The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes
It's time for a classic band,
after a few days of contemporary artists... The Kinks. They were formed in 1964 in north London, England, and are generally considered one of the most influential bands of the era. Their early music was characterized by very distorted guitars, which helped inspire and evolve the sound of rock guitar. As they grew as a band, they moved away from the raw, rock sounds, and began incorporating more complex song structures and instrumentation, much like their contemporaries The Beatles. The two constant members are brothers Ray and Dave Davies, who have been a part of every incarnation in the group's long life. (Wikipedia - The Kinks)
Listen to Celluloid Heroes by The Kinks here.
This is song is the closing track
on the first disc of the band's 1972 album Everybody's in Show-Biz. This album has a strange place in the hearts of fans, as it was a marked change from their early stuff, as the group incorporated more 'campy' elements, which makes sense as the album as a show-biz/Vaudeville/Hollywood sort of aesthetic. Harmonically, this song is relatively straight-forward, and Davies' vocals pretty low-key for much of the song, but its quite catchy, and the references to stars of Hollywood's Golden Age are interesting.
