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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2012 15:45:57 GMT -5
Hi, I'm a huge Blur fan, and one of their main influences was the Kinks. So I started listening to them, and I thought WOW! My favorite Kinks song is Two Sisters.
Oh, and I'm also a huge Pink Floyd fan.
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Post by sleepwalker24 on Nov 27, 2012 16:03:49 GMT -5
Welcome aboard Bonebag! I'm sure you'll enjoy discovering all the great Kinks songs that are in store for you! By the way, since you like Blur I thought you might like this video of Damon Albarn singing Waterloo Sunset and a bit of Parklife with Ray -
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2012 16:06:08 GMT -5
I've heard of the Waterloo Sunset cover, but I haven't actually heard it yet. It seems cool, though.
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Post by sleepwalker24 on Nov 27, 2012 16:09:19 GMT -5
Yes, I think that must've been nice for Damon, to sing with one of the people that clearly influenced his music
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Post by uncleson on Nov 27, 2012 16:32:44 GMT -5
welcome to the board bonebag!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2012 17:23:48 GMT -5
thanks. Damon and Ray sound great!
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Post by HollyH on Nov 27, 2012 20:15:49 GMT -5
Welcome, bonebag. I'm a Blur fan too -- love their stuff! You are so right to appreciate the Kinks influence on them, especially Damon Albarn. Are you in the UK?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2012 22:42:56 GMT -5
guess what? I'm American! I'm serious. I had to be born here.
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Post by HollyH on Nov 28, 2012 15:12:16 GMT -5
Sometimes I wonder if we American fans don't find an extra poetry in songs like "Park Life" and "Shangri-La" -- terms and expressions that the British audience doesn't even notice seem exotic to us!
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Post by sleepwalker24 on Nov 28, 2012 17:51:25 GMT -5
I'm afraid I have to diasgree Holly - from my point of view anyway! I might be British but these terms and expressions in Kinks songs certainly don't go unnoticed by me, they never fail to make me smile I particularly like the use of C-ockney rhyming slang (Rosie Lea, currant bun, harry rag) as not being a Londoner these aren't expressions that I'm used to hearing that often!
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Post by HollyH on Nov 28, 2012 20:00:37 GMT -5
I remember one guy on the gray board a few years ago saying that he always misheard the line in "Picture Book" about holidays in "sunny South End" as being "sunny South Bend." Anyone who's ever been to South Bend, Indiana, knows that it is anything but sunny! As a kid he always thought that was a weird place for a vacation!
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Post by sleepwalker24 on Nov 28, 2012 20:19:08 GMT -5
That's pretty funny Holly! I think most of us have mis-heard lyrics to songs at some point - I know I have. The first few times I heard Imaginary Man, I thought the line 'I knew the face but could not tell...' was 'I knew the Facebook could not tell...' I remember thinking that Ray must be pretty 'down with the kids!' ;D BTW, I like how South End is often pronounced as 'Sarf End' in London.
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