Waterloo sunset sheet music piano, voice pdf download. Tranposable music notes for sheet music by ray davies. September 10, 2017 watch ray davies waterloo sunset at proms in the park 2017. Dirty old river, must you keep rolling flowing into the night people so busy, make me feel. His efforts dredge up the host of memories that provide the plots for most of the tales to follow. Composed and produced by kinks frontman ray davies, waterloo sunset is one of the bands best known and most acclaimed songs, and ranked number 42 on rolling stones 500 greatest songs of all time.
Referred to on the flyleaf as a concept album set on paper, thats a fair enough description of what follows as kinks singersongwriter ray davies revisits some of his songs in prose, creating some characters and vignettes behind the lyrics. Pressed to name my alltime favourite song, id be struggling, but a strong contender alongside the beatles dont let me down, the beach boys dont worry baby and david bowies heroes would have to be waterloo sunset, surely the kinks and ray davies greatest song. It was released as a single by his band, the kinks, in may 1967, and reached number 2 in the british charts. Davies waterloo sunset sheet music for piano solo pdf. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in eb major transposable. Developing musical understanding background information and performance circumstances waterloo sunset.
Waterloo sunset kinks waterloo sunset ray davies c d c 1. When i was a kid, my father took me there to see the 1951 festival of britain. Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, rolling into the night c d c people so busy make me feel dizzy. Dirty old river, must you keep rolling flowing into the night people so busy, make me feel dizzy taxi light shines so bright. Waterloo sunset the very best of the kinks and ray davies 2012 uk no. People so busy, make me feel dizzy, taxi light shines so bright but i dont need no friends as long as i gaze on waterloo sunset, i am in paradise shalala every day i look at the world from my window shalala but chilly, chilly is the evening time waterloo sunsets fine waterloo sunsets fine terry meets julie, waterloo. Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, flowing into the night. The kinks were one of the most influential bands of the british invasion. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Considering the source, as you would expect the characters are primarily products of englands postwar class system and crumbling empire, dreaming of. The kinks beautifully reflective, bittersweet hit waterloo sunset is rumoured to be based on the relationship between terence stamp and julie. Bbc radio 4 soul music, series 24, waterloo sunset. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. I stay at home at night em b em7 a but i dont feel afraid d a g g b e as long as i gaze on waterloo sunset, i am in paradise e7 a g b e every day i look at the world from my window e7 a7 the chilly chilliest evening time, waterloo sunsets fine.
Download and print waterloo sunset sheet music for piano solo by ray davies. It is a rock song with folk influences, written and produced by lead singer ray davies. Ray davies performs waterloo sunset with the crouch end festival choir at the foot of waterloo bridge on the south bank of the river thame showcasing his latest album the kinks choral collection on june 11, 2009 in london, england. Waterloo sunset is produced and distributed by the team at hit trax and available in the following formats. Print and download waterloo sunset sheet music by the kinks. The kinks waterloo sunset sheet music in eb major transposable. Not like everybody else is a critical biography of ray davies, with a focus on his music and his times. Then, in the mid60s, frontman ray davies came into his own as a songwriter, developing a wry wit and eye for social commentary that culminated. The book studies davies work from the kinks first singles through his 2006 solo album, from his rock musicals in the early 1970s to his oneman stage show in the 1990s, and from his films to his autobiography. It was also covered by busmans holiday, blame jones, winston k, mike vickers and other artists. Waterloo sunset is a song by british rock band the kinks. Choose from ray davies sheet music for such popular songs as waterloo sunset, sunny afternoon, and lola. Chords for ray davieskinks waterloo sunset glastonbury 2010. Waterloo sunset by ray davies digital sheet music for.
In one tale, les watches a rabid rock fan unravel after his girlfriend abandons. Ray davies dedicates waterloo sunset and days to pete quaife at glastonbury 2010 duration. Discover, buy and download high quality mp3 music of waterloo sunset. The singer is at home watching the world from his window. The very best of the kinks and ray davies by the kinks on amazon music.
Waterloo sunset stereo version 2014 remastered version by the kinks. Ray davies born june 21, 1944 at fortis green, london, full name. The kinks choral collection crouch end festival chorus. I remember, with either sunny afternoon or waterloo sunset, i. Ray davies born june 21, 1944 at fortis green, london, full name raymond douglas davies is an influential english rock musician, best known as lead singersongwriter for the kinks one of the most influential, prolific and longlived british invasion bands which he led with his younger brother, dave davies.
For all that, waterloo sunset, like so many ray davies compositions, is a song of isolation. It was also covered by peter covent band, busmans holiday, blame jones, winston k and other artists. Orchestral and choral arrangements of rock songs have been a curious subgenre ever since the mid60s when andrew loog oldham arranged the rolling stones songbook for syrupy strings, but the kinks choral collection stands apart from the pack for the simple reason that its not the project of some associate or admirer, but rather chief kink ray davies. Sir ray davies headlined bbc proms in the park last night. Waterloo sunset features tracks from the bands mid 60s beginnings up through rays solo career in the new millennium as well as material from his brother. Hal leonard digital sheet music at sheet music plus. Davies divides the collection into waterloo sunsetthe first 20 stories, all linked by less memoriesand seven independent stories, some of which feature les. Initially called liverpool sunset, but changed to waterloo sunset after the beatles released penny lane, their liverpool stomping ground a very personal song by ray davies.
It was released as a single in 1967, and featured on their album something else by the kinks. Im not saying everyone should be retro, but its too easy to move on and not take something from the past. Waterloo is a part of london that has always had a lot of significance for me. Waterloo sunset was released on 5 may 1967 by the band the kinks as the first single taken off of their fifth studio album, something else by the kinks 1967. Watch ray davies waterloo sunset at proms in the park. The creative force behind the 60s superband, the kinks, offers his debut collection of short stories. Waterloo sunset for guitar chords, intermediate sheet music.
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