The Friday Canon: THE KINKS
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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
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The two most underrated here
Date: 2007-07-27 12:30 pm (UTC)"Till The End Of The Day": Crunches and crushes every bit as much as "All Day And All Of The Night" but has soaring melody and beauty besides.
"Dead End Street": Is plaintive and sorrowful and then suddenly it's electric and thrilling, inadvertently makes a fierce party out of despair. (That's true of scads and scads of rock 'n' roll, mind you.)