{"id":70683,"date":"2026-08-18T12:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/why-the-kinks-dave-davies-knew-oasis-would-reunite\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:27:38","slug":"why-the-kinks-dave-davies-knew-oasis-would-reunite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/why-the-kinks-dave-davies-knew-oasis-would-reunite\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Kinks&#8217; Dave Davies Knew Oasis Would Reunite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/dave-davies\/\">Dave Davies<\/a> remembered predicting that <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/oasis\/\">Oasis<\/a> brothers <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/liam-gallagher\/\">Liam<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/noel-gallagher\/\">Noel Gallagher<\/a> would reunite their band at some point \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/noel-gallagher-wanted-to-leave-stage-at-first-oasis-reunion-show\/\">which\u00a0they did in 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/the-kinks\/\">The Kinks<\/a> guitarist knows something of sibling rivalry, having endured a tense relationship with sibling <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/ray-davies\/\">Ray<\/a> for most of his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the Gallagher brothers,\u201d Dave told <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/culture\/kinks-dave-davies-relationship-ray-pain-arse-4692920\" target=\"_blank\"><em>iNews<\/em><\/a> in a recent interview, \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s weird how different they are from each other. They\u2019ve got a strange thing about them that\u2019s very endearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/kinks-brothers-feud\/\">The Kinks Brothers&#8217; Feud \u2013 Who Started It?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reminded of the Oasis song \u201cAcquiesce,\u201d including the lines \u201cBecause we need each other, we believe in one another,\u201d Davies said: \u201cYeah, that\u2019s exactly right. That\u2019s very much like me and Ray \u2013 they had to go through the hate thing, and it\u2019s back on course now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt comes with maturity. You realize, \u2018What\u2019s the point?\u2019 and then rethink things.\u201d When he heard of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/oasis-break-up\/\">Gallaghers\u2019 split in 2009<\/a>, he added, \u201cI remember laughing, thinking, \u2018You wait, you wait \u2013 you\u2019ll go back!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talk of a Davies\u2019 reunion has circulated regularly since the Kinks ended in 1997. Asked about it again, Dave replied: \u201cNever say never. We talk every couple of months, but it\u2019s usually about the Arsenal [soccer team]; just normal stuff, you know, to remind us that we\u2019re just part of the human race.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Dave Davies Still Angry Over John Lennon\u2019s Death<\/h3>\n<p>He then returned to the theme of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/the-beatles\/\">Beatles<\/a>, having recently said that <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/george-harrison\/\">George Harrison<\/a> was the only Fab Four member he\u2019d got on with. \u201cYou\u2019d be a fool if you didn\u2019t like the Beatles, but I liked George so much because I could see something simmering underneath \u2013 very thoughtful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/paul-mccartney\/\">Paul<\/a> said wonderful things about the Kinks; but Ray and <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/john-lennon\/\">John<\/a> had a rivalry. John was difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He reported that he still thought about <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/john-lennons-death-marked-31-years-later\/\">Lennon\u2019s 1980 murder<\/a>: \u201cI still get angry because it\u2019s such a f\u2013\u2013g waste. But yeah, the Beatles couldn\u2019t write Ray\u2019s songs and Ray couldn\u2019t write Beatles songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Kinks Albums Ranked  <\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>A ranked list of albums by the Kinks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Michael Gallucci<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=164&#038;gver=10&#038;bid=295&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DmxuuNIMSzp6MHphJEoAGlLFQ3qmwQguzkGZl&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/dave-davies-oasis-reunion\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Davies remembered predicting that Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher would reunite their band at some point \u2013\u00a0which\u00a0they did in 2025. 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