13. Ed Masley Discusses The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

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Ed Masley, a music critic for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, joins You, Me and An Album to introduce me to The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society. In addition to explaining what makes this his favorite album, Ed discusses his love for the Kinks more generally and how he became a music critic. He also mentions that he co-wrote a song with someone who has previously appeared on this podcast.

You can find Ed on Twitter at @EdMasley, and you can find the music from his band, The Breakup Society, on Bandcamp at https://thebreakupsociety.bandcamp.com/.

Ed mentioned that the song, Picture Book was featured on a Hewlett Packard ad. You can view the ad here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOnif6BC0kc.

 1:19 Ed joins the show

1:37 How Ed became a music critic

4:07 Does it help to be a musician when being a music critic?

5:24 What has Ed been covering during the pandemic?

8:54 Which three underrated albums does Ed recommend?

14:57 What is it about the Kinks that appeals to Ed so much?

21:30 Why Al was lukewarm about Village Green

23:15 Al doesn’t like 60s rock?!?

26:47 Is Tim Booth of James influenced by Ray Davies?

29:19 Village Green was a grower, even for Ed

Breaking down the tracks (not in order)

32:28 We Are The Village Green Preservation Society

37:44 Do You Remember Walter?

40:30 Picture Book

46:14 Big Sky

48:12 The Kinks were not afraid to experiment with different styles

50:31 The common theme between Village Green and Waterloo Sunset

54:33 Phenomenal Cat

57:23 Wicked Annabella

58:40 Ed asked Ringo Starr about Mick Avory

1:04:06 Animal Farm

1:06:31 Village Green

1:08:42 People Take Pictures of Each Other

1:11:53 Starstruck

1:14:34 All My Friends Were There

The outro music is Strength Was Always Your Weakness by The Breakup Society.

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