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The Kinks’ frontman Ray Davies has named the tune that he would not get pleasure from being in comparison with The Beatles. It is just not uncommon for the 2 bands to be in contrast, on condition that they have been each making music across the identical time. However, not everybody loved to be in contrast with the rock band and that is positively true in Davies’ case.

During interviews all through the years, the frontman has made feedback alluding to this and attempte to attract far between the British rock bands.

In one occasion, whereas the band was receiving a praise, Davies was fast to close it down. An interviewer instructed that The Kinks have been listened to as a lot as The Beatles at one level, however Davies got here again and mentioned: “No, we weren’t, never.”

He added:”I think we were more unpopular than they were.”

However, it occurred once more with their music as individuals would typically pay attention and join their choices to what The Beatles have been doing on the identical time. Davies as soon as once more set the file straight and defined that their influences went rather a lot additional again than their contempories. An instance of this was when somebody as soon as mentioned: I’ll Remember sounded much like The Beatles, however Davies said that it was truly Buddy Holly who had impressed the band.

“I’ll Remember? No, no, bulls***. It’s a song written on the sixth. Buddy Holly! I wrote it on a harmonica in Seattle, which is in Washington,” the singer defined.

Despite all of this nonetheless, that didn’t imply the Kinks’ frontman was not a fan of a few of The Beatles work, he simply didn’t beleive it was corresponding to the music of The Kinks.

He additionally mentioned in an interview: “I liked Love Me Do. When it came out, I thought it was an American surfing song. Totally unsurfer. But I did think it was an American group.”

So regardless of their musical variations, Davies was nonetheless a fan of The Beatles.