Ray Davies - Americana

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    About the album:
    Americana was written, conceived, and arranged, by Davies, and co-produced with Guy Massey and John Jackson. The album is an autobiographical work, chronicling the inextricable role America has played in Davies' life. From his earliest days touring the U.S. with the Kinks and subsequent blacklisting by the American Musicians Union, to his years playing stadiums and eventually settling in New York and New Orleans for a time, America has served as both muse and tempest to Davies.
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ความคิดเห็น • 220

  • @AlanBrown-yg7rl
    @AlanBrown-yg7rl ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The greatest storyteller in Rock music history.

  • @Augmuse
    @Augmuse 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    The best songwriter of the last 100 years Ray Davies. I never tire of hearing his music. Long live the Kinks!

    • @blazingchris5048
      @blazingchris5048 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well there are a few other geniuses of course...

    • @drjay73
      @drjay73 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I couldn't agree more!

    • @dreamwell2020
      @dreamwell2020 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      God save the Kinks!

    • @MickBokulich-gg1ro
      @MickBokulich-gg1ro 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’ll say 200yrs. 😁

  • @suissevaliser
    @suissevaliser ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What can I say?! I love that man. Fabulous, magnetic voice.

  • @alenemarie
    @alenemarie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Ray Davies protected me when I was at an after-party. I was 18; it was the Word of Mouth Tour in 1985. He was an absolute gentleman, he is such a kind, sweet, man. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

    • @berndangersogood6538
      @berndangersogood6538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great

    • @JamesWilliams-js4fo
      @JamesWilliams-js4fo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Really you got to meet him? That's like so cool!

    • @janicejohnson2744
      @janicejohnson2744 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've met Ray a few times,in Edinburgh - Storyteller tour. ❤

    • @sharonra2000
      @sharonra2000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He is a true gentleman and they don’t make them like that anymore!

    • @alenemarie
      @alenemarie 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sharonra2000 He still is, and will always remain my special Boo. ♥️♥️♥️

  • @youmeddlingkids
    @youmeddlingkids 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "My baby brother and me" ♡♡♡sweet

  • @jimfrazzitta4218
    @jimfrazzitta4218 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ray Davies and The Jayhawks, truly a match made in musical heaven!

  • @cyanideenid
    @cyanideenid 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    His voice is the sweetest, most haunting voice that's ever graced rock and roll.

  • @susankapur4364
    @susankapur4364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    My brother recently died. He took me to my first Kinks’ concert. He and I used to bring up Kinks’ song to mind when they fit the memories we had or things that we said. God! I’m going to miss that so much! 😭❤️

  • @bighouse6120
    @bighouse6120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love The Kinks. They give the people what they want!

  • @eightfive1155
    @eightfive1155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Ray Davies song writing and talent is unmatched. Each work is tiny view into his soul, so honest, so brave, so comforting. Decades of work describing the human condition like few other artists could ever hope to achieve. Every time I hear his voice I literally smile. Thank you!!!

    • @melreb74
      @melreb74 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      well said

  • @ustheserfs
    @ustheserfs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    so glad to be able to say as i write this my songwriting heroes Ray, Townshend, Brian Wilson and Macca are still here to be appreciated.

  • @amaruqlonewolf3350
    @amaruqlonewolf3350 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He may sound old whenever he speaks, but when it comes to singing, I still hear it the way he was in 1960s.

  • @mb-ejk2457
    @mb-ejk2457 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Sir Raymond Douglas Davies CBE, one of the greatest songwriters of all
    time!Thanks so much Sir we love you!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @lubossuchanek3726
    @lubossuchanek3726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ray Davies je génius, skládá největší hity. Poslouchám ho již od šedesátých let. Ať mu hodně slouží zdraví. Děkuji a zdravím srdečně from Czech Republic.

  • @lentzfax9534
    @lentzfax9534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He looks like he had a blast doing this. And his American ...country western American is great!

  • @jimplummer4879
    @jimplummer4879 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    No one better than Ray.

  • @andrewsilberman5066
    @andrewsilberman5066 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "The fish is the last to discover water." Ray Davies, coming from England, sees America clearer than Americans do. This song, Celluloid Heroes.....etc., ETC..... Long Live The Kinks!

  • @scott4439
    @scott4439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Never get enough A quintessential musician

  • @charlieleigh7824
    @charlieleigh7824 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I haven't bought a "new" album since the 60's, all my vinyl coming from record fairs and ebay, so I was surprised to find myself in our local HMV store buying "Americana", on vinyl, of course. This is a tour de force from Ray Davies, reflecting my childhood exactly, when looking at the USA. Britain had just come out of a devastating World War and we were really broke. The cinema was our window on the world and the States looked exciting and we all wanted a part of it. Cowboy films, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, The Bowery Boys,Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Saturday morning pictures. This album brought it all back. Well done Ray, this is a classic.

  • @andizee69
    @andizee69 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Ray always knocks my socks off.....

  • @stuartkeithguitars4251
    @stuartkeithguitars4251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Still singing....and loving our country....and getting that spirit of completely open opportunity to do whatever your heart says.

  • @genez429
    @genez429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Tears to my eyes.... Beautiful. He knew the America that I also loved. This song should be played on our country stations!

  • @aliengrey6052
    @aliengrey6052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    His voice and songwriting make it sound easy. A genius.

  • @wesgottlock6124
    @wesgottlock6124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    One of the greatest front men in rock history.

  • @No-More-Juggling
    @No-More-Juggling ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks Ray ☝

  • @desjarda
    @desjarda 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Ray = Musical genius!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Hummunnahummunna
    @Hummunnahummunna 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good lord, nice job Jayhawks! And of course Ray!

  • @clausgrue7277
    @clausgrue7277 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    A fabulous songwriter and performer!

  • @lannydante8685
    @lannydante8685 7 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Ray Davies is back - this is great.

  • @befhip
    @befhip 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Ray does it again! So beautiful!

    • @djtrendsetta5766
      @djtrendsetta5766 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For about the 80th time, by my count. So many classic songs from this rock icon.

  • @tomf9292
    @tomf9292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My very 1st concert in 1979 at the Cape Cod Coliseum. Thx for the songs Ray…WOW who’s better than the Kinks?

  • @rachelcopley9575
    @rachelcopley9575 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    brilliant song :)/

  • @changstein
    @changstein ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Arguably one of the top 10 song writers ever has become an American boomer. Amazing

  • @bahamagrove217
    @bahamagrove217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ray Davies, a true classic. Bravo!

  • @drewspinoso4849
    @drewspinoso4849 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ray, you are the shit! You never stop amazing. Thank you.

  • @tonykehoe123
    @tonykehoe123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don’t know why but ray davies breaks my heart and at the same time captures my soul

  • @tubermind
    @tubermind 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Love his voice! And of course, the depth of his poetry.

  • @ranyafaux8918
    @ranyafaux8918 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So so beautiful!

  • @rodrigolaera8335
    @rodrigolaera8335 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great, beautiful song!

  • @JHarder1000
    @JHarder1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This will sound lunatic, but on the basis of this and Muswill Hillbilly, Ray belongs in The Country Music Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He certainly deserves it more than couple of recent inductees.

  • @frflinstone
    @frflinstone 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I've just heard an interview with the great man on Robert Elms radio show and he comes over as such a decent man, always interesting to listen to and still writing fantastic songs, long may he continue

  • @RussCobleigh
    @RussCobleigh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Happy Birthday, sir Ray !

  • @argentino985
    @argentino985 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    keep it coming Ray

  • @raymyhill2
    @raymyhill2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WoW!!!!!!! WoW!!!!! Magic.

  • @pipdexter
    @pipdexter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    oooh hes just so gorgeous !!

  • @C2C19
    @C2C19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Genius

  • @julenepegher6999
    @julenepegher6999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Looking good here Ray, long may you run!!

  • @Jack-vy6uo
    @Jack-vy6uo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I saw the kinks many times in NYC where they played as they toured continuously in the 80s. I Miss seeing them sometimes get into fights onstage onstage

  • @johnnybsteelriff
    @johnnybsteelriff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Beautiful song....well done Ray, you've still got it!!!

  • @RussCobleigh
    @RussCobleigh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    only got to see them LIVE once - 1983 US Festival- have loved their sound since 1964

  • @D130596V
    @D130596V 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    classic one to remember great song

  • @Laaromba
    @Laaromba 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The Storyteller strikes again!

  • @elisecliftonklitz
    @elisecliftonklitz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aaahhh the way America used to be! Thanks Ray🤠🏜️🌅🇺🇸

  • @kevinmhilding
    @kevinmhilding 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow, what a great song.

  • @尾形裕希-n7e
    @尾形裕希-n7e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    (ogata hiroki)
    his eays real would any
    time. good choice his guitars. his world ever ending. thank you my
    favorite R&R player!

  • @djtrendsetta5766
    @djtrendsetta5766 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    One of the greatest to ever walk the earth.

  • @FabianaMato
    @FabianaMato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Always the best songwriter. He is a truly artist in the music world, that's why he never lost his creativity. There is always something new and fresh in his music. Only genuine artists have that privilege.

  • @tonyseel12
    @tonyseel12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Ray just keeps going, he keeps writing music that connects. This a great album to play while driving!

  • @chrispile3878
    @chrispile3878 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Well done, Ray!

  • @rogervern7913
    @rogervern7913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For me The Best one.

  • @tarekfahmy8699
    @tarekfahmy8699 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just fantastic. That whole album.

  • @teresarenken1308
    @teresarenken1308 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I absolutely love this guy

  • @shea086
    @shea086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've always loved Ray Davies songs. The man is gifted. It's a rare thing. There's not that many. Bob, Ray, Lennon and a few more.

  • @barbaragottlock230
    @barbaragottlock230 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A great composition. A nostalgic look back on a stellar career. Also an ode to America... Davis style. Nice backup by the Jay Hawks.

  • @claudiataeger5002
    @claudiataeger5002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW ! One of the Greatest, in Music.

  • @rebeccamajor9222
    @rebeccamajor9222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    His voice is amazing

  • @baronvonlichtenstein
    @baronvonlichtenstein ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful.

  • @wayneingram3138
    @wayneingram3138 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! Great tune.

  • @dreamwell2020
    @dreamwell2020 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For an English kid, growing up in the black-and-white aftermath of the Second World War, technicolor America served to raise expectations. And now, in this time when America is embarrassing itself, Ray Davies offers us his dream of America for us to aspire to.

  • @lannydante8685
    @lannydante8685 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This song is climbing the charts - looks like
    a HIT for Sir Ray.

  • @ernsteck6582
    @ernsteck6582 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Clue. It's not a place anymore. It's a state of mind. Great song Ray.

  • @therealsi-b1141
    @therealsi-b1141 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Sounds very good to me, Love Ray davies a true British Treasure.

  • @bionicbigfoot2790
    @bionicbigfoot2790 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Viva Ray Davies

  • @neusadioni
    @neusadioni 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ray eres un genio.

  • @muinoc
    @muinoc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    He's not lost it! Fabulous.

  • @順二原田
    @順二原田 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Ray!

  • @TheLonewolf7471
    @TheLonewolf7471 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Awesome, Ray. Loved The Kinks, and still love hearing you sing. Great job. Come Dancin', Ape Man, All of The Night.... all great tunes. Historic even. Thumbs up to you.

  • @michealcurrie8272
    @michealcurrie8272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There you go, Ray.

  • @giraffenladen
    @giraffenladen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    cool.

  • @reversefulfillment9189
    @reversefulfillment9189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My dude! Chills!

  • @yamahonkawazuki
    @yamahonkawazuki 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Absolutely amazing, hope to see you in concert one day

  • @eamonstafford2056
    @eamonstafford2056 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just finished dreading his book on our recent trip to Omaha, Memphis, Washington DC and New York. Very interesting

  • @AndySalinger33
    @AndySalinger33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Such a beautiful blend of Saint Ray and the Jayhawks! Not quite sure how I’ve missed this til now! Cheers!

  • @JaCeeMusic
    @JaCeeMusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hi Ray! We luv you! Keep going!

  • @NorthernBandit1
    @NorthernBandit1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ya know y'all, Ray is the Knight in the day!

  • @aliengrey6052
    @aliengrey6052 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A great soul

  • @henkhor-pi5bm
    @henkhor-pi5bm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good song !❤

  • @jaquesax995
    @jaquesax995 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Leonard Cohen is the poet laureate of Canada...Ray Davies poet laureate of UK and USA.

  • @しろたく-r4u
    @しろたく-r4u 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    He is a legend of rock !

  • @cookmoore3736
    @cookmoore3736 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey an ode to baby Brother Dave ;) Gone country

  • @buzzawuzza3743
    @buzzawuzza3743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    really great

  • @vogeljoe1
    @vogeljoe1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    How wonderful!!!!!

  • @desjarda
    @desjarda 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Montreal is waiting for you Ray!!!!!!

  • @bobbymannersmusic2374
    @bobbymannersmusic2374 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Loving this....absolute legand!!

  • @richardpaulverwaijen8291
    @richardpaulverwaijen8291 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I adore this song with it's beautifull lyrics and the great musicians making the music even better than it already is. Thank you all for this great peace of music I already listened to a thousand times or more. Including many other songs of this masterpiece such as "Poetry" and "A Long Drive Home To Tarzana". I can't understand why Americana isn't on pole position in the music charts especially the US ....?! AMERICANA and Ray Davies deserve better, at least I think. Or am I missing something??

    • @blazingchris5048
      @blazingchris5048 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Americans just like "shit" music so Ray Davies doesn't qualify ...

  • @ldukro4246
    @ldukro4246 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love Ray Davies. Such a great talent. Going to buy all of these.

  • @владимиршеховцов-з5ф
    @владимиршеховцов-з5ф 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    отлично Рэй !!!! люблю его творчество.......

  • @blackcat27
    @blackcat27 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This is great, and you still have that same cheeky smile - will be investing in this CD for sure :)

  • @СергейМост-кий
    @СергейМост-кий 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Какой же он уже старый....
    😲
    а с тех пор уже 5 лет прошло...
    ВРЕМЯ НИКОГО НЕ ЩАДИТ

  • @pabloaranaetxarandio3632
    @pabloaranaetxarandio3632 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wouuu!👌