Fine...I will amend my complaint. That's allowed in King's County Superior Court, right?

The Kinks made their name and their fame off the backs of studio musicians when they were starting out. They could sing fairly well, but no one could play an instrument for crap. The studios realized this, cad called in hired talent: Big Jim Sullivan, Little Jimmy Page, Bobby Graham, Nicky Hopkins, and some dude named John Baldwin. Because the producers knew these guys could come in on short notice, do what needed to be done and get paid, without these Blookes wringing their hands over which C-sharp to play at the end of the bridge.

The Kinks even wrote a mocking song about session players called "Session Man." They openly mocked most of these players, including Pagey. But the sad fact remains that The Kinks made their fortune on the back of others who had far less limelight, but far superior talent. And for that I will never forgive them.

I read a story once that Pete Townsend and Eric Clapton went to a Jimi Hendrix concert in London in the late 1960s. Pete turned to Eric and said (apocryphally), "This is the guy who's gonna put us all out of work." At least he had the stones to be honest.

I admit, "Come Dancing" is a catchy ditty. But which of the Davies brothers played trumpet on that song? None. Again, they hired a salsa band (and a good one IMO), and only gave them credit on a record label. Way to go guys.