Power pop heroes PRETENDERS fronted by the utterly charismatic Chrissie Hynde released their tremendously infectious poppy debut
single STOP YOUR SOBBING in 1979, amidst the punk explosion
in the UK.
It was a cover. The original was written by kink Ray Davies about
a crying girlfriend he broke up with. It was released as a single in
1964 only in… South-Africa!
Guess what? Ray Davies & Chrissie Hynde had a relationship and
a child. No sobbing for them, until they split up sometime later.
Content: The box set contains 2CD, 1LP, 2LP, 2CD, 1CD x 2 and a 1971’s home movie, narrated by Ray Davies. The songs are remastered from newly discovered Davies’s original master tapes. More details on the box and pre-order info HERE.
Press statement: “The beginning of the 70s marked a shift in the Kinks’ career. Having
signed to RCA Records in 1971, the British band started a new era and gradually formed
a new identity. With their growing American fanbase, the Kinks revised the phenomenon of Englishness and looked back on their London roots. This revision started with the 1971’s album Muswell Hillbillies which combines tales about working-class families from North London and whimsical country sound, associated with American music. Following this trajectory, Celluloid Heroes, the final track from Everybody’s In Show-Biz, reflects on Hollywood as a factory, mass-producing the bittersweet American dream.”
You can listen to the 7″ single 2022 version (included in the Box) of Celluloid Heroes.
Ray Davies about the reissue: “Now with a new record company and a new image,
I could bring some of the old wild western spirit into my music. These albums capture
the re-emergence of The Kinks as a touring band.”
Band: THE KINKS Who: Legendary Brit-beat-pop band led
by iconic singer/songwriter Ray Davies Active: 1963-1996 / 24 studio LPs
Anniversary album: MUSWELL HILLBILLIES Released: 24 November 1971 – 50 years ago today
Pitchfork says : “Muswell Hillbillies may very well be the best
Kinks album you never heard, a scathing but witty take on urban
renewal. No, it’s not quite a concept album, more like an idea album,
a buncha songs that are a bit downbeat in theme but lively in execution.”
Full review here. Score: 9/10.
Turn Up The Volume: Where have all the good Kinks times gone?
Highlights: 20th Century Man / Have A Cup Of Tea / Oklahoma U.S.A.
Probably the most famous couple on YouTube for months now.
Yes, I’m talking (again) about jolly couple TOYAH and her beloved ROBERT going out of their minds every week with their Sunday
Cover Lunch Sessions.
Assisted by their spooky friend Sydney it’s Kinks time
now, with the trio trashing their timeless blockbuster You Really Got Me.
My makeup is dry and it cracks ’round my chin
I’m drowning my sorrows in whisky and gin
The lion tamer’s whip doesn’t crack anymore
The lions, they won’t bite and the tigers won’t roar
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
So let’s go and drink to the death of a clown
Won’t someone help me to break up this crown?
Let’s all drink to the death of a clown…
Band: The Kinks Active: 1964–1996 Track: Where Have All The Good Times Gone
The B-side of Till The End Of The Day Released: 19 November 1965 Note: Ray Davies said at the time: “We’d been rehearsing
‘Where Have All the Good Times Gone’ and our tour manager
at the time, who was a lot older than us, said, ‘That’s a song a
40-year-old would write. I don’t know where you get that from.
‘But I was taking inspiration from older people around me. I’d
been watching them in the pubs, talking about taxes and job
opportunities.” Album: The Kink Kontroversy – The band’s third LP
Happy 76 to legendary frontman and brilliant songwriter Ray Davies, born 21 June 1944 in Fortis Green, London
