1964!! This was on the 3rd album I ever bought, at 12 years old. Kinks set the foundation for the garage rock wing of rock and roll. You recognized the riff because it is one of the most famous in rock history
Punk when that wasn't even a musical term. Ray and Dave Davies, and their buddies, take a song and kick your face in with it. Saw The Kinks on their "Low Budget" tour in 1979 and they had a bunch of great new songs like: "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman", "National Health", "Sleepwalker" and "Celluloid Heroes".
I saw the Kinks once at Fordham University. Their opening band was Aerosmith, before anyone knew who they were!!! A couple more songs to check out, "Destroyer," "Tired Of Waiting," and "Til the End Of the Day."
"Punky, garagey.." That was The Kinks, just straight up four chord power riffs. But Ray was a superb songwriter, one of the best. Personal fave - I'm Not Like Everybody Else. He did a one man show some years ago and I saw him here. A sophisticated gent but onstage a growling madman
The Kinks had so many great songs, Ray was a great songwriter. One of theirs I really like was Come Dancing, and I believe you reacted to it, was because it was really personal to Ray.
When this song was first released, I was just a kid but I loved it. The song was hard but very catchy, and sounded like it was creating a new sound that would last. It still sounds great to this very day, IMO.
Huge ! What a banger. Love this song since I discovered it at it release in 1964, I was sixteen. A real masterpiece that doesn't grow old due to it crazy sound. Their previous hit "You Really Got Me" has the same beat and structure. The background vocals and guitar solos are very similar.
You can complete the 'trilogy' of Kinks' proto punk garage gems with "Till the End of the Day", together with the cover version by Big Star, which has a more modern cleaner sound with equally high intensity.😊
1964 was the year when Beatlemania was sweeping America. The Beatles had those great vocal harmonies on top of songs you could dance to. But then The Kinks busted out in a new direction, the prototypical 'Garage Band' sound, high energy rock that would soon evolve into 'Head Banger' rock. They probably influenced contemporary & future rock & roll bands more than even the Beatles, who had managed to make rock & roll acceptable in polite society
All Day and All of the Night” was a huge success, but it would actually be eclipsed on the charts by their next single "Tired Of Waiting For You'. Ray Davies believe that "Tired Of Waiting" was the perfect POP song, and helped them make any kind of music that wanted.
One of their early thrashy hits - and a great one too! Very famous riff, which was later "borrowed" for a song by The Sex Pistols, too ("Submission"). Deliberately played through a damaged speaker to get that fuzzy sound. Add in the clanking drum kit and you've got yourself a classic.
Ray Davies was a regular customer of mine when I managed a jazz club in NYC, and often would join Les Paul to jam onstage. Nice guy. Anybody who had a baby with Chrissy Hynde is a god in my book.
The best pronunciation is daviz the last letter should be more of a zed than an s. You are correct that it's more of a soft i, like in pin, than a long e at the next to last sound.
Yeah - every garage band quickly put this in their repertoire! Also, The Doors ripped this off a few years later with HELLO, I LOVE YOU (Won't You Tell Me Your Name?), who claimed it was written by Rick and The Ravens in '65 - but they settled out-of-court (Ray Davies said The Doors could 'do no wrong' at the time and a copyright trial was perceived to go The Doors way), so "an undisclosed sum" means "way too little". Correct - pronounced "Davis", similarly the Willys Jeep is pronounced "Willis" and NOT "Willie's". I could tell right away The Doors ripped this off - and I WAS ONLY ABOUT 12!
As far as I know the slightly suggestive lyrics flew under the radar of censorious radio programmers. Not so for the Rolling Stones however with "Let's Spend The Night Together" and mainly in the United States, would you believe. The record received less airplay in the U.S. and stalled on the charts and Ed Sullivan made The Stones sing "let's spend some time together" when they appeared on his show.
Check out the live version off the “live” album (One For The Road) 3 min. 45 sec. It’s the track they played on the radio in the early 80’s 🔥🔥🔥 🎸(Boston) Recorded at Rutgers University NJ March (1979)
When I saw The Kinks in concert they were the opening act for Hall and Oates. Really?? Even back then, and still today, I think they had the concert lineup in reverse. Hall and Oates should have been opening for The Kinks. Kinks are trendsetters, part of the British invasion. Gotta love The Kinks!
I often wonder if they could have ever been as successful were it not for the obsessive competitive nature Ray & Dave Davies had at trying to outdo one another Ray's songs were unique, but it took Dave's guitar to give those songs the grit
Suggestions "A Rock N Roll Fantasy" "Celluloid Heroes" (fame topic) "A Well Respected Man" "Don't Forget to Dance"" "Come Dancing" (funny song!) "Father Christmas" (funny holiday song) "(I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" "Supersonic Rocket Ship" (I first heard this song in "Avengers: Endgame".) "You Really Got Me"
Wow, the Doors really did seem to lift that rift, but I strangely never made the connection. Nice of them to let it slide. They had swagger. I bet Mick was a fan. Love their lesser-known classic, "Well-Respected Man". Great share!
They banned the Stones, Let's Spend the Night Together. making B side, Ruby Tuesday. ride the charts. I would be surprised if this was not also banned.
Love The Kinks!! One of my favorites of theirs is "Sunny Afternoon". It gets stuck in my head for days. They're worth a deep dive. Blessings.
One of the GREAT Rock songs ever... Released in '64, blowing everything away with raucous power
1964!! This was on the 3rd album I ever bought, at 12 years old. Kinks set the foundation for the garage rock wing of rock and roll. You recognized the riff because it is one of the most famous in rock history
same here - i was 12 in '64 also and had this vinyl. are we really 71 now ? damn !
I was thirteen in '64 and had the 45. The song personifies the great music from the 60s.
The original Punk Band!!
From this same album, you might want to check out
Tired of Waiting for You.
It got a lot of airplay, and it really shows off their unique sound.
This was the opening song in the movie "Pirate Radio" ("The Boat That Rocked" in Europe) ~ an absolutely fun film with great 60's music!
One of the first heavy songs and one of their best.
Punk when that wasn't even a musical term. Ray and Dave Davies, and their buddies, take a song and kick your face in with it. Saw The Kinks on their "Low Budget" tour in 1979 and they had a bunch of great new songs like: "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman", "National Health", "Sleepwalker" and "Celluloid Heroes".
The Kinks were 'Protopunk', which means they were Punk before Punk was 'Punk'.
SEEN THEM TWICE!!!!!
I saw the Kinks once at Fordham University. Their opening band was Aerosmith, before anyone knew who they were!!! A couple more songs to check out, "Destroyer," "Tired Of Waiting," and "Til the End Of the Day."
"Punky, garagey.." That was The Kinks, just straight up four chord power riffs. But Ray was a superb songwriter, one of the best. Personal fave - I'm Not Like Everybody Else. He did a one man show some years ago and I saw him here. A sophisticated gent but onstage a growling madman
Exactly right. Victoria and Do It Again still ring in my ears.
first true punk rock band imo. had this vinyl back then - pure gold
The Kinks had so many great songs, Ray was a great songwriter. One of theirs I really like was Come Dancing, and I believe you reacted to it, was because it was really personal to Ray.
When this song was first released, I was just a kid but I loved it. The song was hard but very catchy, and sounded like it was creating a new sound that would last. It still sounds great to this very day, IMO.
Huge ! What a banger. Love this song since I discovered it at it release in 1964, I was sixteen. A real masterpiece that doesn't grow old due to it crazy sound. Their previous hit "You Really Got Me" has the same beat and structure. The background vocals and guitar solos are very similar.
You can complete the 'trilogy' of Kinks' proto punk garage gems with "Till the End of the Day", together with the cover version by Big Star, which has a more modern cleaner sound with equally high intensity.😊
GOD SAVE THE KINKS !
1964 was the year when Beatlemania was sweeping America. The Beatles had those great vocal harmonies on top of songs you could dance to. But then The Kinks busted out in a new direction, the prototypical 'Garage Band' sound, high energy rock that would soon evolve into 'Head Banger' rock. They probably influenced contemporary & future rock & roll bands more than even the Beatles, who had managed to make rock & roll acceptable in polite society
Yup. Frank Zappa on the Beatles: "Cute, safe, white."
Big fan of "Superman"! What a band was The Kinks! Thanks.
All Day and All of the Night” was a huge success, but it would actually be eclipsed on the charts by their next single "Tired Of Waiting For You'. Ray Davies believe that "Tired Of Waiting"
was the perfect POP song, and helped them make any kind of music that wanted.
One of their early thrashy hits - and a great one too! Very famous riff, which was later "borrowed" for a song by The Sex Pistols, too ("Submission"). Deliberately played through a damaged speaker to get that fuzzy sound. Add in the clanking drum kit and you've got yourself a classic.
Early hard rock, metal.
Ray Davies was a regular customer of mine when I managed a jazz club in NYC, and often would join Les Paul to jam onstage. Nice guy. Anybody who had a baby with Chrissy Hynde is a god in my book.
❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Pure Rock and Roll!!!!
The Kinks weren't just ahead of their time, they created it.
The best pronunciation is daviz the last letter should be more of a zed than an s. You are correct that it's more of a soft i, like in pin, than a long e at the next to last sound.
College days relived via this song. Loooove the memories.
I love the Kinks 🎸🎶
The Kinks, ahhhhh!
Love that dirty guitar!! So good.
You had the pronunciation right, it's not like day-viss, it's like day-veez. Rock on!
It’s not Day-vees it is like Day-vis. That’s the correct British pronunciation. We say it wrong in the US.
The FIRST RECORD IN HISTORY to have DISTORTED GUITAR. . .
He slashed the cones on his guitar speakers to give it that 'buzz' and distortion . .
Kinksensation!
THE STRANGLERS DID A KILLER VERSION OF THIS SONG.
Yeah - every garage band quickly put this in their repertoire! Also, The Doors ripped this off a few years later with HELLO, I LOVE YOU (Won't You Tell Me Your Name?), who claimed it was written by Rick and The Ravens in '65 - but they settled out-of-court (Ray Davies said The Doors could 'do no wrong' at the time and a copyright trial was perceived to go The Doors way), so "an undisclosed sum" means "way too little". Correct - pronounced "Davis", similarly the Willys Jeep is pronounced "Willis" and NOT "Willie's". I could tell right away The Doors ripped this off - and I WAS ONLY ABOUT 12!
As far as I know the slightly suggestive lyrics flew under the radar of censorious radio programmers. Not so for the Rolling Stones however with "Let's Spend The Night Together" and mainly in the United States, would you believe. The record received less airplay in the U.S. and stalled on the charts and Ed Sullivan made The Stones sing "let's spend some time together" when they appeared on his show.
Check out the live version off the “live” album (One For The Road) 3 min. 45 sec. It’s the track they played on the radio in the early 80’s 🔥🔥🔥 🎸(Boston)
Recorded at Rutgers University NJ March (1979)
Ray's brother got that raw sound by purposely damaging and thus his amp.
It's been used in TV commercials.
I was 10. Loved being a girl ❤
The Kinks had
“Union” problems and were banned from touring the USA for a while. Maybe that’s why they couldn’t get any help with the Doors.
♥Great reaction! I would suggest "Juke Box Music" (official audio), "Days" (original version), "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy"
When I saw The Kinks in concert they were the opening act for Hall and Oates. Really??
Even back then, and still today, I think they had the concert lineup in reverse. Hall and Oates should have been opening for The Kinks. Kinks are trendsetters, part of the British invasion. Gotta love The Kinks!
Please do 96 Tears by “? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians.”
The 60's was about freedom... they weren't that strict about subject matter.
Try the Live at Carnegie Hall version of "Alcohol" by the Kinks.
I often wonder if they could have ever been as successful were it not for the obsessive competitive nature Ray & Dave Davies had at trying to outdo one another Ray's songs were
unique, but it took Dave's guitar to give those songs the grit
Suggestions
"A Rock N Roll Fantasy"
"Celluloid Heroes" (fame topic)
"A Well Respected Man"
"Don't Forget to Dance""
"Come Dancing" (funny song!)
"Father Christmas" (funny holiday song)
"(I Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"
"Supersonic Rocket Ship" (I first heard this song in "Avengers: Endgame".)
"You Really Got Me"
Wow, the Doors really did seem to lift that rift, but I strangely never made the connection. Nice of them to let it slide.
They had swagger. I bet Mick was a fan. Love their lesser-known classic, "Well-Respected Man".
Great share!
They banned the Stones, Let's Spend the Night Together. making B side, Ruby Tuesday. ride the charts. I would be surprised if this was not also banned.
Death of a Clown ks a cool one from the early years. Their tune Destroyer is a banger from the early 80s. Both good.
Saw them with great wing seats when Ray Davies had a broken arm, or was it Dave? Too long ago to remember. Celluloid Heroes is well worth a listen.
great snare drum
From my developmental years...
Proto Punk
I don't recall any problems with censors on this one, Shawn.
Once upon a time...the KINKS !!! .......sigh 😒😒😒😒
God Save The Kinks! I've always thought it was Davies too, not Davis. Tomato tomahto I suppose😊