"Goin' Down"

I watched "Monstrous Monkee Mash" yester-day and noticed a small feature in "Goin' Down."  In the line "Don't want no more" near the end of the third verse (the one starting with "I wish I had another drink..."), the "more" is sung with a melisma (E G), so while it's negated, there's a sense of that abundance.

"Goin' Down"

I'd forgotten about this until yester-day, but when I listened to the first disc of the deluxe edition of Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. earlier this month (6 Nov.), I noticed that many of the "Goin' down"s in "Goin' Down" are sung to descending phrases, musically illustrating that "down."  I'm not going to go through each instance of that phrase in the song, but most of the "Goin' down"s in the first half are sung to the phrase G G E.

"The Monkees in Paris"

According to Andrew Sandoval's The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, "The Monkees in Paris" - the fifty-fourth episode of The Monkees series (and the twenty-second of the second season) - was broadcast fifty years ago to-day (19 February 1968).  It was written and directed by Robert Rafelson, and featured the songs "Love Is Only Sleeping," "Don't Call on Me," "Star Collector," and "Goin' Down."  Sandoval describes the plot as: "The group, bored with the grind of their television show, flee to Paris for some freeform frolics."

"The Monkees' Paw"

According to Andrew Sandoval's The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, "The Monkees' Paw" - the fifty-first episode of The Monkees series (and the nineteenth of the second season) - was broadcast fifty years ago to-day (29 January 1968).  It was written by Coslough Johnson, directed by James Frawley, and featured the songs "Words" and "Goin' Down."  Sandoval describes the plot as: "Micky buys a mystical monkey's paw from a malicious magician."

"Monstrous Monkee Mash"

According to Andrew Sandoval's The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, "Monstrous Monkee Mash" - the fiftieth episode of The Monkees series (and the eighteenth of the second season) - was broadcast fifty years ago to-day (22 January 1968).  It was written by Neil Burstyn and David Panich, directed by James Frawley, and featured the song "Goin' Down."  Sandoval describes the plot as: "When Davy falls for a mysterious woman, The Monkees enter a spooky scene with Dracula, a Wolfman, and the Mummy."

"Monkees in Texas"

According to Andrew Sandoval's The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, "Monkees in Texas" - the forty-fifth episode of The Monkees series (and the thirteenth of the second season) - was broadcast fifty years ago to-day (4 December 1967).  It was written by Jack Winter, directed by James Frawley, and featured the songs "Words" and "Goin' Down."  Sandoval describes the plot as: "The group comes to the rescue of Mike's Aunt Kate, whose ranch is under siege."

"A Coffin Too Frequent"

According to Andrew Sandoval's The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, "A Coffin Too Frequent" - the forty-third episode of The Monkees series (and the eleventh of the second season) - was broadcast fifty years ago to-day (20 November 1967).  It was written by Stella Linden Ross, directed by David Winters, and featured the songs "Daydream Believer" and "Goin' Down."  Sandoval describes the plot as: "The group's pad becomes the scene of a spooky séance."

"The Wild Monkees"

According to Andrew Sandoval's The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, "The Wild Monkees" - the forty-second episode of The Monkees series (and the tenth of the second season) - was broadcast fifty years ago to-day (13 November 1967).  It was written by Stanley Ralph Ross and Corey Upton, directed by Jon C. Anderson, and featured the songs "Goin' Down" and "Star Collector."  Sandoval describes the plot as: "The group pose as tough bikers to win the hearts of four motorcycle mamas."

"Daydream Believer" b/w "Goin' Down"

According to Andrew Sandoval's The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation, "Daydream Believer" b/w "Goin' Down" - the Monkees' fifth single (Colgems 1012) - was released in the U.S. fifty years ago this month (November 1967).  The U.K. release (RCA 1645) was released the same month.

The catalogue number that Sandoval lists for the U.K. release is the same as what he has for the "Pleasant Valley Sunday" b/w "Words" single.  I'm not sure if that's a mistake or not, or - if it is - which number is erroneous.