dave310 says:

10-09-2009

the rest: "Both the songs are mine, the structures of the songs and the melodies. On 'Party Line' I got really stuck for lyrics; I just didn't know what to write. And Ray and I got together and busted out a few things on the piano and got a lot of ideas for it. So he helped me with the lyrics on that."

dave310 says:

10-09-2009

Well, Dave Davies says he wrote Party Line and Ray helped. Here's the quote I dug up from an old CREEM interview: Mention of 'Death of a Clown' inevitably raises the question of Dave's working relationship with his somewhat famous brother. It's one of the two Kinks songs they share songwriting credits on, the other being 'Party Line' off the Face to Face LP. Who really wrote the tunes, and why haven't the brothers Davies collaborated more often?

"Both the songs are mine, the structures of the s

pcarpent1 says:

08-15-2009

"Pretty sure you're mistaken. Dave wrote at least part if not all of Party Line & You're Looking Fine."

No, these are all Ray Davies compositions .

dave310 says:

06-23-2009

"Unless I'm mistaken, this is one of the very first pop/rock albums consisting of material produced entirely by a single songwriter in the band"

Pretty sure you're mistaken. Dave wrote at least part if not all of Party Line & You're Looking Fine. Regardless, this album is amazing.

Jim says:

05-13-2009

EARLY KINKS RULE

jorgevalenti n e says:

05-04-2009

I wouldn't say deaf ears, Edensmith, but certainly some very confused children.
Kinks are a vital listen. Ray Davise is surely one of the most outstanding songwriters of the 20th century and the band is consistent with his modes.
This album is a great work of art.

pcarpent1 says:

03-30-2009

Unless I'm mistaken, this is one of the very first pop/rock albums consisting of material produced entirely by a single songwriter in the band - something only Dylan was doing. That was no small feat, especially when you consider that the songs are uniformly excellent, and some are masterworks. Even the Beatles needed three songwriters to match this feat. No wonder Ray Davies had a nervous breakdown in '66.

edensmith_ed e n s g a r d e n says:

03-13-2009

Wow...I was going to post a remark about the influence of Kinks music, but after reading these earlier posts I think it would only fall on deaf ears.

dickb26 says:

02-27-2009

Kinks or Floyd? Why can't it be both? Both are awesome. "Comfortably Numb" and "Juke Box Music" pretty much sum up all that is great about rock.

jackc90802 says:

02-06-2009

It IS possible to love both The Kinks and Floyd. Davies and Waters are two of the best songwriters ever, IMHO.

applemaste says:

11-20-2008

The Kinks are great but so are pink floyd so f**k you. Carspiv even said
"Si(LS)d Barrett" and now you suddenly decide that even though they both got pretty f**king high, Pink Floyd are the only ones who should be made fun of for it

Scott Salsman says:

11-12-2008

I'll add my comment in case White Widow EVER visits this page again. You are a freaking moron, man.

oldies lou says:

06-11-2008

This album grows on you, every time I listen to it I hear something new, this album is right up there with all the best albums released in 1967 and one of the Kinks best.

mstrt17 says:

04-23-2008

hey white widow, you are one ignorant MF! Ray Davies is a rock and roll poet luareat. Look it up! 'WTF is poet luareat s**t, man.' Pop another hit of acid and enjoy pink floyd!

carspiv says:

04-19-2008

S**T?? S**T!!!!!! All I hear is the brilliance of Si(LS)d Barrett, and I listen to "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" and say....(actu a l l y , I YAWN it), huh?

"Face to Face" is the pinnacle of Britpop, horrendously cheap production and all. It's about the SONGS, and R.D.Davies has hit his stride....no t with acid, but with "raw eggs at seven".

White Widow says:

01-26-2008

wtf? i ask for pink floyd and it gives me this S**T.