The Kinks
Celluloid Heroes
To the Bone
(1994)

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Zep
Jul 24, 2008 - 11:43
ginger wrote:

Make it stop! I commented on this song last time I heard it, but I can't help coming on again to say how much I hate it. I guess just 'cause someone's famous doesn't mean they can't SUCK sometimes. Ouch!







fab4fan
Feb 11, 2007 - 01:54
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: This is truly one of the worst songs I have ever heard!

ginger
Mar 11, 2005 - 09:51
CCinSB wrote:
One of the best Kink songs ever.
nice version.

Are you freakin' high???????

ginger
Mar 11, 2005 - 09:49
Make it stop! I commented on this song last time I heard it, but I can't help coming on again to say how much I hate it. I guess just 'cause someone's famous doesn't mean they can't SUCK sometimes. Ouch!

fureanbode
Mar 11, 2005 - 09:49
Love the Kinks. Don't like this at all. His voice is all over the place. :(

mrmojorisin
Mar 11, 2005 - 09:47
CCinSB wrote:
One of the best Kink songs ever.
nice version.


This doesn't speak well for the Kinks.

stevo_b
Mar 11, 2005 - 09:47
Frisbee this version...... Not the way I remember it. Seems to spew apathy.....

CCinSB
Mar 11, 2005 - 09:46
One of the best Kink songs ever.
nice version.

justlistening
Feb 24, 2005 - 14:49
mattk wrote:
terrible song and lyrics. too much emphasis is placed on the lives of "stars". makes me want to puke.


Uh, maybe that's the point of the song, too much emphasis on Celluloid Heroes.

mattk
Jan 11, 2005 - 09:42
terrible song and lyrics. too much emphasis is placed on the lives of "stars". makes me want to puke.

Frawg
Jan 11, 2005 - 09:33
Peter, Paul and Mary - not the Kinks.

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Roverfish wrote:
Puff, the Magic Dragon?

Classic tune from the Kinks.


ginger
Jan 11, 2005 - 09:29
Please, I beg of you, never play this again!

physicsgenius
Jan 11, 2005 - 09:27
Whoa, am I on Candid Internet here? Hilariously bad singing.

drew
Dec 27, 2004 - 15:25
I got to see the Kinks twice back in the eighties. What I remember most is the way Ray would encourage the fans to sing along with the tunes. He told lot's of stories and jokes. It was like going to Ray's house and he was the host of the party. I'd go see them again in a heartbeat.
Good times indeed 8)

Roverfish
Dec 12, 2004 - 19:54
Puff, the Magic Dragon?

Classic tune from the Kinks.

skindy
Oct 29, 2004 - 14:29
Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote:
i uploaded a few gems off "misfits" and soon some off "sleepwalker".

Great - I hope they make it! I think RPers would get a kick out of "Black Messiah," "Out of the Wardrobe" and especially "In a Foreign Land" (all from Misfits). I've always loved Ray's sly humor and mastery of both melody and language. GO KINKS!

KurtfromLaQuinta
Oct 29, 2004 - 14:23
tokyopoorboy wrote:


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No, they had some sweet moments well into the eighties.

Come Dancing is a great tune, poignant as hell, perfectly Kinksish. Prince of the Punks was a brilliant satire of punk, Sleepwalker, Misfits and even Low Budget were fine albums, and Father Christmas is my candidate for finest rock Christmas tune. Don't Forget to Dance is another single that comes to mind.

And I'm not confident that I haven't missed something, but it's true they've had NO sales lately. Wish Ray would stop trying his solo stuff and get one of the great bands of all time together again.
i uploaded a few gems off "misfits" and soon some off "sleepwalker".

Angloray
Aug 31, 2004 - 17:02
Chunk wrote:
I like the Kinks, but this one always irritated me. Maybe it's the fact that Hollywood is irritating. :)

as someone who lives near Hollywood, and who loves the Kinks, I think it's because the lyrics are silly (not their usual clever wit) and the melody is bland beyond bland.

tokyopoorboy
Aug 02, 2004 - 13:55
rulebritannia wrote:
Very well expressed. This was, perhaps, their last enduring song before they drifted into the wilderness of the cliche.


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No, they had some sweet moments well into the eighties.

Come Dancing is a great tune, poignant as hell, perfectly Kinksish. Prince of the Punks was a brilliant satire of punk, Sleepwalker, Misfits and even Low Budget were fine albums, and Father Christmas is my candidate for finest rock Christmas tune. Don't Forget to Dance is another single that comes to mind.

And I'm not confident that I haven't missed something, but it's true they've had NO sales lately. Wish Ray would stop trying his solo stuff and get one of the great bands of all time together again.


TheLoneIguana
Jun 22, 2004 - 14:43
joe1 wrote:
Who else has done it?...I've never geard it before the kinks....


Joan Jett did an awful version of this.
Never cared for this one anyway, but the cover was really bad.

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