Posted on 01/20/2016 10:11:35 PM PST by WhiskeyX
The Kinks Greatest hits full album | Best songs of The Kinks 25 videos
The greatest songs of The Kinks! Sometimes the album on YouTube get removed or muted. So I created a playlist for those who is afraid If the greatest of The Kinks will be removed.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, in 1963 by brothers Dave and Ray Davies. They are regarded as one of the most important and influential rock groups of the era.[1][2] The band emerged in 1964 during the height of British rhythm and blues and Merseybeat, and were briefly part of the British Invasion of the US until their touring ban in 1965. Their third single, the Ray Davies penned "You Really Got Me",[2][3] became an international hit, topping the charts in the United Kingdom and reaching the Top 10 in the United States.[4] Between the mid-1960s and early 1970s, the group released a string of hit singles; studio albums drew good reviews but sold less than compilations of their singles. They gained a reputation for reflecting English culture and lifestyle, fuelled by Ray Davies' observational writing style.[2] Albums such as Face to Face, Something Else, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround and Muswell Hillbillies, along with their accompanying singles, are considered among the most influential recordings of the period.[1][3][5]
After a fallow period in the mid Seventies, the band experienced a revival during the late 1970s and early 1980s with albums Sleepwalker, Misfits, Low Budget, Give the People What They Want and State of Confusion. In addition, groups such as Van Halen, the Jam, the Knack, the Pretenders and the Fall covered their songs, helping to boost the Kinks' record sales. In the 1990s, Britpop acts such as Blur and Oasis cited the band as a major influence.[1] The Kinks broke up in 1996, a result of the commercial failures of their last few albums and creative tension between the Davies brothers.[6]
Their music was influenced by a wide range of genres, including rhythm and blues, British music hall, folk and country. Ray Davies (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and Dave Davies (lead guitar, vocals) remained members throughout the group's 32-year run. Longest serving member Mick Avory (drums and percussion) was replaced by Bob Henrit formerly of Argent in 1984. Original bassist Pete Quaife was replaced by John Dalton in 1969 and Dalton was in turn replaced by Jim Rodford in 1978. Session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins accompanied the band in the studio for many of their recordings in the mid-late 1960s. In 1969 keyboardist John Gosling joined the band, making them an official five-piece, while Ian Gibbons replaced him in 1979, playing in the band until its eventual demise.
The group had five Top 10 singles on the US Billboard chart. Nine of their albums charted in the Top 40.[7] In the UK, the group had seventeen Top 20 singles and five Top 10 albums.[8] Four of their albums have been certified gold by the RIAA. Among numerous honours, they received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Service to British Music".[9] In 1990, the original four members of the Kinks were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,[2][3] as well as the UK Music Hall of Fame in November 2005.
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Greatest Hits!
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kinks Greatest Hits! was the first compilation album released in the US by British rock group The Kinks in 1966. The album consists of some of the most popular singles and songs released by the Kinks since 1964. It is the only Kinks album to reach the US top 10 peaking at #9. Stereo Pressing: All tracks are electronically processed Stereo with added reverb. The 1965 single "See My Friends" was not included on the album as, despite reaching #10 on the UK charts, it only made #111 in the US.
Track listing[edit]
Side 1
1."You Really Got Me" released in 1964, reaching #1 in the UK and #7 in the U.S. Also featured on the Kinks' 1965 album Kinks - 2:13
2."Tired of Waiting for You" released in 1965, reaching #1 in the UK and #6 in the U.S. Also featured on the Kinks' 1965 album Kinda Kinks - 2:34
3."Set Me Free" released in 1965, reaching #9 in the UK and #23 in the U.S. - 2:12
4."Something Better Beginning" from the Kinks' 1965 album Kinda Kinks - 2:26
5."Who'll Be The Next in Line" released in 1965 in the U.S. as an A-side of a single, reaching #34 there, and as the B-side to the U.K. single "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" - 2:02
Side 2
1."Till the End of the Day" released in 1965, reaching #8 in the UK and #50 in the U.S. Also featured on the Kinks' 1965 album The Kink Kontroversy - 2:16
2."Dedicated Follower of Fashion" released in 1966, reaching #4 in the UK and #36 in the U.S. - 3:05
3."A Well Respected Man" released in 1965, reaching #13 in the U.S. - 2:44
4."Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" released in the UK as the A-side of a single, reaching #17 there, and as the B-side to the U.S. single "Who'll Be The Next in Line" - 2:16
5."All Day and All of the Night" released in 1964, reaching #2 in the UK and #7 in the U.S. - 2:24
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Great band!
I love this old band!
Great stuff, THANKS for posting these youtube links!
Keep up the good work my FRiend :-)
Your posts are such a welcome relief from the politicking of the day.
an make like an ape mun!
Their best album is “Something Else.” “Face to Face” and “Village Green” are both 5-star albums as well. Most folks don’t know their best work.
Ray Davies was the English Brian Wilson.
I know their music well; not sure if “Big Black Smoke” is on the list, that is a favorite of mine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFAqXBAFSw
Some in England still call London the Big Black Smoke though it’s been cleaned up, it’s a nickname for it.
God Save the Kinks!
Wonderful band! Thanks for bringing them up! Waterloo Sunset;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvDoDaCYrEY
Sunny Afternoon is my favorite.
“Yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I don’t know what I’m doin’, now”
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Soon to be one of our candidate’s new theme songs.
I loved their “Low Budget” and “Give the People What They Want” albums.
My all-time favorite band. No other band released so much great music in so many styles over so many years. I think Ray Davies was as good a songwriter as Lennon & McCartney, a better and funnier lyricist, he did it all by himself, and he’s still making great solo albums today, over 50 years later.
He’s also really nice to his fans. I saw him live in Dallas a couple of years ago. After a fantastic show, a bunch of us fans were waiting behind the theater in hopes of meeting him when he walked from the dressing room to the bus. Even though it was freezing cold, he came over to where we were standing behind a barrier and spent about 20 minutes chatting with every one of us and autographing all the albums, photos, etc. that everyone was clutching. I now have a prized autographed copy of “Soap Opera” and a story about one of my top musical heroes I’ll never forget.
From Schoolboys In Disgrace
“The Hard Way”
Boys like you were born to waste,
You never listen to a word I say
And if you think you’re here to mess around,
You’re making a big mistake,
‘Cos you’re gonna find out the hard way,
You gonna find out the hard way.
No matter what I do or say,
You’re much too dumb to educate.
One day life’s going to turn around and slap you in the face,
Then you’re gonna find out the hard way.
You’ll take the hard way,
Gonna take the hard way.
Well, you’ll do it your way and I’ll do it my way,
And we’ll see who’s the one to survive.
You’ll find that with no foundation
Or qualifications
There’s no way that you can get by,
No, there’s no way you can get by.
Why don’t you take the easy way?
Why don’t you co-operate?
Don’t just sit there and vegetate.
Do you want to end up illiterate?
You think that life’s a vacation
And you’ve no inclination
To dust away the cobwebs of your mind.
Now it’s time for confrontation
And I’m tired of being patient,
So I’ve got to be cruel to be kind.
Yeah, I’ve got to be cruel to be kind.
I’m wasting my vocation teaching you to write neat
When you’re only fit to sweep the streets.
Your intellect is such
That it requires a killer’s touch.
So I’m going to play it your way,
We’ll take the hard way.
Going to take the hard way,
You can take the hard way.
Gonna take the hard way,
Gonna take the hard way.
You are right. It does shift the mind to another day. I recognized one then nearly all were remembered. Man back in my old fastback with the Cadillac radio cruising and musing about “who’ll be the next in line” Relatively simple then. “Friday on my mind” by the Easybeats.? I never bought a Kinks album because I was probably listening them so much on the radio.
It’s been years since I’ve heard ‘Ape Man’ on the radio.
In my opinion, its as good as ‘Lola’.
OH Yeah that’s definitely a classic.
Classic album. It was the album where I discovered the Kinks, then worked backwards and forwards from there. I have two copies on vinyl, just in case one ever wears out. Other terrific cuts: “Education” (the history of the world in a pop tune) and “No More Looking Back,” one of the greatest should’ve-been-a-major-hit songs of all time. Dave’s guitar licks on that are amazing.
They would have been an amazing One Hit Wonder with “You Really Got Me” alone but that song is almost a throw away compared to the rest of their work. Too bad the brothers Davies don’t get along. Their music is such a joy.
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