"I go to BlackPOLL for my holidays,"-- ILM Artist Poll #17 -- The Kinks RESULTS THREAD

Only 3 of mine have placed so far, all from Face to Face ("Fancy," "Rosie," "Too Much"). Not too confident that "Full Moon" will place.

Shangri-La and Village Green Preservation Society should crack the top ten.

I think Sweet Lady Genevieve will be the Kinks version of Sway.

art lover is pretty catchy but also reprehensible

don't forget "Days"

Feel very badly about not submitting a ballot for this, timing was really bad (especially after the heavyweight Bowie and Stones polls, just couldn't take the hit at work to do this one justice).

Gonna enjoy the rollout as best I can though.

"Mindless Child" was around #5 in my list when I gave up and failed to submit...my bad, guys--should've been higher!

>:[

it's interesting to me that Ray professes to have "missed" the 60s - never did acid/weed/etc. What is the substance abuse history of this band anyway? Seem to recall there were drunken fights in the 70s

kinda hoping for a surprise 'shangri-la' victory.

me too

I had it at #1 without a second thought. Probably the easiest part of the ballot...

I forgot to vote for Shangri-La, and I totally love that song!

why u braek heart

it's interesting to me that Ray professes to have "missed" the 60s - never did acid/weed/etc. What is the substance abuse history of this band anyway? Seem to recall there were drunken fights in the 70s

― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, April 19, 2012 6:09 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i imagine many pints of guinness were had.

I always thought that it was ray's father who was the uh 'character' in 20th Century Man.

OK, while there is a pause in procedings, take a listen to "Nobody's Fool" by "Cold Turkey"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTSB2b-nFKY

The Theme song to Adam Faith's "Budgie", written by Ray Davies, early seventies.

Now, is this
1) The Kinks, i.e. Ray Singing
2) Dave singing
3) Session Band.

Surprised "Celluloid Heroes" is so low -- I find it pretty moving.

Also, for those of us not familiar with the backstory to "Come Dancing," here's Wikipedia's entry:

"Come Dancing" is a tribute to Davies' sister Rene who bought him his first guitar, with the song's lyrics affording Davies' sister a happy life denied her in reality. Living in Canada with her (reportedly abusive) husband, the 31-year-old Rene was visiting her parental home in Fortis Green at the time of Ray Davies' thirteenth birthday — 21 June 1957 — on which she surprised him with a gift of the Spanish guitar he'd tried to persuade his parents to buy him. On the evening of the same day, Rene — who had a weak heart as a result of a childhood bout of rheumatic fever — suffered a fatal heart attack while dancing at the Lyceum ballroom.

Personally, I think it makes an already moving song even more so.

As you can see, I'm very moved by these songs.

Celluloid Heroes would be even better if the lyrics weren't so crass: all the dead male stars are portrayed as embodying their tough, roguish screen images while all the female ones are fragile basket cases. Cracking tune though.

it's interesting to me that Ray professes to have "missed" the 60s - never did acid/weed/etc. What is the substance abuse history of this band anyway? Seem to recall there were drunken fights in the 70s

And a fair amount of Bolivian marching powder from the 70s onwards... allegedly

Celluloid Heroes would be even better if the lyrics weren't so crass: all the dead male stars are portrayed as embodying their tough, roguish screen images while all the female ones are fragile basket cases. Cracking tune though.

^^ naive about teen idols

xpost. It's been a while since I read the day-by-day accounting of the Kinks, but I recall an awful lot of Ray going to the hospital to get his stomach pumped type entries, probably more in the 70's.

This book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Kinks-Recordings-Broadcasts-1961-1996/dp/087930765X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334928168&sr=1-4

^^ naive about teen idols

Aren't we all?

naive about teen idols
naive about the cause of teen idols

Sorry, are you implying that a song called "Celluloid Heroes" is not about the artifice of fame?

I hate Shangri-La btw, def didn't vote for it. too much bombast.

i didn't vote for it either -- i loooooove the beginning, quieter part, but am not nuts about when it starts rockin'.

Oh come on -- the "Shangra La, la-la la-la la-la la-la-la-la-LA!" section is great.

My number one as well.

http://www.rapidonline.com/catalogueimages/module/M082908P01WL.jpg

25. "Animal Farm"
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, 1968
221 Points (9 Votes, 1 #1)

The Track: http://youtu.be/o9sY3NKP7is

My #1 and my favorite R.D. vocal performance. He really opens up and projects his voice in a way I haven't heard on any other track, and it gives this song great emotional heft imo.

Agreed -- love this song. My #6. Deceptively peppy, as the half-time chorus makes the whole thing feel slower than it actually is.

http://991.com/newGallery/The-Kinks-Sweet-Lady-Genevi-493765.jpg

24. "Sweet Lady Genevieve"
Preservation Act I, 1973
237 Points (8 Votes, 2 #1's)

The Track: http://youtu.be/GqgNyYXTK4s
Ray alone on the Phobia tour (audio only): http://youtu.be/LXC1x9oN5c4

TOO LOW

Didn't know this song until the ballot thread. Definitely in the top 30 or so for me now.

http://img.wax.fm/releases/1474896/kinks-well-respected-man-2164716.jpeg

23. "A Well-Respected Man"
Kinkdom, 1965
247 Points (12 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/-yATZTFkczs
Live on TV in '66: http://youtu.be/eq5WmHBSVa0
Live medley w/"Death of A Clown" (from the late '70s?): http://youtu.be/ckYGgmoB7Rs

Sadly couldn't find the Juno scene w/this^^

I am not so sad about that tbh

great song. near the bottom of my ballot

Got To Be Free isn't gonna place is it

would be surprised

sure things?

david watts
victoria
you really got me
sunny afternoon
waterloo sunset
tired of waiting for you
all day and all of the night
something better beginning
days
lola
do you remember walter
last of the steam powered trains (?)
till the end of the day
set me free (?)
shangri-la
autumn almanac

Sorry for the big image, but I think I'm in love with this ep sleeve (Also iatee right on one count):

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iZ511_Hex3s/TZoI12N512I/AAAAAAAACq8/rjT7jjizJnI/s1600/kinks%252520fr24160724.jpg

22. "Till The End of The Day"
The Kink Kontroversy, 1965
271 Points (14 Votes)

The Track: http://youtu.be/BIc-RnqjwWA
Live on TV in '66: http://youtu.be/utiosGC7RKc
Alex Chilton & Yo La Tengo live cover from '07: http://youtu.be/YAQ8gqb3Zxk

"I'm on an island" is great

Sweet Lady Genevieve & Animal Farm were my 1 & 2 votes. I was hoping they'd both be higher.

http://images3.wax.fm/kinks_kinks_are_village_green_preservation_society-CLVLXPY298-1292249500.jpeg

21. "Picture Book"
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, 1968
279 Points (13 Votes)

Mimed on TV in '69: http://youtu.be/4BGjaL5329Q
HP commercial: http://youtu.be/TOnif6BC0kc
Green Day "Warning" music video: http://youtu.be/eebfMFzJHNs

Green Day... why?

listen to the riff.

Hearing that in the HP ad was pretty disconcerting. It was like my cat had run away and appeared in a commercial months later.