assigning hues emotional qualities and using them to balance each other out. “White and black form the second great contrast, which is static. White is a deep, absolute silence, full of possibility. Black is nothingness without
uncertain of its direction and featuring another Kinks cover ("I Go to Sleep"),Pretenders IIhad much to live up to. Taken on its own terms, it's a good record, just not a great one.
first as part of the Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm, then as part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. "A Fool in Love" was the first charting single in 1960, while the next decade would deliver such classics as "Proud Mary," "I Want to...
everyone wondered who his replacement would be. "All of the music papers were full of speculation," he said. "It's a bit like when the Pope dies and you get pictures of all these people who might succeed him." Jagger called Spedding, asking if ...
The Kinks, 'Preservation Act 1' (Nov. 16, 1973) RCA The Kinks, 'Preservation Act 1' (Nov. 16, 1973) Preservation Act 1marked the start of what would be termed as a theatrical period for the Kinks. Looking back, guitarist Dave Davies told UCR that Ray Davies was "a very prolific ob...
a double record that completes the sketchy story outlined in part one, doesn't bother to hide its music-hall origins and Davies' stagey scope. It's messy, overly ambitious and maybe his most theatrical work. And he wasn't done yet: The Kinks had a couple of more rock operas left in ...
’ Anderson originally planned to use solely Kinks songs for the film, then reconsidered and ended up calling upon a variety of tunes from the Kinks’ classic era to match the youthful exuberance of his protagonist. And so we get a look at Max’s multitude of hobbies to the Creation’s ...
The Kinks: February 26, 1977 NBC The Kinks: February 26, 1977 By its second season, 'Saturday Night Live' had already seen its share of turnover. Standout cast member Chevy Chase departed just six episodes into Season Two. The Muppets, who briefly had a recurring segment on the show, ...
Draw the Line's highlights — the slide guitar-heavy title track, the medieval prog epic "Kings and Queens" — rank among Aerosmith's best work. But its low points — "The Hand That Feeds," a perfunctory cover of the Kinks' "Milk Cow Blues" — are dismal, drug-addled slogs that ...
person I spoke to the most was Ian Stewart, pianist with the band at the time, who told me that the R&B music they were playing was going to be big and they would be laughing all the way to the bank before too long." But Avory moved on to the Kinks, where he remained until ...