Posted on 01/05/2004 11:19:18 AM PST by JennysCool
NEW ORLEANS - Singer-songwriter Ray Davies (news) of the celebrated British rock band the Kinks was shot in the leg while chasing thieves who snatched a purse from a woman he was with, police said Monday. He was not seriously injured.
Police said Davies, 59, and the woman were walking near the edge of the French Quarter when the shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Davies was treated and released at a hospital, said Capt. Marlon Defillo, a police spokesman.
One suspect was captured within hours and another person was being sought. The woman was not hurt. Police would not release her identity.
The shooting happened blocks away from Bourbon Street, which was awash with people in town for Sunday night's Sugar Bowl, the national college championship game between LSU and Oklahoma. Police were stationed on every corner of the area and were able to respond quickly to the shooting, Defillo said.
The Kinks, part of the 1960s British invasion, had a string of hits including "You Really Got Me," "Sunny Afternoon," "All Day and All of the Night" and "Lola." Davies founded the band, known for its hard-edged, guitar-driven sound and witty lyrics, with his brother Dave.
Last week, Davies received royal honors in London. Along with singer-guitarist Eric Clapton (news), he was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire at a ceremony on New Year's Eve.
The shooting site is a largely residential area on the border of the French Quarter and the Faubourg Marigny area.
They've released some absolute masterpieces over the years -- Something Else, Lola vs. Powerman & the Moneygoround, The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society, and the live One for the Road are four that immediately come to mind. In concert they seemed to be either extraordinary or uninspired .....not much middle ground.
Davies has a rapier wit rarely found in this biz. Glad he's okay.
Maybe another liberal just went conservative.
Ray has convervative leanings.
In 1965, The American Federation of Musicians, in a move never explained, prevented the Kinks from performing in the USA until 1969. So Ray Davies is anything but a union man.
This is from "Get Back in Line," available on the 1970 classic Lola vs. the Powerman album as well as what may be the greatest Rock compilation LP, Kink Kronikles (1972), which documented their "Lost Period," i.e, roughly the same era the Kinks could not perform here, due to those AFM creeps.
Facing the world ain't easy when there isn't anything going
Standing at the corner waiting watching time go by
Will I go to work today or shall I bide my time
'Cos when I see that union man walking down the street
He's the man who decides if I live or I die, if I starve, or I eat
Then he walks up to me and the sun begins to shine
Then he walks right past and I know that I've got to get back in the line
Now I think of what my mamma told me
She always said that it would never ever work out
But all I want to do is make some money
And bring you home some wine
For I don't ever want you to see me
Standing in that line
'Cause that union man's got such a hold over me
He's the man who decides if I live or I die, if I starve, or I eat
Then he walks up to me and the sun begins to shine
Then he walks right past and I know that I've got to get back in the line
God Save the Kinks!
This song, Here Come the People in Grey, sounds like it could've been written by a FReeper. Here the government bureaucrats (The People in Grey) make their move:
I got a letter this morning with serious news that's gone and ruined my day,
The borough surveyor's used compulsory purchase to acquire my domaine,
They're gonna pull up the floors, they're gonna knock down the walls,
They're gonna dig up the drains.
Here come the people in grey they're gonna take me away to Lord knows where,
But I'm so unprepared I got no time to pack and I got nothing to wear,
Here come the people in grey, To take me away.
Me and my baby's gonna get on a train that's gonna take us away,
I'm gonna live in a tent, we're gonna pay no more rent we're gonna pay no more rates,
We're gonna live in a field, we're gonna buy me gun, to keep the policemen away.
I'm gonna pass me a brand new resolution,
I'm gonna fight me a one man revolution, someway,
Gonna beat those people in grey,
But here come the people in grey,
To take me away.
The people in grey have gone and taken away my right to voice my complaint,
Her Majesty's Government have sent me a form I must complete it today.
But it's making me blue, don't wanna tell all my secrets to The people in grey.
I'm gonna pass me a brand new resolution,
I'm gonna fight me a one man revolution, someway, Gonna start my rebellion today.
But here come the people in grey,
To take me away.
Oh, Lord, those people in grey, I gotta get back at those people in grey,
Here come the people in grey,
To take me away
Mancow, by the way, is a huge Kinks fan. Dave Davies played at Mancow's wedding.
Well I said goodbye to Rosie Rooke this morning,
I'm gonna miss her bloodshot alcoholic eyes,
She wore her Sunday hat so she'd impress me,
I'm gonna carry her memory 'til the day I die.
They'll move me up to Muswell Hill tomorrow,
Photographs and souvenirs are all I've got,
They're gonna try and make me change my way of living,
But they'll never make me something that I'm not.
Cos I'm a Muswell Hillbilly boy,
but my heart lies in old West Virginia,
Never seen New Orleans, Oklahoma, Tennessee,
Still I dream of the Black Hills that I ain't never seen.
They're putting us in little boxes,
No character just uniformity,
They're trying to build a computerised community,
But they'll never make a zombie out of me.
They'll try and make me study elocution,
Because they say my accent isn't right,
They can clear the slums as part of their solution, But they're never gonna kill my cockney pride.
Cos I'm a Muswell Hillbilly boy,
But my heart lies in Old West Virginia,
Though my hills are not green,
I have seen them in my dreams,
Take me back to those Black Hills,
That I have never seen.
Stink, stank, stunk, your arse!
God Save the Kinks!
Catch me Now I'm Falling
I remember, when you were down
And you needed a helping hand
I came to feed you
But now that I need you
You won't give me a second glance
Now I'm calling all citizens from all over the world
This is Captain America calling
I bailed you out when you were down on your knees
So will you catch me now I'm falling
Help me now I'm calling you
Catch me now I'm falling
I'm in your hands, it's up to you
Catch me now I'm falling
I remember when you were down
You would always come running to me
I never denied you and I would guide you
Through all of your difficulties
Now I'm calling all citizens from all over the world
This is Captain America calling
I bailed you out when you were down on your knees
So will you catch me now I'm falling
Help me now I'm calling you
Catch me now I'm falling
I'm in your hands, it's up to you
Catch me now I'm falling
When you were broke you would come to me
And I would always pull you round
Now I call your office on the telephone
And your secretary tells me that she's sorry,
But, you've gone out of town.
This is Captain America calling
This is Captain America calling
Help me now I'm calling you
Catch me now I'm falling
I'm in your hands, it's up to you
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
I stood by you through all of your depressions
And I lifted you when you were down
Now it's your chance to do the same for me
I call your office and your secretary tells me
That you've gone out of town
This is Captain America calling
This is Captain America calling
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
I was the one who always bailed you out
Of your depressions and your difficulties
I never thought that you would let me down
But the next time you're in trouble
Better not come running to me
Now I'm calling all citizens from all over the world
This is Captain America calling
I bailed you out when you were down on your knees
So will you catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
Catch me now I'm falling
Glad Ray is okay!
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Which album?
Great one!
I also forgot to mention one of my all-time favorites, "Waterloo Sunset."
Dirty old river, must you keep rollingRay's genius was seeing the beauty in the commonplace. Here's one that every conservative/traditionalist should love:
Flowing into the night
People so busy, makes me feel dizzy
Taxi light shines so bright
But I dont need no friends
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
I am in paradiseEvery day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunsets fineTerry 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 paradiseEvery day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunsets fineMillions of people swarming like flies round Waterloo underground
But Terry and Julie cross over the river
Where they feel safe and sound
And they dont need no friends
As long as they gaze on Waterloo Sunset
They are in paradiseWaterloo sunsets fine
20th Century ManThis is the age of machinery,
A mechanical nightmare,
The wonderful world of technology,
Napalm, hydrogen bombs, biological warfare,This is the twentieth century,
But too much aggravation
Its the age of insanity,
What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jerusalem.Aint got no ambition, Im just disillusioned
Im a twentieth century man but I dont wanna be here.
My mama said she cant understand me
She cant see my motivation
Just give me some security,
Im a paranoid schizoid product of the twentieth century.You keep all your smart modern writers
Give me William Shakespeare
You keep all your smart modern painters
Ill take Rembrandt, Titian, Da Vinci and Gainsborough.Girl we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solution
Im a twentieth century man but I dont want to die here.I was born in a welfare state
Ruled by bureaucracy
Controlled by civil servants
And people dressed in grey
Got no privacy, got no liberty
Cos the twentieth century people
Took it all away from me.Dont wanna get myself shot down
By some trigger happy policeman,
Gotta keep a hold on my sanity
Im a twentieth century man but I dont wanna die here.My mama says she cant understand me
She cant see my motivation
Aint got no security,
Im a twentieth century man but I dont wanna be here.This is the twentieth century
But too much aggravation
This is the edge of insanity
Im a twentieth century man but I dont wanna be here.
Some lines give me the chills. Sad that while everyone was singing "I Am the Walrus" gems like this were going unnoticed.
God's ChildrenMan made the buildings that reach for the sky
And man made the motorcar and learned how to fly
But he didn't make the flowers and he didn't make the trees
And he didn't make you and he didn't make me
And he's got no right to turn us into machines
He's got no right at all
'Cause we are all God's children
And he's got no right to change us
Oh, we gotta go back the way the good Lord made us allDon't want this world to change me
I wanna go back the way the good Lord made me
Same lungs that he gave me to breath with
Same eyes he gave me to see withOh, the rich man, the poor man, the saint and the sinner
The wise man, the simpleton, the loser and the winner
We are all the same to Him
Stripped of our clothes and all the things we own
The day that we are born
We are all God's children
And they got no right to change us
Oh, we gotta go back the way the good Lord made us
Oh, the good Lord made us all
And we are all his children
And they got no right to change us
Oh, we gotta go back the way the good Lord made us all
Yeah, we gotta go back the way the good lord made us all
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