THE KINKS | A Day in the Studio With The Kinks
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- December 1966.
"Dead End Street" is number 14 on the charts and the Kinks are back in the studio recording again. The Kinks have problems, though. Ray Davies is thinking about leaving the band. "I hate everyone in this business," he says. Where have all the good times gone?
Of the 'Big Four' of the British Invasion I've always admired The Kinks for maintaining their Britishness. Yes The Beatles, Stones, and Who showed their British colors time to time. I always felt The Kinks were strictly a British band who keep their sound and lyrics more pointed towards England then their contemporaries.
The Beatles are pretty timeless and almost international in their sounds. The Stones always pointed towards America in their sound. The Who was always shifting between a American sound but with British sensibilities (if that makes any sense). But the Kinks always felt like a British band for the British Man.
I think that their distinct British qualities are one of the reasons they've struggled at times to make an impact on the charts in the United States -- although they are certainly still well known and appreciated here. But they don't get the same love here in the states as the other 3 bands you mentioned. Of the big 4 British Invasion bands, the Kinks were the last I got into -- I don't think the younger version of me related to the English themes and music hall style sounds. But once I was in the right place mentally to appreciate it, I became absolutely obsessed with the Kinks. And, really, for all the talk about Ray Davies songs being so England-centric, his lyrics have much more universal appeal than they are given credit for. Outside of maybe Thom Yorke, I can't think of a song writer who so perfectly encapsulates feelings of loneliness and despair within their lyrics.
Kinks are so under appreciated- top 10 band
Not underrated by any means. Wasn’t Ray Davies knighted not long ago? CBE, I believe. 😎
"everyone asking whats wrong with the beatles... they're going through a bad phase for musical ideas". This is like 6 months after revolver, one of the greatest albums of all time, was released.
That's what I was thinking, like what is he talking about? Lol the beatles didn't have any bad phase
@@vicvega3614 everything after magical mystery tour was a bad phase
"Do You Remember Walter?" -- for my send-off. 1966 has always been my favourite year for music. The Kinks were and remain a force to be reckoned with. Thank you, Yesterday's Papers.
Thank you for watching! 1966 was definitely an incredible year for music.
@@YesterdaysPapers You're welcome.
Love the kinks features. Ah to be in swinging london in the hay dayz of the 60s. Keep up the good work yesterdays papers
Love your productions! Thank you!!
Fabulous your work, thanks for posting. Good time for you
we know almost everything about the Beatles, i wish there could be more videos about the Kinks, something like Get Back, studio sessions and so on
You have an interesting approach to rock and roll history, which I like very much! Good work!
This is hilarious. The style of the voice over reminds me of parodies like "The Rutles Story" or "This is Spinal Tap". Good band, The Kinks. Excellent band.
Another Great production! Thanks again!!
Totally awesome thanks for sharing 💕 great
Pete at that time was recovering from being in a car accident and had taken several months off. He was never quite the same after the accident, if you look at pictures of him it's like his personality had changed. 😢 Love you PQ 💖🇬🇧☮️
Digging this channel man! ✌
"Pop-dom's troubleshooter Allen Klein" LMFAO!! 🤣🤣
The Kinks,like a lot of estab groups of that era,were under enormous pressure to come up with hits all the time and were constantly working (recording,tours,tv shows,press,etc) with little time off--Ray as songwriter was pressured constantly by his rec co to "provide" (singles, album's)until he suffered--like Brian Wilson-a breakdown
How’d you find those rare footages of them? Wow!!! Thanks for all the content you make!
Loved their mid 60's songs ...All Day...Sunday...Waterloo... Dead End ...the latter one of my top 5 songs of the 60's. I was 11 when it was released...loved it (and the Kinks) then - loved it (them) now... 2021.
Alot of people are unaware that " Village Green" song was recorded in 1966 but released in 1968. Either way it's Timeless. Davies played this in 1997 on his " Storyteller " tour. I have that color photo with yellow background and had the article.
Ray's songwriting was poetry. Sons like Waterloo Sunset, Shangri-la, Village Green........... on and on.... chronicled Britain during that era while the others glorified drugs.
Who glorified drugs?
Interesting look at the struggles of the creative process and evolution of the music promotion. The pressure to produce a hit in a very short time and maintain media presence in a very competitve field would have driven anyone a bit loony, not to mention resentful of the industry. The article's existence alone while insightful to the Kinks band members' mindset at the time comes off as an intrusive, unsavory and something the band was forced to do by the record company's promotion/ legal departments. I'm familiar was the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones and Monkees feature length and short form media of the time, but didnt know the Kinks produced one for Dead End Street and it was a treat to watch, it's like something out of a Monty Python sketch.
Aww..I still cry over Dumbo too, Ray...
God Save The Kinks!
Ray hated the recording business, but he never really showed it, well sort of. So he spent his whole life doing something he hated? Imagine that. Join the club Ray!
I think his love of creating and performing music overcame his dislike and distrust of the business, which is one of the most corrupt on Earth. After all, there are much worse ways to earn a living than being a pop star.
They don't make 'em like this anymore....🎸
Most of the interspersed clips of studio gear are from _at least_ a decade after this interview - the mixing boards/desks/consoles of that era were pretty simplistic, while the ones shown are from well into the '70s or later.
Honestly a lot of those looked even older. I wouldn’t say that most are from at least a decade later. There were loads of tape machines that looked like classic 40s and 50s ones. Looked like the ones Delia Derbyshire worked with.
Masterworks Arthur. Village Green preservation. Muswell Hil. Scoolboys in disgrace. Something Else. Misfits. Percy. Preservation one and two. Sleepwalker. Face to Face. Kontroversy. 🤩🤩🤩
There are days in my world where the Kinks are more appreciated than them or them
i have a very late in life crush on ray davies
Macca had dried up, was just about to release Revolver
What was Pete Quiffs 'head and hand injuries' caused by....hmmm musical differences? Interesting
Hahaha! No, he was seriously injured in a car crash.
*@Randy Backgammon* Quaife's "quiff" was also seriously injured....
Cheers.
"...the Beatles are going through a bad phase..." - quite an amusing remark
You read this in kind of a weird way, without empthasis. "'I don't think it's sick', Dave said..." That bit.
FTR, Walt Disney died December 15, 1966; about 12 days after the issue date of this interview.
..and then there is mick avory
Deberían doblar al español los comentarios y la información del vídeo, para los que no dominamos bien el inglés. Gracias.
What is this?? This is hilariously put! But, man, I'd love to hear Dave on the sax!
I must ask though, non of this is factual, correct? I know it's a stupid question, but just checking to see If I need to brush up on my Kinks knowledge.
It is factual. Keith Altham visited the Kinks in the studio in 1966 and wrote this article for the New Musical Express about his visit. Dave could indeed play the sax. According to Dave himself, tenor sax was the first instrument he took up.
@@YesterdaysPapers What really? How have I never heard this?
Beatles out of ideas in 66? Ah ah!!
Suspect..
This was right after the Beatles last tour in August ‘66 and they took two months off, which doesn’t seem like anything now, but at the time there was much speculation that they were breaking up. Of course now we know they were starting to work on Sgt. Pepper.
@@danieleskridge3180 Think about what it meant to take a 2 month break back then. The public didn’t see you. At all. Now we can’t get away from pop stars.
@@queenhenryviii, now, they'd post their 2 month sabatical on youtube.
They were about to record Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane & A Day in the Life! They were hardly "out of ideas".
Is that the correct pronunciation of Avory's name? :0)
The description is misleading crap
I like the Kinks, but I suspect I have very little englishness in me to be concerned about such matters.
Anyone know what the film being referred to at 2:04 is called?
It was a promo video for "Dead End Street". You can find it on youtube,
Village Green in 1966?
Yes, it seems he had already written the song in 1966.
I remember when Quaife left for good in '69 . The band were never the same again and pooled all their recources in cracking the U.S. ,
never mind how mediocre their output had to become. So much for Ray at "hating this business".
Besides their early 60's albums ,all you need of the Kinks is a "Greatest (60s) Hits" compilation including singles' B-sides.
Infested by "tourists".
What a bunch of dreary whining.
Bullshit