When I was in about fifth grade my Father took me and my sister, who was in Jr. High, to see the Monkees in concert when they came to Utah. It was in the middle of the day ( a school day no less) and we had to get permission to miss school, which was very rare for my parents to let us do. There were no assigned seating and when the doors opened we almost got trampled to death! My how concerts have changed! I'm thankful to the Monkees for helping to bridge the generation gap, as they were less threatening to the older generation than the Beatles ( who came out of the clubs in the red light districts of Euorpe). I have fond memories of both bands, but music aside the Monkees were a lighter side to the growing hippie,counter culture, anti war, drug using, long hair, culture that threatened our Parents values, and helped to pave the way to closing the gap!!!!