Ray Davies - The World From My Window (2003) Portrait of the songwriter from The Kinks
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@MajorWolfgangHochstetterАй бұрын
Fantastic! The greatest singer/songwriter of my 74 years!
@aarongoff1111 Жыл бұрын
Ray stands alone on the Kinks pedestal. But can't deny the contributions of brother Dave. Dave's singing and playing a MAJOR part of the Kinks sound!🙌🎶🎵🎸
@karmeng27732 ай бұрын
I am so glad this all was saved on film. It makes my heart melt. Thankyou.
@robbiepeterh Жыл бұрын
The absolute speak of British pop music. No rules, just pure freedom and that’s why we love it to this day. I teach young kids and even their favourites are those 60s songs along with some stuff from the other golden age of music in the 90s. Peace brothers and sisters ✌🏼
@richierugs65445 ай бұрын
as long as i can hear Ray and Dave sing together and Dave smiling---I am in Paradise---
@deniseschug-lattwein9
5 ай бұрын
❤
@clivehomer3145 Жыл бұрын
Love the kinks my time the 60 onward was born 52 loved Ray his music clothes ect one of the best for me
@richsigberman88532 жыл бұрын
The Kinks and Ray Davies solo work is always well worth listening (and thinking) to. He is a great writer.
@janicejohnson27447 ай бұрын
Wonderful songwriter and lyrics.x
@shaunmcgee42043 жыл бұрын
As a songwriter, Ray is second to none. 💜
@samil5601
3 жыл бұрын
This with bells on! Totally unique among all the greats.
@meep2576
Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@edwardmulholland7912
7 ай бұрын
What about Scott Walker’s ‘67 to ‘70 period? Scott was arguably more of an outsider because he was an immigrant. They both looked at their subject matter with empathy - both great.
@drewspinoso48492 жыл бұрын
I love everything about the Kinks and Ray Davies. Everything was so well written and drenched in meaning!
@bobazivkovic7072
3 ай бұрын
Don't forget the atmosphere within their lyrics and music.. especially their ballads more then anything
@drewgeraci8434 Жыл бұрын
Dave was THE most fashionable of the group. Got to see Ray live in 2011 and it was one of the best shows of my life.
@tarkusmjg3 жыл бұрын
One of the worlds greatest lyricist and song writer.
@joancollier4488 Жыл бұрын
So many wonderful songs and such an original, creative and talented man. A beautiful documentary which takes me way back to discovering the Kinks in my early teens and absorbing the lyrics and melodies then. Fifty years on and the music still speak to my heart.
@frankanda92882 жыл бұрын
Ray's a great artist with a sure feel for the right harmony between lyrics and music.
@aisle_of_view3 ай бұрын
Met him at a book signing in the 90s and asked him how long it took to write "Sunny Afternoon" - "About 20 minutes, that one". Amazing!
@polo71553 жыл бұрын
So many fabulous songs!! The Kinks are unique and their music is just as well. Long live Ray and Dave !!
@neilfranklin5644
3 жыл бұрын
I love days it has the brilliance of let it be a kind of reflective spirituality.
@polo7155
3 жыл бұрын
@@neilfranklin5644 Absolutely!
@alabhaois
7 ай бұрын
No one can pigeonhole Sir Raymond Davies. His songs are remarkable in their diversity!! 👍👍👍
@alicegrant37312 жыл бұрын
Genius songwriter 🎵 Too many songs for me to pick a favourite... they are all so diverse
@bashfulbadger12 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Thanks. And Ray looks very pretty, what he might call 'a nice bit of old'.
@TJGornik613 жыл бұрын
Chilly chilly is evening time........thanks for keeping us warm, Raymond Douglas
@moondancer90663 жыл бұрын
I'm American and I don't hate y'all! DANG the Kinks had some great songs!
@rocknrol2 жыл бұрын
Ray Davies is what the Nobel Prize is made of☺️
@tashmina44123 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful little docu... Love Ray and his great tunes. That intense search to respond to the world around him on his own terms speaks to me. Many of his songs are a Remembrance of Things Past, that kind of writing is so intimate, soul baring and fixes things in time, to be revisited over and over. Lyrical story telling, inviting the listener to participate in the longing for the lost moments. Only someone who has a complex inner life with incredible depth could write like that.
@andrekyle5954
3 жыл бұрын
instablaster...
@tonygallo1104
9 ай бұрын
Fabulous
@richardwarren449
2 ай бұрын
I love to revisit special moments in the past, as Ray does so very well. I listened to the Kinks in their heyday, and hearing these songs again really warms my heart. There’s also so much of his music that I missed back then . I’ve got some catching up to do.
@alabhaois7 ай бұрын
Great video!!!!! New subscriber 💕💕💕💕 The Kinks are my favourite band 😎
@TheBoxfitter12 жыл бұрын
What made the Kinks, for me, such a great band was their coice of instrumentation and guitar sounds. So much variety. So much innovation. A really great ear for something out of the ordinary.
@kerryogrady36376 ай бұрын
Could you fucking IMAGINE hearing You Really Got Me for the first time ,say,on your way to work in 1964????? It would have blown fuckin MINDS man,SO fuckin HEAVY,no one touches Ray&The Kinks.
@jameshayden3952
Ай бұрын
I remember my transistor radio, laying by a public pool in summer. Suddenly that sound came through like no other. My head came up and I stared at that little speaker like WTF?!... thought they were one hit wonder till Lola. Researched and found a British wonder.
@drewspinoso48492 жыл бұрын
Incredible story teller!
@robertmurphy440 Жыл бұрын
Seen Ray do final show of tour at paramount L.I. Newyork.Very fan friendly sounded great. DID a lot of oldies..we heard it was being recorded. True treat
@sundberg393 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary. Definitely my favorite lyricist. Moreover I think he’s under rated
@rossjohnson90342 жыл бұрын
How wonderful to find this! So much information from one of my favorite songwriters ever! And nice to hear some of his solo stuff. Any Kink fan needs to check out Ray and Dave’s solo music! Closest we’ll ever get to a reunion!
@PDN111413 жыл бұрын
So glad I watched this - Thankyou for the day... What great artist!
@pretorious7003 жыл бұрын
"See My Friends" is my favorite Ray song. The drone is hypnotizing.
@kevinsysyn44873 жыл бұрын
Every song a touch of class and aa touch of humor.
@nutcracker29166 жыл бұрын
What a nice surprise to see my two heroes Ray & Mick Jagger. Support the same Football team as me!
@omanichickiebabe12 жыл бұрын
Great stuff from the master story teller. Thanks uploader.
@tylerthompson18422 жыл бұрын
He's still the single most underrated songwriter... Not so much in Britain but certainly in America. Dave and him invented punk rock. Some may argue The Who, but they were too Mod in 64'... too clean and tidy.
@terryoneill95252 жыл бұрын
great interview i allway loved them my era great music
@mickrobinson263911 жыл бұрын
I have read XRAY by Ray Davies.It's on my bookshelf.I don't expect to meet anyone who reads the same books as me or even listen to the same music.
@bobazivkovic7072
3 ай бұрын
Ray wrote a book? I'll get one right now!
@shandas25104 жыл бұрын
This is almost a biography of kinks 64 to 68 Brilliant Ray.
@TheArawn11 жыл бұрын
wonderful Thank you for uploading this !!!
@luciatilyard28279 жыл бұрын
Dr Raptus thanks so much for this, it's both lovely and fascinating.
@eddygsmusicworld17083 жыл бұрын
was nice meeting Ray 2007
@Lola-AreaCode2123 жыл бұрын
I just want to marry him. I want to caress his face and listen to him forever.
@jaimeantoniofigueroa50324 жыл бұрын
Desde hace55 años y sigo su musica
@0TheBestMan12 жыл бұрын
this is awesome! thank you!
@paulyounger96554 жыл бұрын
What a talent
@TheLoveLoadChannel2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this! ☮
@kennyguitarallen56623 жыл бұрын
great band,my fav number 2 after the stones
@patricktruchon9153
3 жыл бұрын
Disagree. Kinks/Beatles then-Stones and others.
@msmolly63 жыл бұрын
Fascinating
@luisvaldes15683 жыл бұрын
Just watch BBC doc on making of The Village Green Preservation Society. Ray Davis as really aged since this doc in 2003. Time has no friends.
@melamarpoetry3 жыл бұрын
Very nice documentary!
@berndbouillon38843 жыл бұрын
I like the Kinks music very much
@neilfranklin56443 жыл бұрын
Loved these since I got apeman as a primary school kid,
@tashmina4412
9 ай бұрын
Meeee tooo!
@maureenmichalanney77469 жыл бұрын
bowie understands
@hollisbrown645
4 жыл бұрын
He seems to understand other musos, nice bloke as is Ray 😎✌️
@jeffclement24682 жыл бұрын
❤❤❤
@stephengrasser54783 ай бұрын
Almost all of the Kinks videos neglect to include "Percy" and Village Green Society 1 and 2. In my estimation they should have been included. Different, but with a solid message.
@royferguson22972 жыл бұрын
Genius
@spencerrode2153 жыл бұрын
My three favorite English bands? The Kinks, Dire Straits and everyone else.
@pgroove1633 жыл бұрын
seems like a pretty cool cat
@deanc200012 жыл бұрын
I love the song at 35:50. He's never released it though.
@hatesitrick3 жыл бұрын
Bowie callin it a fuzz box when Dave just used a razor to slash his amplifier - Hendrix came later (Dave also made the flying V look cool way before Jimi did. And I will say I am a way bigger Hendrix fan than I am Dave Davies... but I have to say, Dave got there first Jimi!!!
@adolforodolfo69293 жыл бұрын
Nice documentary. Thanks for posting. Ray seems more relaxed and open than in some other documentaries I have seen. (To stop me wondering, what language are the subtitles in? I'm guessing Danish.)
@Twothink
3 жыл бұрын
Swedish.
@adolforodolfo6929
3 жыл бұрын
@@Twothink Thanks for putting me straight. I'm very interested in languages and can speak/read a few besides my native English - but not including any of the Scandinavian ones, as you can tell 😊
@neilthefish12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this, I'm a life long fan. Have you read his autobiography X IRay? I'ts a great read, I strongly recommend to all fans of Ray and the Kinks!
@shootemupshootemdown
3 жыл бұрын
nah i don't do autobiographies it's like what they say, never meet your heroes they're bound to disappoint, which they do most if not all the time
@moondancer9066
3 жыл бұрын
I don't have heroes, therefore I'm never disappointed.
@papercup2517
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recommendation Neil. It sounds interesting; here's a bit of blurb about it: "This subversively brilliant, one-of-a-kind rock autobiography ingeniously styled as a biography, is written by a nameless, faceless writer hired by an Orwellian entity called "the Corporation" to capture the essence of Ray Davies, lead singer and songwriter of The Kinks and one of the greatest rock and rollers of all time. The Kinks front man reveals his life and times to the young writer, often seemingly passing his stories directly into the writer's consciousness. Carnaby Street, "Top of the Pops," the Cavern Club, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and other fixtures of the times fade in and out of this compelling narrative. Part autobiography, part social history, part psychological thriller, this elusive and daring book exposes rock stardom as the heaven, hell, and purgatory it is." Not quite your average rock memoir, by the sound of it..
@lucyfoster4082
8 ай бұрын
And now Americana, which is to my mind even better.
@hugo22163 жыл бұрын
genius
@familydogg123410 ай бұрын
Check out Ray at 9:05 " Stand Uo Comic" 2003 Konk Studio. Was thus ever released? I dont believe I own this. May be titled " Thats That"
@lucyfoster40828 ай бұрын
So AfterThe Fall was written before the shooting? I had assumed it referred to the shooting.
@marvinm.messier11202 жыл бұрын
No mention of the fuckin Lola vs. Powerman album. C'mon - Come Dancing?
@johnd8776
2 жыл бұрын
I know- I was watching this anticipating hearing about Arthur (my favorite Kinks album) as well as Lola vs. Powerman (my second favorite)but all we got was a few moments Victoria-what gives?
@meep2576 Жыл бұрын
Is Bob Geldoff Lola ? He said we would all be shocked if we knew who Lola was 😂
@moondancer90663 жыл бұрын
I have all the Kinks albums and Leonard Cohen's but no Stones or Beatles?
@zurakd7512 жыл бұрын
svensk text nice:)
@lamper23 жыл бұрын
WHAT IS THE SOURCE WHERE HE SINGS ALONE ALMOST-CH 2 IN CORNER?
@maureenmichalanney77469 жыл бұрын
friendly frankie is great
@jozefwydzialkiewicz34212 жыл бұрын
dlaczego nie tłumaczeń,przecież nie wszyscy znaja angielski biegle w mowie
@bubblanb Жыл бұрын
Is he in the class of Max Martin ?
@jamesmarshall35212 жыл бұрын
We
@chippy78312 жыл бұрын
why go on?????
@mikesaunders47753 жыл бұрын
I had no idea that the BBC banned the promo film for Dead End Street.They are even bigger wankers than I thought.
@Mudbugaudiopro3 жыл бұрын
Ray mentions the Marxist at 11:11
@paulrawes4 жыл бұрын
The Kinks were invited to perform on Live Aid, but refused!
@inger132
3 жыл бұрын
Dave had appendicitis and couldn’t make it for Live Aid
@alfching2499
3 жыл бұрын
Why would they want to Patronise a Joke like Geldof,No way would I have accepted that either.
@mollyhall2954
3 жыл бұрын
not true
@LeonTrotsky67823 жыл бұрын
Maureen Michalanney, sorry you are such a bitter twisted person. Please get some help. Wow, it’s been 5 years now. Hope you are OK now.
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Fantastic! The greatest singer/songwriter of my 74 years!
Ray stands alone on the Kinks pedestal. But can't deny the contributions of brother Dave. Dave's singing and playing a MAJOR part of the Kinks sound!🙌🎶🎵🎸
I am so glad this all was saved on film. It makes my heart melt. Thankyou.
The absolute speak of British pop music. No rules, just pure freedom and that’s why we love it to this day. I teach young kids and even their favourites are those 60s songs along with some stuff from the other golden age of music in the 90s. Peace brothers and sisters ✌🏼
as long as i can hear Ray and Dave sing together and Dave smiling---I am in Paradise---
@deniseschug-lattwein9
5 ай бұрын
❤
Love the kinks my time the 60 onward was born 52 loved Ray his music clothes ect one of the best for me
The Kinks and Ray Davies solo work is always well worth listening (and thinking) to. He is a great writer.
Wonderful songwriter and lyrics.x
As a songwriter, Ray is second to none. 💜
@samil5601
3 жыл бұрын
This with bells on! Totally unique among all the greats.
@meep2576
Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@edwardmulholland7912
7 ай бұрын
What about Scott Walker’s ‘67 to ‘70 period? Scott was arguably more of an outsider because he was an immigrant. They both looked at their subject matter with empathy - both great.
I love everything about the Kinks and Ray Davies. Everything was so well written and drenched in meaning!
@bobazivkovic7072
3 ай бұрын
Don't forget the atmosphere within their lyrics and music.. especially their ballads more then anything
Dave was THE most fashionable of the group. Got to see Ray live in 2011 and it was one of the best shows of my life.
One of the worlds greatest lyricist and song writer.
So many wonderful songs and such an original, creative and talented man. A beautiful documentary which takes me way back to discovering the Kinks in my early teens and absorbing the lyrics and melodies then. Fifty years on and the music still speak to my heart.
Ray's a great artist with a sure feel for the right harmony between lyrics and music.
Met him at a book signing in the 90s and asked him how long it took to write "Sunny Afternoon" - "About 20 minutes, that one". Amazing!
So many fabulous songs!! The Kinks are unique and their music is just as well. Long live Ray and Dave !!
@neilfranklin5644
3 жыл бұрын
I love days it has the brilliance of let it be a kind of reflective spirituality.
@polo7155
3 жыл бұрын
@@neilfranklin5644 Absolutely!
@alabhaois
7 ай бұрын
No one can pigeonhole Sir Raymond Davies. His songs are remarkable in their diversity!! 👍👍👍
Genius songwriter 🎵 Too many songs for me to pick a favourite... they are all so diverse
Brilliant. Thanks. And Ray looks very pretty, what he might call 'a nice bit of old'.
Chilly chilly is evening time........thanks for keeping us warm, Raymond Douglas
I'm American and I don't hate y'all! DANG the Kinks had some great songs!
Ray Davies is what the Nobel Prize is made of☺️
What a beautiful little docu... Love Ray and his great tunes. That intense search to respond to the world around him on his own terms speaks to me. Many of his songs are a Remembrance of Things Past, that kind of writing is so intimate, soul baring and fixes things in time, to be revisited over and over. Lyrical story telling, inviting the listener to participate in the longing for the lost moments. Only someone who has a complex inner life with incredible depth could write like that.
@andrekyle5954
3 жыл бұрын
instablaster...
@tonygallo1104
9 ай бұрын
Fabulous
@richardwarren449
2 ай бұрын
I love to revisit special moments in the past, as Ray does so very well. I listened to the Kinks in their heyday, and hearing these songs again really warms my heart. There’s also so much of his music that I missed back then . I’ve got some catching up to do.
Great video!!!!! New subscriber 💕💕💕💕 The Kinks are my favourite band 😎
What made the Kinks, for me, such a great band was their coice of instrumentation and guitar sounds. So much variety. So much innovation. A really great ear for something out of the ordinary.
Could you fucking IMAGINE hearing You Really Got Me for the first time ,say,on your way to work in 1964????? It would have blown fuckin MINDS man,SO fuckin HEAVY,no one touches Ray&The Kinks.
@jameshayden3952
Ай бұрын
I remember my transistor radio, laying by a public pool in summer. Suddenly that sound came through like no other. My head came up and I stared at that little speaker like WTF?!... thought they were one hit wonder till Lola. Researched and found a British wonder.
Incredible story teller!
Seen Ray do final show of tour at paramount L.I. Newyork.Very fan friendly sounded great. DID a lot of oldies..we heard it was being recorded. True treat
Excellent documentary. Definitely my favorite lyricist. Moreover I think he’s under rated
How wonderful to find this! So much information from one of my favorite songwriters ever! And nice to hear some of his solo stuff. Any Kink fan needs to check out Ray and Dave’s solo music! Closest we’ll ever get to a reunion!
So glad I watched this - Thankyou for the day... What great artist!
"See My Friends" is my favorite Ray song. The drone is hypnotizing.
Every song a touch of class and aa touch of humor.
What a nice surprise to see my two heroes Ray & Mick Jagger. Support the same Football team as me!
Great stuff from the master story teller. Thanks uploader.
He's still the single most underrated songwriter... Not so much in Britain but certainly in America. Dave and him invented punk rock. Some may argue The Who, but they were too Mod in 64'... too clean and tidy.
great interview i allway loved them my era great music
I have read XRAY by Ray Davies.It's on my bookshelf.I don't expect to meet anyone who reads the same books as me or even listen to the same music.
@bobazivkovic7072
3 ай бұрын
Ray wrote a book? I'll get one right now!
This is almost a biography of kinks 64 to 68 Brilliant Ray.
wonderful Thank you for uploading this !!!
Dr Raptus thanks so much for this, it's both lovely and fascinating.
was nice meeting Ray 2007
I just want to marry him. I want to caress his face and listen to him forever.
Desde hace55 años y sigo su musica
this is awesome! thank you!
What a talent
Thank you for posting this! ☮
great band,my fav number 2 after the stones
@patricktruchon9153
3 жыл бұрын
Disagree. Kinks/Beatles then-Stones and others.
Fascinating
Just watch BBC doc on making of The Village Green Preservation Society. Ray Davis as really aged since this doc in 2003. Time has no friends.
Very nice documentary!
I like the Kinks music very much
Loved these since I got apeman as a primary school kid,
@tashmina4412
9 ай бұрын
Meeee tooo!
bowie understands
@hollisbrown645
4 жыл бұрын
He seems to understand other musos, nice bloke as is Ray 😎✌️
❤❤❤
Almost all of the Kinks videos neglect to include "Percy" and Village Green Society 1 and 2. In my estimation they should have been included. Different, but with a solid message.
Genius
My three favorite English bands? The Kinks, Dire Straits and everyone else.
seems like a pretty cool cat
I love the song at 35:50. He's never released it though.
Bowie callin it a fuzz box when Dave just used a razor to slash his amplifier - Hendrix came later (Dave also made the flying V look cool way before Jimi did. And I will say I am a way bigger Hendrix fan than I am Dave Davies... but I have to say, Dave got there first Jimi!!!
Nice documentary. Thanks for posting. Ray seems more relaxed and open than in some other documentaries I have seen. (To stop me wondering, what language are the subtitles in? I'm guessing Danish.)
@Twothink
3 жыл бұрын
Swedish.
@adolforodolfo6929
3 жыл бұрын
@@Twothink Thanks for putting me straight. I'm very interested in languages and can speak/read a few besides my native English - but not including any of the Scandinavian ones, as you can tell 😊
Thanks for uploading this, I'm a life long fan. Have you read his autobiography X IRay? I'ts a great read, I strongly recommend to all fans of Ray and the Kinks!
@shootemupshootemdown
3 жыл бұрын
nah i don't do autobiographies it's like what they say, never meet your heroes they're bound to disappoint, which they do most if not all the time
@moondancer9066
3 жыл бұрын
I don't have heroes, therefore I'm never disappointed.
@papercup2517
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recommendation Neil. It sounds interesting; here's a bit of blurb about it: "This subversively brilliant, one-of-a-kind rock autobiography ingeniously styled as a biography, is written by a nameless, faceless writer hired by an Orwellian entity called "the Corporation" to capture the essence of Ray Davies, lead singer and songwriter of The Kinks and one of the greatest rock and rollers of all time. The Kinks front man reveals his life and times to the young writer, often seemingly passing his stories directly into the writer's consciousness. Carnaby Street, "Top of the Pops," the Cavern Club, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who and other fixtures of the times fade in and out of this compelling narrative. Part autobiography, part social history, part psychological thriller, this elusive and daring book exposes rock stardom as the heaven, hell, and purgatory it is." Not quite your average rock memoir, by the sound of it..
@lucyfoster4082
8 ай бұрын
And now Americana, which is to my mind even better.
genius
Check out Ray at 9:05 " Stand Uo Comic" 2003 Konk Studio. Was thus ever released? I dont believe I own this. May be titled " Thats That"
So AfterThe Fall was written before the shooting? I had assumed it referred to the shooting.
No mention of the fuckin Lola vs. Powerman album. C'mon - Come Dancing?
@johnd8776
2 жыл бұрын
I know- I was watching this anticipating hearing about Arthur (my favorite Kinks album) as well as Lola vs. Powerman (my second favorite)but all we got was a few moments Victoria-what gives?
Is Bob Geldoff Lola ? He said we would all be shocked if we knew who Lola was 😂
I have all the Kinks albums and Leonard Cohen's but no Stones or Beatles?
svensk text nice:)
WHAT IS THE SOURCE WHERE HE SINGS ALONE ALMOST-CH 2 IN CORNER?
friendly frankie is great
dlaczego nie tłumaczeń,przecież nie wszyscy znaja angielski biegle w mowie
Is he in the class of Max Martin ?
We
why go on?????
I had no idea that the BBC banned the promo film for Dead End Street.They are even bigger wankers than I thought.
Ray mentions the Marxist at 11:11
The Kinks were invited to perform on Live Aid, but refused!
@inger132
3 жыл бұрын
Dave had appendicitis and couldn’t make it for Live Aid
@alfching2499
3 жыл бұрын
Why would they want to Patronise a Joke like Geldof,No way would I have accepted that either.
@mollyhall2954
3 жыл бұрын
not true
Maureen Michalanney, sorry you are such a bitter twisted person. Please get some help. Wow, it’s been 5 years now. Hope you are OK now.