Thé Kinks

[knavel]

My two favorite Kinks covers:

 

[Blackmore Fan]

 

[Ron R]

I love the Kinks. And in fairness, 2 of the songs in the OP did quite well here 'across the pond'. They most likely would have been much bigger in the US had they not self-sabotaged.

 

[Geoff738]

Here's a good way to do it if this is the one you are talking about, although maybe not as the title song has already been posted.

Nope, not that one, although that one deserves a deeper dive. It does however have Preservation in the title.

Cheers,
Geoff

 

[knavel]

Nope, not that one, although that one deserves a deeper dive. It does however have Preservation in the title.

Cheers,
Geoff

I can't Act Two excited about that album or much of anything from the 70s up to Schoolboys.

 

[knavel]

I remember riding my bike to the library and checking out the only Kinks album stocked. I had enough friends but no peers in terms of my aspirations and the album spoke to me.

 

[knavel]

I still always reference 60s bands when recording our songs. Just the other day I told my brother a song needed "that Dave Davies 2/4 chunk ... chunk guitar thing"(example below) . We even got our name because my brother went to Kink in the dictionary and turned the page from there (hint: see my name to the left).

 

[knavel]

I spent an aggregate half a year in the hospital with leukaemia. This was one of my theme songs. At the time there were no truer words in my life.

 

[EllroyJames]

 

[David Barnett]

 

[Geoff738]

I can't Act Two excited about that album or much of anything from the 70s up to Schoolboys.

Yeah, Preservation Act 2 is a bit of a slog. For example

But there are a few decent tunes on it




And the early 70s still gave you Lola and Muswell Hillbillies which are both quite good. Even Preservation Act 1 has its moments




Cheers,
Geoff

 

[Geoff738]

Some more latter career highlights
Originally only available on the cassette for State of Confusion. It’s one of their best 80s tunes. Wtf?









Cheers,
Geoff

 

[Geoff738]

Ok, I haven’t delved into Village Green, their most critically revered album, although not my personal fave. That’d be Arthur. The whole thing was linked above, as was Big Sky. I ll throw out a few links to individual tunes here.

Title track

I thinks he’s being a little harsh on Walter

And a couple weird ones




Cheers,
Geoff

 

[gionnio]

I always think of this when I read about that Auntie-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa group. What was their name?

 

[David Barnett]

I always think of this when I read about that Auntie-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa group. What was their name?

The original is infinitely superior to the insufferable cover by The Jam ("OI!").

 

[tomkatf]

Ray Davies is the greatest songwriter in the history of “Rock” or whatever you want to call it…

 

[Rick330man]

Village Green Preservation Society is probably my 2nd favorite KinKs album. Sleepwalker is #1. Your post left out my three favorite songs from that album: Johnny Thunder, Animal Farm and Picture Book.

Ok, I haven’t delved into Village Green, their most critically revered album, although not my personal fave. That’d be Arthur. The whole thing was linked above, as was Big Sky. I ll throw out a few links to individual tunes here.

Title track

I thinks he’s being a little harsh on Walter

And a couple weird ones




Cheers,
Geoff

 

[Geoff738]

I can’t argue with those picks.

Cheers,
Geoff

 

[jrblue]

I grew up on the east coast and the Kinks were well-known in my peer group (generic suburban teenagers) not only from their breakthrough beginnings, but in every phase after that. There was ebb and flow in their popularity, but they weren't overlooked or ignored. I don't really see, myself, how many of the songs posted here would qualify as brilliant in the way that so much of the Beatles' output does. In American rock, connections to the old music hall or vaudeville traditions are (thankfully, IMO) not particularly strong or even appreciated, while for British bands, and particularly the Kinks, it can be pretty present. The Beatles had the occasional "When I'm 64" stuff, and many other bands did, but it looms large in the Kinks and I don't think American audiences respond much to that. A lot of Americans dislike such stuff -- ask Monty Python. I like pieces from the whole lifetime of the Kinks, but will always gravitate to their true rock and away from the music hall stuff.

 

[Peegoo]

You know you might be reaching listeners across the pond when an LA bar band covers one of your tunes.