The Kinks Kwestion
&
Andras Jones
From ANDRAS JONES: We end our tribute to The Kinks, as we end all our tribute episodes, with a song to sum up the artist’s message to us. In this case, the randomly chosen Kinks song is “Complicated Life” from their severely underrated 1971 album “Muswell Hillbillies”. This was my contribution to the set list. Looking back on this episode I’m pleased with how it ended up laying out with 2 songs each from Willie Wisely, then Bart Davenport and then Colleen Green. For a band that was known for its singles output, this seems appropriate. Thanks to our musicians and our guests for being a part of this.
Coming up next week: ANYA MARINA: Indie-Pendent Woman.
Complicated Life
Well I woke this morning with a pain in my neck,
A pain in my heart and a pain in my chest,
I went to the good doctor and the good doctor said,
You gotta slow down your life or you’re gonna be dead,
Cut out the struggle and strife,
It only complicates your life.
A pain in my heart and a pain in my chest,
I went to the good doctor and the good doctor said,
You gotta slow down your life or you’re gonna be dead,
Cut out the struggle and strife,
It only complicates your life.
Well I cut down women I cut out booze,
I stopped ironing my shirts, cleaning my shoes,
I stopped going to work, reading the news,
I’m sitting twiddling my thumbs ’cause I got nothing to do,
Minimal exercise,
To help uncomplicate my life,
Gotta stand and face it life is so complicated,
Ladi dah di dahdah, ladi dah di dah dah,
Got to get away from the complicated life son,
Life is overated, life is complicated,
Must alleviate this, complicated life.
I stopped ironing my shirts, cleaning my shoes,
I stopped going to work, reading the news,
I’m sitting twiddling my thumbs ’cause I got nothing to do,
Minimal exercise,
To help uncomplicate my life,
Gotta stand and face it life is so complicated,
Ladi dah di dahdah, ladi dah di dah dah,
Got to get away from the complicated life son,
Life is overated, life is complicated,
Must alleviate this, complicated life.
Like old Mother Hubbard
I got nothin’ in the cupboard,
Got no dinner and I got no supper,
Holes in my shoes I got holes in my socks,
I can’t go to work ’cause I can’t get a job,
The bills are rising sky high,
It’s such a complicated life,
Gotta stand and face it,
Life is so complicated.
I got nothin’ in the cupboard,
Got no dinner and I got no supper,
Holes in my shoes I got holes in my socks,
I can’t go to work ’cause I can’t get a job,
The bills are rising sky high,
It’s such a complicated life,
Gotta stand and face it,
Life is so complicated.
