Even before the Kinks recorded ‘Waterloo Sunset’ early in 1967, Ray Davies had established himself a reputation as a wry chronicler of English society. Hit singles like ‘Dedicated Follower ...

But Ray Davies began to explore a new kind of introspective songwriting, telling stories of everyday heartbreak. "Waterloo Sunset" is his artistic triumph: the delicate 1967 ballad of a lonely man ...

The 1960s was one long party for Dave Davies. While his older brother, Ray, observed and wrote about ... and watch it follow The Kinks’ Waterloo Sunset into the upper reaches of the UK singles ...

Ray Davies’ observation of a couple meeting at a grey and busy Waterloo station at sunset, next to the ... flooding (“London is drowning / I live by the river”, later addressed by the ...

Ray Davies is one talented guy. Lennart Lindström, Alingsås, Sweden Waterloo Sunset is the best pop song ... the era (as well as its offshoots--long live Paul Weller and Morrissey!), ...