Best "Track 1" on a Kinks record

Yes, this Mono Vinyl box is a beauty, and a good moment to start a series of Kinks polls based on the same idea as what we did with the Beatles (and solo) a few months ago, which was followed by the wonderful Beach Boys polls by @The Zodiac. By the way, if he allows me, I think I might collect the results the way he did for the BB polls (lists of 3 winners) instead of creating an imaginary "track by track" best of as I did for the Beatles polls. We'll see about that later.

So. The Kinks. The awesomest of the awesome singles bands, sure. Still, the albums might be even better, in their own kinky way. The greatest of the sixties bands, of course. Still, their seventies and eighties output are even more fascinating, in their own shambolic way.

In all honesty, they might be the best band for this kind of poll : it's so fascinating to dig deep in their catalogue, in order to find the lost little gems, which are EVERYWHERE. I mean, some of their very best songs have been leftovers from their very worst albums ! What other band in rock history have pulled off such an aberration ?Plus, the Kinks have released exactly 25 studio albums (including the mighty "The Great Lost Kinks album"), which is just perfect for the polls on this forum (they allow 25 responses)

So here we go. The Kinks polls start here. So many great songs. So many crazy ones.

Have fun.

 

1. The Village Green Preservation Society
2. Victoria
3. The Contenders
4. God's Children
5. 20th Century Man

These are my five favourite track 1's and damn if I even begin to decide. I'll have to come back to it. It's not like you can just immediately choose from such greats. Very damn tough.

 

The Village Green Preservation Society
Victoria
David Watts
20th Century Man

 

David Watts
VGPS
Victoria
20th Century Man - though more for the live version than the studio one
Around the Dial

 

Exact same.

 

Victoria
David Watts
Do It Again

 

David Watts - an awesome opening track of an awesome album.
2. Victoria
3. VGPS

 

Milk Cow Blues

 

Add Misfits and it's perfect to me

 

Do It Again. One of my favorite tracks from them.

 

Victoria
David Watts
20th Century Man
The Contenders
Misfits

Party Line is also a good 'un

 

1. The Village Green Preservation Society
2. Victoria
3. David Watts
4. Misfits
5. The Contenders

 

It was between VGPS & Victoria. I chose Village Green.

 

Tough decisions. I went with 5 in a row.

Milk Cow Blues
Party Line
David Watts
VGPS
Victoria

 

Great list of tracks. I went with "David Watts", "20th Century Man" and "Do It Again" as my favorites.

 

1. Victoria
2. David Watts
3. 20th Century Man
4. Village Green Preservation Society
5. Party Line

 

Victoria - my favorite Kinks song, and one of my favorite songs by anybody, ever.

 

20th Century Man for me. Favourite opening song of my favourite Kinks album. It really sets the mood and themes of the album really well (same as Village Green, which would be my 2nd pick).

 

Let me just say I'm glad I don't have to pick just one. . .

 

Hardcore fan of prime era Kinks but I went with "Do It Again"- great song!!!

 

20th Century
Victoria
David Watts

 

I chose:
Village Green
Victoria
20th Century Man
Here Comes Yet Another Day
Around the Dial

I also like Party Line, David Watts, Life on the Road and Do It Again as openers too.

 

I voted for "Misfits", with "Do It Again" and "State of Confusion" a close second and third place but, as many of you know, I am really more of a 1977-Present guy when it comes to the Kinks/Davies brothers. I do appreciate "Victoria", "David Watts", and "TVGPS" quite a lot tho.

 

Great thread btw.

 

I just realized one that's missing from this poll: "The Road". I might've voted for that. Love that song.