See more ideas about waterloo sunset, rock and roll and ray davies. The who, spice girls among acts to close london olympics. The kinks and ray davies, the kinks at the bbc waterloo. Waterloo sunsets fine terry meets julie, waterloo station every friday night but i am so lazy, dont want to wander i stay at home at night but i dont feel afraid as long as i gaze on waterloo sunset i am in paradise every day i look at the world from my window but. Waterloo sunset the very best of the kinks and ray davies 2012 uk no. All of the kinks appear on the album with the exception of dave davies. The lyrics describe a solitary narrator watching or imagining two lovers passing over a bridge, with. Hailing from the north london suburb of muswell hill, the bands singingsongwriting frontman, ray davies, had. The kinks at the bbc provides some great versions of ray davies best loved songs as well as some lost classics. London 2012 olympic closing ceremony waterloo sunset by ray. Waterloo sunset while the olympics have us riding a wave of patriotism, what better time than this to get into.
London 2012 olympic closing ceremony waterloo sunset by. Shop kinks choral collection special edition by ray davies 20101025. Jade wright talks to music legend ray davies about his love affair with liverpool. Ray davies performed waterloo sunset at the closing ceremony of the london 2012 olympics. The kinks and ray davies, the kinks at the bbc waterloo sunset. Stream the kinks choral collection by ray davies and the crouch end festival chorus by ray davies and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. Written by kinks lead singer ray davies, he called this a romantic, lyrical song about my older sisters generation. Get the ray davies setlist of the concert at olympic stadium, london, england on august 12, 2012 and other ray davies setlists for free on. The closing ceremony was created by kim gavin, es devlin, stephen daldry, david arnold and mark fisher. The lyrics describe a solitary narrator watching or imagining two lovers passing over a bridge, with the observer reflecting on the couple, the.
The kinks, waterloo sunset lyrics uncovered uk music, music icon. Ray davies performs waterloo sunset, his love song to london, as hundreds of children and volunteers in costume recreate the flow of the thames. Return to waterloo is the debut solo album by kinks leader and chief songwriter ray davies. What are the chances of the kinks getting back together. The very best of the kinks and ray davies by the kinks on amazon music. The torch the london 2012 olympics are officially over, but people are still buzzing about sundays. Since the kinks disbanded he has embarked on a solo career and continues to tour and record. The kinks waterloo sunset live at rainbow theatre, 1977. Spice girls among acts to close london olympics on sunday. His recent rendition of waterloo sunset at the olympics closing ceremony was, in my humble opinion, the highlight and was much. Ray davies dedicates waterloo sunset and days to pete. London 2012 olympic closing ceremony waterloo sunset by ray davies the kinks. Three of the tracks on the album release were also available in nearidentical form on the kinks 1984 release word of mouth. The perfect stage for ray daviess waterloo sunset the frontman of the kinks has earned his starring role in the closing ceremony of the london games.
Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Check out waterloo sunset choral version by ray davies feat. An emotional moment at glastonbury 2010 when ray davies dedicates days to the memory of pete quaife, the original kinks bassist, who passed away on 24 june 2010. But it would have taken more than 2 cds to feature only their very best. Ray davies, of course, just played waterloo sunset to the packed house at the 2012 olympics closing ceremony. Composed and produced by kinks frontman ray davies, waterloo sunset is one of the bands best known and most acclaimed songs, and ranked number 42 on rolling stones 500 greatest songs of all time. It covers a vast spectrum of years, from the beginnings until much further down the road. Thirty acrobats performed the lyrics to the beatles a day in the life.
Kinks choral collection special edition by ray davies. Heres everything they didnt show you including the kinks ray davies. By the time ray davies had sung waterloo sunset in the first halfhour of the closing. Waterloo sunset with the crouch end festival chorus lola. A good deal of the dissension in the kinks was of the sibling variety, occurring between dave davies, the guitarist, and ray davies, the lead singer and writer of the overwhelming majority of their songs. Melancholy, romance and nostalgia flow through the best of his work, like the thames rolling beneath lovers meeting on the bridge in waterloo. Ray, dave, pete and mick the names could and should have rolled off the tongue as easily as john, paul, george and ringo. Composed and produced by kinks frontman ray davies, waterloo sunset is one of the bands best known and most acclaimed. Waterloo sunset, in the stadium as hundreds of children in costume. Waterloo sunset is a song by british rock band the kinks.
The seeds for the kinks astonishing career were first sown almost 70 years ago. Crouch end festival chorus by ray davies on amazon music. Ray davies waterloo sunset with acrobatic gymnastic performance by spelbound managed by mig. Ray davies born june 21, 1944 at fortis green, london, full name. The closing ceremony of the london 2012 summer olympics, also known as a symphony of british music, was held on 12 august 2012 in the olympic stadium, london. Up next ray davieskinks waterloo sunset glastonbury 2010 duration. British rock band muse have been chosen to provide the official song for the london 2012 olympics. The perfect stage for ray davies s waterloo sunset the frontman of the kinks has earned his starring role in the closing ceremony of the london games. This are songs from london 2012 olympics opening and closing ceremony live recorded every two days a new song until 1st of september after that every four days. Add video add image waterloo sunset is a song by british rock band the kinks. At first, i didnt show the lyrics to the band in case they sniggered.
His recent rendition of waterloo sunset at the olympics closing ceremony was, in my humble opinion, the highlight and was much more fitting than some of the songs that were performed. Ray davies singing waterloo sunset, during the closing ceremony at the 2012 summer olympics in london. Ray singing waterloo sunset in the opening ceremony of the 2012 olympics and the musical sunny afternoon that has just finished its run at the harold pinter theatre can be seen as the crowning achievements of that steady rise in popularity. Kinks at the beebits been a great few years for us kink kroniklers.
What do you think of when you hear the immortal lines as long as a. Olympics closing ceremony will be cheeky, cheesy and thrilling. Closing ceremony director stephen daldry vows best party ever. According to ray davies, dave davies refused to perform on the album. Waterloo sunset the very best of the kinks 2cd is a must if you dont have any of the kinks albums. Waterloo sunset youtube waterloo sunset bowie, geldof, weller etc on ray davies british masterpiece duration.
Ray davies on punchups, pills and how the kinks nearly killed him. The best of the kinks and ray the kinks by the kinks 20120821 music. Ray davies has long been a grand elder statesman of british popular music. Its great to hear rays greatest song, waterloo sunset in a context that. Ray davies concert setlist at 2012 london olympic games. It was released as a single in 1967, and featured on their album something else by the kinks. Like the official opening ceremony music release isles of wonder, available on cdmp3 amazon, itunes and decca records, music for the official olympic closing ceremony soundtrack with songs in digital format, can be sampled and purchased, but only in digital download format at. Nbc cut nearly an hour from its closing ceremony telecast. Davies was made a commander of the order of the british empire in 2004, and in 2012, his performance of the kinks song waterloo sunset was a highlight of the closing ceremony of the london olympics. Ray davies is a remarkable songwriter whose songs captured so much of growing up in the 60s and 70s. Accounts of this are set forth in ray daviess autobiography xray, which is quite entertaining even for those unfamiliar with the band.
289 183 425 16 1202 1199 1297 1276 158 708 760 372 37 594 941 720 127 1274 1562 1022 740 205 658 878 1159 299 1488 526