Yes, I am a Monkee-maniac - a throw back to the 80's when the Monkees made their triumphant reappearance on the music scene. I was 13 years old at the time, and I was smitten by Davy Jones. I was a typically obsessed teen fangirl: I had every vinyl recording, paperback book, teenybopper magazine,television show and interview recorded. I knew every episode of the Monkees show by heart- I could recite the dialogue from any given episode and knew the names of each one, and the episode order memorized.
My highlight of those years was seeing the Monkees reunion tour in concert in 1986. It was my first ever show- and it was the best thing I had ever seen to that point in my life.
Years later, when I was a senior in high school, I had the pleasure of finally meeting Davy Jones in person. I met him twice- once after his performance as Fagin in the musical "Oliver!" and once at a booksigning for his book "They Made a Monkee Out of Me." I carry the distinction of being the only fan to have him "lock" my class ring. I saved that last turn on my ring for Davy. In typical fashion, he was gracious about doing it, despite not being aware of that particular custom (it must be an American custom, he had never heard of it.) I remember his daughter, who was also in the production of "Oliver!", thought it was was funny that he had no clue about that particular tradition.
I remember him being very warm and down to earth. You never would have known that he was a "star" or a celebrity. Over 20 years later, I still vividly remember those 2 encounters with such fondness. Davy Jones was my first ever celebrity crush, and now that he is gone, I feel a little bit empty inside. The closest thing I can compare it to is the feeling of loss that many of John Lennon's fans felt when he died. For those of us that grew up with the Monkees, both the original 60's fans and the 20 yr anniversary fans, we all feel this loss. For many of us, Davy represented the first of many celebrity crushes and he will always have that distinction in our hearts for that reason.
Davy, I know that you are now in heaven. I pray that God holds you in his arms and gives comfort to your grieving family. Heaven received another angel today.
Rest in peace Davy. Until we meet again....
That's it and that's all.
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