Dave Davies of The Kinks just lately shared his candid ideas on Van Halen’s well-known cowl of “You Actually Received Me.” He labeled it disrespectful to the unique tune’s that means in an interview with Guitar Participant.
Davies has expressed his disappointment with how Van Halen interpreted the traditional Kinks monitor. He differed it with different covers he discovered extra respectful.
“After I first heard Van Halen’s model of ‘You Actually Received Me,’ I laughed,” Davies mentioned. “It simply appeared so exaggerated.”
The guitarist mentioned why he felt the quilt missed the essence of the unique tune.
“It actually misses the purpose of the entire that means of the tune: 4 working-class guys, struggling to do one thing totally different,” he continued.
“Within the unique report, you possibly can sense that in its power, the roughness. It’s very impure. The Van Halen factor; it’s very achieved and flashy, however what does it imply?”
Davies additionally lauded The Stranglers’ cowl of one other Kinks tune as a extra respectful interpretation.
“Whereas when the Stranglers did ‘All Day and All the Evening,’ I believed it was rather more respectful, as a result of they really tried to get an analogous snare drum sound and guitar sound, which I believed was unusual,” he mentioned. “I can’t think about anyone wanting to try this anyway.”
“However not less than it appeared extra respectful to the unique idea and feeling,” Davies added. “Even the solo was like the unique solo, which I believed was very nice and candy.”
Davies’ criticism of Van Halen’s interpretation turns into extra significant when contemplating the unique tune’s creation and cultural influence.