Sorry man, I didn't mean to be insulting or anything but I still get the heebie jeebies when I remember David Lee Roth doing his trademark "waaahh" during their version of "You Really Got Me". And I didn't know they had covered "Where Have All The Good Times Gone"...maybe they had a copy of "Pinups" and thought it was a David Bowie song! The Kinks were my favorite band when I was a little boy...those crunching bar chords and killer hooks in the choruses! I didn't get into the "middle period" until the 80's when I listened to "KINKS KRONIKLES" and the songs really hit home...really deeply! ratoonie said:

its the fact that they took the Kinks ......simple riff an balls it out!!!!!!!they Love the old tunes too!!!...iAm a Punk..i dont follow Van HAlen ..... ijust thought it was cool that they Dug em too!!!!.....they also covered "where have all the Good times Gone?"....they were showin respect to a great Band!!!!....

Gunther Toody said:

This is gonna sound snotty, but anybody that claims to like rawkenroll and doesn't fucking LOVE the KInks is MESSED UP!!!!
And I'm sorry if this is offensive but please don't mention the Kinks and Van Halen together....EWWWWW!!!

they made some great music and were totally "unhearalded"i saw them in 1975....."school Boys in Disgrace" tour....Fantastic!!!! Stevel Knievel said:

The Kinks lyrics tell great stories and portray solid characters. Evocative imagery and all to great toons.

its the fact that they took the Kinks ......simple riff an balls it out!!!!!!!they Love the old tunes too!!!...iAm a Punk..i dont follow Van HAlen ..... ijust thought it was cool that they Dug em too!!!!.....they also covered "where have all the Good times Gone?"....they were showin respect to a great Band!!!!.... Gunther Toody said:

This is gonna sound snotty, but anybody that claims to like rawkenroll and doesn't fucking LOVE the KInks is MESSED UP!!!!
And I'm sorry if this is offensive but please don't mention the Kinks and Van Halen together....EWWWWW!!!

The Kinks lyrics tell great stories and portray solid characters. Evocative imagery and all to great toons.

It's practically impossible to ignore The Kinks if ya dig ROCK;):) Gunther Toody said:

This is gonna sound snotty, but anybody that claims to like rawkenroll and doesn't fucking LOVE the KInks is MESSED UP!!!!
And I'm sorry if this is offensive but please don't mention the Kinks and Van Halen together....EWWWWW!!!

This is gonna sound snotty, but anybody that claims to like rawkenroll and doesn't fucking LOVE the KInks is MESSED UP!!!! And I'm sorry if this is offensive but please don't mention the Kinks and Van Halen together....EWWWWW!!!

How about this one........................ All day and all the night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vnfU9VGo3w&feature=related

SET ME FREE kills me all the time :):)

Yes!!!! Kinks rock!! OK, you've heard it a thousand times, but imagine how groundbreaking that guitar on You Really Got Me And All Day And All Of The Night sounded in '64!!! Surely the NASTIEST sounding UK records at that time? Personal fave tho, is See My Friends, wotta spangly raga-infused gem...simply beautiful, closely followed by Waterloo Sunset most likely.. I think they're one of those bands much like the Stones that made a whole string of KILLER singles, but I find their early albums a little patchy...

Ray Davies should be the poet laureate of the United Kingdom.

Van Halen did it back in 1978 w/ "you really got me"....kicked Ass!!!! John White said:

If your a band and need to fill out your set, look at learning a Kinks song. So many great ones, I love "Who'll be the next in line".

If your a band and need to fill out your set, look at learning a Kinks song. So many great ones, I love "Who'll be the next in line".

You're kidding right? They're the greatest!

My favourites are David Watts and Harry Rag.

Victoria!!!!!;;;;; Waterlou Sunset!.... so tired.... presurvasion acts....sheeeeeesh ...too many!!!!

ILove the Kinks!!!!!!! anybody else???

im going to youtube NOW!!!!!!!! Max Reverb said:

Billy Childish has written some sort of unfathomable amount of killer songs. He's amazingly prolific, and while I can't say I love every single record but I'd say about 85% is killer. One of my favorites will always be"Wiley Coyote" because we used to close Quasi-men sets with it and it was a crowd pleaser and my drummer could do one hell of a childish voice. Where I think Childish really excells is his honesty that he puts into his songs even when it's contradictory. A very personal example would be the awesome song "The day I beat my father up"

My favorite bands of his are Thee Mighty Ceasers, The headcoats / headcoatees / and the buff Medways.
For somebody getting in to him I would strongly suggest the Elementary headcoats record

heres a few other songs of his I love

You make me Die
Double Ax (famously covered by The Mummies)
Come Into My Mouth (headcoatees covered nicely by the smears on there in the garage lp for Dionysus)
I wasn't made for this world
I Don't Like The Man I Am

and if course the best song title in his catalog

I've been fucking your daughters and pissing on your lawn

Billy Childish has written some sort of unfathomable amount of killer songs. He's amazingly prolific, and while I can't say I love every single record but I'd say about 85% is killer. One of my favorites will always be"Wiley Coyote" because we used to close Quasi-men sets with it and it was a crowd pleaser and my drummer could do one hell of a childish voice. Where I think Childish really excells is his honesty that he puts into his songs even when it's contradictory. A very personal example would be the awesome song "The day I beat my father up"

My favorite bands of his are Thee Mighty Ceasers, The headcoats / headcoatees / and the buff Medways.
For somebody getting in to him I would strongly suggest the Elementary headcoats record

heres a few other songs of his I love

You make me Die
Double Ax (famously covered by The Mummies)
Come Into My Mouth (headcoatees covered nicely by the smears on there in the garage lp for Dionysus)
I wasn't made for this world
I Don't Like The Man I Am

and if course the best song title in his catalog

I've been fucking your daughters and pissing on your lawn

wow!!!!!! hw in the Fuck did they get by me!!!!!!!!????? The Ahabs said:

since about '78

ratoonie said:

Joe Strummers Grave!!!!!.....i have it on one of my myspace pages!!......how Long have theese guys been around?.... such a great Find!!!!

Joe Strummers Grave!!!!!.....i have it on one of my myspace pages!!......how Long have theese guys been around?.... such a great Find!!!!

Thanks for all of your replies, I can see by your posts that you all are very passionate when it come to his music.

For me it's "When you Stop Loving Me"
other than that I like all of his stuff.

another great interview with ian svenonious. http://www.vbs.tv/watch/soft-focus-uk/billy-childish Lately i've been obsessed with this release of his. it's billy, wolf, julie and james taylor, doing jazz versions lie detector and sally sensation. I'd love for a whole album of this. http://damagedgoods.co.uk/band/?c=Guy-Hamper-Trio headcoats/tees - The Kids Are All Square - This Is Hip is worth checking out too. hell everything is great.

I'm going to say Jack White.

I'm not the biggest Stones fan in the world but I'm gonna have to go with "Beast of Burden." There is something about the way Mick Jagger says "Pretty, pretty girls..."