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Re: The Kinks vs. The Who
Kendra,
>I've had this debate with many people, and each time I end up being
confused.
>Wich is the better band? The Who or The Kinks? I say the Who, but
then again
>I think that Entwistle is god, and that Peter Quaife can't hold a
match to
>him. Then the question also arises of who is the better songwirte,
for song's
>sake? Pete Townshend or Ray Davies? I know that Pete said that Ray
should be
>the Poet Laureate, but all in all, who is the master in your honest
opinion?
The Who and the Kinks are similar in many ways, but I think they are
also different enough to make comparison difficult. Pete and Ray
come from completely different songwriting schools. I always saw Ray
as more the Romantic (as in the Romantic poets, not someone who
writes love songs or something), and he also tends to write songs
from a more detached perspective than Pete. Kinks songs are often in
the third person, and even when in the first person the narrator is
usually an observer of the action rather than an active participant.
Pete's songs tend to be more obviously personal, written in the first
person, and have the narrator playing a big part in the action of the
song. Who is better? I couldn't say. I don't think anyone could,
it's all personal preference. I think both bands and songwriters are
probably pretty close on the good to bad scale, but I prefer the Who.
That's why I'm on this list and not the Kinks list. :)
Oh, since we're talking about the Kinks, I'd just like to add that I
once kissed Ray Davies. Thank you.
-Yellow "He's a very nice man" Ledbetter