At 08:11 PM 3/30/2004 -0500, Jaimie Vernon wrote:
>Okay. I've seen the Kinks mentioned over and over again...particularly as a 
>substitute in the initial post about MSNBC's 'Greatest Of All Time" list.
>
>But, I have an honest question here that maybe someone can answer....I love 
>the Kinks and Ray Davies has written some spectacular pop songs -- but, 
>really, WHO have the Kinks actually influenced?
>
>I'd truly like to know because I can't think of one act from the '70's 
>through the '90s who've broken through the mainstream to declare themselves 
>'Children Of The Kinks' 

I think it's the "broken through the mainstream" part that's the problem,
because there's a whole school of songwriters who I think were heavily
influenced by Ray Davies' Veddy Veddy English period, circa '65-'71: Andy
Partridge, Martin Newell (Cleaners From Venus), Daniel Treacy (Television
Personalities), Paul Weller, David Gedge (Wedding Present), Alan Jenkins
and Terry Burrows (Chrysanthemums), Stephen Duffy (Lilac Time era much more
than Tin Tin), Damon Albarn (Blur), even what's his name from Belle and
Sebastian.  The problem is that -- much like the Kinks, come to think of it
-- all of these artists have had trouble gaining a foothold in North America.

S