Who was a better songwriter: Pete Townshend or Ray Davies?

OccultHawk · 01-14-2021, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Eleanor Rigby 14

Ahh it's so difficult
Waterloo Sunset or Behind Blue Eyes?

Between those two I’d say Waterloo Sunset pretty easy

Eleanor Rigby 14 · 01-14-2021, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Between those two I’d say Waterloo Sunset pretty easy

Mee too, but I can't think of any song from The Kinks similar to Won't Get Fooled Again to compare them.

OccultHawk · 01-14-2021, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Eleanor Rigby 14

Mee too, but I can't think of any song from The Kinks similar to Won't Get Fooled Again to compare them.

The greatest guitar work by The Kinks is the riff for You Really Got Me which is so raw and so early it’s one of the best and most influential riffs of all but Dave played it.

Eleanor Rigby 14 · 01-14-2021, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

The greatest guitar work by The Kinks is the riff for You Really Got Me which is so raw and so early it’s one of the best and most influential riffs of all but Dave played it.

Yeah, absolutely, but no one's sure who played the solo. Jon Lord (Deep Purple) played the piano on the track and told Blackmore and others that Jimmy Page had played. Page doesn't remember, although says he didn't. Ray Davies said it wasn't true and that Dave had played it.Dave Davies hasn't talked about it.. Sound engineers don't know either.
All Day And All Of The Night is cool, too, but the solo is almost identic to the solo of You Really Got Me.

ribbons · 01-15-2021, 12:06 PM

Ray Davies for me. I respect Townshend's intelligent writing, but I'm just not a Who fan. Davies is a supreme melodicist, and besides, I'm a supreme Anglophile. There's also a tenderness, poignancy and playfulness with Davies, which I tend to go for.

Eleanor Rigby 14 · 01-15-2021, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ribbons

Ray Davies for me. I respect Townshend's intelligent writing, but I'm just not a Who fan. Davies is a supreme melodicist, and besides, I'm a supreme Anglophile. There's also a tenderness, poignancy and playfulness with Davies, which I tend to go for.

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Days is such a great song! As a fellow anglophile I relate to that, Ray Davies is certainly the quitessential English musician

Well, it was very difficult for me to vote, I voted for Townshend while listening to Roger Daltrey's scream in Won't Get Fooled Again. But now I'm not so sure. Thanks for voting!

ribbons · 01-15-2021, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Eleanor Rigby 14

I voted for Townshend while listening to Roger Daltrey's scream in Won't Get Fooled Again.

That'll do it!

This song is irresistible.

View Poll Results: Who was a better songwriter?
Pete Townshend (The Who)	3	23.08%
Ray Davies (The Kinks)	10	76.92%
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01-15-2021, 12:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	Ray Davies for me. I respect Townshend's intelligent writing, but I'm just not a Who fan. Davies is a supreme melodicist, and besides, I'm a supreme Anglophile. There's also a tenderness, poignancy and playfulness with Davies, which I tend to go for.