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From | mkropp@comcast.net |
Subject | Re: Kinks post Muswell Hillbililies |
Date | Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:05:02 +0000 |
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Rob and Mike - which live album are you referencing?
The arena-era "One For The Road" (1980) or the 'sort-of unplugged' "To The Bone" (1994)?
Wasn't sure which one you meant. Maybe I'm kooky, but I'm partial to "To The Bone" - great fun.
Michael
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From: rob@splitsville.com
> Can't agree more about the live CD still being a gem. It really is a 'must
> have'. Great versions of the studio tracks- in fact, they pack much more of a
> punch in the live setting. And Ray's interactions with the crowds are fun.
>
> Interesting to note that in this period he was resurrecting older songs that had
> recently been covered by the Pretenders, the Jam, and the Fall (Stop Your
> Sobbing, David Watts and Victoria).
> Best of all is the great put down of Tom Robinson, "Prince of the Punks".
>
> The new upgraded CD sounds excellent, and it now includes '20th Century Man'
> which had been deleted from the original CD (that's for all you Muswell
> Hillbillies fans)
>
> >----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
> >From: :audities@smoe.org
> >To: audities@smoe.org
> >Sent: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:53:11
> >
> >I need to get the RCA albums -- I have Muswell, but
> >don't have Schoolboys,
> >Soap Opera and some of the others. As for the
> >Arista years -- I agree with
> >Rob 100% about Low Budget and Give the People What
> >They Want. Sleepwalker
> >and Misfits are pretty nice too. However, State Of
> >Confusion and Word Of
> >Mouth are a bit more blustery and just don't have
> >as many good songs. The
> >live album is still a gem.
> >
> >Both the RCA and Arista years are, thanks to Koch,
> >sold in bargain priced
> >(about $9.50 per disc) box sets.
> >
> >Mike Bennett
> >
> >
> >
> >Blog: http://blog.myspace.com/mrhonorama
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: rob@splitsville.com
> >>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
> >>To: audities@smoe.org, audities@smoe.org,
> >audities@smoe.org
> >>Subject: RE: Re: Kinks post Muswell Hillbililies
> >>Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:35:44 -0500
> >>
> >>Schoolboys in Disgrace was a great album, as was
> >Low Budget, which really
> >>kick-started their arena come back in America.
> >>Sheeyit, I also love Give the People What They
> >Want. A lot of people got
> >>sick of Destroyer, but Killer's Eyes, A Little Bit
> >of Abuse, Art Lover, all
> >>fantastic. And the best of the lot is the lead
> >track, Around the Dial.
> >>
> >>Of course, a lot of Kinks fans hate this era, as
> >they got away from their
> >>quaint 'Britishness'. But I was about 13 when Low
> >Budget came out and saw
> >>the Kinks three times at the Providence Civic
> >Center during this late
> >>70's/early 80's period, and gobbled up everything
> >they put out.
> >>
> >> >----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
> >> >From: :audities@smoe.org
> >> >To: audities@smoe.org
> >> >Sent: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:22:50
> >> >
> >> >If you like Something Else and Village Green I
> >> >reckon you'd like Arthur.
> >> >----- Original Message -----
> >> >From:
> >> >To:
> >> >Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:53 AM
> >> >Subject: Re: Kinks post Muswell Hillbililies
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Aaron .... I am a fan of the Kinks, but apart
> >> >from the odd single, I have
> >> >> no great need to hear anything they did after
> >> >Village Green. I have
> >> >> Muswell Hillbillies but can't recall listening
> >to
> >> >it more than once. Their
> >> >> stellar earlier output more than makes up for
> >it
> >> >though.
> >> >>
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