Box Set of Kinks when Kinks were good (mono!)

E. Noisefield · 01.23.2012, 09:34 PM

WANT!!!

Does anybody else like the Kinks?

the ikara cult · 01.23.2012, 09:54 PM

People who try to be cool by saying The Kinks were better than the Beatles are usually pretentious arseholes. But the Kinks were definitely brilliant too

hirsute_biped · 01.24.2012, 04:45 PM

that's awesome, I have two of those discs and often look for the others. how much?

E. Noisefield · 01.24.2012, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by the ikara cult

People who try to be cool by saying The Kinks were better than the Beatles are usually pretentious arseholes. But the Kinks were definitely brilliant too

Not better than the Beatles by a long shot. Or the Stones. But still really good, for a while there.

E. Noisefield · 01.24.2012, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor

Thanks for the tip.

Before leaving for work last night, I made a quick DL of this and listened to it twice in eight hours. There are some great tracks, but over all it's just too polished sounding for my liking.

Hey don't bother with any greatest hits compilations. They're good, but they miss a lot. The Kinks' were at their best on the album cuts during the late '60s'. Just download these albums:

The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
Arthur
Lola vs powerman and the moneygoround.

narlus · 01.24.2012, 10:02 PM

^^^

good advice there...that live record was when the kinks morphed into a popular american arena band.

def. get Something Else, Face to Face and Village Green too.

Gulasch Noir · 01.25.2012, 12:21 PM

That's a good Kinks song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhOha...eature=related

And the Cover Version by the Chocolate Watch Band is even better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWc-TdQ2LCU

^That's one of my all time favorite garage rock songs

hirsute_biped · 01.25.2012, 02:57 PM

see "4 tunna brix"

E. Noisefield · 01.27.2012, 07:52 PM

Powerman!

Pena · 01.27.2012, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by foreverasskiss

favorite Kinks songs:

Mr. Songbird
You Really Got ME
Picture Book
Mr Pleasant

..and yes, Village Green is the shit.

+ Waterloo Sunset
This Is Where I Belong
Starstruck
Mindless Child of Motherhood
blahblahblah

We could be here all day!

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.28.2012, 12:48 PM

I love the Kinks. It may be that I've just worn myself thin on the Beatles, but I think the Kinks are the best of the British Invasion bands.

You know I haven't listened to all their 1970s work, but they weren't utter shit in the 70s. I love Muswell Hillbillies & Preservation Act I. Two awesome albums that are overlooked by a lot of Kinks fans.

E. Noisefield · 01.28.2012, 05:41 PM

Nobody's mentioned "Victoria"?!?!

That's the best Kinks tune ever!

E. Noisefield · 01.28.2012, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by foreverasskiss

yeah, but they were a lot more mocking and sarcastic than the Beatles and Stones could ever be.

Maybe they're better than the Stones I don't know. But remember the Beatles were pretty snarky at times. Example: "Piggies". John was a pissed off dude.

TheDom · 01.29.2012, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by E. Noisefield

Example: "Piggies". John was a pissed off dude.

Wasn't that George?

& I really want this box badly. The early just straight up rnr stuff kicks so much ass in mono. Real powerful.

E. Noisefield · 01.29.2012, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by TheDom

Wasn't that George?

& I really want this box badly. The early just straight up rnr stuff kicks so much ass in mono. Real powerful.

You're right. Sorry. John contributed a line or two, forget which.

Man that's one of my favorite albums ever! How could I have missed that.

Kylerobert · 01.31.2012, 09:31 PM

I love the Kinks. Especially "Do you remember Walter?"

E. Noisefield · 02.01.2012, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Kylerobert

I love the Kinks. Especially "Do you remember Walter?"

Oh yeah. That's a great tune!

I think Village Green is like the blue print for many of the "kooky" indie-rock artists of the last two decades. Spoon, for instance. I can imagine Spoon putting out... well... just about ANY Kinks song and seeing it become a college-radio "hit".

Many bands have stolen from the Kinks, few have acknowledged them.

E. Noisefield · 02.01.2012, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by foreverasskiss

no, it's Shangri-La.

No. It's Victoria. hands down. no contest.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 02.02.2012, 01:23 AM

My favorite Kinks songs:

Fancy
I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Dead End Street
Sunny Afternoon
Funny Face
Death of a Clown
Wicked Annabella
Village Green Preservation Society
Mr. Shoemaker's Daughter
Some Mother's Son
Get Back in Line
Uncle Son
Muswell Hillbilly
There's a Change of the Weather
Where Are They Now?

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the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	People who try to be cool by saying The Kinks were better than the Beatles are usually pretentious arseholes. But the Kinks were definitely brilliant too __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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hirsute_biped the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manta Sonica, California Posts: 1,169	that's awesome, I have two of those discs and often look for the others. how much?
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01.24.2012, 10:02 PM	#6
narlus 100% Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 749	^^^ good advice there...that live record was when the kinks morphed into a popular american arena band. def. get Something Else, Face to Face and Village Green too. __________________ http://www.tinnitus-photography.com
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Gulasch Noir the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vienna Posts: 862	That's a good Kinks song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhOha...eature=related And the Cover Version by the Chocolate Watch Band is even better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWc-TdQ2LCU ^That's one of my all time favorite garage rock songs
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hirsute_biped the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manta Sonica, California Posts: 1,169	see "4 tunna brix"
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E. Noisefield the end of the ugly Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: In the hearts of men Posts: 869	Powerman!
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01.28.2012, 12:48 PM	#11
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I love the Kinks. It may be that I've just worn myself thin on the Beatles, but I think the Kinks are the best of the British Invasion bands. You know I haven't listened to all their 1970s work, but they weren't utter shit in the 70s. I love Muswell Hillbillies & Preservation Act I. Two awesome albums that are overlooked by a lot of Kinks fans.
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01.28.2012, 05:41 PM	#12
E. Noisefield the end of the ugly Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: In the hearts of men Posts: 869	Nobody's mentioned "Victoria"?!?! That's the best Kinks tune ever!
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01.31.2012, 09:31 PM	#16
Kylerobert bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 224	I love the Kinks. Especially "Do you remember Walter?"
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02.02.2012, 01:23 AM	#19
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	My favorite Kinks songs: Fancy I'm Not Like Everybody Else Dead End Street Sunny Afternoon Funny Face Death of a Clown Wicked Annabella Village Green Preservation Society Mr. Shoemaker's Daughter Some Mother's Son Get Back in Line Uncle Son Muswell Hillbilly There's a Change of the Weather Where Are They Now?
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