{"id":879,"date":"2026-04-27T16:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=879"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:32:08","slug":"mm-1966-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2026\/04\/27\/mm-1966-3\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1966"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-880\" style=\"width:586px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/04\/image-2.png 474w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/04\/image-2-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Monkees - Steppin&#039; Stone ( lyrics )\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Z8H6cutVRo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;(I&#8217;m Not Your) Steppin&#8217; Stone&#8221; is best known as a hit for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Monkees\">the Monkees<\/a>. Released in November 1966, the song became the first Monkees\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B-side\">B-side<\/a>\u00a0to chart, reaching #20 on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Hot_100\"><em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Hot 100<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/(I%27m_Not_Your)_Steppin%27_Stone#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Musicians featured on the recording are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Micky_Dolenz\">Micky Dolenz<\/a>\u00a0(lead vocal), Tommy Boyce (backing vocal), Wayne Erwin and Gerry McGee (rhythm guitar),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Shelton\">Louis Shelton<\/a>\u00a0(lead guitar), Bobby Hart (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vox_Continental\">Vox Continental<\/a>\u00a0organ),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Larry_Taylor\">Larry Taylor<\/a>\u00a0(bass), Billy Lewis (drums) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Lewy\">Henry Lewy<\/a>\u00a0(percussion).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The single,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stereophonic_sound\">stereo<\/a>\u00a0album, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monophonic_sound\">mono<\/a>\u00a0album versions contain several differences. In the stereo version, the track&#8217;s title is sung just before the second verse, whereas on the single and mono album versions, this segment is left instrumental. The stereo version has an edit in the fadeout, but the mono album version does not have this edit and therefore has a longer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coda_(music)\">coda<\/a>. The single also does not have the edit, but it fades out earlier than does the mono album. All Monkees\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greatest_hits_album\">hits compilations<\/a>\u00a0through the mid-1980s used the stereo version, and afterward typically used the single version.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Monkees&#8217; version is featured in the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montage_(filmmaking)\">romp<\/a>&#8221; segments of several episodes of the group&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Monkees_(TV_series)\">television series<\/a>. It has also been heard in episodes of shows such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Queen%27s_Gambit_(miniseries)\"><em>The Queen&#8217;s Gambit<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zoo_(American_TV_series)\"><em>Zoo<\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . &#8220;(I&#8217;m Not Your) Steppin&#8217; Stone&#8221; is best known as a hit for\u00a0the Monkees. Released in November 1966, the song became the first Monkees\u00a0B-side\u00a0to chart, reaching #20 on the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0Hot 100.[4]\u00a0Musicians featured on the recording are\u00a0Micky Dolenz\u00a0(lead vocal), Tommy Boyce (backing vocal), Wayne Erwin and Gerry McGee (rhythm guitar),\u00a0Louis Shelton\u00a0(lead guitar), Bobby Hart (Vox Continental\u00a0organ),\u00a0Larry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}