# Kinks Madness - Championship Finals

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-championship-finals/447832>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 3, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-championship-finals/447832 "2008-05-03T00:26:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-championship-finals/447832/21 "2008-05-06T01:31:52Z")

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Interesting: though they had a very long and successful career, their “greatest hit” or championship song came right at the beginning.

Are there any other bands (or artists in any genre) about whom this could be said?

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**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-championship-finals/447832/22 "2008-05-06T02:22:14Z")

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I really expected Lola to win, even though I voted for YRGM over it.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinks-madness-championship-finals/447832/23 "2008-05-06T03:13:10Z")

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And to think that the song was originally turned down because the A&R guy thought the guitar sounded like a barking dog!

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