March 29, 2023

"Not every time, but most times, you select Twitter and put the name 'The Kinks' in there, and it warns that it could be quirky stuff, like a porn star or kink porn."

"Of course it isn’t. We’ve been the Kinks. It’s a band name that we’ve had since ’63. We used it perfectly fine all of these years. I think this needs to be cleared up, because it puts people off, having a warning sign on their posts. You think you’re doing something you shouldn’t do. I hope there’s someone out there that can do something.... I’m a big admirer of Elon Musk and his work. Maybe they’ve set a program into motion that they can’t sunset. I don’t know. They must be able to unravel it somehow...."

Said Dave Davies, quoted in "We Are the Viral Tweet Restoration Society/The Kinks’ Dave Davies says Twitter is suppressing his band’s content—and he knows why" (Slate).

"If it’s happening to us, I’m sure it would happen to a lot of people with slightly devious names. The whole idea of being creative, it’s to come up with new things, or different and unusual things. So, it’s going to put a damper on creative ideas.... I can choose what words I want to say—'hello,' 'good day,” and 'how are you'—and it shouldn’t be limited by certain rules or regulations, which might rule that you can only say 'hello' and 'goodbye.'..."

23 comments:

Ice Nine said...

"You think you've got a problem, Dave? Sheeeet." - Kinky Friedman

PM said...

Loved the Kinks. Proto-Ramones. Maybe try adding Band at the end.

AMDG said...

God save the Kinks.

I read where the Wokists find “Apeman” and “Lola”.

“Apeman” because it is somehow racist and “Lola” because it appropriates Trans culture. Just bizarre.

The Kinks should have been bigger then they were. Ray Davies is probably the third best songwriter to come out of the ritual Invasion. I think there desire to remain a band with very British sensibilities hurt then over here.

Narr said...

Davis. It's pronounced Davis. That is all.

Enigma said...

The band "Chvrches" invented a new spelling to avoid confusion with churches. Creative, searchable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chvrches

Rock 'n Roll edginess cuts both ways. What's commercial and anti-establishment today is canceled tomorrow. The Kinks got their start when edgy bands were in fashion, and now they suffer from what once gave them an advantage. You place your bets and must accept the outcome.

gilbar said...

Serious Question: back in the day.. WHY did they pick that name?

gilbar said...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kinks#Formation_(1962%E2%80%931963)
theys decided on a new, permanent name: the Kinks. Numerous explanations of the name's genesis have been offered. In Jon Savage's analysis, they "needed a gimmick, some edge to get them attention. Here it was: 'Kinkiness'—something newsy, naughty but just on the borderline of acceptability. In adopting the 'Kinks' as their name at that time, they were participating in a time-honoured pop ritual—fame through outrage.

n.n said...

"Poop on you." h/t Andrea/Alphabet

Semantic dysphoria, interpretive gestures, network bias are clearly areas of concern for smart systems.

n.n said...

A veritable back... black hole... whore h/t NAACP That said, all carbon-based systems are vulnerable, except, perhaps, the flora... other than in the little shop of horrors, who presented a clear and progressive attitude. #OK (no pun intended, maybe)

Left Bank of the Charles said...

“Not every time but most times”

Could the cause be Musk kowtowing to don’t-say-gay states not wanting any Twitter traffic that might lead to Lola.

Anthony said...

"Kinks? You mean like in a garden hose?"

Dave can do anything he wants as far as Im concerned, he's the guy who invented the distorted electric guitar sound.

BarrySanders20 said...

He's just noticing that the speech police have targeted certain words? He should have thought of that in 1963.

Virgil Hilts said...

Don't make mistake of searching for news re Vitamin D on Twitter.

Hugh said...

Victoria is a great song, with a working class Brit unironically pledging his life for Queen and Country. Kind of anti’”kinky” in terms of concept, especially by the definition above. This Time Tomorrow is a brilliant song I only came across in recent years. And Waterloo Sunset is just beautiful, as agreed to by rock critic Greil Marcus who talked about the irony of the song in that Waterloo Station is (or at least was) a pig sty vs. the beauty of the Waterloo sunset celebrated in the song. And lastly Ms. Althouse’s favorite Kinks song I’m Not Like Everybody Else as confirmed in a prior set of comments

Karen said...

I tried doing a search for images of the Virgin Mary the other day and got told by the search engine that I couldn’t use the word “virgin”.

Joe Smith said...

"You think you've got a problem, Dave? Sheeeet." - Kinky Friedman

...and the Texas Jewboys (you forgot that part) : )

gilbar said...

Anthony said...
Dave can do anything he wants as far as Im concerned, he's the guy who invented the distorted electric guitar sound.

Link Wray would Beg to differ...
Of course, Anthony has NEVER Heard of Link Wray

Temujin said...

Free The Kinks!

Tell me you don't love hearing their songs if you happen to hear one playing...somewhere. Do it again

Rocco said...

Hugh said...
Victoria is a great song, with a working class Brit unironically pledging his life for Queen and Country. Kind of anti’”kinky” in terms of concept, especially by the definition above.

Or it could be considered "kinky" in the sense of being counter to the dominant "counter-culture" of the time.

AMDG said...

A long topics ago when radio was fun, Charles Laquidara on WBCN in Boston played the Kinks’ “Superman” for 90 minutes straight.

Saint Croix said...

I love the Kinks.

They're famous for Lola, which has to be the most fun transvestite song ever. Such a happy song!

Lola makes a reappearance in Destroyer, which is also a rocking song but not quite as amazing as the original tune.

The Kinks are amazing song-writers (mostly older brother Ray, I think). Pete Townshend was always jealous of their lyrics.

One of my favorite Kinks songs is an ode to the family, and brothers and sisters, and how much fun it is just to dance. Nothing kinky about that tune, it's a deeply old-fashioned song and really a kind of beautiful ode to family life.

n.n said...

There are kinks in the system that remain to be ironed out.

Brian McKim and/or Traci Skene said...

Just playing "Animal Farm" on the uke. Great fun! VGPS is one of the greatest albums EVAH!