Starbuck wrote on Apr 19
th, 2010 at 11:45am:
Zack wrote on Apr 19
th, 2010 at 11:18am:
Avory threw a "symbol" at Dave? Starbuck have you been drinking? Or are you using cymablism?
very few artists that reach the level of stardom the kinks did hated each other as much....or so that's my limited understanding.
from some messageboard:
"In 1977, the Kinks released a single called 'Father Christmas', just in time for the Holidays. Of course, true to Mr. Ray Davies, the song was quite cynical about Christmas and thus didn't sell very well.
Anyway, in mid-December that year, the Kinks did a special Christmas show in London. During this period, they would usually finish off the shows with 'You Really Got Me'. But, for this special show, they decided to ditch that song all together and instead do 'Father Christmas' as the final encore. Ray also came up with the brilliant idea that, in true yuletide spirit, he would dress up as Santa Claus for that one song.
So, the idea was that, before the final encore, Ray would quickly change into his Santa outfit backstage while the other guys walked on stage. Then, with everyone set, Ray would make his grand entrance as Santa Claus and the band would launch into the song.
However, Dave decided to pull a little improvised prank on his brother. As soon as Dave saw Ray enter the stage dressed up as Santa, he instead went into the familiar opening riff to 'You Really Got Me'. The band followed suite and the audience went crazy. Ray was completely dumbfounded. Here he was in full Santa Claus costume, expecting to do his his biting ode to Christmas and instead having to sing 'You Really Got Me' from under his fake beard. He had no choice but to play along. Every once in a while, Ray looked over to his brother, snarling and sneering. The audience didn't know what was going on - they probably just thought it was a seasonal gesture on Ray's part. His way of saying 'merry Christmas'.
As soon as they got off stage, Ray exploded - hurling insults and names at his brother, finishing it all off with throwing his beard at him.
As Dave writes in his autobiography, he had never 'had a Santa Claus call me a fucking cunt before'."