Fun Music Information -> Kinks
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Band Name Origins:
- Ray Davies says that not only did it sound unpleasant like a kink in your back (he's always been obsessed with the idea of no one liking the Kinks), the shortest names were always printed bigger on show bills. The Kinks were second in shortness only to the Who. Submitted by: mike
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Two Sisters" | This song should be known as 'Jealous of her Sister'. - Paul Warren |
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "You really got Fleas" | "You really got me" | Nice Bob |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "One Fine Morning" | "All Day & All Of The Night," The Kinks | Kathy |
| "I Got You Babe" | "You Really Got Me," The Kinks | Kathy |
| "Touch Me In The Morning" | "All Day & All Of The Night," The Kinks | Kathy |
| "Where Have All the Good Times Gone?" | "Somewhere Over The Rainbow," Judy Garland | dontcallmehuman |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"See My Fiend" originally "See My Friend"
oldiesfan
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Wart Lover" originally "Art Lover"
Peter
"You Really Got Mel" originally "You Really Got Me"
I often think it sounds like this! LOL
Joe
"Fart Lover" originally "Art Lover"
I STILL say farts are funny!
Josh
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"All Gay And All Of The Night" originally "All Day And All Of The Night"
Ferragamo
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "You Really Got Me" | "Hockey" | Supermeat2005 |
| "Waterloo Sunset" | "Wisconsin Dells, Summer" | Kahuna Accidentale of the Dells |
| "Lola" | "Lola (the ex-wife of this dude I met)" | Stuart McArthur |
| "Lola" | "Noah" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Lola" | "Lohan" | John A. Barry |
| "Apeman" | "Fascist" | Stella Baker |
| "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" | "Minimum Wage Workers from Poland" | Stella Baker |
| "(Lazin' On a) Sunny Afternoon" | "(New York On a) Sunday Afternoon" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Lola" | "MOMA" | John A. Barry |
| "Lola" | "Hula" | Alvin Rhodes |
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Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Have A Cuppa Tea | Tetley Tea | HarryMay |
| Hay Fever | Claritin | HarryMay |
| Do You Wish To Be A Man? | Sex Change Clinic | HarryMay |
| Tired Of Waiting For You | Alka-Seltzer Medicines | Mike Hack |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Dead End Street | Debt Collection Agency | FussBudgetVanPelt |
| State of Confusion | California Chamber of Congress | britrock |
| Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues | NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) | HarryMay |
| Low Budget | The Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey Team | prince jellyfish |
| Tired Of Waiting | Any Company That Puts You On Hold | charverz |
| There are additional Kinks on hold music ideas available. | ||
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| So Sick Ne-Yo | Tired Of Waiting For You The Kinks | So Sick And Tired Of Waiting For You Modern r&b meets classic rock. | Me |
| My Name Is Eminem | Lola The Kinks | My Name Is Lola | Raphael |
| Everybody Loves A Clown Gary Lewis & Playboys | Death Of A Clown Kinks | Everybody Loves The Death Of A Clown | hec |
| Low Budget The Kinks | Funky Monks The Red Hot Chili Peppers | Low Budget Funky Monks Kind of ironic... | eleanor |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
Kinks in the Jesus and Mary Chain
The Kinks combined with Jesus and Mary Chain
Submitted By: Raphael
The Kinks Of Leon
The Kinks combined with Kings Of Leon
...might just be something we don't want to know about?
Submitted By: neptunevsmars
Misheard Lyrics:
"Lola"
Misheard Lyrics: I asked for her name
and in a back room voice She said, "Lola." Original Lyrics: I asked for her name
and in a soft, low voice She said, 'Lola'. | "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion"
Misheard Lyrics: Delicated Follower Of Fashion
Original Lyrics: Dedicated follower of fashion
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"You Really Got Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You really come dance
Original Lyrics: You really got me
| "Waterloo Sunset"
Misheard Lyrics: There's mamas like Hazel, Waterloo Sunset I am in paradise.
Original Lyrics: As long as I gaze on Waterloo Sunset I am in paradise.
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Lola"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a man, I'm a man and so is Lola.
Original Lyrics: I'm glad I'm a man, and so is Lola.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Q For years, I thought Lola was a man. The song was a similar story to Aerosmith's 'Dude Looks Like a Lady'. |
| There are additional Kinks misheard stories available. | |
Funny Lyrics:
"Lola"
The Funny Lyrics: I'd never ever kissed a woman before
Why They're Funny: Lola is a transvestite, so the narrator still hasn't kissed a woman.
Submitted by: Jeanette
| "Muswell Hilbilly"
The Funny Lyrics: I said good-bye to Rosie Rook this morning; I'm gonna miss her bloodshot, alcoholic eyes.
She wore her Sunday hat so she'd impress me. I'm gonna carry her mem'ry 'til the day I die. Why They're Funny: In all of Ray Davies' best lyrics, the humor comes with a heavy dose of pain and regret. If you don't conjure a funny picture, the sadness is overwhelming. I don't know of another songwriter who does this so consistently well.
Submitted by: Smoky Joe
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Repetitive Lyrics:
"You Really Got Me"
The Repetitive Lyrics: You really got me
You really got me You really got me Why They're Repetitive: ummmmm yeah okay we got you ... now what do you wants us to do?
Submitted by: Skylar
| "I'm Not Like Everybody Else"
The Repetitive Lyrics: I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Why They're Repetitive: Was Ray Davies Having A Bad Day Or What. Surely Once Is Enough Ray.
Submitted by: pete robinson
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Misrhymed Lyrics:
"Sunny Afternoon"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: Tax man's taken all my dough
Left me in my stately home Why They're Misrhymed: Did he take your sense of rhyme, too?
Submitted by: Doug Montgomery
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Dated Lyrics:
"A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy"
The Dated Lyrics: There's a guy on my block, he lives for rock
He plays records day and night Why They're Dated: Spin that vinyl dude! Would you ever let 2007 teenager manually set a needle down on your WHITE ALBUM? Dated. The terms 45, 33 -1/3 and 78s: All now as Dated as a Dictaphone when I was a teen. Depressed? Just put on an IPOD and walk in traffic. This song was written befor the Sony Walkman craze: Before that you had to stay in your room and either groove to your personal music collection or sulk to it.
Submitted by: Tony Cat.
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Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Lola (The original album version)"
The Lyrics: I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink Champagne And it tastes just like Coca-Cola Product Brand Name: Coca-Cola
Submitted by: FussBudget
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"You Really Got Me"
Opening Lines: Girl, you really got me goin', You got me so I don't know what I'm doin'.
Comments: The Kinks are a British band, that during the years 1964 - 1965 were competing well with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in Great Britian, but had only modest success in the States at that time. But the Kinks, or more specifically lead singer (and the writer for most of their tunes), Ray Davies (who would continue to lead the group amid several line-up changes), would continue to have chart success in both Britain and the United States and worldwide well into the 1980's (with such hits as "Lola" & "Come Dancing"). Unfortunately the Kinks have been one of those rare groups, that despite having chart success, have yet to have a #1 song on Billboard Magazine's HOT 100 charts. "You Really Got Me", originally released in August 1964 and having success in both the States and Britain, has been covered by many artists over the years, with probably the most well-known and recognizable one (at least to Classic Rock station listeners) being Van Halen's 1978 version that didn't change a thing with the lyrics.
Submitted by: Peter
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Songs That Are Banned:
"Lola"
The reason you sometimes hear "cherry cola" instead of "Coca-Cola" in some versions of this song is that the "Coca-Cola" lyric was banned by the BBC because they thought it was advertising.
Submitted by: crazydon
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"Come Dancing"
The Lyrics: The day they knocked down the palley,
my sister stood and cried. The day they knocked down the palley, part of my childhood died, just died. Why: Looking back on how things have changed can be depressing.
Submitted by: Brian Kelly
| "Low Budget"
The Lyrics: "Were all on our uppers, were all going skint. I used to smoke cigar's, but now I suck Polo mint's"
Why: The Kinks enjoy'd a mini-revival of sorts round about this time, and used the material Ray Davies had written about the economic sinkhole that was the average British citizen's plight, and launched a pretty profitable "Give The People What They Want" tour. Ironic
Submitted by: princejellyfish
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