One of the Greatest songs of the sixties performed by an actual sixties band...loved it then and still do..British invasion meets the blues..Beatles Stones and Kinks all hit about the same time...all good....
@bigsoundp I'm old enough to remember Shindig, (63 yrs old!) They always had a great line-up, though most of the Brit bands were on tape from somewhere else. Hullabaloo, (on NBC) had a slight edge because it was in COLOR!!, and most of the acts were live from the venue. Also, they had real hot disco dancers! (Check out Lada Edmund Jr.)
One of the best cover tunes of all time. Aerosmith recorded it years later just as the KinKs arranged it. Dave was one of the few bending notes back in the mid 60's and the hair on my arms still stand up each time I hear Milk Cow Blues. Also love the way Ray and Dave traded vocals and I'm looking forward to that type of collaboration in the near future. Damn shame about Pete though. He was perfect with Dave in creating that wall of sound.
Milk Cow Blues Boogie was recorded in the 1930's by a guy named Kokomo Arnold. I believe it was penned by Sleepy John Estes, a U.S. blues guitarist. Somebody else can jump in and correct this if I'm wrong.
There are lots of versions of "Milk Cow Blues" out there, but the KinKs version remains the gold standard. And for the guy who asked for Spanish: Existen varias versiones de ésta canción, pero la versión de los KinKs supera a todos.
Did you read the credits at the end, naming all the bands that were on that night...The Kinks, The Hollies, Manfred Mann, Marianne Faithful, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Who. Quite the show.
Sounds great! But the most fantastic version I`ve ever heard is on Dave`s CD "Live at the Rock Bottom Line" NYC. Unbelievable good! As well as "I need you". Best album ever!
the bc just showed a much much better version on bbc4 blues at the bbc, i said thats to good for a kinks blues song ;) dispite worshipping their hits and some other bits and peices i had never heard them do anything bluesy at that standard dose anyone know if its on you tube ?
@OropherThranduil chill out, i didn't say anything about anybody being better then somebody, I was JUST SAYING. It's not like I don't study up on the fucking rock scene
One of the Greatest songs of the sixties
performed by an actual sixties band...loved it then and still do..British invasion meets the blues..Beatles Stones
and Kinks all hit about the same time...all good....
OMG I had a pair of those whit go-go boots myself when I was 8 yrs old. I was sooo proud! LOL Love the kinks! Very under rated band.
This turned out to be the very last number performed on the very last episode of "Shindig!" (Jan.'66)
Good to hear this song - to my mind the best one on Kink Kontroversy. I used to play it over and over again when I bought it 41 years ago...
A Kinks video clip with Dave Davies singing lead?! Holy crap, talk about a rare find. Thanks for posting.
SOLID GOLD!
@bigsoundp I'm old enough to remember Shindig, (63 yrs old!) They always had a great line-up, though most of the Brit bands were on tape from somewhere else. Hullabaloo, (on NBC) had a slight edge because it was in COLOR!!, and most of the acts were live from the venue. Also, they had real hot disco dancers! (Check out Lada Edmund Jr.)
One of the best cover tunes of all time. Aerosmith recorded it years later just as the KinKs arranged it. Dave was one of the few bending notes back in the mid 60's and the hair on my arms still stand up each time I hear Milk Cow Blues. Also love the way Ray and Dave traded vocals and I'm looking forward to that type of collaboration in the near future. Damn shame about Pete though. He was perfect with Dave in creating that wall of sound.
Milk Cow Blues Boogie was recorded in the 1930's by a guy named Kokomo Arnold. I believe it was penned by Sleepy John Estes, a U.S. blues guitarist. Somebody else can jump in and correct this if I'm wrong.
There are lots of versions of "Milk Cow Blues" out there, but the KinKs version remains the gold standard.
And for the guy who asked for Spanish:
Existen varias versiones de ésta canción, pero la versión de los KinKs supera a todos.
Did you read the credits at the end, naming all the bands that were on that night...The Kinks, The Hollies, Manfred Mann, Marianne Faithful, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Who.
Quite the show.
GIOD THIS IS FANTASTIC!! didnt wiki Who wrote this song?
Sounds great! But the most fantastic version I`ve ever heard is on Dave`s CD "Live at the Rock Bottom Line" NYC. Unbelievable good! As well as "I need you". Best album ever!
Dave Davies had REALLY long hair for '65
My fave version of this song - even over the old pre war originals
Flying Vs look so weird in those pre-hendrix days.
i mean the one time Jimi hold and played one,t hat looked awesome.
love those go go girls
Someone should've got Mick Avory a book to read....
The aerosmith version is more fast paced and the harmonica in it really kicks ass!!
Nice.
Great groundwork for so many versions of Milk Cow Blues, but the best is the "new dance" version Aerosmith throws down.
the bc just showed a much much better version on bbc4 blues at the bbc, i said thats to good for a kinks blues song ;) dispite worshipping their hits and some other bits and peices i had never heard them do anything bluesy at that standard dose anyone know if its on you tube ?
Did the kinks originaly write this song?
@TheRoute19
drummers always have that bored face in 60's TV music show. I am sure there are plenty of exceptions but its a trend i noticed
Top band bar none
@TheRoute19 , , ,Mick Avory DOES look bored!
jajajajajaja posaho també en anglès, quina risa
I go for Eddie's version.
Elvis's version was revolutionary at the time, and without doubt still the best
The original British invasion
@eirinikos dont talk to my grandma like that!!!!
@OropherThranduil chill out, i didn't say anything about anybody being better then somebody, I was JUST SAYING. It's not like I don't study up on the fucking rock scene
ponlo en castellano también, joder... que no todos los españoles hablamos catalán
@aerorocker1001
dude, nobody cares for aerosmith here.
it's like telling us you think van halen kicks ass on you really got me, which they don't.
@eirinikos they just want dave's babies
what an awesome song, and what AWFUL clothes! what the hell are they wearing?