Ray Davies 2003-??-??
The World From My Window - A Documentary, documentary, various
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A documentary, primarily narrated by Ray Davies, which explores the history of The Kinks, Ray's musical influences, the hows and whys of the writing by Ray Davies of The Kinks' many famous and enduring songs, starting with 1964's 'You Really Got Me', and following Ray's career up to 2003 (when this documentart was made) when he was recording, at London's Konk Studios, what was to become his solo album 'Other People's Lives' released in 2006.
The documentary also explores Ray's attempts to create a stage musical based on his 1983 song 'Come Dancing'. The musical did eventuate and ran from September to November 2008 and was awarded The MOBIUS Best Off-West End Production in February 2009.
(sourced from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Davies#Musicals)
Quoting David Bowie; "He creates a mass memory for us all, of...an England that possibly did or didn't exist..."
Archival Performances (all incomplete and used for reference purposes only):
'Lola' (1970) - The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 1995
'You Really Got Me' (1964)
'All Day And All Of The Night' (1964)
'Stand Up Comic' (Konk Studios, London 2003)
'See My Friend' (1965)
'A Well Respected Man' - live acoustic, date unknown
'Sunny Afternoon' (1966)
'Sunny Afternoon' (Konk Studios, London 2003)
'Dead End Street' (1966) - original promo banned by the BBC
'Days' (1968)
'Days' - A cappella live, date unknown
'Village Green' (1968) - live acoustic, date unknown
'Victoria' (1970) - live acoustic, date unknown
'Celluloid Heroes' (1972) (Konk Studios, London 2003)
'Come Dancing' (1983) - original promo
'A Better Thing' - demo (Konk Studios, London 2003)
'After The Fall' (Konk Studios, London 2003)
'Waterloo Sunset' (1967)
'Waterloo Sunset' (Konk Studios, London 2003)
Includes commentary by;
Nigel Williamson (music journalist and author)
David Bowie
Keith Altham (music journalist and author)
Elvis Costello
Deke Arlon (Ray Davies' manager)
Bob Geldof
Paul Weller
Chris Difford
Clive Davis (Chairman & CEO, RCA Music Group)
Ned Sherrin (broadcaster and friend)
Terry Johnson (co-writer/director of the 'Come Dancing' musical)
The documentary also explores Ray's attempts to create a stage musical based on his 1983 song 'Come Dancing'. The musical did eventuate and ran from September to November 2008 and was awarded The MOBIUS Best Off-West End Production in February 2009.
(sourced from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Davies#Musicals)
Quoting David Bowie; "He creates a mass memory for us all, of...an England that possibly did or didn't exist..."
Archival Performances (all incomplete and used for reference purposes only):
'Lola' (1970) - The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 1995
'You Really Got Me' (1964)
'All Day And All Of The Night' (1964)
'Stand Up Comic' (Konk Studios, London 2003)
'See My Friend' (1965)
'A Well Respected Man' - live acoustic, date unknown
'Sunny Afternoon' (1966)
'Sunny Afternoon' (Konk Studios, London 2003)
'Dead End Street' (1966) - original promo banned by the BBC
'Days' (1968)
'Days' - A cappella live, date unknown
'Village Green' (1968) - live acoustic, date unknown
'Victoria' (1970) - live acoustic, date unknown
'Celluloid Heroes' (1972) (Konk Studios, London 2003)
'Come Dancing' (1983) - original promo
'A Better Thing' - demo (Konk Studios, London 2003)
'After The Fall' (Konk Studios, London 2003)
'Waterloo Sunset' (1967)
'Waterloo Sunset' (Konk Studios, London 2003)
Includes commentary by;
Nigel Williamson (music journalist and author)
David Bowie
Keith Altham (music journalist and author)
Elvis Costello
Deke Arlon (Ray Davies' manager)
Bob Geldof
Paul Weller
Chris Difford
Clive Davis (Chairman & CEO, RCA Music Group)
Ned Sherrin (broadcaster and friend)
Terry Johnson (co-writer/director of the 'Come Dancing' musical)
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Sat May 16 2009 19:54:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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