Ray Davies | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 1 page of analysis & critique of Ray Davies.

Ray Davies | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 1 page of analysis & critique of Ray Davies.
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Well, we all know what "Percy"'s about, don't we? Nudge, nudge, and a nod's as good as a wink.

Well this length from the film score, laid flat by Ray Davies, performed by the Kinks, hangs I'm afraid, limp, rather lank, cold—and lacking in guts.

But how can one really criticise a movie film score, how can one talk creatively about sets of music laid down to slip in, and fuse with a film? All tracks fail to rise, fail to reach any form of climax…. Possibly the best track is "The Way Love Used To Be," a drifting ballad…. "Whip Lady" would I thought, have been a Kinky movement, but there's no naughtiness to get into…. Davies has undoubtedly been successful with the score—if you see the film with it—but it's a shame an album has to be released. It fails to rise...

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