As reported by Screen Daily via Monika Bartyzel, a new biopic is in the works about the Kinks — the great British Invasion band everyone seems to forget about even as songs like “Lola” and “You Really Got Me” and “A Well Respected Man” rank favorably with anything put out by the Who and the Stones. The director is Julien Temple, whose a filmmaker I have mixed feelings about but who certainly knows how to shoot a musical sequence. Anyhow, the band, which was riven with sibling rivalry between leadsinger/songwriter Ray Davies and lead guitarist brother Dave Davies, seems like a great subject for a movie and I for one am already tired of waiting. (Sorry.)
Anyhow, it’s high time the Kinks were honored by a movie. They’ve honored the movies, after all.
Yes, tourists take note, that’s what the Hollywood fairyland actually looks like.
And how are these for words of show biz wisdom?
Everybody’s a dreamer and everybody’s a star
And everybody’s in show biz, it doesn’t matter who you are.
And those who are successful,
Be always on your guard,
Success walks hand in hand with failure
Along Hollywood Boulevard.
I’ve got live Kinks performances after the flip.
