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

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

Nearly impossible to whittle down, but went by instinct. For me, no one in Britain could touch The Kinks in that 65-70 period for songs that were fully innovative pop, with clever lyrics and an interesting take on the world and crucially on sexuality. Their swings between full on rock, social commentary, near-novelty singalongs and wistful pop are the winding paths of a still almost unmatched career. I can't believe there are so few songs here, but that's the way it goes I suppose: everyone ought to own AT LEAST a Kinks best-of collection - better than any Beatles, Stones or Who record.

Better than virtually any other record, maybe.