Come On You Irons 12:48 Sat Nov 19
The Kinks
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The Kinks are a criminally underrated band in my opinion. I think a lot of their stuff is superior to their contemporaries The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Beatles.
It's a mystery why they never cracked the USA.
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wd40
3:12 Mon Nov 21
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oh that's why .
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
1:45 Mon Nov 21
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'Cos he's a huge Arsenal fan.
Which is a) not as bad as being a Tottenham fan and b) fair enough if you were born and raised in Muswell Hill.
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wd40
5:32 Sun Nov 20
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Working man's cafe is worth a listen.
Can't understand why he didn't throw in Bobby Moores name in the London song.
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BeauLarkyBuff
3:59 Sun Nov 20
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Love The Kinks. Used to look like Ray Davies when I had long hair.
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Swiss.
2:18 Sun Nov 20
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COYI
Can't disagree with that
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Northern Sold
6:20 Sat Nov 19
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Just prefer the more Moddy stuff Ted...
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joe royal
6:19 Sat Nov 19
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The Kinks / Squeeze / Voice of the Beehive / The 4 of Us / 29 Palms
Aug 12, 1990 Alexandra Palace London, England, United Kingdom
Went to this show just to see voice of the beehive but stayed to see squeeze as well.
Think I left about 5 songs in when The Kinks came on stage.
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ted fenton
6:03 Sat Nov 19
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Northern Sold 5:51 Sat Nov 19
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What no Waterloo Sunset ;-)
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Northern Sold
5:51 Sat Nov 19
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I need you
All the day and all of the night
tired of waiting
Till the end of the day
Where have all the good times gone
Absolute choons
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only1billybonds
5:32 Sat Nov 19
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FC.
I know what you mean. I love the stuff CSNY churned out, just wish Crosby would have been a bit less of a cunt, very unplesant character.
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Far Cough
5:29 Sat Nov 19
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onebilly, I will never forgive Nash for leaving the Hollies to join up with that cunt, David Crosby. Steven Stills and Neil Young are alright though
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arsene york-hunt
3:48 Sat Nov 19
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I like my football on a Saturday
Roast beef on Sundays, all right
I go to Blackpool for my holidays
Sit in the open sunlight.
Sung in a daft northern accent
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62Hammer
3:19 Sat Nov 19
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* Already been said, sorry.
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62Hammer
3:18 Sat Nov 19
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They did get to the USA eventually, though, didn't they? - and had quite a bit of success, I think.
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Lily Hammer
2:18 Sat Nov 19
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They were about to crack the States by going on network TV there, but their manager wasn’t with them when the “Union” rep asked them so sign the Allowed To Go On TV paper, so they said “We don’t sign papers; only our manager does.”
The rep said they “ HAD TO.”
Ray Davies’ brother said something like “Stick you paperwork up your arse, we ain’t signing it.”
A few minutes later they were told their appearance was cancelled, and they were black listed from all US venues of any note.
There ended their American Dream, and their music was much more Englishcentric after that.
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only1billybonds
1:48 Sat Nov 19
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Cough and Feet.
Alan Clarke was a great vocalist. And any band that included Graham Nash must have had something going for them.
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Far Cough
1:36 Sat Nov 19
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twoleftfeet 1:23 Sat Nov 19
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Not as criminally underrated as the Hollies.
Indeed, both Tony Hicks and Bobby Elliot were/are brilliant musicians
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
1:29 Sat Nov 19
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The Kinks did 'crack the States'. But not until their popularity in the UK was at an all-time low.
UK fans mostly like the early stuff up until Muswell Hillbillies (1971). The Yanks mostly like heavy rock stuff from Sleepwalker (1977) onwards.
Nobody likes the theatrical crap in the middle that destroyed their UK fanbase.
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twoleftfeet
1:23 Sat Nov 19
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Not as criminally underrated as the Hollies.
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ted fenton
1:17 Sat Nov 19
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Some great Kinks records ...I still have most of their vinyl.
I've seen Ray Davies interviewed a few times and he comes across as a right twat !
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Far Cough
12:55 Sat Nov 19
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PwoperNaughtyButNot, did you throw a cymbal at them?
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