<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: URay Davies: Ukuphila Okuyinkimbinkimbi kaJohnny Rogan. Bodley Head 25 Umdlalo wokugcina othokozisayo womculo obizwa ngokuthi iSunny Afternoon njengamanje unikeza omunye wemibukiso emikhulu yasebusuku eLondon ebizwa ngokuthi i-theatreland, njengoba amakhulukhulu abagibeli abaneminyaka ephakathi nendawo begxuma noma, kwezinye izimo, beqhumuka, bexokozela futhi behlabelela umculo weThe Kinks. Emasontweni ambalwa nje edlule, ngangingomunye wabo, futhi njengoba ngangihamba ngangizimisele ukufunda okwengeziwe ngokuphila okuyingqayizivele kukaRay Davies, umculi weqembu oqavile kodwa onesihawu, owabhala izingoma ezihlaba umxhwele ezingaphelelwa isikhathi njenge-Waterloo Sunset, You Really Got Me, Lola futhi, ngempela, i-Sunny Afternoon. URay Davies osesithombeni ungumculi ovelele, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi okhathazekile, ohola iqembu iThe Kinks. Yebo, umlando wokuphila kukaJohnny Rogan omkhulu uye wagcwalisa zonke izikhala enginazo ekwazini kwami ngomunye wabantu abenza amaSixties swing ngesikhathi esifanayo ehlazisa amaSwinging Sixties nge-mickey-take yakhe yama-dandies aseCarnaby Street, i-Dedicated Follower Of Fashion. Nakuba kuhlaba umxhwele ngendlela ekhazimulayo, umbukiso waseshashalazini awenzi ubulungisa emfihlakalweni kaRaymond Douglas Davies. U-Mercurial, ozithathela izinto ngaphakathi, ngezinye izikhathi ononya futhi obonakala ngendlela emangalisayo, cishe onesifo senhlalo, omubi ngemali, kodwa futhi onobubele, onemigomo futhi okwaziyo ukuba nomusa omkhulu, uDavies ngaphezu kwakho konke ungomunye wochwepheshe bokudala besikhathi sethu. Labo abasondelene naye noma abake basondelana naye, kuhlanganise nomfowabo uDave nomculi uChrissie Hynde umama wenye yamadodakazi akhe amane, bangase bangayiphenduli ngaso sonke isikhathi le mizwa, kodwa sinenhlanhla yokuba naye. UDavies wazalwa ngo-1944 eMuswell Hill, eNyakatho yeLondon, ngobusuku bokuhlaselwa emoyeni. Kwakuyisiqalo esiqhumayo ngokufanelekile. Wayengumntwana wesikhombisa emkhayeni osebenzayo onomsindo, onobunye, kodwa okubaluleke nakakhulu, wayeyindodana yokuqala. Esinye sezenzakalo ezibaluleke kakhulu ekwakheni ubuntu bakhe obuyinkimbinkimbi safika ngaphambi kokuba abe neminyaka emithathu ubudala, lapho kuzalwa umntwana uDavide, owasicekela phansi ngesihluku isikhundla sakhe. Kamuva kakhulu, ubuciko bukaDave njengomculi babuyoba nengxenye enkulu empumelelweni yeThe Kinks, kodwa uRay wayemzonda kusukela ngosuku...  <response>: URay Davies wayengumculi weqembu elidumile iThe Kinks. Wabhala izingoma ezinjenge-Waterloo Sunset, You Really Got Me ne-Lola. Uye wabhekwa njengenye yezinhlakaniphi ezivelele zesikhathi sethu. 