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Kinks musical journey
Here is a great little music history journey of the Kinks from 1964 to 1970.
https://youtu.be/RGQs5SQnEhg?t=1
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My 2nd oldest brother loves the Kinks, that was my introduction to them when we were younger, as he’d crank up the tunes, maybe trying to play certain guitar parts alongside listening to it, and ” You Realky Got Me” stood out for me… He still plays his guitars from time to time, but mostly it’s Blues stuff he enjoys now, but still has his album collection of Kinjs, Beatles, etc and of course Blues stuff. He does dabble around on his own but enjoys playing alongside what he listens to… whenever he wasn’t around,well no one home except for me ( Mom was in hospital by this time)I’d go get his guitars, being careful with them, plug into the amp, and just have fun creating sounds as I couldn’t and still can’t play properly..he did come one time unexpected and caught me….well, oops a bit ticked he was but at same time could hear I had a natural sense of rhythm. The same thing happened when there was a time his buddy left his drum set at our place and every so often on wknds held basenent jam sessions, my brother was a tad ticked catching me on tge drums but at same time impressed that his baby sister had a natural sense of rhythm and even at a later point in time, we had a our own mini jam session going, as he’d just play a tune of sorts and I intuitively would listen along to get his rhythm vibe and play on the drums with a kind of complimentary rhythm of mine… by no means I’m that musically gifted but I know I have a keen sense of rhythm, it was fun while the drum set was at our house back then until one day, the buddy picked it up…I went back to playing on bro’s guitar when he/Dad weren’t home…lol… That’s also why poetry comes natural to me, the keen sense of natural rhythm…????????
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Hi Jacki, perhaps you should take up the drums again one day. If you have a sense of rhythm it could be a lot of fun. The Kinks I think were certainly the king of cool guitar riffs. I remember when I first heard You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night, it sounded so unique and cool.
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Hey Jung – My third all time band. I really enjoyed watching this. They wrote some of rock classic songs. I was lucking to see them 3 times in my life. Glad you posted this my friend. My favorite all time Kinks song is I’m Like Everybody Else.
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All great songs Jung. I love a ton of their music. Sunny Afternoon, Celluloid Hero, Thin Line, Ape Man. I could go on and on. You can’t go wrong with the Kinks.
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Hey Joe, very nice, thanks for sharing this. I really like it, it is very moving.
My favourite Kinks songs that started it off for me is Your Really Got Me, All Day and All Of the Night, and Lola, but over the years Tired of Waiting has become my fave Kinks song. A few years ago I walked into a used record store and they were playing Tired of Waiting, and wow it transported me back to the late 80s early 90s and brought back so many emotions of that time. I hadn’t heard that song in decades. I guess it captured those time for me so perfectly, and a song with the power to do that has to be pretty great.
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Hey Jung, Thanks for sharing. I have seen this before and it was great to watch it again. Long Live The Kinks.
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Thanks for posting this, Roe. I hadn’t watched it all the way through before, but he did a great job with a challenging subject. I saw some commentary by Ray Davies about the sketchy circumstances leading to he Kinks being banned in America, and he said it was a blessing in disguise in that it made them focus on their U.K. audience, which in turn helped his songwriting. Cost them a fortune at the time, though. I think that perspective, in a way, relates to what the MLT are doing in their career now, which needless to say we all are quietly excited about!
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Hi John, that is an interesting insight from from Ray Davies about it being a blessing in disguise they focused in the UK. Regardless they wrote some great songs and I think some of the finest rock riffs.
I think to add another to an ever growing long list of cover ideas, I think Mona and Lisa’s Ricky and Gretsch would sound awesome doing this one! 🙂 And there are some fine harmonies there too.
I say we should all listen to MLT “from morning til the end of the day”….
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Joe, they were quite the hell raisers in the day weren’t they. It sounded like they were even more wild on stage than the Who. If they were not banned from the USA for those critical years in the 60s who knows how much bigger they might have become. I learned a lot from this video, interesting about their early association and rivalry with Rod Stewart.
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Yes Jung, The Kinks and Who were all responsible for bringing Power Chords into Rock & Roll. They both are great bands. Yea the early rivalry with Rod had to be interesting. Not sure if you have listen to Jeff Beck. Rod Stewart did sing on I think two albums by him. My favorite all time Beck cd is Truth in which Stewart does lead vocals. If you have not listened to that cd. Please do so. You won’t regret it. Actually here you go. Enjoy…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO_KcgJoQI0
Great Blues Cd also Beck does Green Sleeves
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Hey Joe, nice album with great guitar work throughout, and especially liked Green Sleeves. Rod Stewart as usual, great singing, his vocals fit right in there. Thanks for sharing it, enjoyed it.
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