Consequence of Sound is reporting something that will either fall into the pop culture bin marked Amazing, or tip over into the Sweet Jesus, This is Bad box. Ray Davies, former frontman of the late, great Kinks is recording an album of Kinks covers/ duets with a myriad of artists including Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi.
It seems like biopics focused on musicians are popping up every other day. We’re already awaiting the John Lennon biopic, Nowhere Boy. We’ve also got the Serge Gainsbourg picture, Vie Heroique coming up. Last but not least, we’re all wondering if that Jeff Buckley feature will ever turn into a reality.
The latest one we’ve come across is one on legendary British band, The Kinks. Director, Julien Temple, is currently working on making this become an actuality for theaters. It sounds like it’s highly possible too, since he’s already done films in the past such as The Great Rock ‘n’ Rock Swindle, The Filth and The Fury, and his latest, Oil City Confidential.
Ray Davies has told the BBC that The Kinks have started writing new songs for a possible reunion. Ray’s brother and Kinks bandmate Dave Davies suffered a stroke in 2004 but is in good health and involved in writing the new music. It’s unclear which if any other former Kinks members are involved.
Ray didn’t guarantee anything though. He said “It depends if there’s good music. We want good new music. I’d like to do it as a more collaborative thing than we used to do.”