| 词条 | Celluloid Heroes |
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| name = Celluloid Heroes | cover = Celluloid Heroes cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Kinks | album = Everybody's in Show-Biz | B-side = Hot Potatoes | released = 24 November 1972 | format = 7-inch single 45 RPM | recorded = May–June 1972 | studio = Morgan Studios, Willesden, London | venue = | genre = Rock | length = 6:19 | label = RCA 2299 | writer = Ray Davies | producer = Ray Davies | prev_title = Supersonic Rocket Ship | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = Sitting In The Midday Sun | next_year = 1973 }} "Celluloid Heroes" is a song performed by The Kinks and written by their lead vocalist and principal songwriter, Ray Davies. It debuted on their 1972 album Everybody's in Show-Biz.[1] The song names several famous actors of 20th century film, and also mentions Los Angeles's Hollywood Boulevard, alluding to its Hollywood Walk of Fame. The actors mentioned are Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Bela Lugosi, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, George Sanders, and Mickey Rooney, although the verse mentioning the latter three is omitted in some recorded versions of the song (e.g. on One for the Road). Release and receptionThe track was released as the second single from the album. In the UK, the single features the full album version which runs to over six minutes, but the US single used a more corporate-radio-friendly edit which is almost two minutes shorter. Although their previous single had been a top 20 hit on the UK singles chart, "Celluloid Heroes" failed to chart. Although not a hit single, the track received consistent airplay on AOR radio stations in the US through the 1970s and into the 1980s. Airplay in recent years has been scarce with classic rock stations often favoring only the band's top 40 hits; yet it is the song of choice to play when these stations mark the passing of a Hollywood star. This, and Internet radio's "deep cuts" stations ensure its future play. "Celluloid Heroes" is a firm favorite among Kinks aficionados, and is regarded, lyrically and melodically, as one of Davies' most mature and moving works.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} The ballad is one of the few where the talent of John Gosling (on piano) is put at the front as a key element of the song. Former Animals keyboardist Dave Rowberry plays the Hammond organ. Building up on the initial D-major key, the harmonies of the verses proceed in a gradual exploration of several minor chords, until they culminate in an unexpected D7 chord preparing for the key change to G-major in the chorus.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} At the time of its release, the song was one of the longest for the band, peaking at six minutes, while most of Davies' songs had rarely surpassed four minutes.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} The song was a standard in their concert playlists until they disbanded in 1996; appearing on the band's live album One for the Road (1980). This live version features a lengthy instrumental intro, a rare occurrence in the Kinks commercial canon. The song continues to be featured in Ray Davies' solo shows, and was chosen to be re-recorded for the 2009 album The Kinks Choral Collection. The song was also the title track of a 1976 collection featuring material originally released while recording for the RCA label, The Kinks' Greatest: Celluloid Heroes. List of actors mentioned in the lyrics
Cover versions
"2005 appeared this song on the album "Dreimol zehn Jahre" of German kölsch-Rockband "BAP" ! Singer Wolfgang Niedecken recorded this song with Ray Davis in a London Studio! Sound is mixed in "kölsch language with british" References1. ^{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r812950|tab=review |label="The Kinks: Everybody's in Show-Biz > Review" |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |accessdate=10 November 2011}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.nporadio2.nl/song/33689/celluloid-heroes|title=Gezien op NPORadio2.nl: Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks|website=Nporadio2.nl|accessdate=10 October 2018}} External links
13 : 1972 singles|The Kinks songs|Songs written by Ray Davies|Song recordings produced by Ray Davies|RCA Records singles|Songs about Los Angeles|Songs about films|Songs about actors|Hollywood in fiction|Songs about Marilyn Monroe|Cultural depictions of Rudolph Valentino|Cultural depictions of Greta Garbo|Cultural depictions of Bela Lugosi |
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