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Ray's voice is it! None ever like it in rock and roll. The 88s proved to carry his music very well, and their own opening tunes were a nice mix of 50s style ballad/stories with 60s pop hooks.
This is my eighth time seeing Ray, five with the Kinks and three as an solo act. The show was great he still has it,even at 68 years old. The opening band was great. Really enjoyed how Ray came out and did an acoustic set before the band joined in. I recommend seeing him, a show worth the money, a piece of rock and roll history.
One of the best shows I have been to, and I have been to a lot! It was a little too loud .
Excellent show...much better than the last time I saw him at that was an outstanding show too!
I saw Ray Davies previously in 2009, in San Francisco. This was my second time seeing him. He was better than ever! He was very energetic and entertaining, and his voice sounded great. He certainly knows how to work a crowd. I definitely plan on attending more of his concerts in the future!
Ray Davies sounds better now than he did in the 60's. Great musician and lots of fun! He is an amazing musician and his music is as good today as it ever was.
...and lots of other Kinks tunes was great! Ray Davies' voice sounds the same as it did 35 years ago when I was a Kinks fan.
He was funny. He told great stories. And he entertained and rocked through 2 hours of non stop Kinks and solo great song after great song. Best concert in a long time.
A youthful Ray Davies did his thing with and without choir. Upper level seats did not hinder the concert experience. The theater itself is a masterpiece of fine art.
He was excellent although I really wanted to just hear Lola! Wish he played that
Ray repeated same songs during the show and did not include in set list the classical Kinks songs. I came to this show with great expectative but was very dissapointed.
Never been disappointed with a Ray Davies concert. Even in his drunken Kinks days. Sober, he delivered a set made up almost completely of Kinks Klassics. He only included 2 of his solo tunes, Thanksgiving Day and Postcard. This was fine with me! His solo material is good. The Kinks material is great! He had his English band with him instead of the dreadful American 88's(YEAH). He played for over 2 hours. Somehow I always leave a Ray/ Kinks gig smiling. This was no exception. He was joined by a choir for the second half.
It is not possible for me to dislike Ray Davies, but this was not his best night. It was the worst I have seen him. There were three problems, a choir, acoustics, and duplicates. The choir in the second set was out of place for a rock and roll band. Just Ray and his lead guitarist played acoustics for part of the first set and that did not work either for Ray's music. But the most puzzling thing was his performing songs like Victoria and I believe two others twice, once per set. There were songs I and others wished he did, as always, so it seems pointless to do a song twice. In all, I think I have seen his solo act four times and this was my fourth favorite.
Ray Davies is the master, a living legend who did not disappoint; great choice of songs, and the arrangements of the Choral Collection songs were way cool. The amps on the guitars did drown out the chorus at times, so maybe they could have turned it down an notch to let the chorus come through. Great view, however the Beacon Theater seating is designed for people 120lbs and less, which keeps it very tight (and who wants that at a rock concert??) also there is just no room to jam in the place, a bit claustrophobic..but it looks pretty good!
A cracking night out, Ray was on fine form. I am from London and was in NY for the weekend and treated my mum to tickets, she absolutely loved it. Says it was the best concert she has been too! The band and the choir was amazing and it was a really great night out. I hope he brings this show back to London soon.
i took my 15 yr old daughter and her friend to see ray davies at the beacon theater in ny.he played 2 amazing sets.one with the dessoff choir who absolutely hit it out of the park. he sang all his great kinks classics & his voice sounded like it did 40 yrs ago.best show i've seen this year.
Ray Davies is a brilliant and extraordinarily generous performer.
Ray Davies is a great entertainer. He is very personable and engaging. He clearly enjoys what he is doing and his music is terrific. Only criticism - the sound: either he swallows some of his words or the system was not set high enough, or both.
Ray sounded great. Was great with the audience and I really liked him, but in his first mostly accoustic set he played Victoria, Waterloo Sunset and All Day and All of the Night, which he played with the band and choir on the 2nd set. He has so many other songs in his catalog, that I kind of felt cheated to hear three of the same songs twice, even if a couple of the songs were done accoustically and sounded a little different. But bottom line It was a great show.
...of waiting for Ray to rock! Did decent acoustic 1st set accompanied by his guitar player, which included a few old Kinks gems, but then took long intermission and returned with 60-member choir (who weren't mentioned when I bought tix--didn't go to see them!) and a very, very quiet (ho hum!) 2nd set. Our group waited....and waited for Ray to kick it up and give us what we came for, but he just never delivered. Also played THREE songs TWICE, once in each set. This was my 1st time seeing Ray live, and I couldn't wait for this show, but it was ultimately a big disappointment. Kinks fans, BEWARE :(
