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| From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: regarding kinks influence... |
| Date | Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:14:15 +0000 |
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I am one of those you mention-while I won't say better,it's always been the
Beatles,Beach Boys,and the Kinks as ny top three.Each for different
reasons-but each with equal delight.I was in music retail when there was a
big push to get "God Save the Kinks" as a catch phrase.I still include it in
some of my posts.You stated it very well about the different directions of
their carreer.One thing I would mention is rock was changed forever with the
opening guitar chords of "You Really Got Me".The significance of "Lola"is
apparent-it was the first of it's kind.And as time marched on it was obvious
that Ray Davies was capable of composing anything.He went from rock
opera["Arthur"],country["Muswell Hillbillies"],and just great
rock["Misfits"],with tin pan alley and a touch of vaudeville thrown in.He
was the Noel Coward of rock.And his band did rock on stage-Dave made sure of
that.I still say Ray has a great musical still to come.
Remember FOW was on the tribute album doing 'Better Days"-a nice tribute.
All I can say is God Save the Kinks!
Gene
>From: DanAbnrml9@aol.com
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: regarding kinks influence...
>Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:20:44 EST
>
>Y'know, I might be speaking out of my ass here (it wouldn't be the first
>time), but I think that one possible reason why the Kinks influence is
>perhaps
>less pronounced than that of many of their peers may be precisely due to
>the fact
>that they were somewhat less popular. The Beatles and the Stones et al are
>so
>universal, that a lot of musicians who were themselves not exactly scholars
>of pop music knew about/imitated them. The Kinks, however, have always been
>a
>band you had to dig for--especially to get the best stuff, like Village
>Green.
>They also had a lot of longevity and many distinctly different periods (the
>mid-'60s garage rockish stuff, the manicured pop of the late '60s, the
>showtunes
>(!) of the '70s, the arena rock of the '80s), which means that their
>influence could manifest itself in weird ways. FOW, for example, seems to
>really enjoy
>77-84 era Kinks.
>
>Also, any fans of '90s brit-pop (before everyone turned into a Radiohead
>clone) will realize how the Kinks influence manifested itself in literally
>hundreds of bands, many of them forgotten. The most well-remembered of
>course are
>Blur and Supergrass, but what about Space, Straw, Bennet, or the
>Supernaturals?
>Forgotten, yes, but they put out some terrific little Ray Davis-influenced
>pop
>records in their time.
>
>The Kinks also continue to be perpetually cool. I know a lot of people my
>age
>who claim they're better than the Beatles and Stones (myself included,
>actually, though i'm not knocking the influence of either). I also think
>there's a
>lot of Kinks homage in things like the White Stripes "Fell In Love With a
>Girl", and in a recent interview Vines lead vocalist Craig Nichols advised
>his fans
>to "go out and buy the Kinks 'Village Green Preservation Society'" instead
>of
>his own new album, which he admits the band didn't work too hard on.
>--Jason
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