Posted on 06/21/2014 1:53:53 PM PDT by sushiman
Saturday is Ray Davies' 70th birthday, but I'm not writing this as an offering or a note of congratulations..
Having bought 53 pieces of vinyl or CD plastic by the Kinks, both of his books, his two solo albums of new songs and 30-odd concert tickets, I think I've already thanked and celebrated him in the way he can most appreciate. I hope what I’ve paid him has given him a fraction of the enjoyment I’ve had in return.
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Ever heard of George Gershwin?
Ray Davies is okay.
Here’s a favorite of mine. A positive song, yet not too heavy on the treacle...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdCVlmmnOzA
I believe Mercer wrote more songs than Gershwin. Gershwin died very young, at 38, Mercer at 67, so Mercer had more time. This is not about the quality, just how prolific he was. Then there is always J.S. Bach........
You really got me with that one!
The whole “Low Budget” album is more relevant today than it was when it came out in the Carter years. And it was darn relevant then!
Cheers,
Jim
It’s official, in dog years I’m dead.
(....it’s only jukebox music,....)
M4L
LOL!
I felt that way this morning, but I’m OK now...
“Dave has recovered sufficiently from his stroke?”
Are the even talking?
“Catch Me Now I’m Falling” is a GREAT rock and or roll song, too. The live version “One from the Road” is amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY6unFSV2bs
Jim
Rock and Roll Fantasy is another great Kinks song.
One of the first two videocassette I bought back when it first came out! I’ll have to check for a Blu-ray version.
Cheers,
Jim
Yet he hooked up and had a daughter with super-lefty Pretenders vocalist Chrissie Hynde. Natalie, their daughter, is also a super lefty eco nut and was arrested last year for gluing her hands to those of her boyfriend during an anti-fracking protest in England.
Nice!
It was appropriate then and it’s appropriate now. As well as Low Budget.
Well, to be fair — I don’t think he understood he was predicting today’s “progressive” tyranny.
He may still not get it.
Yes , and he has been touring extensively in the US for the past few years . Just did his first gigs in his homeland after a 9 year hiatus .
Saw them 3 times . First was around 1972 at Dillon Stadium in Hartford , CT with Flo and Eddie ( Turtles ) , The Beach Boys and The Doors ! 2nd time at Nassau Colisuem on LI in 1978 with Ian Hunter opening . 1991 in Tokyo and man they were so so so so great that night .
Yes , and they are talking about doing 50th anniversary gigs either this year or next .
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