By Sylvia Gurinsky
"The Monkees" series had no heads or tails, as a Spanish saying goes. But it was revolutionary. Davy Jones, who died this week, was one of the reasons why.
The British Jones was the lead singer for the mostly American group, created as one of the 1960s answers to The Beatles. The plots were silly, but it was the music that counted.
Video sequences such as the one for "The Last Train To Clarksville" set a precedent that would be followed up during the 1980s by MTV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUZeZ1e441A&feature=related
Both seasons are available on DVD.
See you next week.
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