Stumbled on a series of documentaries last night, featuring The Kinks. My favourite tracks:
Death of a Clown (written by Dave)
You really Got me
All day and all of the night
Tired of waiting for you
Till the end of the day
Days
The Village Green Preservation Society
Apeman
Where have all the good times gone.
etc etc - not to mention Lola, Waterloo Sunset.Autumn Almanac.
Ray Davies started writing songs at about 15 and many of them are wistful and full of regrets, as if he started life full of melancholy. Fantastic songwriter, and still alive! I was surprised to learn that they got banned in the US for about 5 years back in the 60s.
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