As you can see, I'm very moved by these songs.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 20 April 2012 11:16 (twelve years ago) link
Celluloid Heroes would be even better if the lyrics weren't so crass: all the dead male stars are portrayed as embodying their tough, roguish screen images while all the female ones are fragile basket cases. Cracking tune though.
― And I have been called "The Appetite" (DL), Friday, 20 April 2012 11:25 (twelve years ago) link
it's interesting to me that Ray professes to have "missed" the 60s - never did acid/weed/etc. What is the substance abuse history of this band anyway? Seem to recall there were drunken fights in the 70s
And a fair amount of Bolivian marching powder from the 70s onwards... allegedly
― Charles Kennedy Jumped Up, He Called 'Oh No'. (Tom D.), Friday, 20 April 2012 12:08 (twelve years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 20 April 2012 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
^^ naive about teen idols
― lathe darkman (some dude), Friday, 20 April 2012 13:15 (twelve years ago) link
xpost. It's been a while since I read the day-by-day accounting of the Kinks, but I recall an awful lot of Ray going to the hospital to get his stomach pumped type entries, probably more in the 70's.
This book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Kinks-Recordings-Broadcasts-1961-1996/dp/087930765X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334928168&sr=1-4
― dlp9001, Friday, 20 April 2012 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
Aren't we all?
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 20 April 2012 13:36 (twelve years ago) link
naive about teen idolsnaive about the cause of teen idols
― Mark G, Friday, 20 April 2012 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry, are you implying that a song called "Celluloid Heroes" is not about the artifice of fame?
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
I hate Shangri-La btw, def didn't vote for it. too much bombast.
― drum hitler gets full publishing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 April 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't vote for it either -- i loooooove the beginning, quieter part, but am not nuts about when it starts rockin'.
― tylerw, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
Oh come on -- the "Shangra La, la-la la-la la-la la-la-la-la-LA!" section is great.
My number one as well.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 20 April 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.rapidonline.com/catalogueimages/module/M082908P01WL.jpg
25. "Animal Farm"The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, 1968221 Points (9 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/o9sY3NKP7is
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
My #1 and my favorite R.D. vocal performance. He really opens up and projects his voice in a way I haven't heard on any other track, and it gives this song great emotional heft imo.
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
Agreed -- love this song. My #6. Deceptively peppy, as the half-time chorus makes the whole thing feel slower than it actually is.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://991.com/newGallery/The-Kinks-Sweet-Lady-Genevi-493765.jpg
24. "Sweet Lady Genevieve"Preservation Act I, 1973237 Points (8 Votes, 2 #1's)
The Track: http://youtu.be/GqgNyYXTK4sRay alone on the Phobia tour (audio only): http://youtu.be/LXC1x9oN5c4
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
TOO LOW
― iatee, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't know this song until the ballot thread. Definitely in the top 30 or so for me now.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://img.wax.fm/releases/1474896/kinks-well-respected-man-2164716.jpeg
23. "A Well-Respected Man"Kinkdom, 1965247 Points (12 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/-yATZTFkczsLive on TV in '66: http://youtu.be/eq5WmHBSVa0Live medley w/"Death of A Clown" (from the late '70s?): http://youtu.be/ckYGgmoB7Rs
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
Sadly couldn't find the Juno scene w/this^^
I am not so sad about that tbh
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
great song. near the bottom of my ballot
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
Got To Be Free isn't gonna place is it
would be surprised
― iatee, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
sure things?
david watts victoriayou really got mesunny afternoonwaterloo sunsettired of waiting for youall day and all of the nightsomething better beginning days lolado you remember walter last of the steam powered trains (?)till the end of the day set me free (?)shangri-laautumn almanac
― iatee, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry for the big image, but I think I'm in love with this ep sleeve (Also iatee right on one count):
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iZ511_Hex3s/TZoI12N512I/AAAAAAAACq8/rjT7jjizJnI/s1600/kinks%252520fr24160724.jpg
22. "Till The End of The Day"The Kink Kontroversy, 1965271 Points (14 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/BIc-RnqjwWALive on TV in '66: http://youtu.be/utiosGC7RKcAlex Chilton & Yo La Tengo live cover from '07: http://youtu.be/YAQ8gqb3Zxk
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
"I'm on an island" is great
― iatee, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
Sweet Lady Genevieve & Animal Farm were my 1 & 2 votes. I was hoping they'd both be higher.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 20 April 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://images3.wax.fm/kinks_kinks_are_village_green_preservation_society-CLVLXPY298-1292249500.jpeg
21. "Picture Book"The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, 1968279 Points (13 Votes)
Mimed on TV in '69: http://youtu.be/4BGjaL5329QHP commercial: http://youtu.be/TOnif6BC0kcGreen Day "Warning" music video: http://youtu.be/eebfMFzJHNs
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
Green Day... why?
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
listen to the riff.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
Hearing that in the HP ad was pretty disconcerting. It was like my cat had run away and appeared in a commercial months later.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9rQKX6cLKd8/RYZxMJVr-zI/AAAAAAAAAPE/89NJltWR25w/s400/vincentyeo_88-img600x442-1094665886the_kinks_mirabelle_mag1970.jpg
20. "This Time Tomorrow"Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One, 1970281 Points (12 Points)
The Track: http://youtu.be/ONd4qSs5B5k
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
^^I saved you guys from a Ray w/The Mumfords clip this time
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
nice! didn't think this would place
― iatee, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I don't really hear it. similar tempo/drum part but it's in a different key and the melody is totally different, the rhythm pattern is different...? eh whatever.
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
Back-to-back Wes from the same movie!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Dave_Davies_1971.jpg
19. "Srangers"Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One281 Points (13 Votes, 1 #1)
The Track: http://youtu.be/omd1IwCNJj4Norah Jones live cover (audio only): http://youtu.be/DugdwGyw9OE
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
another great song, dave davies' best
― iatee, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
There go my #2 and #4
― Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Strangers was towards the bottom of my ballot. love it tho
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, both of these songs are better than "Picture Book"?
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
My favorite song on Lola.
― Waterloo? Oh, we've sunsetted that. (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
statistically speaking, it appears so
― iatee, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
I think so
― Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://gallery.rgroden.com/graphics/00000001/OklahomaLRG.jpg
18. "Oklahoma USA"Muswell Hillbillies, 1971282 Points (13 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/hQcf6qRMZMoRay solo live: http://youtu.be/YKWckkQ1GbQ
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
whoa, is "See My Friends" not gonna place?
― Euler, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
http://www2.sk-static.com/images/media/img/col6/20090802-190306-460012.jpg
17. "Do You Remember Walter?"The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, 1968286 Points (12 Votes)
The Track: http://youtu.be/cA5bcZeGqwE
― Raymond Dubious Davies (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
wow, "Walter" at only 17. kinda shocked!
― Euler, Friday, 20 April 2012 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
We remember him, but not as fondly as he would like to think we do.
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
"golden age" period stuff is getting the shaft imho
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 20 April 2012 18:36 (twelve years ago) link