Also, what are the essential Kinks albums (any era)? I've got four or five....
That's beautiful. Or taken literally, incredibly gross.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
tommyrot - May 05, 2011 5:39:05 am PDT #4455 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - May 05, 2011 5:43:45 am PDT #4456 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The Kinks didn't make any bad albums in the 1960s.
billytea - May 05, 2011 5:46:14 am PDT #4457 of 6436
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
The Kinks didn't make any bad albums in the 1960s.
in this, I can hold myself to the same standard as the Kinks.
Fred Pete - May 05, 2011 6:14:05 am PDT #4458 of 6436
Ann, that's a ferret.
The only Cheap Trick albums I can think of from that era are Live at Budokan and Dream Police, but I've never listened to either entire album.
tommyrot - May 05, 2011 6:32:57 am PDT #4459 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The only Cheap Trick albums I can think of from that era are Live at Budokan and Dream Police
I just downloaded those from iTunes.
Weird that neither iTunes nor Amazon has downloadable Kinks albums from the '60s. Some greatest hits albums that include songs from the '60s, but that's it.
Laga - May 05, 2011 6:58:41 am PDT #4460 of 6436
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think Live at Budokan is the one my bro regards as essential. I never gave much though to Cheap Trick and then I saw them live (at The Last Fling in Naperville of all places) and on a blanket on the gress I really listened to Surrender for the first time & I grabbed my friend and started shaking him because he was talking to someone else during what he surely must realize was the best song ever written! Now every time I hear that song I get a little shock of happy memory.
Jon B. - May 05, 2011 7:00:15 am PDT #4461 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
You need the first (self-titled) Cheap Trick album, Tom.
In other news, could there be a more Buffista collaboration than this?
Nick Cave and Neko Case have recorded a cover of the Zombies' "She's Not There" for the debut episode of season four of "True Blood." >[link]
Jon B. - May 05, 2011 7:02:21 am PDT #4462 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The second Cheap Trick album, In Color, is pretty great, too.
tommyrot - May 05, 2011 7:06:34 am PDT #4463 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
In other news, could there be a more Buffista collaboration than this?
No. Unless they decided they needed a theremin player....
DavidS - May 05, 2011 7:40:58 am PDT #4464 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cheap Trick: the first self-titled album is pretty good. It's got "ELO Kiddies" and "He's a Whore" on it.
I think their best single album is In Colour which is pretty close to a greatest hits album. Not a bad track on there but featuring: "Hello There," "Big Eyes," "I Want You To Want Me," "Clock Strikes Ten," "Southern Girls," and "Come On, Come On."
Heaven Tonight is also pretty great with "Surrender," the title track and "On Top of the World."
Kinks have so many fantastic albums.
Face to Face is their first real album length masterpiece. It has the song that frequently puts me in mind of Jilli - "Little Miss Queen of Darkness."
Something Else is one of the greatest albums put out by any band. It's got "Waterloo Sunset," and "David Watts" and "Two Sisters." Dave's greatest song, "Death of a Clown." "Autumn Almanac" and "Wonderboy" are usually included on recent reissues (they were singles that came afterwards).
Then Village Green - another masterpiece. Really gorgeous, and probably the quintessence of Davies' cracked teacup vision of England.
Then Arthur, which is actually pretty great and largely unknown. "Victoria" is on here, as is "Shangri La." I really love the rocker "Brainwashed" on this album.
I've lately been getting into Lola vs. the Powerman. Again, just Ray still at the peak of his genius as a songwriter, and some great rockers in there too. It's got "Lola" on it, and "Apeman," and "Got To Be Free."
Muswell Hillbillies - we covered this in Lost in the Grooves. A more countryish feel to it. Still scattering gems around carelessly: "20th Century Man," "Alcohol," "Holiday," and one of their prettiest songs, "Oklahoma, USA."
Almost all of the Kinks albums have been remastered and reissued with bonus tracks, which were usually singles that preceded or followed those albums and are some of their best songs.