Ah, today, we have a classic. Ray Davis took his music seriously. I’ve done one of the Kinks’ songs before, but it’s time to bring on ‘Lola’. I vividly remember talking about this song with my sister and my neighbor, John. Sis was two years older. It was a warm summer day in 1970, and we were in our backyard in Penn Hills, PA.
I later saw the Kinks in concert in Germany. We were in a pink marbled concert hall. It was so damn elegant, it was amazing, washing the Kinks concert experience with a surreal veneer.
Saw this interview this week: http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2017/04/ray-davies-understanding-hipsters-not-talking-pete-townshend-and-why
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Excellent read. Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention. Cheers
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