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  2. Catch Me Now I'm Falling - Wikipedia

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    "Catch Me Now I'm Falling" is a song written by Ray Davies and first released by The Kinks as the second track on their 1979 album Low Budget. Written as a criticism of America's allies, the song depicts the fall of Captain America as a symbol of the United States' dire circumstances at the time.

  3. Low Budget (album) - Wikipedia

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    Despite the great commercial success the album achieved in America, the album, like every Kinks album since 1967's Something Else by the Kinks, was unable to chart in their native Britain. [9] Follow-up singles to "Superman" were issued (" A Gallon of Gas " and " Catch Me Now I'm Falling " in the US, " Moving Pictures " and " Pressure " in ...

  4. One for the Road (The Kinks album) - Wikipedia

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    "Catch Me Now I'm Falling" – 4:49 recorded at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, 23 September 1979 "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" – 2:16 recorded at Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, Massachusetts, 6 March 1979; Intro: Lola – 0:54 recorded at Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, 23 September 1979

  5. Come Dancing (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Come Dancing" is a tribute to Davies' older sister Rene. Living in Canada with her reportedly abusive husband, the 31-year-old Rene was visiting her childhood home in Fortis Green in London at the time of Ray Davies' 13th birthday—21 June 1957—on which she surprised him with a gift of the Spanish guitar he had tried to persuade his parents to buy him. [3]

  6. The Kinks discography - Wikipedia

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    The Kinks, an English rock band, were active for over three decades, from 1963 to 1996, releasing 26 studio albums and four live albums. [1] The first two albums are differently released in the UK and the US, partly due to the difference in popularity of the extended play format (the UK market liked it, the US market did not, so US albums had the EP releases bundled onto them), and partly due ...

  7. Destroyer (The Kinks song) - Wikipedia

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    The track borrows the main riff from The Kinks' 1964 song, "All Day and All of the Night", which was one of the band's first hits. [2] The lyrics feature the return of the transvestite title character from The Kinks' 1970 hit song, "Lola"; in "Destroyer", the singer brings Lola to his place where he becomes increasingly paranoid. [3]

  8. Low Budget (song) - Wikipedia

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    [7] Critic Johnny Rogan praises its self-deprecating humor, calling the line "Don't think I'm tight if I don't buy a round" one of the best of Davies' career. [2] According to Davies, hearing the song on the radio in early 1979 helped inspire him to finish writing the rest of the songs for the Low Budget album. [ 5 ]

  9. Lola (song) - Wikipedia

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    You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1849386609. Hickey, Andrew (2012). Preservation: The Kinks' Music 1964–1974. lulu.com. ISBN 978-1291049329. [self-published source] Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day by Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961–1996. Backbeat Books.