Review:

on 2011-09-23 CharlesMartel Said:

"Pleasant Valley Sunday" represents the apogee of what the Monkees could aspire to. There is even a slightly dark undertone to the whole song  it is almost as if it could be the theme song to "Stepford Wives" or something. As if the idyll of middle-class Middle America, once attained, is inherently flawed and thereby doomed to fail.

But then again, why read too much into it. This is what the Monkees were good at, musically. Jangling guitars which hearkened back to the fifties and soft male vocal harmonies which hearkened back to earlier in the decade pointed to the age of innocence. This is rock and roll before it became corrupted by rock and roll, if you know what I mean. But there I go, trying to over analyse this. Just forget the analysis, listen and enjoy.
Rating: 7/10