I have tried to think this out too. But, wouldn't you be a little jealous if you started a group and your brother took it over. Then you find out he's the suddenly, the greatest songwriter in the world. But, I can't judge them. I have a younger brother and our sibling rivalry would make the Davies, look like Family Circus!
I think that their tortured family history might have had something to do with it. Lots of traumas. Bear in mind, Dave fathered a child that he wasn't allowed to see, when he was 16 and Ray had his first breakdown in 1966, when he had the world at his feet.
What a superficial, pseudo-intellectual analysis you give. The Who considered the Kinks a significant influence upon them. Here's a group that started as a seminal punk group that eventually had songs that had perhaps the widest range of any group. "Lola" was a revolutionary song. "Ape Man" amazingly creative. They had soft sounds, introspective sounds and hard, kick-ass sounds; hardly "third-rate." So there's that back in your shallow-thinking face.
"I hate paying him compliments, he's got a big enough head as it is" Ha ha! Brilliant.
Love the Kinks... so great, like so many of the Brit Invasion bands of that time.
This is really fantastic -- thank you for posting it!!
I have tried to think this out too. But, wouldn't you be a little jealous if you started a group and your brother took it over. Then you find out he's the suddenly, the greatest songwriter in the world. But, I can't judge them. I have a younger brother and our sibling rivalry would make the Davies, look like Family Circus!
The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society.
I think that their tortured family history might have had something to do with it. Lots of traumas. Bear in mind, Dave fathered a child that he wasn't allowed to see, when he was 16 and Ray had his first breakdown in 1966, when he had the world at his feet.
@Coldacre
Haha! I love that lingering sibling rivalry, too!
"I didn't do anything!
...Oh, I did hit that guy, yeah."
Ray Davies is as good as "Waterloo Sunset"!
shite -davies looks like Geddy Lee!
thats a bit strong isnt it !
lame. the kinks deserve a better documentary than this... it jumps from village green to lola with nothing in between!?! lame
What a superficial, pseudo-intellectual analysis you give. The Who considered the Kinks a significant influence upon them. Here's a group that started as a seminal punk group that eventually had songs that had perhaps the widest range of any group. "Lola" was a revolutionary song. "Ape Man" amazingly creative. They had soft sounds, introspective sounds and hard, kick-ass sounds; hardly "third-rate." So there's that back in your shallow-thinking face.