ABBA recorded their 1975 hit 'Mamma Mia' on March 12, 1975, after initially thinking about giving it away to another band.
Ray Davies is one talented guy. Lennart Lindström, Alingsås, Sweden Waterloo Sunset is the best pop song ever written. Mr Sandy Maclean,8 Queens Avenue,FLINT.CH6 5JW Not only is 'Waterloo Sunset ...
Lazzara begins with what seems a sorrowful tune about the winter doldrums, playing guitar while wearing mittens.
On Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs, "Waterloo Sunset" comes it at 14. The Kinks made their legend in their early years, rivals to the Who, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones.
Ironically, this most London of songs started its life as ‘Liverpool Sunset’: Ray Davies’ reflection on the decline of the Merseybeat boom. But while the head Kink was still mulling his song ...
I love this song because I can just imagine London in the 60's whenever I hear it. It's an era that ended before I was born, but the song paints it rose-coloured for me, and makes me wish that I ...