Attached to the front of this months MOJO is a free cd compiled by the Davies Brothers of deep cuts to support The Kinks 60th anniversary. Now now that is some achievement and certainly worthy of a mention or two in our beloved music press. However personally – with the glorious exception of the sublime Waterloo Sunset – I just don’t understand the appeal of this band and the standing they have in the pop pantheon (other than longevity). Over the years I’ve heard quite a lot of their stuff but it nearly always leaves me cold.
So this thread is about the bands or artists that may be critically quite lauded but leave you puzzled; not the ones you simply don’t like. So those of you about to kick off about Steps or Westlife – stand down!
Would be good if one or two of those with the opposite view could try and convince the doubters of the errors of their ways.