Kissing the Pink: Naked (1983)

I remember when this band was more or less forced to change its name from Kissing the Pink to KTP because some people were offended by the sexual innuendo. What a bunch of crybabies. I am not in favour or rampant profanity of profanity for no good reason, but Kissing the Pink is obscure enough not to offend the vulnerable or the easily offended. After all, you have to do a little thinking to connect the dots, but not as much as you need to do to figure out what Steely Dan's name is all about. Nowadays, we have much more explicit names for bands, like Scissor Sisters, Anal Cunt, Fucked Up, Butthole Surfers, Holy Fuck, among many others. Kissing the Pink seems genuinely wholesome and completely inoffensive compared to some others more contemporary bands.

Naked is the first Kissing the Pink LP. I like it.

The Beatles: Let it Be... Naked (2003)

It's hard to know what to make of this record. It sounds good, the packaging is cool, and/but the tracks are obviously different to the tunes I grew up with. The most jarring version to me is The Long and Winding Road, because I am so accustomed to the earlier version. I find that it sounds like a demo rather than a completed and produced track. I will say that I prefer the original version of Don't Let Me Down. It's an interesting record to have in the collection.