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Posted: Mar 22, 2021 - 10:12am

 kurtster wrote:

No.  Where can I find that ?

I would suppose in the history of the British Invasion, besides The Beatles and The Stones, you had The Who and The Kinks who were more on the streets, more closely connected to the struggles and day to day living through the recovery after WW II and finding a new national identity.  These two bands were the chroniclers if you will.  The Who were on the streets while The Kinks were the satirical and snide observers.

Case in point from maybe my favorite Kinks album when push comes to shove ... The title track
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Posted: Mar 22, 2021 - 9:47am

 sirdroseph wrote:

It is my favorite album of theirs. Did you check out that documentary on The Village Green Preservation Society?  Really interesting stuff, funny how up until about 15 years ago I never gave England much thought.  I am catching up on my Limey education and who better to musically represent this journey than The Kinks? {#Clap} They are classic rocks window into the real Britain when it was all about American culture at the time.  I suppose they are to England what Van Morrison is to Ireland.
 
No.  Where can I find that ?

I would suppose in the history of the British Invasion, besides The Beatles and The Stones, you had The Who and The Kinks who were more on the streets, more closely connected to the struggles and day to day living through the recovery after WW II and finding a new national identity.  These two bands were the chroniclers if you will.  The Who were on the streets while The Kinks were the satirical and snide observers.

Case in point from maybe my favorite Kinks album when push comes to shove ... The title track
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Posted: Mar 22, 2021 - 8:12am



 sirdroseph wrote:

It is my favorite album of theirs. Did you check out that documentary on The Village Green Preservation Society?  Really interesting stuff, funny how up until about 15 years ago I never gave England much thought.  I am catching up on my Limey education and who better to musically represent this journey than The Kinks? 
{#Clap}
They are classic rocks window into the real Britain when it was all about American culture at the time.  I suppose they are to England what Van Morrison is to Ireland.
 
It's hard to comprehend how long it took Britain to recover socially and economically after WWII and how long the class system persisted. The Kinks captured the culture of the times but with a sympathetic eye as they rebelled against it.

The other place to see that sort of British social commentary is Monty Python. Satire for sure but a cafe selling nothing but spam is an exaggeration, not invented out of thin air
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Posted: Mar 22, 2021 - 4:29am

 kurtster wrote:

That was very nice indeed.  Forgot about this one.  I am thinking real hard about getting the 50th of Lola vs. ...  My original copy was ripped off long ago.  Hearing this is pushing me harder towards getting it.  {#Think}
 
It is my favorite album of theirs. Did you check out that documentary on The Village Green Preservation Society?  Really interesting stuff, funny how up until about 15 years ago I never gave England much thought.  I am catching up on my Limey education and who better to musically represent this journey than The Kinks? {#Clap} They are classic rocks window into the real Britain when it was all about American culture at the time.  I suppose they are to England what Van Morrison is to Ireland.
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Posted: Mar 20, 2021 - 9:26pm

I just submitted "Better Days" off of Give the People What They Want.
Vote early. Vote often!
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Posted: Mar 20, 2021 - 6:52pm

 sirdroseph wrote:
 
That was very nice indeed.  Forgot about this one.  I am thinking real hard about getting the 50th of Lola vs. ...  My original copy was ripped off long ago.  Hearing this is pushing me harder towards getting it.  {#Think}
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Posted: Oct 18, 2020 - 5:59am

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 kurtster wrote:

Yeah a great, great album.  Senior year of HS.   

Two albums to add to your list would be Arthur and Low Budget.

Seen them 4 or 5 times over the years. Never, ever a bad show.

These vids are from the last time I saw them.  Them and the Allman Bros were the highlights of this 7 hour long nonstop concert.  3 separate stages for continuous music.
 
Arthur is  the peak Kinks album imo.

After that, it's a bit of a toss-up. I't probably go with Muswell Hillbillies or Soap Opera. Lot's of great individual tracks on other albums though.

 
I actually spent the last 2 days listening to virtually the whole Kinks catalog and after Lola this is where most of the good stuff is:
 
  and I agree with you on this one:
 
Which tells us they were at the peak of their creativity late 60s early 70s.  What a time for music in general from say 68-72.  Peak of album oriented rock. {#Notworthy}
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Posted: Oct 17, 2020 - 9:36pm



 kurtster wrote:

Yeah a great, great album.  Senior year of HS.   

Two albums to add to your list would be Arthur and Low Budget.

Seen them 4 or 5 times over the years. Never, ever a bad show.

These vids are from the last time I saw them.  Them and the Allman Bros were the highlights of this 7 hour long nonstop concert.  3 separate stages for continuous music.
 
Arthur is  the peak Kinks album imo.

After that, it's a bit of a toss-up. I't probably go with Muswell Hillbillies or Soap Opera. Lot's of great individual tracks on other albums though.

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Posted: Oct 17, 2020 - 9:17pm

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Yes, I don't know what happened in my 50s totally missed the boat was just angry at You Really Got Me; never liked it in the back of mind knew somehow, but yes I publicly and very humbly apologize to The Kinks.  I had no idea.  They had at least 4 or 5 masterpiece albums.  To me this is their opus:
 
 
 
Yeah a great, great album.  Senior year of HS.   

Two albums to add to your list would be Arthur and Low Budget.

Seen them 4 or 5 times over the years. Never, ever a bad show.

These vids are from the last time I saw them.  The Kinks and the Allman Bros were the highlights of this 7 hour long nonstop concert.  3 separate stages for continuous music.
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Posted: Oct 17, 2020 - 7:07pm

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I've always loved the Kinks, IMO an underrated and somewhat overlooked band.
 
Yes, I don't know what happened in my 50s totally missed the boat was just angry at You Really Got Me; never liked it in the back of mind knew somehow, but yes I publicly and very humbly apologize to The Kinks.  I had no idea.  They had at least 4 or 5 masterpiece albums.  To me this is their opus:
 
 
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Posted: Nov 9, 2009 - 1:43pm

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

It sounds like Ray singing Kinks classics, with a choral back up group, and a full orchestra. {#Mrgreen}
I heard "Waterloo Sunset" yesterday.
I was good.

 

Thanks.{#Good-vibes}
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Posted: Nov 9, 2009 - 1:41pm

 Coaxial wrote:


And?

 
It sounds like Ray singing Kinks classics, with a choral back up group, and a full orchestra.
{#Mrgreen}

I heard "Waterloo Sunset" yesterday.
It was good.
But I thought the original version was even gooder.
How can you beat that?


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Posted: Nov 9, 2009 - 1:29pm

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
KCRW has been playing cuts off of this album for a few weeks now.
 

And???
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Posted: Nov 9, 2009 - 1:27pm

KCRW has been playing cuts off of this album for a few weeks now.

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Posted: Nov 9, 2009 - 11:18am

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I agree with you, c -  last election, he seemed genuinely shocked that he didn't win (there's that ego again).  Of course, we've also got Marc Katz running for Lt. Gov.  Not sure what I think of that either, especially because, in Texas, the Gov is just a figurehead - all the power rests with the Lt. Gov.

 
Yeah, Marc makes a mean reuben, but that's hardly a qualification for the most powerful Executive position in the State.

Honestly, while I don't really think either one is qualified, I'm not sure they would be any worse than the folks who are in there now. They would at least be entertaining.

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Posted: Nov 9, 2009 - 10:20am

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He is a great entertainer. Period. His plans as Governor include casino gambling, since he loves going to casinos. THAT is responsible leadership?

I like Kinky: he is smart and funny. But he has an outsized ego that, among other things, makes him utterly unsuitable for the job as Governor. Which is not to say our last two Governors have been wild successes, or even merely minor failures, just that Kinky is not the answer.

His work to rescue animals has been outstanding, no doubt. And he injected some life into a moribund Governor's race, where the Democratic candidate hardly even bothered to show up. But neither of those qualify him for the Office.

 

I agree with you, c -  last election, he seemed genuinely shocked that he didn't win (there's that ego again).  Of course, we've also got Marc Katz running for Lt. Gov.  Not sure what I think of that either, especially because, in Texas, the Gov is just a figurehead - all the power rests with the Lt. Gov.
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Posted: Nov 9, 2009 - 10:09am

 phineas wrote:

And I agree with your first thought about this thread. Cool idea...  
 
 
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Posted: Nov 9, 2009 - 10:07am

 cc_rider wrote:
He is a great entertainer. Period. His plans as Governor include casino gambling, since he loves going to casinos. THAT is responsible leadership?

I like Kinky: he is smart and funny. But he has an outsized ego that, among other things, makes him utterly unsuitable for the job as Governor. Which is not to say our last two Governors have been wild successes, or even merely minor failures, just that Kinky is not the answer.

His work to rescue animals has been outstanding, no doubt. And he injected some life into a moribund Governor's race, where the Democratic candidate hardly even bothered to show up. But neither of those qualify him for the Office.

 

Didn't mean to indicate he would be a good Governor just that he was running. 

But seeing as how you brought it up - his reason for casino's makes as much sense as most politicians opinions (and at least he is honest about it).  The fact that he has an outsized ego makes him perfect to run for office and serve IMO.  No one will ever win office that doesn't have a huge ego and it helps in getting things done.

I for one think we need more people in that vein running for office.  An honest, outspoken idosycratic guy with different ideas, doesn't pull any punches and the ability to shock the populous into paying attention beats heck out of anything we have in ANY office now. 

If I were a Texan he'd get my vote.  (but then again I did vote for Obama, what do I know?)


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Posted: Nov 9, 2009 - 8:42am

 mzpro5 wrote:
Last I heard Kinky is going to make another run for Governor of Texas.  He does alot of work with rescue animals and has a great attitude..
  He is a great entertainer. Period. His plans as Governor include casino gambling, since he loves going to casinos. THAT is responsible leadership?

I like Kinky: he is smart and funny. But he has an outsized ego that, among other things, makes him utterly unsuitable for the job as Governor. Which is not to say our last two Governors have been wild successes, or even merely minor failures, just that Kinky is not the answer.

His work to rescue animals has been outstanding, no doubt. And he injected some life into a moribund Governor's race, where the Democratic candidate hardly even bothered to show up. But neither of those qualify him for the Office.


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