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It's Alright (Havana Version - The Kinks Name Dialogue) Lyrics - Artist : Davies, Ray
They were soon joined by a third manager
This guy was amost as tall as they were His name was Larry And Larry spoke in a very slow deliberate way And Larry always smokes his long Havana cigar He always had one lit And he always referred to me as cock No no Cock is a London expression for mate, chum "Hello cock How are you cock? How's your cock, cock, all right?" But Larry was crucial Larry was very important Because he knew people in the music industry Robert and Grenville had failed to get us a recording contract But Larry knew a man who knew a man Larry said "Now we gotta be opportunistic We gotta find you a name" One evening we were having a drink in pub with Larry and somebody commented on the fake leather caps that Dave and Pete were wearing Someone else said that we were wearing kinky boots A few days later Larry showed us the mock-up of the artwork for the advertisement And there we were We were called: The Kinks And I hated it But Larry's eyes were glowing with excitement "Kinks, cock, Kinks "Kinks, cock, Kinks It's short, five letters You'll be bottom of the bill, but you need something that will stand out and Kinks will stand out I can see it The curiousity value will be incredible That's a gimmic, me old cocker We'll all dress in leather with whips and riding boots, very kinky We'll put the pictures in the trades, they'll love it Maybe we got to get a new stage gear, my boys, lots of buckles and leather strips" I hated the name Kinks, but what did I know But Larry knew a man who knew a man, and this man got us a three single deal with Pye Records The first record was a cover of Little Richard's Long tall Sally, but it died a death The follow-up was significant in that it was the first song I had composed for The Kinks, a very naive optimistic song called You still want me Unfortunately nobody did The third record had to be hit, otherwise we'd get kicked off the label |
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