The Kinks' Dave Davies Reviews the Singles of January 1966

Blind Date with Dave Davies from The Kinks. Dave Davies reviews the singles of January 1966.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Dave Davies (born 3 February 1947) was still 18 years old when he did this Blind Date. Amazing, isn't it?

[@darda2449]

His age in fact figured in the brother's later lawsuit with their record company - Dave was under-aged when he signed without a co-signer, and thus, the contract was illegal.

[@kevhead1525]

Ray and Dave remind me of Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson somehow. They probably fought as much too. 😂

[@paulgoldstein2569]

Furthermore, he knew mostly what was good from bad (let's forget his comments on Bob Dylan, The Lovin' Spoonful). This here really was a mixed bag of records from styles that just did not combine, some great, others excruciating. But judging by the end of the video, it was good yet surprising to see Mike Douglas in the U.S. Top 10 with his great piece of early way-out Psychedelia, and at a time when Psychedelia was already being felt in the States. But he always was a Psychobilly.

[@garyrhone1395]

What an impact on guitar playing at such a young age! Ray was lucky to have him!

[@katbela3971]

It amazes me that Dave felt like a fish in the water in front of the media attention at that age. When I was 18 years old, I was terrified to even stand in front of my classmates to give the lesson.☺

[@deadlyoneable]

1966 was a pivotal year. A lot of things happening and going in all kinds of different directions. Perhaps maybe the best year ever. I wish I was born 40 years earlier than I was.

[@bapples]

“This bloke annoys me” 🤣🤣🤣

[@richsackett3423]

That’s what I said about the prat being interviewed.

[@robertclive491]

@@richsackett3423 did Dave upset you petal?

[@richsackett3423]

@@robertclive491 Yuck fou old man.

[@SeboDigital]

@@richsackett3423 🤣🤣🤣

[@stevec2993]

Great comment about the Dylan release. Not one of his Bobship's best .

[@MrMjp58]

Dave is hilarious. Excellent series.

[@MikeDial]

I actually burst out laughing at his reaction to Mrs. Mills, when he accused Melody Maker of presenting these records as a joke.

[@katbela3971]

I am absolutely astounded that Peter Sellers' recited version of ''A Hard Day's Knight'' reached number 16 that week. Wow! 😱

[@darda2449]

"I'm sure you put on these sort of records for a joke... " Well, Dave finally got it! The Sinatra record was more of his brother's thing - Ray Davies is a huge Sinatra fan.

[@plasteredbastard]

growing up with three or four older sisters would have that effect but oddly didn't rub off on dave. perhaps a testament to the polar opposite personalities.

[@Famulus9]

Funny to see the Beatles at #2 and a cover of the Beatles at #3 in the singles chart, with more Beatles covers down the list.

[@lindadote]

I find that interesting too. Earlier still, the Folk Duo Peter and Gordon’s first Hit single was one of The Beatles (a McCartney composition) “throwaway” songs “World Without Love” in 1964. I remember both acts had their songs charting at the same time.

[@loosilu]

@@lindadote The Rolling Stones first hit was a Lennon McCartney song, I Wanna Be your Man.

[@blackportspeakercabinets4145]

Those stereo recordings ( listening on headphones) from the 60's are crazy!

[@jfrorn]

Love the music you did for this! Dave's interview, as others have already said, was pretty humorous. Thanks for this series I really enjoy it very much

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you!

[@doggedout]

".....music to spew to." Tell it like it is Dave.

[@FriedAudio]

"spewers"?? I'm not too sure I even want to know what THAT means...

[@mariuspoppFM]

​​@@FriedAudio a more polite form of spitting

[@victorformosa228]

How musically diverse were those charts, just fantastic.

[@Transterra55]

Dave should have performed stand-up comedy...good stuff.

[@neilfriedman]

Dave gave me good chuckle, I agree, did he get this choice of records as a joke😂😂

[@389383]

It seems they give everyone some MOR crap just to see their reaction.

[@johnnypoker46]

Favourite songs from the reviews: 'You Didn't Have to Be So Nice' by the Spoonful and 'Harlem Shuffle' by Bob and Earl Best on the charts: 'My Ship is Coming In' by the Walker Brothers and 'A Lovers Concerto' by the Toys

[@mariuspoppFM]

Get out of my life is great too

[@tomcarl8021]

'Hole In the Wall' by the Packers is actually Booker T and the MG's!! Packy Axton, their saxophone player, produced the session and hired Booker T and the MG's as the band. Since it wasn't their session, they couldn't call it a Booker T and the MG's song. They called themselves The Packers instead because Packy wrote the song. To their amazement the song was a big hit in the States. It got to number 7 in the R&B chart.

[@IdreamOfDouche]

That's 6 beatles songs on that top 50 list.. wow

[@tamomarfernandez7548]

Great guitar player.

[@pencilpauli9442]

Ken Dodd was having a good time. 2 singles doing well plus an album in the top 10. How tickled he must have been! lol

[@jayorag]

Even though he put down one of my favorite Bob Dylan's songs, I can't think of anyone I like more than Dave Davies. I adore"Funny face", "Suzanne is still alive" or "Love me till the sun shines"

[@KeizerHedorah]

you can't thing of anyone you like more than dave davies? lmao 😂

[@heinrichvon]

@@KeizerHedorah How about *Ray* Davies? LOL!

[@ExplodingPsyche]

@@KeizerHedorah Oh man, I can't stop laughing at this! 🤣

[@tylerthompson1842]

I was a little put off by him not liking Dylan. I just watched Once were Brothers last night. I’ve seen it before but I was in the mood for Dylan and The Band. Ofc there’s a whole bit where Robbie talks a lot about Dylan really being hated in the UK for going electric, and how ahead of his time he was. Still I’m surprised Dave didn’t get it tho. That being said I’m a huge kinks fan as well. One of my favorites is Strangers a Dave song

[@BritInvLvr]

God Save The Kinks!

[@danieleyre8913]

He got some stinkers to review with this lot. I’m not surprised he ended it prematurely. It’s remarkable how much he knew about songwriting at such a young age.

[@FawleyJude]

"Fabulous drumming" on the Lee Dorsey tune, I don't know who it was but John Boudreaux, Charles Williams, and June Gardner were mainstay studio drummers in New Orleans around this time and New Orleans drummers played with a feel like you'd find nowhere else.

[@tomcarl8021]

Very true.

[@CinemaMack]

Props for using a clip from the Lindsay Shonteff cult classic, Clegg.

[@EdwinJack64]

I really had to laugh at this video 😂. Dave Davies is such an insanely cool dude, a 60's punk! His "What a great lazy beat..." comment on Lee Dorsey's "Get Out Of My Live Woman" is...well..so witty!

[@EdwinJack64]

Talking about that great lazy beat, there are many covers of this song. * Q'65 - Get Out Of My Live Woman From their LP Revolution (1966) 👌

[@paulgoldstein2569]

@@EdwinJack64 I have heard of Q65, and another Netherlands great band The Outsiders, not to be confused with their slightly later American Bubblegum Pop namesakes. But neither of these bands had a UK release. Maybe you live in Holland.

[@EdwinJack64]

@@paulgoldstein2569 Yes, I do live in Holland. Q'65 and the Outsiders are pretty much the epitome of 60s garage rock here. They enjoy a certain cult status among fans of this genre. Their original albums are highly sought and not easy to get, even on CD. I also know the American Outsiders, "Time Won't Let Me" (1966). Cheers! ED

[@paulgoldstein2569]

@@EdwinJack64 The Outsiders had a double CD in your country called Their Complete Works, collecting their entire previously released tracks, and a triple CD Everything On Earth collecting virtually their complete previously unissued tracks from the same timeline, many of them early takes of previously released songs. I think both are still available on downloads. Q65 had a CD in this country collecting most of their sixties output, apart from their covers of songs from the UK or U.S., called The Best Of.

[@EdwinJack64]

@@paulgoldstein2569 Thank you for your research! Great to hear in your country Q'65 is available! And you're right. Indeed several compilation albums have been released on CD over the years. From 2014 a very nice series has been released in the Netherlands, entitled: 'The Golden Years Of Dutch Pop Music', including double CD editions of The Motions, Q'65 and The Outsiders. The Outsiders released, apart from their singles, only two albums. * Outsiders (1967) * C.Q. (1968) Q'65 released 4 albums: * Revolution (1966) * Revival (1969) * Afghanistan (1970) * We're Gonna Make It (1971) And it is precisely those original studio albums that are currently difficult to obtain, not even in the 2 best record stores in my city. About a month ago I was able to get my hands on "Afghanistan". "Revolution" is not available at the moment, nor the Outsiders' albums. I'm a bit of a collector, so that's why ...😁 But you're right, the CD comp covers a lot of their stuff! Cheers! ED

[@Svain5]

Another great outro. Love it.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@goodiesguy]

I love discovering great new tunes on these like 'Sweet Pussycat'.

[@buzzawuzza3743]

Rock on Dave!

[@moondogaudiojones1146]

Brilliant! Dave seemed spot on!

[@drexlerjohn3822]

Interesting. I came from the George Harrison video where he shows his top 40 favorites with some/ most songs mentioned here. Its nice to see the contrast of musical tastes that The Beatles and The Kinks had.

[@bipbopboom]

Knocking Dylan might’ve been the real reason the Kinks were banished from the US for years.. Dave sure was cranky! Haha! Great episode Yesterday!! Cheers!!

[@Alan-su5bg]

That's not true, the only reason why they were banned was cuz an American promoter was taunting the kinks because they are another group to be affiliated with the British invasion and that they could've been part of the communist party. Dave went up to the guy and punched him

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers Jon! Glad you enjoyed this episode!

[@garyrhone1395]

In early 66 that seemed to be a common opinion in England at least (Judas remark), that side they played was not necessarily Dylan’s best work, should’ve flipped it for Highway 61.

[@dalexwats]

But he liked Robbie Robertson's guitar sound

[@piggycity]

He has a great ear for the song reviews. He also got some awesome funky drum songs

[@davidellis5141]

😆 ..Dave savaging Della Reese ! Brutal 👍

[@ballhawk387]

Cracked me up! RIght up there with John Entwistle and Keith Moon among the wittiest blind dates, and somewhere in between The Ox's (mostly) brutal slag-offs and Moonie's (mostly) lighthearted positivity. I do think he got those as a joke, too.

[@robertbell9935]

Compared to some of these lists I thought it wasn't a bad one actually. Dylan, Harlem Shuffle, Lovin' Spoonful and It Was a Very Good Year all great in my view. It's interesting to hear reactions to things when they came out and sometimes hear what are now considered classics being trashed. I often wonder whether the same views are held in retrospect?

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

i LOVE that Lee Dorsey song, it's great. Used to listen to it all the time.

[@stepheng8779]

I always like to look up the weird, the one's I've never heard of to hear them in full. Just checked out Sweet Pussycat by Morgan James Duo, it's certainly something else 😂 Thanks again 🍻

[@daliborsnajdr6871]

Thanks! That was a good one… what a great entertainer Dave was, good tracks. Great.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you very much, Dalibor! I really appreciate it. Gladyou enjoyed the video.

[@helenohellno2729]

Back when Flowers were in fashion 😍 🌺🌺🌺🌺

[@michaelpdawson]

Anyone notice three out of four songs in a row on the Top 30 had titles beginning with "Take Me"?

[@pcno2832]

I suspect that happens when people buy one record thinking it's another. There were no less that 4 BB-HOT-100 hits in 1971 called "Superstar"

[@Borella309]

Yeah, I was gonna do a ChatGPT joke but realised someone's probably already onto it - And then 19 years later AHA come along...

[@stephenwalker2924]

Yeah. I noticed that too. A bit like in the 80s when three acts all had records out at the same time called The Power of Love...

[@michaelwilson2340]

Please Crawl Out Your Window? Phil Ochs told Dylan it wouldn't be a good single and Dylan ripped into him. If Dylan gave Dave any lip Dave would have punched him. He'd had a lot of practice fighting Ray. And Team Goldsboro! Thank you Dave!

[@chasjohn57]

The dance of the elephants! Too funny!

[@andrewgarrett7100]

Fine homage to Rescue Me, YP. 🙂

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@chrisbacos]

Now, this was very funny. Dave has a way of sarcasm. On a serious note, he can easily hear good guitar playing. I was never a big Bob Dylan fan myself.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I love Dave's sense of humour.

[@judyjudy51]

He was a hottie in ‘66 :)

[@murrayscott3513]

How many years was the Sound of Music in the top ten albums. Is it still there? It's a big one for the kid's and the kids at heart. Cheers!

[@hifijohn]

Music for swinging spewers!!

[@sg-yq8pm]

Sinatra's version of 'It Was a Very Good Year' is superb, he got the best male vocalist Grammy for it in 66.

[@victorformosa228]

My favourite Sinatra song, poignant lyrics and a great arrangement.

[@philt1771]

Deservedly so; thanks dad for all those "Sunday's with Sinatra"!

[@paulgoldstein2569]

I by far prefer The Kingston Trio original.

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

Yes, but he's right. It is like a long intro with no main part, Never realized that.

[@annamariaisland1960]

Gosh, imagine what Dave would have said if they played the William Shatner version of "It was a very good year." Is that Peter Sellers "A Hard Day's Night" the one he did for the Telly, where he is dressed like Shakespeares' version of Richard III? Now that's something to talk about!

[@pcno2832]

There was also a Mrs. Miller version of "A Hard Day's Night" which would have gotten quite a reaction. I don't know if Mrs. Miller knew Mrs. Mills, or if the later even sang or her records, but I suspect that they were aimed at similar audiences.

[@jean-marcknight8816]

3:16 as a Booker T & the M.G.’s fan, I do like this groove. I bet our host dig those sounds as well.

[@tomcarl8021]

Guess what? It is Booker T and the MG's!!! They changed their name for that one song because it wasn't their session. They were a hired band for the song. Their sax player wrote and produced it.

[@jean-marcknight8816]

@@tomcarl8021 so this explain that 👍

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

2:30 aww i like that song

[@carmengiaa65]

Dave the Rave!

[@ericwinnert]

That was a great one. So happy that Dave loves and knows soul. Harlem Shuffle and Lee Dorsey. He even recognised a Booker T. song through a bad cover. 😂 What's this 'Chinese' comment about? I remember watching a film from 1962 called Twice Round The Daffodils, where someone comments about a bad, non-rhyming poem "must be one of those new Chinese poems" I see one of the Chinese bands had their album enter at number 10 on the Billboard chart. Also, the Koobas were in the UK singles chart. I didn't realise they had a top 30 hit. Or was it someone bunging the MM a monkey.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Yeah, that Koobas single n the chart is a bit suspicious.

[@mariuspoppFM]

​@@YesterdaysPapers why?

[@lukderyck]

No views? I shall rectify that.

[@pcno2832]

6:31 It's ironic that "The Men In My Little Girl's Life" is listed on the chart just above "A Must to Avoid". Many would argue that that Mike Douglas record was a must to avoid. Mike can be forgiven, though, he nearly lost his hearing introducing his daytime TV audience to The Who and the explosives they liked to put into their drum kit.

[@389383]

That was the Smothers Brothers Show with the big explosion.

[@patrickbeck3285]

I was a teenager in 66. It's kind of amazing that most songs that he didn't like went nowhere. The Bob Dylan song was a minor hit. Who didn't like Dylan? Oh, the brother of Ray Davies. Remind me, how many records Dave Davies had hit records without The Kinks. I believe zero.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Dave said a lot of the stuff on Dylan's albums is good so I guess he just didn't like this single or some of the stuff he was releasing as singles.

[@plasteredbastard]

i often say dave is the one from the british invasion class living or dead i would grab a few pints with. got a warmth and friendliness about him no matter what mick avory might say.

[@FriedAudio]

The Sound of Music & Mary Poppins OST's back-to-back in the top ten album charts! HAHA!! Julie Andrews must have been quite the power-house back in the day; stompin' all over the youngsters and their R'n'R records. LOL

[@lucyfoster4082]

Is the outro a song called “Cruisin’”? How do I know that song?

[@f.w.2054]

Dave the rave is the man!

[@changkwangoh]

This bloke is quite hilarious

[@CarlDraper]

Mrs Mills looks like Ronnie Barker in drag :D

[@michaelrochester48]

Harlem Shuffle was definitely not ordinary, because the Rolling Stones made it their last top 10 hit in the United States when they released the underappreciated dirty work album

[@michaelrochester48]

I’m not the biggest Frank Sinatra fan but that was one of the most poignant and iconic songs of his. I don’t know what Dave Davies was drinking that day.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I agree, "Dirty work" is underappreciated. I never liked the Stones' cover of "Harlem Shuffle", though.

[@MrCherryJuice]

@@YesterdaysPapers Here is a version of 'Harlem Shuffle' by Johnny and Edgar Winter you might enjoy. This is very much in keeping with Edgar Winter's White Trash, a killer band whose debut album and live 'Roadwork' remain must-haves for me. This is from Johnny and Edgar's 'Together Live' album. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qV6zlKqni5J0g7c

[@Accam570]

He managed to insult McCartney's songwriting even though none of the songs were written by him, lol. And I bet he knows how to be annoying, since in 1965 the Kinks drummer knocked him out cold, smashing him in the head with a cymbal after Davies started insulting his drumming right on stage, during a show. Davies was taken to the hospital for 16 stitches, and the drummer ran away, thinking he'd killed him. Fun band.

[@alisonreid1251]

Harlem Shuffle ❤

[@DawlessHouseMusic]

That was a weird month for the charts. As an American, I didn't recognize a whole lot of it

[@stevec2993]

These songs didn't make the charts

[@tomcarl8021]

​@@stevec2993 Hole in the Wall got to number 7 in the R&B charts. And I know the Lee Dorsey song was a big hit on the R&B charts. Did you ever hear of something called R&B? It's short for Rhythm and Blues. It's a genre of music made primarily by and for black people. And guess what? That music has its own category on the Billboard Chart. There. You learned something.

[@thewkovacs316]

looking back 50 years, it's pretty cool how dylan trolled his fans the guy got tired of being called "a voice for his generation|" and just decided to make music

[@pedrogarcia8591]

🤩🤩🍺🥃🍾✌️✌️👌

[@mackb909]

Wasn't it Dave who originally had the idea to form The Kinks? My understanding was that he had to wheedle and cajole big brother Ray into joining, and the rest was history.

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

Dave's sense of style was sharp as hell. He looks very chic with his coat draped over his shoulders at 3:35 😍I agree with what he said about Dylan, love Bob and I know it's music blasphemy to critique his work, but some of his stuff I just don't dig. Dylan took himself a little too seriously at that time. As always, love your outro, YP. You always outdo yourself. Happy Easter 🐤🐥💛

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, Sophie! I've always love Dave's style, one of the coolest from the 60s. Happy Easter!

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

@@YesterdaysPapers Yes, his style is really something. I've always thought he looked very cool singing "Susannah's Still Alive" for Beat-Club 🎸❤

[@calvinguile1315]

Those rock stars knew how to dress back then, especially the British ones, they truly looked like rock royalty

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

@@calvinguile1315 100% agree. British rock stars were most definitely the best dressed :)

[@DeeckyRizzo]

In the Top 50, what does the number between parenthesis represent? 3 (22) Michelle

[@YesterdaysPapers]

It's the chart position from the previous week. 3 (22) means that the single was at number 22 the previous week.

[@DeeckyRizzo]

@@YesterdaysPapers Awesome! Thanks!

[@HansOlo354]

Is that two different versions of Michelle and neither of them by the Beatles? And I suppose it's Peter Sellers Richard III version of A Hard Days Night.

[@BigSky1]

Rescue Me from Dave’s sarcasm.

[@shaunw9270]

A fantastic, often overlooked Dylan classic, shredded by Dave !

[@xwhite2020]

I'm with Dave. Dylans frivolous , silly songs mostly miss the mark.

[@lindadote]

This gave me a giggle, whatever “Music for swinging spewers” is? 🤣 Overall, I’m inclined to agree with Dave, it wasn’t a brilliant month although it’s nice to see a young Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group) topping the Charts. Most entertaining YP, thank you.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers, Linda!

[@lindadote]

@@YesterdaysPapers …..I love your outro too but didn’t mention it because the song wouldn’t (still won’t) come to me! Please put me out of my misery YP, I know it so well….

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@lindadote Hehehe! It's "Rescue Me" by Fontella Bass.

[@lindadote]

@@YesterdaysPapers ……very clever, you fooled me! Your arrangement is lovely, as always. Thanks YP.

[@stephenwalker2924]

@@YesterdaysPapers Thanks. It was cool. The drums on it sounded a bit like The Stone Roses slowed down...

[@michaelrochester48]

With all that great music coming out how the hell did Ken Dodd and the Barron Knights sneak into the top 20?

[@johnp515]

Hard to believe but Ken Dodd did more than sneak into the charts in those days. His record “Tears” was the 3rd biggest selling single of the 60s. The only two records that sold more were “She Loves You” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand”

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

why do you need to 'see what they're trying to do' just listen and enjoy.

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

It's actually pronounced DAY-vis, not DAY-veez.

[@Theactivepsychos]

Sinatra singing his average 1 word a minute.

[@davidellis5141]

I learned Harlem Shuffle was a cover today .. Sorry Mick & Keith , the originals better !

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Yeah, I never liked the Stones' cover of that song. The original is great.

[@calvinguile1315]

Yes, the original is definitely better

[@willieluncheonette5843]

He dissed a great Dylan song but loved a corny Sinatra one? Oh well. That Dylan song is kinda famous. Dylan and Phil Ochs were riding in a limo and Dylan played the song for him. Ochs had a very lukewarm reaction and Dylan kicked him out of the limo yelling " You're not a folk singer, you're a journalist." I was not aware there was a version out before the Dylan, one by The Vacels on Kama Sutra. a shortened version, not bad. And Jimi Hendrix it seems was obsessed with it and practiced it endlessly. He recorded it on the BBC sessions and it's got the driving power. BTW Dylan's backing band is the Hawks, later to become The Band. Ray has a good sense of humor re Della Reese. "Is it Bessie Smith's auntie?" Thanks as always YP. I just discovered The Vacels and Jimi's version after watching your post.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers, Willie!

[@mariuspoppFM]

This ain't Ray

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@mariuspoppFM of course....my bad

[@GenialHarryGrout]

A few Lennon-McCartney songs in the top 40

[@janbekker71]

Chinese groups? What's he on about?

[@richsackett3423]

Cuz racism iz funny, right lads?

[@jon4139]

I think the joke is that if it isn't British, it's obviously American. But saying Chinese is just a bit of sarcasm. Nothin racist about it

[@michaelm6948]

@@richsackett3423 It's always great to hear from the CCP. Breathing is racist, if it's a melanin deprived guy sucking up oxygen.

[@wraithby]

Dave was a committed Maoist at this point. He endlessly argued with Ray that their band should be wearing Mao suits on stage. He's just trying to promote Chinese rock.

[@shaunw9270]

​@@wraithby Chinese rocks is a different kettle of fish 😊

[@paulgoldstein2569]

I have now discovered that Bob & Earl's Harlem Shuffle does not belong to this set of reviews, as it was issued in the UK in July 1965, nearly two years after it was issued in the States. I thought early 1966 was a bit late, as I thought I used to hear it on the Pirate stations a bit before then. But then I thought that maybe they had a copy before it was released. It was not until it was reissued in the UK in 1969 that it finally charted here, about six years after it was a hit in the States. This is the second Dave Davies Blind Date, the previous one covering August 1967.

[@eargasm1072]

Im a huge KInks fan so I got a kick out of this episode...especially his "review" of Dylan's song. Seems he was in Bob's previous"finger pointing" period camp than his more surreal electric phase lol he was going over plenty of people's heads then...he was pushing the envelope so it took the world a few decades to catch up!

[@MarinxxxEagle]

I love Dave and his sarcasm, but... What does he mean when he calls a group "Chinese"? 🤔

[@michaelm6948]

It's got to be nefarious, he is a white guy.

[@pcno2832]

@@michaelm6948 Didn't Duke Ellington call Dizzy Gillepie's music "Chinese sounding" when he first heard it?

[@michaelm6948]

@@pcno2832 Haven't heard that. I'm sure he meant unfamiliar to his ear. You'd have to tell me if Ellington liked his music. I'm thinking not so much, as I don't think Ellington was a fan of bebop and what came after. Calling it "Chinese sounding" doesn't incite me to play the cancel card. The same goes for DD. He's being flippant. He could have said it sounds like klezmer music or untuned bagpipe music...😏

[@FawleyJude]

@@pcno2832 That was Louis Armstrong, not Duke.

[@judyjudy51]

he means he didn’t ‘get it’ - there used to be a saying that ‘it’s all chinese to me’

[@thecaveofthedead]

A very mixed bag. This does put Lee Dorsey on my radar. I've never been aware of him except as a name. I must give his stuff a proper listen. I agree with Dave on pretty much all of these - although I'm saying that from the perspective of being unfamiliar with most of these discs.

[@paulmajor8865]

The Koobas take me for a little while was never released as a chart hit

[@robertclive491]

"This is so tuneless it sounds like an operatic number played at 16 revolutions per minute" lmao

[@mariuspoppFM]

The funniest remark

[@KeizerHedorah]

Dave Davies - "oi bloody EL, blokes music is fab govnah, I'm Ray Davies brova"

[@jonhillman871]

mrs. mills's song "come to my party" stood in opposition to the shaggy, lax ne'er-do-well attitudes of january 1966. she looks like she could beat the piss out of dave davies.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

I get Exactly what he means about the Sinatra song.

[@389383]

Surprised the cheezy Roger Miller song was a hit in England!

[@evelinearegger6392]

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[@PAULLONDEN]

Woah !! Dave must feel very silly seeing this . "Crawl Out Your Window" is amazing. It was ofcourse no hit. The brilliant Lovin' Spoonful ended so tragically, with poor Zal ( their own jolly Ringo (according to Mama Cass) arrested for hash possession , being a snitch , and condemned by the emerging counter culture.

[@jerrywatt6813]

Poor Dave except for the spoonful a real string of stinkers indeed ha ha thanks YP cheers !

[@mariuspoppFM]

Harlem shuffle and Lee Dorset stinkers? Leave that bottle alone

[@jasonrothbaum7266]

Disses Dylan, Sinatra and Matt Monroe? Big ego for an 18 year old.

[@Baz-Ten]

He was spot on about the material. no dis!

[@judyjudy51]

Many of his peers would’ve agreed in ‘ 66

[@jasonrothbaum5995]

A very good year was one of Sinatra's big hits. Dylan's Highway Revisited was a classic... not sure who would have agreed with Dave

[@Baz-Ten]

​@@jasonrothbaum5995 , Hi. in fact DD said the Sinatra song *would* be a hit..! & Dylan's "Crawl Out Your Window?" reached 98 in the charts... - just wki'd it & it's not on the album

[@NotoriousLightning]

What's up with thinking everybody was Chinese?

[@mariuspoppFM]

😂😂😂

[@RobbieCalifornia69]

Too funny. OMG ... Dave and Liam Gallager together would be a hoot!

[@kevhead1525]

The Kinks had so many good songs that it was easy to slag off this lesser stuff. He knew quality and this wasn't it.