THE MONKEES’ TIMELESS HEARTBEAT — “PORPOISE SONG” STILL ECHOES LIKE A DREAM YOU CAN’T WAKE FROM In the swirling psychedelic haze of Head, the Monkees delivered their most haunting masterpiece—”Porpoise Song,” written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, with Micky’s aching lead soaring over Mike’s soulful harmonies and Peter and Davy weaving in those perfect, fragile backups. It’s the sound of youth crashing against reality, captured forever in those iconic red 8-button shirts.
THE DREAM YOU NEVER ESCAPE — WHY “PORPOISE SONG” STILL HAUNTS THE SOUL OF A GENERATION There are songs that belong to…