The Kinks - Album by Album (song by song)

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  1. joejo

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    It becomes more clear when the realization how really good they really were.
     
  2. Fortuleo

    Fortuleo Used to be a Forum Resident

    Super post! This is the thing with Ray's writing : it's so precise, deliberate and masterfully crafted that I'll find merit even in songs that I don't care too much for. Top of the Pops is a case in point, both musically (Louie Louie, Wilson Picket, early Kinks etc.) and lyrically, as you pointed out so well.
    Oh yes you do ! Everybody does (and that's obviously why Ray decided to put it there) ! You might know it under the alternate title "Naaa Nanananaaa Nanananaa nanana nanana !" :p
     
  3. joejo

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    C'mon y'all let's say it one more time.
     
  4. joejo

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    That Ray, so far beyond clever.
     
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  5. All Down The Line

    All Down The Line The Under Asst East Coast White Label Promo Man

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    Naaa!
     
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  6. Luckless Pedestrian

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    Thanks DISKOJOE. I enjoy your avatar as well, which, I assume, is an homage to Mr. Black, who we will be meeting soon!
     
  7. DISKOJOE

    DISKOJOE Boredom That You Can Afford!

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    Here you go, the best known version (Cannibal & The Headhunters originally did it):

     
  8. DISKOJOE

    DISKOJOE Boredom That You Can Afford!

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    Yes, it is, thank you, although it's not as awesome as yours!
     
  9. DISKOJOE

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    And for Avid donstemple, here's a marching band version:


     
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  10. Zeki

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    Side note; I’ve been simultaneously going through a feverish Dylan binge and have been putting together my by now infamous playlists. I’ve been playing my 80s list this a.m. and, just now, ‘Seeing The Real You At Last.’ And the lyric “in the land of a 1000 dances”! I pressed pause and ran to the Kinks thread to report. :D
     
  11. mark winstanley

    mark winstanley Certified dinosaur, who likes physical product Thread Starter

    Neither did I
     
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  12. mark winstanley

    mark winstanley Certified dinosaur, who likes physical product Thread Starter

    Well I love the Arista years, and I'm looking forward to them :)
     
  13. Invisible Man

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    Credit where credit is due: Chris Kenner wrote & recorded it in 1962!
     
  14. mark winstanley

    mark winstanley Certified dinosaur, who likes physical product Thread Starter

    While we're logging versions of Land Of A Thousand Dances....
    Although Wilson Pickett's version would be my go to, J Geils Band did an excellent version, but I love the J Geils band

     
  15. Zeki

    Zeki Forum Resident

    No “na nanana na”s! (I had no idea this song went that far back).
     
  16. Invisible Man

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    That bit was an extemporaneous creation by Cannibal & the Headhunters, a group of Latino kids from East L.A., in 1965!
     
  17. Zeki

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    Ahh! Thanks. And a brilliant creation it was.
     
  18. Wondergirl

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    I was going to mention that this version is one I know well growing up in the Boston area. It was always on the radio.
     
  19. Dave's TOTP guitar solo here comes off as a bit rudimentary, but the live feedback one on Everybody's in Showbiz is wonderfully exciting.
     
  20. LX200GPS

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    And very rare too. Been searching half a century for it and haven't seen it yet.:D
     
  21. LX200GPS

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    The Kinks had worked very hard for commercial success in the US. That ban meant they had to start all over again at the beginning of the 1970's, when bands not fit to wash Ray's socks were filling their boots. It was a hard slog for them and I was delighted the Arista years finally paid off for them.
     
  22. DISKOJOE

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    I also liked their version of the Marvelos' "I Do" that was played a lot on Boston radio.
     
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  23. DISKOJOE

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    Do you have "Lenny Bruce" on your Dylan playlist? That's a great 80s Dylan song.
     
  24. All Down The Line

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    That alone almost deserves them a writing credit!
     
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  25. croquetlawns

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    I thought the same - it's such an essential part of the most famous versions of the song!
     

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