The Kinks - Brainwashed

[GreenhouseEffectGE]

"They" want you to Listen to Foo Fighters, Green Day, and Ga ga,......but I listen to KINKS !!!!!

[nowhesapoof]

I think 'Sleepwalker's really ace. Their last blast, along with 'Muswell Hillbillies'.

[dimiballas]

What I really like about the Kinks (except of course the tremendous music) is how contemporary their lyrics are...you get the feeling that songs like "Skin and Bone", "A Gallon of Gas", "Low Budget", "Plastic Man" and of course "Brainwashed" were written in 2011...

[ekleinbrink]

I wouldn't call anything The Beatles, Dylan, or Brian Wilson did "effortless". In fact, making Pet Sounds pretty much destroyed Brian Wilson for years.... he's still a casualty, in my opinion. I think the Stones unfairly don't get the same accolades as the others for their songwriting.... they wrote alot of great songs.  Especially, the songs during the Brian Jones period.

[led73better]

Do I buy Kinks Kronikles or just get the whole albums? This stuff is brilliant

[syncopoly]

@led73better buy the whole albums! Anything before and up to Lola Vs Powerman is definitely worth buying!!! After that, not so much.

[XplicitGlam]

this is stupid

[PeasGraveny]

I was talking to somebody on here who was asking why the Rolling Stones don't command the same respect as Brian Wilson,Beatles,Dylan etc.. and I said it's because for the Stones it was not effortless.Mick and Keith put extra effort into the songs that would be singles but their album songs are often crap.So the Stones aren't invited to the 'genius party'.The Kinks most certainly are though.

[deaconbluesful]

@PeasGraveny So you think Pet Sounds was "effortless" to create for Brian Wilson ? If you re just interested by Stones singles, your opinion about them is irrevelant. Like knowing the Kinks just for Sunny afternoon, You really got me and Lola.

anyway... I love the Kinks, love this album, love this song !

[PeasGraveny]

@deaconbluesful Of course Brian put a lot of hard work into Pet Sounds but the things about his compositions that people find original and inventive seem to just come to Brian easily.Also I have every Stones track and  the fact is the Stones fell back on substandard songs to pad out their LPs etc because their stockpile of 'grade A' material was a lot smaller than the people I originally listed.Finally my opinion is ''irrevelant'' is it?I could say much the same about your opinion.But I won't.

[GreenhouseEffectGE]

none of us are who we really are ,.... ,... and this is 'grunge' rock way before anything here - but mixed with horns ? - its mad genius ! -

[Dukegrievousangel]

I love the "Village Green Preservation Society" as much as the next guy, but this album, to me, has so much more bite. Not that it's necessarily better, but so scathing...and accurate!!!

[oldsagefields]

Record reviewer George Starostin says that this song alone made all the punk rock that was to come unnecessary. That may be a bit hyperbolic, but I agree with the spirit of that statement! 

[ppetracco]

@oldsagefields Very well put.

[deandelsol]

Where/how can I download this album? I have it on Vinyl but can't find it anywhere on the internet.

[TheCocknbulls]

@deandelsol Try taringa.net, its in spanish, but it has everything

[PicnicHikeMusic]

For me it just doesn't compare to "Village Green" album - the true highpoint.

[PeasGraveny]

@PicnicHikeMusic Outside the fact that Village Green is just better - VGPS is an idealised version of an England that may never have existed while Arthur is a sharp dose of reality,don't you think?

[k3304]

Beach Boys influenced bass line ??

[mussman717word]

@k3304

Surf Rock was around before the Beach Boys, my negro.

[k3304]

@mussman717word , Victoria has a surf rock bassline, too, m"nigga

[COPMMUSIC]

i cover this amazing song greatest song ever!

[davidd7147]

sounds like a 70s tv show theme song transitioning to an alternative/metal/way before its time rock riff...then i read the lyrics and it blew my sox off!! pure gold. wish it were twice as long...it makes me sad when i see the view count of these amazing KinKs cuts...then see a no talent ass-clown like leon russel getting hundreds of thousands of views. the only thing that amazes me more than the kinks is how unknown most of their brilliance is...

[COPMMUSIC]

@davidd7147 yes man.....this is a great song

[DrewLinehan]

Klassik bass at the beginning.

[maclennan73]

Dave could rock with best of them !! yeah

[jenzeppelin]

some of the best lyrics of all time, damn this song nails life to a T

[wendyattack]

Love this song so much, wanted to cover it. But it just sounded dumb as hell when I did it. waaahh!

[gobsofgopherguts]

@wendyattack Detroit Cobras did an awesome cover of this back in the late nineties.

[Redwingsfanforlife]

I Love this song, best band of all time is the one and only kinks....GOD SAVE THE KINKS!

[COPMMUSIC]

@Redwingsfanforlife  its amazing

[maclennan73]

You can't deny this is genius.

[Atakatun]

The best! The best! The best song ;)

[wovokanarchy]

How can this song not be on the box set? It's criminal.

[banjoshua]

I agree with you.

This box set is weird, not a good introduction to the kinks.

[sirgaryhoi]

@banjoshua

This is a classic LP. Yeah you could say its weird but you can say that about olot of Kinks LP from 66-71.

[electricman8889]

Amazing song