Other Peoples' Songs: Me and Magdalena

In which I take a crack at Ben Gibbard's Monkeesong

I heard this song on some playlist or another a few years ago. It just popped up on my phone. Imagine my excitement when I discovered it was a song by the Monkees! A song, no doubt, from their sixties heyday, a psychedelic ballad that never got its due, lost to the winds of time. What a great cover this would be! What a discovery! And now imagine my surprise when I learned that it was actually written by my friend Ben Gibbard and recorded by the Monkees for their 2016 record Good Times! Alas. Well, good on Ben for writing such a beautiful song; good on the Monkees for having the good sense to record it. Here’s my plaintive solo version: