FIRST REACTION TO THE KINKS: ANIMAL FARM, MONICA & ARE THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY SIDE 2
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
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BTW AFTER HOURS & HOURS WITH THIS ONE MY FAVORITE ENDED UP BEING: ALL OF MY FRIENDS WERE THERE!
I had a cat that I called P Cat because Phenomenal Cat was too long to say. I now have a cat that I call Pandora...can't call her P Cat cuz it was already taken...lol
MY HERO HAS ARRIVED TODAY!!! And omg that is too funny!! It sounds like this song inspired a trend for you sweet cats to have as "P" name! Do you think you will ever adopt another cat? My dad had told me that one of his regrets was never getting me a kitten! However we had a wonderful Maltese puppy for one week shy of 15 years. He passed away only 3 years before his favorite person in the world. I know that they are together now because when they were both down here only 4 years ago, they were inseparable! The man would take this dog on HIKES LOL! They had a blast together! I would how precious and valuable a pet can be, just another member of the family. Your cat sounds so spectacular! What kind of cat was P Cat and what is Pandora???
@@CrystalShannon4 I'm a dog guy but when my Malamute and Lab Shepard died feral cats jumped into my yard and I couldn't help myself, I started feeding and caring for them. I have taken care of 25 strays since then..I'm down to 2...Pandora and Casper. P
Cat was a calico, Pandora is a black cat...and brings nothing but bad luck...lol.
@@666tubedragon666 Im so sorry to hear of the passing of your beautiful pups, I am sure they had the most wonderful life with the best owner in the world!!! These kittens sound so lucky to have stumbled into the most incredible person's life that the could have found!! You are so beyond amazing for taking them in and providing them a home! ❤❤❤
@@CrystalShannon4 pls listen to Waterloo Sunset & Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks - you'll love them!!!
Not sure where that track listing comes from, but it's really the following:
Animal Farm
Village Green
Starstruck
Phenomenal Cat
All Of My Friends Were There
Wicked Annabella
Monica
People Take Pictures Of Each Other
I always find the last song being an earworm in my head whenever I finish listening to this album.
There's also an earlier version of the album that came out in a small handful of international markets, but not in the UK or the US. It was missing a few of the songs from the more common version, but included "Mr. Songbird" and their recent A-side "Days."
Right? “People…” closes the album so well.
Yeah, what you listed was the track order on my copy of the album. I'm not sure why Crystal's was different.
Yes that's the track order I'm used to. Village Green comes early on.
Other great tracks were done around this time that didn't make the album like Rosemary Rose, Lavender Hill, Misty Water.
Hey there!!! Thank you so much! Yeah, I noticed I got it twisted up! So sorry!!!
The Kinks get my vote for the most literate band of all time. Their stretch between Something Else and Muswell Hillbilly is just about unbeatable.
Oh yay!!! I’m so glad they got your vote!!! I think they are absolutely incredible!! Our journey with them is only just getting started!!
@@CrystalShannon4 I can't wait until you hear Lola! Just about every track is a hit. Muswell Hillbilly is really unique too.
@@kevinkazmierczak9161 Girls will be boys and boys will be girls!
Something else by the kinks is my favorite for me and another great album is odessey and oracle by the zombies
Ahhh wonderful!!! Thank you for sharing my kind friend!!! I am so glad to see our list continue to expand!!
@@CrystalShannon4 for real, if you enjoy 60s baroque pop, Odessey and Oracle is a must.
Odessey and Oracle is absolutely incredible!
I'm a Pole, but when I listen to that album (one of the best ever recorded and probably the most underrated ever) I feel English and I like it. Guess I got that British soul or something.
Apparently polish is the second most spoken language in the UK!😅 so it makes sensd is fuess
The Kinks are so overlooked in terms of fantastic bands from the 60's and 70's.
Fabulous Album.
Well I am certainly glad we are getting to take in and experience the wonder that they are!!
😄👍 What a magnificent year 1968 was! Now that you've heard "Village Green" and the "White Album," here are a few others from 1968 that I guarantee won't disappoint:
The Zombies - Odyssey & Oracle
The Beach Boys - Friends
Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrds Brothers
Cream - Wheels Of Fire
The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord
Manfred Mann - Mighty Garvey
The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet
The Idle Race - The Birthday Party
The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
Two others that are a little less ear candyish and more serious in nature would be:
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Laura Nyro - Eli & The 13th Confession.
Good albums, but one has to be in a certain kind of contemplative mood to enjoy them.
I would add the Small Faces with their album "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake"
And Jimi Hendrix Exprience Electric Ladyland
Animal Farm is one of my favourite songs of all time. The melody is outstanding.
You are so right Rick!!! Animal Farm is just so beautiful & miraculous!
@@CrystalShannon4 Right! Especially with those innocent lyrics and Ray’s high notes: ‘I wanna be back theeeere!’ Love it.
@@Richardarthur86 Yessssss!!!!! Quite the sensation!!
@@CrystalShannon4 And I must say that I’m quite impressed with your knowledge and the way you look at it.
@@Richardarthur86 Why thank you so very much Rick! you are far too kind!! I can't wait to get to the next listening session with you!!!
Great reaction, Crystal! The Kinks had a great sense of humour (both musically, and certainly lyrically). And in Wicked Annabella, Dave Davies (who sang lead on that one, while older brother Ray sang lead on the rest of the album) put his voice through a Leslie rotating speaker (the same as John Lennon sang through in Tomorrow Never Knows, but it was usually used as an effect for electric organ/piano at the time, not vocals).
"People Take Pictures Of Each Other" seems so relentlessly upbeat and silly...until...he changes his tone ever so slightly on "Don't show me no more, please". That signals he's feeling nostalgic and sad at the memories. Then you realize the whole song is bittersweet. It ends the album on a bouncy yet reflective note.
There's a single by the Kinks that's often added on to this album as a bonus track, called "Days". I think you'd love it and it would resonate with you, especially with your father gone. It's this perfect eulogy in the form of a song.
What a song "Days" the Live at the BBC is a masterpiece of songwriting ,and the beautiful Kirsty McColls cover is up there aswell
I think my favourite Kinks album is Muswell Hillbillies, So many standout tracks. And can I also recommend 'The Kick Inside' by Kate Bush?
I love The Kick Inside.
Though Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is a great follow up on the lines of Sgt Pepper - Village Green...
Wow that is a great recommendation! Yes please & keep ‘‘em coming!!!
@@CrystalShannon4 When it comes time for Kate Bush, even if you don't appraise it in your video, be sure to not miss her many videos. She invested as much of herself in them as she did for the songs. From the beginning, she always insisted on sole control of her work in all ways.
This side is another great suprise with simple and effective pop songs that could all be hits. I like Wicked Annabella in particular with this psychedelic style ending quite unusual for the Kinks. With the weird atmosphere created by the reverb and echo effects, a song that I wouldn’t have been surprised to find on a Pink Floyd album from this period!
I really enjoy very much the quality of your videos Crystal. Beyond the top musical analysis you provide, I think the format of your videos and editing are great. The little funny tricks when you change your voice or zoom in brusquely add lots of fun to a excellent content. Awesome!You impress me very much 💙
Hey there my kind amazing friend!! Seeing your name appear always brings a smile to my heart!!! Thank you 🤎👋
I love this album, though I like the previous album "Something Else By The Kinks" and the later album "Arthur" a little more. P.S. Phenomenal Cat always reminds me of my own phenomenal cat Jack, who died a few years ago. Always brings a little tear.
🤎🤎🤎 I definitely can’t wait to explore those albums!!! Thank you for sharing my friend!!! And i’m so sorry to hear about your phenomenal cat 🤎 I know he lived an amazing life and had the most wonderful person!!!
@@CrystalShannon4 Wow! Thank you. You are so kind.
By the way, the "Arthur" album works as a collection of great songs as well as a great concept album.
@@jvblhc Of course, it is only the truth after all!
@@jvblhc I can’t wait to take in and tackle Arthur!
Ray and Dave challenged each other to each write a song about photographs
Picture Book vs People Take Pictures (of each other) is a hard call for me.
They’re both incredible.
Such a fun reaction, thank you, Crystal! If you had to use one word to sum up The Kinks, it would have to be "fun". Fun and playful. The two words that best sum up The Kinks are playful and fun. And a fanatical devotion to silliness. Okay, so amongst the words that best sum up The Kinks are playful, fun, and silliness... and great musicality. I'll come in again...
Anyway, speaking of playful and fun, I did want to note how much I enjoy your post-editing raising/lowering/speeding up/slowing down your voice. It really adds a delightful punch of personality your videos and the extra editing effort is really appreciated. Loved the Billy Joel 'Village Green' reference! :-)
Also, since you mentioned my favorite topic of Patreon... Sounds like you're moving in the right direction there, so very glad to hear that. Before going live on Patroj, I do recommend spending a few bucks to back a few people to see what that looks like from a paying Patron standpoint to get some ideas and make sure what you eventually put up comes across well and works how you want it out of the gate.
Hopefully you've held onto your original full length reactions so you will have no shortage of content to drip-feed everyone on Patron and eventually catch up with your current content. I definitely want to see your unedited mind being blown on Wish You Were Here. And The Wall. And Pet Sounds. And.... :-)
You are so kind, a true gem my buddy BiffMan!! Thank you for spreading your kindness, joy and light into my life! I am so grateful for you and appreciate you coming onto here and being a major part of this journey with me! ALSO thank you for inspiring me to get on it with Patreon and figure things out! UNFORTUNATELY I do not have any of the old footage at al of the old reactions due to my set up. I am currently using my phone to film and then transferring to my ipad to edit and for some reason my phone’s storage is so terrible it will not let me film anything more (it will literally cut out and stop filming) if I have too many videos saved/ if anything runs too long. So from this point on out I will try to make Patreon edits of my videos and set them aside!
@@CrystalShannon4 My dear, sweet Crystal, I think it is time for The Talk. When a young woman reaches a certain level maturity and... how to put it delicately... activity... it is important to be proceed with care and forethought. When distracted by throws of musical passion, unplanned things can and will happen. I refer, of course, to the need for... data protection.
As you mentioned, video streaming takes up an obscene amount of storage, so a phone is a fine recording device, but a very poor long term storage medium. You also don't want all your hard work existing in a single, physical source or you could literally flush all your hard work down the toilet. Likewise, don't consider that UA-cam will always be there for you, as they can drop you without warning and block access to your own self-generated content.
Definitely need a cloud storage option of some sort that isn't affiliated with Google (lest we forget they own UA-cam) and there are plenty of choices from Dropbox to Amazon to Bob's Data Privacy Breach, Inc. You seem to have a lot of really clever peeps following you here, so I'd recommend a post and/or poll of what others use and why. It will be a great weight off your shoulders and the monthly fee will easily be covered by one of your Super Thanks supporters or three.
I do hope I haven't over-reached on this delicate topic, but I think you're ready, and I know you'll be careful going forward.
;-)
Somehow I just saw this video today! I forgot how great this album was, Crystal, so it was so good to revisit it with new eyes (or ears I guess lol). And your beautiful little song at the end reminded me a lot of something Lennon would do! Looking forward to running up that hill haha!
Hey there Jerry
@@CrystalShannon4 hi Crystal. That's what makes it so fun, seeing your reaction hearing it for the first time! I'm just thrilled you appreciate all this great music!
This is what's called a "singular album." It's unique. A special flavour (had to spell that with a "u" the way the Brits do!).
Hahaha nice touch!!!! 💙💙💙
Hill? Running Up That Hill? Hounds Of Love? Kate Bush? Yes! 🤸🏃🧗
Hooray -- for the First Comment. I am not waiting until the end of the video, which I expect to be quite Kinky. You are amazing!
Thank you very much Edward!!! ✨ 🤎
Another awesome job, Crystal! I especially loved your take on Village Green and Phenomenal Cat.
Thank you so much my phenomenal pal!!!! Hahaha those were really awesome songs! I enjoyed this side so very much!
Greetings and salutations, Crystal! I would like to start off by saying how much I enjoyed watching you react to and review this video. You have inspired me to listen to this album again and I thank you. 15 songs on this album and only one song is over 3 minutes long. This format was pretty standard throughout the 1960s, but would soon change in the 1970s when progressive rock bands like Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, Rush, Emerson, Lake and Palmer made albums with 8 songs and the shortest one would be four or five minutes long and usually the first 2 minutes would be an elaborate solo.
Crystal, I am absolutely excited to hear about you starting a Patreon! I will be thrilled and honored to support you there and will continue to do so here, too. I also would love to see you do more of your songs and covers, too. I love to see and hear you play piano and sing.
Of course, you know I have pummeled you with so many song and album suggestions. So many others here have made some great suggestions, even better than mine. I’m going to make only one today: “A Trick Of The Tail” (1976) by Genesis. This is not their first album, but the first album they did with Phil Collins as the lead singer. There are some great songs on that album, but one I know you will love is “Entangled”. It is so beautiful, Crystal, and the best way I can describe it is that it sounds like a dream. I just know you’re going to love it and it will be one of your favorites. 😊
Take care, my friend, and look forward to seeing you soon. ❤️🙏
MY INCREDIBLE FRIEND!!! Hello to you!!! 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎 Mt day is made all the brighter to see you on here today! How are you?????
Thank you for being so wonderful! Lots of love for you! And ahhh I have really really really been wanting to get into Genesis so I full heartedly appreciate your recommendation more than you even know! Thank you!!! 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎
@@CrystalShannon4 Hey! I’m FINALLY feeling better after having bronchitis for almost a month. Went back to the doctor yesterday who put me on a better medicine. Not gonna lie, though, what has kept me going and never fails to lift my spirits is seeing you and your videos, Crystal. 🤗❤️ I think you will love Genesis the early stuff with Peter Gabriel and the later stuff with Phil Collins. Lots of love for you, too!
@@Sweetish_Jeff_ I’m so extremely happy to hear that you are feeling better!! You deserve only better days from beee on out until the end of time!!! Proud of you!! 🤎✨ You got this my sweet & strong friend!!!
Awesome album! So glad you are getting to experience this timeless gem, and your analysis is always on point!
Thank you so much my kind and amazing friend 🤎🤎
I just think its great that an album unfairly ignored in its time only continues to grows in stature. Equally great is how playfully serious and insightful you are about an album 54 years old.
The ol' harpsichord was de rigueur in 60s rock/pop and all over the songs from the period.
My favorite is probably the title track or maybe Starstruck (Ray would return that theme or plays on it throughout the Kinks future years).
It was Ray's 78th yesterday. God Save The Kinks!
Ever thought of doing a recording Celluloid Heroes, Crystal? You could do a nice rendition of it.
Listening to Starstruck just now and I never picked up how the end of verse melodies were used as the hook in Badfinger's classic Day After Day.
To be fair, it came out the same day as "The White Album", who wouldn't get overlooked in the shadow of that one? A couple of weeks later "Beggars Banquet" came out. It was released within a few months time of albums as great as "Electric Ladyland", "Music For Big Pink" and "Led Zeppelin 1". Lots of great stuff got "overlooked" around that time, only to be re-discovered later. I wouldn't say it was "unfairly" ignored, I would say it came out during a particularly fertile time in music.
@@TTM9691 None of those other bands were persona non gratis in the States and all of those albums came out before VGPS in the States (where it was such a priority for Reprise they didn't bother releasing it till early February). Heck, Reprise didn't even send review copies to US magazines, leading to little critical attention. Also, it wasn't even advertised or announced in any American music magazines. It was sure overlooked by its own label-an afterthought at best.
The Kinks sold 25K of Something Else and VGPS combined! That's just nuts. The 90 lb. gorilla in this listening room is quite obviously the U.S. ban (which for whatever reasons sure seemed to reverberate overseas).
It was probably hard to buy an album that probably was equally hard to find in the first place. I'd also imagine your average UK record store had lets say 50-100 copies of those albums you mentioned and quite possibly 10 at the most of the Kinks album. And who knows how long it took to replenish the stock of the sold Kinks album.
And as for the U.S. who knows if even 250 copies were distributed nationwide for an album that wasn't released till early the following year. So instead of VGPS being a holiday release its dropped instead in the dead of winter.
I will stand by my assertion that not just VGPS, but Something Else were unjustly overlooked in large part as part of backlash of their US ban.
Do you think its mere coincidence that Ray strikes a deal with the American Federation of Musicians and lo and behold the next Kinks album hits 105. Arthur is even more British and esoteric than its predecessors (every bit as good too) plus Victoria gets some traction on radio?
Sadly they never really did recapture their previous level of popularity in their homeland.
The commercial fates of Something Else and VGPS were dictated by their US ban which made the Kinks overlooked and mostly forgotten for about 30 mos.
The Kinks just simply were not playing on the same level playing field that their contemporaries were at the time.
@@davidwhitman1472 Except "Village Green" tanked in Europe as well. So you wrote all that for nothing.
@@TTM9691 So says you. Your oversimplification of why VGPS didn't sell ignored both history and the facts. Though to be fair the Kinks chart performances are over the map. Something Else hit #35 and VGPS #47 in the UK while Arthur and Lola didn't chart at all.
Meanwhile in the US the former albums didn't chart but Arthur #105 and Lola #35 did.
VGPS was an overlooked and pretty much ignored album when it was released for reasons beyond listeners were too busy buying other albums.
@@davidwhitman1472 All I know is that I'm in the USA, and "Village Green" was in our house going back to at least 1971 (as was "Arthur", "Kinks Size" and a couple of others) so.....it wasn't THAT overlooked, it was The Kinks, after all, they toured the USA in '69, they weren't an obscure or "forgotten" band. Like early Who, Stones, Mothers (and others) albums, early Kinks albums weren't always easy to come by, but they weren't impossible. Skip Spence's "Oar"....THAT'S what I think of when I think "overlooked" at the time. "Village Green" (and "Arthur") both had reputations that preceded it.
Wonderful 😊😊😊🎉
Thanks for that. The Kinks are to me the most peculiarly 'English' of all the 60s bands and relating all these stories about London in general and the Muswell Hill neighborhood in particular. Ray Davies just had a vision and a knack for creating the songs to tell the story.
I hope you don't mind me asking you about the music program I curate. Is there an email or somewhere i can leave you a link? Cheers.
Technically the title is "The Kinks Are the Villisge Green Preservation Society."
Petty little ditty there at the end.
That hill? Let's exchange the experience. (If you do it, you'll know.)
And a partial Scene from an Italian Restaurant. :)
Ahhh thank you for clearing it up! That has been a great source of confusion for me! I appreciate you, noble John!!!!
Agreed the 'thanks song' at the end was fantastic. Really great melody and I hope Crystal hangs onto that one and explores that a bit more. I think there might be a hit hiding in that one.
Kinks, just classic.
But must be time to "buckle up your seat Dorothy, Kansas is about to go bye bye"
Pink Floyd - Meddle ( artwork unfolds to show an Ear underwater)
But brace yourself, the middle of Echoes gets pretty trippy, perhaps representing time before man?
Yes the main Riff was pinched by Andrew Lloyd Webber for the stage show, The Phantom of the Opera.
Guest vocalist Seamus is hysterical.
This marked the transition from Syd Barrett to Dave Gilmore.
Oh and the "sports event" is a sample of the Liverpool Football (soccer) supporters known as The Kop, singing You'll Never Walk Alone.
Liverpool dominated football back then and the Supporters were absolutely Fearless 😉
Hey there Phil!!!
Thank you so much for this, keeping in the know and preparing me!! Sounds like you are ready to get back on track with our PF lead order!!! ☺️☺️☺️ I am so excited to jump on back in!
My copy of that album ends with People Take Pictures Of Each Other. I know there were some variations on the record in different countries. I wonder what version ends with Phenomenal Cat...
Same, not sure what version she is listening to here.
I am a little late 'cause I don't feel so well and I'm a little sick. 🙂
But thank you for your great reaction again and especially for you beautiful warm heartily words!
(I cannot always give that much - so sorry for that) ❤❤❤
Thank you oh so very much my kind friend!
You are absolutely wonderful Peter! I am so sorry to hear you are sick! I will be keeping you in my thoughts and praying for your speedy recovery!!!
@@CrystalShannon4 Thank you. 😀
Another good one from 1968, Is Eli and the 13 confessions by Laura Nyro, not rock ,but quite a variety of styles.Cited as a major influence by Elton John and Tod Rundgren ..among others.
Número 4
Aaaah qué bonita canción es Monica!.
Hi again! Since you mentioned you weren't able to store your unedited recordings from your earlier posts, I strongly, strongly recommend finding a cloud storage solution that works for you that is unaffiliated with Google/UA-cam. Online storage is shockingly cheap these days, so running out of space should never be a concern. Definitely want to have your content safe from YT suspending your account so you can always bring it all back again if needed.
You have a lot of very clever folks following you here, so I'd recommend a poll or post on what online storage provider people prefer and why so you narrow it down a bit.
Just mentioning again in case my other reply was overlooked or wasn't as funny as I thought it was. The latter is very often the case. :-)
Hey there BiffMan42, my bud!!! ✨👋✨👋 I hope you are well!! I’m so sorry to have missed your last reply & I am just now seeing this! Thank you so very much for your suggestion! I intend to save the files of the inital listening to the songs! & I will figure out how to get more cloud space again because that actually wasn’t an issue until my dad passed away because I think he was paying for it! I will figure it out soon!
@@CrystalShannon4 No worries, my dear. You have plenty going on and it's easy to miss a response to a response on my other thread on this song.
I figured you had a plan for storage, I just wanted to make sure. Sorry about yet another reminder out of the blue about the loss of your father. That really sucks. You're just minding your own business, doing your thing, and then the universe randomly jumps out and goes boo at you. Sending warm hugs and thoughts your way.
@@BiffMan42 thank you so my kind and amazing friend 🤎🤎🤎🤎 I send much much love to you
One thing I find so cool about the Kinks is that their music regularly shows up in movie soundtracks. Just a clear sign of how highly they're regarded.
They really have that soft but heavy dynamic that only the best bands can pull off.
By the way, all of this music that you've been reacting to has been inspired by The Beatles one way or the other. So the comparisons are almost unavoidable. That's just The Beatles' legacy!
Great job as always.
Hey there M V !!!!! That is the coolest that they get placed up there!!! I gotta agree with how wonderful they are! Absolutely!
Wes Anderson is certainly a Kinks fan. Rushmore was originally going to be an all Kinks soundtrack, but then they couldn't resist throwing in other British bands of the 1960s era.
@@An_Cat_Dubh yup
Yahoeey! More singing, more piano, more of your original songs! 🎶🎶🎶🙆♂️🙆♂️🙆♂️👌👌👌👏👏👏
I love this album too but I might give side one the nod but its great on both sides. There's enough great songs for us all to have a favorite. Great job on the reaction.
This album definitely left a major impact on me! I gotta say, side I was pretty great! I completely agree that there were enough amazing hits fro everyone who listens to have a different favorite, which is the mark of true artistry!
Runnin up that hill with the Queen of Alt-pop maybe?
☺️☺️☺️🤎🤎🤎
Buen video Crystal, de hecho a ese disco le faltaron canciones que para mí son las mejores, que fueron: Rosemary Rose, Days y Where Did My Spring Go, creo que estaban en el otro álbum de 2018. Saludos :)
OHHHH nice! I will definitely have to visit that albums that house those tunes!!! Thank you for pointing me in the right direction :)
Hey Crystal, I hope you are well! I’ve got an album suggestion for you being Ringo Starr’s 1973 self-titled Ringo album! You’ve reacted to all the solo Beatles except for Ringo so it’s about time you react to one of his albums being one of my favourites from him (favourite being Time Takes Time from 1992)! I’m also going to Liverpool again very soon and I’m looking forward to that, take care Crystal… from Adam AKA What the Jim!!!😃👍☮️❤️
Hey there my wonderful amazing friend ! 🤎 I appreciate your amazing suggestion & I got some great news to share with you about it… we are definitely going to reach it very soon & I am extremely excited for it!! 🤎🤎 and excited to reach Time Takes Time also!!
@@CrystalShannon4 that’s awesome news to hear, you will love both of those albums Crystal!!!😃👍☮️❤️🥁
@@whatthejim I’m most excited my friend!!!
I agree with you, The beauty of this album is that Ringo get help from former bandmates (John, Paul and George) on this album (Some people have referred it as a Beatles Album ).
Ringo is the third studio album by English musician Ringo Starr, released in 1973 on Apple Records. It peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. In Canada, it reached No. 1 on the RPM national albums chart.
The album is noted for the participation of all four former Beatles, and for its numerous guest stars, something which would become a signature for Starr on many of his subsequent albums and tours.
@@MichaelLantz Thank you for all this information, I really appreciate it!!!😃👍☮️❤️
Wow! I absolutely love your reaction…I haven’t heard this album in a while..my brother and I listened to this quite a bit in the late. 90s early 00s as well as other 60s gems..we were discovering music of that decade. I recommend Something Else By The Kinks,,and also start doing their earlier stuff…it was very groundbreaking for its time.
Brother Dave sings Wicked Annabella not Ray who sings all the others. But ending with Phenomenal Cat makes no sense. Please seek out the original side two or arrange them properly for yourself. I previously told you the album ends with People Take Pictures of Each Other which fades out beautifully into the sunset. Good job reacting though. Cheers!
That makes a lot of sense for Wicked Annabella and probably added to the major difference that appeared when it came around! Also, I knew there was something off about Phenomenal Cat ending the album, I just automatically assumed they went well out of their way to be wacky and outrageous and I had to commend them for such a bold choice! Still impressive song and perhaps for the best that it's not the closer.
Thanks! Hope you get time to check out one of my all time favorite Kinks tunes, Celluloid Hero's
Hey there incredible Bob!!! 🤎🤎👋👋 Ahhhh so much love for you and thank you for the awesome suggestion, Celluloid’s Hero’s is now a part of our list!!!
absolutely forgot about this song..masterpiece..my grandpa was a silent film actor and I was born at Hollywood Presbyterian..."some that you recognize, some that you hardly ever heard of" good call, Bob..great song!
Thanks!
Wow thank you so much Rock! Your kindness is much much much appreciated!!! 🧡 I hope you are having the most wonderful day!
Hey there buddy!! I hope that you are well!! I just wanted to let you know I am off of my break and back in with a new video if you wanted to check it out 💙 sending you endless love!
Hey there Rock!!! 💚💚💚💚In case you wanted to check out the new video you can just click the link: ua-cam.com/video/PoGaUvwyZZM/v-deo.html
I would love to know your thoughts
FYI: The original album song order is a bit different from what you have here:
Side One
The Village Green Preservation Society
Do You Remember Walter
Picture Book
Johnny Thunder
Last of the Steam-Powered Trains
Big Sky
Sitting by the Riverside
Side Two
Animal Farm
Village Green
Starstruck
Phenomenal Cat
All of My Friends Were There
Wicked Annabella
Monica
People Take Pictures of Each Other
So I guess we're missing "Starstruck" and "All My Friends Were There".
Hey there!!! I’m so sorry for getting this one a little messed up! Thank you for straightening it out for me! We actually did get to All of My Friends We’re There & Starstruck- just at different times!
@@CrystalShannon4 That's what I was wondering, but I couldn't remember if they came up in Part 1. ;)
@@An_Cat_Dubh Unfortunately Side II is all mix-mashed !! But at least all the Side II songs remain together!! ☺️☺️
Other great '60s albums you should hear: "The Velvet Underground and Nico" and "Odyssey and Oracle" by the Zombies. Also "Astral Weeks" by Van Morrison and "Music From Big Pink" and "The Band," both by The Band. And "Blonde On Blonde" or really anything by Bob Dylan.
And "Surrealistic Pillow" by Jefferson Airplane.
Great album. Side 2 not as strong as Side 1.
You need to listen to Forever Changes by Love. Maybe the best pop album of 1967.
Gotta do Arthur and Lola next!!! My grandmother used to sing the animal fair song to us kids!
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I just donated to your channel. I’m a songwriter who is wondering why you haven’t made a splash in the music biz as an artist. I’m recording with a female demo singer/songwriter. We have songs we would like you to hear. My brother, his producer and a musician friend, Mike Gurley, (recording artist) are all willing to help.
Another amazing analysis of the music, comparing the music to recitals and other genres 'singing books to life.' 'You typically pick up qualities of the songs that I've missed even over repeated listening, enriching the experience. I appreciate your musical connoisseur-ship. But the sequence of songs aren't as I remember the album. Phenomenal cat should be on the middle of the album side, for example. I wonder if the album manufacturer switched the ordering from the original??? Btw, it's okay to compare 60s bands to the Beatles because Beatles, unlike any other decade concerning one band, were considered the measure of excellence and changed the course of music. However, the Kinks were an excellent band in their own right, and my comment here isn't meant to be downplay their own influence of introducing satire into these late 60s songs. Nobody does satire better than Ray Davies, and this was after their having introduced the heavy metal riff on earlier hits such as 'You Really Got Me"!
I suggest more led zep
And we will definitely get there very very soon my friend!! Stay posted!!!
Great reviews on all the albums you've covered. Young as you are you have a monumental task of catching up on all the worthy albums so hats off to you! You'll get requests for the obvious greats and no doubt you need to listen to those artists - but there are other artists who are less famous who also have classic albums that may be of interest to you. One of them (or two) is a UK artist that recorded under two names - their band name - Van der Graaf Generator - or under the name of their singer/songwriter - Peter Hammill. They have many albums and I'll list a few that I would rate as worthy of your interest.
Van der Graaf Generator
The Least We Van Do Is Wave To Each Other - 1970
H to He (Who Am The Only One) - 1970
Pawn Hearts - 1971
Godbluff - 1975
Still Life - 1976
World Record - 1976
Peter Hammill
Fool's Mate - 1971
Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night - 1973
The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage - 1974
In Camera - 1974
Nadir's Big Chance - 1975
Over - 1977
Good luck!
Pawn Hearts is certainly an interesting one.
I don't know why you did this side in this order: the correct would be Animal Farm, Village Green, Starstruck, Phenomenal Cat, All of My Friends Were There, Wicked Annabella, Monica and People Take Pictures of Each Other at the end.
Source: "Track listing" on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kinks_Are_the_Village_Green_Preservation_Society
Ahhh thank you so much my kind and helpful friend!! I am so sorry for the jumble up!!!
I am afraid this episode has an unpleasant background rumble, which I never noticed before ... and it wasn't there on the previous episode (I checked!) 🔎🎵
It’s usually there, sometimes more present than others I think.
Probably the air conditioning , the weather has been super hot the last few days....
Yes I picked up on that air con noise but it didn’t distract me from enjoying another Crystal Shannon review/breakdown, anyhow I like those background details.
Yeah village Green is my favorite on the album
Animal Farm and Big Sky are up there too for me.
All three are absolutely amazing!
*Clap* Do Radiohead!!
Please react to Arthur by The Kinks. Its more concept-album-esque, and defintley my fav by them.
Is there some reason you are playing the tracks out of order?
Kinks are the most English sounding band of all time. It's almost as if Ray Davies was transported from the middle ages, playing for Kings and Queens, to modern times. Some of the songs on side 2 sound like Broadway lullabies or songs composed for a children's tv show (like Phenomenal Cat, Animal Farm, Starstruck, I mean c'mon!). This is one of their most catchy albums. My one and only complaint about the Kinks is that they needed someone like George Martin to produce them, their production values sound dated.
Something Else has a fuller sound.
I'm not sure it goes back to medieval, more early modern / English romanticism.
@@starrynight1657 Fair enough. Crystal used the word baroque which is also accurate.
@@sebastianblack6506 Beyond some of the baroque style and Wordsworth-like 18th century kind of portrayal there's obviously 20th century concerns too. Like photography for the masses, last of the steam powered trains, American tourists visiting English villages. So it's an updated view on that nostalgia for simpler times.
I soooo feel the same about the production with their stuff.
This is bizarre. All the songs are totally rearranged, not the way side two really was/is. Here is the original track listing.
1. Animal Farm 2. Village Green 3. Starstruck 4. Phenomenal Cat 5. All of My Friends Were There 6. Wicked Annabella 7. Monica and the album ends with 8. People Take Pictures of Each Other. Where you got this side two I have no idea.
YES YES!! I am superrrrr sorry :( Realized too late into this- the video was already filmed, edited and queued up to post! I just followed the order that the songs played in! Thank you for pointing this out David, good looking out my friend :) ! Do you have a favorite song on this side?
@@CrystalShannon4 No worries, Crystal. Back then so many bands had different track listings on their UK and US albums. It’s not like this album is a “Sgt. Pepper” or “Tommy” where the songs sequentially segue into the next one for a concept album. 😊 The main thing I think is having fun and I had so much fun watching this and listening to the music.
@@Sweetish_Jeff_ You are too good to me :') Thank you for being you & for having fun with me listening to this amazing work! From here on out, I will know to do a quick check and make sure everything is on track without spoiling too much of the material for myself before getting to chance to indulge!
Crystal, do you have an email attached to this channel? I've been trying for months to share this program I curate with you as I know you'd like it. Please let me know. I'll be watching this vid later today. Thanks so much.
American music of this era does not have the sophistication and wit of their British and continental counterparts
That’s its strength and weakness.
Say, The Stooges and VU vs The Kinks and Beatles.
Play the whole song for crying out loud - not happy.
Kinks 4ever
Absolutely!! 💙💙 I would love to hear your thoughts on today’s short: ua-cam.com/users/shortsqqbkjv8H3ao?feature=share