The Kinks' Dave Davies Talks Working With Ray Davies On Their 'Greatest Hits,' Arguing + More ► Listen LIVE: q1043.iheart.com/ ► Facebook: / q1043ny ► Twitter: / q1043 ► Instagram: / q1043
I'm 75 years-old, and when The Kinks invaded the U.S. in 1964, they were 'MY BAND' and still are! My high school buddies and I went berserk when we first heard Dave's guitar licks. 'You Really Got ME', and 'All Day and All of the Night', are still two of my favorites, and I listen to them on cd's, video, and 'Alexa' almost every day. I have speakers throughout my house so I can hear Ray and Dave no matter which room I'm in.
Dave has always had terrific sense of humour. I like how he speaks his mind without a care what others think. Dave has always been an honest straightforward man, tells it as it was/is.
I was 14, eight grade, Southern California on vacation for a week with my family. I played "You Really Got me" the whole week, no other song the whole week. Then in 1980, when my wife and myself saw you in Boulder Colorado you played there It was great Dave got pulled off the stage into the crowd prompting Ray to ask the crowd, "would you mind giving my brother back?
I'd be willing to bet a large chunk of money that the vast majority of people have no idea what the reach and influence of this gentleman and his band have been on music.
I saw that guy kicking ass and shredding solos in front of me in 1983...Always loved the Kinks and Dave is such a great musician, composer singer , guitar player and all around good fellow... it's sad he had a stroke but he's a fighter and he's still with us today! Thank You the Davies bros. for 60 years of great music!
Dave is simply stating. that his brother Ray had written so many lyrics and musical inspirations that he felt inspired to express his remarkable talent.
He wasn’t like that in his late teens during the mid 1960s. He was an arrogant out of control shit. But yeah once he humbled in his 20s he became a nice guy. Super down to earth and gregarious.
@@danieleyre8913 Yeah he was a dick weed prior to straightening out. Saw him spit at Mick Avory during a show in Boston around '72, '73. While he's playing he just walked over and hurled a loogie in Avory's direction. Totally gross. Mick just glared at him. You could tell he wanted to crack him with the high hat again. Other than that it was a great show.
I've always liked the Kinks. Even during my early youth (in East Germany, "behind the wall", by the way) I liked to listen to them, sometimes secretly, sometimes openly... By the way: The lyrics of the song "Waterloo Sunset" were a topic in my English class - this is exactly what motivated me to learn English! The Kinks were and will never be forgotten! Thanks for everything Ray! Greetings from Germany!
I remember always singing 'Tired of Waiting' at my friends door when I'd knock for him in the morning and we'd be late for school. That was 1965 when I was eight and I still listen to the Kinks music today. Thanks Ray and Dave.
Whenever i see dave i am instantly buzzing with a sharp smile on my face. Why i am in all with these masterful original musicians. These people are the dreams of my heart mind & soul. it still bugles me just what they have done.😍
I’m 39 and have been a big rock fan and rediscovering The Kinks. I’ve heard the hits but wanna go deeper. They made really good music. I just picked this up and sounds amazing. Underrated band. Nice to see this interview.
You should check out everything from Kinks Kontroversey through Muswell Hillbillies, 1966-1971. Every l.p. different from the one before and all great. My favorite is Face to Face from '66 and Arthur from '69.
@@chrisbotelho7212 Do that and be greatly rewarded with some of the best rock of that period. The Who, The Beatles and The Kinks. The triumvirate of British rock. Although the Kinks remain my favorite.
I’m so moved that he noticed the “warrior” qualities of the hospital patients struggling to overcome brain injuries, and that he took his guitar to bed with him to stimulate his tactile impulses. What a wonderful man.
Strangers is one of the best if not the best by The Kinks. Waterloo Sunset, Strangers, and Sunny Afternoon are easily my most played Kinks songs. I'm sure Dave impressed Ray with the writing on Strangers, whether or not he ever truly expressed it to him.
The foundation of guitar as we know it right here! Luckily I saw the kinks thrice as a kid and their gigs were unbeatable because of Dave...and the fire between the brothers. Without Dave Davies anger, music would have missed the soul that inspired all of us who followed. Love you Dave!
The Kinks all but invented Heavy Metal and Punk Rock. When Dave was accused of playing Heavy Metal in the early 1980s, he rightfully said.... "It wasn't called Heavy Metal when I invented it!"
This was good vibrations.....and a perfect example of ageing very well. Dave got Better....Not Bitter.....There was love here....Great interview from the Host ...The KINKS ROCKED IT....thanks fer slashing that amp Dave!!....God bless you all.....Keep un Rockin in the Free 🌎....✌️🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎺
Pretty humble dude considering he flashed a Flying V and notwithstanding Link Wray's Rumble he invented the "heavy" RIFF ( All Day and All Of The Night, I Need You, Where Have All The Good Times Gone, Who'll Be The Next In Line and more) which became the sub genre of rock n roll called "rock" precursor of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.☮🎸
I was born in 1956 and my older brother bought hit records as soon as they came out. The kinks were so far ahead of everyone else and their time of course.
Recentlly I've been' listening to a lot of Kinks songs,some I've known and others I had never heard like Waterloo Sunset, which is one of the most touchingly beautiful songs. I've ever listened too. And this guy plays a great lead guitar on it.
@Pat M Of course I love the Beatles too,but if the Beatles were playing on one side of the street and the Kinks on the other - I would go to the Kinks concert. Kink fans are different!
@@stefanhall3219 The Beatles never sold out, they just went with the ride and after Epstein died they did they're own thing eg Magical Mystery Tour, The Kinks couldn't break America because of problems with the Unions, otherwise they would've "Sold out" as well
Agreed. Was just listening to it the other day (for about 3 days actually). I bought the original vinyl way back in the day. IMO their masterpiece, and holds up incredibly well.
There’s a RU-vid video of a Kinks live performance doing “The Hard Way”. Dave is so young and looks like the perfect rock star. Maybe he was. God Save The Kinks!
I goddamn LOVE THE KINKS!!!! Davies show MAJOR class in this interview, especially when the interviewer ( maybe unintentionally) insults him about the Beatles .
A few minutes in, Dave is a lovely guy, I wonder what he'd sound like if he hadn't been smashed in the head with a cymbal back almost 58 years ago? Good Lord. I'm so glad he survived. Rock on, Mr. Dave. 🖖😎
In 1968 the debate over who "invented" "hard rock" considered "The Kinks" and "The Yardbirds". "Hard rock" -- a marketing term -- was later replaced by marketing term "Heavy Metal" and then later still "Punk".
The 60s were a time when the best aspects of our nature were actually organizing people. For a while, expectations began to skyrocket. The comparison to today is the amount of malicious influence organizing people.
True enough - a lot of music today is completely bereft of any optimism - in fact optimism is seen as very un-cool by many. Odd when you think that in the 1960s the threat of nuclear anihilation - the end of everything - seemed very real and imminent.
This maybe controversial but never the less l believe it to be beyond doubt you could count on one hand the most influential groups from the UK in the sixties were Cliff Richard and the Shadows the Beatles the Rolling Stones the Yardbirds and the Kinks. The key is in the word influential their were others that were great but they all owed something to these five bands.
For all the talk about cutting the speaker it would be nice if somebody asked him about the exact details of how he did that before the man isn't any longer on the planet. Pics of the amp and speaker would be very cool if it still exists.
@Stephanie knows who... Yeah, I'm 58 years old and understand that there weren't cell phone cameras in 1965. My point was that if the amp still exists then pics of the speaker itself would be cool info for guitar geeks and documentation of this bit of rock and roll history.
It wasn't that John Wrote "All You Need Is Love" that they wanted to kick him out of the Country. He got played by actual revolutionaries. It is in his little book called "Sky Writing.'PS Dave is me favorite guitar player ya know. I'm not like Everyone Else.
Such a relief to have a legend who dares to show vulnerability instead of these 'cocksure' pensioners like Sir Jogger , who doesn't mind impregnating girls that could be his grand children...
