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.’
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CAUSING A BIG SENSATION – Michael Caine reflects on Swinging London in ‘MY GENERATION’ documentary
Caine reflects on the huge cultural changes that saw the Swinging 60s emerge from the Frugal 50s.
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.’
OLD GROUND – Ray Davies treads a familiar path on OUR COUNTRY: AMERICANA act II
While ‘Americana’ is a fine album, ‘Our Country – Americana act II’ is more a recount than continuation.’
ALL’S WELLES – A Tribute to Awesome Orson…………
With my teenage years advancing into the mid-1970s and in recognition of leaving childhood farther behind, on top of being allowed to stay up and see ‘Match of the Day’ on a Saturday night my parents added the concession of being…
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THE SINGER, THE SONG and STATE OF CALIFORNIA – Two BBC 4 Music programmes send out confused messages.
NY – BBC 1971. In ‘Heart of Gold’ Neil sings ‘I’m getting old’ – somewhat ironic at the age of 27…..
STOP (the) PRESS: Farewell to the print edition of the NME
On its Thursday publication day there was a time when the NME cover story began pub conversations that evening.
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.
BBC FOUR Documentary explores Hits, Hype and Hustle in the Music Business – but whatever happened to Attitude, Albums and Ability?
BBC 4 Documentary: Hits, Hype & Hustle. Modern acts need a Manager, Agent & Media Manager – The Beatles had Brian Epstein.
DON’T LOOK BACK WITH CANDOUR – OASIS conquer the world in ‘SUPERSONIC’ documentary.
If Ray and Dave Davies are the Brothers Grimm of rock, then Noel and Liam are like warring ‘Peaky Blinders.’