1943 The Kinks - Dead End Street

From: Dead End Street/Big Black Smoke (single); Year: 1966; Genre: Rock

Well, one more month and after today there's only 30 songs now left to pick this year; wow where does the time go?
Anyway, I had no song in mind to choose today, but for some reason I felt like listening to something from The Kinks, who are probably my favourite band from The British Invation.
In this single release circa 1966 Ray Davies again uses his awesome lyric writing talent to paint an amazing picture, in this one it's a bleak picture of hopeless poverty.
The music throughout most of the song does just as much to dampen the mood especially with the addition of that lone trombone, which adds an even more sorrowful sound to the track. It's interesting how the last few bars in the chorus break the overall depressive mood just to plunge you back into it with the next verse.

Hear Dead End Street on YouTube.
Watch the music video clip on YouTube.



My song pick a year ago today: Megaherz - Kopfschuss

My song pick two years ago today: Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper

My song pick three years ago today: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Refugee

My song pick four years ago today: Yes - Your Move/All Good People

My song pick five years ago today: King Harvest - Dancing in the Moonlight