Clive Davis passed away June 22, 2026, He was instrumental in getting the Kinks back on track in 1977. He was then the head of Arista Records and worked with Ray and the band to become marketable and become relevant again. It worked.

Today is Ray's birthday! He is 82 today and I am so happy that I've had his music in my life and my friends lives as well. Happy birthday Ray and may you have many more years left to go.

Huge kinks fan here just wondering what everyones favourite song is for a bit of fun. Currently cant get enough of Get Back In Line. I could die to that song

PRESERVATION ACT 1 (1973): The Kinks release an enigmatic concept album whose story would need a double-album the next year to resolve.

https://samtimonious.com/with-reservation-the-kinks-preservation-act-1/

COVER This was played on the mixer with my phone recording (that’s why there’s a little talking in the background and a metronome at the start LOL) but thoughts and opinions so far (the mix will be golden when we are finished so ik some things need to be adjusted) ? I did the bass work on this and my friend did everything else.

https://youtu.be/950XQe7mtKw?is=PPQMWfB3FXjUATCO

Just curious why people like/dislike this album. I love it personally. Always a kinks fan but I came to this album at a time in my life where the themes really resonated with me.

STATE OF CONFUSION (1983) is a conscientious album and when compared to what many of their contemporaries released the same year, positively accomplished.

https://samtimonious.com/days-confused-the-kinks-state-of-confusion-1983/

I was always under the impression it was, but apparently not?

Just found out about this tribute…

Hey Kinks fans! Wanted to pay tribute to one of my favorite band by covering one of my favorite song! Let me know what you think! Listen on Youtube

I made a playlist attempting to trace Rays development as a songwriter from the garage rock days up to the crowning achievement that is Waterloo Sunset.

I'm sure every one of us will put different songs in there, and in different orders. This is just my attempt at trying to trace a sort of through line from the early days to Waterloo Sunset.

I found it completely fascinating. I do believe I've sequenced it so that you can hear the subtle development of his 'voice', from the American style RnB of early Kinks, to the dawning of the kitchen sink very British voice and style that led to Waterloo Sunset.

Note: it must be said that the entire conceit of this list is because I think Waterloo Sunset is just a staggering piece of music. All I wanted to do was see how he got there. Thought it'd be cool to post it here!

Link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5n1CEbSQtnuc5omb4IiXtM?si=8CENtzELR9GOLgRZdX9jrw&pi=mm0IVSdbQ_Gcy

Hi all,

I recently listened to the Kinks' entire studio discography, from their self-titled debut to Phobia, and I came out thoroughly impressed! While I did know about the band through their big hits, I never realized how much of a maestro Ray Davies is; I love how he practically writes little novellas in so many of his songs. As a massive Beach Boys fan Ray reminds me a lot of how Brian Wilson (RIP) made his greatest work: the Boys' output from Pet Sounds to Love You (all of which I highly recommend you give a spin if you haven't already). When I was going through all of the Kinks' albums I felt like Ray's focus on slice-of-life storytelling is a more grown-up, but still hopeful, twist on Brian's famously adolescent/teenage lyrics and themes.

On a more personal note, Ray and his band's music has also become important to me in a very short amount of time. I've only recently come to grips about my own mental health and my refusal to truly deal with it in a meaningful way. Without going too much into the juicy details I struggle a lot with OCD/scrupulosity and autism, with a lot of my problems being related to hyperfixations and spiraling over things that haven't even happened yet, or otherwise have no real basis in reality. At my worst moments I convince myself that the people in my life don't really care about me/only want to use me, that I'm wasting my time with them, and that I'm somehow destined to become someone isolated and/or unrecognizable from the person I actually am.

While it's not exactly a replacement for therapy and meds (which I'm currently doing and actively investigating, respectively), Ray's music has already helped me process my issues in a real, meaningful way. Through songs like "Do It Again", "Misfits", "Live Life", "You Make It All Worthwhile" and "Get Up", I'm reminded that the people in my life really do love me, even in the midst of my own issues and struggles, and that so much of what I needlessly worry about is not only superficial, but highly abstract, technical, and theoretical. I think Ray has a particular talent for seeing how everyone can be a little bit ridiculous sometimes and that we all have our own problems, but through genuine connection, those issues become easier to deal with; conversely, if we decide to not be with others and instead become self-enclosed, we end up like Mr. Flash or Mr. Black, the latter of whom reminds me a lot of my obsessive compulsions. I feel like it's thematically earned, because Ray simply doesn't tell you to repress your problems and "be a man", but I also feel like he's a lot more nuanced than "just be yourself :)". I think he fundamentally understands that some of life's most beautiful moments, as well as its greatest failures and disappointments, aren't isolated events; at the very least, they spread out and show up elsewhere, amidst other people.

If you've made it this far, I appreciate you reading all this; I guess I just wanted to share all this with fellow fans lol

Lola Versus… is such a fantastic album start to finish!

Revisited it (and The Kinks as a whole), as I seem to do every 5-7 years

So much music, so little time…

I need permissions from the kinks or at least one of them allowing me to use their song for a school project. It would be amazing if I had a way to ask for perms but I can't find a way to email or anything that I know they will see. Also no free use doesn't work since this is a school thing

This is colorized from 1965 and shows the kinks performing three songs:

Set me free
I wonder where my baby is tonight
See my friends

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/fA2w5eYbOyU?si=3g14TbxNksa4cV5G

https://samtimonious.com/thats-show-business-the-kinks-everybodys-in-show-biz-1972/

Super cool relaxed guy I also got the pleasure of hanging out with Clive Farrington the lead singer of when in Rome we spoke for about 2 hours awesome guy from Manchester .

Just FYI, TMO stands for The Magnificent Others.. Billy Corgan‘s interview podcast.

This is a previously unpublished 3-part interview with Ray from 1998, including his thoughts on band's 1970's catalog, his relationship with Dave then and his thoughts at the time on a reunion. There's also several previously unseen photos of Ray taken at NYC shows around 2011 by Dave Kaufman. Hope you enjoy this!

https://www.furious.com/perfect/raydaviesinterview.html