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Ted Tocks Covers
Well Respected Man
Originally posted on August 11, 2025
Remembering Shel Talmy!
“‘Cause he gets up in the morning
And he goes to work at nine
And he comes back home at five-thirty
Gets the same train every time
‘Cause his world is built ’round punctuality
It never fails”#sheltalmy #thekinks #thewho #RayDavies #jimmypage #johnpauljones #NickyHopkins #theeasybeats #garylewisandtheplayboys #cheaptrick #jezquayle #LosWalkers #rainbowgirls
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Dedicated followers of passion: the Kinks’ 40 greatest songs – ranked!
By Alexis PetridisTo 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
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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
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🎶 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
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"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.
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"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.
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On July 15th, 1973: #RayDavies announces his retirement from The Kinks, then attempts suicide; neither effort successful.
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On July 15th, 1973: #RayDavies announces his retirement from The Kinks, then attempts suicide; neither effort successful.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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♬ 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>
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♬ 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>
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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"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.
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"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.
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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
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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
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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)
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#MondayRandom10 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)
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#OnThisDay in 2004, "Kinks" singer-songwriter #RayDavies (59) shot in the leg while chasing a 25-year old mugger in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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#OnThisDay in 2004, "Kinks" singer-songwriter #RayDavies (59) shot in the leg while chasing a 25-year old mugger in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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#OnThisDay in 2016, British singer-songwriter #RayDavies, of The Kinks, is awarded a knighthood by #QueenElizabethII.
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#OnThisDay in 2016, British singer-songwriter #RayDavies, of The Kinks, is awarded a knighthood by #QueenElizabethII.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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"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.
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Ted Tocks Covers
Well Respected Man
Originally posted on August 11. 2025
Remembering Shel Talmy!
“‘Cause he gets up in the morning
And he goes to work at nine
And he comes back home at five-thirty
Gets the same train every time
‘Cause his world is built ’round punctuality
It never fails”#sheltalmy #thekinks #TheWho #RayDavies #jimmypage #johnpauljones #NickyHopkins #theeasybeats #garylewisandtheplayboys #cheaptrick #jezquayle #LosWalkers #rainbowgirls
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"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.
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"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.
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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
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"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.
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"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.
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Ted Tocks Covers - Year 8 - Day 62
Well Respected Man
Remembering Shel Talmy!
“And he's oh, so good
And he's oh, so fine
And he's oh, so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things so conservatively”Enjoy!
#thekinks #RayDavies #sheltalmy #thewho #theeasybeats #NickyHopkins #jimmypage #garylewisandtheplayboys #LosWalkers #CheapTrick #jezquayle #rainbowgirls
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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
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#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.
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#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.
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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
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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
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‘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
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‘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
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Ted Tocks Covers
Lola
Originally posted on June 3, 2019
On this day 55 years ago #RayDavies of The Kinks made a 6000 mile round trip to change ‘Coca Cola’ to ‘Cherry Cola’ in order to satisfy a BBC advertising restriction.
“Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola”As a society were we more progressive in 1970?
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Ted Tocks Covers
So Tired of Waiting for You
Originally posted on February 18, 2022
It was on this day 60 years ago the The Kinks hit #1 on the U.K. singles charts with this classic.
“It's your life
And you can do what you want
Do what you like
But please don't keep-a me waiting”#thekinks #RayDavies #julientemple #GaryLightbody #xtc #suziquatro #nancysinatra #LeeHazlewood #greenday #DwightYoakam #DaveDavies #RonnieSpector