*First Time Listening to The KINKS* 🎵 YOU REALLY GOT ME Reaction

First Time Listening to The KINKS 🎵 YOU REALLY GOT ME Reaction

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This is our first time hearing The Kinks. You Really Got Me is an oddly familiar sounding song.
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@wompa70 2 жыл бұрын

This is like the original punk rock song. I love this one so much.

@module79l28 2 жыл бұрын

So "punky" that the Hammersmith Gorillas did a cover of it. : )

@chrisjamieson3452 2 жыл бұрын

1964. Dave Davies introduces the power chord to rock n rollers.

@eileendobbs8009 2 жыл бұрын

I think The Kinks are considered by many to be the roots of punk rock.

@sqidvishus 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely the first pop punk song to be aired on the radio.

@thgeremilrivera-thorsen9556 2 жыл бұрын

I came here to say this but you put it better

@mvellis3863 2 жыл бұрын

The Kinks are iconic and one of the best British bands of all time. Leader/lead vocalist Ray Davies is a songwriting genius, and his brother Dave Davies is an incredible (and underrated) guitarist.

@chrisbloomfield3350 2 жыл бұрын

Let's not add that Ray and Dave kinda hated each other. The original "Oasis"....

@mollyhall2954 2 жыл бұрын

@@ivanjulian2532 Page was still a session man at that point. He made fun of the song until it was a hit and then he tried to take credit. The brothers, notorious for fistfighting with each other and others, had to shut him up. He still Coyly let people think he something to do with the song when he had nothing to do with it. He was finally forced to say that. He's a strange man, with his occult interests, and interest in underage girls, and extreme fame, to still want credit for Dave Davies' guitar part on The Kinks' first hit.

@mollyhall2954 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisbloomfield3350 As brothers, and with Ray being bipolar at a time when there was no proper treatment, they made it through with alcohol, fistfighting and as Dave Davies said, "I hate Ray and I love Ray." They kept the band together from the '60s through the '90s, both having lots of kids to support, and they still get together for holidays and exchange gifts, just like most siblings who aren't millionaires! Oasis and Blur both owe them a lot! (Dead End Street video, House In The Country, listen to them talk about The Kinks)

@marke2452 Жыл бұрын

@@ivanjulian2532 Incorrect

@kevinm3428 2 жыл бұрын

The Kinks are one of the greatest bands of all time, with dozens of hits into the 1980's. Ray Davies is a song writing master.

@davidtingley9978 2 жыл бұрын

And dozens of other great songs that weren't hits.

@crazeyjoe 2 жыл бұрын

Destroyer!

@ericwalker8636 2 жыл бұрын

You called it once again, Lex! This is widely regarded as one of the seminal influences of what eventually became heavy metal. 👍

@Rock_Snob 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Jimi Page said they hung around with the Kinks cause that is where the hot chicks were!

@MadSlantedPowers 2 жыл бұрын

And punk as well.

@ericwalker8636 2 жыл бұрын

@@MadSlantedPowers Absolutely

@scottfrench4139 2 жыл бұрын

More so punk.

@josephstanton4872 2 жыл бұрын

Not heavy metal, you can make out the lyrics😎

@davescurry69 2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys, that song ,"You Really Got Me", was the birth of hard/heavy rock. The Kinks were true rock and roll innovators. Lex you were spot on about this being a precursor to metal. 1964 was 5 years before Woodstock. Check out "Waterloo Sunset", "Sunny Afternoon", "Shangri-La", "Days", "See My Friends" or "Dead End Street".

@craigplatel813 2 жыл бұрын

More like the early era of swinging London

@bigred3966 2 жыл бұрын

love how Ray would intro the song by calling it Van Halens biggest hit. lol

@Escapee5931 2 жыл бұрын

Great tune! I'd also like to see Brad's reaction to "Lola" by the same band - "So, what's this one about???"

@kengregory6026 2 жыл бұрын

lmao🤣

@stephenbrough8132 2 жыл бұрын

Next, we'll be challenging him to interpret St Cecilia's classic hit , "LEAP UP AND DOWN, WAVE YOUR KNICKERS IN THE AIR" OR anything by Hunt Lunt and Cunningham. (I've never actually HEARD anything by Hunt Lunt & Cunningham but I did keep stumbling on their adverts in NME but couldn;t find them on You Tube so I have no idea what they sound like. I thought it was law firm.

@mikecumbo7531 2 жыл бұрын

Or Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side”.

@bashirmussachand1738 2 жыл бұрын

Lola great song

@tripledistilled2822 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely, the College Students didn't get it haha!

@pauljansen1137 2 жыл бұрын

So many great songs to choose from...please take a listen to "Lola" or "All Day and all of the Night"!!!

@Falconer1128 2 жыл бұрын

"Come Dancing" is one of my favorites from them. But ...yeah... Lola would blow their minds. Would love to see that.

@stevend3753 2 жыл бұрын

Destroyer, Superman, Low Budget.

@thancrow 2 жыл бұрын

@@stevend3753 I saw them in concert for the Low Budget tour . Great concert.

@stevend3753 2 жыл бұрын

@@thancrow Nice!

@thancrow 2 жыл бұрын

@@stevend3753 It was. It was great to see one of the og original rockers

@peterthompson8014 2 жыл бұрын

This song was the birth of guitar distortion. Dave Davies the lead guitarist took a razor to the speaker of his amplifier to get that sound in 1964. The rest is history.

@TattiebogleYouTube 2 жыл бұрын

^ this

@TattiebogleYouTube 2 жыл бұрын

@@drcornelius8275 I'll need to check that out, cheers!

@SevenHunnid 2 жыл бұрын

You think i should quit KZfaq lol?..

@betsyduane3461 2 жыл бұрын

No it wasn't, distortion dates back to the 40's. Others cut their speakers before that.

@ralphkern380 2 жыл бұрын

@@betsyduane3461 One early example was (believe it or not) Marty Robbins 1961 hit DON'T WORRY 'BOUT ME ... If you skip to the 1:26 mark . . . . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h5iHdaWUrZyzgIk.html

@jessii27star 2 жыл бұрын

The Kinks! Love this band...there are many more to listen to. Lola, Father Christmas, A Well Respected Man...They started up in 1963 and are pretty much a legendary band.

@nightwood4379 2 жыл бұрын

“The Kinks are the Preservation Society” a favorite.

@rogerkelly7988 2 жыл бұрын

Keeping it in the 60s and Lex's head is bopping

@themusicbehindthegirl2335 2 жыл бұрын

Your ear and instincts are spot on, again. “You Really Got Me” not only brought distorted guitar to the masses it’s the genesis of all things hard and heavy in rock and, as the legend goes, it was an act of aggression from Kinks guitarist Dave Davies (by slashing the speaker cone) that created the gnarlier tone and started an amplifier revolution in the process. Try VAN HALEN's version, it's kick-ass!

@andyallan2909 2 жыл бұрын

Try "Days," "Waterloo Sunset," "Sunny Afternoon," "Dedicated Follower of Fashion," "Dead End Street," "Lola," so many to choose from ...

@chrisjamieson3452 2 жыл бұрын

God's Children from Arthur. Ah ha ha ha ha. Strange movie.

@stephenbrough8132 2 жыл бұрын

I felt a right birk thinking I'd put SUNNY AFTERNOON in on karaoke, only to realize I'd written LAZY SUNDAY - dunno why i get those two mixed up - one's easy to sing - the other is not and requires a convincing Cockney accent - which I don;t have (my name is NOT Michael Caine) - you don't half feel a DH trying to sing a song you've never even tried before and doing the worst Cockney accent since Dick Van Dyke.

@Seanriver316 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, my favorite band! Alot of people give these guys credit for innovating and being the first band to use the "power chord", something heard in most rock songs.

@johnr.8275 2 жыл бұрын

One of my very favorites, too. I feel very lucky to have gotten to see them live!

@brianfisher6165 2 жыл бұрын

The Kinks were a fantastic band that had many hits over many years!!! I've loved this song since I was around 3 or 4. They were Hugh part of the early-mid 60's British Invasion with the Rolling Stone, The Beatles, The Animals, The Yardbirds, The Hollies, The Who, The Zombies and a few others. I saw them at The Fabulous Forum in 1980 and then I saw Ray Davies at The House of Blues on Sunset in Hollywood in around 1995. They are incredible entertaining!!!👌👍✌😁

@nightwood4379 2 жыл бұрын

Saw them in the sixties and again in the 80s in L.A. Ray Davies a legend….

@surlechapeau 2 жыл бұрын

B&L, you'll love their "All Day And All Of The Night", "Better Things" and many more. They are music pioneers. Great guitar riffs on this one and "All Day..."

@vicprovost2561 2 жыл бұрын

Lex and many comments are right, this song is often cited as a main springboard to hard rock and heavy metal to come. For a similar influence track, try the extended version of Kick Out the Jams by the MC5, it is a pioneering track that is absolute fire. Enjoy! 🎸

@cjhere2224 2 жыл бұрын

I tried pushing MC5 in the past. Hopefully it makes it one day. Pioneers.

@vicprovost2561 2 жыл бұрын

@@cjhere2224 That extended version of Kick Out the Jams is epic and a big influense for hard rock, heavy metal and punk to come. Amazing stuff they need to hear. Rock On! 🎸

@vicprovost2561 2 жыл бұрын

@@cjhere2224 That extended version of Kick Out the Jams is epic and a springboard for hard rock, heavy metal and punk to come. Amazing stuff they need to hear. Rock On! 🎸

@MrWalkingguy 2 жыл бұрын

Early experiments with guitar distortion. It rocks!

@bothellkenmore 2 жыл бұрын

The evolution of Rock in the 60's astounds me. 5 years later we had Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Must have been LSD LOL.

@aucourant9998 2 жыл бұрын

The Kinks, a great band, loved in Britain at the time and very influential.

@benshafer5198 2 жыл бұрын

It's hard not to have heard this one, at some point lol. On Van Halen's first album they have a dual track of Eruption & a cover of this song together (Eruption/You Really Got Me Now), & it was super popular. I know you've done the live extended Eruption reaction, but the studio version is a lot more condensed and planned out and along with this was it totally ROCKS! I know some will say it's blasphemous, but I like the VH version of this song better. Amazing dual track & def worth checking out. Cheers!

@unholydriver4987 2 жыл бұрын

Oh the VH version is world's better, IMO. I find this one boring and monotonous.

@HollowGolem 2 жыл бұрын

@@unholydriver4987 This was also, depending on who you ask, literally the first "hard rock" song. Ever.

@alanskidadomdom3748 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. That's definitely blasphemous!😁😁😁

@HollowGolem 2 жыл бұрын

@@alanskidadomdom3748 The thing is, in a vacuum, sure, Van Halen's sounds better, after rock playing and production had gone through a frenzied decade of evolution. And Van Halen WAS doing something pretty new at the time (Akkerman and some jazz dudes paved the way, but Eddie brought that style of playing into mainstream rock). But the original, in the context of 1964, blew the goddamn roof off of the genre. We're talking about most people''s first exposure to power chords. At all.

@JoeR203 2 жыл бұрын

@@unholydriver4987 Same with White Lion's version of Radar Love. SO much better than the original by Golden Earring.

@christym1974 2 жыл бұрын

I love some golden oldies! Makes you want to move! My dad ensured that I knew all of these by heart!

@dmn23 2 жыл бұрын

Ray Davies is a genius songwriter. It's difficult to overstate the influence of The Kinks and this song in particular - "You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night" are arguably two of the reasons punk and heavy metal exist. The Kinks moved on from this style and they often get overlooked, but their influence was enormous.

@arnthorla 2 жыл бұрын

This makes me think how wild the Stooges must have sounded at the time '69 with I wanna be your dog. - You guys will be surprised how wild that song is for its time.

@finbarrsaunders 2 жыл бұрын

Lex, for a first time listening to these tunes, your ear and your insights really are remarkable. "...they're leading up to metal..." This riff apparently was the first intentional use of guitar distortion on a record. So you were absolutely right! The kinks are an amazing band. Fun and clever and creative and full of surprises in their songs. I hope you'll be checking out more from them.

@LordEriolTolkien 2 жыл бұрын

This and the Beatles Helter Skelter both prefigure metal by a few years

@kJ922-h3j 2 жыл бұрын

Ok we need Brad to react to Lola, with the lyrics up, it will be amazing to witness lol

@alabhaois Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen them half a dozen times live and they never fail to deliver!!! My favourite group. 👍😎

@ronaldmorgan7632 2 жыл бұрын

It was great to be a kid back then. We all gathered around the TV and watched the Beatles first appearance in America. Then the Kinks, Stones, and the Who all became big shortly thereafter. Then, in the second half of the 60s the music started reflecting drugs and the war while I had little idea of what the world was really like as I rode my bike around the neighborhood and played football in the streets. :)

@stephenbrough8132 2 жыл бұрын

I remember telling my older sisters I'd just seen an old man and woman on READY STEADY GO -it was sonny & cher. I was only about 6.

@mikecaetano 2 жыл бұрын

British Invasion! Some credit then session player Jimmy Page with the solo on this, but I'm not keeping score. Whatever the case, that solo still totally screams with energy fifty plus years later. When you're ready for more from The Kinks, check out "Waterloo Sunset", "Victoria", "Tired of Waiting for You", "I'm Not Like Everybody Else", "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" (Van Halen covered this one too!), and from 1977, their evergreen holiday banger, "Father Christmas" -- the video for that is a good one to see what the band looked like back then.

@craigplatel813 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy didn't do the solo. As a session musician he did some bass work on a couple earlier songs. He has definitely stated he didn't do the solo.

@edwardjons8684 2 жыл бұрын

@@craigplatel813 i was about to say the same. Page didnt play on this and has said as much on many occasions. Dave Davies was a great guitar player in his own right and deserves the respect for the solo.

@gunterreihnhol6507 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Now Brad can decipher the lyrics to Lola from same band. It will be a hoot.

@dazzanomas9418 2 жыл бұрын

Recorded before guitar distortion was invented, they damaged the front cone of the amp to get this distorted guitar sound and all of a sudden every guitar player wanted that sound.

@vivianphillips8519 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for that bit of information. I'd never heard this before.

@user-ei8ye8yn7p 2 жыл бұрын

I see The Kinks,i push like.One of the most significant and influential British bands ever! They poured out rythm and they became the front liners of their musical era.Pure talent and a unique and pioneering pop rock sound from both the Davies brothers and the whole band, coming from a poor family.They changed music..

@kevanfarrell2819 2 жыл бұрын

Ray Davies is one of the greatest and prolific song writers of all time. He deserves much more recognition for his contribution to rock.

@johnr.8275 2 жыл бұрын

According to Ray Davies, they had one shot at recording this, and they did it live for the most part. When the time for the guitar solo came, he looked (or shouted, depending on which version he tells) across the studio at his brother Dave, to encourage him before his big solo. As Ray says it on the fantastic "The Storyteller" album: "Halfway through the song it was time for Dave's guitar solo. This moment had to be right. So I shouted across the studio to Dave, to give him encouragement. But I seemed to spoil his concentration. He looked at me with a dazed expression and yelled, "F*ck off!!!" If you doubt me, if you doubt what I'm saying, I challenge you to listen to the original Kinks recording of 'You Really Got Me'. Halfway through the song, after the second chorus, before the guitar solo, there's a drum break. Boo ka, boo boo ka, boo ka, boo boo. And in the background you can hear "f*ck off!!" (Laughing) You can, you can! When I did the vocal I tried to cover it up by going "Oh no", but in the background you still hear it: "f*ck off!!". And it's even clearer on CD, it's really embarrassing."

@jamesdrynan Жыл бұрын

The beginning of raunchy with a capital R! Raw and balls-to-the-wall recording! A guitar solo out beyond Pluto! Whoo! What a band!

@sjames1955 2 жыл бұрын

This is the first metal song ever and was absolutely revolutionary in its time. The Kinks were teenagers when they wrote and recorded this. It was a number 1 hit and launched their legendary career. They are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and leader Ray Davies was eventually knighted for his contribution to music so now he's Sir Raymond Douglas Davies, CBE.

@yoseffeigenbaum9639 2 жыл бұрын

Sir Ray Davies wrote so many great songs. Brother Dave was 15 when this was recorded. This song was WAY ahead of its time. A tribute to the Kinks' influence is how many bands have covered their material.

@whathahk 2 жыл бұрын

Kinks 1963-1996 "You Really Got Me" was written by Ray Davies, the Kinks' vocalist and main songwriter, sometime between 9 and 12 March 1964! He was a Guitarist and the father of "Distortion" which many use to this day!

@stevend3753 2 жыл бұрын

Also from The Kinks, Destroyer, Superman, and Low Budget!

@sourisvoleur4854 2 жыл бұрын

The Kinks were the garage band of the British Invasion. That's not a bad thing. Great raw sound on this and other songs.

@artbagley1406 7 ай бұрын

The Kinks' "You Really Got Me" (1964) has been covered by many bands; here are some: Mott the Hoople (1969), Oingo Boingo (1981), Van Halen (1978), even Alvin & The Chipmunks (2009). I didn't look to see what movies the song has been used in. Love the syncopation and off-beat accentuations in the lyrics. Lex just loves to rock out!!! GO, GAL!!!

@chrisrichardson5641 2 жыл бұрын

The Kinks are truly fantastic!!! I would love to hear this band for the first time again!

@SG-js2qn 2 жыл бұрын

This is 1964, the last year of what I'd call early or pre-modern rock. They're still singing about teen life to teens. Starting in 1965, rock begins a transformation, into a more mature musical style for adults.

@briarpatch720 2 жыл бұрын

good ear Lex. yes one could consider this the birthplace of hard rock/heavy metal. the distorted power cords created from the mutilated amp was adopted by virtually all the hard rock / metal bands and is the basis to the heavy sound of the genre. many have falsely claimed over the years that it was actually done by jimmy page in the studio before he joined the yardbirds and formed led zeppelin. Page did a lot of work on the kinks albums when he was a studio musician and even though he was heavily experimenting with distortion at the time , he did not do this particular one. he has confirmed this again and again in interviews.

@scapito 2 жыл бұрын

So happy to see you two continuing to listen to some of the recommendations from the stream. Kinks were a big influence in creating the punk genre. Courtney Love (Cobain's wife) from Hole (considered more alt/grunge/post-punk) sounds like she sings with the same kind of phrasing. Their song 'Doll Parts' I think it's a good example.

@JJ8KK 2 жыл бұрын

This song came out the same year The Beatles exploded onto the American Music Scene; the Kinks were part of "The British Invasion." Just by listening, you can see how The Kinks probably had a greater influence on what happened to "Rock & Roll" over the next decade than The Beatles. The Beatles were unique, featured vocal harmonies that few succeeding bands were able to match. But The Kinks were able to produce that raw energy from guitar chords you can dance to at, starting a trend..

@heliotropezzz333 2 жыл бұрын

Their manager at the time suggested the name The Kinks but I can't remember why. There was an explanation given in the musical about the band which is called 'Sunny Afternoon' (named after one of their songs). Apparently Ray Davies (lead singer and songwriter) said he never liked the name. They didn't want to be thought of as kinky but it was good for publicity.

@neshobanakni 2 жыл бұрын

Dave Daviess, inventor of guitar distortion! He slashed the speaker cone on a cheap amplifier with a razor blade to get that sound.

@maryreilly5092 Жыл бұрын

I was a little girl, maybe 5 or 6, when this song came out. I remember hearing it on the radio and I loved it. Who knew that 10+ yrs later, I would still be jamming to their later music in the 80's that was also fantastic!

@jimakcelik6486 2 жыл бұрын

The Kinks were a radically different sound, their beat from the 60's became punk rock in the 80's with the new bands, the Ramones, and the Clash. "Lola" is one of my all time favorite songs.

@didierchapelot5671 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Lex is right, it's the precursor of the metal. The original source: a riff

@danielswood 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this - I love the Kinks and their originality. Especially Ray Davies' voice. Try Waterloo Sunset - it's very pretty.

@lyndadowns4876 Жыл бұрын

Days

@Falconer1128 2 жыл бұрын

I believe Van Halen does a cover of this that you may recognize more. I THINK it was Van Halen that did the cover. Not certain.

@Falconer1128 2 жыл бұрын

@@MajorImpact ah. Thank you.

@madmitch3365 2 жыл бұрын

There were others such as “Pretty Woman”, “Dancing in the Streets”, “You’re No Good”, “Ice Cream Man”.

@loisrogers2511 2 жыл бұрын

Lovin it! Haven't heard this in years!

@dzorba1 2 жыл бұрын

We had so many bands in the 70's it's hard to keep up with all of them. You guys really been rocking out lately.

@JayCross 2 жыл бұрын

There are soooo many great Kinks songs. Lola is their biggest hit, but also try: This Time Tomorrow, Sunny Afternoon, Wish I Could Fly Like Superman, Celluloid Heroes, Jack the Idiot Dunce, Waterloo Sunset, Muswell Hillbillies, etc.

@paulsmith2516 2 жыл бұрын

This is the birth of hard rock right here. First record EVER to feature a distorted guitar sound. Dave Davies wanted to change the tone of his guitar on this so he took a razor blade to the speaker cone of his amp to make it sound this way. The rest was rock n roll history.

@stuartharrison165 2 жыл бұрын

All the 60s Kinks singles are magic , See My Friends , Tired Of Waiting , Dead End Street , heaps of others . 60s Who was also great .

@lbh002 2 жыл бұрын

I became familiar with this song only after Van Halen covered it in 1978 on their eponymous debut album. Oingo Boingo also covered it on their 1981 album Only a Lad.

@michaelgrabner8977 2 жыл бұрын

"Lola" was the biggest hit of "The Kinks"...But my personal favourite "The Kinks" song is "Pictures of matchstick men" and a melody section of that song was then used 2002 by the group "Death in Vegas feat Liam Gallagher" as song melody for their song "Scorpio Rising" which also a great song.

@wildershoney2439 2 жыл бұрын

We used to sing this on the bus on trips and the driver did too! When school was fun and people weren't so touchy. 💜 This was the 80's so life was good.

@wesleywalker5436 2 жыл бұрын

What Dave Davies lead guitarist did was revolutionary at the time . He sliced his speaker with a razor blade to create that distorted guitar sound that changed the game. He was 17 years old at the time.

@davidmckie7128 2 жыл бұрын

"Lazing On A Sunny Afternoon" and "Waterloo Sunset" also by the Kinks are worthy of a listen

@kerrylewis2581 2 жыл бұрын

Another great live band. Yes, I'm that old boys and girls. The Kinks are incredible

@tomfagrell7357 2 жыл бұрын

It’s funny that you said that it’s leaning into metal - it’s very possible that there would be no metal if it weren’t for this song.

@RICHIEV333 2 жыл бұрын

Great reaction, This is the beginning of the 'distorted guitar' sound, (The guitar player cut the speaker in his amp with a knife) You should try, ("All of the day and all of the night" from the same era. "Give the people what they want" later kinks. "Come Dancing" for a little bit of fun. and "Lola")

@tomnunamaker9801 2 жыл бұрын

1964 was pre-hippy era. I don't know that you can pick a date or even a year, but I have always considered the 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival in Monterrey, Ca. as the the first Hippy concert.

@wulfgreyhame6857 2 жыл бұрын

Guitarist Dave Davies (brother of front man and writer Ray) got his sound on this track by taking a razor blade to the cones on the speakers.

@darwinmaus1083 Жыл бұрын

Years ago (when I was young & at a party) and this song came = DANCE SONG == Grab a Girl and DANCE 😁😁😁😁😁😁

@dagrizz-ek4ih 2 жыл бұрын

But what flavor is it Lex?? Love you guys and thanks for sharing!! You bring a smile to my day!

@tomedelinski9234 2 жыл бұрын

A masterpiece by one of the greatest bands of the sixties. This was a time when all your talent and creativity had to be compressed into 2 minutes and 50 seconds or less or NO RADIO PLAY. Do it and get out. That in itself is was an incredible challenge. And once again, Lex's intuition and insight is remarkable. To be the "kinks" in the sixties had to be incredibly kinky. Amen.

@ralphgomez6251 2 жыл бұрын

This what they call "Garage Music". They are the fourth best Rock Band of all time behind The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Kinks.

@ralphgomez6251 2 жыл бұрын

And The Who

@ZebuNation 2 жыл бұрын

Check out the Van Halen version of this song that they play after Eruption on their first album. (Eruption/You Really Got Me Now) It's only the 2 minute version of Eruption that leads into You Really Got Me Now.

@nayf7682 2 жыл бұрын

My second favourite band of all time! So many classics

@raye402 Жыл бұрын

Issued in 1964 on Pye. Records also got the LP “You really got me “🇬🇧

@DaytonaGrey-RS5 2 жыл бұрын

The Kinks were not just around in the 60's. They played and made many more hits into current years. Check out 'Come dancing' from the 80's. A few decades from this and still good.

@edbluez99 2 жыл бұрын

Saw the KINKS live and before they played this song they mentioned Van Halen's cover. They said "now we show you how to do it". They cranked up the sound and played a much harder version than this. It was awesome.

@justpassingthrough3657 2 жыл бұрын

Lola is a must, Brad will trip on the lyrics, Lex will love the sound

@fghgffgvbgh Жыл бұрын

that guitar short solo is so perfect

@BigToeify 2 жыл бұрын

This song came out at least three years before hippies were even a thing. This was right after the Beatles came to America for the first time. This is straight up British Invasion rock.

@jamessomers8808 2 жыл бұрын

Love these guys

@deedoublejay 2 жыл бұрын

1964 is before the hippies. They came around not too long after. The Kinks have a lot of great tunes. Everyone will ask for "Lola" (from 1970, I think). "All Day and All of the Night" is another garage rock classic. "Sunny Afternoon", "Waterloo Sunset" and "Lazy Old Sun" are some favourites. "Come Dancing" is a bop from 1980.

@62impalaconvert 2 жыл бұрын

Part of the "British Invasion" of the mid 60's, I remember it well. The Beatles, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five and dozens more great groups.

@reverandbigshow8171 2 жыл бұрын

I remember my parents giving me a staking single record player when I was 6yrs old along with a waste paper basket full of singles that they had collected. I went through that pile of records and found this gem. It has always been one of my favourite songs from the '60s and was probably the benchmark for all the music I got into growing up...,Which is why I'm such a huge Metalhead!

@elgonwilliams7624 2 жыл бұрын

The first use of a distorted guitar in a rock song. The effect was produced by cutting into the walls of a speaker cone. It changed everything! Definitely ahead of its time.

@13terapyn 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this song as a kid. Van Halen's excellent 1978 cover blew my 12 year old mind!

@lynchmob72 2 жыл бұрын

You may have heard the Van Halen version of this song during a commercial they used to run during Football games. It had Barbie and GI Joe dolls in it.

@dougca7086 2 жыл бұрын

They will call The Kinks 2 promote their innocence they were part of the British Invasion in 63 and 64 along with the Beatles and other bands

@Isleofskye 2 жыл бұрын

Good Reaction Guys. One of a zillion great groups to come out of London in The 1960s onwards....:) 5 years before Woodstock :)

@nicholasgordon2232 2 жыл бұрын

Another great kinks song “Strangers” that you guys should check that out if you’re planning on doing them again ! Love your reactions guys!

@conureron3792 2 жыл бұрын

The first fuzzy distortion. Lead guitarist sliced the speaker in his amplifier to create the sound.

@donutsgoboom2735 2 жыл бұрын

They took razor blades to their speakers/amps to get that distorted/fuzz guitar sound! Plus they were the original band with the warring/hating brothers in. At 15 alongside Smells Like Teen Spirits, couple of Sex Pistols numbers, this and 'All day and all of the night', plus Enter Sandman, were the 5 songs my band played. The UK roots of indie, punk and metal here folks! This shit inspired, and will inspire, countless bands from here to infinity!

@davorcihak7330 Жыл бұрын

This song is special because there is no distortion on the guitar, but the guitarist cut the membrane of the amplifier with a knife to get the distortion of sound

@thannaske5371 2 жыл бұрын

This was from BEFORE the Hippies! They were still Beatniks, just starting to become Hippies. I think the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Tests of 1965 officially launched the Hippie Era.

@robertlear2735 2 жыл бұрын

This was a huge hit when it came out

@6753abc 2 жыл бұрын

One of the better groups of that time

@s.mcpherson6354 2 жыл бұрын

To put this song in context, five years earlier, the biggest songs were things like "Venus," by Frankie Avalon, or "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin, or anything by The Everly Brothers. When people thought about the genre that would become rock, they thought of stuff like Rock around the Clock, which is a long ways from this. Relatively speaking, to people back then, this would have sounded like punk did, to people in the 80's, who were coming out of disco.

@SeaToSkyImages 2 жыл бұрын

This predates the hippy movement by a year or two. There were hippies around, but it wasn't until they sort of morphed together with the beatnik subculture that the hippy movement exploded in to the scene around 1966 . The Kinks were a revolutionary band for the time. Definitely a setter of trends.

@nemosays6337 2 жыл бұрын

Songs were very simple in the 60's a catchy tune and amazing guitar riff or solo maybe an organ and it was all about love fun and dance, freedom being the main theme; they literally could make a catchy chorus the whole damn song!

@donaldb1 2 жыл бұрын

Strange voice? Perhaps because Ray Davies was unusual for a British rocker of the time in singing in his own (London) accent, rather in than the transatlantic style of the Beatles or the Stones.

@gregpusczek4473 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant blast from the past

@ballsyrocker 2 жыл бұрын

This song probably sounds familiar since Van Halen did a cover of it in an early album. You had to hear it somewhere then. Ray Davies is singing lead on this song. I'm a young 72, Our rock band, Deep River Rock Band, did this song back in 1968. Indiana.

@rtfazeberdee3519 2 жыл бұрын

One of the first records to introduce a form of distortion .e. Dave Davies sliced the speaker cone for that unique sound

@happilyeggs4627 2 жыл бұрын

Some songs you know are precursors to heavy rock. They aren't the fathers of heavy, rock but you know without them heavy rock would never have been born. The Kinks "You Really Got Me", is part of that evolution. Another track that is a part of that precursor lineage is The Kingsmen, "Louie Louie".