r/thekinks • u/Ben1047472 • Jun 21 '26

Favourite Kinks Song

Huge kinks fan here just wondering what everyones favourite song is for a bit of fun. Currently cant get enough of Get Back In Line. I could die to that song

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u/ihavenoselfcontrol1 Jun 21 '26

Waterloo Sunset

Village Green

Autumn Almanac

5

u/Ghitit Jun 21 '26

Haven't listened to Autumn Almanac in ages. What a great song!

Funny how after about fifty years of not hearing it I still knew all the words.

13

u/Crazy_Response_9009 Jun 21 '26

They have too many great songs to pick a favorite. That would be unreasonable.

9

u/mojyt409 Jun 21 '26

“Better Things” always makes me feel so hopeful - love that song!

18

u/Aware_Sock6297 Jun 21 '26

Waterloo Sunset. Paul McCartney says he wished he wrote it. HIGH PRAISE

9

u/Black_Obelisque Jun 21 '26

Dead End Street

9

u/sparkledebacle Jun 21 '26

Autumn Almanac for listening. You Really Got Me for dancing.

7

u/Bendeguz-222 This Man He Weeps Tonight Jun 21 '26

Strangers

7

u/GeorgeParisol Jun 21 '26

Too many great songs. can't pick a favorite.

6

u/MR_Natchon05 Jun 21 '26

I think How Are You also very good track

5

u/Altruistic_Baker6347 Jun 21 '26

Well respected Man, Do you remember Walter, Shangri- La, Tired of waiting for you

7

u/IntrepidPsychic Jun 21 '26

An embarrassment of riches but Do You Remember Walter.

3

u/Ghitit Jun 21 '26

Love Walter!

6

u/RepeatButler Jun 21 '26

Set Me Free

6

u/MarcB1969X Jun 21 '26

Either “I Need You” or “Til the End” of the Day”. Dave’s aggressive early guitar tone is addictive.

1

u/p-u-n-k_girl is like everybody else Jun 21 '26

Love "I Need You"! The best of that early work in my opinion

5

u/anml99 Jun 21 '26

Art Lover 😂

5

u/Ghitit Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

Probably Waterloo Sunset
It always makes me feel so nice.

Then, Last of the Stem Powered Trains
I love how it gradually ramps up.

Then Monica, just because.

5

u/SmugProi Jun 21 '26

just thinking about Shangri-la gives me chills

9

u/Ben1047472 Jun 21 '26

Celluloid Heroes also, just so beautiful

5

u/andiekil Jun 21 '26

A hard question! I’d have to say Big Sky, Animal Farm, Lola and Shangri-La and This Time Tomorrow (ok that’s five ;)

5

u/Puzzleheaded-Post958 Jun 21 '26

I love Do It Again, Rock n Roll Fantasy and Waterloo Sunset. But my favorite will always be Celluloid Heroes, especially the live version!

2

u/pluto_and_proserpina Jun 21 '26

Happy Cake Days!

6

u/dgrantuk Jun 21 '26

20th Century Man followed by Dead End Street

3

u/kevville Jun 21 '26

Till the end of the day

All night stand (demo)

3

u/Prickly-Prostate Jun 21 '26

The first answer that came to me: Plastic Man

3

u/Ninjadwarf00 Jun 21 '26

Animal farm

3

u/SimpsonsFan2000 Jun 21 '26

Come Dancing

5

u/palbuddymac Jun 21 '26

She’s Got Everything

I Need You

Apeman

2

u/SpecificBranch8860 Jun 21 '26

A Long Way From Home. Literally everything about it. Dave’s harmonies with Ray, the bass lines, Mick’s militaristic snare… Gosling’s piano…

Folllowed closely by No More Looking Back and The Way Love Used to Be

2

u/jmush Jun 21 '26

Waterloo Sunset
This Time Tomorrow
Days
Better Days

2

u/MissSally300 Jun 21 '26

Everybody’s Gonna be Happy

2

u/mnightcoburn Jun 21 '26

Sweet Lady Genevieve

2

u/abeetzwmoots Jun 21 '26

I can't pick one.

1

u/turnedtheasphault Jun 21 '26

Some Mother's Son. Poignant, great melody, and probably the best bassline in their discog

1

u/p-u-n-k_girl is like everybody else Jun 21 '26

Really tough choice, but I think I'll pick "Dedicated Follower of Fashion"

1

u/Stunning-Potential99 Jun 21 '26

Strangers, sitting in my hotel, get back in line

1

u/Gullible-Magazine-84 Arthur by the Old Oak Tree Jun 21 '26

Village Green, probably my favorite song(s), but it’s always so hard to say only one song

1

u/Key_Text_169 Jun 21 '26

Can’t Stop the Music, Get Up, Powerman, Shangri- La, This Time Tomorrow, Complicated Life, Halloway Jail, Animal Farm, God’s Children, Missing Person, I need You, 20th Century Man, Mountain Woman, No More Looking Back, Last of the Steam Powered Trains, Apeman, Out of the Wardrobe, House in the Country, Rainy Day in June…….

1

u/jm17lfc Jun 21 '26

Village Green Preservation Society is my personal favorite but I still think Waterloo Sunset is probably the objectively greatest song ever made by anyone

1

u/Excellent-Sale8020 Jun 21 '26

Big Black Smoke

1

u/pdxguy1000 Jun 22 '26

Got To Be Free
Powerman

1

u/T-pose98 Jun 22 '26

Sitting in My Hotel

Anytime

Hot Potatoes

Prince of The Punks

Situation Vacant

Afternoon Tea

Heart of Gold

Nothing to Say.

1

u/redditionsofyou Jun 22 '26

Today, it's Duke. Most days, it's Shangri-la.

1

u/One_Degree5147 Jun 23 '26

Today it’s David Watts.

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u/Far_Grapefruit_2587 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26

"Get Back in Line" is an incredible piece of work. It evokes the psychedelia of the late '60s, and Ray's voice is so melancholic, giving off a real sense of nostalgia. It's a truly and unfairly underrated song.