Dave Davies is an absolute rock hero: He was a teenager when he created one of rock's first and most catchy power chord riffs.

I often bump into Dave in North London... Always has time for a chat . Such a nice man and a real gentleman .... Top Man.👍

@bluebellbeatnik4945

Жыл бұрын

he lives in the uk? i thought he live in nyc

@shaboomski919

Ай бұрын

@@bluebellbeatnik4945 Dave does indeed live in the US, perhaps he was thinking of Ray then lmao

Dave's guitar work on Sleepwalker is some if the best ever rock guitar phrasing. Most overlooked rock guitarist.

@frankmccormick1175

Жыл бұрын

Live life is on that Album isn't it? Great song and Brill Guitar 👍

@georgestevens1502

Жыл бұрын

@@frankmccormick1175 Doesn't ring a bell. Maybe on a different album.

@glenngeggamoja6278

Жыл бұрын

It is on Misfits, great tune@@frankmccormick1175

@newspapertaxis1

10 ай бұрын

It's on Misfits...@@frankmccormick1175

@michaelstewart7473

10 ай бұрын

@@frankmccormick1175 misfits album! totally agree great song, Dave is amazing!

Glad to see Dave looking and sounding well. Hes made a remarkable recovery from his stroke that he had suffered a number of years ago.

My favourite band since a very long time. Dave always seems very relaxed and cheerfull. The Davies brothers are so talented. Love The Kinks

@chrisbotelho7212

Жыл бұрын

Love the Kinks. Listen to them every day.

@toddblanks

Жыл бұрын

Dave has always had terrific sense of humour. I like how he speaks his mind without a care what others think. Dave has always been an honest straightforward man, tells it as it was/is.

@myrrhinegrossi2744

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisbotelho7212 I also listen to them every day, so it's make me feel happy

I love Dave. Death of a Clown is one of the most beautiful yet haunting songs ever

@alanmusicman3385

Жыл бұрын

Indeed - "Susannah's Still Alive" was a good track too - though less successful chart wise.

@cameroncameron2826

Жыл бұрын

I love that song so much it hurts.

I was 14, eight grade, Southern California on vacation for a week with my family. I played "You Really Got me" the whole week, no other song the whole week. Then in 1980, when my wife and myself saw you in Boulder Colorado you played there It was great Dave got pulled off the stage into the crowd prompting Ray to ask the crowd, "would you mind giving my brother back?

I saw that guy kicking ass and shredding solos in front of me in 1983...Always loved the Kinks and Dave is such a great musician, composer singer , guitar player and all around good fellow... it's sad he had a stroke but he's a fighter and he's still with us today! Thank You the Davies bros. for 60 years of great music!

The Kinks' music gave joy to the world, Davies' brothers are warriors of this planet

The last I heard Dave was near death from a stroke. Glad to see he pulled through. Every time the Kinks got big they self destructed.

C'mon lads-get that last hurrah together and announce a final tour-please!!!!

I'm 75 years-old, and when The Kinks invaded the U.S. in 1964, they were 'MY BAND' and still are! My high school buddies and I went berserk when we first heard Dave's guitar licks. 'You Really Got ME', and 'All Day and All of the Night', are still two of my favorites, and I listen to them on cd's, video, and 'Alexa' almost every day. I have speakers throughout my house so I can hear Ray and Dave no matter which room I'm in.

@rockinbiff

Ай бұрын

Absolutely, The Kinks are & were my favorite band.

The Kinks have so many great songs. Definitely one of my favorite bands growing up.

@andonandonovski7197

Жыл бұрын

.p 7:05

Dave always seems like a friendly humble guy who enjoys talking about his life and music.

@danieleyre8913

Жыл бұрын

He wasn’t like that in his late teens during the mid 1960s. He was an arrogant out of control shit. But yeah once he humbled in his 20s he became a nice guy. Super down to earth and gregarious.

@chrisbotelho7212

Жыл бұрын

@@danieleyre8913 Yeah he was a dick weed prior to straightening out. Saw him spit at Mick Avory during a show in Boston around '72, '73. While he's playing he just walked over and hurled a loogie in Avory's direction. Totally gross. Mick just glared at him. You could tell he wanted to crack him with the high hat again. Other than that it was a great show.

@jackmullinger6708

Жыл бұрын

@@danieleyre8913 easy now cowboy

@allbottledup9513

8 ай бұрын

@@jackmullinger6708lol he’s being pretty accurate, as far as I’m aware. Dandy definitely implies Ray would agree lol

I’m 39 and have been a big rock fan and rediscovering The Kinks. I’ve heard the hits but wanna go deeper. They made really good music. I just picked this up and sounds amazing. Underrated band. Nice to see this interview.

@chrisbotelho7212

Жыл бұрын

You should check out everything from Kinks Kontroversey through Muswell Hillbillies, 1966-1971. Every l.p. different from the one before and all great. My favorite is Face to Face from '66 and Arthur from '69.

@mrlennonaxl7242

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisbotelho7212 wil check it out. Thanks!

@anthonypfranco

Жыл бұрын

⁠@@chrisbotelho7212 Do that and be greatly rewarded with some of the best rock of that period. The Who, The Beatles and The Kinks. The triumvirate of British rock. Although the Kinks remain my favorite.

@finch45lear

Жыл бұрын

I just love the Kinks.Back in 1980 ,I must have played One For The Road a100 times and saw them three times in 1980-81. What a band.

@chrisbotelho7212

Жыл бұрын

@@finch45lear Love The Kinks. Miss those days.

I'd be willing to bet a large chunk of money that the vast majority of people have no idea what the reach and influence of this gentleman and his band have been on music.

Dave is simply stating. that his brother Ray had written so many lyrics and musical inspirations that he felt inspired to express his remarkable talent.

Absolutely brilliant band. Their music has been a source of joy for me for 50 years.

I remember always singing 'Tired of Waiting' at my friends door when I'd knock for him in the morning and we'd be late for school. That was 1965 when I was eight and I still listen to the Kinks music today. Thanks Ray and Dave.

Dave is one of the best people i know. Such a great guy.

My favorite band of all time🎶 🌹 🇬🇧 👌 Thank you Dave for this interview 🇺🇸 I saw the kinks 4 times In koncert😎 1974,79,80,89 ❤

Whenever i see dave i am instantly buzzing with a sharp smile on my face. Why i am in all with these masterful original musicians. These people are the dreams of my heart mind & soul. it still bugles me just what they have done.😍

I've always liked the Kinks. Even during my early youth (in East Germany, "behind the wall", by the way) I liked to listen to them, sometimes secretly, sometimes openly... By the way: The lyrics of the song "Waterloo Sunset" were a topic in my English class - this is exactly what motivated me to learn English! The Kinks were and will never be forgotten! Thanks for everything Ray! Greetings from Germany!

Love it! Humility, humor, self-aware. Congrats to the interviewer!

i'm off to seek out his autobiography and i'm thrilled to see him looking healthy.

dave so good to hear him love this man

Ray is an amazing writer, but Dave has some gems in there as well!

Dave you are an awesome person!

The foundation of guitar as we know it right here! Luckily I saw the kinks thrice as a kid and their gigs were unbeatable because of Dave...and the fire between the brothers. Without Dave Davies anger, music would have missed the soul that inspired all of us who followed. Love you Dave!

@jamesfitzgerald6636

Жыл бұрын

Not the foundation of guitar,

I am so absolutely happy to see Dave here. Music the fabric of my childhood. Love the brothers Davies.

The Kinks is a great band , music had me dancing.

Strangers is one of the best if not the best by The Kinks. Waterloo Sunset, Strangers, and Sunny Afternoon are easily my most played Kinks songs. I'm sure Dave impressed Ray with the writing on Strangers, whether or not he ever truly expressed it to him.

@asgard5968

Жыл бұрын

Dead End Street, Death of a Clown ?

The Kinks all but invented Heavy Metal and Punk Rock. When Dave was accused of playing Heavy Metal in the early 1980s, he rightfully said.... "It wasn't called Heavy Metal when I invented it!"

@xxcelr8rs

Жыл бұрын

Ramones took alot from "Henry the Eighth I Am I Am".

@alanmusicman3385

Жыл бұрын

@@xxcelr8rs That was not the Kinks. It was an odd US-only hit for Herman's Hermits. Never a hit in the UK.

@xxcelr8rs

Жыл бұрын

@@alanmusicman3385 Technically correct, but you miss my point by a country mile.

@alanmusicman3385

Жыл бұрын

@@xxcelr8rs You'd better lighten my darkness then?

@jamesfitzgerald6636

Жыл бұрын

Love the LA band, 1966, 7is 7 was punk first

Terrific interview. Thanks so much. I've been a Kinks fan for all 60 of their years. I need to get his book.

saw dave dave’s in hartford ct a few years ago . great to hear him live in a smaller venue.

This was good vibrations.....and a perfect example of ageing very well. Dave got Better....Not Bitter.....There was love here....Great interview from the Host ...The KINKS ROCKED IT....thanks fer slashing that amp Dave!!....God bless you all.....Keep un Rockin in the Free 🌎....✌️🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎺

What an amazing man. Long live the kinks!

So sad seeing and hearing a legend struggling with age. Sucks getting old!!

I’m so moved that he noticed the “warrior” qualities of the hospital patients struggling to overcome brain injuries, and that he took his guitar to bed with him to stimulate his tactile impulses. What a wonderful man.

One really fantastic band.

I always like to see Dave do interviews, such a lovely man.

Great humble musician with such a rich insight into his life and career. Let your lovely guitar speak the rest, Dave... Rock on, forever.

I was born in 1956 and my older brother bought hit records as soon as they came out. The kinks were so far ahead of everyone else and their time of course.

Pretty humble dude considering he flashed a Flying V and notwithstanding Link Wray's Rumble he invented the "heavy" RIFF ( All Day and All Of The Night, I Need You, Where Have All The Good Times Gone, Who'll Be The Next In Line and more) which became the sub genre of rock n roll called "rock" precursor of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.☮🎸

Thanks Dave for the music. my family once saw Dave in a bank in Exeter, Devon, uk.

@razorwestham5949

3 ай бұрын

Was he robbing it lol 😅

Love to you Dave … looking and sounding so good … I was ( so proudly ) there @ Pye 2 …. Alan O’Duffy

Love Dave Davies! He is an absolute legend & a really nice guy. Bless him & long may he reign.

Great man, great band.

Kinks, See My Friends. This song talked to me. Been a serious fan ever since.

That was so uplifting thank you both 😊

Love the Kinks. In my top 5 classic rock groups. I even love Apeman!!

@maudemathildeh335

10 ай бұрын

I've always loved The Kinks. "Harry Rag" is one of my favourites.

While other kids were carrying around Beatle records, I had the Kinks and Village Preservation!

@patm5086

Жыл бұрын

I have Beatles records and kinks records ,it's all good

@stefanhall3219

Жыл бұрын

@Pat M Of course I love the Beatles too,but if the Beatles were playing on one side of the street and the Kinks on the other - I would go to the Kinks concert. Kink fans are different!

@patm5086

Жыл бұрын

@@stefanhall3219 I'm a kinks fan too

@stefanhall3219

Жыл бұрын

@patm5086 The Kinks always had more edge,more radical! And they were still cool and hip ,after the Beatles sold out!

@frankmccormick1175

Жыл бұрын

​@@stefanhall3219 The Beatles never sold out, they just went with the ride and after Epstein died they did they're own thing eg Magical Mystery Tour, The Kinks couldn't break America because of problems with the Unions, otherwise they would've "Sold out" as well

Great guy and guitarist!

I love the Kinks. My all time favorite Brit band. They had an edge like the Rolling Stones but more introspective lyrics. Ray Davies, is like a poet songwriter.

Recentlly I've been' listening to a lot of Kinks songs,some I've known and others I had never heard like Waterloo Sunset, which is one of the most touchingly beautiful songs. I've ever listened too. And this guy plays a great lead guitar on it.

I love the Kinks Journey Vol. 1. It’s a great concept and well done!

Read that book. A great read.

Kinks Forever!

Hi Dave, I used to catch sight of you n bro RD in Cherry Tree Wood.

Dave looks great! Wow interested in checking out the remixes.

I salute Dave Davis, especially for his guitar melody on ‘waterloo Sunset’, absolutely sublime and timeless, completely captures the mood of the song.

I goddamn LOVE THE KINKS!!!! Davies show MAJOR class in this interview, especially when the interviewer ( maybe unintentionally) insults him about the Beatles .

"Dead End Street" was the first '45 I bought as a kid in the '60's!

@jnagarya519

Жыл бұрын

Great single. Totally STIFFED in the US.

@MrJeremyWeeks

Жыл бұрын

@@jnagarya519 Was rather Brit specify, except when they sang “2 room apartment on the 2nd floor” we always said “flat”.

Arthur is their pinnacle of craftsmanship. That is one great album.

@chrisbotelho7212

Жыл бұрын

Great l.p.

@kenm7179

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Was just listening to it the other day (for about 3 days actually). I bought the original vinyl way back in the day. IMO their masterpiece, and holds up incredibly well.

@marcyfan-tz4wj

Жыл бұрын

what about the 4 before it and the 4 after it? they've given enough but i wait with baited breath anything next they'll do.

Love them

What a treat! Hello 🤗 Dave. Love the Kinks. 🎸🥁❤💂🇬🇧✨🎶🇺🇲

Dave’s guitar intro into Celluliod Heroes from one for the road is still my favorites of all time

This is a really, really great interview!

Who doesn’t love the Kinks! But that’s NOTHING compared to the interviewers haircut…the true star of this video

Ray and Dave Davies the best songwriters of all time.

God Save the Kinks ~!!!!!

GOD BLESS THE KINKS! - GOD BLESS THE 60s BRITISH WAVE! ...... - m.

i saw the kinks, what a great band. dave really blew me away with the many styles he played across the playlist!

Sir Ray Davies my celluloid hero👍

A total hero to me

Great interview

There’s a KZread video of a Kinks live performance doing “The Hard Way”. Dave is so young and looks like the perfect rock star. Maybe he was. God Save The Kinks!

A few minutes in, Dave is a lovely guy, I wonder what he'd sound like if he hadn't been smashed in the head with a cymbal back almost 58 years ago? Good Lord. I'm so glad he survived. Rock on, Mr. Dave. 🖖😎

Dave is so sweet.

Wow, Dave looks great!

Love me some Kinks… Something Else, Arthur, Preservation Act II, Soap Opera, Schoolboys. And the Kronikles, too!

I'm curious what form of blade damage to the speaker altered the tone like that ? - slits in the cone ? - just slits to the cloth 'opening' out the sound ?

Love you Dave ❤

The riff master right behind Keith

They dont spawn them like these Kinks guys anymore!Humble as fuck!Dave STILL got itXxx👌🎸🎼🎹🎤

In 1968 the debate over who "invented" "hard rock" considered "The Kinks" and "The Yardbirds". "Hard rock" -- a marketing term -- was later replaced by marketing term "Heavy Metal" and then later still "Punk".

@caryheuchert

Жыл бұрын

Yes, we always called it “hard rock” in the early-mid 70s… the term “heavy metal” came later.

@jnagarya519

Жыл бұрын

@@caryheuchert We were debating who originated "hard rock" in 1968.

@patm5086

Жыл бұрын

Gotta give it to the yardbirds

@jnagarya519

Жыл бұрын

@@patm5086 I can't say "You Really Got Me" there.

YAY!!! Get him in the Telly more all you TV decision makers. Where can we perspex clothes?

Wonder why comments about Ray are being removed. Is it a big secret that a man pushing 80 is in poor health?

@choptop81

Ай бұрын

Eventually we all have to return home from our sojourn on Earth

good ole dave davies is in his 70s ffs!!

Your voice is smooth and pleasant - toupee not necessary man

For all the talk about cutting the speaker it would be nice if somebody asked him about the exact details of how he did that before the man isn't any longer on the planet. Pics of the amp and speaker would be very cool if it still exists.

@iconicshrubbery

Жыл бұрын

People didn't carry mobiles with cameras back then, no photos of his crap amp. We'll just trust Dave's word and use our imaginations.

@7171jay

Жыл бұрын

@Stephanie knows who... Yeah, I'm 58 years old and understand that there weren't cell phone cameras in 1965. My point was that if the amp still exists then pics of the speaker itself would be cool info for guitar geeks and documentation of this bit of rock and roll history.

@iconicshrubbery

Жыл бұрын

@@7171jay I agree, but Dave probably trashed it completely.. 😔

The riff master right behind keith

Dave

"Imagination is more important than knowledge" Albert Einstein.

God save the Kinks!❤

This maybe controversial but never the less l believe it to be beyond doubt you could count on one hand the most influential groups from the UK in the sixties were Cliff Richard and the Shadows the Beatles the Rolling Stones the Yardbirds and the Kinks. The key is in the word influential their were others that were great but they all owed something to these five bands.

I love Ray, but to me, it is ALL about Dave and the guitar. He is to me the most underrated guitar legends ever.

@hollyweb5045

7 ай бұрын

Underrated and uncelebrated

The 60s were a time when the best aspects of our nature were actually organizing people. For a while, expectations began to skyrocket. The comparison to today is the amount of malicious influence organizing people.

@alanmusicman3385

Жыл бұрын

True enough - a lot of music today is completely bereft of any optimism - in fact optimism is seen as very un-cool by many. Odd when you think that in the 1960s the threat of nuclear anihilation - the end of everything - seemed very real and imminent.

Dyslexia was hidden.. Music is fun so it makes things much better

It wasn't that John Wrote "All You Need Is Love" that they wanted to kick him out of the Country. He got played by actual revolutionaries. It is in his little book called "Sky Writing.'PS Dave is me favorite guitar player ya know. I'm not like Everyone Else.

@patm5086

Жыл бұрын

I'm not like everybody else is golden man. Dave rocks. I'm 71 and never saw the kinks.

@xxcelr8rs

Жыл бұрын

@@patm5086 Live 78 Milwaukee, Once Ray about 2010. Dabe's band 2016? The good stuff