#21

One of my faves, used expertly in the Darjeeling Limited

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#22

Just the absolute best! Intelligent lyrics, weird dry sense of humour, helped invent hard rock with their early singles. 5

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#23

Annoys me that I’ve seen Village Green Preservation Society described a bit “Brexity” given the Kinks send up the whole “little Englander” mindset perfectly on Arthur!

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#24

Given them a 4. Great singles band and have a few good albums but not enough to be a 5.

#25

Just because you’ve said this doesn’t mean there’s not some truth in it.

Ray Davies was writing character-driven mini-masterpieces way before the Beatles ever did. I’m pretty sure that without them doing it first there wouldn’t have been a Sgt Pepper’s.

Kinks albums aren’t always fantastic (but then neither were early Beatles ones), but it’s pretty tough to think of a better singles band.

5/5 easily

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#26

Me too - I bought “Gold” when I was 17 and played it to death.

#27

Of the 60s canon bands they’re probably the one I get least excited by, but still really like a lot of the singles.

Genuinely expected Sunny Afternoon to walk the singles poll. The descending guitar run at the begining might be one of the greatest introductions in recorded music.

Waterloo Sunset (much like Bridge Over Troubled Water) is vastly overrated

4

#28

My first ever teenage band played a cover version of You Really Got Me because a) it was easy to play and b) it still sounded ‘heavy’ 30 years on. Five obviously :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1: :+1:

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#29

They’re really writing about that false nostalgia aren’t they, looking back to an era that never really existed. It’s a preview to one of the key drivers behind brexit and clearly not yearning for those imaginary days.

One thing that is really striking about The Kinks is how they never seemed to loose sight of those North London working class roots. Ray often wrote about his family and they all carried on living normal working class lives, which he was a brilliant and utterly empathetic and connected with observer and documenter of.

Even now Ray and Dave just come across as pretty typical London blokes you’d find have a pint in the local.

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#30

I don’t like the Kinks as much as Blink 182 so it will have to be a 1 or 2 from me, Clive.

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#31

WHAT a fucking set of songs.

Only really ‘discovered’ the Kinks a few years ago after only knowing the big hits. I think they’re so, so good. Humour, talent, timeless AND so of its time (great ear for a track etc).

Really hard to choose one but I think Til the End of the Day is the one that makes me happiest every time I hear it.

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#32

thought more people would vote for Shangri-La

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#33

Good band I reckon, only gone 4 rather than 5 purely based on my not having listened enough, but what I have is great

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#34

Easy 5 from me. Just such a huge range in their music and themes, clearly never had anywhere near the production of The Beatles but the kinda thin ramshackle nature of the recordings really adds to the charm to me.

Loved Elliott’s version of Dead End Street too, really cool that he got The Kinks

Love the comedy and dry wit in their music, especially because it’s laced with sympathy. Think Harry Rag is a perfect pop song and is always stuck in my head.

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#35

Yeah Shangri-La is an amazing song

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#36

changed me vote

#37

me too out of solidarity :slightly_smiling_face:

#38

Yeah this is really striking, listening to Kinks albums from the same period as The Beatles really is a stark illustration of the resources that The Beatles clearly had access to that no other bands really did. Or not in the UK anyway.

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#39

Reminded me of this great one from Rushmore

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#40

can really hear how Ramones grew up listening to them, this could basically be a slowed down Ramones song

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