When I’m not contemplating to blow ETS (GRE guys) headquarters I am listening to The Kinks (from the great 60’s era). My friend, philosopher and guide-Chaturvedi actually tipped me about this band. I don’t particularly subscribe to his eccentric music leanings but what the heck I’m jobless…got nothing to do. The group's original lineup consisted of lead singer/guitarist Ray Davies, lead guitarist Dave Davies, drummer Mick Avory and bassist Peter Quaife. While they were never as commercially successful as their mid-1960's peers, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, or The Who, the band is frequently cited as one of the most important and influential acts of the 1960s….damn! I never heard of them. But now ive got their downloads and I trust my ears they are good…..Brit rock good.
The most sacred-secular guide Wikipedia says “During the Punk rock and New Wave era The Jam and The Pretenders both covered Kinks songs and Britpop acts such as Blur, Oasis and Supergrass have cited them as a major influence”. As self-professed Kinks fan Pete Townshend said for "The History of Rock 'n' Roll": "The Kinks were much more quintessentially English. I always think that Ray Davies should one day be Poet Laureate. He invented a new kind of poetry and a new kind of language for Pop writing that influenced me from the very, very, very beginning."
My favorites are “You really got me”…which starts with a really catchy riff leaning into a rebel punk refrain….”girl…you really got me going….you really got me…I don’t know what im doin”. The other song which is now played in the new IBM ad….really gives a message to stand out “I’m not like Everybody else”….i don’t wanna live my life like Everybody else…I clearly see myself signing that in flow from my college roof in drunken stupor…. yeah “ I’m not like Everybody else” hic!
Again “The Kinks” didn’t really produce all rebel or dipso songs for example “Waterloo Sunset” is a simple but emotional single with the melancholic singer observing two lovers meeting and crossing over Hungerford Bridge in London. Again showing the musical prowess of the band this song has good meaningful lyrics. The only reason because of which this band lagged behind its peer is that they failed to produce albums which had hits after hits in it. So they couldn’t sell like the fab four and never had grand tours to the U.S like them either. In simple words “they couldn’t sell it”. So I recommend TheKinks to all drunken jobless people..who can get high on a couple of good songs.
The most sacred-secular guide Wikipedia says “During the Punk rock and New Wave era The Jam and The Pretenders both covered Kinks songs and Britpop acts such as Blur, Oasis and Supergrass have cited them as a major influence”. As self-professed Kinks fan Pete Townshend said for "The History of Rock 'n' Roll": "The Kinks were much more quintessentially English. I always think that Ray Davies should one day be Poet Laureate. He invented a new kind of poetry and a new kind of language for Pop writing that influenced me from the very, very, very beginning."
My favorites are “You really got me”…which starts with a really catchy riff leaning into a rebel punk refrain….”girl…you really got me going….you really got me…I don’t know what im doin”. The other song which is now played in the new IBM ad….really gives a message to stand out “I’m not like Everybody else”….i don’t wanna live my life like Everybody else…I clearly see myself signing that in flow from my college roof in drunken stupor…. yeah “ I’m not like Everybody else” hic!
Again “The Kinks” didn’t really produce all rebel or dipso songs for example “Waterloo Sunset” is a simple but emotional single with the melancholic singer observing two lovers meeting and crossing over Hungerford Bridge in London. Again showing the musical prowess of the band this song has good meaningful lyrics. The only reason because of which this band lagged behind its peer is that they failed to produce albums which had hits after hits in it. So they couldn’t sell like the fab four and never had grand tours to the U.S like them either. In simple words “they couldn’t sell it”. So I recommend TheKinks to all drunken jobless people..who can get high on a couple of good songs.
