At last, he is a well-respected man. The Kinks' 'You Really Got Me', 40th-anniversary reissue and 'The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society' deluxe edition are out now, both on Sanctuary.

One of The Kinks’ best known songs was the beautiful acoustic pop number “A Well Respected Man,” which came out in 1965.

After more than an hour of talking about The Kinks, songwriting and suchlike, Ray Davies takes off his sunglasses (Ray-Bans, appropriately) and visibly relaxes. He starts to smile; his answers ...

Five decades later, he remains a well-respected man for his sharp social satire and often cinematic songwriting.

And nestled between the disc’s indie-pop and classic rock cuts is The Kinks’ “A Well Respected Man,” a top-20 hit from 1965 that predicted the wit, sophistication, and iconoclasm the band ...

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Released as a single in the U.S. and on a British EP in 1965, ‘A Well Respected Man,’ No. 9 on our list of the Best Kinks Songs, smacks of the best early moments from countrymen the Who, whose ...

It's the Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset," and it's that most elusive of species: the perfect pop song. This rare breed marries melody, performance, and production so inextricably that the end result is ...

Five decades later, he remains a well-respected man for his sharp social satire and often cinematic songwriting.

There's resignation, defiance, and practicality in the way Ray Davies assesses his career these days. Of course the onetime leader of the Kinks would rather be writing, recording, and playing new ...