Dave Davies - Guitar Hero of The Kinks 

They also obviously influenced heavy metal a bunch. Power chords and distortion. Van Halen did alright playing their stuff.

It was, and then he ratched it up another notch with "All Day and All of the Night", which Marky Ramone claims is the first punk song.

Thank you so much! And I agree with all of that. Even I had never looked into the arc of Mick Avory’s drumming until I started going through live footage from over the years and you’re right. Thanks!

Absolutely true. After a run-in with the musicians’ union. I didn’t list that as a possible reason for Dave’s lack of recognition in the U.S. since they returned in 69 and had several MTG hits in the ‘80s, but you’re right: losing out on that U.S. market in the late ‘60s for sure cut them out of a lot pivotal moments in rock in this country. Thanks for the comment!!!

100% agreed!

Agreed!!!! Thx!

@@StrangeDevice Wouldn't it be nice for the Davray team to get out & Do it again, do it again, do it, do it DO IT A-GAIN‽ One last 'One For The Road' Tour? Ie, a 'Two'- "For The Road"? If Hilton Valentine could do it after a Decade on LSD supposedly as he said he'd forgotten how to play the Gtr. Re 'The Ark' Reunion lp of '83, he had to relearn how to play. As of now: Eric, Price & Steel are 3/5 still alive & Steve Grant may probably be able to continue in role as Gtrist & as purists- Price can do Bass chords just like Chas or Doors on Break On Thru. That was the original known Animals Band w/S. Grant & Zoot Money. The encore- House was by 'just' the Animals- no overproduced nonsense like Chic singers as a bright idea by a young Producer. ''The Night!'' oh please no! Ringoid is setting up another All ★ Band as I hear it. Those things are Life savers for a lot of players who are the last one OR two of some great Groups. Canned Heat found their Taxi Driver was a Big name in the Blues & put him back on the Stage &/or an Lp with The Heat backing him. A Class Act.

Well said! Everything I’ve seen suggests that it’s not true. Also, it just doesn’t sound like a Jimmy solo and does sound like what Dave was doing at the time.

There is a clip of the Kinks playing You Really Got Me for Shindig that was recorded a couple of months after the record was released. You can watch Dave play the solo practically note for note, yet some people still want to believe it wasn't him. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--2GmzyeeXnQ.html

@@yaz08 Exactly!

Fair assessment of Jmmy Page, but by this point I think everyone knows the solo is Dave Davies - the question is more whether Page is responsible for the iconic riff. This is probably not correct, but given that Page is a riffmaster and not really a great soloist it is somewhat plausible, and therefore frustrating for the Kinks.

Not sure why this didn’t chart as well as Death of a Clown or Susanna’s Still Alive-it’s quite catchy ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0YLbzo-qo_w.html

That must’ve been so awesome to see!

And one of the great high harmony singers in rock history.

So evil and nasty and dirty. What an amazing breakthrough! Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much!

Well said!

Frickin predictive texting! Lola vs Power Man,

@@riodejaneiro664 Don’t you just HATE that? I read your original post and cringed and saw that someone had replied. Glad it was you, before all of the Karens started to pounce on you. By the way, Lola Vs. Powerman is a VERY great album.

@@carspiv It was made as a protest to the powermen at the record lable. As a result the label didn't push the record ( childish bs). It was largely overlooked and quickly ended up in the bargain bins. I felt it was one of their best.

@@riodejaneiro664 It is also a linear STORY! From saying goodbye to his crying mother to “The Contenders” manifesto, followed by Dave’s idealistic, wide-eyed optimism about facing the big bad world with “Strangers”, resistance to selling the music is encountered with “Denmark Street” with the resulting empty pockets and empty bellies of “Get Back In Line”, all the work pays off when the big hit comes! “Lola” saves the day! Then, “Top of The Pops” recounts the ensuing whirlwind of fame, followed by the sobering realization that YOU’RE not seeing money for that success, but it seems that everyone in “The Moneygoround” is! Then, it’s time to hit the BIG time and “expand the market”. “This Time Tomorrow” brings you to the supposed land of milk and honey, only to encounter an old friend who has apparently sold out, and you’re still “A Long Way From Home.” Dave’s idealism and hope have been destroyed by the big bad world and the “Rats” have replaced those “Strangers”, making necessary the realization that it’s every man for himself out there. Ray’s getting damned tired of all the wheeling and dealing and backstabbing and wonders whether he’d just be better off swinging up and down in a coconut tree on a distant shore like an “Apeman.” But he’s still got some fight left in him and he unloads with both barrels. “Powerman” has his money, but there are other things more important than that: His gal and his faith. Well, it’s time to regroup and reenergize because you’ve got your OWN family now, complete with crying baby. You’ve “Got To Be Free” and you’ve got to keep working to find a better way and a better life for you and your loved ones.

Fair play, for sure. Very “human” solos, though. Full of emotion. Thanks for watching and for your comment!!

I'll take Dave's solo from All Day And All Of The Night' over anything Clapton has done.

Dave is more interested in portraying emotions than being melodic.

Thanks!

I agree with everything you say!! Thanks for watching and for the kind words!

Well said!! Thanks for watching!!!

Btw-Dave's LP 'Living On A Thin Line', Kinks' 'Muswell Hillbillies', 'Everybody's In Showbiz' (ie- Celluloid Heroes) were remastered, & rereleased w/extras even though we're unworthy of such Goods.✓

Thank you for the super nice comments! 🙏🙏🙏

Great analysis!! Thanks for contributing!!! 🤘🎸🤘

Haha! On a regular terrestrial station? They probably had a talk with the general manager after LOL. Pig Vomit…

Given your account icon, that's high praise LOL!! Thanks for watching!

Agreed.

Of course Ray was the dominant figure, but to describe the Kinks simply as his backing band is going too far. Ray didn't write Dave's guitar parts.

..also he did play the lead bits on you really got me. Page himself has said that over and over.

Well said!

Music is about soul; not technique and music is never a competition. Dave just took his own route; Ray is indeed a genius; his composition catalog is second to none.

I agree that music is not a competition! I also agree Dave is a fine guitar player and his playing is perfect for the Kinks’ songs (just as Dylan’s voice and guitar technique are lacking in some respects but perfect and definitive for Dylan’s songs). I have been a huge Kinks fan since the 1960s and was fortunate to have seen them a couple of times in the 1970s. Technique is not everything, but technique and innovation, or originality, are a couple of real and significant ingredients that make a musician great, along with elements such as “sole” or passion. It’s not one or the other but, a combination of several elements that make one great. I certainly don’t think the guitarist noted above were lacking in “sole”, and I think it can be said with some objectivity, they had more technique and were more innovative than Dave.

I'm sure you don't want to disrespect Dave. And those are some pretty impressive names you refer to. But Dave Davies changed music forever with his work on YRGM. Exactly how many times do you need to do that to get credit as an innovator? Just sayin'​@@williamfarr8807

Yeah I read up on it before making the video and it’s apparently not true. The Kinks say that Jimmy was visiting in the studio when they recorded and he wasn’t too impressed with Dave’s solo, but never recorded one of his own on the track.

@@StrangeDevice So I stand corrected. This song always reminds me of seeing a band play in Slough one evening and their joyous faces when they cranked up the volume for the solo.

Jimmy Page did play on some tracks on their first album. He added some great rockabilly licks on a song called 'So Mystifying" And he actually DID play the solo on 'You Really Got Me' on a strange album called "Kinky Music" by the Larry Page Orchestra. It was an instrumental album of early Kinks music and Page was the main session guitarist on that record. I've covered that in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8D0FkWDbqkI.htmlsi=9xQ4J2lpyOuJj2wv

@@NewFalconerRecords Many thanks.

Jimmy Page played guitar on Love Chronicles by Al Stewart. I think page made a lot of guest appearances on different albums we just don’t know it .

I truly appreciate you watching and commenting but I painstakingly researched the pronunciation and watched and listened to several interviews where the brothers said it’s “Day-viz” with a short “i” and a “z” sound. This is the one thing I made sure to confirm over and over so as to avoid getting called out on it.

@@StrangeDevice Oh, I see. Freakin' Brits and their silly pronunciations.

@@Rob-vy4bu Yep, sorry. The surname is spelt two different ways this side of the pond, "Davis" or "Davies", but either way we pronounce it with a short 'i', "Day-viz".'

@@adolforodolfo6929 You Brits just love tripping up us Americans, don't you? Anyway, I suddenly feel like I've been lied to by American deejays for the last 40 years.

Agreed!…they deliberately ignored the obvious genius of the Kinks …pretended they weren’t there …but looking back brilliance is undeniable!