Kinks EP

Rating:
Summary: Buyer Beware
Review: I guess I was hoping for a bunch of early TV appearances and/or film inserts of the Kinks. Unfortunately, Kinks EP only contains 4 songs: Waterloo Sunset, Mr. Pleasant, Plastic Man, and Muswell Hillbilly, all apparently taped for the Beat Club TV show. At least Muswell Hillbilly has an actual live performance rather than featuring the band lipsynching, rather haphazardly, to the original recordings. Worse still, the sound quality is terrible. Why couldn't they at least overlay a remastered version of the original songs over the first three performances? None of the info provided in the 'pop-up' section was a revelation, and a majority of the DVD was used for advertisements for other collections.

Rating:
Summary: A Little Kinky
Review: Since early footage of the Kinks is a rare kommodity, I decided to get this DVD. The first three songs were filmed in black and white, and the Kinks are klearly lip synching. "Waterloo Sunset" (1967) is an essential song in the Kinks' katalog. However, "Mr. Pleasant" (1967) and "Plastic Man" (1969) are not quite klassic Kinks. At least the Kinks were doing a live performance of "Muswell Hillbilly" (1972), which was filmed in color. It's never a good sign when the bonus section is longer than the main material. For this DVD to be worth buying, the price would have to be greatly reduced.

Rating:
Summary: A Little Kinky
Review: Since early footage of the Kinks is a rare kommodity, I decided to get this DVD. The first three songs were filmed in black and white, and the Kinks are klearly lip synching. "Waterloo Sunset" (1967) is an essential song in the Kinks' katalog. However, "Mr. Pleasant" (1967) and "Plastic Man" (1969) are not quite klassic Kinks. At least the Kinks were doing a live performance of "Muswell Hillbilly" (1972), which was filmed in color. It's never a good sign when the bonus section is longer than the main material. For this DVD to be worth buying, the price would have to be greatly reduced.

Rating:
Summary: A Little Kinky
Review: Since early footage of the Kinks is a rare kommodity, I decided to get this DVD. The first three songs were filmed in black and white, and the Kinks are klearly lip synching. "Waterloo Sunset" (1967) is an essential song in the Kinks' katalog. However, "Mr. Pleasant" (1967) and "Plastic Man" (1969) are not quite klassic Kinks. At least the Kinks were doing a live performance of "Muswell Hillbilly" (1972), which was filmed in color. It's never a good sign when the bonus section is longer than the main material. For this DVD to be worth buying, the price would have to be greatly reduced.

Rating:
Summary: Half must-see, half boredom
Review: The videos are enjoyable, especially the video, "Muswell Hillbilly." So are the pop-ups and product previews. I was not too interested in the jukebox of live performances. Buy it if you like live performances, B & W videos, etc. Live performances bore me!!!

Rating:
Summary: Half must-see, half boredom
Review: The videos are enjoyable, especially the video, "Muswell Hillbilly." So are the pop-ups and product previews. I was not too interested in the jukebox of live performances. Buy it if you like live performances, B & W videos, etc. Live performances bore me!!!