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in August of 1977. He said, "It's a Method acting songwriting job. I use personal things to get something else out of me... Elvis Presley died last week and it all just added up." Dave said of the song, "It challenged the fact that the music business was in any way glamourous. asked if we should
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It's a twofold fantasy: that of Davies, who'll "break up the band, start a new life, be a new man," and that of a diehard Kinks fan, Dan, who's wrapped up in their records. At its lovely beginning, the song suggests a breathy ballad by the
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records, having a laugh. And two songs came out of it, ' Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy' and 'Trust Your Heart,' which pulled the record together. That could very easily have been the end of . But there was something not yet
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I was trying not to be a hit machine - and we've certainly achieved that with a few albums. But we wanted to expand and find a new fan-base - and hopefully, we'd still be excited by the music. Things like
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It took nearly a year to put together, a couple of band members left, and Mick didn't really want to do it. And got together like we had so many times before, playing
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got together and spent time with each other, which resulted in the writing of both "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" (Ray) and "Trust Your Heart" (Dave).
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Released as the first single from the album, the track was the band's most successful single in years, reaching number 30.
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said, "The production is sensational and Davies' vocals perfectly suit the somewhat jaded message in the lyrics."
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As one of the band's significant late-'70s hits, the song would later appear on the compilation album
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The lyrics of "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" describe a man named Dan who is a huge fan of
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noted the song's "excellent melodic line, strong guitar work and fine lead vocals."
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The track is generally cited by critics as one of the highlights of
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called it one of two "touchstones" on the album. Ken Emerson of
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July 1977 – January 1978 at Konk Studios, London
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Waterloo Sunset: The Very Best of The Kinks & Ray Davies
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in America, the band's best charting American single since "
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concert he'd attended and the death of rock 'n' roll legend
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also considered leaving. Following the departures, Ray and
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The track was chosen as the first single release from
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Index

Bad Company
Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy

Single
The Kinks
Misfits
B-side
Live Life
Genre
Rock
Label
Arista
Arista
Songwriter(s)
Ray Davies
Producer(s)
Ray Davies
The Kinks
Father Christmas
Live Life
The Kinks
Misfits
Ray Davies
Andy Pyle
John Gosling
Mick Avory
Dave Davies
Chuck Berry
Peter Frampton
Elvis Presley

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