"Waterloo Sunset" - Ray Davies & Damon Albarn (of Blur) (Davies writes: "I did get a sneak preview of and hearing it helped me rediscover it for myself.")ġ6. "Picture Book" - Bill Lloyd & Tommy Womackġ4. "Who'll Be The Next In Line" - Queens Of The Stone Ageġ0. (an interesting flamenco-tinged interpretation Davies writes, "'No Return' with Bebel Gilberto is quite ironic because I certainly wrote the song with her mother in mind to sing it.")ħ. I hope Jonathan Richman has forgiven me.") This is spirited rendition from Jonathan Davies shares, "I nearly produced The Modern Lovers years ago, but unfortunately our schedule did not allow it. (a ha! In a recent interchange I had about Jonathan Richman, I knew I had seen his name somewhere very recently. (Davies writes, "Who is Wayne, I wonder?")ģ. He also muses on the artists covering the songs with interesting results (" I haven't eaten a lambchop since 1975 but I really miss the mint sauce.") It's a treat to read the liner notes, as they are written by Davies himself join him as he talks about his recollections of each song, when it was written, who it was written for. He invented a new kind of poetry and a new kind of language for Pop writing that influenced me from the very, very, very beginning." I always think that Ray Davies should one day be Poet Laureate. The great Pete Townshend is quoted as saying: " The Kinks were.
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The variety of folks selected to contribute to this CD serve to illuminate the literate and consistently superb songwriting of Ray Davies, regardless of the musical lens you choose.
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This Is Where I Belong: Songs of Ray Davies and The Kinks (2002, Rykodisc) is an excellent little collection of covers by many artists that I enjoy.
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So if you find yourself out and about this weekend near a record store, and you are tempted to duck in and browse the bargain bin (as I am wont to do), here's one of those great tribute CDs that you should definitely pick up: