>harpsichord starts playing showtune music from 1920s>completely ill-fitting guitar chimes in>Ray Davies says “WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY” in a goofy accent>5 minutes of radio adverts about Australia play in the backgroundDo people unironically think this garbage is up there with Tommy?
i'd take Arthur over Tommy
>harpsichord starts playing showtune music from 1920s
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>>129039170I have a love-hate relationship with Arthur. Most of the songs are peak Kinks in terms of songwriting, musicianship, and production. But then about a 1/4 of the songs are total crap and early preview of how Ray's songwriting skills would go down the drain in the 70s. Plus, the album is too long and the concept of Arthur is disjointed and not really effective, probably a symptom of the television film getting cancelled. A lot of the outtakes and bonus tracks are great and fit on Arthur really well. My track listing is1. Victoria2. Plastic Man3. Some Mother's Son4. Driving5. Lincoln County6. Mr Shoemaker's Daughter7 Shangri-la8. This Man He Weeps Tonight9. She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina10. Young and Innocent Days11. Nothing to Say12. Arthur
>>129039322you're really gonna diss my bois Brainwashed, Mr. Churchill Says, Australia, and Yes Sir, No sir like that
>>129039478Yes, because they all suck.
>>129039503https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9U_C_q6WcU
I was BAAAHNlucky mee..
>>129039503Australia is beautiful and catchy as fuck
>trumpet starts blasting over some shitty thin sounding guitar>"I WANNA FIDDLE ABOUT YOUR KIDS FOR RESEARCH">Repeats a previous song from the album (which was also taken from the last album) for 10 fucking minutes to fill the rest of the side>"IM PINBALL JESUS TOUCH ME FEEL ME">jaunty banjo plays to prep tommy for rapeDid boomers really?
>>129041114>jaunty banjo plays to prep tommy for rape
>>129039322this man he weeps tonight is fantastic and deserved to be on an album
>>129039170i was just listening to the village green preservation society album and I really enjoyed it. Is this album similar or worse
>>129043415similar and better
>>129039170>Do people unironically think this garbage is up there with Tommy?Get filtered. Tommy is among the worst boomer slop in existence. Theatrical, tepid, turgid dross. But please keep in mind that even when the Who were still an acceptable band, they were nowhere near the Kinks.
>>129043512Nah Tommy sounds nice and unpretentious for a big rock opera. Its mostly acoustic
>>129043261Yes, but also not on Arthur. Arthur is perfect as it is.
>>129040659heh heh it do be like that
>>129039322Bad take. Plastic Man, Mr. Shoemaker's Daughter, and This Man He Weeps Tonight do not belong on the album. If you were going to include a Dave song it should have been Mindless Child of Motherhood for thematic purposes but even that doesn't really fit. Dave's output during this period was actually very good and I wish it had been nurtured more, but Arthur is perfect as a song sequence.
The problem with Kinks is that none of their songs sounds like the definitive recording.
>>129045557I think Plastic Man does a much better job at conveying the uniformity and unquestioning nature of British society at the time than Brainwashed or Yes Sir No Sir.
>>129045628Plastic Man was a single, they rarely ever put those on the album. You might as well wish that Penny Lane was on Sgt. Pepper's while you're at it.>>129045557Agreed.
