The Kinks enjoyed a further string of UK Top 20 hits that year, including Everybodys Gonna Be Happy, Set Me Free, See My Friends (which introduced a new drone-like sound to the bands canon and featured daring, sexually ambiguous lyrics) and Till The End Of The Day, and a further US Top 20 hit with A Well Respected Man.
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In his biography Kink, Davies said that the track was influenced by The Kinks' long and difficult career, along with his hatred toward politicians. Their following albums continued the pattern started with Sleepwalker, hard rock numbers with sharp lyrics.Further line-up changes saw the recruitment of ex-Argent bass player Jim Rodford (b. "A Well Respected Man" was originally released (September 1965) in the UK on the 45rpm 7" EP "You Really Got Me" was reissued for its 40th anniversary as a replica of the original Pye 2 track 7" single and a CD single which added rarity "Misty Water". Mark Haley Early highlights of the British Invasion who artfully chronicled British life (past and present), fueled by the songwriting genius of Ray Davies. "Time Song" 7' single (Part of "Village Green Preservation Society" 50TH and a CD single promotional only. A long-awaited reissue programme was undertaken by the Castle Communications label in 1998; this was particularly significant as the Kinks catalogue had been mercilessly and often badly reissued for many years.
Background "Living on a Thin Line" is one of two songs on Word of Mouth written by Dave Davies (the other being "Guilty"). With Face To Face and Something Else, however, he set about redefining the English character, with sparkling wit and steely nerve. Dead End Street at the end of 1966 highlighted the plight of the working class poor: Out of work and got no money, a Sunday joint of bread and honey, while later in that same song Davies comments What are we living for, two-roomed apartment on the second floor, no money coming in, the rent collector knocks and tries to get in.
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Davies was raised in a large family in Fortis Green in the London borough of Haringey. 7 July 1941, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England) and new keyboard player Ian Gibbons. The Kinks first came to everyone's attention in 1964 as one of the noisiest and most aggressive bands, with records like 'You Really Got Me', and during the next five years they were rarely out of the charts. "Dave Davies – Of The Kinks". The song was also influenced by the deterioration of English identity in the 20th century and Davies' longing for a … Hollingsworth, Roy (21 July 1973). After the comparative failure of UK Jive, featuring new keyboard player Mark Haley, the band left London Records, and after being without a recording contract for some time signed with Sony in 1991.
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This single was released several months later in North America, with the A-side and B-side reversed. Gordon Edwards Although continuing to be a huge attraction in the USA where the albums Low Budget (1979), One For The Road (1980), Give The People What They Want (1981) and State Of Confusion (1983) all reached the Top 20, the Kinks UK career remained stubbornly moribund except for regular Greatest Hits packages. Following the charming, country-influenced kiss-off to the Davies brothers roots, Muswell Hillbillies, the band suffered a barren period. Mick Avory John Dalton On the band's Rolling Stone biography, the song was called "delightfully nostalgic." The resulting Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One was also a success there. Their first single Long Tall Sally failed to sell, although they did receive a lot of publicity through the efforts of their shrewd managers Robert Wace, Grenville Collins and ex-50s showbiz star Larry Page.
All these songs were delivered in Davies laconic, uniquely English singing voice.The Kinks albums prior to 1966s Face To Face had contained a staple diet of R&B standards and comparatively harmless Davies originals. Ray Davies They first became popular in the 1960s.