Between movies and TV commercials The Kinks are rolling in dough. Since 2007 alone they have been featured in 7 TV spots and 7 movies. When will these Directors get over this Kinks craze? It appears that The Kinks are quickly losing their edge (just as The Beatles, Stones, and The Who) while these posing, retro – hipsters continue to overplay them.
So please, Wes and Wes Wannabes, get over your slow-motion Kinks montages. What band are they going to anoint next? Herman’s Hermits?
KINKS’ TV SPOTS
IBM – “I’m Not Like Everybody Else”
HP – “Picture Book”
Converse and Target – “Everybody’s a Star”
Alka-Seltzer – “Tired of Waiting for you”
Gap Kids – “Your Really Got Me”
La La – “Lola”
Coke – “Lola”
Abbott Labs – “Everybody’s Gonna be Happy”
Joes Superstore – “Everybody’s Gonna be Happy”
Tide – “All the Day and All of the Night”
Starburst – “All the Day and All of the Night”
Kohls – “All the Day and All of the Night”
Saab – “All the Day and All of the Night”
GM – “All the Day and All of the Night”
Kinks find a 6m glow in advertising.
KINKS’ FEATURES
2008
The Bank Job – “Lola”
2007
Rakkauden nalka – “Waterloo Sunset”
Smother – “Better Things”
The Darjeeling Limited – “This Time Tomorrow,” “Strangers,” “Powerman”
Juno – “Well Respected Man”
Hot Fuzz – “Village Green Preservation Society,” “Village Green”
The Savages – “Riverside”
2006
School for Scoundrels – “Set Me Free”
Click – “Do It Again”
Doogal – “You Really Got Me”
Video Killed the Movie Stars 