{"id":998,"date":"2012-07-06T07:34:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T11:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=998"},"modified":"2012-07-06T07:34:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T11:34:05","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-124-academy-days-so-uh-because-uh-were-not-going-to-play-that-one-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/07\/06\/my-musical-evolution-part-124-academy-days-so-uh-because-uh-were-not-going-to-play-that-one-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 124 Academy Days So Uh, Because Uh, We’re Not Going To Play That One Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>A peculiar thought just occured to me. I can’t remember which came first Lola <\/em>from The Kinks or Lola<\/em> from Damn Yankees<\/em>. Both were products of the Academy Days.\u00a0 <\/em>I’m certain that I picked this up for the song Lola<\/em>. I’m not certain where my desire for Lola <\/em>originated.\u00a0One For The Road<\/em> was the only option I had in the Columbia House catalog. Am I Lucky or what?<\/p>\n

One For The Road<\/em> not only has a bunch of great tracks but it is a great sounding live album. Another thing about The Kinks<\/em> that I find interesting in the context of musical influences is that they have influenced so many other bands that followed. The Kinks<\/em> formed in 1964 which puts them in the club with all those other British Invasion<\/em> groups like The Beatles <\/em>and Rolling Stones.<\/em> With company like that, I feel that The Kinks<\/em> may have been somewhat overlooked or forgotten. Not many people here in the midwest seemed too keen on The Kinks<\/em> when I brought One For The Road <\/em>with me back to Indiana. Here, it seemed much more Rolling Stones country. I remember telling some Van Halen<\/em> fans “No, that is a Kinks song. No, that was The Kinks also.”<\/p>\n

With One For The Road, <\/em>I was not only able to acquire Lola<\/em> but probably the best version of the song. Here is yet another example where if I simply downloaded Lola<\/em> I never would have given all the rest of amazing songs a chance.\u00a0 Songs like Pressure, National Health<\/em> and what would become my favorite, Celluloid Heroes.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>I would go on to buy a couple more albums by The Kinks<\/em> but none of them seemed to capture the energy or my imagination like One For The Road.<\/em><\/p>\n

Catch Me Now I’m Falling<\/em>
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