Your Top 10 Kinks Songs

Fancy
Waterloo Sunset
Oklahoma, USA
Art Lover
A Little Bit of Abuse
Better Things
Heart of Gold
Shangri-La
Two Sisters
Days

 

Jeeze tough one, why cant we do top 50?
ok so mine are:

No More Looking Back
Mr Songbird
Big Sky
Fancy
Little Miss Queen Of Darkness
Alcohol
This Time Tomorrow
Waterloo Sunset
Days
Lola

This will change in 10 minutes..

 

or 20 seconds, swap Little Miss Queen of Darkness for I'm not like everybody else..

 

Don't Forget To Dance
Sunny Afternoon
Heart Of Gold - why is this on so few lists? This is just an extraordinary example of youth, and if you were a teacher you'd see it all the time! Ray is one very perceptive guy!!!
Celluloid Heroes
Waterloo Sunset
Tired Of Waiting For You
You Really Got Me
A Rock And Roll Fantasy
Do It Again
Muswell Hillbilly
and one for the pot > All Day And All Of The Night

 

damn I forgot lincoln county

 

Predictable
Did You Seen His Name?
Father Christmas
I Need You
Tired of Waiting for You
Sitting By the Riverside
Days
Starstruck
Moving Pictures
Till The End of the Day
This is Where I Belong
Better Things
(oops I did 12)

 

1. Autumn Almanac
2. Days
3. Lola
4. Village Green
5. Lavender Hill
6. People Take Pictures Of Each Other
7. Shangri-La
8. God's Children
9. Sunny Afternoon
10. End Of The Season

 

In no particular order

You Really Got Me
All Day and All of the Night
Tired of Waiting
Till the End of the Day
Waterloo Sunset
Sunny Afternoon
A Well Respected Man
Days
Holiday in Waikiki
David Watts
Victoria
Dead End Street
The Village Green Preservation Society
Where Have All the Good Times Gone
Lola

Plus this demo of "All Night Stand" which the Kinks did not record, but should have

 

I totally agree on All Night Stand.

 

They should have recorded this one as well but luckily we have the BBC version.

 

01: Shangri-La
02: Celluloid Heroes
03: Alcohol
04: Young and Innocent Days
05: Sunny Afternoon
06: David Watts
07: Starstruck
08: Living on a Thin Line
09: Do you Remember Walter
10: God's Children

I'd think there would be more from Arthur, actually, but when eliminating to come up with this list, they all fell slightly short.

 

In chronological order...
1) You Really Got Me
2) Tired Of Waiting For You
3) See My friends
4) Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
5) Sunny Afternoon
6) Autumn Almanac
7) Days
8) All Of My Friends Were There
9) Lola
10) Apeman

 

A little late to the party but I'm in a (kinda) Kinks mood these days

In no order:

She's Got Everything
Days
Village Green Preservation Society
Waterloo Sunset
See My Friends
Have a Cuppa Tea
Tired of Waiting
Celluloid Heroes (live)
Love Me Till The Sun Shines
Victoria

 

In no particular order and subject to change on a daily basis as mood and circumstance dictates.

- Mr. Pleasant
- Shangri La
- This Time Tomorrow
- A Well Respected Man
- Sitting In My Hotel
- Picture Book
- Fancy
- David Watts
- Alcohol
- Rosemary Rose

A special mention to "Do It Again" as the song that first got me into the Kinks in '84 at 13 years old.

I could easily make several lists of 10 favourite Kinks songs.

 

Can't choose 10. Impossible. My favourite album, however, is Arthur. I know that much.

 

Love everything by them up until the early 70's at least

Particular favourites

Shangri-la
I'm not like everyone else
People take pictures of each other
Victoria
Powerman
Too much on my mind
Afternoon Tea
Waterloo Sunset
All Day and all of the night
God's Children

 

I was listening to the SACD of Sleepwalker today and was struck by how wonderful a track "On the Outside" is....both the original and the 90's remix! How could this glorious song not get released back in the day? It then made me think of "The Poseur", "Duke", "Once a Thief" and "Stolen Away Your Heart".....all amazing songs that never saw release until reissues many years after the fact. These tunes alone would make a better album than most bands could do on their best day!

 

Autumn almanac
Tin soldier man
Waterloo sunset
Victoria
Dead end street
A Rock n' roll fantasy
Art lover
Livin' on a thin line
Apeman
Low budget

 

Glad someone else likes 'On The Outside' .. a stunning track, so moving and poignant, it's right up there with 'Days' and 'Better Things'.. It's a crime they didn't include it on Sleepwalker. And yet they released the similarly lyrically themed but far inferior imo 'Out of the Wardrobe' on the following album..

Any Kinks fans who havent heard 'On The Outside': do yourself a favour now!

 

Which mix do you prefer? I really enjoy them both.....the 70's mix with the keyboards is just great although the 90's mix minus the keys really highlights Dave's fantastic acoustic guitar work on this track. Both are necessary to own IMHO! Luckily they put them both on the SACD and CD reissue!

 

I like them both, depends what mood I'm in. The '94 mix with the emphasised acoustic guitar does fit in more with the stripped down feel of the 'To The Bone' recordings the Kinks were working on at the time and sounds more modern overall. Glad Ray at least rescued the song for a later B-side (on the Kinks last new single in fact), though imo it should have been at A-side in 1977. Someone should persuade him to play it live.

 

Lola
State Of Confusion
Do It Again
Living On A Thin Line
Come Dancing
You Really Got Me
Sunny Afternoon
All Day And All Of The Night
Apeman
Destroyer

 

"To the Bone" is so under appreciated. It features a few of my favorite versions of Kinks songs on it!

 

Til The End Of the Day
Muswell Hillbilly
Victoria
Lazy Old Sun
Wicked Annabella
I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Big Sky
Arthur
Get Back In The Line
Sunny Afternoon