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"Living on a Thin Line" has been praised as one of Dave Davies's greatest songs. David Fricke of Rolling Stone said that "in 'Living on a Thin Line' – a dark variation on Ray's own death-of-England's-glory songs – brooding, goose-stepping chords and moping Pink Floyd synths underscore the desperate effectiveness of Dave's nervous croon."
The song was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 12 June 1970, while in the United States it was released on 28 June 1970. Commercially, "Lola" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart [7] and number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. [8] The track has since become one of the Kinks' most popular songs and was ranked number 386 on ...
help. "Strangers" is a song written by Dave Davies and performed by British rock group the Kinks. It was released in November 1970 on the Kinks' LP record album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, which is best known for producing the hit single "Lola". "Strangers" is one of two tracks written by Dave Davies on the album, the ...
Music and lyrics. "Do It Again", unlike the previous Kinks singles released from 1983 to 1984, is a hard rock track, very much in line with the musical qualities of the rest of the tracks on Word of Mouth. It is sung by Ray Davies, similarly to many other Kinks tracks. It opens with a single guitar chord, which many found reminiscent of the ...
See My Friends. " See My Friends " (sometimes titled " See My Friend ") [5][nb 1] is a song by the English rock band the Kinks, written by the group's singer and guitarist, Ray Davies. Released in July 1965, it reached number 10 on the Record Retailer chart. The song incorporates a drone -effect played on guitar, evoking a sound reminiscent of ...
Death of a Clown. " Death of a Clown " is a song by Dave Davies, lead guitarist of British rock band the Kinks, which was released as his debut solo single in 1967. The song was co-written with his brother Ray Davies, who contributed the 5-bar "La la la" hook; Ray's first wife, Rasa, sings this phrase as well as descant in the second verse ...
Ray Davies. Producer (s) Ray Davies. Official audio. "All of My Friends Were There" on YouTube. " All of My Friends Were There " is a song by the English rock band the Kinks from their sixth studio album, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968). Written and sung by Ray Davies, the song was recorded in July or October 1968.
Starstruck (The Kinks song) " Starstruck " is a song by the English rock band the Kinks from their 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. Written and sung by Ray Davies, the song was recorded in July 1968. The song was issued as the album's lead single in continental Europe in November 1968 and in the United States in ...