound, to sing lead on the track. The song reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 during the week ending November 25, 1967. The band made a cameo appearance performing the song in the Richard Rush film ""Psych-Out"". Weitz and King (also a member of Hunger) were denied"
"Mind"" Nirvana – ""In Bloom"" Alice in Chains – ""Would?"" (from ""Singles"") Los Lobos – ""Kiko and the Lavender Moon"" Pearl Jam – ""Jeremy"" (Director: Mark Pellington) En Vogue – ""Free Your Mind"" (Choreographers: Frank Gatson, LaVelle Smith Jnr and Travis Payne) Peter Gabriel – ""Steam"" (Special Effects: Real World Productions and (Colossal) Pictures) Madonna – ""Rain"" (Art Director: Jan Peter Flack) Peter Gabriel – ""Steam"" (Editor: Douglas Jines) Madonna – ""Rain"" (Director of Photography: Harris Savides) Aerosmith – ""Livin' on the Edge"" Indus Creed – ""Pretty Child"" Titãs – ""Será Que É Isso o Que Eu Necessito?"" George Michael"
"rejected Richard from joining the group. ""The Rain, The Park & Other Things"" single sold over a million copies in late 1967 and reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their second MGM album, ""We Can Fly"", released in 1968 and produced by Billy Cowsill, at the age of twenty, spawned a second Top 40 hit with the title track, which was co-written by Cowsill. In 1968, ""Indian Lake"" (from their third MGM album ""Captain Sad and his Ship of Fools"") became another top 10 hit, while in 1969 their version of the title track from ""Hair"", with Billy"
"or if you are interested in what interests drifting heads and hysterical high-school girls."" She added that the group ""are most interesting for their lack of similarity to The Beatles. Going through ersatz Beatle songs, and jokes and motions, their complete lack of distinction of any kind ... makes their performance modest and almost brave."" ""Daily Variety"" was also harsh, stating that """"Head"" is an extension of the ridiculous nonsense served up on the Screen Gems vidseries that manufactured The Monkees and lasted two full seasons following the same format and, ostensibly, appealing to the same kind of audience."" But"
"reaching gold status. Their 1983 record ""Tornado"" was marked by controversy, with the band's new American label MCA Records demanding that they change their name to ""Teenage Heads"" to placate the more conservative American audience. The title track was the band's last big hit in Canada. During this time the band appeared, as themselves, in the film ""Class of 1984"" (starring fellow Canadian Michael J. Fox) and performed ""Ain't Got No Sense"". In 1986, one year after the release of ""Trouble in the Jungle"", Venom left the band to form a new group, Frankie Venom and The Vipers. Nick Stipanitz"
"Pickle Brothers. The pilot had the same energy and pace of ""The Monkees"", but never became a series. In June 1968, Music Supervisor Lester Sill chose to release the two non-album tracks ""D.W. Washburn"" b/w ""It's Nice To Be With You"" as the Monkees' next single. The Leiber/Stoller-penned A-side would break into the Top 20, peaking at No. 19 on the charts. After ""The Monkees"" was canceled in February 1968, Rafelson directed the four Monkees in a feature film, ""Head"". Schneider was executive producer, and the project was co-written and co-produced by Bob Rafelson with a then relatively unknown Jack"
"The Mindbenders The Mindbenders were an English beat group from Manchester, England. Originally the backing group for Wayne Fontana, they were one of several acts that were successful in the mid-1960s British Invasion of the US charts, achieving major chart hits with ""Game of Love"" (a number-one single with Fontana) in 1965 and ""A Groovy Kind of Love"" in 1966. Wayne Fontana founded the band in 1963 with Bob Lang, Ric Rothwell, and Eric Stewart. The group was later joined by Grahame Foote. The name of the group was inspired by the title of a 1963 UK feature film, starring"
"but the core was The Monkees themselves. The album was released in the spring of 1967, and began a steady climb up the charts, eventually reaching #1 on Billboard's album chart, but was displaced by the Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"". No singles from ""Headquarters"" were issued in the United States, but a non-album song from the same sessions, ""The Girl I Knew Somewhere,"" reached the top 40 as a B-side. Douglas produced the hit single ""Pleasant Valley Sunday"" (written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King), which featured an innovative guitar intro composed by Douglas and played by"
"Their debut 1971 album, ""America"", included the transatlantic hits ""A Horse with No Name"" and ""I Need You""; ""Homecoming"" (1972) included the single ""Ventura Highway""; and ""Hat Trick"" (1973), a modest success on the charts which fared poorly in sales, included one minor hit song ""Muskrat Love"". 1974's ""Holiday"" featured the hits ""Tin Man"" and ""Lonely People""; and 1975's ""Hearts"" generated the number one single ""Sister Golden Hair"" alongside ""Daisy Jane."" """", a compilation of hit singles, was released the same year and was certified multi-platinum in the United States and Australia. Peek left the group in 1977, and their"
"well as 16 bonus tracks, including many B-sides and singles from The Mark V. Peppermint Trolley Company The Peppermint Trolley Company was an American sunshine pop band known for their 1968 single ""Baby You Come Rollin' 'Cross My Mind"" as well as their performances on ""Mannix"", ""The Beverly Hillbillies"" and their arrangement and performance of ""The Brady Bunch"" original theme song. Peppermint Trolley Company released one album and five singles on the Acta label, a subsidiary of Dot Records. The original line-up included Jimmy Faragher (vocals, bass, guitar), Danny Faragher (vocals, keyboards), Casey Cunningham (drums) and Patrick McClure (guitar, vocals)."
"(June 1967), ""Sit Down I Think I Love You"" (August), ""It's a Happening World"" (March 1968), ""Windy Day"" (June) and ""Summerhill Road"" (December). The group toured the United States in 1968 and again in the following year (under the name Inner Sense), McFarlane observed, ""by that stage, however, [their] breezy pop had become outmoded in the face of rock's new progressive phase and the band quietly folded."" Most of the members returned to Australia. While in the United States, Inner Sense had worked with the talent management company DeBlasio, Wald & Day, in Los Angeles, which led to Burton collaborating"
"The song's style was also compared to the sound of Beach Boys. All tracks written by Jim Reid and William Reid, except where noted. ""Head On"" was covered by the American alternative rock band Pixies for their 1991 album ""Trompe le Monde"". The Pixies' version was released as a single in 1991. By 1991, the Pixies refused to film music videos for their singles. After a long debate with their record company in the United States — Elektra Records — the band relented and agreed to film a video, as long as the song was done completely live. Peter Lubin,"
"Peppermint Trolley Company The Peppermint Trolley Company was an American sunshine pop band known for their 1968 single ""Baby You Come Rollin' 'Cross My Mind"" as well as their performances on ""Mannix"", ""The Beverly Hillbillies"" and their arrangement and performance of ""The Brady Bunch"" original theme song. Peppermint Trolley Company released one album and five singles on the Acta label, a subsidiary of Dot Records. The original line-up included Jimmy Faragher (vocals, bass, guitar), Danny Faragher (vocals, keyboards), Casey Cunningham (drums) and Patrick McClure (guitar, vocals). McClure was later replaced by Greg Tornquist. In 1969, Jimmy and Danny Faragher, Cunningham"
"charts. In the United States for the years 1964 to 1966, the group achieved 12 number-one singles and nine number-one albums on the ""Billboard"" charts; by comparison, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys each had three chart-topping singles and one number-one album. In the US, in the case of singles for the decade, the Beatles headed Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Brenda Lee, the Supremes and the Beach Boys; in albums sales, they were followed by Presley, Sinatra, Herb Alpert, the Kingston Trio and Andy Williams. The Beach Boys, along with the Four Seasons, were the only two American pop"
"several hits and releasing a string of innovative LPs and singles. Having honed their skills on the equally innovative clips that they made to promote their own singles (e.g. their 1985 single ""Cry"") they returned to their visual arts roots and became better-known as directors of music videos in the 1980s, creating acclaimed videos for chart-topping acts including George Harrison (""When We Was Fab""), Asia (""Heat of the Moment"", ""Only Time Will Tell"") The Police (""Every Breath You Take""), Duran Duran (""Girls on Film""), Frankie Goes to Hollywood (""Two Tribes""), Peter Gabriel's duet with Kate Bush (""Don't Give Up""), and"
"The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees is the fifth studio album by The Monkees released in April 1968. It was the first Monkees album not to reach Billboard's number one, peaking at No. 3 in the U.S. charts. It was also their first album to miss the UK charts altogether, with their four previous efforts all having reached the top ten. The album has sold over a million copies. While 1968 would go on to present several misfortunes for the band (their television series was canceled; their first motion picture project, ""Head"","
"(and one or two young ones, possibly lured by their anomalous 1968 psychedelic movie ""Head""), the Monkees are free to indulge themselves. They play 40 songs, including vaudeville numbers that involve zany voices and walks"". Further praise came from Simon Price ""(The Independent)"". He thought the concert at the Royal Concert Hall was a ""crowd-pleasing performance"". He explains, ""Almost apologetically, they run through the reassuring hits to happy-clappy acclaim. As Jones, Dolenz and Tork lap up the applause, most of the hall is relieved they finally played ""Daydream Believer"". Me, I'm thinking I need to buy ""Head"" immediately. Either way,"
"Beatles. ""Released as CD and 12"" vinyl."" Pineapple Head ""Pineapple Head"" is a 1993 song by Australian-New Zealand rock band Crowded House from their fourth studio album ""Together Alone"". It was released as a single in October 1994. The song was later included on the group's greatest hits compilation ""Recurring Dream"". It was also performed by the band in their farewell concert ""Farewell to the World"" in 1996. The song was left off the initial VHS release and television broadcast, but was, however, restored for the ten-year anniversary DVD release. In 2005 Natalie Imbruglia recorded a version of ""Pineapple Head"""
"Monkees records. Six albums were produced with the original Monkees lineup, four of which went to No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" chart. This success was supplemented by two years of the TV show, a series of successful concert tours both across America and abroad, and a trippy-psychedelic movie, ""Head"", a bit ahead of its time. However, tensions, both musical and personal, were increasing within the group. The band finished a Far East tour in December 1968 (where his copy of ""Naked Lunch"" was confiscated by Australian Customs) and then filmed an NBC television special, ""33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee"", which rehashed"
"the Top 10 in the United States. Their music was influenced by a wide range of genres, including rhythm and blues, British music hall, folk and country. They gained a reputation for reflecting English culture and lifestyle, fuelled by Ray Davies' observational writing style, and are considered one of the most influential groups of the period. Early works included albums such as ""Face to Face"" (1966), ""Something Else"" (1967), ""The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society"" (1968), ""Arthur"" (1969), ""Lola Versus Powerman"" (1970), ""Muswell Hillbillies"" (1971), along with their accompanying singles. After a fallow period in the mid-1970s, the"