3.
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire), 1969 -- 53 Points (16 Votes, 5 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
2.
Something Else By The Kinks, 1967 -- 67 Points (19 Votes, 5 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
can't believe schoolboys in disgrace took the top spot
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Quick question: What's up with the blue Something Else? I've been posting the Castle/Sanctuary covers (non-deluxe) when applicable, but my copy of their edition of the album is gray.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I used to like Muswell more than I do now, but this is a solid top 5.
I think the blue Something Elses are just cruddy scans.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I didn't vote in the albums poll, but would have voted "Arthur" for #1 (also let me be the first to say "Lola vs Powerman" is too low).
― o. nate, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp I've only ever seen gray Something Elses. First US Kinks album artwork not to be fucked with by Reprise, though.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
1.
Think Visual, 1986 -- lol Points (haha Votes, yuckyuck #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
har har
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
yuckyuck #1s ftw
― when will Jesus bring the composition chops? (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wonder if a single track from that album even got a vote from anyone. The band's nadir? Possibly.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
No really,
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, 1968 -- 73 Points (20 Votes, 7 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp "Working at the Factory" might've made my top...50.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
BTW, this was up as a customer image on the amazon Think Visual page:
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
heh yukyuk
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yes. That's a real good song, although it gets tiring listening to Ray whine about the music industry.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
I remember liking "The Video Shop" too, but thinking it was twice as long as it needed to be.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 19:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think other people must enjoy the Kinks differently from me, because "Village Green" is easily my least favorite of the 1966-1971 Kinks albums. It sounds like de-clawed Kinks to me.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
random Kinks catalog question: how many songs has Ray Davies written about/referencing his sister emigrating to Australia. 10? 20?
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Now the "Most Hated"
5 (Three-Way Tie)
"A Gallon of Gas"Low Budget, 1979
"Destroyer"Give The People What They Want, 1981
"Somebody Stole My Car"Phobia, 1993
Each 3 Points (2 Votes)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
i voted for "Destroyer" -- i will try not to troll this thread too much but in the course of putting together my ballot and listening to a bunch of songs (I'm mostly familiar with them from the Ultimate Kinks 2xCD comp) i realized that i kinda sorta hate this band, or at least RD's voice/sense of humor.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
4.
"Harry Rag"Something Else By The Kinks, 19676 Points (3 Votes, 1 #1)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Naggin' Woman"Kinda Kinks, 19656 Points (2 Votes, 2 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Harry Rag is so weird. never heard this euphemism for weed anywhere else.
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
BTW, That's Lazy Lester, who did the original. (xpost)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Come Dancing"State of Confusion, 19837 Points (3 Votes, 2 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Weird. Had no idea that song was hated by Kinks fans at all. Always thought it was widely seen as a resounding return to form.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
well, 3 votes. and one of 'em is me, who just came out as a non-fan.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Black Messiah"Misfits, 19789 Points (3 Votes, 3 #1's)
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was 8 when Come Dancing came out, but I thought it was great if not a little confusing thanks to the video, which I watched over and over and over while we were on vacation because I had MTV for the first time in my short life. Had nfi what a Pally was, that's for sure.
I didn't know anyone hated it either.
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
some people need to listen to 'art lover'
― iatee, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
And that's it for today.
Will be back to begin the "Top 50" Rollout tomorrow.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha, no, I wasn't saying "Grr, you're not a fan if you don't like this." I'm just surprised is all.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
idg hating "Come Dancing", at least not enough to give it a hate vote.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Come Dancing" is great. video with the old cleaning ladies dancing with mops = A+
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I didn't vote for hated songs because I don't hate any enough to put my loathing on record.
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
i remember first hearing it while watching a block of random videos on MTV2 or VH1 Classic like 15 years ago and just being horrified by it
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
I DO get hating "Destroyer"...can totally understand that impulse. I don't though.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
People, what is wrong with Come Dancing? It's a great song. How can it get more hate than Rock n' Roll Cities?
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's way more famous obviously, for one
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
I didn't vote for any hated tracks. There's a whole gob of shit on things like Soap Opera or Think Visual, but I don't guess I honestly hate any of it. Even the more famous tracks that can be overplayed are still underplayed by virtue of them being Kinks songs.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
I mainly voted for hated tracks because of "Black Messiah." Has Ray ever been called out on that song's racism?
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd say 95% of Ray's whole repertoire is sung from a character pov, so "Black Messiah" is a slippery one.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
I hate "Harry Rag", even tried to sell Something Else once because of it before a friend kindly intervened
― Euler, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 21:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, April 17, 2012 1:25 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
doesn't Harry Rag = Fag = Cigarette?
― rob, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 23:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
yah I always thought it was about cigs, lyrics definitely imply hardcore addiction
"Village Green" is easily my least favorite of the 1966-1971 Kinks albums. It sounds like de-clawed Kinks to me.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 20:16 (Yesterday)
I agree with this challop.
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 01:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha! i put come dancing on my best-tracks ballot! oh well.
i voted for arthur as the best kinks album.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 01:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
also tbqh i'm pretty sure ray davies is a racist.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 01:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
he's an asshole, anyway. he just got the holy spirit for a few years there.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 01:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Harry Rag" almost made my top 20.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 01:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am :( at the lack of love for Sleepwalker. I have no idea why I love that album so much, I just do.
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Monday, 23 April 2012 22:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ seconded. I struggled with whether or not to put "Life On The Road" on my ballot.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 23 April 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
SONGS:
1. No More Looking Back2. Tired of Waiting For You (#7)3 .Two Sisters (#45)4. Catch Me Now I’m Falling5 .Where Have All The Good Times Gone? (#43)6 .Lola (#6)7 .Days (#5)8 .Here Comes Yet Another Day9 .I’m Not Like Everybody Else (#13)10. Do It Again (#50)11. No Return12. 20th Century Man (#38)13. Father Christmas14. Everybody’s A Star (Starmaker)15. Celluloid Heroes (#29)16. Living On A Thin Line17. When I Turn Off the Living Room Light18. Full Moon19. Victoria (#2)20. Waterloo Sunset (#1)
ALBUMS:
1. Something Else2. Muswell Hillbillies3. Low Budget4. Face To Face5. The Great Lost Kinks Album
MOST HATED:
None
― Life Is Most Assuredly NOT a Long Song (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Monday, 23 April 2012 22:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Missed the end. Thanks to C. Grissom. Surprised by the complaints about "Tired of Waiting for You"'s high finish--easily one of the most beautiful pop songs ever for me.
1. “Where Have All the Good Times Gone” (40)2. “Tired of Waiting for You” (36)3. “Too Much on My Mind” (33)4. “See My Friends” (30)5. “Love Me Till the Sun Shines” (28)6. “Lola” (26)7. “Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl” (25)8. “Stop Your Sobbing” (24)9. “Afternoon Tea” (23)10. “Party Line” (22)
I think "Afternoon Tea" was my only non-finisher--wasn't sure if it was well regarded within the Kinks body of work or not.
― clemenza, Monday, 23 April 2012 23:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
for me the mind-blowing thing about Days is that here you have this bitter piece of shit (sorry) called Ray Davis who likes to make fun of all sorts of people and emotions singing about the attitude that is easiest to make fun of and dismiss (the you-left-me-but-it's-ok-cause-it-was-great-while-it-lasted attitude) and he plays it completely straight!
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 23 April 2012 23:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
hah, just listening to "Do It Again" as I go over the few songs on the poll I didn't think I knew (i.e. "Sweet Lady Genevieve" & "Better Things", both great btw) & I know this song! this was a big single back in the day, & I sing it all the time around the house, but I had no idea it was a Kinks song. it's just a song I heard a lot as a kid. It's weird to me that the same band that created punk & then raga rock & then gorgeous pastoral pop, ends up making music that they blast on the Himalaya on the radio at the Florida State Fair in the mid 1980s, alongside Van Halen & the Tubes.
― Euler, Monday, 23 April 2012 23:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp or maybe it's about a loved one passing away and I'm totally off. as it's already been demonstrated, I don't understand this dude.
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 23 April 2012 23:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm listening to "Days" off YouTube--I have Village Green, but (sorry) it just didn't ring a bell. Anyway, I love this user comment: "...makes me so proud to be British, and I'm a Jewish glass of water born on the moon."
― clemenza, Monday, 23 April 2012 23:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
its not on Village Green...?
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 April 2012 23:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp Kind of sad to see Mick Avory in the video for "Do It Again" considering he'd been booted from the band during the Word of Mouth sessions and doesn't play on that song.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 23 April 2012 23:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Days" was in the original track list for vgps, but was dropped.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 April 2012 23:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
actually on original European release, not just track list. Later a single.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 23 April 2012 23:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Okay, that would explain my confusion; the YouTube I was looking at identified it as VGPS, and I've got an old Canadian Phonodisc pressing. I'm going to be keeping an eye out for Kinks Kronikles (Christgau's jokey review sticks out in my mind), although I bet vinyl copies aren't cheap.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, "Days" was on the original Euro pressings of the album, which were mistakingly issued after the band pulled the tracklist, cutting it and "Mr. Songbird" in favor of five other songs, among them "Big Sky" and "Animal Farm".
Kink Kronikles probably shouldn't be that expensive on vinyl--I imagine it was in print from '72 to whenever Warners stopped doing vinyl (early '90s?). I picked one up a few years ago for about $8.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 01:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I used to have one that had plastic inner sleeves so I think it was in print for a long time.
― timellison, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 01:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
my ballot
albums1 something else2 muswell hillbillies3 the kink kontroversy4 kinda kinks5 village green preservation society
3 worst1 black messiah2 somebody stole my car3 welcome to sleazy town
tracks1 days2 victoria3 i need you4 all day and all of the night5 sunny afternoon6 till the end of the day7 waterloo sunset8 oklahoma usa9 you really got me10 picture book11 nothin in the world can stop me from worryin bout that girl12 tired of waiting for you13 father christmas14 this time tomorrow15 misfits16 little miss queen of darkness17 some mother's son18 rosie won't you please come home19 i'm not like everybody else20 lola
― balls, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 01:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
I've heard that the CD version of Kink Kronikles has poor sound, by the way.
― timellison, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
wouldn't be surprised if it does (though that's how i've heard it). was probably done early in the CD era and never again to my knowledge. amazing comp all the same, i taped it from the library as a kid and it was definitely the gateway into serious kinks appreciation.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thanks C Grisso. My ballot:
1. Waterloo Sunset (1)2. Days (5)3. The Village Green Preservation Society (15)4. See My Friends (16)5. Autumn Almanac (14)6. Victoria (2)7. You Really Got Me (3)8. Better Things (31)9. The Way Love Used to Be (39)10. Tired of Waiting For You (7)11. Art Lover (DNP)12. Dead End Street (12)13. Sunny Afternoon (8)14. Shangri-La (4)15. Celluloid Heroes (29)16. Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy (DNP)17. Do You Remember Walter? (17)18. David Watts (9)19. Who’ll Be the Next in Line (DNP)20. Fancy (34)
― And I have been called "The Appetite" (DL), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 08:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
In the now honourable tradition..
1. "Victoria" (2)2. "All Day And All Of The Night"(10)3. "Dead End Street"(12)4. "You Really Got Me"(3)5. "Mr. Churchill Says"6. "Party Line"(36)7. "See My Friends"(16)8. "Susannah's Still Alive"9. "Dandy"10. "Wonderboy"11. "The Village Green Preservation Society"(15)12. "Where Have All The Good Times Gone"(43)13. "Sunny Afternoon"(8)14. "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion"(37)15. "Apeman"(46)16. "Days"(5)17. "Waterloo Sunset"(1)18. "Tired Of Waiting For You"(7)19. "Picture Book"(21)20. "Death Of A Clown"(35)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 09:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Go on then, "Susannah's Still Alive" was 51, wasn't it?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 09:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Mark G, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
hmmmm is that ... is that a thing?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
apparently! Sadly, an overpriced import to the States.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
5 cds and a dvd. http://www.thekinks.info/the-kinks-at-the-bbc/
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, just saw that it was more than $100! maybe it'll come down. looks niiiiiice.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is it weird that I read that in a Dave Chappelle voice?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
Way cheaper here: http://www.deepdiscount.com/cd/kinks-at-the-bbc-import/
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
hot damn tamale.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
when are we doing The Who. Did I miss it?
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 26 April 2012 21:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Who will be #24, and will be run by Tarfumes.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 26 April 2012 21:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just seen the timing thread, and notice The Cure and Kate Bush are upcoming. Must find out how to vote, some spreadsheet malarkey iirc. Is there an idiot's guide?
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 26 April 2012 22:36 (1 year ago) Permalink