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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Huh! The Pre-fab Four! The studio musicians and folks who wrote their songs had talent.
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A very silly argument used in the press at the time, given that everyone used session musicians on their records (including the Beatles); they just didn't admit it. You're right that the Monkees didn't (at first) write their songs, but then neither did, say, Elvis Presley or Frank Sinatra!