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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Oct 4, 2019 13:23:01 GMT
A thread devoted to the Muswell Hillbillies.
There have been bits and pieces coming out over the last few years about a possible Kinks' reunion, but here is some concrete, promising news:
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 4, 2019 14:02:44 GMT
I believe a few months back--maybe just prior to this board's inception?--someone brought up the Kinks and I noted that I'd not listened to them in quite a while. Sadly that remains true!
The Kinks were one of the classic bands I decided I had to know back in that period I so often reference, the turn of the century. (All those "Top 100" lists of everything were all over the place, be it movies, songs, albums, and books, and I wanted to know about the best of the best. I was also finishing college and had this thought that it was important to know the best of everything to be a well rounded adult. In hindsight I actually think it was a worthwhile exercise.)
So I saw a couple of Kinks albums near the tops of those lists and dug in. For a few years I was all over the mid 60s through early 70s Kinks, and I still love that material. But I really haven't listened to it in a long time, as it sits alongside other classic rock that I spent so much time on but rarely get back to anymore. I should.
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Post by kds on Oct 4, 2019 14:11:19 GMT
I feel like there have been talks and hints of a Kinks reunion for ages now. It's become one of those I'll believe it when I see it stories.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 11, 2019 17:24:38 GMT
Yesterday on my drive home from working at our satellite office I had a chance to revisit a pair of older CDs, one of which was the Kinks' Something Else. I had forgotten how keyboard-heavy it is: lots of piano, some organ, and harpsichord. Really good album, though some of the production choices are very dated (such as extreme panning in spots).
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Oct 11, 2019 18:29:27 GMT
Yesterday on my drive home from working at our satellite office I had a chance to revisit a pair of older CDs, one of which was the Kinks' Something Else. I had forgotten how keyboard-heavy it is: lots of piano, some organ, and harpsichord. Really good album, though some of the production choices are very dated (such as extreme panning in spots). Nicky Hopkins-influenced maybe?
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 11, 2019 18:38:36 GMT
Not just influenced: he played a bunch of 'em, I believe.
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Post by lonelysummer on Oct 16, 2019 2:26:28 GMT
Not just influenced: he played a bunch of 'em, I believe. Yeah, it's strange how little guitar there is on that album; I had it on a couple nights ago and told myself to listen to the playing more than the songs themselves. And I have to say the Kinks were much better musicians than given credit for. What are those chords on "No Return"? Sounds like jazz chords to me...I think Ray is a much better guitarist than he lets on. And Mick was having to play drums to songs that were nothing like their early heavy rock stuff. And the harmonies! Rasa Davies (Ray's first wife) is all over those songs. Really nice harmonies on songs like Afternoon Tea, Waterloo Sunset. I have a strange relationship with that album. I bought it late one night at Tower Records after my last night at a job in downtown Seattle. Walked down to Tower, rode the bus home, and put it on the turntable. Now every time I hear it, i'm reminded of that night. I think End of the Season is about my leaving that job downtown. I know, i'm an idiot! But it think it's perfectly alright if songs have their own unique meanings to us...even if it has little or nothing to do with what the writer was writing about. After Something Else, then I started tracking down copies of the other late 60's albums, and I loved them all. That stuff didn't sound much like the Kinks songs getting played on classic rock radio; it wasn't YRGM, ADAAOTN, Lola, or Destroyer.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on May 10, 2020 13:51:56 GMT
A hidden gem from Percy (1971), "The Way Love Used To Be":
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Post by jk on May 11, 2020 17:58:19 GMT
I like the early Kinks, say up to "Autumn Almanac". After that, they lost me--and I lost them.
My favourite Kinks songs? "Set Me Free", a wonderful balance between raunchy and lyrical...
...and the mighty "See My Friends":
Gender and sexuality have always been an intriguing facet of their world.
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