I think people either get the brilliance of the Kinks or they don’t, though sometimes overlooked, I personally feel they are the gold standard for song writing, their musicality and lyricism is second to none.
Dave's harmonies were/are a hugely underrated part of The Kinks' sound, - the tendency is to assume that it's just Ray double-tracking himself I think, but Dave's voice was terrific.
RIP Julie Felix. Thankfully this was preserved for posterity. This is great, most Kinks video is of a low quality and there is such a limited quantity out there. The Kinks deserved a better PR machine than they had for whatever reason. They should have been much bigger than they were but maybe that's the mystique of the band.
None of the Kinks' handlers did them any service. Shitty royalties, hurried recording sessions, poor management all around. It's a wonder they made it at all. They made it in spite of all the crappy, inept people around them. And I've always wondered why Reprise didn't use their influence - or do anything - to help them with that ridiculous ban. Not just personal appearances, but television also. And for 4 years Reprise did nothing? Wtf? What great memories though. God love 'em.
This is soooo rare! Its a well known fact that the Kinks never ever performed any songs from VGPS on TV or in concert at the time it was released and to find this video is just something incredible.
Oh man, Dave Davies defines gorgeous. Can't wait to see him February 5 at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles. He is still has that gorgeous megawatt smile! :)
I saw The Kinks in Cincinnati after their ban was lifted in 1969. Arthur was just released and they did songs from that album and Village Green. To end the show they did a few of their early hits. Plastic Man b/w King Kong was their latest single. I never could find a copy.
What an incredible beautiful performance! Thank you for uploading, WhiteRose! The Kinks make it all look so easy! The sign of true pros. And they all look like they're having such a great time. But they look like that in a lot of their videos, in spite of all the stress and conflict they endured with their record company, their management, their publisher, and with each other.
Ray looks so happy in this performance. Probably coz that album was his pride and joy. Looks like he didn't care nobody bought it: He probably just pitied people for missing out on such a musical masterpiece
Not an accident! That was a conscious tribute of sorts, according to an interview Ray gave many years later and which can be found somewhere on RU-vid.
It's the record backing track plus live vocals, as this was commonplace then. Check at 5:08 when Ray goes off mike, and seconds later your can see and hear Dave add harmony vocals.
Very true. By this time Pete had decided to leave the Kinks. But, like the good guy he was, stuck around long enough for them to hire John Dalton. I was reading that he was basically unhappy with Ray and Dave, the managers and that he had little input into the music. He claimed it was not because of the dismal commercial success of the Kinks at the end of 1968, early 1969.
Fantastic performance. Ray at his songwriting 1968 peak. Live vocals to the record's backing, as was the rule in order to get decent sound on tv. Picture Book starts at 4:10
Pal, move to the head of the class! You are now my favorite youtube poster!!! Absolutely awesome! Now what the heck: Darling I respect you, Let's take off all our clothes and We are two of a kind. Are these on a bootleg? Can you post this stuff??? Did I say please??? PLEASE!!!
Was there more tracks played, from there Village Green album at this performance??? I'm asking because Pete Townsend was 100% RIGHT ON when he made a comparison review of this album to Sargent Pepper! Thank's for the Live video tracks from that classic must have Masterpiece!
I've got that album 2: but I meant the 3 from Where was Spring? that weren't on Great Lost- Darling I respect you, Let's take off all our clothes and We are two of a kind. The first definitely HAS surfaced (in very poor quality) on at least one bootleg, but I've never heard it. Wonder what the source was?
This is not too badly done here, though! Check The Animals - San Franciscan Nights posted by GBR356 (the miming is hilarious!). BTW, it's quite a difficult thing for a drummer to do! ;-)
I'm not dissing the Kinks here.... cos I absolutely adore them..... but if you look at their haircuts and clothes, they are wearing mod fashion from 1965-1966... while the rest of pop culture had moved on rapidly by 1969. the fact that they were banned from travelling overseas from 1967-1969 meant that they were catching up the first time they landed in the States. they look so dated here
