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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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Originally Posted by
Moodybluebird
Totally agree with you mate. I love them too, probably even more now than at the height of their fame in the 60's and 70's.
As an aside, we got to know Jim Rodford and his family when he was with the Zombies until his untimely death a couple of years ago. Jim was also the bassist with the Kinks for nearly 20 years and we had quite a long chat one particular evening. I told him that I had seen the Kinks live once in Cardiff, during their Schoolboys in Disgrace tour. He said that was just before he joined the band but the concept of dressing up as a schoolboy was later usurped by Angus Young of AC/DC. As much as I liked Jim, I think he got that wrong, as Angus started doing that in 1974, a year before the Kinks' Schoolboys in Disgrace album was released.
Much like the Beatles songs, I never get fed up listening to the Kinks classics. Timeless.
Very very cool!
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
They were indeed a very good band Sludge. I love the music from this era, even though i was only born in 1964. From my early days as a seaman i was introduced to all the great music of this era from the older hands. To this day my favourite all time band are the Moody Blues, i have been binging on the latter lately.
Spedger
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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Originally Posted by
Moodybluebird
An urban myth apparently Sludge. Even Page himself denied he played that riff.
Ray Davies brother has said page created the riff
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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Originally Posted by
Sloop_Jon_Bee
They were indeed a very good band Sludge. I love the music from this era, even though i was only born in 1964. From my early days as a seaman i was introduced to all the great music of this era from the older hands. To this day my favourite all time band are the Moody Blues, i have been binging on the latter lately.
Spedger
You sir are a treasure. Sadly, following the recent death of Graeme Edge, the band are unlikely to perform as the Moodies ever again. Still, a Justin Hayward solo concert is well worth going to even if his fantastic voice is not quite what it once was.
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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Originally Posted by
NYCBlue
It's two chords. F & G. Based around an E chord which is literally the first chord you learn. Even the changes are the same chord just moved up the neck. If your band needs to hire a session musician to play that, you're in big trouble.
Page was a session guitarist for lots of bands at the time
Dave Davies has said Page wrote the riff
Maybe to piss off his brother ? but he's said it
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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Originally Posted by
Sloop_Jon_Bee
They were indeed a very good band Sludge. I love the music from this era, even though i was only born in 1964. From my early days as a seaman i was introduced to all the great music of this era from the older hands. To this day my favourite all time band are the Moody Blues, i have been binging on the latter lately.
Spedger
I think the Kinks , like the Beatles , had lots of different sounds
There is a reason why a lot of bands from any era are not praised , its because they could only play a few songs
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Page was a session guitarist for lots of bands at the time
Dave Davies has said Page wrote the riff
Maybe to piss off his brother ? but he's said it
My sources are clearly on drugs , like Jimmy
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/dave...really-got-me/
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
There's a 'riff ' of conspiracy going on ere
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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Originally Posted by
Moodybluebird
An urban myth apparently Sludge. Even Page himself denied he played that riff.
It appears it was Mr Moody
Link below
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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Originally Posted by
life on mars
There's a 'riff ' of conspiracy going on ere
A spliff even
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
Strangely the kinks were the first band I ever saw live, 13 yr old mod at st david’s hall in 1984, still got the ticket stub somewhere.
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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goats
Strangely the kinks were the first band I ever saw live, 13 yr old mod at st david’s hall in 1984, still got the ticket stub somewhere.
I saw Saxon at St David's Hall in 1984
I thought I was cool as a fridge
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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SLUDGE FACTORY
I saw Saxon at St David's Hall in 1984
I thought I was cool as a fridge
You were lucky us mods didn’t show up :getscoat:
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
The Kinks went on to stadium rock in the 80s and 90s in the U.S.of A.
Albums such as Low Budget ,Give the people what they want and my favourite
State of Confusion charted in America but goot n0 aiir play in America,
This is the last ever single To the bone 1994.Ray Davies reckoned he was going to call it 12inches and black.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsxYY26qV1Y
The B side is also worth checking out.
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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Originally Posted by
Moodybluebird
You sir are a treasure. Sadly, following the recent death of Graeme Edge, the band are unlikely to perform as the Moodies ever again. Still, a Justin Hayward solo concert is well worth going to even if his fantastic voice is not quite what it once was.
:xmasthumbup:
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
I saw Saxon at St David's Hall in 1984
I thought I was cool as a fridge
I saw Saxon at the Over The Top Heavy Metal Mayem thing in 1980. Motorhead. Girlschool etc.
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I don't recall seeing many shows at St David's Hall. Siouxsie & The Banshees. Nico/John Cooper Clarke are the only ones I remember.
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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NYCBlue
I don't recall seeing many shows at St David's Hall. Siouxsie & The Banshees. Nico/John Cooper Clarke are the only ones I remember.
Dio
Rainbow
Lizzy
Joe Satriani
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
A good band, but a bit boring and dreary after a while. I'd rather Small Faces.
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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B. Oddie
A good band, but a bit boring and dreary after a while. I'd rather Small Faces.
Have you listened to any Kinks albums?
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
Always thought Big Black Smoke was a brilliant arrangement/production as well as the lyrics being really good too.
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
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Originally Posted by
NYCBlue
Have you listened to any Kinks albums?
Of course I have. I still have some of their LPs.
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Re: The Kinks were a bloody good band
One of my all time favourite bands. Waterloo Sunset has special nostalgic memories for me because as a student in London from '65 to '68 I lived near the Thames in Chelsea and there were some spectacular sunsets which I was able to view from my west-facing room and thinking of my girlfriend back home in Wales. Seems like only yesterday!
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The Doors Were A Bloody Good Band
https://youtu.be/U6bRukfcUf0
The bloke was a rock god 🙌
Fine musicians too