Question I had

 

 

Quite a strong statement you got here! Lennon the weakest link?? 

I would say Ray Davis  never had the luxury and chance to work in tandem with Paul McCartney who was the perfect complement...and competition to Lennon, pushing each other limits ,thus bringing us masterpieces after masterpieces.

 

Ray Davis on the other hand was the sole composer of the Kinks, except the very occasional song penned by little bro' Dave and considering the huge amount of work produced by them in the sixties and seventies, we can say Ray Davis was maybe more productive than J. Lennon.and for sure was very talented as well. I do own a lot of CDs from the Kinks going from Preservation Society to Sleepwalker....and yes some of them are excellent like Muswell Hillbillies, Everybody's ...and some very average (remember Schools boys In Disgrace).....but that's the norm for every artist.

 

One point for you: J. Lennon (and Sir PaulMc)  were never as good in their solo careers  as when they were working together  besides the occasional good album or song here and there.

 

Ray Davies knew (knows?) how to write wonderful melodies, lyrics, was not afraid to go sometimes overboard or being ambitious depending how you feel about it(Preservation part2 !!) .

 

Lennon had the magical touch to create powerful magnificent songs like Strawberry Fields, I am The Walrus, She is so heavy for example, but yes he knew Paul was around to fill up the other half of the album they were recording, so maybe he had less to compose than Ray, but he had to be brilliant as Paul would come up with brillant songs as well.....................not the same working environment !

 

So let's be nice to everybody and vote for a tie