Comments on: Ray Davies: Imaginary Man

By: Jay Rogers

Jay Rogers — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:24:54 +0000

Could anybody be more ironic than Ray Davies? The MTV videos broke the Kinks into America as superstars … finally.

And finally that stardom broke what made the Kinks so good.

Most Kinks fans understand that what made the band great was their anti-trendiness and thoughful lyrics. They were at their best when they were at their lowest commerical success — singing songs about “Village Greens” and how “Everybody’s a Star.”

By: Lanny

Lanny — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:44:01 +0000

Im also a long time kinks fan (Im 59)……Hey Steve, One more time brought tears to my eyes also – for no reason, just because its a wonderful song………sorry about your brother. I loved the Beatles, but he kinks songs talked to me and meant more to me as the years went by……so many wonderful songs that the general public is unaware of…….two sisters, starstruck, moments, dreams, to the bone, only a dream, scattered, big sky, hundreds more.

By: Steve Van Etten

Steve Van Etten — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:29:25 +0000

I have been a Kinks fan for as long as I remember, but Ray’s most recent solo album has a song (“one more time”) that brings a tear to my ey every time I hear it. It reminds me of days gone by when my father (still living) used to take walks with my younger brother (who was a down syndrome lad and avid Kinks fan). My brother passed away in 2001 from complications after elective surgery. My father is still a Kinks fan because of my brother.