Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The Kinks

One of the top British Invasion bands from the 60's. Their early songs cemented the way for hard rock with their powerful riffs. Eventually they matured and refined their sound.


I've heard the phrase "they're more British than the Kinks!". This is because they were one of the first bands to do sketches and portraits of everyday life, though mostly in a satirical way. Village Green and Arthur, their greatest albums, are the best examples of this. In the 70's they had moderate success and a few hits (Lola comes to mind), till they faded away.




My Top 5:
5. All Day and All of the Night
4. Picture Book
3. A Well Respected Man
2. You Really Got Me
1. Sunny Afternoon
Posted by ebm93 at 9:21 AM
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20 comments:

  1. Bj DoverJuly 5, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    The Kinks are legendary! :D

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  2. AnonymousJuly 5, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    one of my favorite band, great

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  3. pownyhofJuly 5, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    Listened to "You really Got me" and its an awesome song, love it! thanks for post, now i know a great new band (:

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  4. UnknownJuly 5, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    Great classic rock band.

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  5. Daily Car ReviewsJuly 5, 2011 at 10:54 AM

    Good top 5. i totally agree!
    +1

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  6. DaveJuly 5, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    Really like their music. Really loved how much of their stuff was used in The Darjeeling Limited.

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  7. ZachJuly 5, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    My dad loves their music

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  8. T. BanacekJuly 5, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    I've never really listened to the kinks much. I've really only heard the popular stuff.

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  9. Electric AddictJuly 5, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    just checked out sunny afternoon on youtube, not bad at all! vocal reminds me of gorillas

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  10. josephJuly 5, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    Wow, never heard before. Listening now...sounds pretty good

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  11. ShahanJuly 5, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    I've actually only heard a couple of songs in the top 5, so gonna check the others out now. Always liked the Kinks, never listen to them though.

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  12. Jessica ThompsonJuly 5, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    Cool band, gonna check them out! alphabetalife.blogspot.com

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  13. braumamanJuly 5, 2011 at 7:28 PM

    Love them. Underrated imo.

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  14. AnonymousJuly 5, 2011 at 7:34 PM

    I actually hadn't heard of them til now, so thanks.

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  15. The Onion GypsyJuly 5, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    love them! +followed

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  16. AnonymousJuly 5, 2011 at 9:17 PM

    never heard of them

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  17. ChainJuly 6, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    Sounds kinky ;)

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  18. Icepax_NmirJuly 6, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    Awesome music!

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  19. HiFiJuly 6, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    These guys are really good. I like their songs.

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  20. AstyJuly 6, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    sweet, good stuff

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