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THE BARGAIN BUY: The Best of the Kinks 1964-1971

THE BARGAIN BUY: The Best of the Kinks 1964-1971

...pretend that the formative seven years of the Kinks would believe that this 17-song collection... ...somehow be "The Best of The Kinks". In those years they went from their... ...fact: Younger listeners curious about the Kinks were not even born when the Kinks' Ray Davies... ...compilation gives you Post-It Note flashes of the Kinks which include great songs like the cynical...

The Kinks, Something Else (1967)

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...

SUEDE REISSUED AND RECONSIDERED (2011): England made me

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...

PAUL WELLER: THE MODFATHER (2010); The ways forward

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...

RAY DAVIES INTERVIEWED: Still a well respected man (2008)

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...

DAVE DAVIES KRONIKLES; MYSTIKAL JOURNEY, a doco by DAVE DAVIES AND MARTIN DAVIES (DVD/CD)

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

DAMON ALBARN OF BLUR INTERVIEWED; BRITPOP v USA (1993): England Made Me

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...

NICK LOWE INTERVIEWED (2009): As times go by

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...

ROCK'N'ROLL NEVER FORGETS: A journey back through time

ROCK'N'ROLL NEVER FORGETS: A journey back through time

...to replace “the Liverpool Sound”); the Kinks, the Zombies, Wayne Fontana and the...

THE WHO, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT DVD REVIEWED (2004)

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...

Ocean Colour Scene: Saturday (Keep on Keeping On)

Ocean Colour Scene: Saturday (Keep on Keeping On)

...recall a Who rock-opera, Mott the Hoople, the Kinks . . . For all its impressive embellishments...

Ray Davies: Working Man's Cafe (V2/Shock)

Ray Davies: Working Man's Cafe (V2/Shock)

...Davies -- formerly of the Kinks (see tag to an Essential Elsewhere Kinks...

THE JAM and TOM PETTY in '79: Two bands separated by a common language

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...

Paul Weller: Wild Wood (1994)

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

THE BARGAIN BUY: The Kinks; Icon Series, The Kinks (Universal)

THE BARGAIN BUY: The Kinks; Icon Series, The Kinks (Universal)

...years ago I bought a 10-CD Japanese box set of the Kinks, all their albums on the Pye label. It was... ...at Kelvin Hall) it reminded me of one thing. The Kinks were -- until the cornerstone Something Else... ...up in the wake of the Beatles and Stones, the Kinks had cut their teeth on r'n'b standards, so... ...were only just okay. So a great collection of the Kinks will filter out the covers and Davies' lesser...

RAY DAVIES, SONGS ON SALE (2016): Kinda Kinks but kinda not

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...

The Kinks: Something Else

The Kinks: Something Else

...-- has been hailed as a real turning point in the Kinks, and specificaly Davies', career. It's...

The Kinks: Dancing in the Street (1965)

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...

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (Mercury)

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...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Andy Neill

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Andy Neill

...Nitzsche; I’m Not Like Everybody Else - The Kinks; Synthetic World - Swamp Dogg. Any...

BLUES MAGOOS 1966-68: Pop's psychedelic pioneers

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...

Various Artists: Jon Savage's 1965, The Year the Sixties Ignited (Ace/Border)

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...

The Sorrows: Take a Heart (1965)

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...

RECOMMENDED RECORD: The Coral: Coral Island (Run On/digital outlets)

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...

THE SIXTIES: THE BRITISH INVASION; a Prime television documentary

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...

THE ROLLING STONES, AN ESSAY: Living in Memory Motel

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...

Various Artists: Three Day Week (Ace/Border)

Various Artists: Three Day Week (Ace/Border)

...by Brothers (aka Strawbs), moves towards the Kinks' When Word is Over (from their Soap Opera...

LAWRENCE ARABIA INTERVIEWED (2014): Going back, going forward, taking stock

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...

The Jam: All Mod Cons

The Jam: All Mod Cons

...Weller even included a cover of the Kinks' David Watts . . . and To Be Someone, the...

ROBERT SCOTT ON THE CLEAN'S MISTER POP (2021): It's pop, mister. But different

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...

PETE HAM OF BADFINGER: Take a sad song and make it sadder

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...

Various Artists: The New York Dolls Heard Them Here First (Ace/Border)

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...

THE STAIRS: MEXICAN R'N'B, CONSIDERED (1992): Through the past, smartly

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 . . ....

JIMMY WEBB INTERVIEWED (2005). The songwriter's songwriter

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...

Liquid Generation: Quarter to Zen (1984)

Liquid Generation: Quarter to Zen (1984)

...Hang Up, the Syndicate of Sounds' Little Girl, the Kinks' I Need You. . . And all are given their...

BILLY CHILDISH: ARCHIVE FROM 1959, CONSIDERED (2009): His rowdy and rough wayward ways . . .

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....

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE COMPILER'S QUESTIONNAIRE: Grant Gillanders

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...

DEAD MOON REVISITED (2014): Back from the graveyard

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...

1965, THE TURNING POINT (2023): When pop became art and folk became poetry

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...

Adam Faith: We Are In Love (1963)

Adam Faith: We Are In Love (1963)

...-- after Unit 4+2 split replaced Mick Avory in the Kinks Andrews too enjoyed considerable success,...

JACQUES BREL PROFILED: Seasons in, and out of, the sun

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...

ELBOW, ONCE AGAIN (2017): Guy Garvey, the big Elbow bender

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...

AUCKLAND CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL 2018 CONSIDERED: Pull up to the hard rock, baby

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...

The Smile: Wall of Eyes (digital outlets)

The Smile: Wall of Eyes (digital outlets)

...bands are the vehicle for the songwriter: the Kinks, Jam, Pretenders, the Chills, Verlaines,...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE MONKS: Gabba Gabba Hey Hey we're the Monks

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...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . JUNE MILLINGTON: Not here to fanny about

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...

THE BEATLES . SGT PEPPER RECONSIDERED (2017): One more time with . . . remixing?

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...

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE (2019): THE YEAR IN REISSUES

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...

Queens of the Stone Age: Never Say Never (2011)

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...

THE BEATLES AS CHANGELINGS and MID-SIXTIES POP, 1965-66. (2022): The pivotal period from pop to rock

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...

TEACHING TAYLOR SWIFT (2023): This bird is flying

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...

Paul Revere and the Raiders: Greatest Hits (1967)

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...

Various Artists: Bowie Heard Them Here First (Ace/Border)

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...

CHEAP TRICK CONSIDERED (2016): Famous for their powerful trickery

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...

FIVE FAMOUS BUT OVER-RATED ALBUMS IN ROCK: Acclaimed often, disappointing or dull mostly

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)...

BRITPOP IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR (2015): From Blur to beyond

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...

DAVID BOWIE; THE EARLY YEARS CONSIDERED: He was an interesting bunch of people

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...

LEE HAZLEWOOD REVISITED, AGAIN (2017): Requiem for an almost star

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...

THE BEATLES AND THE BRITISH INVASION 1963-64 (2023): A beginners guide

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...

THE SMALL FACES; UNDER REVIEW (DVD, Chrome Dreams/Triton)

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...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE PIPKINS: From the people who brought you . . .

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...

Stephanie Dosen: Within You Without You (2007)

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...

BRITISH PROG 1970-75: (2022): Yes, but is it rock?

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...

SHORT CUTS: A round-up of recent New Zealand releases

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...

I'D LOVE TO TURN YOU ON (2022): The psychedelic year of 1967 in Britain

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...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Tony Abbott of the Gary Harvey Band

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Tony Abbott of the Gary Harvey Band

...embarrass you in that case would be . . . The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” The poster,...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . THE NAMELOSERS: Hair, boots, suits but no hits

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...

Anthonie Tonnon: Successor (Canape King/Southbound)

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...

Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)

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...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Joanne Shaw Taylor

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Joanne Shaw Taylor

...favourite songs "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks, "The One That Got Away" Judy...

FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK, a doco by BOBBI JO HART

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...

THE BARGAIN BUY: John Lee Hooker; Boogie Chillun

THE BARGAIN BUY: John Lee Hooker; Boogie Chillun

...covered by the likes of the Animals, Them, the Kinks and others were adopted and adapted by Van...

HERMAN'S HERMITS, EXPORTING ENGLAND (2020): Into something interesting, if not good

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...

Daniel Hart: Three Day Bank (2018)

Daniel Hart: Three Day Bank (2018)

...tracks by Scott Walker (30thCentury Man) and the Kinks (Lola) somewhat interrupt the listening...

SHORT CUTS: A round-up of recent New Zealand releases

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),...

THE PRE-HISTORY OF SKIFFLE (2017): On the origin of a short-lived species

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...

Jacques Brel, Infiniment (2004 compilation)

Jacques Brel, Infiniment (2004 compilation)

...Ute Lemper, Judy Collins and Nina Simone. The Kinks' Ray Davies and Pulp's Jarvis Cocker...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Sharon Van Etten

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Sharon Van Etten

...embarrass you in that case would be . . . The Kinks – You Really Got Me The poster, album...

Lord Invader and his Calypso Group: Calypso Travels (Smithsonian Folkways reissue)

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...

SHEL TALMY CONSIDERED (2017): He really got them, oh yeah

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...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . SNOWY WHITE: Enter snowman, exit snowman

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,...

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2021: THE READERS' CHOICES

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...

Grim Ltd: Shakin' It Up At The Nicoberg (Frenzy)

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...