Great interview... Love the setting and the casualness of it. Some really interesting comments from Ray... some great things I've never heard him say before!
Thank you for posting this. Bummer that the sound was muted whenever they showed archival footage or album covers, but aside from that it was a pleasure watching this.
She said "kind of a legend." I don't think she meant it as diminishing... I think she was saying it in that off-handed way that you say "kinda" or "pretty much." (Sometimes used when you're being casual, or trying to understate the obvious.) By analogy, it's like if I said, "Yeah, Albert Einstein was pretty much a genius" when I clearly mean he's a GENIUS, period.
Not correct. Ray came up with the riff, composed as were all his songs on a piano. Yes Dave played it on guitar, and yes he created that fuzzy sound by taking a stanley knife to his amplifier, but it was Ray who created the riff. It might be true that Dave was the father of heavy music though, for creating that sound for Ray's riff for the first time which so many people later copied.
Nobody would have listened to the song played the way Ray had intended it to sound! Would have been a lame song, not catching any special attraction. So there wouldn't have been any following songs either. So without Dave's guitar playing no Kinks.
nogrouchy Yes, it's true that Dave created the distinctive guitar sound that lifted this record into spectacular new territory. I believe I have read that it was Dave's group initially. I don't think he was ever given enough credit for his contribution to Kinks' songs and arrangements either. He has complained about that himself.
Sounds very collaborative but I must say Ray wrote the hook to be played on electric guitar. He certainly had an idea how it should sound and they perfected it together. For me, first, I credit the composer. And Dave for arrangement.
No, Ray wrote the “riff” on the piano some time before while playing around with the idea of Gregorian chant. Dave gets credit for the original sound while playing said riff.
Lovely Ray...ding dong interviewer like talking to his grandchild...wise up girl, you're talking to a legend and you don't even get it...did you ever listen to Powerman, obviously not
"I've never been nervous before going on stage. Never. Because to me, it's almost like I can live now. I can be who I want to be."
I love Ray Davies!
Damn, she asked Ray to sing 'Days'? Fantastic request! Love that man! A true legend and fantastic songwriter.
gosh he sure is a sweetheart!!!!!!
I caught that too. Ray is and has been a legend for a long time.
Great interview... Love the setting and the casualness of it. Some really interesting comments from Ray... some great things I've never heard him say before!
God bless you, sir Ray.
Lovely interview. Thanks to both Cat & Ray.
My type of songwriter.. sardonic wit.. was a inspiration for me for sure
Why hasn't Ray Davies given me a kiss!
I think that man is brilliant, but Dave is very gifted too. Death of a Clown is a super number.
Ok, I'm waiting for Ray to come to my house in Queens and sit on my stoop and kiss me on the cheek and sing Days to me. . . . still waiting. . .
Thank you for posting this. Bummer that the sound was muted whenever they showed archival footage or album covers, but aside from that it was a pleasure watching this.
i accept that in exchange for hearing the interview-you can ALWAYS hear those songs!
Man just watched a video of ray in 2019 juat ten years after and he has started to really show his age.
OMG I love this and I miss this show
great stuff
LOVE Ray!!!❤️❤️❤️
He is so real and with great lyrics told the truth with a song
This was adorable. I couldn't get past the lady's hairstyle (combined with jacket) making her look straight out of the 60s, though.
He is up there in my book with the geniuses: Lennon/McCartney, Elton John, Pete Townshend, and RAY DAVIES.
That laugh at 3:55..too funny
I wish today could be tomorrow...
God bless him, even if the interview's from 2009.
Very interesting and haven't we all sat on the stoop?
She said "kind of a legend." I don't think she meant it as diminishing... I think she was saying it in that off-handed way that you say "kinda" or "pretty much." (Sometimes used when you're being casual, or trying to understate the obvious.)
By analogy, it's like if I said, "Yeah, Albert Einstein was pretty much a genius" when I clearly mean he's a GENIUS, period.
love that accent!
Dave came up with the riff on You Really Got Me, not Ray. And I guess that Ray got all the publishing too.
Not correct. Ray came up with the riff, composed as were all his songs on a piano. Yes Dave played it on guitar, and yes he created that fuzzy sound by taking a stanley knife to his amplifier, but it was Ray who created the riff. It might be true that Dave was the father of heavy music though, for creating that sound for Ray's riff for the first time which so many people later copied.
Nobody would have listened to the song played the way Ray had intended it to sound! Would have been a lame song, not catching any special attraction. So there wouldn't have been any following songs either. So without Dave's guitar playing no Kinks.
nogrouchy Yes, it's true that Dave created the distinctive guitar sound that lifted this record into spectacular new territory. I believe I have read that it was Dave's group initially. I don't think he was ever given enough credit for his contribution to Kinks' songs and arrangements either. He has complained about that himself.
Sounds very collaborative but I must say Ray wrote the hook to be played on electric guitar. He certainly had an idea how it should sound and they perfected it together. For me, first, I credit the composer. And Dave for arrangement.
No, Ray wrote the “riff” on the piano some time before while playing around with the idea of Gregorian chant. Dave gets credit for the original sound while playing said riff.
thanx for this though is it just when I tried it but the music clips were silent no sound?
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I know what you mean about going on stage, Ray. Or maybe I don't! But I've never felt nervous going on.
What is he doing in Brooklyn? I thought the Upper West Side was his haunt…
Lovely Ray...ding dong interviewer like talking to his grandchild...wise up girl, you're talking to a legend and you don't even get it...did you ever listen to Powerman, obviously not
great interview. whos the girl?
Awe, he got to kiss a girl.
That was great.
she's not too bad never mind
This fool gets a chance to interview Ray Davies and THIS is what she comes up with. NEXT!
It's true he doesn't talk ,all the time
Yeah I don’t like the way she interviewed him