It's pretty big news that these dudes are playing and recording together again. Dave, at least, has been through a few wringers. As has Ray, but that's old news. The fact that there might be some lingering bad blood between Dave and Mick sounds about right, although I don't know what it's about.
As for the other Mick, Ray reveals the reunion springs at least partly from competition with the still-touring, highly profitable Rolling Stones. Which, honestly, I could have guessed.
As for the other Mick, Ray reveals the reunion springs at least partly from competition with the still-touring, highly profitable Rolling Stones. Which, honestly, I could have guessed.
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It's good news they'll be playing together again but surprised me not at all when Ray said they'd likely be playing down at the pub rather than in a stadium. The Kinks were always our most favourite of favoured bands. Just a few days ago I happened across an interview with him in the Spectator. I liked this bit: Having made their name in 1964 with ‘You Really Got Me’ and ‘All Day And All Of The Night’ — songs so good Davies says he felt no need to compete in the Stones/Beatles/Who pop arms race, since he’d already surpassed them.
They have played in huge arenas in the past, obviously, but they feel more like a band made for the pub. Standing out wherever they go. But yeah, he wrote songs in his youth that almost no one can think of surpassing. Time since then, too.
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