"Top Of The Pops"
I've just come in at Number 25
I'm oh so happy, so glad to be alive
And everybody says it's going to get to the top
Life is so easy when your record's hot.
Go tell my mamma and my sister too
To press my trousers and polish my shoes
I might even end up a rock-and-roll god
It might turn into a steady job.
And my agent said to me: "Son, I always told you so."
Now my record's number 11 on the BBC
But number seven on the N.M.E.
Now the Melody Maker want to interview me
And ask about my politics and theories on religion.
Now my record's up to number 3
And a woman recognized me and started to scream
This all seems like a crazy dream
I've been invited to a dinner with a prominent queen
And now I've got friends that I thought I'd never have before.
It's strange how people want you when you record's high
'Cos when it drops down they just pass you by
Now my agent just called me and said it me:
"Son your record's just got to Number One." - Raymond Douglas Davies
In the late '60s through mid '70s, my favorite rock band was the Who. But if I was listening to the Kinks, they could be my favorite at the time. Both bands had the best songwriters. The Who usually could be depended on to rock a little harder, which was important to a young man. In the '70s, I got to see the Who twice and the Kinks twice. I am thankful I had those opportunities. Great shows. I liked the Rolling Stones as well, but they were party music. Townshend and Davies wrote thinking man's rock music. The Beatles may have been my favorite band in the '60s, but I was very young then. I still like them, but don't consider them along with the other bands because they didn't stay together into the '70s. They were in a class by themselves.
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