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.'..."
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"You think you've got a problem, Dave? Sheeeet." - Kinky Friedman
Loved the Kinks. Proto-Ramones. Maybe try adding Band at the end.
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.
Davis. It's pronounced Davis. That is all.
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.
Serious Question: back in the day.. WHY did they pick that name?
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.
"Poop on you." h/t Andrea/Alphabet
Semantic dysphoria, interpretive gestures, network bias are clearly areas of concern for smart systems.
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)
“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.
"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.
He's just noticing that the speech police have targeted certain words? He should have thought of that in 1963.
Don't make mistake of searching for news re Vitamin D on Twitter.
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
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”.
"You think you've got a problem, Dave? Sheeeet." - Kinky Friedman
...and the Texas Jewboys (you forgot that part) : )
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
Free The Kinks!
Tell me you don't love hearing their songs if you happen to hear one playing...somewhere. Do it again
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.
A long topics ago when radio was fun, Charles Laquidara on WBCN in Boston played the Kinks’ “Superman” for 90 minutes straight.
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.
There are kinks in the system that remain to be ironed out.
Just playing "Animal Farm" on the uke. Great fun! VGPS is one of the greatest albums EVAH!
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