Despite all of my efforts, I’ve never been able to really
\ndevelop a taste for Ray Davies and The Kinks. Oh, sure, I like
\ntheir hits such as “You Really Got Me,” “Tired Of Waiting For You”
\nand “Come Dancing,” but when it comes to getting into the meat of
\nalbums like
\nVillage Green Preservation Society<\/i>, I find myself at a
\nloss.<\/p>\n
So it may seem on the surface that I’m not the best person to
\nreview
\nBBC Sessions 1964-1977<\/i>, a collection of 35 tracks (33, if
\nyou don’t count interviews) from brothers Ray and Dave Davies and
\ncrew — and I guess I’ll concede that point. I’ll also concede that
\nthis collection is for the die-hard fans of the band. But even to
\nthe casual listener, there will be some level of interest that may
\nmake you want to try and get your feet wet again concerning this
\ngroup.<\/p>\n
What is most interesting to me, as an outsider in the world of
\nall things Kinks, is that this collection makes me more interested
\nin discovering their material from the ’70s, not the ’60s. Sure,
\nit’s always nice to hear “All Day And All Of The Night” and “You
\nReally Got Me,” but the first disc tends to get bogged down at
\ntimes with tracks that aren’t bad, but just don’t have the
\nemotional impetus that I’d be looking for. Songs like “Cadillac,”
\n“See My Friend,” “Death Of A Clown” and “Harry Rag” sometimes
\nborder from the obscure to the just plain weird, and fall somewhat
\nflat. On the other hand, tracks like “Where Have All The Good Times
\nGone?” “Waterloo Sunset” and “The Village Green Preservation
\nSociety” do pique my interest more.<\/p>\n
That interest hits its high mark on disc two, with tracks like
\n“Mindless Child Of Motherhood,” “Victoria,” “Celluloid Heroes” and
\n“Money Talks”. The tracks featuring the band performing live are
\nsome of the best on the entire set, and show just how good and
\nenergetic The Kinks could be in concert.<\/p>\n
If anything,
\nBBC Sessions 1964-1977<\/i> strikes me as a disc that is meant to
\nbe a present for the long-time fans who have followed the group’s
\nups and downs — and, let’s face it, fame has not been particularly
\nfriendly to The Kinks. So while the person looking to dip their toe
\ninto the pool of The Kinks’ discography could get away with picking
\nup a best-of compilation, the true fans of the group will
\nundoubtedly treat this as a lost treasure, as they well should.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6465],"rating":[5614],"class_list":["post-38232","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-kinks","rating-rating-c-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38232"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}