Which isnt the most auspicious place to meet a pop legend between cubicle and urinal or to announce an undying love for the mans godlike talent. As the leader of the kinks, this sly singersongwriter helped define british poprock in the 20th century. The littleseen first and only film by ray davies, songwriter and lead singer of the kinks, is an offbeat musical that takes off from and expands the possibilities of the thennewly emergent musicvideo format while revisiting many of the themes of. Hes the frontman of the kinks whose classics include you really got me and waterloo sunset. Release dates 2 also known as aka 2 release dates uk 2 november 1984 tv premiere usa 17 may 1985.
Promo for the return to waterloo title track, comprising clips from the rtw movie, starring kenneth colley, with extra footage of ray and added cameos from former manager larry page and kast off. Record collector is the worlds leading authority on rare and collectable records. Ray davies uk singersongwriter, member of the kinks track 9 producer. Jan hauenstein this is the version from the songs of ray davies waterloo sunset. Return to waterloo 1985 is a onehour musical travelogue, written and directed by ray davies. Davies haunting songs, unavailable on any kinks album, take the traveller on a suspenseful journey through his imagination as he confronts reality and fantasy, love and violence. Return to waterloo seems something of an indulgence. The soundtrack was provided by members of the kinks, who released an album return to waterloo in connection with it albeit without lead guitarist dave. Return to waterloo is a 1984 british musical film written and directed by ray davies and starring tim roth, kenneth colley and claire parker. Ray davies vocals, guitar, synthesizer, songwriter, producer, ian gibbons keyboards, synthesizer, programming, backing vocals, jim rodford bass, backing vocals, mick avory drums, bob.
In return to waterloo davies directs, writes and scores one characters journey through fantasy and reality. Still, i think of ray davies more of an observer, and i suspect that if he ever does a book of essays, it would be a knockout. According to ray davies, dave davies refused to perform on the album. Return to waterloo is a slender but assured 58minute film by ray davies of the kinks, who with that venerable rock band has for 20. The only album ever credited to kinks singersongwriterguitarist ray davies contains music from the motion picture. Release return to waterloo by ray davies musicbrainz. Ray davies born june 21, 1944 at fortis green, london, full name raymond douglas davies is an influential english rock musician, best known as lead singersongwriter for the kinks one of the most influential, prolific and longlived british invasion bands which he led with his younger brother, dave davies. Also known as aka original title return to waterloo. Return to waterloo is a film written and directed by davies depicting the daydreams and nightmares of a commuter taking a onehour train trip from the london suburbs to waterloo train station. Return to waterloo 1985 ray davies related allmovie. From the iconic waterloo sunset to the gentle melancholy of days, he is one of this countrys musical poets.
Music from the motion picture return to waterloo, written and directed by ray davies. Ray daviess return to waterloo, his 1984 film, is a mess. Ray davies dedicates waterloo sunset and days to pete quaife at glastonbury 2010 duration. Gilbertos no return, obriens muswell hillbilly and the big finale appearance of. The midlife crisis theme is murky but the feeling is unmistakeable. Instead of breaking up, the kinks merely reshuffled their lineup, but there was a major casualty. Dirty old river, must you keep rolling flowing into the night people so busy, make me feel dizzy taxi light shines so bright but i dont need no friends as long. Three of the tracks on the album release were also available in. Its an awkwardly selfconscious public statement about england in the 80s and the banality of the suburban everyday. Find similar and related movies for return to waterloo 1985 ray davies on allmovie. Haymarket, edinburgh i once met ray davies in a bar. Look at all the people around me same old faces joining the queue for return to waterloo return to waterloo started off this morning as usual checkin out the. Davies is without doubt one of this countrys greatest songwriters. Tim roth, kenneth colley, claire park an unnamed traveler boards the guildfordwaterloo train.
The format allows davies to write a series of storysongs, including. Return to waterloo by rodney koeneke poetry foundation. I literally bumped into the great man just as i was exiting the toilet. And also, i suppose return to waterloo and voices in the dark were on the singles collectionwaterloo sunset. Those were really done by the kinks less dave, of course, but their prior release was as ray davies solo tracks. For the remainder of 1983, ray davies worked on a film project, return to waterloo, which caused considerable tension between himself and his brother. Waterloo is a part of london that has always had a lot of significance for me. An unnamed traveler boards the guildford waterloo train and proceeds to daydream about his life and of having interactions with his fellow passengers. An unnamed traveler boards the guildfordwaterloo train and proceeds to. An unnamed traveler boards the guildfordwaterloo train and proceeds to daydream about his life and of having interactions with his fellow passengers. On the other hand, these stories are inspired by his wellknown songs, and the narratives serve as a mirror image to the music works. A very entertaining read, but not as good as his memoir americana. Return to waterloo is the debut solo album by kinks leader and chief songwriter ray davies. Most of the action takes place on a commuter train.
Three of the tracks on the album release were also available in nearidentical form on the kinks 1984 release word of mouth. But carpe diem and all that, so i did, and also said how brilliant i thought his film return to. Dirty old river, must you keep rolling flowing into the night people so busy, make me feel dizzy taxi light shines so bright. Somehow davies manages to make it all engaging instead of gimmicky. Ray davies has had a fair old stab at most artistic disciplines down the past five decades. Written and directed by ray davies music written by ray davies and performed by ray davies, mick avory, jim rodford, ian gibbons of the kinks. Ray davies contributed vocals and lyrics to the song graceville ill take you there on bill shanleys new solo album, midnight mission, in stores today. Telecharger return to waterloo torrent dll french vf cpasbien. Mick avory, the bands drummer for 20 years, was fired and replaced by bob henrit. Barcode and other identifiers matrix runout side a. Tim roth, kenneth colley, claire park an unnamed traveler boards the guildfordwaterloo train and proceeds to dayd.
Where the song has the simplicity and mystery of a parable, the film spins out a tedious day in the life story about a middleaged middle manager, who may or may not be a serial rapist, coming home on. All of the kinks appear on the album with the exception of dave davies. Ray davies wrote some songs to accompany the story, such as return to waterloo, and voices in the dark. The film shows the journey of a commuter from guildford to waterloo in london. Come dancing is a compilation of 80s music videos giving ample evidence that davies is one of the worlds great entertainers. This offbeat musical by songwriter and kinks lead singer ray davies revisits the themes of his songs of modern discontent and nostalgia. February 1, 2019 ray davies featured on bill shanley album, midnight mission, available now. The format allows davies to write a series of storysongs, including going solo. Prior to the bands separation in 1996, davies released the solo album return to waterloo in 1985, which served as the soundtrack to the film of the same name, also written by davies. Using classic davies themes including his beloved london. Think so, unless youre counting his publishing demos as solo tracks.
Return to waterloo embrases ray davies satirical and occasionally comical view of modern society, as reflected in over thirty albums over a remarkable twentyfive years with the kinks. With tim roth, kenneth colley, claire parker, ray davies. Return to waterloo embraces ray davies satirical and occasionally comical view of modern society, as reflected in over thirty albums over a remarkable twentyfive years with the kinks. Ray davies uk singersongwriter, member of the kinks track 9. Ray davies of the kinks, wellrespected as one of rocks best storytellers, makes his filmmaking debut in return to waterloo 1984, 60 min. Dirty old river, must you keep rolling flowing into the night people so busy, makes me feel dizzy taxi light shines so bright but i dont need no friends as long as i gaze on waterloo sunset i am in paradise every day i look at the world from my window but c. Ray davies return to waterloo lyrics genius lyrics.