A deep dive into the song Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles.Help support The Kinks and Beatles Daily Deep Dive with a one time or recurring contribution of $5. Every contribution helps ensure that this podcast can continue to be produced until we run out of songs to talk about. Please visit Hero Habit for more details.★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
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This quiet gem from the Lola album features a beautiful melody and some of John Dalton's most prominent and gorgeous ballad bass work.Help support The Kinks and Beatles Daily Deep Dive with a one time or recurring contribution of $5. Every contribution helps ensure that this podcast can continue to be produced until we run out of songs to talk about. Please visit Hero Habit for more details.★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
George himself thought the lyrics to this song were his first that could be read as a poem and it's hard to argue with him on that. Gorgeous lyrics over a complex melody make this a Harrison classic.Help support The Kinks and Beatles Daily Deep Dive with a one time or recurring contribution of $5. Every contribution helps ensure that this podcast can continue to be produced until we run out of songs to talk about. Please visit Hero Habit for more details.★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access ...
If ever you wondered what it's like to create something and watch 15 other people make more money off of it than you did, this is the song for you!Help support The Kinks and Beatles Daily Deep Dive with a one time or recurring contribution of $5. Every contribution helps ensure that this podcast can continue to be produced until we run out of songs to talk about. Please visit Hero Habit for more details.★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
One of George's most romantic lyrics and quite possibly his least "rock and roll" chord progression but an All Things Must Pass gem through and through.Help support The Kinks and Beatles Daily Deep Dive with a one time or recurring contribution of $5. Every contribution helps ensure that this podcast can continue to be produced until we run out of songs to talk about. Please visit Hero Habit for more details.★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscri...
This rocker tells the world that The Kinks, at their heart, are still a great rock and roll band and probably should have been the follow-up single to Lola.Help support The Kinks and Beatles Daily Deep Dive with a one time or recurring contribution of $5. Every contribution helps ensure that this podcast can continue to be produced until we run out of songs to talk about. Please visit Hero Habit for more details.★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/sub...
If you're into slow country waltzes then I have the perfect song for you.Help support The Kinks and Beatles Daily Deep Dive with a one time or recurring contribution of $5. Every contribution helps ensure that this podcast can continue to be produced until we run out of songs to talk about. Please visit Hero Habit for more details.★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
One of the most important songs Ray Davies ever wrote for The Kinks and one of the most recognizable and beloved songs of the classic rock era. To continue the discussion about this song and more, join our Kinks discussion group at https://herohabit.com/groups/the-kinks/
If Not For You is the lone cover on All Things Must Pass and, in many ways, outshines the original.Help support Kinks and Beats with a one time or recurring contribution of $5. Every contribution helps ensure that this podcast can continue to be produced until we run out of songs to talk about. Please visit Hero Habit for more details.★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
When it comes to under-the-radar Kinks ballads, this tune has to rank high on the list. Beautifully arranged and performed with a great lyric, this is a Kinks gem through and through.Help support Kinks and Beats with a one time or recurring contribution of $5. Every contribution helps ensure that this podcast can continue to be produced until we run out of songs to talk about. Please visit Hero Habit for more details.★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.co...
What Is Life was George Harrison's second top 10 hit in less than a year following The Beatles break up and it's pop perfection from start to finish.Help support Kinks and Beats with a one time or recurring contribution of $5. Every contribution helps ensure that this podcast can continue to be produced until we run out of songs to talk about. Please visit Hero Habit for more details.★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
Nobody can blend vaudeville and rock or homage and indictment quite like Ray Davies and on Denmark Street, The Kinks hit all of those points effortlessly. Help support Kinks and Beats with a one time or recurring contribution of $5. Every contribution helps ensure that this podcast can continue to be produced until we run out of songs to talk about. Please visit Hero Habit for more details.★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
Written in the hours following George Harrison's walk out during the Get Back sessions, this rocker cooks from start to finish and assembles some of the greatest musicians in the world at the time.
This Dave Davies masterpiece is as close to a perfect song as anyone has ever written and much of its beauty lies in its simplicity.Help support Kinks and Beats with a one time or recurring contribution of $5. Every contribution helps ensure that this podcast can continue to be produced until we run out of songs to talk about. Please visit Hero Habit for more details.★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
It takes some guts to make the first track of your solo debut a quiet ballad but George Harrison did it and he did it well.
If you can't picture Ray Davies singing this on a cloudy day on the beach with a cigar hanging from his mouth, maybe you're not listening to music the same way as the rest of us.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
Another of Paul's solo efforts within the Beatles is a simple folk song recorded on the same sessions as an abandoned Harrison track, an abandoned McCartney track, and one of the worst tracks on The White Album.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
The first Kinks song to feature a solo Dave Davies writing credit is a fun country ditty with a deceptively unique structure.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
This rocker hearkens back to McCartney's days with Wings and is a highlight of his more recent output.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
On this acoustic driven track, Ray pays tribute to many of the American acts that inspired him in his youth.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
George Harrison may have been new to songwriting but it didn't take him long to establish several signature moves. Also, listen to the end of this one, please.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
This '50s pastiche treads dangerously close to being too cheesy but The Kinks never cross the line and maintain their rock edge.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
One could argue, as I have, that this track as well as the album that bears its name is the greatest assemblage of musicians on any solo Beatles album.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
This is a solid mid '80s rocker that probably should have appeared as the A side of the single instead of the B side.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
This is a rare occurrence of The Beatles recording a song in two separate sections for editing later even though the whole thing was done in one evening session.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
Of all the great lost Kinks gems, this one may be the gemiest. It's a word, trust us.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
A worthy companion piece to Lennon's White Album track, Julia.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
This Dave Davies solo track showcases a man in recovery from near death but still eager to explore new musical directions.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
Sometimes your friends know exactly what your new song needs and that was the case when Paul McCartney came in to spruce up this Ringo ballad.Join our Facebook group and chat with other fans of rock's two greatest bands! And follow us on Twitter, too!★ Support this podcast ★ Get full access to Hero Habit at herohabit.substack.com/subscribe
