Jul 29·edited·1 reply
noticerlol wtf you just kinda blew my mind because I had no idea The Kinks were such an old band, I thought they were alot more modern for some reason.
"you might look pretty but I can't say the same for your man"
I haven't heard this, great f***ing song
you got me wanting to go down a Kinks rabbithole now
Kinks low-key better than The Beatles and Stones in the 60s once you get over the lack of George Martin's production sheen and just focus on the songcraft
Their leader Ray Davies was single-handedly rivalling the output of all 4 Beatles and producing his own records by '67.
Copypasta I wrote a while ago;Pioneered the modern guitar riff out the gate which has influenced generations. From Stones Satisfaction, Who's Can't Explain, Yardbirds, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Van Halen literally any riff monster bands are direct evolutions of the revolutionary stuff The Kinks did in 1964. And not just You Really Got Me, but All Day & All Of The Night, Till The End Of The Day and several other masterpieces are amongst the most pivotal and influential guitar rock songs ever (and not to just rock & roll but metal and punk as well).
They didn't rest on their laurels like most other bands would do and the next year brought social satire to the rock lexicon. Rays acutely witty and scathing songs picked apart the social fabric in a way that nobody else bar Chuck Berry had imagined doing at that point. A Well Respected Man was again one of the most influential songs ever and they kept bringing the heat with Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, Sunny Afternoon, Dead End Street, Afternoon Tea, etc etc almost nobody else was on Rays level for this.
The next move was being among the very first 3 or 4 bands laying the foundation for psychedelic rock in 1965 (although they were willfully unhip and never fully committed to that era) when they brought eastern droning scales to rock and roll with See My Friends. McCartney publicly tipped his hat to them at the the time and admitted he was jealous of the innovation. They brought Tolkienesque fantasy lyrics to rock with Rainy Day In June which totally paved the way for Syd Barrett, a bunch of Zeppelin and any other band that dabbled in that lane of psych. Stuff like I'm Not Like Everybody Else, Lazy Old Sun, Phenomenal Cat and Wicked Anabella rank amongst the greatest psych of the 60s.
First British band to embrace their own musical heritage instead of trying to sound as American as possible, which didn't just immediately influence the Beatles/Stones/Who etc but generations of legendary bands all the way up to the Britpop era at least. Big beer hall sing-along style songs like were unheard of until they did it but became a regular part of rocks vocabulary.
Arguably had the first concept albums (Face To Face), rock operas (Arthur), queer anthems (Lola) and prog experiments (Autumn Almanac). Staggering amount of influence.
You can trace half the innovations of the '60s and '70s back to the Kinks (and/or the Yardbirds). Their influence is inarguable when literally ever other monster band of the era were directly pivoting their style based on what the Kinks just did. I don't want to make it sound like they were just influential either, very few bands maintained the level of consistency that they did in their prime. Ridiculous amount of amazing songs
- Jul 29
VoxPreciate this heavy
- Jul 29·1 replyElric
Kinks low-key better than The Beatles and Stones in the 60s once you get over the lack of George Martin's production sheen and just focus on the songcraft
Their leader Ray Davies was single-handedly rivalling the output of all 4 Beatles and producing his own records by '67.
Copypasta I wrote a while ago;Pioneered the modern guitar riff out the gate which has influenced generations. From Stones Satisfaction, Who's Can't Explain, Yardbirds, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Van Halen literally any riff monster bands are direct evolutions of the revolutionary stuff The Kinks did in 1964. And not just You Really Got Me, but All Day & All Of The Night, Till The End Of The Day and several other masterpieces are amongst the most pivotal and influential guitar rock songs ever (and not to just rock & roll but metal and punk as well).
They didn't rest on their laurels like most other bands would do and the next year brought social satire to the rock lexicon. Rays acutely witty and scathing songs picked apart the social fabric in a way that nobody else bar Chuck Berry had imagined doing at that point. A Well Respected Man was again one of the most influential songs ever and they kept bringing the heat with Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, Sunny Afternoon, Dead End Street, Afternoon Tea, etc etc almost nobody else was on Rays level for this.
The next move was being among the very first 3 or 4 bands laying the foundation for psychedelic rock in 1965 (although they were willfully unhip and never fully committed to that era) when they brought eastern droning scales to rock and roll with See My Friends. McCartney publicly tipped his hat to them at the the time and admitted he was jealous of the innovation. They brought Tolkienesque fantasy lyrics to rock with Rainy Day In June which totally paved the way for Syd Barrett, a bunch of Zeppelin and any other band that dabbled in that lane of psych. Stuff like I'm Not Like Everybody Else, Lazy Old Sun, Phenomenal Cat and Wicked Anabella rank amongst the greatest psych of the 60s.
First British band to embrace their own musical heritage instead of trying to sound as American as possible, which didn't just immediately influence the Beatles/Stones/Who etc but generations of legendary bands all the way up to the Britpop era at least. Big beer hall sing-along style songs like were unheard of until they did it but became a regular part of rocks vocabulary.
Arguably had the first concept albums (Face To Face), rock operas (Arthur), queer anthems (Lola) and prog experiments (Autumn Almanac). Staggering amount of influence.
You can trace half the innovations of the '60s and '70s back to the Kinks (and/or the Yardbirds). Their influence is inarguable when literally ever other monster band of the era were directly pivoting their style based on what the Kinks just did. I don't want to make it sound like they were just influential either, very few bands maintained the level of consistency that they did in their prime. Ridiculous amount of amazing songs
Bro you're him with these posts, thank you for the knowledge for real
- Jul 29noticer
Bro you're him with these posts, thank you for the knowledge for real
No sweat
Don't sleep on these guys either since you're into that era;
Aug 5Ooh
👁️👁️
- Aug 5·1 replynoticer
This is genuinely incredible. Bookmarking this post. Thank you. Gonna make me start using Spotify again
Check these out yet?
- Aug 5·1 replyElric
Check these out yet?
Sorry brother I haven't yet but I promise I'm going to, still just rolling through the Stones discog this week
- Aug 5·1 replynoticer
Sorry brother I haven't yet but I promise I'm going to, still just rolling through the Stones discog this week
Keith Richards was asked which bands he was a fan of back in the day and disregarded The Who, Sabbath and Zeppelin but said he always loved The Small Faces
- Aug 5·1 replyElric
Keith Richards was asked which bands he was a fan of back in the day and disregarded The Who, Sabbath and Zeppelin but said he always loved The Small Faces
damn he was hating?
- Aug 5noticer
damn he was hating?
Yep but also talking to his buddy Steve Marriott who was a dynamo
Aug 5·1 reply
Aug 5·2 repliesbusinessinsider@ghosting
Massive fan
- Aug 5·1 replyThree Meows Mór
Massive fan
dude descended in the rankings by not having the cool asian girl avi anymore
proper 🔩Aug 5Three Meows MórMassive fan
- proper 🔩Aug 5businessinsider
dude descended in the rankings by not having the cool asian girl avi anymore
watch your mouth bro he only ascending
