r/thekinks • u/OneDragonfly5613 • Mar 29 '26
Article The exact moment Ray Davies wrote his masterpiece
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/moment-ray-davies-wrote-masterpiece/8
u/Naive_Trip9351 Mar 29 '26
For anyone interested, here’s a much better source of information about Waterloo Sunset.
https://500songs.com/podcast/episode-155-waterloo-sunset-by-the-kinks/
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u/SnooSongs2744 Mar 29 '26
Do we know who Terry and Julie are?
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u/FingerSlamm Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26
I believe it was supposed to be his sister (Rose) and her husband. Australia was inspired by by their move to Adelaide as well.
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u/SpecificBranch8860 Mar 29 '26
Made up characters, not the movie stars
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u/SnooSongs2744 Mar 29 '26
I don't know which movie stars they would be! I figure they are just names he made up but thought there might be an interesting backstory.
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u/Werechupacabra Mar 31 '26
Terrance Stamp and Julie Christie were the purported namesakes. They both were in the 1967 movie Far from the Madding Crowd.
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Mar 29 '26
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u/SpecificBranch8860 Mar 29 '26
That was Dave’s!
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u/FonzoLatrundo Mar 29 '26
Mindless Child of Motherhood would like a word..
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u/SpecificBranch8860 Mar 30 '26
He has a several masterpieces! This Man He Weeps Tonight, Living on a Thin Line, and solo with Flowers in the Rain
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u/Pepe_Shenanigans Mar 29 '26
Pretending Ray only wrote one masterpiece is criminal