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The Kinks' The Village Green Preservation Society (Thirty Three
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- Title
- The Kinks' The Village Green Preservation Society (Thirty Three
- ISBN
- 9780826414984
- Subject Area
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Kinks' the Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
- Item Length
- 6.4 in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Subject
- Composers & Musicians, Popular Culture
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Series
- 33 1/3 Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.3 in
- Item Width
- 4.8 in
- Item Weight
- 5.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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Ignored by virtually everyone upon its release in November 1968, 'The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society' is now seen as one of the best British albums ever recorded. Here, Andy Miller traces the perilous circumstances surrounding its creation, and celebrates the timeless, perfectly crafted songs pieced together by a band who were on the verge of disintegration and who refused to follow fashion. EXCERPT 'Big Sky' contains some of the most beautiful, thunderous music The Kinks ever recorded, aligned to a vulnerability and warmth no other group - and I mean no other group - could ever hope to equal. It is a perfectly balanced production. On the one hand, the mesh of clattering drums and electric guitar never threatens to overwhelm the melody; on the other, the gossamer-light harmonies, Ray and Dave's vocal line traced by Rasa Davies' wordless falsetto, are bursting with emotion. When most of the instruments drop away at 1.20, the effect is effortlessly vivid - two lines where Davies' performance is both nonchalant and impassioned. The result is wonderfully, enchantingly sad, made more so perhaps by the knowledge that The Kinks will never again sound so refined or so right.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
0826414982
ISBN-13
9780826414984
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2722066
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Kinks' the Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Composers & Musicians, Popular Culture
Publication Year
2003
Series
33 1/3 Ser.
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
6.4 in
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Width
4.8 in
Item Weight
5.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2003-011466
Lc Classification Number
Ml420.D25m55 2003
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A compelling portrait...Miller "s insight into the album "s thematic structure is as eloquent as any writing on The Kinks--Philadelphia City Paper, "Miller takes an in-depth look at the Kinks' nostalgic and autobiographical album, released in 1968 , at the worst possible time, when rock was all about rebellion and psychedelia…This is the sort of focus that my make you want to buy a copy, or dig out your old one." -Rob Mackie, The Guardian, "Miller takes an in-depth look at the Kinks' nostalgic and autobiographical album, released in 1968 , at the worst possible time, when rock was all about rebellion and psychedelia This is the sort of focus that my make you want to buy a copy, or dig out your old one." -Rob Mackie, The Guardian, A compelling portrait...Miller's insight into the album's thematic structure is as eloquent as any writing on The Kinks-Philadelphia City Paper, "Kinks kommander Ray Davies once described the Beatles as "the boy next door only better." Miller notices this is a deeply autobiographical comment, and he's unquestionably in the tank for both that boy and that boy's nostalgia-driven magnum opus. But Miller tempers his enthusiasm with research, with and detailed-if-straightforward analyis of the songs, the time, the players and the fascinating history of the very English temperament that produced this most English of magnum opuses. A" --Austin American-Statesman, Oct. 17, 2004
Copyright Date
2003
Target Audience
College Audience
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