Most underrated band of all time. The media missed them but the fans didnt. God save the Kinks! Go down their rabbit hole see for yourself young man.

This was my wedding song. It started out as our Saturday morning wake ‘n bake cleaning house song. She been gone less than a year and this song still makes me happy.

Ray Davies is just simply one of the very best writers in Rock.

Celluloid Hero’s,you won’t regret it..I’m probably not the only one saying it too

Kinks were the legends living in the shadow of the Beatles and Stones during the British Invasion.

Love The Kinks Ray is a songwriting genuis

For me it's the four greats: Beatles, Stones, Who, Kinks. Couldn't live without any of them :)

Kinks are FUN...! Lots of fun Music. Low Budget, Lola, many others.... One of the few bands from the United Kingdom that you can actually hear an English Accent...!

It's so great to see young people appreciating the music we grew up on. The Kinks WERE different and deserve to be in the discussion about the all-time greatest rock bands.

Yeah I’m on a The Kinks obsession currently good to see you liking it.💥

There are many great songs by The Kinks. This & "Sunny Afternoon" are perhaps my favourites.

The KINKS are a very unusual, very BRITISH band. From YOU REALLY GOT ME, to WATERLOO SUNSET, to LOLA (contemporary of this song), to LIVING ON A THIN LINE, you'll find a wide range of music. If you like the humor in this song, check out Harry Nilsson's COCONUT. ("Put the lime in the coconut, mix it all up... I said DOCTOR is there nothing you can do, I said DOCTOOOR!!! He says to 'take two aspirin and call me in the morning!' ")

Absolutely a top Kink's tune for me. Whimsy, truth and great musicians make this a treasure.

The absolute 💯 most underrated band of all-time!! Bar none

I think ya'll would really like the song "20th Century Man" off of the Kinks Muswell Hillbillies album. It fits right in with your comments. Love the Kinks. Been one of my absolute favorite bands since I first bought one of their albums in 1964. Cheers mate

Listen to their "Muswell Hillbillies" album in it's entirety. An absolute MASTERPIECE. Straight-talk 😀

like everyone else has said the Kinks are fun to listen to and very enjoyable, they had so much great music, I'm looking forward to hearing more in the future.

Hi Lee! I can’t believe I had this in my head this morning! LOVE the Kinks! Used to sing this in my early teens with my brother listening to the radio! Thank you SO much for reacting to this! LOVE your channel! Peace and Blessings to you and your family from Australia!

One of their first hits "A Well Respected Man" is a typical Kinksian (is that a word?) look at British society at the time and is another great Kinks song.

I still sing this song, walking around at work. Maybe 40 or 45 years since I had the LP, but so unforgettable!

Ray Davies is a master of creating wonderfully catchy melodies. The Kinks are just awesome. This was a great album too, by the way. Dave's "Strangers" is one of his best.

Such a great band so original just no one like. One of the best nights ever was Ray unplugged, he played and told very cool stories started at 8: at almost 1:am he was still chatting, we had to tell him the subway was closing 😂 I cherish it

Shangri-La is one of my favorite songs… For some reason it’s a lesser known one by the kinks, but you should check it out, it’s fantastic

One of their best. Light-hearted and catchy as hell.

When I was older, in my early 20s, I asked my dad, what he thought was the best band or his favorite band, he said the Kinks. I thought that was really cool, because yeah they’re awesome, but they’re not my favorite band. And it made me think about it and I still think about it 30 years later. Like he could appreciate them on another level.

"Celluloid Heroes" is a great song.

Love the KINKS. Saw them in 1972 in England. Keep going, .... they're Fab! As others have said: YOU REALLY GOT ME / LOLA ........

Very creative and fun song. What a great band The Kinks are. One of my favourites.

Yes, I love both Low Budget and Celluloid Heroes

Hey Lee! Like The Beatles The Kinks have so much to explore! Long live The British Invasion❗️❗️❗️😎

Awesome! One of their many, many hits. This one would be on my list too.

"This Time Tomorrow" is another fantastic Kinks song...

They even have a hilarious Christmas song. Cynical yet funny. Don't wait for December to hear it.

Paranoia, Deep Destroyer is a banger!

Can't believe you haven't listened to their first hit "You Really Got Me" yet. BTW Mick was the Stones drummer before Charlie.

"Apeman" is the 2nd best song on the album (Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One). "Lola" is 3rd best. Best: "Powerman" (hint... hint). And anything off the Low Budget album, especially "Low Budget" itself, "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" and "A Gallon of Gas". Peace, love and bellbottoms from Canada. Kinks forever!

This song is so easy and fun to play. It's gets peoples attention for sure.

Always loved this one! The Kinks rock!

When I am asked Beatles or Rolling Stones, my answer is The Kinks

Oh wow you got some rabbit hole there . Love the kinks

Love this song! Thanks for reacting to it. 🤘

This is the title song in the Robin Williams flick "Club Paradise".

Celluloid Heroes is up there with the best of the best. Listen to the live version.

This album sort of set the pattern for Kinks music throughout the 70's. Keep going with them and see!

You're so right about The Kinks, they're one of the best. This entire album, Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround, is amazing. It's a concept album taking on the music industry. It's an album worthy of a deep dive. Another incredible track from the Muswell Hillbillies album is 20th Century Man, I know you'll love it!

Check out the song A Gallon of Gas, very bluesy.

Dave Davies gave us the first distorted guitar "you really got me."

great tune......try celluliod heros by kinks

The song is a reflection of the Back To The Land movement of the hippie era, which was somewhat unrealistic at times, but still a good principle to aspire to - not unlike today's minimalist approach. The Kinks' 1968 album Village Green Preservation Society was seen by some as an English take on Back To The Land, in that it idealized the rural English village and the characters in it.

This is a Top 10 song from them, right up there with Celluloid Heros and Ducks on the Wall. The first Earth Day had just happened in April and the Cold War was still a threat at the time. Ray was talking about real things in the real world. This didn't get a lot of air play due to his dropping of the F bomb in the song.

Oh man….if you want to hear the rocking side of “The Kinks” please check out these 4 tracks off their live album (One For The Road) 1980 1) All Day And All Of The Night - “Live” at Rutgers University, New Brunswick N.J. March 1979 2) Low Budget - “Live” at Providence Civic Center, Providence R.I. Sept. 1979 3) You Really Got Me - “Live” at Lowell Memorial Auditorium , Lowell Ma. March 1979 4) Victoria - “Live” at Volkshaus, Zürich Switzerland Nov. 1979 ……these tracks were frequently played on Rock radio in the Boston area back in the early 80’s. I was actually in the audience for the shows in Lowell & Providence 🎸 ❤🔥 This hard rock version of The Kinks is my favorite ❤️🎸🤘🏼

I'm a KinK head from way back. This is good. Celulloid Heroes.

God Save The Kinks! Agreed on both of those suggestions, especially Low Budget. Another great societal criticism. See also Superman.

Been enjoying you channel. Although I feel that the Beatles were the best band of the 1960’s by a considerable margin, instead it’s the Kinks that I come back to time and time again. Just something about them.

Love the Kinks, and they've got such a great and varied catalog. I'll let everyone else recommend the hits, but I'll toss out Life On The Road (from Sleepwalkers) and Headmaster (from Schoolboys in Disgrace) if you want to check out a great deeper cut or two! And yeah, Celluloid Heroes is a must, and Low Budget is a lot of fun too!

I adore The Kinks, and I'd like to hear your reaction to anything from their Muswell Hillbillies album. Check out Ray's "Americana" solo album too.

I recommed "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us" by the Sparks

I recently read a list, by a Brit, of the Top 100 Kinks songs. My 3 faves fell at #99, N/L and N/L. British Kinks fans go for the lighter, folkier tracks; Americans go for the harder stuff.

Please listen to Shangri-La by the Kinks. It is an amazing song.

Twentieth Century Man and Shangri La!!!!

You could do a whole channel on The Kinks!

Gotta do "Powerman" from the same album!

The Kinks are always on my playlist. ✌️♥️🎶

The Kinks are my second favorite band in the world. I think Ray has written more songs than anyone else in the rock world. I've always loved this song. We used to do it when I was in a band and at the very end I would sing over the last few notes, Neanderthal.

Superman is pretty cool too.

I don't want to die in a nuclear war either. Let's start a commune. Maybe in Vermont?✌️♥️🍏

Good follow up is “Muswell Hillbilly”.

God Save The Kinks!

Destroyer

You need to try REO Speed wagon golden country

Celluloid Heroes is great. Look into British rock bands The Move and ELO.

Another important take away from this song is that "Fear" is not new. At least we had positive fun songs addressing our concerns, back in the day!!!👌👌👍👍✌✌😁😁

Paranoia, Deep Destroyer

You seem to be someone who might appreciate some 'Post Toastee' by the Late Tommy Bolin?

I'd forgotten this one. Ray's songwriting is so counter cultural, taking humorous sideswipes at trendy fads and hypocrisies ("I think I'm so educated and so sophisticated 'cause I'm a strict vegetarian" 😅) without being preachy or boring. Their music obviously draws on rock and roll but it's also rooted in folk and music hall (vaudeville) traditions with his very British whimsy and gentle irony. Great that you're exploring deeper into their work.

Sunny Afternoon is another excellent Kinks song. On a different note, another song that is eminently humable is Jimmy Buffet's tongue in cheek "Volcano".

Ray Davies is a master satirist in song.

Come on everybody! Become a super patreon and help this man and his family. For the cost of a Happy Meal.

The Kinks are amazing. I can't wait til you get to late 70s and 80s Kinks. They get a little heavier.

I believe it's Dav-ees

holy shit Low Budget man oh mann...

This is really ironical stuff about failing of human species

Why the vocals were recorded so low I'll never know. Such a fun song, but you can barely hear Ray!

Dav-eees

Ray Davies (DAY veez)

Is the air pollution foggin' up his eyes or fuckin' up his eyes?

My favorite song on the radio as a 10 year old back in 1970