[citation needed], The Kinks' Dave Davies has gone on record as having a personal dislike of Van Halen's cover of the song and believes "They (Van Halen) would be penniless without The Kinks". 43 years later he finds her, but James has to find out: is it always best to know the truth? I wasn't on 'You Really Got Me,' but I did play on the Kinks' records. Determined to discover a killer new band, Emmie is ready to make her move. "You Really Got Me" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks. James and Linda are young and in love, until one day she disappears. This is what happens when a musical genre becomes old hat. This story had everything I love in a rocker book. Thundermug, a Canadian band, released the song in 1972, as the debut single from their first album. She lives with him and the rest of the band while she's looking for new talent that she can come back to her boss with and hopefully get that promotion.But she wasn't planning on her immediate connection to the manwhore lead singer of her brother's band, Slater. The rock and roll of Van Halen's "You Really Got Me" is arrogant and overblown. If Jennifer Lawrence were to play Em, who should play Slater? I was happy with the pace of Emmie and Slater's relationship, it set a good foundation and makes it more than believable that they fell in love.I really liked the hero and the fact that once he falls in love he's focused and just knows that he wants to be with Emmie. Married to the love of her life and raising four children, she lives in the southwest, drinks a lot of tea, and is always waiting for her cats to get off her keyboard. "You Really Got Me" remains a blueprint song in the hard rock and heavy metal arsenal. info), The influential distortion sound of the guitar track was created after guitarist Dave Davies sliced the speaker cone of his guitar amplifier with a razor blade and poked it with a pin. [15][16] Group members Ray Davies (vocals and rhythm guitar), Dave Davies (lead guitar), Pete Quaife (bass) are joined by session men Bobby Graham (drums), and Arthur Greenslade (piano).

And towards the end they were getting on my nerves. Sometimes because I'm hating the book, sometimes I'm just not feeling it at the moment but I might go back to it at some point, and sometimes I'm not liking the book for really stupid personal reasons. Play sang an off-key interpolation in "Disco Hippie" on their self-titled album. Emmie’ is also ready for some changes in her own life, but is apprehensive and isn’t exactly sure what she wants. Please try again. So I usually just move on to the next book and try to forget what I've just read. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. This expanded edition come with deluxe packaging and a bonus disc of rare material all remastered from original tapes. Kelly kicks off the Rock Star Romance series with a curious tale about musicians and music industry professionals who care little for music. This FAQ is empty.

The Guitar Hero II version is itself a cover, however, the song was later revisited as a master recording in the Van Halen-themed Guitar Hero game, Guitar Hero: Van Halen.


While Ray Davies had been instructed at the time to write "Beatle-type" material for commercial reasons, "You Really Got Me" was written as a more R&B-based composition. Helen Schneider covered the song on her 1981 album, Search, a Malaysian rock group, covered the song with the lyrics changed into Malay and the song re-titled "Sirih Gambir", on their 1985 debut album, Sly and the Family Stone covered the song on their 1982 album, Stack Waddy covered and released the song as a single in 1972, on his 1972 album, The 13th Floor Elevators recorded a version that can be found in the bonus tracks of the 2005 reissue of their debut album, Ryan Starr and Sanjaya Malakar both covered this song on the first and sixth season of. In addition, "Really Got Me" along with "Dance the Night Away" appeared in the 1997 comedy Private Parts.

Yeah, you really got me now You got me so I can't sleep at night Yeah, you really got me now You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now Oh yeah, you really got me now You got me so I can't sleep at night You really got me You really got me You really got me See, don't ever set me free I always wanna be by your side Girl, you really got me now There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Emmie has many connections in the business and she instinctively knows how to help Snatch get to the next level and achieve the success they are looking for. Turf war breaks out in a northern English seaside town when 'The Ice Van Cometh.'. [13] Page has always denied playing the song's guitar solo, going so far as to state in a 1970s interview cited inSound on Sound magazine that "I didn't play on 'You Really Got Me' and that's what pisses him (Ray Davies) off. If I put myself in Slater's shoes, I would feel as if I'm walking on eggshells because she will always think the worst of any situation before talking things through. According to Davies, not only did his brother Dave play the solo, but he also yells "fuck off" to Ray Davies right before the solo starts. Directed by Joe J. Walker.

[6] The amplifier was affectionately called "little green", after the name of the amplifier made by the Elpico company, and purchased in Davies' neighbourhood music shop, slaved into a Vox AC-30. Bonnie-Anne Carmichael (Love Triangles Are Fucking Stupid. The song has since been labeled as an early influence of the heavy metal genre, with critic Denise Sullivan of AllMusicwriting, "'… That's all I'm going to say about it. So she takes a leave of absence and goes to visit her brother in Texas.
In 1978, Van Halen recorded a white-hot cover version for their debut album. To explain why and how this song works would be against its very nature; it operates on a purely visceral level. Perfect rockstar book. On the radio, it has been frequently played together with "Eruption", the instrumental that precedes it on the album. Both Ray and Dave Davies still perform the song in solo shows, generally as a closing number.

The dialogue was perfect. And over in about five minutes. I care nothing about the guitar artistry of Van Halen. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. He also told of how Kinks fans have approached him and congratulated him on performing a "great cover of the Van Halen song", and how Van Halen fans have approached him to accuse him of "ripping off Van Halen".

Hot damn, I really liked this one. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Loved this one!!!

Shel Talmy, the producer on the track, has gone on record and put the controversy to rest in an interview with the blog Finding Zoso: "I mean, Jimmy Page did not play the solo on “You Really Got Me” which I’ve said about 5,000 times to people who insist that he did. American musicologist Robert Walser described "You Really Got Me" as "the first hit song built around power chords." Among those claiming Page played lead guitar was Jon Lord of Deep Purple who also claimed to play piano on the track. 10 September 1964 (2 weeks), "I'm into Something Good" by Herman's Hermits, "You Really Got Me" [3] It was the group's breakthrough hit; it established them as one of the top British Invasion acts in the United States, reaching No. [23] The Van Halen version was the soundtrack of the celebrated,[24] award-winning[25] 1996 Nissan commercial Toys in which "Nick", driving a toy Nissan 300ZX, entices "Roxanne" out on a date, to "Tad"'s dismay. 9 October 2006 (one week). ♡ ❤. He’s a handsome multi talented singer and songwriter with incredible stage presence, soulful eyes and women constantly falling all over him. But, it is the well-developed character insecurities and fears that set the story apart from other romance novels, and make you really root for the rockstar to finally get the girl. At one point Emmie admits that she doesn't care about music, has barely developed her personal taste, and is more interested in the people than the art. This is what happens when a musical genre becomes old hat. An old man crosses the country just using local buses. Excellent debut single and a great hommage to the great Kinks, a band the Van Halen brothers clearly loved very much. I'm torn about this book because for the first half I was really enjoying the story, but after that it sort of lost its spark. Start by marking “You Really Got Me (Rock Star Romance, #1)” as Want to Read: Error rating book.


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