In Reply To "The Kinks were better than the Stones."

Hello.

Instead of a tiresome thread, which would've made me look all upset, I'm replying to a tweet by @VaunEarl, which went: "The Kinks were better than The Stones"
I'm doing it on this thing, because it's even easier for you to ignore.

Let's get one thing straight, I love the next man as much as I love The Kinks, and so on. This is one guy's opinion, and everyone on Twitter is allowed at least one of those.

Where we would perhaps agree is on 'Waterloo Sunset.'
It was released on May 5th 1967. Now I know for a fact that on this day The Stones were collectively shopping at M&S (Charlie bought a throw), then they all went back to Bill's for a curry. Therefore, on this particular day The Kinks absolutely knocked The Stones out the park (or to labour the point, threw The Stones through a glass house window they were living in.)

We may also dovetail when it comes to 'You Really Got Me.'
It was released on August 4th 1964. Now I know for a fact that The Stones were pony-trekking across the South Downs on this day (Charlie fell off.) Again it's in the back of the net for our sibling-rivalrous, accidental Britpop-inventing boys from *checks notes* Muswell Hill.

Where there may be, as Jimmy Tarbuck used to say on 'Winner Takes All' a difference of opinion, is when we consider 'Mick snorts gak off Marianne Faithful's cistern, Charlie drums at Ronnie Scott's before going round Mick's to punch him in the face, Bill being problematic (again!) and Keith is still awake after eight days.'
Now I know for a fact that while this was all going on, Ray Davies, Dave Davies, and *checks notes* the other guys were listening to 'Sing Something Simple' round Ray's mum's. Bless 'em.

I don't want to get bogged down in who did or didn't make 'Let It Bleed', 'Exile on Main St.', 'Sticky Fingers', 'Black and Blue', 'Some Girls'; who released doves in Hyde Park, who had an Altamont (however horrible it was), who had a 'Rock and Roll Circus' (however poor it was), I mean I could go on...

But The Kinks were better, of course they were. VaunEarl has a cameo in the latest Vic & Bob shows, so he'd know.




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