NEW * A Well Respected Man - The Kinks {DES Stereo} 1965

1965......#13 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #9 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #4 Canada, #13 Australia
Mono to Stereo with split-vocal remix. Original generic footage video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound / To find out more about spectral editing and sound source separation, go to www.monotostereo.info/
"A Well Respected Man" is a song by the British band the Kinks, written by the group's lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ray Davies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the EP Kwyet Kinks in September 1965. The song was released on the album Kinkdom in the United States. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe.
"A Well Respected Man" remains one of the band's most popular and best known songs. It is one of four Kinks songs included on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll along with "You Really Got Me," "Waterloo Sunset," and "Lola".
Davies composed the song based on a negative experience with upper class guests at a luxury resort where he was staying in 1965. He crafted the song to mock what he perceived as their condescension and self-satisfaction.
Pye refused to release "A Well Respected Man" as a single in the UK because the record company wanted a song more similar to the band's raunchier previous hits. It was released as a single in the United States during October of that same year and reached No. 13. Following the success of "Dedicated Follower of Fashion", "A Well Respected Man" was also released as a single in mainland Europe in March 1966 (although pressed in the UK, it was an export-only issue).
The song also includes the word "fag", interpreted by Americans as a reference to homosexuality. However, Davies later said that this was not intended:
I had naively meant a fag to either be slang for a cigarette or, at worst, that the well-respected man had been at public school, where [he performed] the most humiliating tasks.
Cash Box described it as a "very catchy folkish number with a message lyric." Record World described it as a "jaunty and yet bitter song about conformity" that is one of the Kinks' best songs.
Musically, it marked the beginning of an expansion in the Kinks' inspirations, drawing much from British Music Hall traditions (a style which was to feature prominently on later 1960s songs such as "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" and "Mister Pleasant"). Lyrically, the song is notable as being the first of Ray Davies' compositions to overtly address the theme of British class consciousness. Indeed, the song offers a satirical commentary on the entrenched mores and conventions of the English upper and middle classes, while hinting at the frustration and casual hypocrisy that underlie this fastidiously maintained veneer of "respectability".

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[@themagicsinthemusic3810]

Ray Davies, what a great song writer! Hail The Kinks!! Thanks so much for this!😊👍

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks Jim!

[@deniseschug-lattwein9]

The kinks ❤❤

[@julenepegher6999]

I always have a word to say about the Kinks! ❤ Well Respected! 😘

[@yolandajohnson8685]

I love The Kinks ❤

[@jettrink7510]

This is mod heaven...

[@michaelgarcia5689]

great song, love the Kinks

[@pattyfarghaly1821]

Love the Kinks. They are awesome . Love this song too.

[@SPak-rt2gb]

Haven't heard this one in awhile. Good one👍

[@sandtalanders156]

Oh Yay!! KINKS, one of my very best. What a group, with a fab string of hits!!! 😅 thank you! Memories!! ❤ 🎶🎸🎤😎🎶

[@mono_to_STEREO]

Another keeper Sammy! Looks and sounds great! Thanks! 👍👍

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks very much Chris!

[@TheRunner75]

Great stuff, Sammy, thanks.

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Glad you enjoyed it, Paul!

[@pamalaalford1081]

Love the Kinks ... thanks for bringing back memories! As always - great job. God bless you.

[@BeatlesGirlKaren]

Cool behind the scenes footage!

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Glad you like.

[@nothingbutoldies3369]

One of my fav Kinks songs, Ray is truly a brilliant songwriter, great stereo sound! Many thanks Sammy, have a wonderful weekend! Cheers, E.H.

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Same here, E.H. Yes he is for sure. Many thanks and have a great Sunday. Cheers.

[@tracey3890]

Thats really good, I'm impressed with this song and lyrics..

[@JohnShinn1960]

Oh my Smurfstools, this is nice, really nice.
😃👍

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@chatssauvages0618]

❤moi aussi ❤❤❤❤

[@jacob6657]

Very good matching the stereo to HQ video Sammy.

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks Jacob.

[@TigerRogers0660]

Sammy, a very fine remix by you! Nice separation of the backing vocals! Tiger.

[@TigerRogers0660]

And also a great job on the video!!

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Thanks very much, Tiger!

[@yolandajohnson8685]

❤❤❤

[@chatssauvages0618]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@sawnose4775]

Obviously they worked out the kinks in that song.

[@JohnShinn1960]

Can I ask what a smurfstool is or should I leave it to two assumptions?
(From a recent subscriber not meaning to insult)

[@smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach]

Yes, leave it to two.

[@JohnShinn1960]

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Gotcha.
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