Where is clarksville in monkees song

The Monkees are an American rock and pop band originally active between and , with reunion albums and tours in the decades that followed. Users questions. Where is the Clarksville in the Monkees song? Is the last train to Clarksville about Clarksville TN? What Monkees are still alive? Did the Monkees sing their own songs? Who sold more albums the Beatles or the Monkees? Is Micky Dolenz still married? Where is Micky Dolenz from? Who was the youngest Monkee?

Were any of the Monkees musicians? Did the Monkees actually play their own instruments? Frankly, it's an anti-war song. It's about a guy going to Clarksville, Tennessee, which is an Army base if I'm not mistaken. He's obviously been drafted and he says to his girlfriend, 'I don't know if I'm ever coming home. To Dolenz, yes, the song was about us. But songwriter Hart clearly states that he didn't have us in mind. Technically, the song isn't about Tennessee's Clarksville.

But it isn't about any of the 26 other Clarksvilles in America, either. It's a name chosen simply because the songwriters liked the sound of it.

Turnabout is fair play: If Clarksville, Tennessee, likes the sound of "Last Train to Clarksville," there's no reason we can't claim it as our own. Read more : Monkees' Peter Tork dies at You don't need to take a train to learn more about Clarksville: Subscribe to The Leaf-Chronicle for the best local news coverage, every day. Chris Smith Leaf Chronicle. Show Caption. Hide Caption.