1. Days2. God's Children3. Waterloo Sunset4. Autumn Almanac5. Shangri-la6. Dead End Street7. Do You Remember Walter?8. Victoria9. Two Sisters10. Till the End of the Day11. David Watts12. Village Green Preservation Society13. This Is Where I Belong14. Did You See His Name?15. She's Got Everything16. Tired of Waiting for You17. Afternoon Tea18. Funny Face19. Stop Your Sobbing20. Party Line
― timellison, Monday, 23 April 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
PS Thank you most sincerely for doing this!
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Monday, 23 April 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
^ 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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
its not on Village Green...?
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 April 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
"Days" was in the original track list for vgps, but was dropped.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 23 April 2012 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
actually on original European release, not just track list. Later a single.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 23 April 2012 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
I've heard that the CD version of Kink Kronikles has poor sound, by the way.
― timellison, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
Go on then, "Susannah's Still Alive" was 51, wasn't it?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 09:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fjr0y4I%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― Mark G, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
hmmmm is that ... is that a thing?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
apparently! Sadly, an overpriced import to the States.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
5 cds and a dvd. http://www.thekinks.info/the-kinks-at-the-bbc/
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, just saw that it was more than $100! maybe it'll come down. looks niiiiiice.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
Is it weird that I read that in a Dave Chappelle voice?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
yes.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
hot damn tamale.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
when are we doing The Who. Did I miss it?
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 26 April 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
The Who will be #24, and will be run by Tarfumes.
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 26 April 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Just saw on the Kinks fb page that Rosie Davies, sister of Ray and Dave and inspiration for many of the former's songs, has passed away.
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 3 July 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
Here's Dave Davies taking the ice bucket challenge as nominated by Mark Hammill.
Wait, what?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhRZVISDppU
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 22:17 (nine years ago) link
Why didn't any of you tell me about The Kinks? Gonna have to listen to the first ten albums and then get back to you about these results, but let's just say that I'm enjoying them quite a lot. My initiation, courtesy tt, is Lola vs Powerman, and you all seem to think it's not even one of their best, but my god it's great
― imago, Sunday, 11 August 2019 09:32 (four years ago) link
Utterly baffled by this band, early fuzz notwithstanding. Cultural barrier may be a factor.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 11 August 2019 10:41 (four years ago) link
Utterly baffled by imago liking the Kinks tbh.
― Euripedes' Trousers (Tom D.), Sunday, 11 August 2019 11:43 (four years ago) link
I liked my ballot so much I made a playlist out of it and have listened to it countless times. I even tried to play all the songs a few times, to varying degrees of success. Always good to think about the Kinks 😀
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 11 August 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
it's not our fault, look cardiacs even covered "susannah's still alive" in 1988, what else did you need?
― Abigail, Wife of Preserved Fish (rushomancy), Sunday, 11 August 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
Pssst imago the Kinks are fantastic
Also there are like a hundred ILM Kinks threads
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 11 August 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
Face to Face through Muswell is pretty much all essential, and get the expanded editions so you don't miss all the non-album sides.
― o. nate, Sunday, 11 August 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
Haven't looked at these results yet but if Ray Davies has written more than two or three better songs than Do You Remember Walter then I'll hardly believe it, that is one of the best things I have ever heard
― imago, Monday, 12 August 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
Wistful songs of lost opportunity, middling regret, and unsatisfied complacency? I'd put that one in the middle of a dozen great songs in that mode.
― bendy, Monday, 12 August 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
Kink Kronicles is one of the best compilations ever made and it's downright essential even if you've got all the studio albums since half of it is non-album/single tracks
― frogbs, Monday, 12 August 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
The big 50th anniversary reissue box set of Arthur is coming out in a couple months. Theres a few different super deluxe versions of it with tons of extras and bonus discs and toys, but none of the bonus material really tempts me that much, my vinyl copy still sounds great and endless alternate mono mixes don't really excite me. But I'll probably still get whatever the cheapest CD version is that still comes with the book-length liner notes -I know the broad strokes behind the context & making of the album but I'd love to dig deeper into it.
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Monday, 12 August 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
Which reminds me, imago, don't sleep on the unreleased Dave Davies album, which is pretty easy to find in various versions, amazing stuff there!
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Monday, 12 August 2019 18:43 (four years ago) link
picked up a nice copy of Arthur been listening a lot... lyrics to Some Mother's Son are so brutal, what a songwriterTwo soldiers fighting in a trenchOne soldier glances up to see the sunAnd dreams of games he played when he was youngAnd then his friend calls out his nameIt stops his dream and as he turns his headA second later he is deadSome mother's son lies in a fieldBack home they put his picture in a frameBut all dead soldiers look the sameWhile all the parents stand and waitTo meet their children coming home from schoolSome mother's son is lying dead
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 August 2019 18:52 (four years ago) link