The amount of wisdom from.one man in 35 minutes , and didn't dry up once, well read, well lived, and apologises for swearing only once , how refreshing , specially in the world we live in now , thanks Ray Davies ,
One of the greatest songwriters EVER. Their music has stood the test of time and always will. I also believe his brother, Dave, doesn't get the credit he deserves for his playing, tone and innovation. Everyone remembers Lola, Waterloo Sunset & You Really Got Me (as well they should) but Destroyer, Hatred, I'm Not Like Everybody Else and Living on a Thin Line have always held special places in my heart due for many different reasons. Long live Ray, Dave and the Kinks!
I always say that Ray Davies has the melody of McCartney, the poetic cynicism of Lennon, the creative versatility of Dylan, the presence of Jagger and the sensibility of Townshend.
One of the greatest songwriters in history. The Kinks will be remembered long after today's "musicians" are forgotten. Waterloo Sunset, Days, You Really Got Me, Shangrila, Victoria, too many to mention.
He’s been hit by Father Time, but he’s still all there up stairs so to speak. Still witty, still intelligent. A reunion tour makes me wary, but it’s good to see that he’s doing fine. It’s just crazy how much he’s aged.
True, true...but he's nearly, if not already, 80 years old , man!! For someone who has had more than his fair share of exotic substances and booze, he's on top form !
The Kinks and The Who were the two bands that got me and those within my close-knit circle of friends interested in starting a band back in the 1960s. All of my friends are gone, but the music of The Kinks is still vital in my life. Many thanks, Ray and band for getting me through many a rough patch. God keep all of you.
Such a terrible thing that I wasn’t interviewing Ray. Seriously. I saw Ray with his “Storyteller” tour in Stockbridge, MA here in the Berkshires. Around the time he released his auto biography, “X-Ray”. Wonderful to see him again, so darn intelligent, knowledgeable, thoughtful, sensitive and bright! Can’t say enough. God Bless.
First thing... I love the Kinks... LOVE THEM. watching Ray age is like watching your fav dog get older... the love only gets deeper but it stings to watch him get older & slow down
Well put. He is a different person now, slowed down & with time to reflect. I for one am grateful for that. Too callow these guys who flame out in their 20s.
Thank you Ray for a wonderful interview. I grew up in middle class Canada and started listening to your music (and all the lyrics as well) in my teens. Unfortunately, (at least for me) I was over whelmed by all the other rock music going on at the time. I ended up putting you Ray and your band the Kinks on the second and even the third shelf. It has not been since years later that I have found myself amazed at how Good you boys really are. The Floyd and all the rest have nothing on you. Please take care and God Bless. Thank you.
Well said Canuck, what part you from ? (I've toured a lot from Victoria to Montreal, but spent most time around Toronto - I loved PRiSM from Vancouver - a Brilliant rock band).
@@williamanderson5437 Thanks for the reply. I grew up in the Windsor Ontario area and listened to the Motown music that came out of Detroit at the time. Have a wide variety of music that I listen to. Now living in Calgary. Are you still in a band?
One of their best. I taped it with a wee cassette recorder mic under the covers falling asleep. From Radio Caroline I think. Beautiful poetry and melody.
I am a Beatles fan and I highly appreciate McCartney's short story wrriting in a 3 minutes pop song, like Eleanor Rigby. But Sir Ray is the grandmaster in doing so.
I find that the kinks oeuvre is deeper and better than that of the Beatles- though I know I am in the minority on this. On their greatest records the kinks are just a better more enjoyable and entertaining listen for me
@ Yeah, thats what every British band was doing in those times; 2 to 3 great songs and then rock n roll covers, horrid love songs, and instrumentals to fill up the rest of the album. Kink Kontroversy is where I think they started to get really good. No filler on that album.
Yeah, I love the Kinks, but they (like everyone else) had some filler. "All Day and All of the Night," while a jam, is basically just "You Really Got Me Now" with the serial numbers filed off.
There are so many good Kinks Albums with very little to no "filler" songs but Preservation Act 2 was what I call mostly filler. I would call it their worst album ever issued. Truly forgettable.
That interviewer was a trip. If Ray doesn't want to talk about or say something, dude should back off. Ask the question, LISTEN TO HIS RESPONSE, and go from there. I totally love Ray. He is simply the best.
I grew up with 80s music but always loved music from before my time also. Beatles and Stones were good but as a teen growing up in the 80/90s I always wondered why the Kinks weren’t mentioned as much. The lyrics - the social themes of them seemed way ahead of their time and as a teenager their songs just took my breath away - something which I never experienced to the same level with any other past band. I’m just glad at least I’ve had my life enriched by the genius of Ray Davies and the band. I hope he knows he mattered to the people who matter.
Ray somehow delivers the cliff notes of everything....he's got it down to an essence. What a great way to learn, through the lens of Ray Davies. He's got such a great mind. He's compelling to listen to, because nothing he says is a fluff or a throw-away. Everything he says matters. He has a kind of a gift that you can't learn. He briefly talked about this "kernel" that's inside you... it's moving to hear, you know? He has really been careful and extensive in his observations of life. Truly great! Lucid.
My brother saw Ray Davies hanging out in a bar in NYC years back. I think he may have a place there. I’m glad I got to see the Kinks once back in 1978 in Waterbury, CT. He was a bit inebriated but he made it through the show OK. He’s a living legend.
My first ever, ticket paid for indoor gig was the Kinks. We all wore parkas and Ray came over to us during the encore and shouted 'how are the Mods?!?!'. We were ecstatic. I was just 13 years old.
Either Kink Ray or Dave has at various times said either yes or no. To say it is just Dave is incorrect. Seems like when one says yes the other says no and visa versa. Been a fan since the first Kinks Record. There have many possible Kinks reunion rumors since 1997. None have happened so far. That is not to saw that this will not be the time. I agree the chances are against it. Though thus time fix not angrily say no. Ray has said in recent years he sees no reason for a Kinks reunion. Though Dave and Ray did work on Music with Ray for another project. Out of that there are two songs, unfinished, that would on a Kinks album if it happens. Ray is the best song writer of the last 100 years I think. I hope to see Ray, Dave, and Mick Avery work together again . Though we are running out of time.. I am all for a Kinks reunion! Ray and Dave make great music together. Long live the Kinks!!!
My appreciation for the man’s greatness is only increasing with time. It would be great if The Kinks could produce one more album - they have it in them. If not - it doesn’t matter, they will always be giants. Ray - I salute you.
Great to hear from Ray again. Its time that he and Dave got on 100% and put out some more fantastic songs which are surely waiting to be created by them. There is always a way to get on well. Indeed the Kinks have always been a terrific band and their music should (and I believe will) go on forever. Hopefully an entertaining interview with both Ray and Dave together soon.
Ray is the best song writer of the last 100 years. He is right there, for myself, with Lennon/McCartney as a songwriter. I still love his music as much as I did ever did. In 56 years his music still speaks to me. Thank you for 56+ years of great music. I can’t wait to hear the new Kinks music! Long live the Kinks. To see Mick Avory, Ray Davies and Dave Davies play together again will be a highlight of my life.
Waterloo Sunset = A song that NEVER seems to age. A song that sounds fresh and intriguing some 54 or so years after it was composed. Put simply...A pop masterpiece.
Ray Davies Is The Man That Everybody Took A Little Piece of To Improve Themselves........Only Ray Davies Can Span Our Entire way Of Life That We All Live In ......With His Songs.
The Kinks one of the very greatest English rock bands ever and should have been bigger than they were! I play You really got me on my gigs and it feels great every time I do it giving it some on that riff! peoples heads turn...they know exactly what it is from the start! I hope their reunion and new album is a great success for them and that their live show gets televised!
@@vanstan7929 Linl Wray had the guitar effect but not the rock song, pretty tame for it to be called hard rock, so yeah the Kinks have the original hard rock song
God Bless you, Ray, and thank you for the many, many hours, decades of great music, you were and continue to be, one of my favorite artist and band. Speaking of the USA...saw you live in Providence, Rhode Island in 1979. Saw your brother, Dave, perform at the Station Night Club (the one that burned down not too long afterwards), in West Warwick, RI. Looking forward to hearing your new album. In Liberty!
I can't imagine a better show than going down to the pub to see & listen to the Kinks, in whatever iteration. No stadium, please! Now, I will have to open some pubs myself here in California. Maybe some bars would work.
This is a very good interview. I learned alot. I enjoy hearing Ray Davis speak about himself. His life. Especially his music. I look forward to seeing him and the band get together sometime. Guess I'll be taking a vacation in England.
Dave & Ray Davies are The Kinks that never were fully recognized for their contribution to the 60s British Invasion and moving forward. Despite the brothers "sibling" rivalry they churned out memorable hit songs that contain lyrics and music that are a "cut above" the rest!
What an interesting guy. He's so well spoken and thoughtful. Yet to me anyway, he's kept the working class North London accent. He speaks highly of his brother, who he can't get along with. I love that "Paul's got a new record out"?
Yes, all of these! Also that remark about seeing the Stones... He always spoke highly of his brother, though. So did Dave. It's just that they couldn't stand to be in a room together.
thanks for this, it was well appreciated! love the kinks and the sort of way that they different with great songs, but not as flashy (egotiistical) still no reunion? a well respected genius. couldn't tell if he was serious about the rolling bones, but ray is a gentleman.peace
One of my favourite Kinks songs is one that very rarely gets played on the radio. "Celluloid Heroes" is such a beautifully crafted song with brilliant lyrics..with incredible pathos, well worth checking out on UA-cam. Ray Davies is a living legend. (edit*).. just listening to Ray as I'm typing this, he actually mentions 'celluloid heroes' at 11:10 in the interview. :-)
I am fortunate enough to have my copy of it signed by Ray when he played HMV in Toronto in 2007 - His official biography that he wrote himself in the 3rd person set in the future is X-Ray - It done in a novel style based on his experiences from birth to when the Lola LP came out. It is excellent.
I've been a fan of The Kinks since they started. Very interesting interview, and thank you for the upload. Ray Davies is very much a Londoner, and I can't always agree with him, but he's certainly a cultural landmark, and I wish him all the best..
Great words from one of the best wordsmiths. Of my generation, we know all the lyrics., and the of the tunes they still resound, and that was a good time-period to grow up in. We had a lot of hope then. Thanks for sharing.
Walking along Hollywood Boulevard ('Celluloid Heroes' going through my head), the intersection with Vine St has on all corners, a Star to the Astronauts of Apollo X1, three stars down Vine St, West side is a Star to 'Broncho Billy Anderson' a very early western star (The Great Train Robbery, Son of a Gun, etc), I was stunned to see my own name there. Thanks Ray for such a Wonderful song.
I saw them at the Us festival in 82. They played Destroyer and when it was over he asked "do you want us to play it again?" ....and they did. Great time to see the Kinks as they were at the peak of their popularity.....in America anyway. One for the Road came out around this time and Come Dancing didn't exist yet. Perfect time to see em.
I simply could not be happier that the kinks are getting back together. It has always troubled me, hearing stories about ray and Dave falling out. I am completely thrilled.
We always hear about the Beatles and the Stones, but for me, it was always the Kinks who were the real contenders. Ray Davies, totally redefined the art form when it came to songwriting. They tell you that you shouldn’t meet your heroes, but they definitely got that one wrong. ❤️
This is truly a lost art... speaking in complete thoughts and sentences. This used to be the standard and apart from Ray's all around brilliance as an artist, I admire that he obviously cherishes ideas, thoughts, and communication. Chapeau bas Sir Raymond!
I hope you get back with the rest of the group,you are one of my favourite groups,and when the group come into my town,I always go and see them,my town is in Cornwall,so please get back with them.
'Set me free little girl - all you gotta do is set me free little girl - you know you can make it if you try - all you gotta do is set me free, free.. I don't want no one if I can't have you to myself - I don't need nobody else - so if can't have you to myself - set me free - set me free' .... (Set Me Free by The Kinks). I love that great English group soo much !! I'll defo go see them if and when they go on the road. Good interview. Cheers chan4. Rx
"Coming Up For Air" is probably my favourite novel, not just by Orwell, but of all. Discovering that Ray Davies counts that as a reference novel has made me very happy (which is a bit of an understatement). I suppose I shouldn't really be surprised though. It's an incredibly powerful novel, but only if you are from a certain background and care about England - and London - in an almost spiritual, even mystical way. You care very deeply about origins so you at least have some chance to make sense of how we arrived at this state of affairs. Or, rather, how I did. The interviewer clearly had absolutely no idea what Davies was talking about, of course. He's never read the novel and would sneer at it if he ever bothered to. That is guaranteed.
Ray Davies is the poet laureate of London, god bless that man.
Sure is...and that's God with a capital G.
Song lyrics and poetry are rarely comparable. Very rarely.
@@jnagarya519That's rubbish. Song lyrics are literally poetry. You are delusioned
My respect and admiration for this man has increased as I've got older.
He always was wise beyond his years .
The amount of wisdom from.one man in 35 minutes , and didn't dry up once, well read, well lived, and apologises for swearing only once , how refreshing , specially in the world we live in now , thanks Ray Davies ,
One of the greatest songwriters EVER. Their music has stood the test of time and always will. I also believe his brother, Dave, doesn't get the credit he deserves for his playing, tone and innovation. Everyone remembers Lola, Waterloo Sunset & You Really Got Me (as well they should) but Destroyer, Hatred, I'm Not Like Everybody Else and Living on a Thin Line have always held special places in my heart due for many different reasons. Long live Ray, Dave and the Kinks!
Ray Davies is a Genius...
thats correct
He is. A most remarkable guy. A well respected man. His brother is outstanding too. God save The Kinks.
Can a non-genius recognize "genius"?
Word.
“I’m a lost soul” Heartbreaking man. Cheer up Ray. Love u man 🧡
I always say that Ray Davies has the melody of McCartney, the poetic cynicism of Lennon, the creative versatility of Dylan, the presence of Jagger and the sensibility
of Townshend.
The presence of Jagger? I love Ray but definitely not.
Dylan, musically speaking, has never been “creatively versatile”. He’s a one-trick word pony.
@@vampyros1 true, I'd say a better example of creative versatility is David Bowie
@@Michael-hc2vs Agreed; Bowie... NOW we're talking a great musician. Well played.
@@vampyros1 clearly you've not listened to even a fraction of his catalogue
One of the greatest songwriters in history. The Kinks will be remembered long after today's "musicians" are forgotten. Waterloo Sunset, Days, You Really Got Me, Shangrila, Victoria, too many to mention.
williamgeorgefraser I’ll keep your list going - “dead end street”, “sunny afternoon”, “strangers”, “i go to sleep”...
Bud Hull don’t forget “all day and all of the night”
He was also one of the best singers. Rolling Stone ranked Waterloo Sunset the 42nd best song of all time...about 42 spots too low.
Pete Townshend has stated many times that Ray Davies is his favorite songwriter.
@@firstlast3209 Waterloo Sunset was voted the #1 song about London, which is quite correct.
He’s been hit by Father Time, but he’s still all there up stairs so to speak. Still witty, still intelligent. A reunion tour makes me wary, but it’s good to see that he’s doing fine. It’s just crazy how much he’s aged.
well put!
True, true...but he's nearly, if not already, 80 years old , man!! For someone who has had more than his fair share of exotic substances and booze, he's on top form !
He’s bipolar so probably has been on mood stabilizers for his whole adult life. Those can slow down speech.
Very straight guy , sensitive , sincere .. unusual man , God bless him .
The greatest Songwriter/ story teller of all time. Love Ray and the Kinks!
I’ve been jamming to the Kinks for over 40 years. I love this man
Yep me too!
The Kinks and The Who were the two bands that got me and those within my close-knit circle of friends interested in starting a band back in the 1960s. All of my friends are gone, but the music of The Kinks is still vital in my life. Many thanks, Ray and band for getting me through many a rough patch. God keep all of you.
Such a terrible thing that I wasn’t interviewing Ray. Seriously. I saw Ray with his “Storyteller” tour in Stockbridge, MA here in the Berkshires. Around the time he released his auto biography, “X-Ray”. Wonderful to see him again, so darn intelligent, knowledgeable, thoughtful, sensitive and bright! Can’t say enough. God Bless.
Thank you for the Rays, the Rays and Dave, the songs you made, we praise ye. I’m thinking of the days, I won't forget a single day believe me.
First thing... I love the Kinks... LOVE THEM. watching Ray age is like watching your fav dog get older... the love only gets deeper but it stings to watch him get older & slow down
Well put. He is a different person now, slowed down & with time to reflect. I for one am grateful for that. Too callow these guys who flame out in their 20s.
Peter pan?
Indeed, seems the gunshot changed him- he really seemed to age significantly and even possible early dementia, almost Parkinson's-like
First 3 kinks album covers are etched in my brain. Love Ray. I pine for the days the boys were in the top ten.
True
What deep, talented Ray is. Any of us who grew up with the Kinks were lucky!!
I'm late finding out, but never too late for this musical genius. So happy to hear this. Thank You Ray
Thank you Ray for a wonderful interview. I grew up in middle class Canada and started listening to your music (and all the lyrics as well) in my teens. Unfortunately, (at least for me) I was over whelmed by all the other rock music going on at the time. I ended up putting you Ray and your band the Kinks on the second and even the third shelf. It has not been since years later that I have found myself amazed at how Good you boys really are. The Floyd and all the rest have nothing on you. Please take care and God Bless. Thank you.
Canada!,,!!!
Well said Canuck, what part you from ? (I've toured a lot from Victoria to Montreal, but spent most time around Toronto - I loved PRiSM from Vancouver - a Brilliant rock band).
@@williamanderson5437 Thanks for the reply. I grew up in the Windsor Ontario area and listened to the Motown music that came out of Detroit at the time. Have a wide variety of music that I listen to. Now living in Calgary. Are you still in a band?
Yeah, a superb song is ‘Celluloid Heroes’. Just beautiful and a joy in my life. The Kinks, what a band and a pleasure in life.
One of their best. I taped it with a wee cassette recorder mic under the covers falling asleep. From Radio Caroline I think. Beautiful poetry and melody.
In my view, "Celluloid Heroes" is the greatest song ever written.
I am a Beatles fan and I highly appreciate McCartney's short story wrriting in a 3 minutes pop song, like Eleanor Rigby.
But Sir Ray is the grandmaster in doing so.
No one can match the Beatles - but damn, the Kinks come pretty close with some of their songs.
I find that the kinks oeuvre is deeper and better than that of the Beatles- though I know I am in the minority on this. On their greatest records the kinks are just a better more enjoyable and entertaining listen for me
@@allbottledup9513Retarded hipster confirmed.
Ray never made a filler track; they all counted.
frootles99 Most of what’s on their first couple of albums (before Kink Kontroversy) are filler.
johnny thunder and all of my friends were there
@ Yeah, thats what every British band was doing in those times; 2 to 3 great songs and then rock n roll covers, horrid love songs, and instrumentals to fill up the rest of the album. Kink Kontroversy is where I think they started to get really good. No filler on that album.
Yeah, I love the Kinks, but they (like everyone else) had some filler. "All Day and All of the Night," while a jam, is basically just "You Really Got Me Now" with the serial numbers filed off.
There are so many good Kinks Albums with very little to no "filler" songs but Preservation Act 2 was what I call mostly filler. I would call it their worst album ever issued. Truly forgettable.
That interviewer was a trip. If Ray doesn't want to talk about or say something, dude should back off. Ask the question, LISTEN TO HIS RESPONSE, and go from there.
I totally love Ray. He is simply the best.
This interviewer is deceptively great - he allows Ray to speak at his own pace in his own way. Good job
best reunion ever. The Davies brothers are legends and still alive !!!
In the mid-sixties he was the one who was touching me profoundly by his music. Nowadays he is still touching me by his words.
never heard him talk before but after this i feel all calm and relaxed really nice voice singing and talking long live ray davies
I grew up with 80s music but always loved music from before my time also. Beatles and Stones were good but as a teen growing up in the 80/90s I always wondered why the Kinks weren’t mentioned as much. The lyrics - the social themes of them seemed way ahead of their time and as a teenager their songs just took my breath away - something which I never experienced to the same level with any other past band. I’m just glad at least I’ve had my life enriched by the genius of Ray Davies and the band. I hope he knows he mattered to the people who matter.
Ray somehow delivers the cliff notes of everything....he's got it down to an essence. What a great way to learn, through the lens of Ray Davies. He's got such a great mind. He's compelling to listen to, because nothing he says is a fluff or a throw-away. Everything he says matters. He has a kind of a gift that you can't learn. He briefly talked about this "kernel" that's inside you... it's moving to hear, you know? He has really been careful and extensive in his observations of life. Truly great! Lucid.
My brother saw Ray Davies hanging out in a bar in NYC years back. I think he may have a place there. I’m glad I got to see the Kinks once back in 1978 in Waterbury, CT. He was a bit inebriated but he made it through the show OK.
He’s a living legend.
So fucking excited about a Kinks reunion.
Bioux Hayes
Dave won't allow it to happen, unfortunately!
Me too mate. I am excited as well
My first ever, ticket paid for indoor gig was the Kinks. We all wore parkas and Ray came over to us during the encore and shouted 'how are the Mods?!?!'. We were ecstatic. I was just 13 years old.
I think Ray wouldn't have aired it as an idea without running it by his brother.
Either Kink Ray or Dave has at various times said either yes or no. To say it is just Dave is incorrect. Seems like when one says yes the other says no and visa versa. Been a fan since the first Kinks Record. There have many possible Kinks reunion rumors since 1997. None have happened so far. That is not to saw that this will not be the time. I agree the chances are against it. Though thus time fix not angrily say no. Ray has said in recent years he sees no reason for a Kinks reunion. Though Dave and Ray did work on Music with Ray for another project. Out of that there are two songs, unfinished, that would on a Kinks album if it happens. Ray is the best song writer of the last 100 years I think. I hope to see Ray, Dave, and Mick Avery work together again . Though we are running out of time.. I am all for a Kinks reunion! Ray and Dave make great music together. Long live the Kinks!!!
STOKED! Legends coming together. Thank the musical gods for this.
My appreciation for the man’s greatness is only increasing with time. It would be great if The Kinks could produce one more album - they have it in them. If not - it doesn’t matter, they will always be giants.
Ray - I salute you.
Great to hear from Ray again. Its time that he and Dave got on 100% and put out some more fantastic songs which are surely waiting to be created by them. There is always a way to get on well. Indeed the Kinks have always been a terrific band and their music should (and I believe will) go on forever. Hopefully an entertaining interview with both Ray and Dave together soon.
Thankyou for All -the Days Ray
Ray is the best song writer of the last 100 years. He is right there, for myself, with Lennon/McCartney as a songwriter. I still love his music as much as I did ever did. In 56 years his music still speaks to me. Thank you for 56+ years of great music. I can’t wait to hear the new Kinks music! Long live the Kinks. To see Mick Avory, Ray Davies and Dave Davies play together again will be a highlight of my life.
You haven't heard many songwriters.
he is mot even the best songwriter in England. lol Let alone the world
I saw their Soap Opera tour. I wasn’t anticipating it. I wasn’t a huge fan. But they put on one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. 👏🏻👏🏻
Waterloo Sunset = A song that NEVER seems to age. A song that sounds fresh and intriguing some 54 or so years after it was composed. Put simply...A pop masterpiece.
Dead End Street. THATS a tune
Ray Davies Is The Man That Everybody Took A Little Piece of To Improve Themselves........Only Ray Davies Can Span Our Entire way Of Life That We All Live In ......With His Songs.
Ray Davies, one of the greatest songwriters and performers of our era...
The Kinks one of the very greatest English rock bands ever and should have been bigger than they were! I play You really got me on my gigs and it feels great every time I do it giving it some on that riff! peoples heads turn...they know exactly what it is from the start! I hope their reunion and new album is a great success for them and that their live show gets televised!
Nobody can take away the fact 'You Really got me' was the original Heavy Rock track of all time 🤘🏼
You never heard of Link Wray
@@vanstan7929 Linl Wray had the guitar effect but not the rock song, pretty tame for it to be called hard rock, so yeah the Kinks have the original hard rock song
Ray Davies...What a fabulous Poet Storyteller and Musician
He is just such a doll ! Always has been. I still have the picture of him and my sister taken at Fitzgerald's. They were just hanging out, that's all.
Love The Kinks, great interview.
LOVE the KINKS! The brothers and original bandmates and those whom get to play with them now! Lovely Legacy!!
Lovely to listen to Uncle Ray. Both his words and his music.
I'm grateful I got to see him in concert several years ago.Just an amzaing songwriter and musician
Ray Davies and Frank Zappa are two geniuses who had it all figured out, musically and socially.
Wow! How right you are. They both penned great lyrics. I will now check their biographies!
Genuine artists never have it figured out. In fact, that is the danger, to stop growing.
And: can a non-genius asses genius?
God Bless you, Ray, and thank you for the many, many hours, decades of great music, you were and continue to be, one of my favorite artist and band. Speaking of the USA...saw you live in Providence, Rhode Island in 1979. Saw your brother, Dave, perform at the Station Night Club (the one that burned down not too long afterwards), in West Warwick, RI. Looking forward to hearing your new album. In Liberty!
timeless listening to this legend
Great band! I will always love Father Christmas! My favorite!!
This man composed some really outstanding songs!!! Love him!
Ray Davis, songwriter and musician, was great because he understood 6/8 time.
I can't imagine a better show than going down to the pub to see & listen to the Kinks, in whatever iteration. No stadium, please! Now, I will have to open some pubs myself here in California. Maybe some bars would work.
My favorite band
Mine too!
This is a very good interview. I learned alot. I enjoy hearing Ray Davis speak about himself. His life. Especially his music. I look forward to seeing him and the band get together sometime. Guess I'll be taking a vacation in England.
I was shocked to hear about the shooting incident... never knew about any of that. Incredible story !
Have you just come out of a 15 year coma?
Dave & Ray Davies are The Kinks that never were fully recognized for their contribution to the 60s British Invasion and moving forward. Despite the brothers "sibling" rivalry they churned out memorable hit songs that contain lyrics and music that are a "cut above" the rest!
Love Ray he’s so sweet
What an interesting guy. He's so well spoken and thoughtful. Yet to me anyway, he's kept the working class North London accent. He speaks highly of his brother, who he can't get along with. I love that "Paul's got a new record out"?
Yes, all of these! Also that remark about seeing the Stones...
He always spoke highly of his brother, though. So did Dave. It's just that they couldn't stand to be in a room together.
Glad Ray is still working. Remembering all the Kinks' songs, since the 1960s. Used to play a couple of them myself.
How did this become about you? You should of left out what you did. Okay so you wanted to make sure that you play.
That’s what I was thinking
@@flamingooneleg77 Get a life, get a brain, and get lost, eunuch.
Thank You Ray Davies , Thank You For The Days, The Years, & Thank You For The Inspiration.
thanks for this, it was well appreciated! love the kinks and the sort of way that they different with great songs, but not as flashy (egotiistical) still no reunion? a well respected genius. couldn't tell if he was serious about the rolling bones, but ray is a gentleman.peace
I met him years ago on the upper west side. He is a tall guy. I was surprised.
One of my favourite Kinks songs is one that very rarely gets played on the radio. "Celluloid Heroes" is such a beautifully crafted song with brilliant lyrics..with incredible pathos, well worth checking out on UA-cam. Ray Davies is a living legend. (edit*).. just listening to Ray as I'm typing this, he actually mentions 'celluloid heroes' at 11:10 in the interview. :-)
I'm in the UK stotle, maybe you're in the USA, I'm sure it gets played a lot of various fm stations, not here unfortunately.
bonnie43uk just went to Hollywood Blvd for the first time and I was singing it the entire time.
that song always goes round my head when I see an old movie star that's mentioned in the song. Would love to visit that famous place one day :-).
I love to play and sing that song from Preservation Act One !
mickey rooney sued I believe
50 years following The Kinks. Never gets mold. Hope they come to the states.
"Never gets mold" - I initially smiled at the typo, then thought - "you know, that's actually true too - these songs will never get mould..."
Ray Davies autobiography is superb! A must read.
I am fortunate enough to have my copy of it signed by Ray when he played HMV in Toronto in 2007 - His official biography that he wrote himself in the 3rd person set in the future is X-Ray - It done in a novel style based on his experiences from birth to when the Lola LP came out. It is excellent.
Read Warerloo Sunset (the book) where he creates short stories for various songs he's an amazing writer.
Yes thats the one, it's brilliant.
Yes there is more in this heaven and earth than is revealed in the xray
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I love this man.
I've been a fan of The Kinks since they started. Very interesting interview, and thank you for the upload. Ray Davies is very much a Londoner, and I can't always agree with him, but he's certainly a cultural landmark, and I wish him all the best..
My favorite songwriter of all. A touch of humor and a touch of class in every one. Ray never wrote a bad song.
You've yet to listen to all their recordings.
Great words from one of the best wordsmiths. Of my generation, we know all the lyrics., and the of the tunes they still resound, and that was a good time-period to grow up in. We had a lot of hope then.
Thanks for sharing.
Brilliant interview. Very well done.
Walking along Hollywood Boulevard ('Celluloid Heroes' going through my head), the intersection with Vine St has on all corners, a Star to the Astronauts of Apollo X1, three stars down Vine St, West side is a Star to 'Broncho Billy Anderson' a very early western star (The Great Train Robbery, Son of a Gun, etc), I was stunned to see my own name there. Thanks Ray for such a Wonderful song.
God bless Ray...and God Save The Kinks!
Kinks Forever!
I saw them at the Us festival in 82. They played Destroyer and when it was over he asked "do you want us to play it again?" ....and they did. Great time to see the Kinks as they were at the peak of their popularity.....in America anyway. One for the Road came out around this time and Come Dancing didn't exist yet. Perfect time to see em.
Ray and Dave Davies are Two of the most underrated musicians of all time....and I'm not from England... I'm from Flint Michigan
This is a dream come true
I simply could not be happier that the kinks are getting back together. It has always troubled me, hearing stories about ray and Dave falling out. I am completely thrilled.
We always hear about the Beatles and the Stones, but for me, it was always the Kinks who were the real contenders.
Ray Davies, totally redefined the art form when it came to songwriting.
They tell you that you shouldn’t meet your heroes, but they definitely got that one wrong. ❤️
Every decent songwriter "redefines" songwriting.
Ray Davies is the very best song writer of my generation.
This is truly a lost art... speaking in complete thoughts and sentences. This used to be the standard and apart from Ray's all around brilliance as an artist, I admire that he obviously cherishes ideas, thoughts, and communication. Chapeau bas Sir Raymond!
Ray Davies, Dave Davies both truly legends. ❤️❤️
I hope you get back with the rest of the group,you are one of my favourite groups,and when the group come into my town,I always go and see them,my town is in Cornwall,so please get back with them.
Really like the this guy's interview style - sharp questions, unobtrusive and no gushing
I have loved the kinks for sixty years especially sir ray I still listen to them today ❤❤❤anne Darlington
I don't know him very well, but he seems to be both well-educated and well-cultured
Haha he’s neither. He’s a bit of an autodidact though
mike avori was my idol, when i start in music, best drumer in englis rock...will be great get him back....
Must be true -- you can't spell his name: Avery.
Ray is a gift sent from god
It can't be proven that there's a "god". Why do you not give Ray Davies credit for his own work?
God is a gift sent by ray. You mean
Hope to see them together.again. Last time I saw them on the same stage was in the 90s.
'Set me free little girl - all you gotta do is set me free little girl - you know you can make it if you try - all you gotta do is set me free, free.. I don't want no one if I can't have you to myself - I don't need nobody else - so if can't have you to myself - set me free - set me free' .... (Set Me Free by The Kinks). I love that great English group soo much !! I'll defo go see them if and when they go on the road. Good interview. Cheers chan4. Rx
Love it. Bless him, greatly talented fella, true legend x
Ray Davies - pure genius!
I just discovered The kinks ❤I really appreciated that Ray’s songwriting. I love this band so much😢 I wish I was born in 60s.
Thanks Ray!! Kinks were and always will be my favorite band out of UK! Kinks are Eternity!!
Brilliant, Ray Davies, you are a legendary song writer..
i walked past ray in highgate a while back, i had the beatles twist n shout picture sleeve in my hand, as i passed he said 'i like that one'.
Probably the first words out of his mouth in weeks
Cool! Love the Kinks! I didn't think it would ever happen again due to their ages now.
"Coming Up For Air" is probably my favourite novel, not just by Orwell, but of all. Discovering that Ray Davies counts that as a reference novel has made me very happy (which is a bit of an understatement). I suppose I shouldn't really be surprised though. It's an incredibly powerful novel, but only if you are from a certain background and care about England - and London - in an almost spiritual, even mystical way. You care very deeply about origins so you at least have some chance to make sense of how we arrived at this state of affairs. Or, rather, how I did.
The interviewer clearly had absolutely no idea what Davies was talking about, of course. He's never read the novel and would sneer at it if he ever bothered to. That is guaranteed.
Sadly this will never happen.The show I'd love to see before my times up.