Yes so true

They use too yell from the audience "God Save The Kinks"!

theyre both amazing, and yeah smart and well read too.

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Welcome to the fan club, from a senior ... way too senior :) ... member.

The Kinks will live forever, and only we, the fortunate ones , are blessed with ears to eyes keen enough to recognize the special nature and songs of Ray and Dave. I’ve been listening to The Kinks for over 40 years now. JOK

THESE GUYS ARE THE BEST!!!

Welcome to the club. Their records from 65 to72 are unbelievable. I am 39. My favourite band ever

Make sure u listen to Something Else, Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur & Lola Vs Powerman for the full conversion to the Kinkdom!

@MiamiBeach xxx To each his own. The Beatles lyrics we're too drenched in drugs compared to the Kinks.

@MiamiBeach xxx To each his own. The Beatles lyrics we're too drenched in drugs compared to the Kinks.

@MiamiBeach xxx not really below them though. Plus your comparing a duo of writers to Ray, if Ray had someone of his caliber writing with him your comparison would be a bit more fair. Dave Davies did write good songs but to keep the Beatles analog going Dave was more like George. Great songs but not full albums consistently.

Love the Kinks but this is a lip synch

Elvis Costello and Ron Sexsmith!

Dylan, Young for starters

@@philcollins884 Dylan, for sure. Can’t agree with Young despite him being my top 10. Davies is leagues above Young regarding storytelling.

.....America, was NO slouch EITHER.....

@@ogam5 English speaking countries in general excelled in rock from the 60’d-90’s. England was clearly number one by far, followed by America/Australia depending on your taste. Canada, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, and others all have some great rock as well. In my opinion, the worst at it was Ireland, and even they had Thin Lizzy and The Cranberries!

@@allbottledup9513: AS to Australia, The Easybeats were BIG rock pioneers (but RARELY recognized as such by MOST music historians.....)

@@ogam5Agreed. Australia had great rock for days. AC/DC, INXS, Cold Chisel, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Crowded House, Easybeats, Hoodoo Guru’s, Powderfinger, Skyhooks, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and The Go-Betweens. The Go-Betweens definitely are more pop than rock but they have their rocking hits. Australia has been chalkfull of great music, it’s a shame they don’t get the respect England and America do.

Hmm... I think that Davies was a better lyricist than any of the Beatles and his (60s) music was nearly as good. I think The Kinks' 60s music was better than The Stones and The Who and that Davies was the equal of Jagger and Richards and Townshend as a lyricist. However, this song... I think that Charlie Watts could've written it. 😆

@@blackmore4 I partly agree. I think Kinks had the best 60’s music OVERALL, despite The Who and Beatles occasionally outshining them. All four bands are spectacular of course, but the Stones and Who didn’t hit their prime until the 70’s by which time the Beatles were already gone. To me, the really impressive part is the sheer amount of great material the Kinks continued to put out - twice the material of The Who and Beatles, 3x as good as anything the Stones ever did with select exceptions! For context on my opinions, for me it goes The Who, The Kinks, The Beatles and lastly the Stones! All great!

Totally agree! 👍🏻

yup, check out their early stuff. pure punk...limited chords, atonal sometimes. Later they got more melodic, they are ever changing and evolving.

Indeed

Truly!!!

Few here are aware of the song you're referring to.

Only the lead vocal was live.

Both show the band's deep musical dynamics and lyric storytelling talents...

None of it was live. Both songs had a full compliment of backup singing. But you can tell they set out to make it look live with all their equipment and the guitars were even plugged in.

ray you mean..although i like daves stuff too

Tens of millions of records sold. I am so tired of the word "underrated" being used for so many successful acts. Maybe the meanings of words are underrated?

You mean Ray, Dave was the guitarist, not the writer.

I saw them in 1985 on Come Dancing Tour

Romeo

Sleepwalker was mimed - Celluloid Heroes live.

Yes, I love that footage dearly

Dave’s Lead guitar seemed live

@@davidhoffmann6771 on Sleepwalker? at 1:05 he should be doing a vibrato, but isn't

As Bowie said"They have God given ass"

correct, when they eat shit, they shit gold, like in the fairy tale, its called talent ;))

Ray Davies !

@@LordofDublin4 Dave too.

Michael Nardella it’s possible they were part of the mike Douglas band, he had a great band. And the horns as well, I think the house band was supplementing.

thats dave

I think it was a budget thing..if shown on tv they get tv union scale.. just a hunch..because i thought same thing..

You hear a sax at the end too. Only the lead vocal is live! It's the way British television does lip-syncing. (Yes, they took those "karaoke" tapes to the States!)

But they clearly did. Else, why did they cut his mic at 3:50 - 3:59? Watch his mouth.

100% live---Ray doesnt sing the verse about walking on George Sanders.Ray has to my knowledge never played that verse in live concerts since the first week the single came out.

Thanks,I didn't know that.Any idea why?

No. No idea why he cuts the verse.. I guess he thinks the song is too long...

robert McCabe TV they didn't have time to do the whole song

A lot of the kinks songs are more than three and a half minutes which is the amount of time most songs are but ray always dune what he liked the men at the top must think people's a tension span is 3 and a half minutes long when it comes to music 🐒

Philly Show

Firrst song was the single, label wanted it lip synched....CH was live