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Ray Davies working on a "Duets" album

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by EStreetJoe, Feb 24, 2010.

  1. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    Thought this was worthy of it's own thread.
    Kinks frontman Ray Davies is working on an album of Kinks songs recorded/reworked with other artists.
    Among the songs confirmed recorded are:
    "Better Things" with Bruce Springsteen
    "Celluloid Heroes" with Jon Bon Jovi

    Other rumored guests for the album include Chrissy Hynde, Lucinda Williams, David Bowie, the Killers, Metallica, and a bunch of others.
     
  2. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Wouldn't it be a CD? ;)

    Sounds like it could be a piece of work.
    The Kinks body of work is vast. I think they are a very underated band.
     
  3. WolvEagle

    WolvEagle Well-Known Member

    Boom - I agree. The Kinks are very underrated. This could be a very good CD. I've got their live CD (I used to have the album), and several songs were later covered by the likes of Van Halen and the Pretenders - a sign of a very well-respected band.
     
  4. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Oh so fine in body and mind
     
  5. Ray is on tour right now:

    Feb 26 None Atlantic City, NJ
    Feb 27 8:00 pm Westbury, NY
    Mar 1 7:30 pm Washington DC
    Mar 2 None Baltimore
    Mar 3 8:00 pm Philadelphia
    Mar 5 8:00 pm Scranton
    Mar 6 7:00 pm Hartford
    Mar 7 7:00 pm Poughkeepsie, NY
    Mar 11 8:30 pm Ann Arbor, MI
    Mar 12 8:00 pm Cleveland
    Mar 13 8:00 pm Chicago
    Mar 15 8:00 pm Lawrence, KS
    Mar 17 8:00 pm Dallas
    Mar 20 7:30 pm Denver
    Mar 23 7:30 pm Phoenix

    I can't wait to hear Bon Jovi over-emote and take the best lines from the song (as he did with "I Don't Like Mondays" with Bob Geldof. YouTube it.)

    Will Ray be doing "Tired of Paying Child Support for You" with Chrissie?
     
  6. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Sounds horrid to me, taking great songs and turning them into Jon Bon Jovi-style mawk fests.

    The only Ray Davies duet that would inspire me is one with Dave Davies.
     
  7. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    I love "Celluloid Heroes". I can't imagine what a train wreck Bon Jovi would turn it into. Fail.

    Would love to see Ray Davies do something with Paul Weller.
     
  8. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    Ray's also working on another set of studio tracks for a potential Kinks reunion.
    http://www.theweekender.com/cover/The_Kink_rsquo_s_English_02-23-2010.html
    and http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/02/kinks_with_a_twist_davies_reco.html
     
  9. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    Ray's tour is an acoustic one, and if you're at the right show you could be in for quite a treat..
    http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2009/11/ray_davies_interview_still_thi.html
    (an interview from Nov. 2009)
     
  10. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    Musicians refer to them as albums. Very hip.
     
  11. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    He should do a duet with Noel Gallagher...and then one with Liam.
     
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