What's your favorite Kinks tune?

[jpgray]

[Fenris]

1. Alcohol

[SeanQuinn]

2. Father Christmas/Lola tie.

Get two different sides of me. <3 the kinks.

[ropi]

3. come dancing

of course!

*tangos on the way out*

and LOLA

[flamingyouth]

4. I'm Not Like Everybody Else

[jpgray]

10. There's a song Dave sang better than Ray could have

Plus the guitar is neat.

[loudestchick]

5. I know it's trite, but I love "Come Dancing" also "Father Christmas"

is one of my favorite X-mas songs.

[LoZoccolo]

6. "All Day And All Of The Night"

I had actually heard the 2 Live Crew version first, though, and thought it was funny when I heard the real song.

[jonnyblitz]

31. same." All day and all of the Night"

:thumbsup: (never heard 2 Live Crew version btw)

[peekaloo]

7. Either Living on a Thin Line or Celluloid Heroes

[progmom]

8. THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY

We are the village green preservation society
God save donald duck, vaudeville and variety
We are the desperate dan appreciation society
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties
Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do
We are the draught beer preservation society
God save mrs. mopp and good old mother riley
We are the custard pie appreciation consortium
God save the george cross and all those who were awarded them
We are the sherlock holmes english speaking vernacular
Help save fu manchu, moriarty and dracula
We are the office block persecution affinity
God save little shops, china cups and virginity
We are the skyscraper condemnation affiliate
God save tudor houses, antique tables and billiards
Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do
God save the village green.

[Xandor]

9. Victoria!

[asthmaticeog]

16. Seconded. n/t

[Wat_Tyler]

17. With you on that one.

[fairfaxvadem]

11. Met a Girl Called Lola, Took her Back To my place

Feeling Guilty, Feeling Scared, Hidden Cameras Everywhere...Stop, Hold On, Stay in Control

...And It Goes Like This!

Destroyer

Also, 2nd up: Rock and Roll Fantasy....

I know they are "later" Kinks and I love all of their stuff, but I particularly turn the volume up on these two.

[Elidor]

12. Girl, I want you here with me,But I'm really not as cool as I'd like to be

And there's a red under my bed
And there's a little yella man in my head
And there'a a true blue inside 'a me
That keeps stoppin' me, touchin' ya, watchin' ya, lovin' ya

Paranoia, the destroyah…

[Left Is Write]

20. That's my favorite too.

I like Come Dancing quite a bit as well.

[BillZBubb]

13. Sunny Afternoon!

My girlfriend ran off with my car
Went back to her ma and pa,
...
So I'm sitting here, sipping on my ice cold beer.
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.

[carpetbagger]

14. Till the End of the Day.

It never gets the airplay, so I haven't grown tired of it.

Runner up: Lazy Old Sun.

[RetroLounge]

15. Tired of Waiting

RL

[HEyHEY]

18. Great post

I love come Dancing.
The song reminds me of driving around in the car while my mom did errands when I was a kid.

[amerikat]

19. Waterloo Sunset

or Captain America

[mcscajun]

21. "Well-Respected Man"

Gotta love it.

[jpgray]

22. Well, I was hoping this thread would help me narrow it down

Right now those in the running that haven't been mentioned:

The Strangers
Rosie Won't You Please Come Home
Shangrila
Young and Innocent Days

And those are liable to change in a few weeks. :silly:

[jpgray]

24. Whoops, forgot "Two Sisters" and "Session Man"

:crazy:

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

35. Sure is hard to narrow it down

I'm On an Island
Nothin' In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl
Dead End Street
Animal Farm
Big Sky
Alcohol
Oklahoma USA

Like yours, list subject to change, but always Deadend Street and Waterloo Sunset...

and never, ever, ever Ducks On the Wall :P



For all the Dave fans:

[jpgray]

45. Ha! Great shots of the bros

I love the diversity of responses on this thread--going outside the mainstream period of their work.

[miss_kitty]

23. I like many kinks tunes, but one I haven't heard in 20 years is

When I turn off the living room light

Who cares if you're Jewish,
And your breath smells of garlic,
And your nose is a shiny red light.
To me you are gorgeous,
And everything's right,
When I turn off the living room light.

Your clothes are old-fashioned,
Your knuckles are bony,
Your hair looks a terrible sight.
But I don't have to see you,
The way that you are,
When I turn off the living room light.
When I turn off the living room light.
I don't have to see you,
The way that you are,
When I turn off the living room light.

Well it's not that you are ugly,
And I'm not being cruel,
It helps me to relax, dear,
It helps to keep me cool.
Now I am not intending,
To make you feel ashamed,
What's wrong in me pretending?
'Cause you can't help being plain.

Your nose may be bulbous,
Your face may be spotty,
Your skin may be wrinkled and tight.
But I don't want to see you,
The way that you are,
So I turn off the living room light.

We don't feel so ugly,
We don't feel so draggy,
We don't feel so twisted up tight.
And we don't feel as ugly as we really are,
When we turn off the living room light.
When we turn off the living room light.
We don't feel as ugly as we really are,
When we turn off the living room light.

[WCGreen]

30. I forgot all about that song...

It came out around my Junior Year in High School. I believe it's on the same album as CH...

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

32. One of my favorite singin' in the shower tunes

:hi:

[RandomKoolzip]

25. I'm Not Like Everybody Else, She's Got Everything, Dead End Street,

Victoria, 20th Century Man, Hot Potatoes, Brainwashed, Do You Remember Walter?, Picture Book, House in the Country, Shangri-La, Get Back in Line, Did You See His Name?, Do it Again, God's Children.....god, there are too damn many to mention.

[6000eliot]

26. "Waterloo Sunset"

[General Zod]

27. ( Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman and Celluloid Heros

with Victoria a close 3rd.

[WCGreen]

28. Celluloid Heroes

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

42. yeah, that and Education

[maveric]

29. "No More Looking Back" From "Schoolboys in Disgrace".

A very underrated Kinks album.

[WCGreen]

33. Does anyobne else think the Strokes are

heavily influnced by the brothers Davies,,,,,,

[jpgray]

34. Definitely, but I'd say more the NY scene like Television and VU

In fact they sound to me like a poor man's Lou Reed Tom Verlaine lovechild. :D

[WCGreen]

36. But they all got their influence from the Kinks......

[Boswells_Johnson]

37. State of Confusion

[NeoTraitors]

38. Victoria is #1 for me

Where Have All the Good Times Gone wasn't mentioned.

[Withywindle]

39. Waterloo Sunset, Days, Strangers, Fancy, Victoria...

....I could go on and on and on, really. My dad's favorite band of all time, so I grew up hearing them since I was a toddler.

[VolcanoJen]

40. "Livin' On A Thin Line"

I'm with peekaloo. :D

[hfojvt]

41. low budget

I am a cut priced person in a low budget land.

[Threedifferentones]

43. LOLA

LA LA LA LA LOLA

duh duh duh tah duh LOLA

I like Lola.

[last_texas_dem]

44. "Set Me Free"

I love that one. I'm mostly familiar with their sixties output, though, mainly just know the big hits past the sixties; so don't know how qualified I am to judge their material over the course of their career.