Emerging from the same British music boom that birthed the Beatles
and the Rolling Stones, Dave and Ray Davies’s band, the Kinks, became
one of England’s most influential groups. Remembered best for such
singles as “You Really Got Me,” “Lola,” and “Sunny Afternoon,” the Kinks
produced 24 studio albums between 1964 and 1996. The Kinks’ prolific
and varied catalog have made them both a mirror of and a counterfoil to
nearly five decades of British and American culture.
The Kinks: A
Thoroughly English Phenomenon examines the music and performance of
this quintessentially English band and shows how aspects of everyday
life such as work, play, buying a house, driving a car, drinking tea,
getting drunk, and getting laid, affected and shaped their creative
output. Through an investigation of their music, lyrics, and image,
Carey Fleiner shows how the Kinks reflected both the ordinary and the
absurd, sometimes confronting topics with anger and sometimes with
self-deprecating humor. The Kinks follows the band’s trajectory more or
less chronologically and explores themes such as growing up in post-war
Britain, the packaging and exploitation of the “British Invasion” bands,
satire and self-consciousness, sexuality and gender-bending, social and
political pessimism, the comforts of family, and the effects of fame
and fandom.
Fleiner’s investigation into the influences on and
impact of the Kinks’ music takes readers on an engaging adventure
through the musical culture of the ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s, revealing how
the Kinks created an undeniable sound and image that still attracts new
followers today.
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