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Post by complicatedlife on Apr 14, 2008 13:15:46 GMT -5
www.q1043.com/main.htmlOn home page towards top center - click on these icons Exclusive Q104.3 Interviews Ray Davies part 1 Ray Davies part 2
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Post by rose on Apr 14, 2008 15:29:58 GMT -5
Congrats, CL! FRANK! Sorry I missed you.... Hope everyone had a chance to hear interview...Ray was quite chatty.
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Post by complicatedlife on Apr 14, 2008 15:37:34 GMT -5
Small World Department --- the interviewer's dad was the Kinks PR person during their 1971 US tour!
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Post by franklima on Apr 14, 2008 19:14:54 GMT -5
www.q1043.com/main.htmlabout 1:24 seconds in to the interview Ray mentioned me and part of a conversation I had with him Monday night the day off between the Boston and NYC shows, where I was filling him in on some of the details of old Kinks shows, one being the infamous Philarharmonic Hall show March 30, 1971 in NYC when Ray toppled over Dave's HiWatt stacks rendering himself unconscious during the 3rd song ( Apeman) in to the set, and I helped Kenny Jones their road manager at the time drag Ray off the stage...well as it turned out Ray's drink was not the only spiked drink that night because that was also the night I also did LSD for my first time Unknowingly when someone gave me wine spiked with acid, so Ray really was right about his drink being spiked because it realy was going around that night. FranK
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Post by Iñakink on Apr 15, 2008 4:01:57 GMT -5
Thanks CL and congratulations! That link worked for me.
Cool story Frank, how great that Ray also mentioned it!
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Post by franklima on Apr 15, 2008 10:44:41 GMT -5
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Post by rose on Apr 15, 2008 14:52:01 GMT -5
I'm hangin' on to EVERY word, Master Crow!
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Post by franklima on Apr 15, 2008 17:23:11 GMT -5
Rose you are a true blue friend and floozie through and through xoxoxo Mr. Flash
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Post by Smiley on Apr 15, 2008 22:14:33 GMT -5
great interview -- really enjoyed it. ;D
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Post by franklima on Apr 20, 2008 10:11:40 GMT -5
Coming Out At Philharmonic Hall
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Kinks, who as every aging rock'n'roller knows, rank among the Beatles and the Stones in the pantheon of English pop stars, the Kinks who have been so top of it ever since the beginning without ever becoming superstars, the same Kinks who gave us "You Really Got Me", "Tired of Waiting", "Set Me Free", "Dedicated Follower of Fashion", "A Well Respected Man", "All Day and All of the Night," "Plastic Man", "Lola" and more recently "Apeman", those very same Kinks rocked the Philharmonic Hall last week with a one-night stand so pregnant with meaning it should have been filmed or taped for posterity. It was the kind of performance you would expect from Judy Garland , Hank Williams or Brian Jones. Only this time it was Raymond Douglas Davies, the guiding genius behind the Kinks, who showed us how some of us react to the Strum and Drang of contemporary civilization. It was more than a rock performance - more of a psycho-drama and a bit like a coming out party. Ray Davies, who shares lead vocals with his brother Dave, did the coming out, although it looked for a few moments as if he might also come apart in the process. Ray is the group's heavy talent, the man responsible for most of their songs, and the co-author of a memorable television drama (not seen in this country) about a suburbanite named Arthur Morgan, the score of which was written by Ray and performed by the group. It became one of their best albums, "Arthur."
Waving his arms and wiggling his ass, Ray fluttered on stage to the delight of the audience, wearing a velvet suit and bow tie, horn rimmed glasses and pursed lips. He cooed into the microphone and carried on like a music hall performer trying to do Mick Jagger, Oscar Wilde, Ondine, and Ernie Kovacs Percy Dovetonsils all at the same time. It was very campy and it knocked out most of the audience, except for a few people with puzzled grins who didn't quite know how to react. Half-way through the first number it became obvious that Davies was very, very high on something more euphoric than audience feedback. In fact, he was having trouble standing up.
He managed to never miss a note, however, until midway through the third song, "Ape Man", which the audience joined in singing. Ray seemed deeply moved by the audience's response as they sang "I don't feel safe in this world no more / I don't wanna die in a nuclear war / I want to sail away to a distant shore / And make like an Apeman." Then he tottered and began falling backwards.
The audience realized it wasn't a gag when he reeled back, his eyes closed, picking up momentum as he backed up, closer and closer to a 12-foot high bank of speakers and amps. Brother Dave stepped aside, letting him pass, and Ray plunged into the speakers. He and the equipment went down in a great electronic squawk. An instant bummer. Everybody thought it was all over. People have come to expect the worst. Especially at rock concerts.
Ray went down, but not out. People ran from backstage and some of the audience clambered up to help and anguished stares turned to relieved moans as Davie's voice wafted over the PA system, singing "la-la-la la-la I'm an Apeman......" Too much.
"Listen" Ray said after the last chorus, "let's forget what this world did to us and just enjoy ourselves." The audience clapped for that. What else can you do?
Davies stayed on his feet for the remainder of the set, picking and singing through a string of oldies introducing the band and camping around, imitating Johnny Cash and lapsing into a rendering of "You Are My Sunshine." The audience sang along but quit after one chorus. It was up and down like that right to the end, when a medley of blasts from the pasts brought the remainder of the audience to their feet and prompted the stoking of many, many joints. A few people started coming up on stage now to shake hands with the band. Davies told everyone he loved them and the feeling was mutual and then the Kinks went off.
But they came back. For a rock'em, sock'em finale that brought the house down the aisles and up on stage, where they trampled Davie's guitar and milled around acting insane, while speakers thundered and cracked as cords were pulled from guitars and microphones were toppled. Quite a scene. A detachment of New York's finest finally appeared out of nowhere and shooed everyone off stage, and we all staggered home, minds blown again.
I was tempted to go backstage and give Raymond Douglas Davies a pep talk on responsibility, etc., but I shrugged it off. Later on I was told that when he came down Raymond Douglas agreed it was a bum trip and that he had some regrets. I hope so, I mean, there are enough bad trips going down these days. I don't have to go to a rock concert to find one.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Nusser The Village Voice - April 8, 1971
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Post by donl on Apr 20, 2008 10:17:01 GMT -5
frank thanks for the link hadn't heard the interview. thanks for the voice article too good reading
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Post by nicola6 on Apr 22, 2008 16:52:06 GMT -5
Great interview!
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Post by franklima on Apr 22, 2008 20:38:29 GMT -5
Thanks Nicola...nice chatting with you before...just remember when you are on there it's very hard to please the people every single time so look a little on the sunny side...another words don't let anyone get to you. xo-Frank
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Post by nicola6 on Apr 22, 2008 21:36:57 GMT -5
Thanks, Frank. I was just getting fed up with the negative vibe. Nice chatting with you, too.
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