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So lately I’ve rediscovered my love for basically one of the greatest, most influential rock bands ever (and don’t worry, I’m not going to say, “the Beatles! They were great in ‘Across the Universe,’ right?”). I’m talking about The Kinks.

I grew up listening to Ray Davies’ meditations on the decline and fall of the British Empire in the band’s conceptual album Arthur, learned to play air guitar to “You Really Got Me,” and my dad used “Lola” to teach me about the confusing nature of cross-dressers. Most recently, I’ve been unable to separate the sight of Michael Cera rubbing deodorant on his legs from “A Well Respected Man.” (If you had no idea that this scene is from “Juno,” where have you been living for the past four months?)