Kinks (Official Thread)

[Magic]

Re: The Sound Of The Kinks

Excellent thread, Zombeels! You guys can flame me, brick me, and other various nasties........but I have never really listened to the Kinks. This is a great way to be introduced to them, thanks Zombeels

 

[Hepcat]

Re: The Sound Of The Kinks

Keep in mind though that Zombeels has eclectic tastes. I'd suggest this double CD collection as a better intro to the Kinks:



Disc One

1. You Really Got Me
2. All Day and All of the Night
3. Tired of Waiting for You
4. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
5. Set Me Free
6. See My Friends
7. Till the End of the Day
8. Dedicated Follower of Fashion
9. Sunny Afternoon
10. Dead End Street
11. Waterloo Sunset
12. Death of a Clown
13. Autumn Almanac
14. Susannah's Still Alive
15. Wonderboy
16. Days
17. Plastic Man
18. Victoria
19. Lola
20. Apeman
21. Supersonic Rocket Ship
22. Better Things
23. Come Dancing
24. Don't Forget to Dance

Disc Two

1. David Watts
2. Stop Your Sobbing
3. Dandy
4. Mr. Pleasant
5. I Gotta Move
6. Who'll Be the Next in Line
7. I Need You
8. Where Have All the Good Times Gone
9. Sittin' on My Sofa
10. Well Respected Man
11. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
12. Love Me Till the Sun Shines
13. She's Got Everything
14. Starstruck
15. Shangri-La
16. God's Children
17. Celluloid Heroes
18. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
19. Do It Again
20. Living on a Thin Line

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[Magic]

Re: The Sound Of The Kinks

Usually when I first listen to a well established band, that has a pretty extensive discography, I go for a "best of" compilation first. Then if I like them I shoot for the best selling album next, then I try to go for what members post and like. Each band changes dynamics in their music over the period of their career, and sometimes the first recordings are the "better" sound of the band, but sometimes once the get refined and commercialized, they are better.

It all boils down to what I like to hear, ultimately


Eclectic is good....I like eclectic. LG says I am eclectic, but I think he means I just cant make up my mind what I like

 

[Zombeels]

Re: The Sound Of The Kinks

Keep in mind though that Zombeels has eclectic tastes. I'd suggest this double CD collection as a better intro to the Kinks:

Disc One

1. You Really Got Me
2. All Day and All of the Night
3. Tired of Waiting for You
4. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
5. Set Me Free
6. See My Friends
7. Till the End of the Day
8. Dedicated Follower of Fashion
9. Sunny Afternoon
10. Dead End Street
11. Waterloo Sunset
12. Death of a Clown
13. Autumn Almanac
14. Susannah's Still Alive
15. Wonderboy
16. Days
17. Plastic Man
18. Victoria
19. Lola
20. Apeman
21. Supersonic Rocket Ship
22. Better Things
23. Come Dancing
24. Don't Forget to Dance

Disc Two

1. David Watts
2. Stop Your Sobbing
3. Dandy
4. Mr. Pleasant
5. I Gotta Move
6. Who'll Be the Next in Line
7. I Need You
8. Where Have All the Good Times Gone
9. Sittin' on My Sofa
10. Well Respected Man
11. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
12. Love Me Till the Sun Shines
13. She's Got Everything
14. Starstruck
15. Shangri-La
16. God's Children
17. Celluloid Heroes
18. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
19. Do It Again
20. Living on a Thin Line

***:

95% of these songs will be included in these posts.

 

[Zombeels]

Re: The Sound Of The Kinks

Hot Potatoes

From the album Everybody's In Showbiz released in 1972. Also the b-side of the single Celluloid Heroes



My baby woke me up this mornin'
She said get down that labour exchange,
And if you don't come home with a job son,
You'll get no dinner to-day.
You gotta secure me a weekly workin' wage.
You'll get no more fancy cookin',
You'll get no more apple pie,
You'll just get those plain hot potatoes
To satisfy your appetite.

La la la la la la Potatoes,
Boiled, French fried, any old way that you wanna decide.
Hot potatoes, yeh,
I want your lovin' every single day.

I said I don't need your fancy cooking,
I like the simple things in life,
Just give me those plain hot potatoes
And I'll be well satisfied,
They'll satisfy my appetite.

La la la la la la Potatoes,
Boiled, French fried, any old way that you wanna decide.
Hot potatoes, yeh,
I want your lovin' 60 minutes an hour,
I want your lovin' 24 hours a day,
I want your lovin' 7 days a week.
Yeh, yeh, oh yeh.
I want your love, I need your love,
But all I get is hot potatoes
When I come home late at night
To satisfy my appetite.

Don't give me no more potatoes,
Boiled, French fried, any old way you wanna decide.
Hot potatoes,
I want your lovin' every single day.
I want your lovin'

La la la la la la Potatoes,
Boiled, French fried, any old way that you wanna decide.
Hot potatoes, Hot potatoes, yeh.

 

[Zombeels]

Re: The Sound Of The Kinks

Misty Water

Originally recorded in 1968 for the Village Green Preservation Society album it was shelved and then released on the compilation The Great Lost Kinks album in 1973.



By the town of Straight and Narrow,
There's a dark and misty place.
Everything is hazy,
So the people are afraid.
All except Maria's daughters,
Who believe in misty ways.
Everything is lovely,
In a misty morning glaze.
I like misty water,
I like fog and haze.
Anne Maria and her daughters,
They like misty water.
I like misty water,
I like fog and haze.
Anne Maria and her daughters,
Take a sip of misty water.
Though Maria is not lovely,
She's the lady of my dreams.
'Cause I see my lady,
Through a misty, silky screen.
And seeing is believing,
But I can't believe my eyes.
Everything is lovely,
In a misty paradise.
I like misty water,
I like fog and haze.
Anne Maria and her daughters,
They like misty water.
They like misty water,
I like fog and haze.
Anne Maria and her daughters,
Take a sip of misty water.
I like misty water,
I like fog and haze.
Anne Maria and her daughters,
They like misty water.
They like misty water,
I like fog and haze.
Anne Maria and her daughters,
They like misty water.
I like misty water,
I like fog and haze.
Anne Maria and her daughters...

 

[Zombeels]

Re: The Sound Of The Kinks

Fancy

From the Album Face To Face released 1966



Fancy, if you believe in what I believe in,
Then we'll be the same, always.
Fancy, just look around thee
If you will fancy all the girls you see, always.
My love is like a ruby that no one can see,
Only my fancy, always.
No one can penetrate me,
They only see what's in their own fancy, always.

 

[Zombeels]

Re: The Sound Of The Kinks

Add It Up

From the album Give The People What They Want released 1981



The first time that I saw you, you were modestly waiting for a bus
Now you're driving around in hired limousines
And you talk so upper class.

The cost is high, but it's not the only price you ultimately pay
Add it up, you might have got some money
But you lost me on the way

Add it up, oh
Add it up, oh
Add it up, oh
Add it up, oh

Ah, Gucci, Gucci, Gucci
Cartier, Cartier
Gucci, Gucci, Gucci

Add it up,
You multiplied and multiplied but what's it leading to?
Add it up,
The only thing subtracted is the love I had for you
So add it up, oh
Add it up, oh
Add it up, oh
Add it up, oh

Symbols of perversion and insanity
Symbols of social immorality
Symbols of economic cruelty
Symbolize all what you did to me

Ah, Gucci, Gucci, Gucci
Cartier, Cartier
Gucci, Gucci, Gucci
Cartier, Cartier

Money can't cover up the fact you're getting older every day
And you can't disguise your sad little eyes that give your loneliness away

Add it up, oh
Add it up, oh
Add it up, oh
[Repeat]

 

[Zombeels]

Re: The Sound Of The Kinks

Living On A Thin Line

From The album Word Of Mouth released 1984

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIroNmYdIo

All the stories have been told
Of kings and days of old,
But there's no England now.
All the wars that were won and lost
Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore.
All the lies we were told,
All the lies of the people running round,
They're castles have burned.
Now I see change,
But inside we're the same as we ever were.

Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Living this way, each day is a dream.
What am I, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Now another century nearly gone,
What are we gonna leave for the young?
What we couldn't do, what we wouldn't do,
It's a crime, but does it matter?
Does it matter much, does it matter much to you?
Does it ever really matter?
Yes, it really, really matters.

Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Now another leader says
Break their hearts and break some heads.
Is there nothing we can say or do?
Blame the future on the past,
Always lost in blood and guts.
And when they're gone, it's me and you.

Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line,
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line.

 

[T_Dude]

Re: The Sound Of The Kinks

Good Stuff. How about Nothing To Say from Arthur?