Give The People What They Want Music Cd

Kinks - Give The People What They Want

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Give the People What They Want      Artist : The Kinks      List Price : $16.98 USD        Your Price : $16.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2004-08-24      Studio : Velvel Records      Label : Velvel Records      Avg. Customer Rating : (10 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Give The People What They Want      The Kinks hit their 80's peak      Rating:      While the albums preceding "Give The People What They Want" were both solid, neither "Sleepwalker" nor "Low Budget" prepared us for this. Ray Davies not only brings The Kinks squarely into a new decade, he takes the time to acknowledge his past. "Destroyer" revives the the propulsive two-note drive of "All The Day and All Of The Night," quotes "Lola" and marries it all to Reagan era paranoia that is quintessential Kinks. Nostalgia aside, Davies usual delivers his typical skewed vision to the instability of relationships ("Yo Yo" and "Add It Up" featuring a then Mrs Davies, Chrissie Hynde), topical; ("Killers Eyes") and statements on the state of rock (the terrific "Around The Dial"). "Give The People What They Want" was a moment of rock and roll acknowledgement; that Davies and company were spiritual forebears to the raving punk rock that was peaking at the time and that The Kinks were legends that necessitated homage. But homage aside, "GTPWTW" ends with one of the singular most beautiful songs Davies has ever written, "Better Days." "Here's wishing you the bluest skies and hoping something better comes tomorrow, Hoping all the verses rhyme and the very best of choruses to follow all the doubt and sadness. I know that better things are on their way." It's delivered in the most humble of voices with a simple melody, without dipping into a maudlin sound. Davies himself recently admitted on an NPR interview that this was one of The Kinks' songs he regrets isn't better known, and frankly, makes me give this CD an essential rating. The following "State of Confusion" yielded the hit ("Come Dancing"), but "Give The People What They Want" is the superior album.     Customer Reviews for Give The People What They Want Cd      25 years later?      Rating:      I just noticed somebody mentioned that this is a 1981 album - personally, I owned the cassette and remember that the case was orange, but can't believe that it is 25 years old! A few months ago, the lyrics to 'Around the dial' popped into my head, and I couldn't get rid of them (maybe I should see someone?). So, what do I do? 2 things: 1) I go and build a website based on the theme of the song and I call it djmoves. 2) I go to itunes and buy around the dial and also better days. Around the Dial truly rocks hard - I can't get the volume loud enough! And 'better days' is like an Irish toast - it's one of those songs like Beautiful Day from U2 that just makes you feel "better"... very uplifting. Other than Destroyer (which ALSO rocks hard), I honestly don't really remember enjoying the rest of the songs on the album, but am going to give them another chance soon.