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God Save The Kinks

Author : Rob Jovanovic
Publisher : Aurum
ISBN 13 : 1781311374
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book God Save The Kinks written by Rob Jovanovic and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1964 The Kinks released their third single. After a little noticed debut and a follow-up that had failed to chart at all, Pye Records were threatening to annul the group’s contract. But with its unforgettable distorted guitar riff, 'You Really Got Me’ went on to reach No.1, entering the US Top Ten later the same year. Followed by a string of hits, it marked the breakthrough of one of Britain’s most innovative and influential bands, and a turning point in the fortunes of two brothers whose troubled story is as tumultuous and characterful as the music they produced: Ray and Dave Davies. Born into a deeply musical working-class family in London’s Muswell Hill, Ray and Dave grew up in a city recovering from the bombs and privations of the Second World War. More than any other musicians of the Sixties, they crafted the soundtrack that made it swing again. In songs such as ‘Dedicated Follower of Fashion’, ‘Sunny Afternoon’ – which toppled The Beatles to become the hit of Summer 1966 – ‘Waterloo Sunset’, ‘Days’ and ‘Lola’, they drew on music hall, folk and rhythm and blues to craft a peculiarly English pop idiom, inspiring generations of songwriters from David Bowie to Jarvis Cocker and Damon Albarn. Pocked by sibling rivalry, furious on-stage violence, walkouts, overdoses, a career-throttling ban from the US, gross self-indulgence, and the band's curious rebirth as eighties stadium rockers, the story laid bare in God Save The Kinks is one of the greatest in British pop history.

The Kinks Kronikles

Author : Edwin Schlossberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kinks Kronikles written by Edwin Schlossberg and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than twenty years- longer than any rock group in history except the Rolling Stones- God's been saving The Kinks. From dedicated followers of fashion, From demon alcohol. From vengeful governments. And mostly from each other. Alternately marked by intramural brawling and inexplicable banishments, transcendent brillance and shameless pandering, emotional collapses, punch-ups and sellouts, scandalous affairs and utter discretion, drunkenness and cruelty and failed attempts at fratricide, altruism, and greed, The Kinks' long history is among the most fascinating in rock.

Ray Davies

Author : Johnny Rogan
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1847923313
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Ray Davies written by Johnny Rogan and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW UPDATED WITH A NEW EPILOGUE In the summer of 1964, aged twenty, Ray Davies led the Kinks to fame with their number one hit ‘You Really Got Me’. Within months, they were established among the pop elite, swamped by fans and fast becoming renowned for the rioting at their gigs. But Ray’s journey from working-class Muswell Hill to the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame was tumultuous in the extreme, featuring breakdowns, bitter lawsuits, spectacular punch-ups and a ban from entering the USA. His relationship with his brother Dave is surely the most ferocious and abusive in music history. Based on countless interviews conducted over several decades, this richly detailed and revelatory biography presents the most frank and intimate portrait yet of Ray Davies.

The Kinks

Author : Carey Fleiner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 144223542X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Kinks written by Carey Fleiner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging from the same British music boom that birthed the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Dave and Ray Davies’s band, the Kinks, became one of England’s most influential groups. Remembered best for such singles as “You Really Got Me,” “Lola,” and “Sunny Afternoon,” the Kinks produced 24 studio albums between 1964 and 1996. The Kinks’ prolific and varied catalog have made them both a mirror of and a counterfoil to nearly five decades of British and American culture. The Kinks: A Thoroughly English Phenomenon examines the music and performance of this quintessentially English band and shows how aspects of everyday life such as work, play, buying a house, driving a car, drinking tea, getting drunk, and getting laid, affected and shaped their creative output. Through an investigation of their music, lyrics, and image, Carey Fleiner shows how the Kinks reflected both the ordinary and the absurd, sometimes confronting topics with anger and sometimes with self-deprecating humor. The Kinks follows the band’s trajectory more or less chronologically and explores themes such as growing up in post-war Britain, the packaging and exploitation of the “British Invasion” bands, satire and self-consciousness, sexuality and gender-bending, social and political pessimism, the comforts of family, and the effects of fame and fandom. Fleiner’s investigation into the influences on and impact of the Kinks’ music takes readers on an engaging adventure through the musical culture of the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s, revealing how the Kinks created an undeniable sound and image that still attracts new followers today.

Americana

Author : Ray Davies
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0753555220
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book Americana written by Ray Davies and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a boy in post-War England, legendary Kinks singer/songwriter Ray Davies fell in love with America âe" its movies and music, its culture of freedom fed his imagination. In Americana, Davies tries to make sense of his long love-hate relationship with the country that both inspires and frustrates him, and where he nearly lost his life in a street shooting. Some of the most fascinating characters in pop culture and the British Invasion make appearances, from the famous to the behind-the-scenes players. The book is interspersed with lyrics and also includes photographs from Davies's own collection and the Kinksâe(tm) archive. From his quintessentially English perspective, Davies âe" with candour, humour, and wit âe" takes us on a very personal road trip through his life and storied career as a rock star, and reveals what music, fame and America really mean to him.

You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks

Author : Nick Hasted
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 0857129910
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks written by Nick Hasted and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Really Got Me is Nick Hasted’s illuminating biography of The Kinks, drawing on years of in-depth interviews with Ray and Dave Davies and shedding new light on a turbulent 30-year career scarred by suicide attempts, on-stage fights and recurring mental breakdowns. The Kinks’ distorted fuzz cut through popular music like a chainsaw and unexpectedly propelled two brothers from North London straight to the heights of stardom, to stand alongside The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. With exclusive interviews Nick Hasted untangles this turbulence: Why The Kinks became the only British group to be banned from America at the height of their success; why original bassist Pete Quaife quit in 1968; Ray Davies’ fraught relationship with Chrissie Hynde; how The Kinks’ later years rehabilitated their reputation in America. Updated to include details of the hit musical Sunny Afternoon and an up-to-the-minute report on the troubled relationship between the Davies brothers, You Really Got Me is the ultimate Kinks biography. “Keen eyed critique of a most contrary band” Uncut “Hasted is illuminating” Guardian

The Kinks

Author : Doug Hinman
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879307653
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book The Kinks written by Doug Hinman and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2004 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work tracks every move in the Kinks' career. With the help of band members, Doug Hinman has reconstructed their meteoric rise to fame in the early 60s through its dissolution and revival in the 70s, stadium success in the 80s, and an apparently final breakdown in the late 90s

The Kinks

Author : Jon Savage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780571134076
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Kinks written by Jon Savage and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing on extensive interviews with the band and the people closest to them over a twenty-year period, this authorized biography gives a definitive insight into the Kinks and their music. Here, for the first time, is the full story behind some of the most timeless pop songs ever written and the group that created them"--Publisher description.

The Kinks

Author : Neville Marten
Publisher : Sanctuary Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781860741357
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book The Kinks written by Neville Marten and published by Sanctuary Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how the music of The Kinks remain relevant in the nineties.

33 1/3 Greatest Hits

Author : David Barker
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826419038
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book 33 1/3 Greatest Hits written by David Barker and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-09-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of reviews of individual albums, c2003-2006.

Eminent Hipsters

Author : Donald Fagen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101638095
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Eminent Hipsters written by Donald Fagen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A witty, candid, sharply written memoir by the cofounder of Steely Dan In his entertaining debut as an author, Donald Fagen—musician, songwriter, and cofounder of Steely Dan—reveals the cultural figures and currents that shaped his artistic sensibility, as well as offering a look at his college days and a hilarious account of life on the road. Fagen presents the “eminent hipsters” who spoke to him as he was growing up in a bland New Jersey suburb in the early 1960s; his colorful, mind-expanding years at Bard College, where he first met his musical partner Walter Becker; and the agonies and ecstasies of a recent cross-country tour with Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs. Acclaimed for his literate lyrics and complex arrangements as a musician, Fagen here proves himself a sophisticated writer with his own distinctive voice.

Kink

Author : Dave Davies
Publisher : Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 9780786882694
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (826 download)

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Download or read book Kink written by Dave Davies and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 1998-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a raw and riveting, completely candid autobiography, Dave Davies, co-founder of the legendary, ever-popular English rock band The Kinks, delves into the turbulence of his own amazing life: sex, drugs, and rock and roll; his famous feuds with brother Ray; and an insider's life in the steamy center of the music scene. of photos.

The Kinks' The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

Author : Andy Miller
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826414982
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The Kinks' The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society written by Andy Miller and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ignored by virtually everyone upon its release in November 1968, 'The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society' is now seen as one of the best British albums ever recorded. Here, Andy Miller traces the perilous circumstances surrounding its creation, and celebrates the timeless, perfectly crafted songs pieced together by a band who were on the verge of disintegration and who refused to follow fashion. EXCERPT 'Big Sky' contains some of the most beautiful, thunderous music The Kinks ever recorded, aligned to a vulnerability and warmth no other group - and I mean no other group - could ever hope to equal. It is a perfectly balanced production. On the one hand, the mesh of clattering drums and electric guitar never threatens to overwhelm the melody; on the other, the gossamer-light harmonies, Ray and Dave's vocal line traced by Rasa Davies' wordless falsetto, are bursting with emotion. When most of the instruments drop away at 1.20, the effect is effortlessly vivid - two lines where Davies' performance is both nonchalant and impassioned. The result is wonderfully, enchantingly sad, made more so perhaps by the knowledge that The Kinks will never again sound so refined or so right.

The Way of Kings

Author : Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765376679
Total Pages : 1013 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book The Way of Kings written by Brandon Sanderson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 1013 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new epic fantasy series from the New York Times bestselling author chosen to complete Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time® Series

The Justinguitar.Com Acoustic Songbook

Author : Toby Knowles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781783052516
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book The Justinguitar.Com Acoustic Songbook written by Toby Knowles and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grown Up All Wrong

Author : Robert Christgau
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674443181
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Grown Up All Wrong written by Robert Christgau and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two generations of American music lovers have grown up listening with Robert Christgau, attuned to his inimitable blend of judgment, acuity, passion, erudition, wit, and caveat emptor. His writings, collected here, constitute a virtual encyclopedia of popular music over the past fifty years. Whether honoring the originators of rock and roll, celebrating established artists, or spreading the word about newer ones, the book is pure enjoyment, a pleasure that takes its cues from the sounds it chronicles. A critical compendium of points of interest in American popular music and its far-flung diaspora, this book ranges from the 1950s singer-songwriter tradition through hip-hop, alternative, and beyond. With unfailing style and grace, Christgau negotiates the straits of great music and thorny politics, as in the cases of Public Enemy, blackface artist Emmett Miller, KRS-One, the Beastie Boys, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He illuminates legends from pop music and the beginnings of rock and roll—George Gershwin, Nat King Cole, B. B. King, Chuck Berry, and Elvis Presley—and looks at the subtle transition to just plain “rock” in the music of Janis Joplin, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, and others. He praises the endless vitality of Al Green, George Clinton, and Neil Young. And from the Rolling Stones to Sonic Youth to Nirvana, from Bette Midler to Michael Jackson to DJ Shadow, he shows how money calls the tune in careers that aren’t necessarily compromised by their intercourse with commerce. Rock and punk and hip-hop, pop and world beat: this is the music of the second half of the twentieth century, skillfully framed in the work of a writer whose reach, insight, and perfect pitch make him one of the major cultural critics of our time.

The Kinks Greatest Hits (Songbook)

Author : The Kinks
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1458485234
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book The Kinks Greatest Hits (Songbook) written by The Kinks and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). A must for all Kinks fans, this super collection assembles 14 huge hits from these highly influential British Invaders: All Day and All of the Night * Ape Man * Come Dancing * Don't Forget to Dance * Lola * Rock 'N Roll Fantasy * See My Friends * Set Me Free * Sleepwalker * Sunny Afternoon * (So) Tired of Waiting for You * Waterloo Sunset * Who'll Be the Next in Line * You Really Got Me.