The Official Kinks Thread (pop, rock, album, beatles, tracks)

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

Originally Posted by ComingUpRoses

I feel gheey seeing they have a neverending discography
i would appreciated suggestions on what to get next!

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

[simplephysics]

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

on it .
mucho apperication-o

[Zombeels]

Kinks recommendations:

Something Else
Arthur
Village Green Preservation Society
Face To Face
Great Lost Kinks Album
Kronikles
Lola Vs. Powerman
Schoolboys In Disgrace
Sleepwalker
Misfits
Give The People What They Want
Kinks
Kinda Kinks
Kontroversy
Percy
Preservation Series
Muswell Hillbillies
Everybody's In Showbiz
State Of Confusion
Soap Opera

[Molecules]

'mis-ter Churchill says *neow nana now nana now*'
yep

[Billy_Martin]

Lola is my favorite song.

[Piss Me Off]

Victoria for me

[British_pharaoh]

at the risk of re-hashing every other person who has posted on this thread's opinion

The Kinks are one of the most under rated and under valued bands

[viv.]

Originally Posted by Molecules

I've heard people say they were purely a singles band, this is nonsense:
'Something Else By the Kinks'
'Village Green Preservation Society' (god save mrs.mop, vaudeville and variety)
'Face to Face'
'Arthur' is where I stopped following their saga.

Don't stop before Lola and Muswell Hillbillies... both are superb, especially Muswell.

Something Else... is my favorite, though. So many amazing songs on that album (David Watts, Situation Vacant, Waterloo Sunset) and not a weak moment. Singles band my ass.

[The Monkey]

The Kinks are no doubt the most under-rated band of the 60s, possibly of the whole history of popular music. Ray Davies is a tremendously awesome songwriter, and it truly hurts that he hasn't gotten the recognition he deserves.

While the rest of the big bands where writing about acid trips and Hindu scriptures The Kinks wrote about the hardships and inequality of the British society.

They are possible the best band in music history. (They share, in my opinion at the moment, the #1 place with The Beatles.)

[variatingmule]

Originally Posted by The Monkey

The Kinks are no doubt the most under-rated band of the 60s, possibly of the whole history of popular music. Ray Davies is a tremendously awesome songwriter, and it truly hurts that he hasn't gotten the recognition he deserves.

While the rest of the big bands where writing about acid trips and Hindu scriptures The Kinks wrote about the hardships and inequality of the British society.

They are possible the best band in music history. (They share, in my opinion at the moment, the #1 place with The Beatles.)

Adore them, knew what they wrote about, yet I had never looked at it that way, comparing them to other bands of the era. Very good comment. Thank you for it.