Ray Davies: "The Stones took Route 66, the Kinks took the M4 Motorway"...which pretty much sums it up. "Too English" for US and world domination. 

As an anglophile, though, I can't help but worship the Kinks, and I've seen them many times.
I once even had a brief chat and shook the hand of Raymond Douglas Davies. A true gentleman.

Reminds me of another great quote from Davies. Refering to Jagger, "He's obviously the greatest performer to ever emerge from Britain. (pause)Except for myself."

Schoolboys in Disgrace is a criminally over-looked album.

>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Thu, 12 May 2005 22:38:50
>
>Everybody talks about the Stones. What about the
>Kinks? In my eyes they are
>much better. I saw the Stones once and was bored.
>Lucky i did not pay for
>it.
>BTW: Becoming famous is a question of luck and
>coincidence. See The Strokes,
>Adam Green or the Libertines!! Sorry forgot
>Oasis!!!
>
>Robert, the mean swiss, Pally