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"Waterloo Sunset" is a song by the English #rock band #theKinks. It was released as a single on 5 May 1967 and featured on the album #SomethingElseByTheKinks in September that year. Written and produced by Kinks frontman #RayDavies, "Waterloo Sunset" is one of the band's best-known and most acclaimed songs, and was ranked number 14 on the 2021 edition of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_MqfF0WBsU

Dedicated followers of passion: the Kinks’ 40 greatest songs – ranked!
By Alexis Petridis

To coincide with a new exhibition in London about the Davies brothers, we rate the best of a band who brought a sociologist’s eye to hard rock, gentle pastoralia and so much in between

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/30/the-kinks-40-greatest-songs-ranked

#TheKinks #Popandrock #Music #Culture #RayDavies #TheGuardian #AlexisPetridis

Dedicated followers of passion: the Kinks’ 40 greatest songs – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/30/the-kinks-40-greatest-songs-ranked #TheKinks #PopAndRock #Music #Culture #RayDavies

🎶 Recent arrivals 🙂

💿💿 Diamonds Are Forever 1971 💿💿 High Road to China 1983 💿 Rocky II 1979 💿 Ray Davies Orch. 1974/75 💿 Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia 1975 💿 Heaven Can Wait 1978 💿 Cliff Martinez 2014 💿 Stato interessante 1977 💿💿 Day of Anger 1967 💿💿 The Valachi Papers 1972 Banditi a Milano 1968 Io ho paura 1977 💿💿💿 The Godfather Coda 1990

#Filmmusik #Soundtrack #JohnBarry #BillConti #RayDavies #PinoDonaggio #DaveGrusin #CliffMartinez #EnnioMorricone #RizOrtolani #CarmineCoppola #NinoRota

"A Well Respected Man" is a song by the English rock band #theKinks, written by the group's #leadSinger and #rhythmGuitarist #RayDavies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the #EP #KwyetKinks in September 1965. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe. Written as a satire on the British upper class, the song was inspired by Ray Davies's interest in #musicHall and scorn for wealthy tourists he encountered on a 1965 vacation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LFXEfbxdw

On July 15th, 1973: #RayDavies announces his retirement from The Kinks, then attempts suicide; neither effort successful.

On June 27th, 1997: Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: #TheProdigy, and #Radiohead headline; other performers include Smashing Pumpkins, #RayDavies, #VanMorrison, #Sting, Beck, Phish, and Nanci Griffith.

On June 23, 2010: Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: Gorillaz, Muse, and #StevieWonder headline; other performers include Vampire Weekend, #SnoopDogg; #Shakira, #WillieNelson, #RayDavies and The Pet Shop Boys.

♬ Australia, the chance of a lifetime / Australia, you get what you work for / nobody has to be any better than what they want to be ♬

♬ Australia, no class distinction / Australia, no drug addiction / nobody's got a chip on their shoulder / we'll surf like they do in the U.S.A / We'll fly down to Sydney for our holiday / on sunny Christmas day ♬

#TheKinks / #RayDavies / #OdeToAustralia <https://youtube.com/watch?v=guGDh57_xvU>

On Jun 21, 1944: #RayDavies, British #singer- #songwriter and #guitarist ( #TheKinks - "Waterloo Sunset"; "Lola"; "Celluloid Heroes"; "Come Dancing"), born in Muswell Hill, North London, England.
#HappyBirthday #82 °🥂⋆.ೃ🍾࿔*:･

"Waterloo Sunset" is a song by the English #rock band #theKinks. It was released as a single on 5 May 1967 and featured on the album #SomethingElseByTheKinks in September that year. Written and produced by Kinks frontman #RayDavies, "Waterloo Sunset" is one of the band's best-known and most acclaimed songs, and was ranked number 14 on the 2021 edition of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIlxLO-XjX0

SONG OF THE WEEK! “One Planet – One Utopia – One Helmet (Live 1986)” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/one-planet-one-utopia-one-helmet-live-1986-remastered-2025

#johnnyjblair #rondavis #chrishaggerty #victorvalverde #singersongwriter #christianrock #christian #unclecharlies #cortemadera #california #sanfrancisco #protest #political #mayor #jellobiafra #deadkennedys #stpaul #areopogus #ziggystardust #davidbowie #thewho #thekinks #raydavies #newwave #utopia #planet #helmet #election #bumpersticker #soapopera

"Lola" is a song by the English #rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies for their 1970 album #LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne. The song details a romantic encounter in a #Soho bar between a young man and Lola, who is possibly a #transWoman or #crossdresser. In the song, the narrator describes his confusion towards Lola, who "walked like a woman but talked like a man", yet he remains infatuated with her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CzrYXcXweI

SATURDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: “One Planet – One Utopia – One Helmet (Revisited)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNoHOS47i0M

#helmet #ZiggyStardust #davidbowie #thewho #sellout #TheKinks #RayDavies #soapopera #jellobiafra #rollingstones #sanfrancisco #mayor #elections #areopogus #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #singeratlarge

In which we once again see my shameless appreciation for some massively popular artists, but also encounter my obsession with tracking down every recorded version of #RayDavies' “This Strange Effect” by anyone, ever. (Thank you, #bandcamp.)

1. Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart - When The Storm Comes

2. St. Petillo - Reimpressions

3. Madonna - Secret [Edit]

4. Sting - I Burn For You

5. Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River

6. Mazzy Star - Does Someone Have Your Baby Now?

7. Placebo - Song To Say Goodbye

8. k.d. lang - So In Love

9. Morphine - I Know You, Part I

10. Silva de Alegría - Efecto Extraño (This Strange Effect)

#OnThisDay in 2004, "Kinks" singer-songwriter #RayDavies (59) shot in the leg while chasing a 25-year old mugger in New Orleans, Louisiana.

#OnThisDay in 2016, British singer-songwriter #RayDavies, of The Kinks, is awarded a knighthood by #QueenElizabethII.

"A Well Respected Man" is a song by the English rock band #theKinks, written by the group's #leadSinger and #rhythmGuitarist #RayDavies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the EP #KwyetKinks in September 1965. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe. Written as a satire on the British #upper class, the song was inspired by Ray Davies's interest in #musicHall and scorn for wealthy tourists he encountered on a 1965 vacation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRd_CnrwPL0

"Lola" is a song by the English #rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies for their 1970 album #LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne. The song details a romantic encounter in a #Soho bar between a young man and Lola, who is possibly a #transWoman or #crossdresser. In the song, the narrator describes his confusion towards Lola, who "walked like a woman but talked like a man", yet he remains infatuated with her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LemG0cvc4oU

"You Really Got Me" is a song by the English rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies and released as their third single in 1964. The song was the Kinks' breakthrough hit, establishing them as one of the top #BritishInvasion acts in the United States. The song's novel use of #powerChords and #distortion heavily influenced later rock musicians, particularly in the #heavyMetal and #punkRock genres.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJLMmPcx8cA

MONDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: “Something About Suburbia” by Tim a.k.a. Chris Andrews 55th Anniversary Video Edition! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGbYBpyaANs

#chrisandrews #timandrews #suburbia #britpop #musichall #flowerpower #hermanshermits #thekinks #raydavies #themonkees #davyjones #paulkorda #cypayne #fleurdelys #tyrantking #film #video #music #parlophone

"You Really Got Me" is a song by the English rock band #theKinks, written by frontman #RayDavies and released as their third single in 1964. The song was the Kinks' breakthrough hit, establishing them as one of the top #BritishInvasion acts in the United States. The song's novel use of #powerChords and #distortion heavily influenced later rock musicians, particularly in the #heavyMetal and #punkRock genres.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTTsY-oz6Go

SUNDAY MUSIC VIDEO MATINEE: “One Planet – One Utopia – One Helmet” (TV broadcast) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmEQy88m3Bk

#planet #utopia #sanfrancisco #thekinks #raydavies #davedavies #soapopera #davidbowie #thewho #ziggystardust #jellobiafra #stpaul #areopogus #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #singeratlarge #christianrock #CCM #hardrock #poprock #NewWave #RonDavis #ChrisHaggerty

#OnThisDay in 1944, #RayDavies, British #singer-#songwriter and #guitarist (The Kinks - "Waterloo Sunset"; "Lola"; "Celluloid Heroes"; "Come Dancing"), born in Muswell Hill, North London, England.
#HappyBirthday #81 ˚.🎀༘⋆

Happy 81st birthday to Sir Raymond Douglas Davies, CBE . Born today 21st June 1944.

"Those three chords were part of my life - G, F, Bb"

@TheKinks #photooftheday #RayDavies #photography #music

📸 Terry O'Neil

‘The joy shot out of his voice’: Ray Davies, Graham Nash and others on Brian Wilson’s songwriting genius https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/12/brian-wilson-songwriting-genius-ray-davies-graham-nash-jessica-pratt-jim-james-simon-neil #BrianWilson #Popandrock #DavidGray #RayDavies #Culture #USnews #Music