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

that is a hell of a top 5. what an incredible band.

my lists:

1. Shangri-La
2. The Village Green Preservation Society
3. Some Mother's Son
4. Arthur
5. Waterloo Sunset
6. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
7. End of the Season
8. Party Line
9. You Really Got Me
10. Two Sisters
11. I'm On An Island
12. The World Keeps Going Round
13. Ring the Bells
14. Victoria
15. When I See That Girl of Mine
16. Lola
17. Do You Remember Walter?
18. Animal Farm
19. Autumn Almanac
20. Milk Cow Blues

Best Album:

1. Arthur
2. The Kink Kontroversy
3. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
4. Face To Face
5. Kinda Kinks

Tracks:
1. Ring the Bells
2. Tired of Waiting
3. Too Much on My Mind
4. Victoria
5. Do You Remember Walter
6. Days
7. Shangri-La
8. Sweet Lady Genevieve
9. Waterloo Sunset
10. Lola
11. Love Me Till the Sun Shines
12. Oklahoma U.S.A.
13. Village Green
14. David Watts
15. People Take Pictures of Each Other
16. Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl
17. Lazy Old Sun
18. This Time Tomorrow
19. Yes Sir, No Sir
20. Come Dancing

Album:
1. Arthur
2. Face to Face
3. Village Green Preservation Society
4. Kink Kontroversy
5. Something Else

i voted strategically, but failed in the case of my #1

An appropriately MOR ballot:

1. Shangri-La, #5
2. See My Friends, #16
3. Wonderboy
4. Autumn Almanac, #14
5. Picture Book, #21
6. Animal Farm, #25
7. Tired of Waiting for You, #7
8. I'm Not Like Everybody Else, #13
9. Celluloid Heroes, #29
10. Days, #5
11. Arthur
12. Dead End Street, #12
13. David Watts, #9
14. Sunny Afternoon, #8
15. Starstruck
16. Victoria, #2
17. People Take Pictures of Each Other, #33
18. This Is Where I Belong, #30
19. King Kong
20. Susannah's Still Alive

which song had the most #1s as a percentage of its total votes? (=the passion index)

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'Ring The Bells' is one of those songs I wish I could have found space for. One of my highlights of The Kink Kontroversy.

if i had to vote again i'd probably put god's children, holiday in waikiki, mr. churchill says, some mother's son, etc. on my ballot instead of some other tunes. oh well.

Thanks for doing this. Quite fun.

My Ballot, bold not placing:

Days
Shangri-La
Big Sky
Complicated Life
Mindless Child Of Motherhood
Waterloo Sunset
When I Turn Out The Living Room Light
Do It Again
Celluloid Heroes
Party Line
Lola
Oklahoma U.S.A.
Australia
This Time Tomorrow
The Way Love Used To Be
Holiday
Mr. Reporter
Death Of A Clown
Come Dancing
The Village Green Preservation Society

so many freakin' great tunes to choose from i could easily do another 20. TKAtVGPS was my #1 record but i could only get one track on my tracks list. kinda thought "last of the steam powered trains" might place, but when a band is this sublime who cares really

Would def be interested in seeing the full tabulation list when you can get around to it, C Grisso.

Great poll! I've been following along way in the background due to work stress and personal stress. Thanks for running this one, CGrisso!

Here's my ballot, straight up canon (except for high placement of "Animal Farm," I guess):

1. Animal Farm
2. Waterloo Sunset
3. Big Sky
4. David Watts
5. You Really Got Me
6. Oklahoma U.S.A.
7. Lola
8. Picture Book
9. Sunny Afternoon
10. Tired Of Waiting For You
11. A Well Respected Man
12. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
13. All Of My Friends Were There
14. People Take Pictures of Each Other
15. I Go To Sleep
16. All Day And All Of The Night
17. Come Dancing
18. Victoria
19. Stop Your Sobbing
20. Death Of A Clown

ALBUMS:
1. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
2. Something Else By the Kinks
3. Face to Face
4. Arthur
5. Lola vs. Powerman

King Kong is probably the one that bugs me most for not making the top 20...

1. Shangri-La
2. Celluloid Heroes (Live version from One For The Road)
3. You Really Got Me
4. Victoria
5. David Watts
6. Australia
7. King Kong
8. All Day and All of the Night
9. Money Talks
10. Big Sky
11. He's Evil
12. Rainy Day In June
13. Wicked Annabella
14. Demolition
15. (A) Face In The Crowd
16. Education
17. No More Looking Back
18. Low Budget
19. Ducks On The Wall
20. Father Christmas

. Sunny Afternoon #8
Shangri-La #4
Holiday in Waikiki
This is where I belong #30
Deadend Street #12
Mr. Pleasant
Get Back in Line
A Well Respected Man #23
Alcohol (live version)
Waterloo Sunset #1
Victoria #2
David Watts #9
Lola #6
Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
You Really Got Me #3
See My Friends #16
Polly
Mr. Reporter
Susannah's Still Alive
20. King Kong

Thanks again for doing this poll, c. grisso. The only big surprise for me is that "Get Back In Line" and "Wonderboy" didn't place.

here's my ballot, think most of 'em placed.

1. this is where i belong
2. waterloo sunset
3. see my friends
4. days
5. you really got me
6. big sky
7. tired of waiting for you
8. come on now
9. sunny afternoon
10. til the end of the day
11. village green
12. victoria
13. david watts
14. picture book
15. village green preservation
16. lola
17. oklahoma usa
18. 20th century man
19. i go to sleep
20. sittin on my sofa

most of my ballot placed - I should have voted for Wonderboy. Bummed that A House in the Country, Little Miss Queen of Darkness, All of My Friends Were There, and Got to Be Free didn't place.

Here's mine, nothing surprising here I guess, did my part:

God's Children
Little Miss Queen Of Darkness
Mindless Child Of Motherhood
This Is Where I Belong
All Day And All Of The Night
Mr. Big Man
Yes Sir, No Sir
Fancy
I Need You
Victoria
Juke Box Music
Sleepwalker
Do You Remember Walter
Young And Innocent Days
Death Of A Clown
Funny Face
See My Friends
I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Life On the Road
There is No Life Without Love

1. Days
2. God's Children
3. Waterloo Sunset
4. Autumn Almanac
5. Shangri-la
6. Dead End Street
7. Do You Remember Walter?
8. Victoria
9. Two Sisters
10. Till the End of the Day
11. David Watts
12. Village Green Preservation Society
13. This Is Where I Belong
14. Did You See His Name?
15. She's Got Everything
16. Tired of Waiting for You
17. Afternoon Tea
18. Funny Face
19. Stop Your Sobbing
20. Party Line

PS Thank you most sincerely for doing this!

I am :( at the lack of love for Sleepwalker. I have no idea why I love that album so much, I just do.

^ seconded. I struggled with whether or not to put "Life On The Road" on my ballot.

SONGS:

1. No More Looking Back
2. Tired of Waiting For You (#7)
3 .Two Sisters (#45)
4. Catch Me Now I’m Falling
5 .Where Have All The Good Times Gone? (#43)
6 .Lola (#6)
7 .Days (#5)
8 .Here Comes Yet Another Day
9 .I’m Not Like Everybody Else (#13)
10. Do It Again (#50)
11. No Return
12. 20th Century Man (#38)
13. Father Christmas
14. Everybody’s A Star (Starmaker)
15. Celluloid Heroes (#29)
16. Living On A Thin Line
17. When I Turn Off the Living Room Light
18. Full Moon
19. Victoria (#2)
20. Waterloo Sunset (#1)

ALBUMS:

1. Something Else
2. Muswell Hillbillies
3. Low Budget
4. Face To Face
5. The Great Lost Kinks Album

MOST HATED:

None

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.

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!

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.

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.

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."

its not on Village Green...?

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.

"Days" was in the original track list for vgps, but was dropped.

actually on original European release, not just track list. Later a single.

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.

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.

Yeah, I used to have one that had plastic inner sleeves so I think it was in print for a long time.

my ballot

albums
1 something else
2 muswell hillbillies
3 the kink kontroversy
4 kinda kinks
5 village green preservation society

3 worst
1 black messiah
2 somebody stole my car
3 welcome to sleazy town

tracks
1 days
2 victoria
3 i need you
4 all day and all of the night
5 sunny afternoon
6 till the end of the day
7 waterloo sunset
8 oklahoma usa
9 you really got me
10 picture book
11 nothin in the world can stop me from worryin bout that girl
12 tired of waiting for you
13 father christmas
14 this time tomorrow
15 misfits
16 little miss queen of darkness
17 some mother's son
18 rosie won't you please come home
19 i'm not like everybody else
20 lola

I've heard that the CD version of Kink Kronikles has poor sound, by the way.

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.

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)

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)

Go on then, "Susannah's Still Alive" was 51, wasn't it?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fjr0y4I%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

hmmmm is that ... is that a thing?

apparently! Sadly, an overpriced import to the States.

5 cds and a dvd. http://www.thekinks.info/the-kinks-at-the-bbc/

yeah, just saw that it was more than $100! maybe it'll come down. looks niiiiiice.

hmmmm is that ... is that a thing?

Is it weird that I read that in a Dave Chappelle voice?

yes.

Way cheaper here: http://www.deepdiscount.com/cd/kinks-at-the-bbc-import/

hot damn tamale.