Such an underrated band, The Kinks, Guild Starfire, Set Me Free 1965

[Nuuska]

I've never heard Van Halen version of You Really Got Me

KINKS were big here - and still played on some radio stations.

 

[beecee]

Walking on a thin line...one of my faves

 

[jp]

I'm a huge Kinks fan, and I always wondered why they aren't one of the bands that have endured in popularity with younger musicians. I turned my boys onto them as kids, and they actively listen to them on their playlists.

I have a feeling that once they have the right tune featured in a film or Netflix series, they'll surge in popularity.

 

[zizala]

Muswell Hillbillies....probably my fave...

 

[Guildedagain]

Lola still has people wondering today, unless you hear some of the raunchier versions, always admired them for that somehow, somewhat taboo subject.

 

[drlucky]

Muswell Hillbillies....probably my fave...

Here I am on the right with my best pal and bandmate Blake from a 2015 mini-tour of Great Britain in Muswell Hill. Tried to pay a visit to the Archway Tavern (where they shot the cover of MH) but it was closed for renovation...

 

[hansmoust]

I'm a huge Kinks fan, and I always wondered why they aren't one of the bands that have endured in popularity with younger musicians.

Do not consider myself a Kinks fan, but I grew up with their music and I would say that their lyrics always were a few notches up from what a lot of other bands were coming up with at the time! Still love to listen to most of their songs!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[richardp69]

Never under rated by me. They were always my most favorite Band as a kid.

 

[beecee]

Do not consider myself a Kinks fan, but I grew up with their music and I would say that their lyrics always were a few notches up from what a lot of other bands were coming up with at the time! Still love to listen to most of their songs!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

Hate to break it to you Hans but you're a Kinks fan! It's ok, you're among friends.

 

[hansmoust]

Hate to break it to you Hans but you're a Kinks fan! It's ok, you're among friends.

That's a way of looking at it, but what about all those other people I like to listen to? There are just too many of them to call myself a fan of a specific one or group .......... but it's always good to have friends!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[hansmoust]

....... and I would like to add that Dave Davies was one of the people that I considered to ask to do the foreword for 'The Guild Guitar Book'. He simply was one of very few guitar players using Guild guitars during the mid-'60s and who made them sound really different than most of the folks who were playing Guild electrics before that.

I tried to get in touch with him at the time, but there were too many barriers that all had to do with people protecting Dave's privacy, which I respect, so I just gave up. In the end I'm really happy with Zal Yanovsky and Richie Havens who were also on my (small) list and who were somewhat easier to approach.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[bobouz]

The Kinks were one of my favorite groups in the '60s. Would listen to their early hard driving tunes like Beautiful Delilah, So Mystifying, Too Much Monkey Business, & Got Love If You Want It over & over again. But for me, the band's high water mark was "Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)," released in October 1969, with all songs written by Ray Davies & one of the best 'concept' albums ever, imho.

 

[parker_knoll]

The Kinks were one of my favorite groups in the '60s. Would listen to their early hard driving tunes like Beautiful Delilah, So Mystifying, Too Much Monkey Business, & Got Love If You Want It over & over again. But for me, the band's high water mark was "Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)," released in October 1969, with all songs written by Ray Davies & one of the best 'concept' albums ever, imho.

yes, I love Arthur. This thread has inspired a Kinks listening session after the last few days. Big fan of Village Green as well.

BTW, have people heard this never released song from 1968, that was finally unearthed in 2019?

Rather sad and wistful, as with so many of Ray's songs

 

[Guildedagain]

Amazing actually. Could have been written now.

 

[parker_knoll]

....... and I would like to add that Dave Davies was one of the people that I considered to ask to do the foreword for 'The Guild Guitar Book'. He simply was one of very few guitar players using Guild guitars during the mid-'60s and who made them sound really different than most of the folks who were playing Guild electrics before that.

I tried to get in touch with him at the time, but there were too many barriers that all had to do with people protecting Dave's privacy, which I respect, so I just gave up. In the end I'm really happy with Zal Yanovsky and Richie Havens who were also on my (small) list and who were somewhat easier to approach.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

you could have got a medium to contact Jerry Garcia

 

[jp]

....... and I would like to add that Dave Davies was one of the people that I considered to ask to do the foreword for 'The Guild Guitar Book'. He simply was one of very few guitar players using Guild guitars during the mid-'60s and who made them sound really different than most of the folks who were playing Guild electrics before that.

I tried to get in touch with him at the time, but there were too many barriers that all had to do with people protecting Dave's privacy, which I respect, so I just gave up.

Well, there is Volume 2. Maybe you can try again. :C)

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

I've never heard Van Halen version of You Really Got Me

KINKS were big here - and still played on some radio stations.

Are you related to Billy Eilish?

Here ya go!

 

[parker_knoll]

Are you related to Billy Eilish?

Here ya go!

I've never heard this either and i may leave it a little longer

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

I've never heard this either and i may leave it a little longer

It's the song that launched Van Halen here in the States.

 

[Nuuska]

Boring boring boring - naturally unarguable matter of taste

But then next question arises - Ellish? Ellish? - who the f€%& is Ellish?
NOT going to search internet for some =)(/&%€ Ellish