You Really Got Me: An Illustrated World Discography of the Kinks (The/Kins Series Part 1)
Cinematical (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Kinks will soon have us! The English rock band (aka the dudes behind the song "You Really Got Me") are getting a feature biopic. ScreenDaily reports that British director Julien Temple is collaborating with frontman Ray Davies on a film that will focus on the relationship between Ray and fellow bandmate and brother Dave Davies. The two were the only steady members of the band, and as...
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | yesterday
As reported by Screen Daily via Monika Bartyzel, a new biopic is in the works about the Kinks — the great British Invasion band everyone seems to forget about even as songs like “Lola” and “You Really Got Me” and “A Well Respected Man” rank favorably with anything put out by the Who and the [...]
The Daily Gazette stories (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Many of the fans who used to jump up and down at Kinks’ shows looked wider and grayer, and they mostly sat instead of levitating to the primal force of Ray Davies' music on Monday at The Egg. However, the rock 'n' roll hall of famer sounded fun and fierce in a nearly two-hour show spanning Kinks’ hits and his later solo songs, most written in New Orleans.
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Regular readers of this blog know that I am a huge Kinks fan. Watch and listen as Ray Davies, the genius frontman of that late, great band, discusses and then performs "Thanksgiving Day." Technorati tags: Americana Thanksgiving america usa The Kinks Ray Davies music rock British Invasion entertainment video
Ra'anana Ramblings (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
So I was in the mood to hear the song Death of a Clown (any other Kinks fans out there?), and when I checked on Youtube, one of the results that popped up was this video: I'll bet she'd drink to the death of a clown! (A lyric from the song I mentioned above.) I can't help laughing at fact that her tormentor's name is Mr. Giggles. I didn't realize that some people are actually afraid of clowns. I mean,...
Impossible Kisses (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
I can’t live If living is without you I can’t live I can’t give anymore I can’t live If living is without you I can’t live I can’t give anymore Almost anytime somebody from my generation—I was born in 1960—or from around my generation gets all sad the topic of Badfinger usually comes up. But it occurred to me that the youngs probably never heard of Badfinger...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Because of Davies' classical songwriting bent, it would seem to make sense for him to produce a choral arrangement to his music. That's not what's puzzling here. What's bizarre here is the song selection. Of everything in the Kinks’ seemingly infinite catalog, “You Really Got Me” may be the last song you’d expect a choir to sing. There are six Village Green songs here, and although...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Ray Davies - Berklee Performance Center (Boston, MA) - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Of the widely recognized 'top tier' British Invasion bands, I'd reckon that The Kinks would consistently fail to podium, when compared to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who. Of course, coming up fourth against combos of that nature is nothing to hang your head over, and one could make a credible argument that...
CHOCOLATE BOBKA (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
"I'm not frightened by this world believe me" Ray Davies played the first of 2 shows at NYC's Town Hall last night. This show was one of 3 US shows featuring a choir performing tracks from The Kinks Choral Collection . The first set was mostly acoustic renditions of Kinks classics. The second set featured the Dessoff Chamber Choir, who not having performed any of this material before, did...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Holy Hell An old Kinks tradition of throwing paper plates onto the stage with song requests written on them was thwarted by security at Ray Davies ' Choral Collection concert at Town Hall on Thursday. The overzealous goons rushed to the front row thinking the worst, even trying to evict an innocent petite plate-throwing fan from the first row. Davies had to...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Prefix’s Jim Allen recently conducted an excellent interview with Kinks member Ray Davies, and the singer showed up on David Letterman’s show last night (Nov. 18) to perform a version of the classic “You Really Got Me.” Incredibly, the song was first released 45 years ago, in August 1964. Letterman describes Davies as a “legend” and few would argue with that, least...
Diddy Wah (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
mp3: The Kinks - Till The End Of The Day mp3: The Kinks - Where Have All The Good Times Gone Two sides of the same coin here from Raymond Douglas Davies. I generally prefer the garage rockin' joyousness of Till The End Of The Day to the reflective poppiness of Where Have All The Good Times Gone, but then again, who doesn't?
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
"I have a lot of shifts in mood," Ray Davies told the crowd at Berklee Performance Center Tuesday night by way of introduction to a song of conflicting emotion,...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The former lead singer for the Kinks, who recently released "The Kinks Choral Collection," fronts the Dessoff Chamber Choir at the Town Hall tonight. Tickets are $54 and $74. For more information, call 212-840-2824. ...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The former lead singer for the Kinks, who recently released "The Kinks Choral Collection," fronts the Dessoff Chamber Choir at the Town Hall tonight. Tickets are $54 and $74. For more information, call 212-840-2824. ...
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