The Kinks’ Dave Davies has clarified his recent comments on The Beatles.
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Last month, Davies stirred up the old rivalry between the two bands, saying George Harrison was the only member he “really liked” and that “John Lennon didn’t like The Kinks, he really didn’t”.
At the time, he also said: “In fact, John Lennon didn’t really like anybody! George Harrison was the only one I really liked. He was the nicest guy. Paul McCartney wrote a few decent songs, yeah.”.
Now, Davies has clarified his comments. “You’d be a fool if you didn’t like The Beatles, but I liked George so much because I could see something simmering underneath – very thoughtful,” he said in a new interview with i News.
He went on to say: “Paul said wonderful things about The Kinks… but Ray and John had a rivalry… John was difficult.”.
Apesar de seus sentimentos complicados em relação a Lennon, Davies expressou sua tristeza sobre a morte prematura do artista icônico em 1980. Eu ainda fico bravo porque é um desperdício tão grande.
mas sim… Os Beatles não conseguiam escrever as músicas de Ray, e Ray não conseguia escrever músicas dos Beatles.
Davies has previously recalled Lennon being fiercely protective of The Beatles’ equipment when the two groups played together.
I like the Beatles and I do appreciate all the kind words @PaulMcCartney has said about the Kinks https://t.co/T9jaGK7jcU.
Dave Davies (@davedavieskinks) July 24, 2026.
After reports of his latest comments were published, however, Davies clarified that he remained a fan of the Liverpool band.
A rivalidade entre os grupos remonta aos primeiros estágios da carreira de The Kinks, quando eles se apresentaram abaixo de The Beatles no Cinema Gaumont de Bournemouth em 2 de agosto de 1964.
O show aconteceu dois dias antes do lançamento do single de estreia de The Kinks, ‘You Really Got Me’, que os levou a seu primeiro número um no Reino Unido.
Ray Davies later recalled Lennon making a dismissive remark about The Kinks being there solely to warm up the audience, only for their performance of ‘You Really Got Me’ to receive an ecstatic response.
Dave’s new comments came as he and Ray opened The Kinks: Brothers, their collaborative exhibition with British portrait painter Christian Furr.
The collection reimagines a 1968 passport photobooth picture of the siblings taken in East Finchley, North London, through a series of mixed-media works on paper and canvas.
The exhibition will run at Gibson Garage London until September 6.
Os irmãos recentemente disseram que estavam "se dando muito bem" e nunca diriam "nunca" a uma possível reunião futura dos Kinks.
Ray and Dave last performed together in 2015, when Ray joined his brother in London for a rendition of ‘You Really Got Me’. They later worked together on new Kinks material, with Ray revealing in 2023 that they had enough partially completed recordings for “about 20” songs.
More recently, the brothers presented a united front after Moby described the lyrics to their 1970 single ‘Lola’ as “gross and transphobic”. Dave said he was “highly insulted” by the criticism, while later revealing that Ray had responded by asking: “Who the fuck is Moby?”.
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