Song #387: "Around The Dial"--The Kinks (1981)

Sometimes when people think of rock history and bands with a good level of longevity, some tend to forget about Ray Davies, and The Kinks.

They rocked it out for over 30 years, and, by 1981, had released eighteen albums. The nineteenth (eighteenth "studio" album), "Give The People What They Want", had two killer tracks to lead off both sides. Side one began with this ditty, which AOR radio discovered, played, and people like me went nuts. Classic Ray vocals with some "discussion" thrown in, and the guitar. Oh, the guitar (like at :51), mixed in with some "shortwave radio" sound effects.

Yeah, it's all good. And it's exactly what we were still doing back in 1981, searching and searching for our favorite songs, going around the dial, and looking that favorite DJ, who, as the song mentioned, probably ticked off the stupid General Manager.

And, of course, at this point, I was still dreaming of becoming people's favorite DJ one day.  :)

This is the first of two Kinks offerings in the Top 500. #OneOfOurDJsIsMissing