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Post by wickedsuzannabella on Apr 2, 2008 12:08:40 GMT -5
Jealous, Jealous, jealous here in L.A. I heard you guys got "Days" AND "Victoria"!! Wheeee!! ;D
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Post by Smiley on Apr 2, 2008 14:30:26 GMT -5
Yes we did WSB.. it was a wonderful.. ADAAOTN. Sorry, I only jotted down a partial set list, I got to excited to write anymore after the we started standing up! Thanks again to Frank & Andrea who scouted out some MUCH improved seating arrangements at the theater. We were so far back my glasses didn't even help Frank also got an shout out for Harry Rag. Really sorry now, I didn't bring plates!!! The Gathering at the Elephant and Castle was a huge success. The word spread and more than 50 people showed up, to celebrate Ray's & Company's return to the Cold, Windy City. (I'll post some pictures in the thread.) More to come! I've got to edit some photos now. Nicola6 is on that Steam (diesel) Powered Train to Wockie after a thrilling weekend in the Windy. Frank & Andrea are also jetting back East.
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Post by uncleson on Apr 2, 2008 15:46:26 GMT -5
The show in Chicago was positively breathtaking! We were 'blown away'!
And the gathering at Elephant and Castle was just great! Everybody had a wonderful time.
A big 'thank you' to Andrea, Nicola6, and Frank for coming out to party with us!
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Post by Smiley on Apr 2, 2008 16:05:10 GMT -5
Four decades later, Davies still on top CONCERT REVIEW | At 63, former Kinks singer seems to have new lease on life April 2, 2008 Recommend BY JIM DeROGATIS Pop Music Critic jimdero@jimdero.com Four decades into one of the most extraordinary careers in rock history, at an age when many are content to rest on their laurels, 63-year-old Ray Davies is performing with the intensity of an artist who still has something to prove. Much lauded by some critics and fans, I found Davies' 'Storyteller' shows in the mid-'90s disappointing for their obsession with sweet nostalgia and the impression that this magnificent songwriter could not envision a future outside the Kinks, which came to an end in 1996. Ray Davies performs Tuesday at the Chicago Theatre. The former Kinks lead singer played two hourlong sets. (Chris Sweda/Sun-Times) Then, in 2004, Davies was shot by a mugger on the streets of New Orleans. Combined with his brother Dave's stroke, it was a frightening and painful reminder of the fragility of life. Now the once and perhaps future Kink is touring behind his second solo album -- the powerful 'Working Man's Cafe,' which boasts several songs about his ordeal in the Crescent City -- and he seemed to have a new lease on life as he took the stage Tuesday before a devoted crowd at the Chicago Theatre. 'I don't want to live my life like everybody else,' Davies sang in newly poignant words at the start of two hourlong sets. Davies then proceeded to intersperse his old band's klassics -- ''Til the End of the Day,' '20th Century Man,' 'Sunny Afternoon' -- with newer material from his solo albums that more than held its own in comparison, especially 'After the Fall' from 'Other People's Lives' (2006), the anti-globalization 'Vietnam Cowboys' and the New Orleans-inspired 'In a Moment.' Suffering does not necessarily lead to good art, and Davies could just as well have come out of his misfortunes determined to cash in while he still can. Instead, he's performing again at the peak of his powers -- as much of an inspiration now as he was during the British Invasion 44 years ago.
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Post by Smiley on Apr 2, 2008 16:10:05 GMT -5
Nicky6 is one happy KinKette! RDD and the ILES kids are pretty happy too!
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Post by rose on Apr 2, 2008 16:42:38 GMT -5
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Post by noisyroom on Apr 2, 2008 16:48:17 GMT -5
nice!
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Post by HollyH on Apr 2, 2008 18:30:44 GMT -5
<sigh>
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Post by nancyb on Apr 2, 2008 18:33:18 GMT -5
cool pictures
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Post by MiaT on Apr 2, 2008 18:42:42 GMT -5
Ohhhhh Crap! The one time I don't go..... Congrats to all that did meet "Mr. Big" Nic6 : Double thumbs up!!!!
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Post by nicola6 on Apr 2, 2008 19:08:34 GMT -5
The show was wonderful! It was great having sing-a-longs at the pub at the pre-show party. Meeting Frank, Andrea, and Uncleson, among many others, was a definite highlight. Thanks to my gracious hostess, Smiley for the room and board and Frank and Andrea for the fantastic seats. I was so close that when Ray sang "Days" I could literally feel the sound going through my body. Heaven!
"Come Dancing" never sounded like more fun than the live performance. It kicked off a giddy sing-a-long fest by audience members.
It was a wonderful, high energy show. And Ray was the best! I was one thrilled (if very cold) floozie.
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Post by Smiley on Apr 2, 2008 19:48:57 GMT -5
From: MVOMALLEY57 Subject: Ray Davies Set List A magical night with Ray at the Chicago Theatre! Ray was in FINE form and in good spirits. Ray Davies Set List Chicago Theatre Chicago, IL April 1, 2008 1st Set I'm Not Like Everybody Else Where Have All The Good Times Gone Till The End Of The Day After The Fall Well Respected Man Next Door Neighbor The Tourist Working Mans Cafe 20th Century Man 2nd Set Harry Rag This Is Where I Belong In A Moment One More Time Vietnam Cowboys The Real World No One Listen Sunny Afternoon Come Dancing Tired Of Waiting Set Me Free All Day And All The Night Encore's 1 Lola 2 You Really Got Me 3 Days Victoria I have this link started on Flickr for the pictures from the Pre-RDD Concert Party at the Elephant & Castle. (Check back later on, I'm still editing fotos I'll continue to add until NY shows) www.flickr.com/photos/ilesofsmiles/sets/72157604364234325/
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Post by tourist on Apr 2, 2008 19:54:56 GMT -5
Great photos! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Smiley on Apr 2, 2008 21:18:19 GMT -5
Greg Kot -- Chicago Tribune
Even as a solo act, Kinks' Ray Davies beyond the ordinary
Ray Davies stepped on stage armed only with his guitar Tuesday at the Chicago Theatre and sang, “I’m not like everybody else.”
The ‘60s Kinks classic brims with bravado, but also fixes Davies persona as the empathetic outsider. As much as the song’s character despises the notion of the everyday grind, it was exactly those everyday people who became the songwriter’s great subject. Rather than sneering at their ordinariness, Davies ennobled these lives of quiet desperation with richly detailed songs.
Even at an early age, Davies was mourning the loss of a way of life that was quintessentially British, his music symbolic of a country that was losing its identity in the new world created by World War II.
The concert amply demonstrated why Davies is a songwriter who is in any many ways a genre unto himself: the wry, literate observer who has influenced everyone from Blur to Green Day. All three key traits of Davies’ songwriting personality were on display: jaunty British dancehall dandy, blues-worshiping rocker, and wistful balladeer.
The spry, spindly-legged Davies punctuated songs with jack-knife bunny hops and enthusiastically led sing-alongs, substituting the audience’s harmonies for those of his old bandmates in the Kinks. The singer joked that his current backing quartet would fine him $10 for each mention of his old band; if so, Davies owed somewhere close to three figures by night’s end.
The Kinks’ legacy figured heavily in the set list (especially a lacerating “20th Century Man” and the deceptively breezy “Sunny Afternoon”). There were affectionate stories about Davies’ irascible brother Dave, who is recovering from a 2004 stroke in England. But the singer also sprinkled the 24-song, 2 ½-hour show (including a short intermission) with plenty of tracks from his two recent solo albums.
The latest songs continue in Kinks mode, with Davies trying on various personas, and for “The Tourist” even donning a double-sided jacket with the Union Jack on the outside and Old Glory on the inside. The only drop in the momentum came at the start of the second set, with a series of acoustic songs from his latest disc, “Working Man’s Café.” But the title song, with its long goodbye to an English institution, could’ve fit on the Kinks’ masterpiece “Village Green Preservation Society.”
As the night wound down, Davies sang another oldie that played like a hymn: “Thank you for the days/Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me.” It was Davies doing what he does best: Appreciating what we have, before it’s gone.
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Post by HollyH on Apr 2, 2008 21:27:32 GMT -5
All three key traits of Davies’ songwriting personality were on display: jaunty British dancehall dandy, blues-worshiping rocker, and wistful balladeer. Oddly enough, I love all three!
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