Posted on 12/23/2023 9:00:15 AM PST by DallasBiff
The Kinks found themselves on the receiving end of a four-year ban from touring in the States sanctioned by the American Federation of Musicians. The banning severely hampered the band’s career across the pond as once they were allowed to tour again tastes had drastically changed
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Loved the Kinks.
Enjoyed their 1980 “One for the Road” tour. Saw them at Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa.
https://youtu.be/fPPCPqDINEk?si=aJvL_ycjzE8lskbY
Played the heck out of that “One For The Road” live album.
Underrated band they were fantastic.
Waterloo Sunset, Lola, Stop Your Sobbing, Sunny Afternoon, the list goes on ….
The tour was a chaotic one, to say the least, poor ticket sales at the start of the tour left promoter Betty Kaye unable to pay the Kinks in cash, as she had originally promised. This understandably pissed the band off immeasurably. So, in retaliation, they delivered a shortened set in at their Reno show and put the near-empty Sacramento crowd to the sword with them having to comically sit through an extended version of ‘You Really Got Me’ for most of the concert.
Things then got even worse when the band decided they would cancel their San Francisco show if they weren’t going to get paid in advance. It was the last straw for the promoter and it saw Kaye fire back by filing a formal complaint with the American Federation of Musicians. The union had the power to withhold work permits for British musicians if they misbehaved on stage or refused to perform without good reason. That’s exactly what would happen.
Celluloid Heroes is my favorite
This is Captain America calling
Help me now I’m falling
Muswell Hillbillies was a true masterpiece. The album reflects Ray Davies’ reaction to living through the socialization of Britain. I can relate to the album more today than fifty years ago when I first bought it.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kpYk1KS6WZC9kwcOHTsWVStQq6xeZ3Q0o&si=FENCfHeDf5XbBk3-
For me, their are best individual album, in other words not a compilation, is Muswell Hillbillies.
Though there are probably about five that could be considered their best
thx
That whole album was brilliant. I’m livin’ the Acute Schizophrenia Blues.
https://youtu.be/Idab67Pj-F0?si=mJUoUkTgHnZPTeLX
The Low Budget album is fantastic. Ray Davies is a brilliant song writer. Black Messiah on the Misfits Album is worth a listen.
Livin on a Thin Line
One of the great lines of all time in “Oklahoma USA”:
“All life we work, but work is a bore./ If life’s for livin’, then what’s livin’ for?”
BTTT!!!
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