this is why I was arguing for fewer voters, surely a hardcore fan voterbase would have that top 15
― iatee, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
We had a party line when I was a kid so the song brings up good memories. It was always weird to pick up the phone and here your neighbors talking. Whenever my mom need to call anyone she would put me on the line so I could be all cute and say, "I wanna call my Nana." Nobody wants to disappoint a pre-schooler so they'd wrap up their conversation.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
I consider myself a pretty hardcore Kinks fan and didn't vote for anything post-1972 except for Come Dancing.
so nyah
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
which song you talking about iatee?
it seems p obv to me that that is one of the best songs ray davies has ever written
― iatee, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
better things!
Really? I always thought it was a bit shit. Good lyrics, crap melody and music.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
xpif it makes you feel better iatee, I abstained in order not to simply reinforce the F2F-Muswell canon (the only era I know)
― rob, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
i had better things on my ballot originally, but it got the boot! it's a good late-period tune, but not top 20 for me.
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2291/2464913117_20879d99df_z.jpg?zz=1
30. "This Is Where I Belong"Non-LP Single, 1967/The Kink Kronikles, 1972190 Points (8 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/0woPvO8qAgs
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
Same here. I like it, but I think it seems better than it is after trudging through the crapulence of Give The People What They Want.
xp
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
lol, now it's my turn (re: where i belong): surely a hardcore fan voterbase would have that top 15
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
crap melody and music
Really? Better Things has always struck me as one of Ray's most melodic melodies.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
"This Is Where I Belong" is my #1
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
But wait, now that I think about it, Better Things sounds a lot like a Pretenders-style song. I could totally hear Chrissie Hynde singing it...which may be why EZ hates it.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
This Is Where I Belong came really close to making my ballot. Hurt deep to cut it.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
it's weird, i think the first version of that i heard was at a frank black concert (1994-ish?) and i was blown away, just like "FRANK BLACK HAS WRITTEN HIS BEST SONG EVER" and then found it was a cover, ha.
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
― Johnny Fever
I hadn't cottoned to that either! I betcha that's at least part of my problem with it.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3005/3008954455_77b4e7951f_z.jpg
29. "Celluloid Heroes"Everybody's In Show-Biz, 1972/One For The Road, 1980200 Points (9 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/rTJVclgwS5gOld Grey Whistle Test, 1977 : http://youtu.be/eSR7nfn-acsOne For The Road version: http://youtu.be/u555wjy4uQI
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
Better Things intro and guitar tone definitely Pretenders-ish. But I love it. Was a mixtape/mix-disc favorite for years, it's a good way to sign off. I like the lyrics -- "hoping all the verses rhyme/and the very best of choruses, too" -- and then the rush of the chorus totally delivers, "it's really good to see you rocking out and having fun..."
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
"This Is Where I Belong" top 5 for me, love that song. I think it transcends whatever place it came from to include anyone who is glad to belong anywhere.
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
So strongly, strongly disagree with this.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
the first part or the second
― iatee, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
http://hilobrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/rushmorepool29a.jpg
28. "Nothin' In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl"Kinda Kinks, 1965/Rushmore OST, 1998208 Points (9 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/hj9671V_UxARushmore pool party scene: http://youtu.be/Fn68zL6nukkMark Lanegan cover: http://youtu.be/qz0So4RMsxY
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
Ooh! I was worried this one wouldn't make it. (And again, I forgot it was used in a Wes Anderson film.)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
So strongly, strongly disagree with this.ha, i disagree too, but "this is where i belong" so low! kind of thought that would be a Sway-like song for this poll.
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
wow you guys REALLY like some late period stuff
xxxp
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 April 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
Love Better Things and Celluloid Heroes, although the lyrics of the latter are pretty klutzy. There's a Fountains of Wayne cover of Better Things which underlines what a perfect power-pop record it is.
Dedicated Follower is the first Kinks song I remember hearing as a kid. Now it always reminds me of this clip, starting at 2:55:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qud3CzBToss&feature=watch_response
― And I have been called "The Appetite" (DL), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
my dad would always cite "Dedicated Follower" when discussing fashion-plate students of his
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://img.wax.fm/releases/2751948/kinks-come-dancing-2236398.jpeg
27. "Come Dancing"State of Confusion, 1983217 Points (11 Votes)
Music Video: http://youtu.be/gs2kFrGluKsTop of The Pops: http://youtu.be/z-RT6ZA6lEE"Extended Version": http://youtu.be/kwCuTzNcolg
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
I considered voting for this in 'best song' and 'worst song' but I did neither
― iatee, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
this was probably higher on my ballot than it should be tbh
― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
27 seems about right.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.kindakinks.net/discography/images/img00171.jpg
26. "Mindless Child of Motherhood"Non-LP Single, 1969/The Kink Kronikles, 1972217 Points (7 Votes, 2 #1's)
BBC Version: http://youtu.be/tIu2tHAmA9ILive '69: http://youtu.be/as9LqFqDC30
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
...and that's it for today.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
good one to finish on
― rob, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
Oh noes, I was (foolishly) hoping that would crack the top 10. ;_;
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
I'm starting to get used to the feeling of my favorite songs placing in the 35-50 category. That's just how it is. Life goes on and on and on.
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
the thing is that I'm not really sure outside of Waterloo Sunset what the consensus Kinks favorites are. Lola? You Really Got Me? Days probably.
― rob, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
you really got me is inevitably top 5 I think
― iatee, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
well respected man and sunny afternoon prob top 10
― iatee, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
david watts and victoria top 10
― iatee, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry, posting on the run. Strongly disagree that fewer voters is ever better. Anyway, a subject for another thread.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
Got high hopes for Art Lover but no idea if its greatness is widely acknowledged.
― And I have been called "The Appetite" (DL), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
Shangri-La and Village Green Preservation Society should crack the top ten.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
I think Sweet Lady Genevieve will be the Kinks version of Sway.
art lover is pretty catchy but also reprehensible
― iatee, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
don't forget "Days"
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― grandavis, Thursday, 19 April 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link