Getting the Kinks Out … Going Into Battle
Tonight’s episode of Roundtrip, my 2-hour radio show on WNRB-LP (7-9 p.m., 93.3 fm, Wausau) will feature one of my favorite-ever bands: the Kinks. This group’s cavalcade of hits and lesser-known albums is just packed with anthems, ditties, rave-ups, stories, heroes, villains, animals, riverbanks and streets. So, if you like You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night, Apeman, Sunny Afternoon, Lola, Waterloo Sunset, Village Green Preservation Society … heck, all that Kinks’ stuff … listen tonight and be prepared for that sound and that voice to emerge at any moment. I can’t wait.
Almost forgot: the Battle of the Bands culminates Friday night at Coral Lanes. Be there and cheer for Freedown, Wausau’s most interesting young band.
And if you like a bit of country, LeAnn Rimes at Marathon Park on Saturday will be class show to catch. Includes James Otto (”The Biggest Voice in Country Music”) and newcomer Emily West. Be there and help support The Children’s Miracle Network.
erik said:
Ah, excellent choice in the Kinks. Almost everything they’ve put to a recording is solid.
June 26th, 2008 at 3:30 pm #
Mohawk Matt said:
Favorite Kinks song is Around the Dial. Great tune. Also, Neal, you might be able to answer this: The Clash song “Complete Control” I believe, has the same intro as a Kinks song? Am I correct or do I have something wrong?
June 27th, 2008 at 12:36 am #
Tom Neal said:
Yup, erik, even the worst Kinks is ultimately very listenable. The best Kinks is just about unapproachable by any other band.
Mohawk Matt … Complete Control is compared to The Hard Way from Schoolboys in Disgrace.
My favorite Kinks song? That’s almost impossible.
June 27th, 2008 at 5:27 am #
Dino Corvino said:
The Kinks are from England right?
June 27th, 2008 at 7:36 am #
Tom Neal said:
Yes, otherwise referred to as the United Kinkdom.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:26 am #