#randy scouse git

I got to meet them. For the most part, it was a great experience. But Davy and Peter wanted me to be their "Mommy," so to speak, and I was like, "I'm not into that. But if you go downstairs, you'll find a key to where 'Daddy' is. Then you'll have to go upstairs to find him. He's a koala who killed his wife. But he's not a bad sort, he killed her in self-defense. Also, don't call him a bear. Koalas aren't bears!"

So Davy did all that, and discovered the koala who would be his "Daddy." (I'm not sure about Peter, he kind of "petered out," haha.) There was some big showdown of some sort, but good triumphed over evil when all these superheroes came to protect the Daddy Koala.

In the studio during the Headquarters sessions, 1967. Photos: Michael Ochs Archives.

“I remember when Micky first showed me that song [‘Randy Scouse Git’]. He played me the verse and the chorus, and then he said, ‘In the end we do them both at the same time!’ I thought that was a brilliant piece of music. I’ve always thought that Micky was far more creative than he ever gave himself credit for. He’s a vastly more talented individual than he’s aware of. I always thought that song was proof of it.” - Peter Tork, Headquarters, 1995 liner notes

The Monkees in The Rainbow Room in Chicago perform ‘Randy Scouse Git’ filmed in a different position other than we’re used to seeing on The Monkees television show in August 1967.