The Kinks' diminishing importance over time?

Shouldn't this question be asked about a group that was really important, like the Beatles or The Who?

 

Kontrovesry over Rubber Soul? Darn, I want those drugs you're taking

 

Some high-quality Single Malt Scotch, a reliable portable generator and some large, well-trained dogs are also good to have around in a pinch (lol).

 

Guinness over ganja, I guess (lol) for those albums.

 

I respect your right to your opinion. The Who? You're probably right just on the amount of top notch product that each band released through 1971. The Beatles? ??? Did I say you have a right to your opinion?

 

Nope I'd probably still prefer Rubber Soul (both versions) over a few pints of Guinness. And Just for the record Kontroversy over either version of Out of Our Heads or December's Children. I'd say it sits in the middle of the two My Generations.

 

The Kinks were and are still important. They're just not the Beatles or the Stones.

 

Ok, why does this have the Who when the post I'm replying to does not. The Beatles are still important, probably the most important ever. The Who? Well, they're still together in a fashion.

 

and Guinness over Lone Star? What kind of Texan are you?

 

If you like the Beatles better, fine. I prefer the Kinks.

 

The Beatles were an influence to some degree on virtually every working American band in 1964/1965...from The Beach Boys (see: "competition") to Buck Owens & The Buckaroos (see: "adaptation").
Most U.S. and Canadian teen bands covered Beatles songs, but many lacked the vocal chops to achieve convincing 'Beatle harmonies'...enhancing the popularity (Stateside) of bands like The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones and even Herman's Hermits. Their hits could be more convincingly covered by singers who could passably mimic U.K. accents on engage in energetic 'white' blues shouting.

 

Well that proves that the Kinks are important.

 

They are important to me and this is enough

 

Well said.

And we shouldn't forget that the Who were very inspired by the Kinks. For me the Kinks' work between 1966-7o is especially important in a cultural way. They were not marketed well and their ban in the US definitely didn't help. Bands like the Rolliing Stones and the Who managed the transition to the seventies better than bands like the Kinks and the Hollies. The Kinks' popularity in the US increased during the seventies, but that was not the case worldwide.

 

I'd say from Preservation to Schoolboy's but I get it. Muswell is a classic and Showbiz is still quite listenable although it's back down to a pre Kontroversy level IMHO

 

One with working taste buds that prefers Shiner Bock to Lone Star unless it's over 105 degrees Fahrenheit outside (lol).

 

The line 'bloodshot alcoholic eyes' is a classic example of English literature.

 

I understand that happens quite frequently in Texas.

 

For me, 65 through 70 the Kinks to me are only topped by The Beatles. To me The Kinks top the Stones and The Who in this era.

1. The Beatles
2 The Kinks
3. The Stones
4. The Byrds
5. The Who

 

Never a huge Byrds fan (Sweetheart excepted)
I love Aftermath (both versions) except for a certain 11:05 and yes definitely Something Else over Buttons and Satanic but IMHO come 68 the Stones KICK the Kinks behinds up until well, Undercover and State of Confusion. Full disclosure, I made a list of the most overrated albums of all time and Village Green is on it, and on a much lesser scale Emotional Rescue is underrated. But that's just me.
I'd take Tommy and especially Who's Next (not to mention Live at Leeds and Meaty) over the corresponding Kinks albums. That would take it to 1971 and Sticky Fingers.
Shall I bring up J, P, and G's 1970 and 1971 solo albums?

 

Sacrilege! Blasphemy!

 

I think there is some confusion here as this thread is not "What Bands Do You Like Better Than the Kinks?" or ""What Bands Do You Believe to be Inferior to the Kinks?"

 

Great post. Insightful comment.

 

I totally agree with what you're saying there...
On that last point.... I probably see and deal with over a hundred people a day (the pandemic made absolutely no difference to that whatsoever), and except for a few fleeting hours on Saturday and Sunday morning, I never get a chance to sit by myself. I'm certainly not Human contacted out, but I really could use a little more alone time
Having said that though, there is nothing better than the occasional Saturday night with the wife and a couple of friends and few drinks, some music and some good deep chats.... I would certainly love more of that.

 

I love some songs on Rubber Soul, but I don't love it as an album... one of my least favourite Beatles albums.... whether UK or US.