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Review: Sunny Afternoon, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/chicago/ch801.html
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The Kinks – Something Else by the Kinks (1967, UK)
As randomly chosen by survey[1] on Mastodon, our next spotlight is on number 842 on The List, submitted by leodurruti.
If you’re following our #BowieADay schedule, the Bowie album on the docket today is Reality (2003). And TIL the Japanese and tour versions of Reality included a cover of “Waterloo Sunset”, which, also TIL, is the last track on the album we’re looking at here, Something Else by the Kinks. And, again TIL, that studio extra was recorded just a couple weeks prior to a live duet of the song by Bowie and his long-time friend Ray Davies, i.e., frontman of the Kinks, at the Tibet House Benefit in February 2003. To summarize, though “Waterloo Sunset” has been kicking around in my head for decades thanks to Elliott Smith’s fantastic cover, and though I’ve obsessively been listening to Bowie for nearly a decade, today is the first time I’ve listened to Bowie’s cover(s) or to the Kinks’ original. Indeed, today is the first time I’ve listened to an entire Kinks record.
How this happened, I don’t know. I’m familiar with the other big Kinks hits “Lola” and “You Really Got Me”, and I’ve had their next album, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968), on my unwritten list of albums to get to eventually for quite some time. And I knew Elliott Smith’s cover was a cover, one I’ve always loved at that, I just never really bothered to look up who it was a cover of. So when Something Else came up as the next album on The List to spotlight and I saw “Waterloo Sunset” in the tracklist, I went:
It’s a Kinks song?!
[*searches “Kinks Waterloo Sunset”*]
It’s a Kinks song!
Wait…Bowie covered it?!
Bowie covered it!
Wait, I thought Village Green was the Kinks album to listen to. Is it going to be a slog to get to “Waterloo”?
By golly it’s not a slog, this is great!
And that, friends, is the gift you all have given me and others like me with The List. It’s never too late to fill in those gaps, or to discover moar Bowie.
Also, friends, not sure if this was leodurruti’s intention on submitting Something Else rather than the much-lauded Village Green (which I also listened to for the first time today), but I think this album is possibly better than Village Green? But don’t listen to me, I’m just a newborn baby Kinks fan! And there’s, like, 24 other Kinks studio albums I have to get to now! Anyone up for a deep dive?
- The survey choices that initially led to this spotlight were “I’m not a woman, I’m not a man”, “I am something that you’ll never understand”, “I’ll never beat you, I never lie”, and “And if you’re evil I’ll forgive you by and by cuz”. The second option was the winning selection, and so the survey result was translated as picking the second album in The List that contained a word in the phrase – in this case, “something”. ↩︎
#OnThisDay in 2004, "Kinks" singer-songwriter #RayDavies (59) shot in the leg while chasing a 25-year old mugger in New Orleans, Louisiana.
This seems fitting for today...
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"Lola" is a song by the English #rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies for their 1970 album #LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne. The song details a romantic encounter in a #Soho bar between a young man and the eponymous Lola, who is possibly a #transWoman or #crossdresser. In the song, the narrator describes his confusion towards Lola, who "walked like a woman but talked like a man", yet he remains infatuated with her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AcS49UdrIM
"You Really Got Me" is a song by English rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies. The song, originally performed in a more #blues-oriented style, was inspired by artists such as #LeadBelly and #BigBillBroonzy. Two versions were recorded, with the second performance used for the final single. Lead guitarist #DaveDavies performs the song’s famous guitar solo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02TiweAPm4I
"A Well Respected Man" is a song by the British band #theKinks, written by the group's #leadSinger and #rhythmGuitarist #RayDavies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the #EP #KwyetKinks in September 1965. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe. Written as a satire on the British upper class, the song was inspired by Ray Davies's interest in #musicHall and scorn for wealthy tourists he encountered on a 1965 vacation.
https://youtu.be/N8LFXEfbxdw
51 years ago, Ray Davies announces his retirement from The Kinks, then attempts suicide; neither effort successful
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"You Really Got Me" is a song by English rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies. The song, originally performed in a more #blues-orientated style, was inspired by artists such as #LeadBelly and #BigBillBroonzy. Two versions were recorded, with the second performance used for the final single. Lead guitarist #DaveDavies performs the song’s famous guitar solo.
https://youtu.be/WDZ86JiuCeA
80 years ago, Ray Davies, British singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kinks - "Waterloo Sunset"; "Lola"; "Celluloid Heroes"; "Come Dancing"), born in Muswell Hill, North London, England
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Heavy Birthdays 80th Ray Davies (THE KINKS) - 1944 THE KINKS have sold over 50 million albums worldwide. .
YET ANOTHER KOOL KOLLECTION OF KINKS KOVERS
[Special Ray’s 80th Birthday Edition]
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https://tinyurl.com/kinks-kovers-ray80
God Save the Kinks! Wub-Fur wishes a very happy 80th birthday to the bard of Muswell Hill, Sir #RayDavies. To celebrate the great man and his music we dove deep into our archives and scoured the dark corners of the Internet to obtain 20 of the finest indie rock cover versions of Kinks songs we could find
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"Lola" is a song by the English #rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies for their 1970 album #LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne. The song details a romantic encounter between a young man and a possible #crossdresser or #transWoman, whom he meets in a club in #Soho, London. In the song, the narrator describes his confusion towards Lola, who "walked like a woman but talked like a man", yet he remains infatuated with her.
https://youtu.be/6CzrYXcXweI
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May 31 2024
The prompt is Power
Hooverphonic, “Blue Wonder Power Milk” 1998
#Hooverphonic bubbled just below the popularity level of fellow #downtempo-ers #MassiveAttack and #Portishead. A little more up-tempo here, with a dash of #britpop (hold that thought), this album is a #90s classic.
But to come clean: I picked this album as a route to the song “This Strange Effect.” Long my favorite Hooverphonic track, I thought it was their original. When I found out it was a #RayDavies composition, it instantly made sense; it has that yearning, keening quality that builds as it sneaks up on you, similar to my favorite #Kinks tune, “Tired of Waiting” - but add that #tremolo #guitar, blessedly reproduced, even exaggerated by Hooverphonic, and oh man does this one slink around in my heart and bones.
Written for #DaveBerry, #TheKinks never released a studio recording. Live performances later showed up in various collections.
Ian Anderson’s opinion on Ray Davies and The Kinks
https://rockandrollgarage.com/ian-anderson-opinion-on-ray-davies-and-the-kinks/
Rock And Roll Garage · Ian Anderson’s opinion on Ray Davies and The KinksThe Scottish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ian Anderson is for almost six decades the driving force behind Jethro Tull. The band was formed in 1967 in England and became one of the most influential Progressive Rock groups in the history of music. Advertisement Although the band was always focused on that sub-genre, Anderson has a […]
The 2 covers of The Kinks songs that Ray Davies said he likes
https://rockandrollgarage.com/the-2-covers-of-the-kinks-songs-that-ray-davies-said-he-likes/
Rock And Roll Garage · The 2 covers of The Kinks songs that Ray Davies said he likesFormed in London, England in 1963, The Kinks are one of the most important bands of all time, which were fundamental especially in the 60s during the so-called “British Invasion”. Famously led by the brothers Ray Davies and Dave Davies, the band had five top 10 singles on the United States Billboard hot 100 and […]
Just one example of Duane Eddy's influence: The first gig Ray and Dave Davies saw was a Duane Eddy show at the Finsbury Park Empire in London. Soon thereafter, Ray wrote his first song, "Rocky Mountain," inspired by Eddy. #DuaneEddy #TheKinks #musichistory #RayDavies #DaveDavies
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/may/01/duane-eddy-grammy-musician-dies
The Guardian · Duane Eddy, pioneering rock’n’roll guitarist, dies at 86
Happy 77 birthday to the legendary The Kinks guitarist Dave Davies!
"You Really Got Me" is a song by English rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies. The song, originally performed in a more #blues-orientated style, was inspired by artists such as #LeadBelly and #BigBillBroonzy. Two song versions were recorded, with the second performance used for the final single. Although it was rumoured that future #LedZeppelin guitarist #JimmyPage had performed the song's guitar solo.
https://youtu.be/-2GmzyeeXnQ