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词条 Kicks (song)
释义

  1. Background and composition

  2. Release and reception

  3. Other versions

  4. Track listing

  5. Personnel

  6. Chart performance

  7. References

{{Infobox song
| name = Kicks
| cover = Paul Revere & the Raiders - Kicks.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Paul Revere & the Raiders
| album = Midnight Ride
| B-side = "Shake It Up" (Non-Lp track)
| released = February 28, 1966[1]
| format = 7-inch single
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Garage rock
| length = 2:26
| label = Columbia
| writer = Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
| producer = Terry Melcher
| chronology = Paul Revere & the Raiders
| prev_title = Just Like Me
| prev_year = 1965
| next_title = Hungry
| next_year = 1966
| misc = {{Extra track listing
| album = Midnight Ride
| type = single
}}
}}

"Kicks" is a song by American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote the song for the Animals, but the band's lead singer Eric Burdon turned it down.[2]

Instead, Paul Revere & The Raiders recorded and released it as a single in 1966. The single was a number one hit in Canada, and reached number four in the United States. "Kicks" was included on the band's fifth album, Midnight Ride, released in May 1966. A live version of the song was recorded on the band's 1996 Greatest Hits Live compilation album.

Considered one of the earliest anti-drug songs, "Kicks" was composed and released during an era in which pro-hippie, pro-experimentation, and other counterculture themes were gaining popularity on U.S. FM radio stations.[3]

The song's message was consequently perceived as outdated by the emerging youth counterculture, as popular artists ranging from The Beatles to Jefferson Airplane had written songs whose themes sharply contrasted that of "Kicks."[3] However, the song has received generally positive reviews by music critics in the decades since its release.[4][5][6]

In 2004, "Kicks" was ranked number 400 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Background and composition

After the Animals had chart success with the 1965 single "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," producer Terry Melcher asked the song's writers, Mann and Weil, to compose a similar song for Paul Revere & the Raiders.[1][7]

The result was "Kicks," a song originally offered to the Animals, but turned down by lead singer Eric Burdon.[2] Mann and Weil wrote the song as a warning to a friend about the dangers of drug use.[7][8]

In the song, a narrator pleads with a girl that drug use causes addiction and that soft drugs can lead to the use of hard drugs,[3] though the lyrics never explicitly mention any of those things; ultimately the lyrics conclude that her real problem is psychological ("you'll never run away from you") and that there is "another way" to face the trials of life.

Musically, the song's lead guitar lines recall the Beatles, while its bass figures are similar to those popularized by The Byrds.[8] The song contains closer harmonies and a more euphonious melodic arrangement than the band's previous single, "Just Like Me".[9]

Lead singer Mark Lindsay's R&B vocal style, combined with the song's guitar and organ instrumentation, is reminiscent of British bands such as The Kinks and The Yardbirds.[10]

Release and reception

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In March 1966, "Kicks" entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 62.[11]

The song peaked at number four in May,[12]

and spent 14 weeks on the chart.[13]

Within two months of its release, the single had sold 500,000 copies.[14]

It was the highest-charting U.S. hit to that date for Paul Revere & the Raiders, later eclipsed only by 1971's "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)," which peaked at number one.[15]

"Kicks" became the band's first Canadian number one single when it topped the Canadian Singles Chart in May 1966.[16]

The song is considered the first with an anti-drug message to become a U.S. hit single.[3][17]

With the passage of the Communications Act of 1934, the Federal Communications Commission was chartered to monitor the radio and TV industries, meaning broadcasts were subject to censorship.[18]

Some censors, based on the song title alone, mistakenly believed "Kicks" to glorify drug use.[18]

Despite the song's commercial success, its lyrics were soon perceived as outdated[9] by young people, as they increasingly experimented with marijuana and LSD.[3] Meanwhile, songs emerged from popular artists who praised, sometimes cryptically and sometimes overtly, the use of psychedelic drugs.[3] These acts included the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and the Byrds.[3] The messages contained within hit songs such as "White Rabbit," "Along Comes Mary" and "Eight Miles High" were antithetical to that of "Kicks," which contributed to a perception by members of the burgeoning youth counterculture that Paul Revere & the Raiders were part of the Establishment.[3] Singer–songwriter David Crosby, then a member of the Byrds, was upset with the success of the song, particularly as it came just after his group's "Eight Miles High" had been boycotted by many U.S. radio stations.[19]

Crosby described "Kicks" as "a dumb anti-drug song" that took "a falsely adopted stance. With 'Eight Miles High,' we were talking about something very near and dear to our hearts."[19]

On the other hand, Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson singled out "Kicks" as one of his favorites of Terry Melcher's works.[20]

Music critic Chris Brown of Crawdaddy! praised the song's vocal, saying "the use of harmony is well-timed and wonderfully executed; and the power in the vocal as the last word of each verse stretches into the chorus is undoubtedly what sells the song."[4]

Bruce Eder of AllMusic called it "a great song that managed to be cool and anti-drug."[5]

In his 2009 book, Everybody Must Get Stoned, author R. U. Sirius named "Kicks" the number one rock song against drugs.[6]

Sirius said, "With clear and concise lyrics by the famous Mann-Weil songwriting team, there's no cheese on rock's first anti-drug platter."[6]

The song was ranked number 400 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[1] The song placed 36th on Paste Magazine{{'}}s 2014 list of the "50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time".[21]

Other versions

Paul Revere & the Raiders performed a live version of "Kicks" on the band's 1996 Greatest Hits Live compilation.[22]

Lindsay, with the Mark Lewis Trio, re-recorded the song on the 1990 album Looking for Shelter.[23]

A live version appears on his 1999 album Legends Live: Mark Lindsay & Friends.[24]

Former bass guitarist Phil Volk, with his band Fang & the Gang, performed the song on the 2005 tribute album Fang Reveres the Raiders.[25]

Mann and Weil revisited the song in their 2004 Off Broadway revue They Wrote That? The Songs of Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil.[26]

Singer-songwriter Del Shannon recorded a cover of "Kicks" on his 1966 album This Is My Bag.[27]

Surf rock group The Challengers covered the song on their album California Kicks, also released in 1966.[28]

The Leathercoated Minds, a studio band featuring J. J. Cale on guitar and production, performed the song on their 1968 album A Trip Down the Sunset Strip.[29]

Psychedelic rock band Nazz covered the song on their final album Nazz III.[30]

In 1974, John Mellencamp was signed to MCA Records after Mellencamp recorded a demo on which he performed the song.[31]

Rock band Earth Quake recorded a version of the song on their 1977 album Levelled.[32]

Leif Garrett covered "Kicks" on his 1979 album Same Goes for You.[33]

Singer-songwriter David Edwards recorded a cover of "Kicks" on his self-titled debut album released in 1981.

Naz Nomad and the Nightmares, a side project featuring members of punk band The Damned, covered the song on their 1984 album Give Daddy the Knife Cindy.[34]The Monkees included their version of the song on their 1986 greatest hits compilation Then & Now... The Best of The Monkees.[35]

Rock band The Flamin' Groovies released "Kicks" as a single from their 1986 album One Night Stand.[36]

In 1999, jazz guitarist Mimi Fox released the album Kicks, on which her rendition of the song appears.[37]

Garage rock band The Gants added a version of the song on their 2000 greatest hits album I Wonder.[38]Everclear covered the song on their 2008 album The Vegas Years.[39]

Track listing

7" Vinyl
  1. "Kicks" (Mann, Weil) – 2:26
  2. "Shake It Up" (Lindsay, Revere) – 3:59

Personnel

  • Mark Lindsay – lead vocals
  • Drake Levin – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Phil Volk – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Paul Revere – organ, backing vocals
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Jerry Cole - guitar[40]
  • Terry Melcher – producer

Chart performance

Chart (1966)Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart[16]1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart[15]4
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles Chart[41]3

References

1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596245/kicks|title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|publisher=Rolling Stone (Wenner Media)|date=2004-12-09|accessdate=2009-09-06}}
2. ^1 {{cite web|last=Dominic|first=Serene|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2000-03-09/music/paul-revere-and-the-raiders/|title=Phoenix Music – Paul Revere & the Raiders|publisher=Phoenix New Times (New Times Media)|date=2000-03-09|accessdate=2009-09-06}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite book|last=Perone|first=James E.|title=Music of the Counterculture Era|edition=1st|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn.|date=2004|pages=113–4, 117–8|isbn=978-0-313-32689-9}}
4. ^1 {{cite journal|date=March 1966|last=Brown|first=Chris|title=Record Reviews|journal=Crawdaddy!|publisher=|volume=1|issue=3|pages=16–17}}
5. ^1 {{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p118074|pure_url=yes}}| title=Paul Revere & the Raiders – Biography| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date= | accessdate=2009-09-06}}
6. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Sirius|first=R.U.|title=Everybody Must Get Stoned|edition=|publisher=Citadel Press (Kensington Books)|location=New York|date=2009|page=118|isbn=978-0-8065-3073-4}}
7. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2067|title='Kicks' by Paul Revere and the Raiders|publisher=Songfacts|date=|accessdate=2009-09-06}}
8. ^1 {{cite book|last=Whitcomb|first=Ian|title=Rock Odyssey: A Musician's Chronicle of the Sixties|edition=1st|publisher=Doubleday (Random House)|location=Garden City, N.Y.|date=1983|page=277|isbn=978-0-385-15705-6}}
9. ^1 {{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Al|url={{AllMusic|class=song|id=t5736132|pure_url=yes}}| title=Review – 'Kicks' – Paul Revere & the Raiders| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-09-07}}
10. ^{{cite book|last1=Schinder|first1=Scott|last2=Schwartz|first2=Andy|title=Icons of Rock: An Encyclopedia of the Legends Who Changed Music Forever|edition=1st|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn.|date=2007|page=261|isbn=978-0-313-33846-5}}
11. ^{{cite journal|date=1966-03-26|title=Billboard Hot 100|journal=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=78|issue=13|page=20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA20#v=onepage&q=|accessdate=2009-09-06}}
12. ^{{cite journal|date=1966-05-14|title=Billboard Hot 100|journal=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=78|issue=20|page=22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ygEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q=|accessdate=2009-09-06}}
13. ^{{cite journal|date=1966-06-18|title=Billboard Hot 100|journal=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=78|issue=25|page=18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0igEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA18#v=onepage&q=|accessdate=2009-09-06}}
14. ^{{cite journal|date=1966-06-18|title=Revere and Raiders in Hot (Records) Gallop|journal=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=78|issue=19|page=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_igEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q=|accessdate=2009-09-06}}
15. ^1 {{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p118074|pure_url=yes}}| title=Paul Revere & the Raiders – Charts & Awards – Billboard Singles| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date= | accessdate=2009-09-06}}
16. ^1 {{cite journal|date=1966-05-02|title=RPM 100|journal=RPM|publisher=RPM Music Publications Ltd.|volume=5|issue=10|page=|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5727&volume=5&issue=10&issue_dt=May%2002%201966&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=0r5ollk3glhvlgn4fo3smdhtb1|accessdate=2009-09-06}}
17. ^{{cite book|last=Wadhams|first=Wayne|title=Inside the Hits: The Seduction of a Rock and Roll Generation|edition=1st|publisher=Berklee Press|location=Boston, MA|date=2001|page=149|isbn=978-0-634-01430-7}}
18. ^1 {{cite book|last=Blecha|first=Peter|title=Taboo Tunes: A History of Banned Bands and Censored Songs|edition=|publisher=Backbeat Books|location=San Francisco|date=2004|pages=32, 73|isbn=978-0-87930-792-9}}
19. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Zimmer|first1=Dave|last2=Diltz|first2=Henry|title=Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Biography|edition=3rd|publisher=Da Capo Press|location=New York|date=2008|page=43|isbn=978-0-306-81615-4}}
20. ^{{cite journal|date=2004-12-04|title=Producer Terry Melcher Dies|journal=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=116|issue=49|page=8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q=|accessdate=2009-09-06}}
21. ^{{cite web|date=2014-08-27|last=Stiernberg|first=Bonnie|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/08/the-50-best-garage-rock-songs-of-all-time.html|title=The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time|publisher=Paste Magazine|accessdate=2014-09-08}}
22. ^{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r300415|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – Greatest Hits Live – Paul Revere & the Raiders| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
23. ^{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r667588|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – Looking for Shelter – Mark Lindsay & the Michael Lewis Trio| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
24. ^{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r421976|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – Legends Live: Mark Lindsay & Friends – Various Artists| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
25. ^{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r726406|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – Fang Reveres the Raiders – Fang & the Gang| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
26. ^{{cite journal|date=2004-02-28|last=Bessman|first=Jim|title=They Wrote That? We Loved It|journal=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=116|issue=9|page=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hA8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q=|accessdate=2009-09-09}}
27. ^{{cite web|last=Eder|first=Bruce|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r17833|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – This Is My Bag – Del Shannon| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
28. ^{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r3549|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – California Kicks – The Challengers| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
29. ^{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r42911|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – A Trip Down the Sunset Strip – The Leathercoated Minds| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
30. ^{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r13755|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – Nazz III – The Nazz| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
31. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/502343/19981006/mellencamp_john.jhtml|title=VH1 – John Mellencamp|publisher=VH1 (MTV Networks)|date=|accessdate=2009-09-06}}
32. ^{{cite web|last=Worbois|first=Jim|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r36235|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – Levelled – Earth Quake| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
33. ^{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r38672|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – Same Goes for You – Leif Garrett| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
34. ^{{cite web|last=Raggett|first=Ned|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r45754|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – Give Daddy the Knife Cindy – Naz Nomad and the Nightmares| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
35. ^{{cite journal|date=1986-07-19|title=Reviews – Albums|journal=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=98|issue=29|page=74|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA74#v=onepage&q=|accessdate=2009-10-15}}
36. ^{{cite journal|date=1986-11-15|title=AIM Records|journal=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=98|issue=46|page=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UCQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=RA1-PA56#v=onepage&q=|accessdate=2009-09-09}}
37. ^{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r400567|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – Kicks – Mimi Fox| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
38. ^{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r210440|pure_url=yes}}| title=Overview – I Wonder – The Gants| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-10-15}}
39. ^{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1341451|pure_url=yes}}| title=Review – 'The Vegas Years' – Everclear| publisher=AllMusic (Rovi Corporation)| date=| accessdate=2009-09-14}}
40. ^{{cite web|title=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jerry-cole-surf-guitarist-859049.html|accessdate=September 14, 2017}}
41. ^{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19660507.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 5/07/66|publisher=Cashbox Magazine, Inc.|date=|accessdate=2009-09-06}}
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