Brian Duncan, I am a few behind you as I just turned 60. I lived in France in the early and mid ‘60s. A different time indeed. Heard a lot of these tunes via the BBC across the English Channel.
I'm 70 and live each day as I did in the 60s...all of the 60s..the best days of my life and have no regret saying that because I AM stuck in the 60s...and can't get out...then again, I don't want or need too.
so right Brian, we were spoilt for choice back then, just look at the charts and see so many great bands, surprising how many are still going which proves how good they were (are)
My god I love this song...I'm 44 year old English guy...my mom made me listen to this music since I was a kid...now I'm hooked...long live England and great Britain 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
What do you mean underrated. Are you serious? They were huge and immense and an integral part of music history. WATERLOO SUNSET/SUNNY AFTERNOON/YOU REALLY GOT ME/LOLA/ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT/COME DANCING and other huge hits. Ray Davies was a genius. So who underrated them? Love to know so please enlighten me.
If they weren't overshadowed by the other 2 bands in the British Invasion, The Kinks would be considered by the average music listener to be one of the greatest bands to ever pick up instruments.
Gonna kick the hornets nest with this , but Ray's lyrics were a hell of a lot more meaningful than most of the stuff that Lennon and McCartney had going on.
The Kinks will live forever. Great Song of the 60's. How easily you could fell in love just wathing the girls dancing this hit. Thanks to the uploaders.
I feel privellaged to have lived through and witnessed the explosion of Modern Music....supercharged and lead by British musicians and kids desperate for freedom. I saw ALL of these bands,..lived it,..loved it.! Being old isn't so bad....!
I wish I was born in the 60s or 70s or 80s but I was born in 2007. I like listening to this type of music, But hey atleast I'm not the only one who enjoys these songs. there's this one girl in my class who also enjoys listening to the 60s.
As I age I realize how fortunate I was to be born in 1952 and live the tail end of the fifties and my teenage years in the turbulent but exciting sixties. The golden age of rock! Now my grandkids are discovering the music of my youth. Turn, Turn, Turn...the beat goes on..
Remember when this came out on Philadelphia's Famous 56 WFIL in late 1965 , when I was 8 yrs old. Song was what ahead of its time , and I consider it to be a garage/pop/ psych tune! Great tune!
They were banned from entering the USA for a four year period from 1965-1969, otherwise they probably would have established themselves better, like the rest of the British Invasion groups.
We were in the 6th grade, and it was 1965. When Joe R., my first "boyfriend" asked me to "go steady" and wear his ID bracelet, this was the song that was playing, so it became "our song." We "broke up" 2 weeks later, but I still love this song!
the 60s british invasion was great, beatles, stones, kinks, dave clark five, hermans hermits, animals, the who, hollies, yardbirds, gary and the pacemakers, donovan, petula clark, tom jones, great stuff, love the similiar sounds of the groups
8/2023: I'm 71 and I started playing drums in 1964, and still do play. Boy, does this video bring back Wonderful memories. So much great music. It was a good time back then, in many ways. However, having to wait 1hour for a TV Dinner to be ready was a drag. (Joke) Old Saying: "If you remember the 60's, you weren't really there"! I don't remember a damn thing!!! Yes, they were great times. Wonderful nostalgia. Thanks for posting this. I subscribed Best Regards
At that time most people never saw or ever heard of a Flying V guitar. Only70 were made in 1958 and they really didn't sell. Then in June 1965 The Kinks came over from England for this TV appearance and Dave's guitar went missing so he picked up a Flying V in a NY pawn shop. When the show aired thousands of guitar players nationwide said "What the heck is that........I want one, I didn't get mine until 1971.
I know just what you mean my friend. This song is such a sweet gem! A masterpiece of pop perfection! It sounds fresh every time I hear it. Isn't that amazing?
Damned great tune. Watch Dave as he rakes those strings back and forth... FAT rhythm sound! If you want a heavily Kinks influenced artist, grab a listen to Martin Newell and his album "The Greatest Living Englishman." Newell is a GREAT writer, and happens to be one of the UKs most published modern poets. Ray Davies as one of his chief inspirations, and his pop sensibility is everywhere on the album, especially on "A Street Called Prospect" where he nails that Kinks rhythm and tasty chord changes. This is a GREAT record, and was produced by none other than Andy Partridge of XTC.
What a great time. I remember how annoyed Ray was when he wrote this song, we were both sat in Carnaby Street. Ray had asked for a pair of shoes in size 9 but requested that the left shoe had the emblem of an otter on the front and the right a shrew. It obviously took the shop a while to sort his request out and basically Ray was fed up with waiting.
I was 15 in 1964 when we were 'invaded once again by the British', and The Kinks were THE band of choice for most of us teenage boys at the time. We loved the REAL rock 'n' roll the Kinks brought over, and the girls liked the Beatles, the 'love song' band. LOL!!! Dave Davies and his lead guitar is what really hooked us!!!
Never got the idea why teens (or anyone in that matter) are obliged to choose their identity from many and build it around a one band or an artistof a choice. I admit I am millenial and I wasn't around at the time but it's still happened within people of my generation. The time I found out about these bands I never felt there is any feud between 'em or any contradiction in liking both of 'em. Same goes with the Who, Stones or the Yardbirds (and to that list of the greats I'd certainly add the Small Faces who are blatantly and seriously underrated 4-piece, although I wish I'll never have to use that word again.) Especially considering The Kinks and The Beatles the bands weren't THAT different ('til later when The Beatles had disbanded and The Kinks evolved into their 70's era) they were both quite rock n roll, r'n'b and pop when they needed to. Perhaps Fab 4 had a few more sort of teeny pop singles at one point, but listening to the albums + material that is out now, they were definitely a rocking band as well. The real teeny poppers of the era are maybe Herman's Hermits, Manfred Mann, and their american equivalents the Monkees, who seems like a parody band for me, though and I enjoy song or 2 by them from time to time.
If that was a prototype, that explains why it looks o anachronistic. I wasn't aware they were available then. Given what Dave did with some of his equipment on early Kinks records, I'm not surprised he'd want to try it.
The flying V came out in '58, with prototypes made in '57. They didn't sell well, and were discontinued in '59. A few were made out of spare parts in '63 with nickel rather than gold hardware. Thanks in part to Dave Davies, popularity picked up and Gibson resumed production in '67, with some tweeks to the design, and they've been in production since. What cracked me up in this video is how he keeps placing his arm between the wings while playing. Seems in those days, most guitarists played with their instrument at almost chest height, which looks rather awkward with that V shape. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Flying_V
One of my all time favorites and it's so nice to hear the chords on that Gibson Flying V, nice tone. I wish the sound quality were better so I could hear that 4001 Ric.
Yes, but not exactly. 🤔 To hear Dave explain the Gibson "V's" appearance, the Kinks came to the U.S., to Los Angeles, to do shows and TV, and Dave didn't have a guitar; it might not have shown up during their airplane arrival/baggage claim. 🤨 He quickly made it to a local music store, and after seeing the "V" and thinking it would look real cool on-stage, he purchased the instrument for not too much $money$. 😉
Zev Feldman I love 'You Really got me' - I posted it a while back - a great classic - The Kinks were a great band and Ray Davies had such a cheekiness about him and really connected with the audience.
One of the coolest groups of my teen years....I was about 13 when the Kinks came along. My brother had the album but wouldnt let me listen to it..Im 60 now...they are just as cool now...the Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Yardbirds, Hollies, they were all great.... Capt Sam
I mowed lawns all one summer--bought myself a set of drums. I wouldn't want to actually relive those times--but--I wouldn't mind going back for a few choice moments!
In those groovy high-collared frock coats and frilly shirts Ray Davies always looked like he'd just steped out of a Regency-era novel! He's like some Napoleonic dude gone electric! Crazy cool.
I first heard this song in March of 1965 never once thougt I be hearing it in 2023.
One of the best songs by one of the best bands of the 60s.
One of many Kinks greats. Long live The Kinks.
Amazingly, their music never sounds "old"-- after all these years, their music still rocks.
Mira los Kinks son una banda increible poco valorada...buenas bandas de esa época los Who.gratefull dead..the band .los them.y otras mas.
I'm 68 now and long for those days such good music everywhere from so many groups. Feel very fortunate to have been a teenager in the 60's
Brian Duncan, I am a few behind you as I just turned 60. I lived in France in the early and mid ‘60s. A different time indeed. Heard a lot of these tunes via the BBC across the English Channel.
I'm 68 to ,and I agree, I think are generation should be called The great music generation, or the Rock n Roll generation. ✌😎
I'm 70 and live each day as I did in the 60s...all of the 60s..the best days of my life and have no regret saying that because I AM stuck in the 60s...and can't get out...then again, I don't want or need too.
@@chocolatcats Also my best time. I' m 71
so right Brian, we were spoilt for choice back then, just look at the charts and see so many great bands, surprising how many are still going which proves how good they were (are)
One of Ray's best vocals and best melodies.
60's music can not be topped.
Bueno...tengo 73 años...adoro.los 60-70
Pero Claro luego floyd zepp purple cream hendrix crimson ..yes..sabath....llevaron la música a otro nivel
One of the best pop songs ever recorded.
and their sunny afternoon
I grew up in the 1960s and this song transports me back to a time I can barely even conceive of anymore.I love it.
My god I love this song...I'm 44 year old English guy...my mom made me listen to this music since I was a kid...now I'm hooked...long live England and great Britain 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
i grew up with rock and roll and this one remains one of the greatest songs in rock history.
What a great band...their early hits are superb.
a great song, a great band, a great era, a great man who first wrote this when he was 15 years old, and a great bunch of young lads who performed this
The Kinks were underrated, listen to the natural harmony and the use of real instruments to knock out a great tune creating a great atmosphere,
No, they were not under rated.EVERYBODY knew how great they were !
What do you mean underrated. Are you serious? They were huge and immense and an integral part of music history. WATERLOO SUNSET/SUNNY AFTERNOON/YOU REALLY GOT ME/LOLA/ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT/COME DANCING and other huge hits. Ray Davies was a genius. So who underrated them? Love to know so please enlighten me.
@@RonMcKenzie-bw7iq All of that is true, but The Kinks were/are underrated. They were the greatest Rock and Roll band.
This song is awesome. 45 years old. Amazing.
55 years now as your comment was 10 years ago,lol
@@paulburns3039 yeah, time flies like a victoriana poop flying out the window 😂
57 years old now lol, and still sounds great👌👌
was that in 1964 or 1965 ?
The Kinks have a body of work where you go, "Oh yeah, that was the Kinks"
Great band
Not if you've followed them since they invaded in 1964. You know everything they've released and love it.
Los terceros de toda aquella explosión de rock que fue la invasión británica de los primeros 60's
2022 and still waiting for her...
Ray Davies is a genius songwriter.
Pete Townshend actually stated that Ray should be made the British Poet Laureate!
If they weren't overshadowed by the other 2 bands in the British Invasion, The Kinks would be considered by the average music listener to be one of the greatest bands to ever pick up instruments.
He totally is! ☺️
Gonna kick the hornets nest with this , but Ray's lyrics were a hell of a lot more meaningful than most of the stuff that Lennon and McCartney had going on.
@@chrisbutler1668
Exactly, people don’t appreciate 80’s Kinks, they were great !😀
Sensational 60's group. Man, these guys were GOOD..I saw them in 1965 and im NOT "so tired" of listening to them. MisterGris..Thanks.!!!
One of my favorite groups at that time !
This reminds me to the great 60's again!
What a time it was!
Even in 2024 Music is just beautiful The Kinks Forever ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😂😂❤
The Kinks will live forever. Great Song of the 60's. How easily you could fell in love just wathing the girls dancing this hit. Thanks to the uploaders.
This song is so damn good it brings tears to my eyes. Damn, why can't bands in the 21st Century write songs this good ?
I feel privellaged to have lived through and witnessed the explosion of Modern Music....supercharged and lead by British musicians and kids desperate for freedom. I saw ALL of these bands,..lived it,..loved it.! Being old isn't so bad....!
I always liked the Kinks and this song was one of my favorites.
One of the greatest songs ever!
I love it I grew up during The British Invasion of the 60's, it's my favorite kind of music & always will be.
Lonnie Justice i
Not a doubt in the world. It was the best by far.
I wish I was born in the 60s or 70s or 80s but I was born in 2007. I like listening to this type of music, But hey atleast I'm not the only one who enjoys these songs. there's this one girl in my class who also enjoys listening to the 60s.
@@diamondmax5141 but at least...you can come here and live the music we lived!
As I age I realize how fortunate I was to be born in 1952 and live the tail end of the fifties and my teenage years in the turbulent but exciting sixties. The golden age of rock! Now my grandkids are discovering the music of my youth. Turn, Turn, Turn...the beat goes on..
In my all time top 10 singles !
Most under rated British group, amazing talent
Amazing band, one of the best from the 60's.
Happy birthday Ray!!!
Remember when this came out on Philadelphia's Famous 56 WFIL in late 1965 , when I was 8 yrs old.
Song was what ahead of its time , and I consider it to be a garage/pop/ psych tune!
Great tune!
Their music splashed all over my youths.......like the Hollywood hills.......of horror, night of the vampire.✌️🙏👍. RIP L-O-L-A 💋
Old and still listening and remembering for what it's worth
The Kinks didn't change with the times they were the times.
I think the most underrated band of all time.
The Searchers are the most underrated
John B Agree totally!
They were banned from entering the USA for a four year period from 1965-1969, otherwise they probably would have established themselves better, like the rest of the British Invasion groups.
Old fogie here, 67 yo ..and I miss the music of this era more and more. So glad for you tube, I spend hours listening to the oldies.
We were in the 6th grade, and it was 1965. When Joe R., my first "boyfriend" asked me to "go steady" and wear his ID bracelet, this was the song that was playing, so it became "our song." We "broke up" 2 weeks later, but I still love this song!
How I loved this song when I first heard it on the radio way back when
I loved it in 1966, and still do in 2016!
the 60s british invasion was great, beatles, stones, kinks, dave clark five, hermans hermits, animals, the who, hollies, yardbirds, gary and the pacemakers, donovan, petula clark, tom jones, great stuff, love the similiar sounds of the groups
Joe you know it .I was 13 and it was all new and fun Brit invasion so cool and so much talent
< IT'S GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS > !!!!!!!!!!!
@@harleykingman i hated them ferry cross mer------- suck
@@vanceoverstreet4182 THEY WEREN'T ON THE TOP OF MY LIST EITHER !!
@@harleykingman yea never liked them much really liked Kinks
How I loved the 60s can’t be beaten xxxx
I knew back in the day that I was hearing something special. The Kinks were like no other.
What a great lyrics - always needs a story
This was the first record I ever bought (45)....and I still have it...love the Kinks...
Love, love, love the Kinks!!!!!!
Just soooo clean and melodic. No synth drums, and great songwriting. I'm not sure the brothers STILL made up as of 2024!
8/2023: I'm 71 and I started playing drums in 1964, and still do play. Boy, does this video bring back Wonderful memories. So much great music. It was a good time back then, in many ways. However, having to wait 1hour for a TV Dinner to be ready was a drag.
(Joke) Old Saying: "If you remember the 60's, you weren't really there"!
I don't remember a damn thing!!! Yes, they were great times. Wonderful nostalgia. Thanks for posting this. I subscribed
Best Regards
Love that vintage flying V, CLASSIC....
truly one of the best song writers
At that time most people never saw or ever heard of a Flying V guitar. Only70 were made in 1958 and they really didn't sell. Then in June 1965 The Kinks came over from England for this TV appearance and Dave's guitar went missing so he picked up a Flying V in a NY pawn shop. When the show aired thousands of guitar players nationwide said "What the heck is that........I want one, I didn't get mine until 1971.
HI , I am 70 yrs just loved the kinks music ...still do ,thanks for bringing it back , cheers
''It's your life and you can do what you want!"
I know just what you mean my friend. This song is such a sweet gem! A masterpiece of pop perfection! It sounds fresh every time I hear it. Isn't that amazing?
I'm 67 and all those good music in my time
Damned great tune. Watch Dave as he rakes those strings back and forth... FAT rhythm sound! If you want a heavily Kinks influenced artist, grab a listen to Martin Newell and his album "The Greatest Living Englishman." Newell is a GREAT writer, and happens to be one of the UKs most published modern poets. Ray Davies as one of his chief inspirations, and his pop sensibility is everywhere on the album, especially on "A Street Called Prospect" where he nails that Kinks rhythm and tasty chord changes. This is a GREAT record, and was produced by none other than Andy Partridge of XTC.
What a great time. I remember how annoyed Ray was when he wrote this song, we were both sat in Carnaby Street. Ray had asked for a pair of shoes in size 9 but requested that the left shoe had the emblem of an otter on the front and the right a shrew. It obviously took the shop a while to sort his request out and basically Ray was fed up with waiting.
What a lifelong vibe to generate?! What a band!
I was 15 in 1964 when we were 'invaded once again by the British', and The Kinks were THE band of choice for most of us teenage boys at the time. We loved the REAL rock 'n' roll the Kinks brought over, and the girls liked the Beatles, the 'love song' band. LOL!!! Dave Davies and his lead guitar is what really hooked us!!!
Never got the idea why teens (or anyone in that matter) are obliged to choose their identity from many and build it around a one band or an artistof a choice. I admit I am millenial and I wasn't around at the time but it's still happened within people of my generation.
The time I found out about these bands I never felt there is any feud between 'em or any contradiction in liking both of 'em. Same goes with the Who, Stones or the Yardbirds (and to that list of the greats I'd certainly add the Small Faces who are blatantly and seriously underrated 4-piece, although I wish I'll never have to use that word again.)
Especially considering The Kinks and The Beatles the bands weren't THAT different ('til later when The Beatles had disbanded and The Kinks evolved into their 70's era) they were both quite rock n roll, r'n'b and pop when they needed to. Perhaps Fab 4 had a few more sort of teeny pop singles at one point, but listening to the albums + material that is out now, they were definitely a rocking band as well.
The real teeny poppers of the era are maybe Herman's Hermits, Manfred Mann, and their american equivalents the Monkees, who seems like a parody band for me, though and I enjoy song or 2 by them from time to time.
@@ChainNonSmoker No feud. Just fun! We loved to talk up our favorites, but we pretty much liked 'em all. You had to be there.
I'm 62, But this stuff never got better.
How nostalgic. The Kinks’ stripped down style made them one of my favorite rock ‘n’ roll bands.
Qué Impresionante la guitarra de Dave Davis!! Un adelantado!!
My all time favourite Kinks song !!!
I love the Davies' brothers faces. So expressive. Goddamn. Wooo!
i love everything about the kinks of the 60's and part of the seventies. i couldn'd stay without listening to them for more than a week
This was the first time I saw a Gibson Flying V guitar and I thought they looked so cool.
The bass guitar Your thinking about was made by a British company called Burns.
The bass is a Rickenbacker; the guitar is a Gibson Flying V (a prototype, as I understand it).
If that was a prototype, that explains why it looks o anachronistic. I wasn't aware they were available then.
Given what Dave did with some of his equipment on early Kinks records, I'm not surprised he'd want to try it.
The flying V came out in '58, with prototypes made in '57. They didn't sell well, and were discontinued in '59. A few were made out of spare parts in '63 with nickel rather than gold hardware. Thanks in part to Dave Davies, popularity picked up and Gibson resumed production in '67, with some tweeks to the design, and they've been in production since. What cracked me up in this video is how he keeps placing his arm between the wings while playing. Seems in those days, most guitarists played with their instrument at almost chest height, which looks rather awkward with that V shape.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Flying_V
That flying V would be incredibly valuable today. Prob. a 1958
I grew up during this time. ---- now I'm 68 and would love to go back to the nonstop fun they call the 60's !!
Grew up listening to the kinks my dads 71 now u had good taste dad👍
Another great track from these talented guys; great music, great lyrics - simple as that!
Absolutely an incredible experience with music like this.. love laid back days of music like this..
I don't care what anybody says. The Kinks were the greatest and this song is forever...
Saw Kinks in concert open for The Dave Clark 5 NYC 1965 🎸
I will never tire of waiting for this tune !.
It's your life and you can do what you want.
One of my all time favorites and it's so nice to hear the chords on that Gibson Flying V, nice tone. I wish the sound quality were better so I could hear that 4001 Ric.
They’re miming to the record you realize.
Yes, but not exactly. 🤔
To hear Dave explain the Gibson "V's" appearance, the Kinks came to the U.S., to Los Angeles, to do shows and TV, and Dave didn't have a guitar; it might not have shown up during their airplane arrival/baggage claim. 🤨
He quickly made it to a local music store, and after seeing the "V" and thinking it would look real cool on-stage, he purchased the instrument for not too much $money$. 😉
Celluloid Heroes and Livingom a thin line are on of many of my Favorite songs from the Kinks, most excellent!
Man, I just love all that "screaming". Great song!
Love the Kinks - Ray Davies, a talented larger than life character......
Classic from a good band.." I was a lonely soul I had nobody to call my own..but u keep a me waitin all of the time..what can I do ?"
BIG HIT AND I LIKE THE OTHER YOU REALLY GOT ME
Zev Feldman YOU REALLY GOT ME. Perhaps the baddest smash- hit by the Kinks. It played a part of my development.
Zev Feldman I love 'You Really got me' - I posted it a while back - a great classic - The Kinks were a great band and Ray Davies had such a cheekiness about him and really connected with the audience.
Marcus Garveyite I agree Marcus - and I can understand how these songs had such an impact on peoples' lives in so many ways.
My anthem at 39 weeks pregnant.
I am laughing so hard omg
Probably the best competition for the Beatles in the early sixties. What talent !!
STONE'S
Not even close to true
@@SundaeExpress good but not on the same level basically four hit records against a million
The Kinks rocked. They were a band's band.
One of my fav. KINKS songs of all time...rock on bby...
A great time gone by! Love the Kinks.....always have.
I loved the Kinks, saw them in 1977 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta.
Grew up listening to this music. It still has retained its pull after all this time. Amazing.
Dear Grey Revell: Thanx bud for posting this Awesome clip! I'm so old I think I'm dead. But these guys put some life back into me! God Bless! - Bob
amazing song!! my fav part " its your life.. u can do what u want...." and so on .. how the song changes and the tone of his voice.. so beautiful
One of the best songs FROM ONE OF THE TOP BRITISH BANDS from the 60s
One of the coolest groups of my teen years....I was about 13 when the Kinks came along. My brother had the album but wouldnt let me listen to it..Im 60 now...they are just as cool now...the Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Yardbirds, Hollies, they were all great....
Capt Sam
Ray Davies......the greatest songwriter of my generation..........Hands down !!
mcraygb : Hmm, you must have missed these two guys called Lennon & McCartney, but granted, Ray Davies wasn't too shabby.
@@ArkyMalarkey Paul Simon wasn't too shabby either.
Love the Kinks..one of my favorite bands of the era....the bass was what hooked me...felt it in my soul. Still do.
I love the Kinks. Wonderful music.germaine blake,Columbia,SC
I can't stand girls/women who KEEP ME WAITING!
Kudos to the Kinks for singing about this important topic!!
How marked the resemblance between the Davies brothers is in this video.
I really loved the 60's and 70's!!!!
So did I when I was living them then and even more so now that I'm older.
Simply brillant. An all time favourite.
It makes a slight difference in the strumming.
Dave Davies was just the coolest guitar slinging brother ever .
I mowed lawns all one summer--bought myself a set of drums. I wouldn't want to actually relive those times--but--I wouldn't mind going back for a few choice moments!
Awe! To relive the 60’s
Man, I wish I was alive back when this was the hit song of the week or whatever. I think I was born in the wrong ara.
No group was more British during the British invasion.
In those groovy high-collared frock coats and frilly shirts Ray Davies always looked like he'd just steped out of a Regency-era novel! He's like some Napoleonic dude gone electric! Crazy cool.
One and always will be, Britain's Finest grounded musical phenomena, 😎😎😎😎
How Dave loves his guitar. Pete Quaife said that Dave could make a guitar sing. He was a beautiful young man.
This sounds really good.