DAYS & CONFUSED – The Kinks & STATE OF CONFUSION (1983) [email protected] January 22, 2024 0 Comments STATE OF CONFUSION (1983) is an engaging, conscientious album and when compared to what many of their contemporaries released the same year, positively accomplished. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Dave Davies, Ian Gibbons, Jim Rodford, Mick Avory, Ray Davies, State of Confusion, The Kinks
THAT’S SHOW BUSINESS – The Kinks & EVERYBODY’S IN SHOW-BIZ (1972) [email protected] July 15, 2023 0 Comments EVERYBODY’S IN SHOWBIZ: With a horn section in tow, it creates the effect of The Kinks sounding more native to New Orleans than N10. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Dave Davies, Everybody's in Showbiz, Mick Avory, Muswell Hillbillies, Ray Davies, The Kinks
The Empire and the States: The Kinks & ‘ARTHUR’ (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire); [email protected] August 15, 2022 ‘ARTHUR’ (1969): Seeking out a song with more astute social comment than ‘Shangri-La’ is not worth the effort. It hasn’t been recorded. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire, Dave Davies, John Dalton, Mick Avory, Pete Quaife, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, The Kinks, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, The Who, Tommy
DOWN PAYMENT – The Kinks & ‘LOW BUDGET’ [email protected] March 15, 2022 The Kinks & ‘LOW BUDGET’: Raucous choruses and shout-a-long lines proved ideal for the arenas The Kinks were now playing. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Dave Davies, Low Budget, Mick Avory, Misfits, Muswell Hillbillies, Ray Davies, Sleepwalker, The Kinks, The Who
LONDON FALLING – The Kinks & ‘MUSWELL HILLBILLIES’……. [email protected] April 8, 2021 MUSWELL HILLBILLIES (1971) Amidst the poignancy and humour there is a sense Ray is fed up with the 70s – and they are only 18 months old. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire, Dave Davies, John Dalton, John Gosling, Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Mick Avory, Muswell Hillbillies, Ray Davies, The Kinks, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
IT’S A MIXED UP MUDDLED UP SHOOK UP WORLD – The Kinks & ‘Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround (Part One) [email protected] July 29, 2020 ‘LOLA vs POWERMAN and the MONEYGOROUND’ (1970) is a fascinating take on how Ray (and Dave) Davies viewed the state of the United Kinkdom. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire, Dave Davies, John Dalton, John Gosling, Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Mick Avory, Pete Quaife, Ray Davies, The Kinks, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
THE KINKS – The Empire and The States…………. [email protected] April 11, 2019 ‘As a song and group performance ‘Shangri-La’ is matched in rock music history on a handful of occasions – but never once bettered.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire, Dave Davies, Face to Face, John Dalton, Low Budget, Mick Avory, Misfits, Muswell Hillbillies, Pete Quaife, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, The Kinks, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, The Who, Tommy
THE VILLAGE PEOPLE – ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society.’ [email protected] October 12, 2018 ‘Village Green’ is renowned as the greatest album most people have never heard, Ray Davies labeling it ‘the most successful failure of all time.’ RANTS & REFLECTIONS Dave Davies, John Dalton, Mick Avory, Pete Quaife, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
BIG BROTHER A CELEBRITY – Ray takes centre stage in BBC Kinks profile. [email protected] March 5, 2018 32 years in The Kinks brought no end to the antipathy between Ray and Dave. The Chuckle Brothers they were not. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Bob Henrit, Dave Davies, Ian Gibbons, Jim Rodford, John Dalton, Mick Avory, Muswell Hillbillies, Pete Quaife, Ray Davies, The Kinks
JIM RODFORD (1941-2018) – Gentleman and Bass Player Par Excellence; [email protected] January 21, 2018 Standing between the Brothers Grimm as bass player of The Kinks, Jim Rodford occupied the most unenviable stage place in rock. RANTS & REFLECTIONS Argent, Bob Henrit, Dave Davies, Jim Rodford, Kast Off Kinks, Kinks Konvention, Mick Avory, Ray Davies, The Kinks