How many kinks songs are there

If the album is a matryoshka of delights, then its title song is a masterpiece of irony, reference and symbolism. Nobody gets to be loved in a Kinks song if they can help it. Arthur , often rightly praised as one of the great concept albums, was originally intended to be used in a Granada television play about a carpet layer. Inspired by Ray and Dave visiting their sister, Rose, after she moved with her husband to a designed community in Adelaide, it does what The Kinks do — and Arthur does over and over again — best.

Lola Versus Powerman was that rare thing for The Kinks: a great album that managed to be a commercial success. It's not just catchy and simply written enough to be a truly great singalong which is rare in the eloquent world of The Kinks , but it's also an incredibly clever song: layered yet economical, it is full of ideas of masculinity , sexuality, fluidity.

Regardless of how Lola might identify now — drag queen? He viewed the Carnaby Street elite with disdain, and this brilliant send up of a London Dandy desperate to stay in style hilariously nailed the narcissism of the times. Paul McCartney envied this ahead-of-its-time single but Ray was crushed by its comparative failure.

This top-three single is a wonderful tribute to the most beautiful season, and to normal everyday British life. Roast beef, rustling leaves and joy of joys, football on a Saturday, are just some of the seemingly mundane pleasures celebrated, on a song as wonderfully mellow as autumn itself.

Peerless satire from Ray Davies here marked a pronounced stylistic shift in his songwriting. You can bet Pete Townsend was listening closely too. Young And Innocent Days Nothing To Say Transmissions CD. Little Queenie 2. Cadillac 3. You Really Got Me 4. You Really Got Me 6. I've Got That Feeling 9. You Shouldn't Be Sad Tired Of Waiting For You Everybody's Gonna Be Happy Hide And Seek This Strange Effect See My Friends I Am Free Death Of A Clown Good Luck Charm Tracks of Disc 2 1.

Sunny Afternoon 3. Susannah's Still Alive 4. Harry Rag 6. Days 7. Waterloo Sunset 9. Monica The Village Green Preservation Society You Really Got Me Bye Bye Johnny Louie, Louie Long Tall Shorty You Really Got Me.

This Man He Weeps Tonight 2. Mindless Child Of Motherhood 3. Hold My Hand 4. Are You Ready? I'm Crying 8. Lincoln County 9. Shoemaker's Daughter Reporter Groovy Movies Arthur King Kong Mono Drivin' Mono Shangri-La Mono Where Did Our Love Go 2. Dancing In The Street 3. I Know I'm Losing You 4. I'm A Roadrunner 7. The Tracks Of My Tears 8. My Girl 9. He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' Easy Baby Love.

Phobia CD. Opening 2. Wall of Fire 3. Drift Away 4. Still Searching 5. Phobia 6. Only A Dream 7. Don't 8. Babies 9. Over The Edge Surviving The Informer Hatred A Duet Somebody Stole My Car Close To The Wire Scattered Did Ya. Attitude 2. Catch Me Now I'm Falling 3. Pressure 4. National Health 5. Low Budget 7.

In A Space 8. Little Bit Of Emotion 9. A Gallon Of Gas Misery Moving Pictures The Singles Collection CD. Long Tall Sally 2.

You Still Want Me 3. All Day and All of The Night 5. Tired of Waiting For You 6. Everybody's Gonna Be Happy 7. Set Me Free 8. See My Friends 9. Till The End of The Day Dedicated Follower of Fashion Well Respected Man Death of A Clown David Watts Susannah's Still Alive Kinks Deluxe Ed. Beautiful Delilah [Stereo] 2.

So Mystifying [Stereo] 3. Long Tall Shorty [Stereo] 5. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter [Stereo] 7. Cadillac [Stereo] 9. Bald Headed Woman [Stereo] Revenge [Stereo] Too Much Monkey Business [Stereo] Stop Your Sobbing [Stereo] I Believed In You [Stereo] Long Tall Sally [Mono Single] - mono It's Alright [Mono Single] - mono I Gotta Move [Mono Single] - mono Louie, Louie [Mono Ep] - mono Beautiful Delilah [Mono] - mono 2.

So Mystifying [Mono] - mono 3. Long Tall Shorty [Mono] - mono 5. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter [Mono] - mono 7. You Really Got Me [Mono] - mono 8.

Cadillac [Mono] - mono 9. Bald Headed Woman [Mono] - mono Revenge [Mono] - mono Too Much Monkey Business [Mono] - mono Stop Your Sobbing [Mono] - mono Don't Ever Let Go [Mono] - mono Cadillac [BBC] - live Little Queenie [BBC] - live Face to Face-Deluxe Ed.

Party Line Mono Version 2. Dandy Mono Version 4. Session Man Mono Version 6. Holiday In Waikiki Mono Version 9. Fancy Mono Version You're Looking Fine Mono Version Sunny Afternoon Mono Version I'll Remember Mono Version Dead End Street Mono Version Big Black Smoke Mono Version She's Got Everything Mono Version Party Line Stereo Version 2.

Dandy Stereo Version 4. Session Man Stereo Version 6. Holiday In Waikiki Stereo Version 9. Fancy Stereo Version You're Looking Fine Stereo Version Sunny Afternoon Stereo Version I'll Remember Stereo Version Big Black Smoke Stereo Version She's Got Everything Stereo Version Sunny Afternoon Alternate Stereo Mix Fancy Alternate Stereo Mix Dandy Alternate Stereo Mix.

Kinda Kinks Deluxe Ed. Look For Me Baby - mono 2. Got My Feet On the Ground - mono 3. But Dave Davies' mid-song solo is a quick, tidy hit of pure rock and roll adrenaline. There's not much to it, but that's his style and timeless contribution to rock history. This early Kinks single was the first to ease up on the frantic guitar attacks established on previous hits like "You Really Got Me" see No. But there's still plenty of power in Dave Davies' ringing guitar riff and the band's super-tight performance.

The follow-up to the breakthrough "You Really Got Me" is a similar-sounding distortion-fueled rocker based on basic, but totally effective power chords. Like in many of the Kinks' early hits, Dave Davies tosses off an ear-piercing solo in "All Day and All of the Night" that takes on a life of its own. Barely a year into their career, and Ray Davies was already getting bored with the three-chord guitar assaults the Kinks were discharging.

After a four-year commercial dry spell that coincided with Ray Davies' increasingly sophisticated songwriting, the Kinks rocketed back into the Top 10 with one of their most popular songs.