The Official Kinks Thread

Lisnaholic · 04-10-2022, 07:10 AM

I grew up loving The Kinks: first, the riff on those early singles, then the surprising developments of Ray as a songwriter, from See My Friend and beyond, then the slow realisation that Ray's special talent was the celebration of all things English.

Thanks, ribbons, for posting this short mysterious gem which I had forgotten about:-

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Originally Posted by ribbons

This one's gorgeous and hypnotic, imho - interesting lyrics too. OK, I'll stop now!

Here's another great song from the same era:-

And although I don't like their later stuff so much, Victoria surely gives us in advance Ray's epitaph:-

I was born, lucky me
In a land that I love

HisGrace · 06-25-2023, 10:30 PM

I prefer Arthur which is a top ten record of all time for me, but yes, Village Green Preservation Society is not far behind and still great. The new remaster was gorgeous. And yes, the lyrics are clearly tongue and cheek throughout.

I've been getting back into their early 70's stuff more lately which is a lot better than I remembered. Especially Everybody's in Showbiz.

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06-25-2023, 10:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
HisGrace Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 60	I prefer Arthur which is a top ten record of all time for me, but yes, Village Green Preservation Society is not far behind and still great. The new remaster was gorgeous. And yes, the lyrics are clearly tongue and cheek throughout. I've been getting back into their early 70's stuff more lately which is a lot better than I remembered. Especially Everybody's in Showbiz.