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As a Kinks fan…I don’t know about this.
Yes, personally I find the Kinks to be the better band, especially lyrically, but musically they were probably just as innovative as the Beatles, Who, Stones, etc.
And in the wider spectrum of 20th century music, the Beatles were the top group throughout the 60s and therefore will always have the greater influence over other groups and music in general because of it. And because of the lasting popularity of the Beatles in pop culture, they will always have more influence and will have the greater impact on music.
Do I like that? No, I personally think that the Kinks had more social value in their music than the Beatles (and don’t get me wrong, I love the Beatles and always will because they were my first band). I can make a personal connection more to Ray & Dave Davies’s lyrics than Lennon/McCartney. But music history is what it is and in the end the Beatles still did more for music in terms of allowing groups like the Kinks to become influential in their own right. The Beatles paved the way for other British bands to do their thing. What the Kinks have over the Beatles is longevity and a much larger discography which allowed later for more experimentation with the musical styles and more time for Ray to really perfect his amazing songwriting.
But if it makes anyone feel better, when the Kinks were just starting to make it big, the Beatles were very nervous about them. Read Ray’s book :)Hipster bullshit (Not you, Jen, the picture.)
Hipster bullshit. All of it.
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