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J-Paul says on 6/Feb/12
I met him face to face at an airport in 1983. I am 6 feet even and Ray was maybe a quarter to a half an inch shorter than me the time. We were both wearing tennis shoes.
Sam says on 13/Dec/11
Sorry, but I find these short perspectives on Ray Davies hard to buy. Except for John Gosling, he was always taller than the other Kinks and while he's probably lost some height (down to 5'10" is possible), he's not 5'3"!:
with 5'8" listed Lou Reed and 5'8.5" listed Trey Anastasio
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with 5'10" listed Paul Weller
Click Here Bree21 says on 12/Dec/11
Dontcare, I'm not insecure about my height at all! I like being on the short side. And I just happen to think tall men are really attractive. The taller, the better. That's why I was a little bit disappointed when I met Ray. I'm not trying to knock him in the least. I just think it's odd that people are saying he's six feet, when he's not even close.
I still love the man. He's the greatest song writer of all time (right after Lennon/McCartney). And he gave an amazing show that night. Lou Gubrius says on 13/Nov/11
Saw Ray live last week (one of the great songwriters of all time). Kinda hard to judge for sure with him on stage but seemed more in the 5-10ish these days compared to past years; seems a little stooped, although he did jump around quite a bit. He's had some health problems but overall looks great for 67. dontcare says on 17/Aug/11
Dear "Anonymous",
How is 5'9" "quite small"? For a man, that's called "average". Also: how is pretending that someone is taller being "nice"? Like it's a complement or something?
I get from your post that you're insecure about your own height. Don't be. If you're a 5'3" woman, that means you're just an inch or so under the national average for American women. (Roughly 5'4")
Even if 5'3" was short for a woman (which it's not) why should you be insecure about it? It's who you are. IronFist says on 9/Dec/10
You do realize he was shot in the leg a while back while chasing a purse snatcher? According to an interview with Rolling Stone in 2009, the injury is actually more serious than was initially reported and now he walks with a cane sometimes. One leg might be shorter than the other now.
My uncle went from 6'4 to 6'2 after his leg was damaged in a car accident. Anonymous says on 8/Dec/10
Woah, I feel like all of you must have met a different Ray than I did! I met him after one of his shows, two years ago. I am quite a petite girl, about 5'3", and I was wearing heels with a slight wedge in them. At MOST they would have added two inches to my frame. So I was standing at around 5'5" when I met him. And he gave me a HUG, so I got to really judge his height! He was wearing standard sneakers. The man was no more than 5'9". I am being generous by saying that. I have dated a man who was six-feet tall, and he just towered over me. Ray was really quite small. Word of honour. I would not make this up, because I loooove Ray and was hoping he would be good and tall! I adore tall men. :)
But yup. 5'9" if I am being really, really nice. 5'7"-5'8" if I'm being realistic. |
