Best of '68? Well...normally I'd say these random polls don't mean very much in the greater scheme of things, but there is something worth getting involved in it this time, imo. Check it...
I visit a number of Kinks forums where word has gotten out about this and those forumites are definitely tilting the scale towards 'The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society', which is a great album indeed, but I believe that TWA is far superior. Perhaps some of you would agree and like to participate in this poll. There are other great candidates listed, too, and as much as I appreciate 'VGPS' I just don't see it stacking up with certain others.
Just saying.
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I love polls. One night I was called by a polling company wanting to know what I thought of phone surveys generally and had I ever lied on one. Of course I lied again and told them I was usually honest.
The Beatles - The Beatles: 27% The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet: 7% Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel: 0% Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland: 10% The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society: 32% The Band - Music From Big Pink: 3% Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets: 5% Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison: 6% The Doors - Waiting For The Sun: 10% Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money: 0%
Some interesting figures there, and, come to think of it, interesting choice of nominees. Where are...
Cream- 'Wheels Of Fire' Big Brother and the Holding Company - 'Cheap Thrills' Creedence Clearwater Revival - 'Creedence Clearwater Revival' Iron Butterfly - 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" Quicksilver Messenger Service - 'Quicksilver Messenger Service' Steppenwolf - 'Steppenwolf' Traffic - 'Traffic' Jeff Beck - 'Truth' The Velvet Underground - 'White Light/White Heat' The Byrds - 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo' The Zombies - 'Odyssey And Oracle' Fleetwood Mac - 'Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac' Deep Purple - 'Book Of Talysien'
...and dozens more?
And...I'm a big Zappa fan but I don't even remotely understand 'WOIIFTM' being on there. Oh well.
'...In the name of Preverti, daughter of the mountains, whose embrace with Rani made the whole world tremble...'
The Kinks Kontingent is really after this. Again, I truly appreciate the quality of 'VGPS' but I do not see it as the best of '68. It is just one little poll, so maybe we should just Let It Be. Still...
'...In the name of Preverti, daughter of the mountains, whose embrace with Rani made the whole world tremble...'
Love The Kinks....that's like the only album listed in this thread that I haven't head for some reason. Probably one of like 5 of those albums that perennially end up on Best Of lists, etc...so strange that I still haven't gotten around to hearing it.
Hmmm. Wonder if this qualifies, it'd probably be the best of '68, no question.
Cohen is awesome and is in need of more attention by the general public, as are The Kinks. By all means, seek out 'VGPS', too, and enjoy. Many feel that it is their finest work. I am partial to 'Muswell Hillbillies' myself, with 'VGPS' running a close second. This was such a brilliant and creative period for popular music, eh?
'...In the name of Preverti, daughter of the mountains, whose embrace with Rani made the whole world tremble...'
Done. The White Album is my favorite Beatles album anyways! And nothing against the Kinks but....seriously...I'd have even chosen Simon and Garfunkel or The Stones over them. Then again, I wasn't even around in 68 so what the hell do I know?
Klang, I like your list of omissions from this list. Lots of super contenders this year.
Still, The Kinks' fans really mean to hammer this one home:
The Beatles - The Beatles (Det hvide album) 23%
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet 6%
Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel 1%
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland 9%
The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society 42%
The Band - Music From Big Pink 3%
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets 4%
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison 5%
The Doors - Waiting For The Sun 8%
Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money 0%
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Tyrannosaurus Rex - My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair ...But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows .
This 1968 debut album from a twenty year old Marc Bolan reached # 15 on the UK album chart and went to # 1 on it's reissue in 1972 when T.rex and Bolan hit the big time. Tyrannosaurus Rex were one of the best underground acts on the London scene , their four albums and singles are amongst the most interesting of the late 60's .
No kidding. Bolan et al were awesome. A crazy omission indeed. Well, we need to recognize that this is a relatively small and isolated poll that clearly wasn't thought out very well, as is often the case with these things. Hardcore Kinks fans are networking and pushing hard to cinch this, so it hardly counts as any sort of real indication of popular tastes. If such a hollow victory is so important for them then all we can do is smile and move on. It is funny as Hell.
'...In the name of Preverti, daughter of the mountains, whose embrace with Rani made the whole world tremble...'
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