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The Kinks, Something Else (1967)
...pop-rock is, almost invariably drawn to the Kinks whose songwriter Ray Davies had a mainline... ...of love among the ruins. Davies' writing for the Kinks sprung more than its share of classic 60s... ..."Something Else completely confirms the Kinks' own self-determination: making no concession... ...It's pure England . . . the album represents the Kinks' and Ray Davies', crowning achievement".... .... Something Else was the album that identified the Kinks, and specifically Davies, as a band that were... ...was the cricially accalimed poor selling The Kinks Are The Village Preservation Society (a...
Tagged with: paul weller | ray davies | the beatles | the beatles remastered | the kinks |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/803/the-kinks-something-else-1967/

SUEDE REISSUED AND RECONSIDERED (2011): England made me
...looking back to Barrett-era Pink Floyd then the Kinks, Oasis rejigging the Beatles) and one of the...
Tagged with: blur | no way sis | noel gallagher | oasis | ocean colour scene | paul weller | ray davies | suede | the beatles | the jam | the kinks | the small faces |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/4232/suede-reissued-and-reconsidered-2011-england-made-me/

PAUL WELLER: THE MODFATHER (2010); The ways forward
...energy and one ear on the social commentary of the Kinks' Ray Davies. By the close of the Jam he was...
Tagged with: blur | oasis | ocean colour scene | paul weller | ray davies | the kinks | the move | the small faces | the style council |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3633/paul-weller-the-modfather-2010-the-ways-forward/

RAY DAVIES INTERVIEWED: Still a well respected man (2008)
...ever done. There was one [faster] for the Kinks, but in the modern age. I only started... ...been bulldozed. Talking about scheduling. With the Kinks it just seemed easier to do, people... ...the Storyteller thing I was still recounting the Kinks music and although I wrote it all I still felt... ...Monkeys were in Konk, the little studio where the Kinks used to record and they don’t compose... ...very important. I say I ‘wrote’ the Kinks songs -- I wrote Death of Clown with my...
Tagged with: paul mccartney | paul weller | ray davies | the kinks |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/1800/ray-davies-interviewed-still-a-well-respected-man-2008/

DAVE DAVIES KRONIKLES; MYSTIKAL JOURNEY, a doco by DAVE DAVIES AND MARTIN DAVIES (DVD/CD)
Given that Dave Davies contributed the raw guitar sound to early Kinks hits such as You Really Got Me, grew up in the same household as his famous songwriter brother Ray, was part of the notoriously w
Tagged with: the kinks |
Film at Elsewhere: film/3793/dave-davies-kronikles-mystikal-journey-a-doco-by-dave-davies-and-martin-davies-dvd-cd/

DAMON ALBARN OF BLUR INTERVIEWED; BRITPOP v USA (1993): England Made Me
...they do. These days they get Ray Davies and the Kinks, the Sex Pistols and the Smiths, so what we... ...future.” His references to Ray Davies of the Kinks are interesting. At the height of the British... ...Blur’s Colin Zeal is an update on the Kinks’ Well Respected Man, and if...
Tagged with: oasis | ray davies | the beatles | the kinks | the who |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2075/damon-albarn-of-blur-interviewed-britpop-v-usa-1993-england-made-me/

NICK LOWE INTERVIEWED (2009): As times go by
...considered to be archetypal British bands, and the Kinks and the Who, were all influenced by American...
Tagged with: elvis costello | john hiatt | johnny cash | nick lowe | ry cooder | solomon burke | songwriter on songwriting | the beatles | the kinks |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2592/nick-lowe-interviewed-2009-as-times-go-by/

NOEL GALLAGER OF OASIS INTERVIEWED (1995): The view from the top
...and Pulp. Pulp are just Roxy Music and Blur do the Kinks -- we’re just playing...
Tagged with: blur | no way sis | noel gallagher | oasis | ocean colour scene | paul weller | ray davies | the beatles | the kinks | the small faces |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3873/noel-gallager-of-oasis-interviewed-1995-the-view-from-the-top/

ROCK'N'ROLL NEVER FORGETS: A journey back through time
...to replace “the Liverpool Sound”); the Kinks, the Zombies, Wayne Fontana and the...
Tagged with: bob dylan | janis joplin | the beatles | the kinks | the rolling stones |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/514/rocknroll-never-forgets-a-journey-back-through-time/

THE WHO, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT DVD REVIEWED (2004)
...one of the loudest bands of the 60s but, like the Kinks, one of the most stylish. But while the Kinks...
Tagged with: the beatles | the kinks | the who |
Film at Elsewhere: film/828/the-who-the-kids-are-alright-dvd-reviewed-2004/

Ocean Colour Scene: Saturday (Keep on Keeping On)
...recall a Who rock-opera, Mott the Hoople, the Kinks . . . For all its impressive embellishments...
Tagged with: blur | oasis | ocean colour scene | paul weller | ray davies | the kinks | the move | the small faces | the style council |
Music at Elsewhere: music/3134/ocean-colour-scene-saturday-keep-on-keeping-on/

Ray Davies: Working Man's Cafe (V2/Shock)
...Davies -- formerly of the Kinks (see tag to an Essential Elsewhere Kinks...
Tagged with: harry nilsson | randy newman | ray davies | the kinks |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1451/ray-davies-working-mans-cafe-v2-shock/

THE JAM and TOM PETTY in '79: Two bands separated by a common language
...hailed as a social observer in the lineage of the Kinks' Ray Davies, the Who's Pete Townshend and Paul... ...favourite ever Beatles' song, from Revolver), the Kinks' Dead End Street and Waterloo Sunset, and...
Tagged with: badfinger | bob dylan | bruce springsteen | dwight twilley | essential elsewhere | from the vaults | matthew sweet | my back pages | neil young | power pop | roger mcguinn | the beatles | the byrds | the jam | the kinks | the searchers | the who | tom petty | traveling wilburys |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3773/the-jam-and-tom-petty-in-79-two-bands-separated-by-a-common-language/

Paul Weller: Wild Wood (1994)
By the time he came to releasing albums under his own name in the early 90s, Paul Weller had already had two separate careers: first in the Jam and then the Style Council. If the Jam had been quintess
Tagged with: blur | dr john | neil young | oasis | ocean colour scene | paul weller | ray davies | the kinks | the style council |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/798/paul-weller-wild-wood-1994/

RAY DAVIES, SONGS ON SALE (2016): Kinda Kinks but kinda not
...and others all covered songs by Ray Davies of the Kinks when his publishers and producer Shel Talmy... ...Ray Davies' material – some which the Kinks never recorded, others were album tracks... ...Dandy by Herman's Hermits, an album track off the Kinks' Face to Face and which had only charted for...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7444/ray-davies-songs-on-sale-2016-kinda-kinks-but-kinda-not/

The Kinks: Something Else
...-- has been hailed as a real turning point in the Kinks, and specificaly Davies', career. It's...
Hi-Fi Vinyl: hifivinyl/8149/the-kinks-something-else/

The Kinks: Dancing in the Street (1965)
...Small Face, Who, Animals and other – the Kinks didn't have a natural feel for black American... ...the club circuit in Britain but the few times the Kinks attempted to do those songs in the studio they...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/10180/the-kinks-dancing-in-the-street-1965/

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (Mercury)
...Freaks is like a Rutles parody band doing the Kinks/Oasis) and too little which grips, sounds...
Music at Elsewhere: music/4530/noel-gallaghers-high-flying-birds-noel-gallaghers-high-flying-birds-mercury/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Andy Neill
...Nitzsche; I’m Not Like Everybody Else - The Kinks; Synthetic World - Swamp Dogg. Any...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/11157/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-andy-neill/

BLUES MAGOOS 1966-68: Pop's psychedelic pioneers
...album entirely written by Jagger-Richards; the Kinks' Face to Face; the Who's A Quick One with its...
Tagged with: blues magoos | i want to take you higher | jefferson airplane | love is the song we sing | moby grape | psychedelia |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/3941/blues-magoos-1966-68-pops-psychedelic-pioneers/

Various Artists: Jon Savage's 1965, The Year the Sixties Ignited (Ace/Border)
...soul into pop (Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It) and the Kinks, the Who and many others were unleashed on an... ...the Byrds' I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better and the Kinks' See My Friends B-side See My Friends (which...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8455/various-artists-jon-savages-1965-the-year-the-sixties-ignited-ace-border/

The Sorrows: Take a Heart (1965)
...year on covers by the young Rolling Stones, the Kinks, Pretty Things and many others. Although let's... ...label, a subsidiary of Pye which had the Kinks, Searchers and the Honeycombs at the time.... ...the Sorrows should have been contenders like the Kinks, Pretty Things and so on . . . but their story...
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/7843/the-sorrows-take-a-heart-1965/

RECOMMENDED RECORD: The Coral: Coral Island (Run On/digital outlets)
...captures the change of seasonal mood before the Kinks-like reflectiveness of Autumn Has Come and The... ...of Blur but is more into the subtlety of the Kinks, mid-period Beatles, XTC's Skylarking and Paul...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9845/recommended-record-the-coral-coral-island-run-on-digital-outlets/

THE SIXTIES: THE BRITISH INVASION; a Prime television documentary
...the Dave Clark Five, the Animals, the Zombies, the Kinks, the Who and many more. They may have looked...
Film at Elsewhere: film/8439/the-sixties-the-british-invasion-a-prime-television-documentary/

THE ROLLING STONES, AN ESSAY: Living in Memory Motel
...my mum - who liked the Beatles and thought the Kinks and the Who were okay - told me to take it...
Tagged with: bill wyman | keith richards | mick jagger | robert johnson | the rolling stones |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/397/the-rolling-stones-an-essay-living-in-memory-motel/

Various Artists: Three Day Week (Ace/Border)
...by Brothers (aka Strawbs), moves towards the Kinks' When Word is Over (from their Soap Opera...
Music at Elsewhere: music/9001/various-artists-three-day-week-ace-border/

LAWRENCE ARABIA INTERVIEWED (2014): Going back, going forward, taking stock
...actually quite simple and most redolent of the Kinks and Jonathan Richman, heartfelt youthful and...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6279/lawrence-arabia-interviewed-2014-going-back-going-forward-taking-stock/

The Jam: All Mod Cons
...Weller even included a cover of the Kinks' David Watts . . . and To Be Someone, the...
Hi-Fi Vinyl: hifivinyl/9179/the-jam-all-mod-cons/

ROBERT SCOTT ON THE CLEAN'S MISTER POP (2021): It's pop, mister. But different
...into it. Factory Man. Classic 60s britpop a la the Kinks, observations of everyday life. Kitchen sink...
Tagged with: new zealand music | the clean |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9780/robert-scott-on-the-cleans-mister-pop-2021-its-pop-mister-but-different/

PETE HAM OF BADFINGER: Take a sad song and make it sadder
...Golders Green. Ham's demos made their way to the Kinks' Ray Davies who was impressed and in late '66...
Tagged with: apple records | badfinger | big star | dwight twilley | george harrison | paul mccartney | pete ham | power pop | the beatles |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2733/pete-ham-of-badfinger-take-a-sad-song-and-make-it-sadder/

Various Artists: The New York Dolls Heard Them Here First (Ace/Border)
...to cover it), Elvis Presley's great Crawfish, the Kinks (Alcohol) and Dave Bartholomew's Who Drank My...
Music at Elsewhere: music/6052/various-artists-the-new-york-dolls-heard-them-here-first-ace-border/

THE STAIRS: MEXICAN R'N'B, CONSIDERED (1992): Through the past, smartly
...the Sixties for reference points (the Beatles, the Kinks, the Who, the Small Faces etc) it seemed... ...aim at straights (Mr Window Pane is sort of the Kinks' Well Respected Man theme crunched into Jagger... ...in their Paisley Underground incarnation, the Kinks and the Yardbirds, the Standells and the . . ....
Tagged with: the album considered |
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/8836/the-stairs-mexican-rnb-considered-1992-through-the-past-smartly/

JIMMY WEBB INTERVIEWED (2005). The songwriter's songwriter
...to each other, they don’t listen to the Kinks, the Zombies or really listen to the Rolling...
Tagged with: brian wilson | harry nilsson | jimmy webb | johnny cash | joni mitchell | paul simon | songwriter on songwriting |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/382/jimmy-webb-interviewed-2005-the-songwriters-songwriter/

Liquid Generation: Quarter to Zen (1984)
...Hang Up, the Syndicate of Sounds' Little Girl, the Kinks' I Need You. . . And all are given their...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/7647/liquid-generation-quarter-to-zen-1984/

BILLY CHILDISH: ARCHIVE FROM 1959, CONSIDERED (2009): His rowdy and rough wayward ways . . .
...Glad I'm Not Like David Wise is the obverse of the Kinks' David Watts which was covered by the Jam....
Tagged with: the album considered |
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/9497/billy-childish-archive-from-1959-considered-2009-his-rowdy-and-rough-wayward-ways/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE COMPILER'S QUESTIONNAIRE: Grant Gillanders
...any era you wished you had written is . . . The Kinks-'Waterloo Sunset' The compilation cover you... .... . ? Beatles-Sgt Pepper Love-Forever Changes The Kinks-Village Green Preservation Society The artist...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/8217/the-famous-elsewhere-compilers-questionnaire-grant-gillanders/

DEAD MOON REVISITED (2014): Back from the graveyard
...Milk Cow Blues (which Elvis, Eddie Cochran and the Kinks among others have cut) but the other nine...
Tagged with: dead moon |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6237/dead-moon-revisited-2014-back-from-the-graveyard/

1965, THE TURNING POINT (2023): When pop became art and folk became poetry
...tunings, microtones and drones. And when the Kinks were returning to Britain after a tour of... ...also worth watching, this is episode three. THE KINKS lead by singer-songwriter Ray Davies with... ..."Swinging London") 1966 And although the Kinks adopted the look early on (as on their '64... ...had recorded this . . . But Ray Davies of the Kinks -- the great observer of Englishness -- knew...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10914/1965-the-turning-point-2023-when-pop-became-art-and-folk-became-poetry/

Adam Faith: We Are In Love (1963)
...-- after Unit 4+2 split replaced Mick Avory in the Kinks Andrews too enjoyed considerable success,...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/6127/adam-faith-we-are-in-love-1963/

JACQUES BREL PROFILED: Seasons in, and out of, the sun
...Ute Lemper, Judy Collins and Nina Simone. The Kinks' Ray Davies and Pulp's Jarvis Cocker...
Tagged with: david bowie | jacques brel | leonard cohen | scott walker |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/393/jacques-brel-profiled-seasons-in-and-out-of-the-sun/

ELBOW, ONCE AGAIN (2017): Guy Garvey, the big Elbow bender
...ride for more than 15 years. If Ray Davies of the Kinks can get, “Arise Sir Ray” then...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7831/elbow-once-again-2017-guy-garvey-the-big-elbow-bender/

WORDS SUNG AND STORIES TOLD (2021): A scholarly but readable look at Poetic Song Verse
...the Beatles, the Doors, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, the Kinks, and others followed Dylan’s lead and...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/10025/words-sung-and-stories-told-2021-a-scholarly-but-readable-look-at-poetic-song-verse/

AUCKLAND CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL 2018 CONSIDERED: Pull up to the hard rock, baby
...the most “English” rock band since the Kinks if drugs and disruption hadn't sidelined Pete...
Live reviews + concert photos: livereviews/8336/auckland-city-limits-festival-2018-considered-pull-up-to-the-hard-rock-baby/

The Smile: Wall of Eyes (digital outlets)
...bands are the vehicle for the songwriter: the Kinks, Jam, Pretenders, the Chills, Verlaines,...
Music at Elsewhere: music/11022/the-smile-wall-of-eyes-digital-outlets/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE MONKS: Gabba Gabba Hey Hey we're the Monks
...at the time (the Raiders, Beau Brummels, the Kinks) but there's no denying the sheer simple sonic...
Tagged with: we need to talk about |
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/2720/we-need-to-talk-about-the-monks-gabba-gabba-hey-hey-were-the-monks/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . JUNE MILLINGTON: Not here to fanny about
...'69 a name-change to Fanny. They opened for the Kinks and Procol Harum. And away they went. Because...
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/11236/we-need-to-talk-about-june-millington-not-here-to-fanny-about/

THE BEATLES . SGT PEPPER RECONSIDERED (2017): One more time with . . . remixing?
...the emerging culture of decadent dressing up (the Kinks’ Dedicated Follower of fashion). British... ...– as epitomised also by the Kinks (Dead End Street) – also tapped into...
Tagged with: the album considered |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7974/the-beatles-sgt-pepper-reconsidered-2017-one-more-time-with-remixing/

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE (2019): THE YEAR IN REISSUES
...and Full'n'Proper David Bowie. Or albums like the Kinks' Arthur Deluxe because . . . well, we weren't...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9215/the-best-of-elsewhere-2019-the-year-in-reissues/

Queens of the Stone Age: Never Say Never (2011)
...Rated R album (alongside their version of the Kinks' Who'll Be The Next in Line) in 2011. Their...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/9385/queens-of-the-stone-age-never-say-never-2011/

THE BEATLES AS CHANGELINGS and MID-SIXTIES POP, 1965-66. (2022): The pivotal period from pop to rock
...also worth watching, this is episode three. THE KINKS Lead by singer-songwriter Ray Davies with... ...the next four years, effectively cutting off the Kinks from the main market for rock music at the... ...of the British Invasion.] Although neither the Kinks nor the union gave a specific reason for the...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6244/the-beatles-as-changelings-and-mid-sixties-pop-1965-66-2022-the-pivotal-period-from-pop-to-rock/

TEACHING TAYLOR SWIFT (2023): This bird is flying
...of Indian music became part of pop music. The Kinks might have actually got there first with See...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/10631/teaching-taylor-swift-2023-this-bird-is-flying/

Paul Revere and the Raiders: Greatest Hits (1967)
...their Revolutionary War costumes (at the time the Kinks wore ruffled sleeves, and we won‘t even...
Tagged with: eric burdon | paul revere and the raiders |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2154/paul-revere-and-the-raiders-greatest-hits-1967/

Various Artists: Bowie Heard Them Here First (Ace/Border)
...for his psyche-rocker It's All Too Much) and the Kinks' Where Have All the Good Times Gone. Bowie...
Tagged with: david bowie |
Music at Elsewhere: music/6547/various-artists-bowie-heard-them-here-first-ace-border/

CHEAP TRICK CONSIDERED (2016): Famous for their powerful trickery
...love of the hard pop and rock of the Who, the Kinks and Jeff Beck became welded onto a sense of...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7429/cheap-trick-considered-2016-famous-for-their-powerful-trickery/

FIVE FAMOUS BUT OVER-RATED ALBUMS IN ROCK: Acclaimed often, disappointing or dull mostly
...worse? Consider your verdict at Spotify here . The Kinks: The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)...
Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/9415/five-famous-but-over-rated-albums-in-rock-acclaimed-often-disappointing-or-dull-mostly/

BRITPOP IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR (2015): From Blur to beyond
...in the zone between Bowie, the Beatles, the Kinks and the Who. But -- if we don't look back in...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6933/britpop-in-the-rearview-mirror-2015-from-blur-to-beyond/
DAVID BOWIE; THE EARLY YEARS CONSIDERED: He was an interesting bunch of people
...Got a Habit of Leaving in ’65) and The Kinks (Rubber Band in ’66). None of these...
Tagged with: david bowie | lou reed |
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/1805/david-bowie-the-early-years-considered-he-was-an-interesting-bunch-of-people/

LEE HAZLEWOOD REVISITED, AGAIN (2017): Requiem for an almost star
...clear on Forty which was produced in London by the Kinks, Who and Easybeats hitmaker Shel Talmy. It...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8190/lee-hazlewood-revisited-again-2017-requiem-for-an-almost-star/

THE BEATLES AND THE BRITISH INVASION 1963-64 (2023): A beginners guide
...Manfred Mann (a group), the Yardbirds and the Kinks (banned from the US for four years) who were... ...more than concert or television appearances. The Kinks first single was Long Tall Sally, a Little...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10727/the-beatles-and-the-british-invasion-1963-64-2023-a-beginners-guide/

THE SMALL FACES; UNDER REVIEW (DVD, Chrome Dreams/Triton)
...Beatles and the Stones. That not only ignores the Kinks, for example, but fails to account for the...
Tagged with: ian mclagan | my back pages | rod stewart | the black crowes | the quireboys | the small faces |
Film at Elsewhere: film/2242/the-small-faces-under-review-dvd-chrome-dreams-triton/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE PIPKINS: From the people who brought you . . .
...could argue a lineage back through from the Kinks and Herman's Hermits to George Formby and...
Tagged with: we need to talk about |
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/8772/we-need-to-talk-about-the-pipkins-from-the-people-who-brought-you/

Stephanie Dosen: Within You Without You (2007)
...of the drone, and it entered pop-rock through the Kinks' See My Friends in '65 (inspired by a stop-off...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/9486/stephanie-dosen-within-you-without-you-2007/

BRITISH PROG 1970-75: (2022): Yes, but is it rock?
...a song cycle. Here are the first 10 minutes . The Kinks The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6248/british-prog-1970-75-2022-yes-but-is-it-rock/

SHORT CUTS: A round-up of recent New Zealand releases
...power chords . . . and yes that seems to be the Kinks nodded to on the self-referential Some Lines...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8198/short-cuts-a-round-up-of-recent-new-zealand-releases/

I'D LOVE TO TURN YOU ON (2022): The psychedelic year of 1967 in Britain
...to sell 10 million copies worldwide) May 67 -- The Kinks' wistful, very British Waterloo Sunset Dirty...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6245/id-love-to-turn-you-on-2022-the-psychedelic-year-of-1967-in-britain/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Tony Abbott of the Gary Harvey Band
...embarrass you in that case would be . . . The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” The poster,...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6451/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-tony-abbott-of-the-gary-harvey-band/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE NAMELOSERS: Hair, boots, suits but no hits
...suddenly it was all on: a tour of Denmark with the Kinks and the Honeycombs; around Sweden with the...
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/10284/we-need-to-talk-about-the-namelosers-hair-boots-suits-but-no-hits/

Anthonie Tonnon: Successor (Canape King/Southbound)
...chords of The Songs of Your Youth hints at the Kinks' Sunny Afternoon and the close to the Beach...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/6872/anthonie-tonnon-successor-canape-king-southbound/

THE BLUES HAD A BRITISH BABY (2021) And they called it . . . rock'n'roll, psychedelic rock and hard rock?
...they were a British blues band. here here here The Kinks From London, two brothers Ray and Dave Davies....
Blues at Elsewhere: blues/10122/the-blues-had-a-british-baby-2021-and-they-called-it-rocknroll-psychedelic-rock-and-hard-rock/

Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
...Charlie Watts in the Stones and Ray Davies of the Kinks. For them rock’n’roll of the... ...used to lead you to those albums by the Who, the Kinks’ Arthur (‘69) and Jethro...
Tagged with: eric clapton | genesis | peter gabriel |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/1675/genesis-the-lamb-lies-down-on-broadway-1974/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Joanne Shaw Taylor
...favourite songs "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks, "The One That Got Away" Judy...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5518/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-joanne-shaw-taylor/

FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK, a doco by BOBBI JO HART
...lauded and popular, opening for acts like the Kinks, Humble Pie David Bowie wrote them a fan...
Film at Elsewhere: film/11248/fanny-the-right-to-rock-a-doco-by-bobbi-jo-hart/

HERMAN'S HERMITS, EXPORTING ENGLAND (2020): Into something interesting, if not good
...music. The Beatles -- and Ray Davies of the Kinks in the Sixties then Damon Albarn of Blur in...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/9234/hermans-hermits-exporting-england-2020-into-something-interesting-if-not-good/

Daniel Hart: Three Day Bank (2018)
...tracks by Scott Walker (30thCentury Man) and the Kinks (Lola) somewhat interrupt the listening...
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/9436/daniel-hart-three-day-bank-2018/

SHORT CUTS: A round-up of recent New Zealand releases
...Else. Lander says he's been influenced by the Kinks (Ray Davies' observational writing no doubt),...
Music at Elsewhere: music/8093/short-cuts-a-round-up-of-recent-new-zealand-releases/

THE PRE-HISTORY OF SKIFFLE (2017): On the origin of a short-lived species
...Right produced by Joe Meek), Dave Davies of the Kinks, most of The Hollies and Cream . . . It's...
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/8016/the-pre-history-of-skiffle-2017-on-the-origin-of-a-short-lived-species/

Jacques Brel, Infiniment (2004 compilation)
...Ute Lemper, Judy Collins and Nina Simone. The Kinks' Ray Davies and Pulp's Jarvis Cocker...
Tagged with: david bowie | jacques brel | ray davies | scott walker | serge gainsbourg | ute lemper |
Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/1586/jacques-brel-infiniment-2004-compilation/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Sharon Van Etten
...embarrass you in that case would be . . . The Kinks – You Really Got Me The poster, album...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/6807/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-sharon-van-etten/

Lord Invader and his Calypso Group: Calypso Travels (Smithsonian Folkways reissue)
...Ray Davies' transgender encounter Lola for the Kinks, Lord Invader finds himself on the Reeperbahn...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/9247/lord-invader-and-his-calypso-group-calypso-travels-smithsonian-folkways-reissue/

SHEL TALMY CONSIDERED (2017): He really got them, oh yeah
...product. “I'd see Ray Davies [of the Kinks] about every week or two and we'd go through... ...Yardbirds delivered with more fury) . . . To the Kinks (Davies himself chose Tired of Waiting For You...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8117/shel-talmy-considered-2017-he-really-got-them-oh-yeah/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . SNOWY WHITE: Enter snowman, exit snowman
...guitarist signed on. He'd played on tracks by the Kinks, Who, the Stones, Them, Marianne Faithfull,...
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . .: weneedtotalkabout/10148/we-need-to-talk-about-snowy-white-enter-snowman-exit-snowman/

DAVID BOWIE. LOVE YOU TILL TUESDAY, CONSIDERED (1984 compilation): From when 'e was before who 'e was
...material had already been gobbled up by the Kinks, Animals, Yardbirds, Stones and many others,...
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/10175/david-bowie-love-you-till-tuesday-considered-1984-compilation-from-when-e-was-before-who-e-was/

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2021: THE READERS' CHOICES
...it is a real band ensemble and you can hear the Kinks lyric themes, Hollies/Byrds harmonies and...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10160/the-best-of-elsewhere-2021-the-readers-choices/

Grim Ltd: Shakin' It Up At The Nicoberg (Frenzy)
...show: Sam the Sham's Little Red Riding Hood, the Kinks' Well Respected Man, an off-the-mark Dancing...
Tagged with: new zealand music |
Music at Elsewhere: music/10849/grim-ltd-shakin-it-up-at-the-nicoberg-frenzy/