The Kinks - Dave and Ray Davies interview (1966)

[@Gabriel-fj2es]

19 and 22 years old and world famous influential rock stars... My holy god.

[@MoCat89]

They seemed not to take it seriously in here... 😅... Kind of flirting withe interviewer...

[@felixmadison5736]

@@MoCat89 Well, I remember when I was their age. You think you know it all, but you actually know nothing really.

[@wolfkingsigma2795]

In Europe, men grew up fast in the 60's. They were pressured and expected to mature and be grown up by 20 - or it looked really bad.

[@felixmadison5736]

@@wolfkingsigma2795 We American boys grew up really, really fast in the 1960s. A tour in Vietnam made you grow up faster than you wanted to.

[@ClandestineRecords]

Dave was a dedicated follower of fashion

[@ericdailey8587]

If clashing is fashion, then I guess so!

[@SuperSaiyanScandinavian]

@@ericdailey8587 not a fan of the plaid shirt and pinstriped pants?! lol

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

it's a very 90s style so he was ahead of his time

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

@@ericdailey8587 anti-fashion was big in the 90s

[@kool-808]

Oh yes he was!

[@stevemaclaine4547]

the kinks were punk before punk ,brilliant group .

[@Themanwhocameback2]

Dave seems to adore Ray. It's so obvious.

[@lucyfoster4082]

It’s Stockholm Syndrome

[@swoovey]

​@@lucyfoster4082ha!

[@euminkong]

😂​@@lucyfoster4082

[@kitkat914]

Dave is only 19 years old here!!

[@WesleyWattley-xy4fg]

Met them Royal concert hall nottingham ❤I was 19yrs

[@vampyros1]

What a treasure, this tidbit of an interview with the brothers Davies… thanks for posting.

[@gayestrand5952]

Gawd I just LOVED the Kinks...and still have one of the 60' 45 vinyl records!!!...

[@felixmadison5736]

They were my favorite group from across the pond when they invaded the States when I was 15. I still listen to them over my Alexa speakers everyday.

[@colintitterington144]

Good to hear Ray thinks very highly of the Hollies👍👍👍

[@barbarapineda9062]

I admired the Davies, brothers, the younger bros, is smiling and he's, so gifted and very talented,

[@lewis5384]

The way they act it's like any band interview you would see today. This is so cool, it's the first time I've seen an interview of a band in the 60s where they just act normal, having fun, not under the cosh.

[@RayHicks-gl7gm]

Thanks for the music Ray, seriously.

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

agreed The Hollies wrote great songs. Their psychedelic albums are great too.

[@tylerthompson1842]

So crazy to think Simon and Garfunkel were a new group then lol

[@michaelharrington75]

Why is that crazy? Paul and Art are 3 years older than Ray Davies, and 6 years older than Dave.

[@malpreece5008]

Yes, I guess their first album ‘Wednesday Morning 3AM’ didn’t really hit in the UK in ‘64 - it didn’t hit in the States either - but by early ‘66 the revamped ‘Sound of Silence’ was massive, and it made S&G. 👍🏻

[@julenepegher6999]

I love the Kinks! I love the English accent! So sexy….. indeed❤

[@lucyfoster4082]

I’m learning the basics of Ray Davies bio; he said his relationship with his little bro was a little different because Ray went early on to live with one of the older sisters instead of at home with the parents and Dave.

[@choptop81]

He was sent to live with his sister because he was "special needs" basically

[@tosinmcboy]

Ray Davies He is a my favourite person and Dave Davies He my favourite person

[@WesleyWattley-xy4fg]

The Brothers Great 👍 🇬🇧

[@ewantaylor4478]

This is rare !

[@frlango6082]

Very

[@anugupta9008]

Dave says to his brother "anything I do is impractical to you."

[@BigSky1]

I already said that if you look

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

dave is BRAVE with his fashion.

[@-______-______-]

One week he's in polkadots the next week he's in stripes

[@sagegoodwin1]

This is great! A couple of legends right there :)

[@BigSky1]

1:42 - 1:47 Dave to Ray: ‘Anything I do is impractical… to you!’ The resentment from Dave was already festering.

[@chickenpermission999]

Yeah, I mean it started even earlier than '66. Crazy stuff.

[@SuperSaiyanScandinavian]

do they still have issues or have they squashed it for the most part at their older age?

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

what is the resentment about?

[@BigSky1]

Who knows.

[@BigSky1]

@@bluebellbeatnik4945 Dave always harboured resentment towards Ray due to Ray’s superior writing ability.

[@deniseschug-lattwein9]

Dave seems so nice and he is absolutely beautiful!

[@AlanBrown-yg7rl]

The future Sir Ray!

[@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025]

Remember, this was Dave’s band…

[@kevhead1525]

2 minutes and 51 seconds without them fighting! A record?

[@frlango6082]

I never believed they did

[@stevepaul6955]

Ray and Dave seem very civil here.

[@mariohuerta8816]

Los super kings .saludos mis grandes Ingleses.🙃🙃🙃🙃😇😎😎😎😎😎

[@Mike-fj2ln]

The babe is ABSOLUTELY GORGOUS!

[@therespectedlex9794]

The one with the back to the camera. Beauty tends to be optional in such cases. Maybe, it was Gloria Hunniford then.

[@lucyfoster4082]

I presume you mean Dave heheh

[@monkeytennis7477]

They are talking about Peter Quaife's injury from the car crash he was in, 1966, he was really banged up and had a head injury as well as a broken foot, and was never quite the same afterwards. They don't even mention him by name in this interview. 😢 🫶💖✨️Pete🎶☮️

[@Berniewahlbrinck]

3 seconds and you can identify both voices, esp. Dave's higher pitch.

[@slide4180]

Damn, I wish those hairdos would come back. Who's with me?

[@muftydog]

I just wish my hair would come back :)

[@richalderson6069]

ANYTHING is better than mullets thank you!

[@leahflower9924]

Doesn't like every indie guy try to look like Dave Davies lol

[@lucguenette7534]

im inn at 67

[@deniseschug-lattwein9]

Here!!❤ I love the hair styles!

[@finckel2682]

Dave gives some Crispin Glover vibes with his hairdo.

[@kevinquinn4499]

This is amazing footage! Wonder why Ray says "drag songs!" after Dave mentions S&G? What song does that refer to? Funny in that Ray would write the quintessential drag song a few years later.

[@BigSky1]

The only things I can think of are that Paul Simon was dressed in a woman’s smock on the cover of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. Ray may have said ‘drug’ rather than ‘drag’ which could also loosley refer to ‘Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme’

[@anugupta9008]

He is saying 'drug songs'

[@Alex-xp9lu]

I'm pretty sure by "drag" in this instance he means "bummer" because Simon and Garfunkel were putting out songs with some gloomy subjects at that time. Sounds of Silence was released in January that year so it was pretty fresh.

[@kevinquinn4499]

@@Alex-xp9lu That makes more sense!

[@K._Oss]

@@Alex-xp9luI concur with this. Just a British thing.

[@Fuzzbrain61]

Rare!

[@AnyangU]

The ending was hilarious! I am going to guess the interview had to be edited.

[@mariohuerta8816]

Me refiero en tegnologiá saludos y mis grandes respetos.🙃🙃🙃😀😎😎😎😎

[@michaelm6948]

Ray trashing Dave's choice of Simon and Garfunkel. Dave probing Ray to wind em up after he denigrates his clothes design. Dave figures nothing I say will get approval, so I'll just p him off. Graham Nash of the Hollies inducted the Kinks into the Rock&Roll HOF.

[@angelicaquirarte]

As i ll say he laugh for no cry , i identify with dave hahaha good choice

[@Harrisonianne]

I think Graham Nash thought very the same as Dave lol, we all know that from a Hermits/Hollies tour backstage video in which Graham is discussing his pop POVs to Herman (Peter Noone)

[@barbarapineda9062]

Davies, younger, bros..had a birthdays today's he's, 79s or 80s yrs old I was a younger laddie, 11s yrs old..the yrs, 1966s I do members, those dreadful, hours and wonderful hours, definitions, means time's, is sames I used diffrnt, words so needed too sames words,

[@susankapur4364]

God save the Kinks!❤

[@pmichael590]

I think Ray is starting to say “Simon and Garfunkel!???” to Dave right when audio cuts off.

[@BigSky1]

I think he is saying ‘Sorry’

[@anugupta9008]

No I agree he is saying "simon and garfunkel" in the tone of "what the fuck mate?"

[@xxcelr8rs]

I heard "that sucked.'

[@simontaylor2319]

Humble little interview for a then big name group

[@winthropallegaert3793]

The boys were wasted here

[@coldacre]

yeah wasted on a cup of English Breakfast with toast & marmalade.

[@hermanmunster9472]

0:38 - 0:42 One of the inspirations for 'Spinal Tap'?? Knowing the history of their human resources policy...it's really funny!

[@gerardmccavana4905]

Wondering who the interviewer is? I'm from Belfast...I know she has a north Irish accent.

[@modernchampionmusic81]

Scottish I think

[@therespectedlex9794]

​@@modernchampionmusic81wut are yez feckin talking aboot?

[@WesleyWattley-xy4fg]

Gloria hunniford???

[@gerardmccavana4905]

Don't think it's her

[@zachgates7491]

Dave sounds like he grew up in a different part of Britain

[@keiradunn324]

2:13

[@ananigma7]

Does anyone know who the interviewer was?

[@bolivianprince7326]

none of them say the beatles

[@coldacre]

cos the beatles didn’t matter to the Kinks

[@abandonedchannel1159]

I think The kinks didn't like The Beatles (in general) and vice versa

[@frlango6082]

@@abandonedchannel1159 was that petty jealousy…plus, no offense to scousers out there but Liverpuul was a provincial town and from what I can gather, a bit of a…hole.KINKS were from London….bit far up the hills if you ask me

[@psychotic.reaction]

they were not pop by 1966, nor recent, as the interviewer asked.

[@jokkergar]

There was a bit of resentment among both bands, the kinks copied one of the beatles tunes in the early days and so they call them unoriginal then Ray call them out claiming they kinda rip off see my friends in love you to.

[@andyf750]

What's the interviewer's name?

[@chickenpermission999]

Maggie, I could not find more info on her full name. The program that this ran on was called 'Pop Around' and was broadcast on a channel called UTV that was from Northern Ireland. I'm genuinely curious to find more information about the show, but I can't seem to find much.

[@andyf750]

Thanks for trying.

[@sashasilberbauer-bray802]

She’s called Maggie Gilchrist it was recorded in 1966 on Kinks 4 gig NI tour, Sunny Afternoon was top of the charts.

[@frlango6082]

@@sashasilberbauer-bray802 sorry about a long message. Would be interesting to find out how well the singles did in Europa. In my sombre view, the KINKS were never massive in France, although they rocked La Mutualite hall and set the place ablaze in ‘65, A LIVE recording of that evening subsist. I feel the band was a massive influence on some French artists but failed to reach mass interest. TV being the main vessel for pop culture, I remember Cilla Black, Petulant Clark (in French), maybe Sandy Shaw or Dusty Springfield. Later on British artists were challenged by Eurovisionists, italian disco queens and the tediously boring French variety. And on that last note, the French were anglophiles, Brits rocked the globe, shame nowadays not that many kids can converse in English, let along hum Petula Clark’s tunes anymore.

[@andyf750]

​@@sashasilberbauer-bray802Thanks!

[@jackcuneo6098]

Dave seems like a cool cat. Ray seems a bit snobby tbh