This is the independent critical review of The Kinks on record, on film and in concert. Drawing on rare film from the archives this powerful reassessment of the work of The Kinks features every major release from the birth... more » of the band through the whole of the Pye and RCA years and on to the beginning of the fruitful liaison with Arista. A leading team of rock critics and musicologists provide penetrating insights into why the music worked so well....and sometimes why it didnt. The 48 page full colour book includes rare photographs and a complete review of every Kinks album from 1964 to 1978 with a complete track by track analysis.« less
Genres:Music Video & Concerts Sub-Genres:Pop, Rock & Roll, DTS Studio:Classic Rock Legends Format:DVD - Color - Closed-captioned DVD Release Date: 09/20/2005 Original Release Date: 01/01/1964 Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/1964 Release Year: 2005 Screens: Color Number of Discs: 2 SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages:English
1.Inane reviewiers talk over videos (including a great "dead end street" video I'd have loved to have seen)
2. They only talk about a few singles, and totally SKIP over "Arthur", my personal favorite album and the FIRST rock concept album ever recorded (Though "Tommy" was actually released to the public first because of Pye problems, lawsuits, or something -it's in "X-Ray" -but this DVD doesn't even mention it)
3. The reviewers talk about many songs and their meanings as if they have never read the Davies books or read interviews by Ray explainging the songs
It seems as if they were only allowed to talk about songs the company happened to have footage of...excpet for "Big Sky" and "Village Green Preservation.." which they used cheesy video's of farm and sky for.
If you're a Kinks fan, you must own this, but it will make you as mad as it did me. The worst part is that since this has been released it may discourage a PROPER dvd release of Kinks stuff.
BAH! Mike Desert
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Duh!
G. Eggens | 10/11/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"The former reviewer is obviously working for the company that released this utter piece of crap. I would not touch this set with a ten foot pole. Kinks fans stood stay away from this as far as possible! I tried to give it nil stars but that is not possible, unfortunately......."
RIP OFF
Jeffrey L. Ray | 06/16/2006
(1 out of 5 stars)
"A DOUBLE DVD AND NOT ONE COMPLETE SONG. NOT SOME BUT EVERY SONG IS INTERRUPTED WITH COMMENTARY. WHY COULDN'T THEY PLAY A SONG AND THEN COMMENT ON IT? ALSO, EVERY PARTIAL VIDEO THAT IS PLAYED HAS WRITTEN AT THE TOP OF THE VIDEO WHO IT WAS PRODUCED BY AND IT JUST STAYS UP THERE THE WHOLE TIME MAKING IT DIFFICULT ON SOME PORTIONS TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. I'M A BIG TIME KINKS FAN BUT THIS DVD IS ABSOLUTE JUNK. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. I AGREE WITH ANOTHER REVIEWER THAT THIS DVD SHOULD ACTUALLY BE RATED AS ZERO STARS.
$32 DOWN THE DRAIN
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Totally incomplete
Richard J. Cyganik | Meriden, CT USA | 12/29/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Reviewer above can not be a Kinks fan. This DVD skips over great recordings such as "Face to Face", "Something Else", and "Arthur. It also doesn't even mention singles like "Sunny Afternoon". The music critics in this DVD are also misinterpreting the meanings of some of the songs. This DVD is not authorized by the Kinks and it shows."
Utter Waste of Money - Absolute Trash
BigSky | Pacific Northwest | 10/27/2006
(1 out of 5 stars)
"This abomination was produced by paranoids who assumed that everyone who bought one was going to distribute it over the Internet. All video is mutilated with copyright and source info at the top and frequently at the bottom of the screen. It is also cut off - not re-proportioned - just cut off - on the top and bottom, presumably to give a faux widescreen look, with all the meaningful impact of those color lenses you heard about people buying in the fifties for their black and white TVs. On top of that, the videos are mostly shrunk down so you can also look at the decidedly unsightly mugs of the "reviewers." It is completely unwatchable. The narrations come from nobodies, hangers-on and self appointed experts, with nothing from the band itself (at least in what I could stand to watch). If you think the liner notes in the lp version of Great Lost Kinks Album were annoying, you ain't seen nothing until you view this triumph of labeling over substance. Had I known what was on this, I wouldn't have bought it for a penny. You'd have to offer me at least $20 to take it off your hands - it is really, truly that bad. Presumably, and hopefully, a sophisticated Kinks fan has enough common sense to perceive a parasitic ripoff without being blinded by their love for the band. Learn from the victimization of others - do not buy this for any reason."