Ray Davies

THE KINKS: WE’RE TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU!

Those crazy Davies brothers, Ray and Dave, just MAY have sufficiently buried the hatchet to reunite The Kinks for a tour. It’s still a toss-up – the combative brothers haven’t appeared together since 1996. Dave says Ray is a toxic control freak and a narcissist – not to mention the fact that he’s manic-depressive. Ray has equally unflattering things to say about his brother. The band COULD have been making big bucks doing concert tours over the years, but the siblings couldn’t contain their contempt for each other. Now Dave says he needs the money – his brother wrote most of The Kinks music and gets the royalties- so he’s warming to the idea if they can agree on basic essentials. This could take time – but they’re worth waiting for.

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TIRED OF WAITING? THE KINKS STORY IS COMING TO THE BIG SCREEN

BBC Films is in the process of producing “You Really Got Me” about one of our favorite British bands –The Kinks – and the rivalry between the brothers Ray and Dave Davies who founded the band. Both of the feisty brothers wrote opposing autobiographies and these will be combined for the screenplay to give it balance. Julien Temple is set to direct so it definitely will be colorful and loud. If you forgot how enticing the Kinks music is, take a look at this “Lola” video.

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