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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