The Empire and the States: The Kinks & ‘ARTHUR’ (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire);
‘ARTHUR’ (1969): Seeking out a song with more astute social comment than ‘Shangri-La’ is not worth the effort. It hasn’t been recorded.
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LONDON FALLING – The Kinks & ‘MUSWELL HILLBILLIES’…….
MUSWELL HILLBILLIES (1971) Amidst the poignancy and humour there is a sense Ray is fed up with the 70s – and they are only 18 months old.
IT’S A MIXED UP MUDDLED UP SHOOK UP WORLD – The Kinks & ‘Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround (Part One)
‘LOLA vs POWERMAN and the MONEYGOROUND’ (1970) is a fascinating take on how Ray (and Dave) Davies viewed the state of the United Kinkdom.
THE KINKS – The Empire and The States………….
‘As a song and group performance ‘Shangri-La’ is matched in rock music history on a handful of occasions – but never once bettered.’
THE VILLAGE PEOPLE – ‘The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society.’
VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY is renowned as the greatest album most people have never heard – Ray Davies describing it as ‘the most successful failure of all-time.’
BIG BROTHER A CELEBRITY – Ray takes centre stage in BBC Kinks profile.
32 years in The Kinks brought no end to the antipathy between Ray and Dave. The Chuckle Brothers they were not.
UN-KONVENTIONAL – Kinks fans of the world unite
This Kinks collective, supplemented by guitarist Dave Clarke, have all at one time been sacked, retired or no longer been able to stand the fierce sibling rivalry between the ‘Brothers Grim’ of rock – Ray and Dave Davies.