[P.O.E.]

"Lola Vs Powerman" was one of my fave albums growing up.

[davidtalker]

The Kinks are, indeed, one of the most underrated groups ever. Their entire catalogue is sensational. I love the British Invasion stuff. "Waterloo Sunset" is a classic. The concept album "Athur And The Rise And Fall Of The British Empire" is sensational. As others have pointed out. the title song "Celuloid Heroes" is a monument to great rock. However, the best thing the Kinks ever recorded comes later. 1983.

Don't Forget To Dance

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Davray Music Ltd.

Lyrics:

You look out of your window,
Into the night.
Could be rain, could be snow,
But it can't feel as cold as you're feeling inside.

And all of you friends are either married, vanished,
Or just left alone.
But that's no reason to just stop living.
That's no excuse to just give in to a sad and lonely heart.

Don't forget to dance, no, no, no,
Don't forget to smile.
Don't forget to dance, no, no, no,
Forget it for a while.

'Cause darling, darling,
I bet you danced a good one in your time.
And if this were a party
I'd really make sure the next one would be mine.
Yes, you with the broken heart.

Don't forget to dance, no, no, no,
Don't forget to smile.
Don't forget to dance, no, no, no,
Forget it for a while.

Don't forget to dance, no, no, no,
Forget it for a while.

You walk down the street
And all the young punks whistle at you.
A nice bit of old,
Just goes to show what you can achieve
with the right attitude.
As you pass them by
They whisper their remarks one to another,
And you give them the eye
Even that you know that you could be their mother.
You do the thing you love the most.
What separates you from the rest,
And what you love to do the most?
And when they ask me how you dance,
I say that you dance real close.

Don't forget to dance, no, no, no,
Don't forget to dance.

Albums this song can be found on:

All Night Stand
The Best Of The Ballads (Feat. Ray Davies)
Come Dancing With The Kinks
Kinky Music - Trihas & The Tapes (tribute)

[dennisw]

Give me The Kinks, The Animals, The Rolling Stones on tinny automobile speakers. Far better than what's out there now no matter how digitally engineered and enhanced.

[auboy]

Kinks Bump! Thanks to all for the lyrics.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

As a long-time Kinks fan I can't let this thread go by without saying something. Agree that for my money the Kinks were the best. If you listen to Ray's autobiographical album storyteller, he talks about getting kicked in the arse on the soccer field (apparently he as a decent soccer player back in the day) and then getting taken by his mum so a specialist about his condition. There is this long story about how he feared he would become like the "hunchback" in their neighborhood which, given Ray's shall we say, vivid, imagination grew into a huge childhood fear. My guess is this recent incident will grow in Ray's mind and more than a few songs will come out of it, if anyone's looking for a silver lining. Ray and his brother are not the sanest people in the world, but they certainly are among the most creative and innovative.

[rabidralph]

I loved their Low Budget and Captain America.