I prefer the b-side! "Big Black Smoke"
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
I almost prefer House in the Country myself... amazing that Ray could churn out b-sides and cast-offs that would have made lesser bands' entire careers.
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
(feel like somebody must have already said that lol)
Not Session Man though. That would be pushing it.
― And I have been called "The Appetite" (DL), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
that song is so weird, can't imagine that Nicky Hopkins was flattered
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
What does he care, he got paid for it
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.magnetmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Kinksvillagegreen550.jpg
11. "Big Sky"The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, 1968406 Points (17 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/wiyrFSSG5_gLive in '70 (audio-only): http://youtu.be/iOJzAUAIQcQYo La Tengo live cover: http://youtu.be/7To2V2S2AbY
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
YES!!! :D
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
'Big Sky' was my #6, and one of my all-time favourite Kinks songs. I'm absolutely thrilled to see it charted so highly.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
I posted this on the noms thread, but this heavy live version bears repeating:http://youtu.be/iOJzAUAIQcQ
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
http://ring.cdandlp.com/rockinronnie/photo_grande/114825221.jpg
10. "All Day and All of The Night"Kinks-Size, 1965434 Points (17 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/mMWNwHof0kcMimed on "Hullaballo", intro by Annette Funicello: http://youtu.be/FvLqQ3EueFUOne For The Road version: http://youtu.be/Rkad60aHA28Legos: http://youtu.be/SEm3qDxm8jo
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3435/3385495281_46eb1422c6_z.jpg
9. "David Watts"Something Else by The Kinks, 1967462 Points (20 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/WhElCQLpCPoThe Jam cover on "Top of The Pops": http://youtu.be/4l9J9kx6cYA
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
Oh Germans.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
have a feeling David Wadds exam performance was less memorable
― rob, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
AD/AN top ten, phewsaid it before, will say it again: that song is super tuff
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
David Watts and Two Sisters would top my ballot. Something Else is the only Kinks album I love.
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://991.com/NewGallery/The-Kinks-Sunny-Afternoon--120896.jpg
8. "Sunny Afternoon"Face To Face, 1966473 Points (20 Votes, 2 #1's)
The Track: http://youtu.be/pIKsHh3BFPIPromo Film: http://youtu.be/1h1oRP7FfBwMimed on TV: http://youtu.be/uMpkY0P_JGsLive in '70 (incomplete): http://youtu.be/biDwCS_h6Xw
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
xp actually no, Days would top my ballot. that song is something else.
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
That's a fancy Buick.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
tbh I thought fatigue would've left "Lola" out of the top ten, but I'd be wrong.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
yeah seen pics of that car before. amazing.
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
gotta say all the images on this poll are delightful. nicely done, c grisso!
― tylerw, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
who's ready to interpret the politics of Sunny Afternoon?
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Monday, April 23, 2012 6:03 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, I was thinking this. It could easily place at any position between now and #1. I really hope my #1 is #1, though, because it truly deserves to be.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://ring.cdandlp.com/kawa84/photo_grande/114701997.jpg
7. "Tired of Waiting For You"Kinda Kinks, 1965513 Points (21 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/QkBvsBpgGboMimed on "Shindig!": http://youtu.be/ffDhEdCELT0Live in '69 (audio only): http://youtu.be/TrquunhEQzU
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
that seems a bit high imho
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
Meh. I love the song and everything, but it honestly doesn't deserve to be this high above some of the songs that have already been mentioned.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's pretty one-note compared to say Sunny Afternoon or David Watts
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
for real
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
believe the Buick belonged to Binder, Edwards & Vaughan, swinging London art/design trio. They organised the happening, rave, whathaveyou that the Beatles made unreleased freakout Carnival of Light for.
― woof, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
don't blame me, "Tired" was practically the only big ubiquitous US hit of their that didn't make my ballot
― Poor Turrican (some dude), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
no way did i vote for that snoozer either
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
I did!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
Along with 20 other people (out of 41).
I also have to admit that it's hard to shake the association with cat food or whatever consumer product stole the soul of that song.
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Kinks_Lola_Uk_Cover.jpg
6. "Lola"Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One, 1970/One For The Road, 1980521 Points (24 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/nVXmMMSo47sMimed on "Top of The Pops": http://youtu.be/Ixqbc7X2NQYOne For The Road version: http://youtu.be/C__CgQlaykILive in '81: http://youtu.be/fS_HcghIZCsRaincoats cover: http://youtu.be/QufDdHzWhgw
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, and there's 'Lola'!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
That "One For The Road" video is missing the intro, where they start the song and then Ray says "We're not going to play that one tonight." I remember as an eleven or twelve-year-old feeling like that was the end of the world, like the band was refusing to play THE BEST SONG OF ALL TIME. And then this utter relief when he decided it would be ok if we'd just sing along...
― dlp9001, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub0nykvHRuc
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
We're not going to play that one tonight. So here's....Ducks on the Wall!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xSDJJl2DHE
― dlp9001, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
Shit, I meant to post the Legos onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMpDHEVaI1k
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.dangerousminds.net/images/uploads/kinksDaysEPportugal_thumb.jpg
5. "Days"Non-LP Single, 1968/The Kink Kronikles, 1972568 Points (20 Votes, 5 #1's)
The Track: http://youtu.be/2-P3HQHwKZwMimed on TV: http://youtu.be/MzpShIhvrjULive in the 80s(?): http://youtu.be/9-2WMdr9-lYRay w/choir at Glastonbury 2010: http://youtu.be/wcZNOdXcUSY
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, too low
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
Man, that Glastonbury performance. Just days of Pete Quaife died. Days and See My Friends were utterly devastating.
― And I have been called "The Appetite" (DL), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I was tired and hungover and my wife and one of my closest friends have both said this would be played at their funeral so I was having problems holding it together.
― And I have been called "The Appetite" (DL), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
The first thing from my ballot to chart since 'Big Sky' all the way down there at #11.
This was my #1, and I can't help but get the feeling that it has been robbed. Just knowing that 'Waterloo Sunset' will chart higher than this is enough to make me have a massive fucking sulk.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
― dlp9001, Monday, April 23, 2012 2:42 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
iirc, Ray milked that schtick for the better part of a decade. Or he'd start "Lola," but then they'd play "Apeman" instead or something.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
Waterloo Sunset = better song, so it's not worth sulking over.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Sk9DUGAupG0/TCJdhkrggKI/AAAAAAAAD_Y/OKCGGpkrb_o/s1600/101669kinks2_edited.jpg
4. "Shangri-La"Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire, 1969620 Points (22 Votes, 2 #1's)
The Track: http://youtu.be/08aNFX1Rx8IRay solo in 2007: http://youtu.be/06oipehWqUg
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 April 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
xpost:
― Johnny Fever, Monday, April 23, 2012 6:54 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I completely disagree. 'Waterloo Sunset' has always been one of those songs that, for me, goes in the 'I like it, it's okay, I see what the fuss is about but it doesn't have the same level of impact for me as it does for others' pile. Whereas 'Days' is a song that, as someone rightly said above, really is something else. 'Waterloo Sunset' didn't make my ballot.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 23 April 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link