The Kinks - A Well Respected Man

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The Kinks - A Well Respected Man Remastered
released 17 Sep, 1965 on The Kinks Album Kwyet Kinks

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1. Ray Davies - Poet Laureate of Rock, says Pete Townshend

From an interview published on thewho.net:

QUESTION: Tell us a bit about the other important English bands at that time, The Kinks and Ray Davies' work. What did you think of them and how do you think they've held up?

PETE TOWNSHEND: Well, really, the only two bands I think were really important were The Animals and The Kinks. The Animals because a lot of people forget how early they got into America. They were the second band to follow The Beatles in. They were huge. But The Kinks were much more quintessentially English. I always think that Ray Davies should one day be Poet Laureate. He invented a new kind of poetry and a new kind of language for Pop writing that influenced me from the very, very, very beginning. I think that Dave Davies is also very underestimated.

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/what-did-pete-townshend-think-of-the-kinks-and-the-davies-brothers.238624/