For some time now, I’ve been on a pretty strict musical diet of Bluegrass and Old-Time music. The details of which are at best, not necessary to discuss at this time, and at worst, uninteresting. When I do break this mold, it is usually for a classic record from my past (there are quite a few). I digress… I’ve noticed a commercial for a new movie called The Darjeeling Limited. I have no idea what the movie is about and I doubt I’ll care but I’m totally captivated every time the commercial comes on… the reason being it’s soundtrack. It would seem the movie contains at least a few cuts off of one of the greatest records of all time… and it’s one most folks don’t own and have only heard one song off of. The album is the Kink’s Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One.

Sidebar:
I recently bought a house and for the first time since I was 17, I am once again required to mow a lawn. In the past, my old man would bang on my bedroom door, early saturday mornings, so I could get up and pull weeds, or pick up bush trimmings, or cut the grass, or whatever else he had in store for me that day. Thanks to the original Sony Walkman, lawn mowing then, as it does now thanks to Apple’s iPod, included great music. Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, was one of a select few of my favorite grass cutting records.

So anyway, this week, I bought Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, for the third time (album, tape, cd). It came in the mail tonight and I’m listening to it as I type. The record is as great today as it was 20 years ago. Actually, thanks to my copy not being re-mastered, it sounds a lot like I remember my warn out tape sounding… time to buy the re-mastered version (my 4th purchase).

Okay, I’m starting to even bore myself with this post so I’ll be brief. This record is easily in my top records of all time. Top 10? Maybe but I don’t feel like doing the math currently. And you’re probably saying “The Kinks!?!”. Yes, The Kinks. Human beings are know to have moments of brilliance… it’s just unusual that someone has a tape recorder going during them… thus making this recording even more extraordinary!