Saturday, December 19, 2015

My Collaboration with Ray Davies of the Kinks


In 1978, my brother came home with Misfits by a group known as the Kinks. I didn’t understand the retched look rock stars took on at the time to stick it to the man, but fortunately had no control of the stereo. This because Ray Davies would make a career of writing songs about me. I simply got to survive.

Immediately struck by Hayfever and easily able to reel off 12 sneezes in a row, I decided this disheveled gaggle of toughs deserved closer study. On the B side, Permanent Waves is the greatest Kinks song you’ve never heard.

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