Ray Davies - Dead End Street Lyrics

THIS is how you use horns! blood sweat and tears,chicago gave me the creeps! (julian cope knew how to use them too-and the buckinghams)

I was living in a small room in Streatham in 1998 or so and there was a crack up in the ceiling and the kitchen sink was leaking (as well as a crack in window..) I was out of work and got no money..so Dead End Street was a bit of an anthem over the three years I was stuck in that place..

Wow! Nice work, everybody!

Great chord progression.

Is Ray retired now?

No - still going.

Jools Holland. Class act! I love seeing him on stage with my favorites. The shows he hosts always present the performers at their best. Great sound, lighting and always a friendly atmosphere.

Thanks for so much great music Ray. Doesn't this sound like it was written yesterday?

Fantastic !! The Kinks were one of the best.. wernt they Lola ?

Yes James Sexton they were Lola (eyeroll)

was this the show ray forgot to get something that he's supposed to give to the contestant and he ended up having to give up one of his shoes?

I'd say Davies and Lennon are tied for England's finest songwriters. Both are leagues above McCartney, as are Harrison, Coward, Morrissey, Albarn, Dave Davies, Townshend, and many others.

Noel Gallagher?

two people are living on dead end street

@rwbblue

Better than a notch, man.

ya checaron quien toca el piano?????????

whatever, whoever is better than i dont care, i have not been listening to mccartney for years (yeah radio) and i love the beatles but this is new to me. i was in another tab doing something and when i heard this i had to open this tab to see ray davies pull this off. omg. he can do anything. i lov ya ray davies, then and now and till the end

DEAD END!!!!

@JohnHess65 yes and amy macdonald outshines them all!!!!! :D <3

the presenter has the same voice as jools holland... then i saw jools on the piano...

@birdman3120 There is that way of looking at it too. I'd say though you can assert an opinion, but the the two aren't the same thing just with simply two words to describe the exact same thing, but they are very similar. And you're right in that it's pointless trying to change people's opinions. It just annoys me when people dictate their opinions to others and state them as if they are facts. Especially when they are in the wrong on it anyway.

@Underground906 Fair enough, if it wasn't aimed as an insult. I am simply saying that an assertion is an opinion put across more strongly, as if it is true. The point is that it is his opinion that Davies is better than Macca, that is what he believes, and as I have learnt over time, you can't change people's beliefs.

@birdman3120 Stated positively means it's stated as being true, that's what I meant. And that last bit, I honestly didn't mean that as an insult. Just to tell the different, which was subtle, would require that. I wasn't suggesting you lacked it.

@Underground906 As I said an opinion is a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty. They are the same thing. An assertion is an opinion but put across more strongly. I like you little insult at the end, very cutting(!) :-D

@birdman3120 According to the freedictionary . com

as·ser·tion (-sûrshn)
n.
1. The act of asserting.
2. Something declared or stated positively, often with no support or attempt at proof.

Obviously the context of what I said is the second one. You're referring to the 1st. You have to have some nuance of thought to comprehend the difference between the two. Positiviely being the keyword.

@Underground906 Asserting: State a fact or BELIEF confidently and forcefully. Opinion: a BELIEF or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty. Therefore you can assert an opinion. Looks like the dictionary has let you down this time. If the second part of your comment was aimed at me, then it's wasted because I never said Davies was better than McCartney, I was simply pointing out the hypocritical nature of your first two comments.

@birdman3120 Alright mate. Look them up in a dictionary . I won't carry on this tedious conversation with you. Only wankers claim, as a statement of fact, that Davies was better than Macca. Not point in dealing with those kinds of people anyway who take opinion as fact. They're insufferable.

@Underground906 Assertion and opinion are not seperate entities. You can assert an opinion, it is still his opinion. It is still called having an opinion. The first part of my message still stands, your still coming across as a repulsive individual, an arrogant one at that. That is MY opinion. Sorry, if I am asserting it. ;-)

@birdman3120 No. It was an assertion, not an opinion. ''I think he's a notch above'' is an opinion. 'Sorry, but he was a notch above' is an assertion. An arrogant and false one too.

As Geldof said about this song and 60's life, "We fondly imagine that it was all Austin Powers then. It wasn't. It was shit for most of us." Ray Davies wrote about what was actually happening during the 60's better than anyone else. Probably why the Kinks didn't have the same commercial success as other bands of the time. This song is going to be relevant again in the future with these cuts.

@Underground906 Calling Kinks fans quite repulsive when you have just called someone a fucking dickhead. The words pot, kettle and black come to mind. :-D If someone thinks Davies is better than McCartney, then that is what is known as having an opinion.

Kinks fan are quite repulsive on the whole. The kind of self centred people who can't differentiate between what is actually true and what they think is true simply because they happen to believe that or hold an opinion. Above. Maccartney? No. Lennon? No. Jagger/Richards? No. Bowie? No. Where's his catalogue that matches any of them? Doesn't exist. yet Kinks fan try to claim one because they enjoy the Kinks.

Este tipo es un pendejo. No da ningún argumento. Si no conoce el gran catalogo musical de The Kinks es su problema.

Este tipo es un pendejo. No da ningún argumento sólido. Simplemente The Kinks están en el Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll en USA. En el Salón de la Fama en el UK. Ray Davies recibió muchos reconocimientos, entre ellos: el premio Ivo Novello de los compositores británicos, fue declarado Leyenda Musical de Londres por el gobierno de la ciudad en la primera ocasión que se dio el reconocimiento, etc. etc. En Reason to Rock se considera que probablemente sea el grupo de rock con el mayor número de tracks buenos por unidad en la historia del rock and roll.

This guy is an asshole. It does not give any solid argument. Simply The Kinks are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the USA. In the Hall of Fame in the UK. Ray Davies received many recognitions, among them: the Ivo Novello prize of the British composers, was declared Musical Legend of London by the government of the city in the first occasion that the recognition was given, etc. etc. In Reason to Rock it is considered that it is probably the rock band with the highest number of good tracks per unit in the history of rock and roll.

You know.......speechless.....Ray, THANK YOU.

Ray Davies was the best songwriter of the British Invasion bands, John Lennon and Pete Townshend tied for second place, Jagger/Richards third.

pop genius Ray

Isn't this the Jools Holland show?

WOW--a live version of DEAD END STREET RARE!!!

why is ray performing solo the kinks were still together in 94

sorry for my double negative...must be my cockney English...

BRO : you shouldn't have bothered writing such a nonsense ! sure ! and no fan or lover of Ray won't bother having any insomnia because of such a poor comment...fhhhh....

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!