The Friday Canon: THE KINKS

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

These lads from Muswell Hill invented heavy metal! Sort of. Out of 21 UK Top 40 hits, you get to pick your favourite SEVEN....

[Poll #1028678]

Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry: (link)
1. Virginia Plain
2. Love Is The Drug
3. More Than This
4. Street Life
5. Dance Away
6. Let's Stick Together (Let's Work Together)
7. All I Want Is You
=8. Avalon
=8. Pyjamarama
10. Jealous Guy

OMD: (link)
1. Enola Gay
=2. Joan Of Arc
=2. Souvenir
4. Tesla Girls
=5. Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc)
=5. Messages
7. Genetic Engineering
8. So In Love
=9. (Forever) Live And Die
=9. Locomotion

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Blame everyhit for the lack of plural there.

I first heard 'All Day And All Of The Night' covered by The Stranglers! I couldn't understand a word Hugh was saying ("Olé, an orrava-rye") but loved the tune. 'Till The End Of The Day', whilst grammatically reprehensible (Ray is not ploughing anything grrrr) I found brilliant for practising quick guitar chord changes. When I first heard it I couldn't believe any normal human could write a song that good.

It's By Your Side Time

[koganbot]

"All Day And All Of The Night" (I ran out of ticks, apologies) has the matchless bit of bad diction: "The only time I feel all right is by your side." I remember my brother cringing when he first heard it.

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

'Till The End Of The Day', whilst grammatically reprehensible

Er? Till is absolutely correct here, I'm pretty sure?

until = 'til = till

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I am being 1x enormo-pedant, not to worry! Some people are more bothered by it than others (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-unt1.htm).