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And what if the Beatles weren’t the best band of all time?Defining “best” is always subjective. My personal number one would be U2, which nobody else is mentioning. They have been successful throughout the 80s and 90s, but became annoying after that (sill selling very well).Some would say Queen are the best, some would say Rolling stones, Pink floyd, Guns n roses… all these band can be found at #2 (some even #1) of some “Top 10/Top 100” list on the internet.But well, if the Beatles were the best band of all time, it’s because they changed everything. Every band after them sounded like Beatles. They redefined pop music, or maybe invented it. There are only 2 other bands who did something similar: Velvet underground and Nirvana. In the late 90s everything sounded like Nirvana, and today we forgot about grunge, but still call “alternative rock” everything that sounds like Nirvana. So is Nirvana the second best?Actually, there have been a lot of bands claiming (or whose fans claim) they “sound like Beatles” but if you know a little more about the 60s, that’s not true. There is another band (part of the “big four”) that has influenced modern music a lot more than Beatles, and nobody is mentioning them: the Kinks. They have produced great songs, and have been very influential. In my opinion, they could have been #1, but they were banned from performing in the US in 1964–1965, when Beatles reached their peak. This is of course my personal opinion, but the Kinks were way better than the Beatles in that period, and would have been #1 if the AFM didn’t cut them off the biggest market. They defined a new sound by using distortion on their guitars (which nowadays everybody is doing), they were first with Indian traditional music instruments…So, in my opinion, the only possible number two is Kinks, the most underrated band ever.

Ah, cock and ball torture, that most strange (to some eyes) of kinks.First off, I should note, and this is likely a refrain I'll be repeating again and again: Kink is not all-or-nothing; it's an all-you-can-eat buffet. I should be very surprised if two people have kink lists that match up 100%. I myself don't share some kinks with my lady, and I know I have some kinks she isn't into. Just because someone's into BDSM doesn't mean that someone is automatically into every kink in the world. (Evidence: Me. CBT isn't my thing. But as we say in the kink community, Your Kink Is Not My Kink But Your Kink Is Okay.)(You know, this is basically an extended complaint as to how the question is written.)Now, as to the actual why of things. CBT is merely a form of pain play - it's just that the pain is applied directly to the genitals. (I suspect this is also why the thought is alarming to men - getting kicked downstairs is a nightmare for any man.) Most of those who are into CBT are masochists, who get off on having pain applied. Those who have CBT as a kink but are not masochists very likely have a sadist for a partner, and get off on the partner getting off on inflicting pain. (Aside: this is what I call a quasi-kink, being into something not for the thing itself, but because of something associated with the thing.)Not being into CBT, I can't speak as to precise causes as to why guys like pain downstairs; and I'm not a psychologist either, and thus I can't speak as to why people like pain with their sex. However, so long as it's consensual, appropriate safety measures are taken, and the indulgence of the kink does not cause problems elsewhere, I see no problems with it at all.

Back in the 70’s my buddy and I went to see the taping of “The Midnight Special” almost every Wednesday afternoon. The way the show was structured, bands would perform their two or three “hits” live in front of an audience. Each episode featured 3 bands.As you can imagine, during the years the show aired, we saw just about every great band there was to see. Google it for a list of artists.One week we went to the taping and The Kinks were there, but the American bands did not perform because of a writers/musician strike.So, The Kinks played their hit singles, that with a couple of missteps (bands could play songs several times in order to get the best version or cover from mistakes) took about 1/2 hour.Since the other scheduled bands didn’t show up, Ray Davies asked the audience if we would like to hear more songs from The Kinks catalog. They then went on to do a full concert for those of us in attendance, which was probably 100 people. An unexpected and amazing experience.