cheer up, sleepy jean

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so this one comes up on shuffle at just that point at which vodka and old music combine to trigger long-forgotten memories. i flash back to my mother turning to me one day as this song played on the car radio and saying, "this is nice--who is this, mike?"

and i remember being surprised, and then thinking, "of course you wouldn't know who this is, because when daydream believer hit no. 1 you were so sedated you wouldn't have known frank sinatra had he done the hokey-pokey naked at the foot of your hospital bed," but all i said was, "it's the monkees, ma--you know, the guys who did last train to clarksville?"

and of course she did, because when last train to clarksville had charted, dad hadn't yet taken himself out and all was still pseudo-well.


Monkees - Daydream Believer