“Slightly androgynous and very sexy”: The frontman Pete Townshend thought could compete with Mick Jagger
One of the best.
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The moment Ray Davies got John Lennon back for a brutal insult: “That’s typical”
“Musicians have got the right to be unkind to one another.”
The beautiful Kinks song that came to Ray Davies like magic: “Rene had died dancing”
The band are fiery on this track.
The 1968 masterpiece that Ray Davies called The Kinks “death wish”
“Maybe it’s an artistic death wish.”
The hospital stay that gave Ray Davies his best song: “I was badly injured”
“The secret to successful songwriting”.
The Kinks song that helped Ray Davies find his voice again: “Rat-arsed drunk on wine”
The Kinks frontman reflects on one of his late career favourites.
