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Ray Davies Says The Kinks Would Fail In Today's Music Scene

10/31/2014
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(Classic Rock) Ray Davies doesn't believe The Kinks would have made it in today's image-obsessed music scene. The singer says he never considered himself a pop star and adds that he wouldn't even have been allowed on TV in today's climate as he isn't "pretty" enough.

He tells The Telegraph: "Nowadays the Kinks wouldn't even get on TV. I shouldn't by any stretch of the imagination be the lead singer. I've seen myself on television and I'm not as pretty as I should be."

He was never particular sure of the way he looked, but says the 1960s allowed him to press ahead without bowing to pressure to look a certain way. He adds: "I had a bit of a hang-up because everybody wanted to change the way I looked. I'm just the way I am."

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