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| From | "Mike Kropp" <mkropp@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Kinks on emusic (was: Re-buying) |
| Date | Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:43:29 -0500 |
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Isn't "Come Dancing" on State of Confusion? Or just a hits package?
Give The People What They Want is also a great album ("Art Lover", "Better Things", "Destroyer", "Better Things").
Alot of people tend to dismiss the late 70's/early 80's Kinks stuff as "arena rock", but some of those albums are still quite good.
By the way, Fountains of Wayne does a killer version of "Better Things".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@msn.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: Kinks on emusic (was: Re-buying)
>> What specific songs are essential off these I mention? I love the
>> classic 60's Kink's sound (duh) and understand in general, their work
>> gets a bit more "iffy" after that in comparison (rock operas and
>> such).
>
> You say "you understand" that things got iffy - this is someone advising
> you? Fire them. God Save The Kinks.
>
> I love what they did in the 70s and 80s...but if the 60s single sounds are
> your limit I'd say stick to something like "Better Things" from GIVE THE
> PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT. That's also the album that "Come Dancing" was on - I
> suspect you are referencing the greatest hits collection? If so both songs
> are on that one, along with "Good Day" (see below) and others.
>
> SCHOOLBOYS is brilliant, perfect for the arena rock guitar hero that Dave
> had become; an era recaptured with LOW BUDGET...both albums have killer
> rockers and the great wry lyrics you'd expect from RDD. I also love the
> conceptual PRESERVATION and SOAP OPERA, which have some great songs ("Ducks
> On The Wall", "Slum Kids", "Mirror Of Love", etc.) that are great alone but
> better in context. But all of these are not like the 60s stuff.
>
> WORD OF MOUTH was a mid 80s return to the SCHOOLBOYS/LOW BUDGET
> sound...maybe "Summers Gone" and "Good Day" off that? I love the manic "Sold
> Me Out" but "Do It Again" was the hit (and an ironic title since it's the
> same riff from YRGM and ADAAOTN).
>
> If you like SLEEPWALKER you'll probably like MISFITS, two peas from the same
> pod. Not my favorites but still good.
>
> I don't eMusic so I can't advise on bang for your track cost but I also
> can't think of a Kinks album that isn't worth owning. Even the lesser lights
> have great nuggets on them, and they have several that are truly great (you
> already have MUSWELL HILLBILLIES, which is in the latter group).
>
> Happy hunting!
>
> cheers
> b
>
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