“I thought it was quite funny-sounding. It was very good as well, though. I’ve gotten used to it”: Dave Davies on Van Halen’s rendition of this career-making Kinks track
Janelle Borg
created: Aug. 10, 2025, 2:30 p.m. | updated: Aug. 16, 2025, 2:37 a.m.
Although he’s grown to like it, The Kinks’ Dave Davies wasn’t immediately keen on Van Halen’s 1978 take on the band’s classic, You Really Got Me.
I’ve gotten used to it,” he quips in a new interview with Guitar World.
As for whether he ever talked to Eddie Van Halen about his version, Davies replies with, “Sadly, I never got to meet him.
The EVH-led outfit also covered a second Kinks song, 1965's Where Have All the Good Times Gone, a rendition that Davies posits as being “really good.”“I thought that was more complimentary.
Guitar World's upcoming interview with Dave Davies will be published in the coming weeks.
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