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BluzDude
Man, he can still write!
But a long way home to Tarzana? Really? That's just the next town over from me.
Why not Encino, Woodland Hills or Calabasas?
Anyway, Ray has still got it!
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stonehearted
Ray Davies' latter day transition in songwriting identity to that of a colonialphile is quite interesting, and there were hints of it in his previous solo album Working Man's Cafe (also a first rate work). Interesting, in that Davies always seemed so quintessentially English in his outlook and sensibilities. How amusing that just after being knighted he releases a work whose artistic instinct says "Go west, young man".
In Village Green he was writing about preserving something, but in Americana he writes about the search for something. And like anyone fascinated by a culture he is not native to, he is entranced by an image, a mythology, something that can never be truly found. Like an anglophile in search of that archetypal Englishness -- how and where does one find it, roast beef on Sundays or a plate of fish and chips or bangers and mash and peas on the Brighton Pier or even by sitting in a lawn chair on the beach in Blackpool for a holiday? Like the colonialphile searching for that elusive and mythological "Americana", for the anglophile in search of something definitively English it always seems just around the corner and yet at the same time always just out of reach.
So maybe it's better that he doesn't reunite the Kinks and keep them on a perpetual "forevermore until we drop" tour, like the Stones and Who of recent years. It means that Ray Davies as a songwriter continues to grow, finding ever new fields of inspiration to mine from as he continues to evolve as a person, rather than being walled into "You Really Got Me" forever and forced to restrict his creative talents accordingly.
In terms of quality, inspiration, and longevity, it's becoming increasingly clear that among those of his generation Raymond Douglas Davies stands head and shoulders above the rest.
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stonehearted
Ray Davies' latter day transition in songwriting identity to that of a colonialphile is quite interesting, and there were hints of it in his previous solo album Working Man's Cafe (also a first rate work). Interesting, in that Davies always seemed so quintessentially English in his outlook and sensibilities. How amusing that just after being knighted he releases a work whose artistic instinct says "Go west, young man".
In Village Green he was writing about preserving something, but in Americana he writes about the search for something. And like anyone fascinated by a culture he is not native to, he is entranced by an image, a mythology, something that can never be truly found. Like an anglophile in search of that archetypal Englishness -- how and where does one find it, roast beef on Sundays or a plate of fish and chips or bangers and mash and peas on the Brighton Pier or even by sitting in a lawn chair on the beach in Blackpool for a holiday? Like the colonialphile searching for that elusive and mythological "Americana", for the anglophile in search of something definitively English it always seems just around the corner and yet at the same time always just out of reach.
So maybe it's better that he doesn't reunite the Kinks and keep them on a perpetual "forevermore until we drop" tour, like the Stones and Who of recent years. It means that Ray Davies as a songwriter continues to grow, finding ever new fields of inspiration to mine from as he continues to evolve as a person, rather than being walled into "You Really Got Me" forever and forced to restrict his creative talents accordingly.
In terms of quality, inspiration, and longevity, it's becoming increasingly clear that among those of his generation Raymond Douglas Davies stands head and shoulders above the rest.
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Plink
Fun online quiz for Kinks fans here: [quizforfan.com]
Pretty easy - got 95% correct (I knew the last answer but didn't click fast enough).
P.S. Very interesting & thoughtful posts, Hopkins & Stonehearted. I think Ray would appreciate them very much
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Plink
Fun online quiz for Kinks fans here: [quizforfan.com]
Pretty easy - got 95% correct (I knew the last answer but didn't click fast enough).
P.S. Very interesting & thoughtful posts, Hopkins & Stonehearted. I think Ray would appreciate them very much
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RollingFreak
Every time the thread is bumped I think reunion lol.
Great HOF though. Amazing they got it when they should have which was right at the beginning of the Hall's construction.