We're Not Who You Think We Are
Album: Give The People What They Want
Year: 2014
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While Sharon Jones didn’t release her first record until she was 40, and died of pancreatic cancer in 2016 at the age of 60, she packed a lot into that final third of her life, becoming one of the more recognizable faces and voices of the post-millennial soul revival.
[Read more…] about Certain Songs #2195: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – “Stranger to My Happiness”
Album: Give The People What They Want
Year: 1982
As my favorite Kinks studio album from their hard-rocking renaissance, I was fully aware that Give The People What They Want was as cynical as its title, but I didn’t care. Part of it might have been because I saw them twice during this album cycle, the first at the Fabulous Forum in L.A. with Tim & Larry, right around the time it came out and the second time at the US Festival a year later.
I don’t remember much about the first show — other than the set list was basically the One For The Road setlist w/ a couple of new songs sprinkled in — I do remember that Ray reacted during the US Festival to some people recognizing Chrissie Hynde just offstage by yelling “Haven’t you ever seen a girlfriend before!”
[Read more…] about Certain Songs #875: The Kinks – “Around The Dial”