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The Kinks - You Really Got Me
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The Kinks - Lola
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The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
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The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
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The Kinks - A Well Respected Man
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The Kinks - All Day And All Of The Night
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The Kinks - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
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The Kinks - Strangers
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The Kinks - Supersonic Rocket Ship
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The Kinks - Victoria
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The Kinks - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
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The Kinks - Living On A Thin Line
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The Kinks - London Song
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The Kinks - Some Mother's Son
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The Kinks - Elevator Man
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The Kinks - Mr. Churchill Says
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The Kinks - Don't Ever Let Me Go
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The Kinks - Don't You Fret
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The Kinks - Picture Book
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The Kinks - Shangri-la
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The Kinks - Tired Of Waiting For You
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The Kinks - (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
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The Kinks - 20th Century Man
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The Kinks - Afternoon Tea
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The Kinks - Apeman
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The Kinks - David Watts
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The Kinks - Days
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The Kinks - Destroyer
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The Kinks - Do It Again
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The Kinks - I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain
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The Kinks - Look For Me Baby
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The Kinks - Monica
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The Kinks - Set Me Free
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The Kinks - Starstruck
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The Kinks - Stop Your Sobbing
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The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
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The Kinks - Till The End Of The Day
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The Kinks - Village Green
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The Kinks - Alcohol
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The Kinks - All Of My Friends Were There
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The Kinks - Autumn Almanac
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The Kinks - Baby Face
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The Kinks - Back To Front
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The Kinks - Beautiful Delilah
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The Kinks - Better Things
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The Kinks - Black Messiah
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The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes
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The Kinks - Come Dancing
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The Kinks - Dandy
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The Kinks - Death Of A Clown
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The Kinks - Denmark Street
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The Kinks - Don't Ever Change
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The Kinks - Get Back In Line
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The Kinks - Got Love If You Want It
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The Kinks - Got My Feet On The Ground
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The Kinks - Harry Rag
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The Kinks - I Bet You Won't Stay
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The Kinks - I Go To Sleep
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The Kinks - I Gotta Go Now
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The Kinks - I Need You
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The Kinks - I'll Remember
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The Kinks - I'm A Hog For You Baby
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The Kinks - I'm A Lover Not A Fighter
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The Kinks - Lazy Old Sun
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The Kinks - Loony Balloon
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The Kinks - Louie Louie
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The Kinks - Love Me Till The Sun Shines
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The Kinks - Low Budget
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The Kinks - Mirror Of Love
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The Kinks - Mr. Reporter
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The Kinks - Mr. Songbird
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The Kinks - My Sharona
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The Kinks - No Return
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The Kinks - Nothin' In This World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'bout That Girl
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The Kinks - Ordinary People
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The Kinks - People Take Pictures Of Each Other
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The Kinks - Prince Of The Punks
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The Kinks - Rosemary Rose
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The Kinks - She's Got Everything
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The Kinks - Sitting By The Riverside
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The Kinks - Take One More Chance
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The Kinks - The Moneygoround
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The Kinks - This Is Where I Belong
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The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow
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The Kinks - Too Much Monkey Business
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The Kinks - Wicked Annabella
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The Kinks - Yes Sir, No Sir
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The Kinks - (A) Face In The Crowd
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The Kinks - 7th Channel
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The Kinks - A Gallon Of Gas
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The Kinks - A Little Bit Of Abuse
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The Kinks - A Little Bit Of Sunlight
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The Kinks - A Long Way From Home
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The Kinks - A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy
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The Kinks - Act Nice And Gentle
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The Kinks - Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues
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The Kinks - Add It Up
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The Kinks - After The Fall
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The Kinks - Against The Tide
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The Kinks - Aggravation
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The Kinks - All Aboard
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The Kinks - All Night Stand
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The Kinks - All She Wrote
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The Kinks - Americana
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The Kinks - And I Will Love You
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The Kinks - Animal
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The Kinks - Animal Farm
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The Kinks - Animals In The Zoo
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The Kinks - Announcement
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The Kinks - Announcements From Preservation Act Ii
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The Kinks - Anytime
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The Kinks - Are You Ready Girl?
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The Kinks - Around The Dial
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The Kinks - Art Lover
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The Kinks - Art School Babe
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The Kinks - Arthur
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The Kinks - Artificial Light
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The Kinks - Artificial Man
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The Kinks - Astral Nightmare
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The Kinks - Attitude
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The Kinks - Australia
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The Kinks - Away From You
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The Kinks - Babies
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The Kinks - Back In The Front Room
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The Kinks - Bald Headed Woman
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The Kinks - Ballad of Julie Finkle
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The Kinks - Banana Boat Song
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The Kinks - Beautiful Night
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The Kinks - Berkeley Mews
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The Kinks - Bernadette
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The Kinks - Big Black Smoke
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The Kinks - Big Sky
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The Kinks - Body
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The Kinks - Brainwashed
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The Kinks - Bright Lights
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The Kinks - Bringing Up Baby
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The Kinks - Brother
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The Kinks - Cadillac
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The Kinks - Catch Me Now I'm Falling
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The Kinks - Charity
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The Kinks - Chosen People
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The Kinks - Clichés Of The World (B Movie)
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The Kinks - Climb Your Wall
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The Kinks - Close To The Wire
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The Kinks - Cold Winter
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The Kinks - Come On Now
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The Kinks - Complicated Life
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The Kinks - Creepin' Jean
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The Kinks - Cricket
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The Kinks - Dancing In the Street
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The Kinks - Danger Zone
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The Kinks - Daylight
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The Kinks - Daylight
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The Kinks - Dead End Street
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The Kinks - Dear Margaret
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The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
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The Kinks - Definite Maybe
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The Kinks - Demolition
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The Kinks - Did Ya
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The Kinks - Did You See His Name?
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The Kinks - Do You Remember Walter?
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The Kinks - Do You Wish To Be A Man?
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The Kinks - Doing The Best For You
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The Kinks - Don't
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The Kinks - Don't Forget To Dance
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The Kinks - Down All The Days (To 1992)
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The Kinks - Dreams
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The Kinks - Drift Away
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The Kinks - Drivin'
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The Kinks - Ducks On The Wall
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The Kinks - Eastern Eyes
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The Kinks - Education
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The Kinks - Emptiness
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The Kinks - End Of The Season
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The Kinks - Entertainment
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The Kinks - Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy
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The Kinks - Everybody's A Star (Starmaker)
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The Kinks - Expectations
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The Kinks - Fancy
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The Kinks - Father Christmas
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The Kinks - Fire Burning
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The Kinks - First Time We Fall In Love
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The Kinks - Flash's Confession
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The Kinks - Flash's Dream (The Final Elbow)
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The Kinks - Flowers In The Rain
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The Kinks - Fortis Green
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The Kinks - Freedom Lies
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The Kinks - Full Moon
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The Kinks - Funny Face
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The Kinks - Get Up
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The Kinks - Give The People What They Want
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The Kinks - Glamour
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The Kinks - God's Children
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The Kinks - Going Solo
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The Kinks - Good Day
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The Kinks - Good Luck Charm
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The Kinks - Got To Be Free
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The Kinks - Gotta Get The First Plane Home
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The Kinks - Groovy Movies
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The Kinks - Guilty
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The Kinks - Hatred (A Duet)
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The Kinks - Have a Cuppa Tea
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The Kinks - Have Another Drink
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The Kinks - Hay Fever
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The Kinks - He's Evil
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The Kinks - Headmaster
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The Kinks - Heart Of Gold
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The Kinks - Here Come the People In Grey
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The Kinks - Here Comes Flash
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The Kinks - Here Comes Yet Another Day
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The Kinks - Hidden Quality
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The Kinks - Hold My Hand
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The Kinks - Holiday
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The Kinks - Holiday In Waikiki
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The Kinks - Holiday Romance
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The Kinks - Holloway Jail
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The Kinks - Hot Potatoes
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The Kinks - House In The Country
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The Kinks - How Are You?
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The Kinks - How Do I Get Close
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The Kinks - I am Free
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The Kinks - I Believed You
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The Kinks - I Don't Need You Any More
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The Kinks - I Gotta Move
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The Kinks - I Took My Baby Home
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The Kinks - I'll Get Over
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The Kinks - I'm Crying
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The Kinks - I'm In Disgrace
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The Kinks - I'm On An Island
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The Kinks - I've Got That Feeling
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The Kinks - I've Got Your Number
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The Kinks - Imaginations Real
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The Kinks - In A Foreign Land
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The Kinks - In A Space
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The Kinks - In You I Believe
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The Kinks - Introduction To Solution
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The Kinks - Is It Any Wonder
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The Kinks - Is This The Only Way
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The Kinks - It (I Want It)
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The Kinks - It Ain't Over, 'Till Its Done!
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The Kinks - It's All Right
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The Kinks - It's Alright
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The Kinks - It's Alright (Don't Think About It)
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The Kinks - It's Too Late
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The Kinks - Jack The Idiot Dunce
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The Kinks - Johnny Thunder
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The Kinks - Juke Box Music
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The Kinks - Just Can't Go To Sleep
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The Kinks - Just Friends
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The Kinks - Kentucky Moon
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The Kinks - Killer's Eyes
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The Kinks - Killing Time
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The Kinks - King Kong
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The Kinks - King Of The Whole Wide World
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The Kinks - Labour Of Love
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The Kinks - Ladder Of Success
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The Kinks - Last of the Steam-Powered Trains
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The Kinks - Lavender Hill
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The Kinks - Lavender Lane
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The Kinks - Let Me Be
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The Kinks - Life Goes On
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The Kinks - Life On The Road
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The Kinks - Lincoln County
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The Kinks - Listen To Me
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The Kinks - Listen To The Spirit
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The Kinks - Little Bit Of Emotion
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The Kinks - Little Man In A Little Box
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The Kinks - Little Miss Queen Of Darkness
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The Kinks - Live Life
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The Kinks - Lonely Hearts
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The Kinks - Long Distance
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The Kinks - Long Tall Sally
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The Kinks - Long Tall Shorty
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The Kinks - Look A Little On The Sunny Side
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The Kinks - Look Through Any Doorway
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The Kinks - Lost And Found
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The Kinks - Love Gets You
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The Kinks - Love In The World
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The Kinks - Massive Reductions
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The Kinks - Matter Of Decision
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The Kinks - Maximum Consumption
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The Kinks - Mean Disposition
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The Kinks - Milk Cow Blues
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The Kinks - Mindless Child Of Motherhood
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The Kinks - Misery
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The Kinks - Misfits
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The Kinks - Missing Persons
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The Kinks - Misty Water
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The Kinks - Moments
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The Kinks - Money & Corruption / I Am Your Man
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The Kinks - Money Talks
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The Kinks - Most Exclusive Residence For Sale
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The Kinks - Motorway
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The Kinks - Mountain Woman
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The Kinks - Move Over
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The Kinks - Moving Pictures
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The Kinks - Mr Pleasant
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The Kinks - Mr. Big Man
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The Kinks - Mr. Shoemaker's Daughter
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The Kinks - Mr. Wonderful
Ordinary People
The Kinks
It's quite a trip for me, so this is reality.
I'm studying every movement, I'm trying to learn the part,
Now I want you to be natural, just relax and be as you are,
'Cos it's all for art, I want to observe the ordinary people
Tomorrow I shall become Norman,
I shall go to his office,
Mix with his workmates.
And if they ask any questions
I shall say I'm doing research for one of my songs.
Nomand and I are changing places
And I'm going to make him a star,
So I'm throwing away my stage suit and I'm packing away my guitar,
For the sake of art I'm gonna mix with the ordinary people.
Star:
God these pyjamas are awful!
Wife:
Awful? Well all I can say is my Norman wears them every night.
Star:
Alright, no sacrifice is too great for art!
The things I've done for music,
The things I've done for art.
So I'll make these sacrifices and I'll take it like a star
For the sake of art I will mix with the ordinary people.
Star:
You'd better come to bed darling.
Wife:
Coming! You'll never get up for work in the morning.
I'm making observations, and character simulations.
I'll mix with his friends and relations,
And he'll be a part of me.
Chorus
He's changing places with Norman,
To get background for his songs.
I'm immortalising his life
And I'll even sleep with his wife,
For the sake of art I'll go to bed like the ordinary people.
Turn out the light.
Turn out the light.
The Star exchanges his silver stage
suit for Norman's pin stripe suit,
umbrella and briefcase. He forsakes
his customary brandy and cigars and
settles for a cup of hot chocolate before
going to bed.
Live version:
Hey Norman, you're stayin' at home with your wife
And you dream you're a rock-n-roll star
But you've reached the point of no return
And you don't know who you really are
You're livin' in a fantasy world
You don't know what's real
How does it feel, all of your life
In an enchanted lie[?] [could be "eternal lie"?]
[Or possibly it's "Imitating lives of... the ordinary people"]
The ordinary people
The ordinary people
The ordinary people
Hey mister can you lend me a hand
Can you tell me who I really am
Am I just an ordinary guy
Or do I play in a rock-n-roll band
Are you all in my imagination
Are they only in my mind
'Cause I just don't know what to feel
When everything seems real
With the ordinary people
The ordinary people
The ordinary people