the best rock band ever. I am 100% die hard Who fan my favourite band ever. But The Kinks are the best. For people my age 58 they have easy 30 classic hits. Greatest band ever. LONG LIVE THE KINKS
@davidstenton43653 жыл бұрын
*Todd* been watching & liking your work for well over a year, I just never comment.! I'll just say this.... as a former { long time ago }, working musician and a DJ, you really are the gold standard for how music reactions *SHOULD BE DONE* .! Having viewed probably a hundred or more reaction channels over the past 3 years there are 2 I feel so justice to the medium, and your one of them.! You don't need me to tell you that but it's so rare I kind of felt compelled to speak up.! Bravo young Turk.! My opinion, change nothing about how you orchestrate these, your already in the zone my friend.! Shoutout to Bakersfield voice....David .....
@stephenqualtrough73223 жыл бұрын
The Kinks most beautiful song
@rogerwitte3 жыл бұрын
He's describing a lover's meeting on Waterloo Bridge in London while the commuters pass by
@sjames19553 жыл бұрын
Yes and from the point of view of someone watching from a window as life passes by...
@dimedraweriv2583 жыл бұрын
One of my top 10 favorite songs of all time. Flawless!
@mariaportengen29593 жыл бұрын
I remember I had this record as a single, brings back memories. I think the record, audio version sounds better. The Kinks have so many hits. Enjoy it! 👍
@johnnosiennek70663 жыл бұрын
Give The Kinks "Dedicated follower of fashion" a listen ,it's a tongue in cheek look at the 70's
@donaldb13 жыл бұрын
Earlier than that. Carnaby Street in the 60s.
@dangabbert39443 жыл бұрын
@@donaldb1 , yes, it came out in 1966, so very much about the Carnaby Street era. The Kinks were masters at satirizing British social life.
@OntheBusesDatabase13 жыл бұрын
I second that. Ag reat song.
@sjames19553 жыл бұрын
60's
@luisalonsoecheverria3 жыл бұрын
Please react to "Celluloid Heroes" by The Kinks. Arguably the greatest song lead singer Ray Davies ever wrote!!
@davescurry692 жыл бұрын
"Shangri-La".
@tedsmith43853 жыл бұрын
The Kinks were a major influencer to UK music in the 60s along with the Who and Small Faces. So many bands leaned their craft from these legends.
@cindyfalstrom72313 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. 1963-69 Was an amazing time in London. So much talent and creativity concentrated in such a brief time. The Kinks, Yardbirds, Who, Animals, and especially for me - Small Faces. I still listen and love them.
@vanburger3 жыл бұрын
Waterloo sunset, often voted Britain's best pop song of all time. The kinks didn't do well in the USA because they refused to stop singing about British things, but many US singers quote the kinks as huge influences. Waterloo sunset, a picture if London, outside Waterloo train station.
@NoExitLoveNow2 жыл бұрын
Also, the American Federation of Musicians union had the power to withhold work permits for British musicians if they misbehaved on stage or refused to perform without good reason. The Kinks did some of that and got banned. Google "This is why The Kinks were banned from the United States".
@diogenesagogo3 жыл бұрын
This song is both simple & deep. I'm sure we all have those trance like moments when you see the true beauty of an everyday scene we usually ignore. Beautiful.
@Jovolution3 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever.
@mikecaetano3 жыл бұрын
Classic song. I would have recommended listening to the studio version first.
@Salve013 жыл бұрын
Yes - It has moore of Daves sccoustic guitar.
@RonRicho Жыл бұрын
Your observations on this song are spot on!
@tcanfield3 жыл бұрын
Ray is a cool guy. This is probably his best song. I got into his later solo album “ Workingman’s Cafe” with the great track, “Imaginary Man”, which is also the name of an excellent documentary about him.
@shyshift3 жыл бұрын
Since Summer is approaching I recommend: Sunny Afternoon.
@jeffschielka78453 жыл бұрын
I second that! Great song!!!
@avantprog69023 жыл бұрын
One of my very favorite Kinks tunes.
@damonhines81873 жыл бұрын
A gorgeous song I'm happy to see reach a new audience.. I miss playing this one too. Next, "A Rock and Roll Fantasy"? Later, a conversation it seems between vocalist Ray Davies(pron. Davis) and lead guitarist, perfect vocal foil brother Dave on the question of perhaps finally hanging it up. It didn't happen right away, anyway, thank heavens, gods, whoever, whatever. ;'>D
@danielswood3 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved the Kinks and Ray Davies' voice - and this song is beautiful. Thanks for covering it! ❤ As for your comments on not needing to be 'perfect' live, that's absolutely spot on. And applies to all art forms, I think, as we're humans, not machines, and art expresses human experience - which is messy! It's the authenticity that matters. It can still be skilful, but doesn't need to be 'note-perfect' at all.
@neilmorrison73562 жыл бұрын
Very often good artists are better live as the music has real feeling and emotion when they play.
@danielswood2 жыл бұрын
@@neilmorrison7356 Agreed. Studio and live versions are different formats though and comparing the two isn't necessarily comparing like for like. Even with the same performer and same content.
@dalebaker91093 жыл бұрын
Lovely 1960’s song. Sir Ray Davies actually goes to a local pub near me. A charming man
@Alewifes_Husband2 жыл бұрын
Never heard this live version -- but it's pretty true to the studio vibe and sound. Studio version's a bit cleaner but l won't say "Dammit Chod you should do the studio version!" coz that's not the case here. Anyway, the Kinks have a pretty versatile catalog of songs. Ray Davies was a master songwriter. When you say, "just get up there and be you" -- that's precisely what you get from the Kinks, on good days and bad ones.
@otisdylan95323 жыл бұрын
I recommend "Sunny Afternoon" for your next Kinks song.
@musicairplanes48843 жыл бұрын
Saw them perform Schoolboys in Disgrace. Fantastic show.
@jeffschielka78453 жыл бұрын
My favorite Kinks album. I know every word by heart!
@musicairplanes48843 жыл бұрын
@@jeffschielka7845 Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in the 70's
@jeffschielka78453 жыл бұрын
@@musicairplanes4884 Aragon Ballroom-Chicago '77.
@musicairplanes48843 жыл бұрын
@@jeffschielka7845 Awesome. I am originally from Chicago. I miss the people, the music and the food. Not the weather.
@brianbruce83983 жыл бұрын
If you haven't already done so- check out their earlier hits- You Really Got Me and All Of The Day And All Of The Night. They are rockers.
@marymargaretmoore90343 жыл бұрын
LOVE this song! Old memories.
@DaveHof3 жыл бұрын
"Come Dancing" - late Kinks, and another classic.
@sjames19553 жыл бұрын
Sir Raymond Davies is a real master and can do literally any style of music. The Kinks were a great live band and were amazing performers. Vastly underrated by the public but universally respected in the industry and a major influence on modern music and many famous musicians. The list of other major artists who have covered their songs is truly astonishing and much too long to catalog here. The prototypical Kinks guitar riff is ubiquitous in modern music. Thank you for your reaction.
@bryanforis18393 жыл бұрын
When you hear the voice great song sounds great the best
@1nelsondj3 жыл бұрын
This is a fine performance but the studio version is perfection itself. It's #42 on the Rolling Stone list of top 500 greatest songs. From Wikipedia: Pop music journalist Robert Christgau has called the song "the most beautiful song in the English language". Pete Townshend of the Who has called it "divine" and "a masterpiece". AllMusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine concurred, citing it as "possibly the most beautiful song of the rock and roll era". I think it's the best song Ray Davies ever wrote, so contemplative, you have to wonder what the singer is thinking as he stares out at the world from his window. Such a beautiful melody too. I've heard it said that it should replace the UK national anthem. Give a listen to the studio version.
@guidosarducci3 жыл бұрын
Ray and Dave Davies...killer.......! Thanks man!
@BeeLineEast3 жыл бұрын
Well Respected Man would be a good reaction. by the Kinks
@thunderraymond26453 жыл бұрын
The Grass Roots. Temptation eyes 👀
@wendyt79583 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites and the live version is decent but the studio version has some nicer effects. A must listen
@yvetteadshead42123 жыл бұрын
Another belter
@bishlap Жыл бұрын
Love Dave Davies' sublime playing.
@joelliebler56903 жыл бұрын
Yes you are so right about live music! The great ones were able to perform live even better on stage when they would add a solo or something different fro the studio recordings!
@ChitwoodMitwood3 жыл бұрын
Waterloo is an underground train , subway , station in London , England .
@NxDoyle3 жыл бұрын
Strangers is my favourite Kinks song. It's proper fucking good.
@MrsMillwall3 жыл бұрын
Tis a love song to London ⭐
@neonpark18743 жыл бұрын
And if you want to see another completely different (and still amazing) side of the Kinks - try something from their Muswell Hillbillies album. Some tracks you might try from it are: 20th Century Man, Skin and Bone, Have a Cuppa Tea, and Holloway Jail.
@romanrodriquez38163 жыл бұрын
The Soft Parade by the Doors Chod plz 😖
@shanenolan82523 жыл бұрын
Classic
@keithalanbaker5353 жыл бұрын
Between 1964 and 1983 The Kinks had 25 Top 40 hit singles in the uk 13 of which reached the top 10 and 3 reach the number one spot.
@roberthaines12273 жыл бұрын
Considered by some to be the perfect pop song.
@kathybwell3 жыл бұрын
First to comment, Whoo-hoo!! I agree, different kind of song for them. Hmmm... How about more Prince? You talked about theatrics the other day - he's a master of that ya know. Live 1984 - Baby I'm a Star - nothing like it.
@donaldb13 жыл бұрын
This is a lovely song. It's a celebration of what I think was then a less fashionable area of London (South of the river) and an ordinary young couple, Terry and Julie, that he sees outside his window. After moving on from early rockers like _You Really Got Me_ Ray Davies did a lot of songs like this, character vignettes and observations of the world around him. Check out _Dedicated Follower of Fashion,_ about the more fashionable side of Swinging London. Also, _Dead End Street_ and _Sunny Afternoon._
@moodyblues1082 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best songs ever written. Waterloo Station is a place in London. It's not that deep in that way. It's Ray who is so deep.
@bangmon10003 жыл бұрын
😊👍
@RandyHall3243 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Kinks songs, and I hate to be that guy, but this particular live version doesn't match the studio version, IMHO. Love the channel, but check it out on your own time, and I'd be surprised if you don't agree.
@angier57753 жыл бұрын
I’m sure they were first, but I thought the beginning sounded like Neil Sedaka’s Laughter in the Rain 🤷🏻♀️ Anybody else??
@davehagi98833 жыл бұрын
David Gilmour was asked if there was a any song he would have liked to have written, the only one he could think of, was this one.
@stevedotwood3 жыл бұрын
Love Ray Davies' voice.
@tonygrinney71152 жыл бұрын
Hi Chod! There's not so much a deep meaning here, it's more a nostalgic song about Waterloo in London. There is the train station and then the Waterloo Bridge that eventually leads you to Covent Garden Market. So this is about someone who likes to watch everyone moving about from his window, he sees a romantic couple but his desire is just to observe what is going on around him and the sunset over Waterloo Bridge. It was one of the songs that was featured in the London Olympics Open Ceremony in 2012.
@noyfb4769 Жыл бұрын
This is Ray Davies we're talking about; he ain't no McCartney-esque ear candy pablum pushing hack. There IS a deeper meaning here, and it's implicit in the song title. He's using the unreliable narrator device, as he does in other songs, e.g. 'David Watts'.
@danielbonarrigo36553 жыл бұрын
Nice live version. But the studio version is better for a first listen.
@erict9563 жыл бұрын
Go away and write the perfect pop song - The Kinks we give you "Waterloo Sunset" - and the world says thank you. To me it's just amazing. Waterloo Station/Bridge are in London right at the river Thames. It's a story about watching the world go by from your window but not wanting to get involved. He does nothing but the world still carries on just like the dirty old river.
@kustomdeluxe84893 жыл бұрын
21st Century Man, "Don't want to get myself shot down By some trigger happy policeman", Sleepwalker, Do It Again, Catch Me Now I'm Falling, Low Budget, Superman, Stop Your Sobbing
@sjames19553 жыл бұрын
I think it's trigger happy peace man ie. a violent protester against war.
@johndbrandhorst44343 жыл бұрын
The lover's Terry and Julie are actor's Terence stamp and Julie Christie,far from the madding crowd 🎸🎶
@bigtrouble44473 жыл бұрын
its live and its recorded in the 60s.... sound quality sucked all the way around back then.... the Kinks are LEGENDS
@Cheryworld3 жыл бұрын
Frank Sinatra, when he was old, famously would forget the lyrics in the middle of his songs, he would just shrug it off. Nobody minded. He stll sounded fine. Another Kinks song would be "You reeally got me" great mid 1960s rock song
@Johnny_Socko3 жыл бұрын
It finally just hit me that Matt Bellamy of Muse sounds a little like Ray Davies. Or is it just me, lol.
@BigC.3 жыл бұрын
Nice mellow track. Try jukebox music next.
@markydh833 жыл бұрын
Ray Davies clearly didn’t trust his falsetto in the bridges i.e “”But I don’t need no friends,” “But I don’t feel afraid” and “But they don’t need no friends.” The recorded version has him singing “need” and “feel” as a high note, which he avoids in this live version. Shame really.
@johnlillis11613 жыл бұрын
ok Brother how about some good old Rock for us old dudes like some Leon Russell A Song For You it's just Leon and his Piano great song
@IngotAU3 жыл бұрын
Great suggestion! Also I suggest Joe Cocker & Mad Dogs and Englishmen "Doing Alright." Terrific piano by Leon Russell
@bigtrouble44473 жыл бұрын
my bad... recorded in the 70s.... mha
@stephanieo25093 жыл бұрын
I generally always prefer the studio versions and this one is no different.
@MrDiddyDee3 жыл бұрын
I'd never seen this video before and really enjoyed it. I'm with Chod, I don't care if it's not as smooth as the studio version, it's really refreshing to hear a TV performance with real live vocals, when so many clips of the 60's and 70's have mimed performances.
@Lwize3 жыл бұрын
Studio version is superior.
@Bill_Jones.3 жыл бұрын
Please check out Cat Stevens “Where Do The Children Play?”. I think you’ll like it.
@laughingtiger1232 жыл бұрын
An extremely English song about English sensibilities and observations.
@stephenqualtrough73223 жыл бұрын
Terry and Julor are Julie Christie and Terence Stamp London based film stars. They were together as lovers in Far From the Madding Crowd
@MrDiddyDee3 жыл бұрын
Ray Davies has debunked this popular theory in interviews, it's not based on those actors. He actually had his sister and her boyfriend in mind as the characters, and also used his memories of walking by a river with his first wife. Ray always loved playing in Liverpool during the Merseybeat era, and felt an affinity with the city and it's people. The original title for the song was 'Liverpool sunset', which he later changed and made the song fit his own experiences closer to his home in London.
@stephenqualtrough73223 жыл бұрын
@@MrDiddyDee zhjanks for the update I am from.Liverpool myself and love this song I thought it was about London
@d-rock52353 жыл бұрын
Elliot Smith did a pretty good cover of this before he killed himself. RIP buddy.
@doplinger13 жыл бұрын
I'm certainly old enough, and I do like the Kinks, but I have NEVER heard this song before. Not that I don't like it, but I don't hear anything special - lot's of their stuff I prefer over this. I heard "Sunny Afternoon" the other day and I couldn't remember when it was released - shocked me to see it was 1966! It sounded more like their late 70s/early 80s stuff.
@heliotropezzz3333 жыл бұрын
I think what you hear is what you get with this song. I don't think there's a deeper meaning.
@crystal-ice5553 жыл бұрын
I agree, original single is better.
@marksummers17003 жыл бұрын
should have done "lola," or "sunny afternoon...."
@jeffschielka78453 жыл бұрын
2 great songs!
@MrDiddyDee3 жыл бұрын
He's already done 'Lola', Chod even mentioned he had right at the start of this reaction..
@stuartmenziesfarrant2 жыл бұрын
Dave Davies stop throwing blues licks in man! The melody in this song is far better than that!