"Monkees at the Movies"

According to Andrew Sandoval's The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, "Monkees at the Movies" - the thirty-first episode of The Monkees series - was broadcast fifty years ago to-day (17 April 1967).  It was written by Gerald Gardner and Dee Caruso, directed by Russell Mayberry, and featured the songs "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You," "Valleri," and "Last Train to Clarksville."  Sandoval describes the plot as: "The group is cast as extras in a teen-exploitation beach part flick… until Davy is cast into the spotlight."

"A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" b/w "The Girl I Knew Somewhere"

Like I mentioned in this post, Sandoval's The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation says that "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" b/w "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" was released in March 1967.  The DVD trivia for "Alias Micky Dolenz" (which I watched on its original air date) has a more specific date and claims that it was 8 March (fifty years ago to-day), coincident with Micky's birthday:

"A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" b/w "The Girl I Knew Somewhere"

According to Andrew Sandoval's The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" b/w "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" - the Monkees' third single (Colgems 1004) - was released in the U.S. fifty years ago this month (March 1967).  The U.K. release (RCA 1580) was on 31 March.

"A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You"

Backdated, archival post

[link to original on tumblr]

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A couple days ago, I learned the organ part in "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You."  I don't think that the organ part itself is worth recording and posting, but - provided I figured it out correctly - it has an interesting feature.

It alternates between two pairs of notes.  For instance, after "Girl," it's A & C, Bb & D, and then back to A & C.  After "I don't wanna fight," it moves down for F & A, G & Bb, and then back to F & A.  After "I'm a little bit wrong," it's back to A & C and Bb & D, and after "You're a little bit right," it's back to F & A and G & Bb.  It continues that way throughout the rest of the chorus.

Those two pairs of notes have a note in common: A & C and F & A have A in common, and Bb & D and G & Bb have Bb in common.  So, musically, there's an element that's "A little bit me" and "A little bit you too."