# This Is The Ray Davies Appreciation Consortium! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2003, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183 "2003-08-10T10:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/1 "2003-08-10T10:36:30Z")
Do you like the sarcastic wit of Mr. Davies and his group The Kinks? Here is your chance to tell all **Doper-Dom** of your admiration. For me, it’s **The Village Green Preservation Society** But then “_I’m not the world’s most passionate guy_”! 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/2 "2003-08-10T12:00:19Z")
I like Kinks’ tunes in all their different varieties. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/3 "2003-08-10T12:40:27Z")
My favorite is still _Come Dancing_, although _Lola_ is a close second. Of course _Father Christmas_ is a must for any holiday season. Also, there’s something about a singer who vaguely resembles Marty Feldman that I just can’t resist. Must also be why I liked **Men at Work**. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/4 "2003-08-10T14:12:29Z")
Now, now, _Dave_ Davies founded the Kinks…🆒 But please carry on! Does it bug anyone else when newspapers or magazines talk about influential groups of the 60s, and they get in the Who, Beatles, and Rolling Stones, and…and…and of course they never mention the Kinks! I’ve seen this in both American and British publications… ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/5 "2003-08-10T15:37:15Z")
You really got me! But, Where have all the good times gone? * * * I think Van Halen were some of the biggest Kinks fans. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/6 "2003-08-10T16:19:06Z")
The thing I don’t get is why all these Californians are upset about his Governorship. ---
**Author:** ![Fifteen\_Iguana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Fifteen\_Iguana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fifteen_Iguana)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/7 "2003-08-10T16:29:21Z")
Hey, pseudotriton…good one. As a person who generally likes folk music more than rock I’ve had a fantasy of getting a dozen top folkies of assorted ilk to do a salute to the Kinks with some of Davies’ songs. He certainly has written a lot of songs they could enjoy. Like: Alcohol Muswell Hillbillies Last of the Steam-Powered Trains Village-Green Preservation Society Some Mother’s Son She Bought a Hat like Princess Marina People Take Pictures of each other (a natural for a Klezmer band, I think). I remember back in college in the early seventies when a friend of mine discovered an album he had purchased with several others and forgotten to open and listen to. He played it and we both sat there amazed. What a great album. It was ARTHUR, by the Kinks. A concept album before TOMMY. All the houses on the street have got a name Cause all the houses on the street they look the same… Fifteen Iguana ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/8 "2003-08-10T20:40:11Z")
When I saw this topic, two things came to mind: 1. The Kinks are probably the most underrated band ever; and 2. This thread belongs in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/9 "2003-08-11T06:54:10Z")
And I agree with both! Sorry that I placed it here. I’m supposed to know better. Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/10 "2003-08-11T07:37:58Z")
Hah ! “And we’ll buy up the towns. And we’ll knock em all down. Build a brand new world of our own.” Still get a tear in my eye when I play “Shepherds of the nation” -I always was a sucker for rock operas, like Preservation. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/11 "2003-08-15T00:10:47Z")
**Ms Boods** , I saw **The Kinks** here in Atlanta in two different venues: The Civic Center and an old movie theater called The Capri. What the hell happened to their following? People pay hundreds of bucks to see **The Stones** replay all of their old stuff, so even if Ray and Dave haven’t done anything that great of late, they should _still_ command a large audience following. The Capri gig was so dismal I wanted to go onstage and apologize to the band. **Yes** , it bothers me mightily when writers write about the so-called “British Invasion” and forget **The Kinks**. I remember being 15 and seeing them on the cover of _Meet The Kinks_! I thought they looked so cool, and when I heard the album I knew I wanted to play the same kind of music, and I did. Enough. I am looking forward to the next offering of the Davies Brothers, and will treasure it as I have everything else that I have in my collection. Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/12 "2003-08-15T00:17:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*I remember being 15 and seeing them on the cover of _Meet The Kinks_! \*\* Sorry, that should have been the cover of _You Really Got Me_! Apologies! ---
**Author:** ![Spooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Spooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-ray-davies-appreciation-consortium/194183/13 "2003-08-15T00:25:46Z")
This seems like a good time to ask this question: How is Davies pronounced? I got into a debate with a friend once because I had heard that it is properly pronounced “Davis”, not “Daveez”. Can anyone help me out? And, yes, I love the Kinks. Even my Mom does, she loves Ray Davies’ voice.