This video is full of so many little Easter eggs referencing the 60's music and the cyclical nature of everything. The opening chord is directly from Hard Day's Night. He's playing the Lola guitar. Ray is once again playing the grifter character from Come Dancing. In the middle he's singing "Get Back" (Beatles) and Dave is playing a very classic blues riff, echoing the old R&B style. Then a lot of pseudo-cameos from aging Teddy Boys, punk rockers and Boy George lookalikes. And the final shooting gallery is the Muswell Hillbillies! A ton of references-- I'm sure I missed some. This video is great!
This is hands down my all time favorite Kinks Song ... No my all time favorite song! I've requested it be played at my funeral :-) . I also made it mandatory that all guests be given those inflatable guitars the DJ passes out at wedding receptions so everyone can jam out during the guitar sections! .
@@rollingstone80 Personally not a huge fan of their later stuff like Face Dances and It's Hard. I don't hate them, it's just that I think Pete Townshend's best work in the 80s was on his solo albums "Empty Glass" and "All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes."
@@valmarsiglia you're right, Townshend's musical work waned a lot after the 1978 album who are you, after that, in the 80s, everything became too superficial and synthetic, far removed from what peter and the group did from 1965 to 1978
I don't know, I love the Kinks a lot , they are special. But they had some shiters too with some of their later stuff, let's be honest. Kinks in the 80s were nothing on the kinks of the 60s to mid 70s
Mick had actually left the band by this and does not play on it - it's Bob Henrit on drums. And. "therespectedlex", the Kinks' original bassist was Pete Quaife, not David Quaife, and he left the band in 1969.
The Beatles and the Stones got...get...all the recognition from this era... but...my opinion only... The Kinks had the most varied songs and they were songs that gave a strong social message...As Dave Davies reputedly once said, "We're a working class band." Their songs, strong powerful and with a message...AND of course recognised as the inventors of metal and distortion.
This is true. Ray was / is one of the greatest song writers ever. I certainly may be disagreed with but sometimes I think that The Kinks needed a George Martin in their corner however Ray is Ray and he was the master mind. I don't think he'd bow to anyone. This is one reason they are set apart from the rest. Just a thought!
@@wellesradio Fact... when Dave Davies took a knife to the cone of a speaker frustrtated with the sound it was producing, or in his terms, not producing... Fact recognised by most in the music industry
Back in the 80s I thought that everything that I liked by the Kinks was already done... At the time, to me, the Kinks were a relic... Then one day I was driving home from work, and I turned on the radio, and I heard this song for the first time... It was INSTANT FOR ME!!! The DJ came in at the end saying, "brand new from the Kinks... Word of Mouth..." The next day I bought the album on vinyl... Do It Again... Living on a Thin Line.... They toured that year, and for the first time ever, I saw the Kinks live.... Sweet Nostalgia......
I saw the Kinks live in April 1984 , at the Hammersmith Palais, I don't think they played this though. My wife was pregnant with our first child - who is now a massive Kinks fan. Maybe a subliminal memory of the first music she ever heard (it was certainly loud enough for her to hear 😄)
@@adolforodolfo6929 You never know.... It's possible that outer worldly impressions may start in the womb... Music is deeply connected to memories past and even more deeply to emotions... You never know.....
I think after All Day and All of the Night, my favorite Kinks song! Still ticked, it peaked at only #41 in US. I think it would have gone higher, if it had broke into the Top 40 countdown. So many great riffs, (yes I know The Kinks "She's Got Everything reference, ask Deep Purple about "My Girl From Tokyo" riff while your at it, when examining "She's Got Everything" or ask "867-5309 Jenny Jenny " Tommy Tutone or "Walking Contradiction" Green Day if they heard "She's Got Everything". The Kinks can copy/influence themselves, if they want too!) fills and solos by Dave. Amazing live performance on SNL of this song!
@@jim2lane The song is a great and I could listen to it forever, but when you watch it with the video it is even better! This must be one of the best music videos of all time?
I didn't even remember this song or video until I started playing kink songs out of boredom. I discovered this lost gem from when I was six years old. Wow.
One More From the Road was one of the first albums I ever bought. It's still one of the few albums I can listen to from beginning to end without skipping anything. The Kinks were great!
In the beginning of the video, when Mick lights Ray's partially smoked cigarette, Ray takes a puff, hands it to Mick, who takes a puff. Ray looks back, sees this, and, with a slight shake of his head, smiles.
This is a superb song from the redoubtable Kinks . The lyrics are incisive, vocals are powerful , the guitar hits like a hurricane and percussion is propulsive
No matter how tough things get,and how difficult life becomes this songs metaphor and strength sticks with the trueness of the heart...a very strong message to anyone that faces life and brings it back with a strong reality...i think thats why i always loved this kinks song...the most reputable.Never sell yourself short and always have time to dry those tears away and come back stronger.😂
Crikey, I just posted the same thing, almost word for word. I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned it. Maybe they are not Kinks obsessives like me, and I'm guessing you.
crunchy, crackly, crisp Dave Davies guitar - each stroke like a joyful punch to the gut. Cheers, Mate!!! Fun Fact: Dave was the first to curse on a rock and roll record...
The cover of The Sun reads "Argies hit three ships", so this was filmed at the time the South Atlantic war. Probably near the end of May 1982. The ships were Ardent, Antelope & Sheffield.
Ray Davies could pass for Colin Hayes brother. This is my favorite song by The Kinks. I always loved their videos. Very entertaining and engaging. A story to tell. 🎀
I remember the day this song first played on KISW here in Seattle. Me and my brother were washing his car tipping back A LOT of beer getting ready to hit the town that night. It was rocking moment. We added that sing to our all-time favorites immediately. We were singing the lyrics out loud without a care in the world. Goodtimes
The Kinks were probably one of those truly fun Bands, where their music was just fun in their music. They were sort of the Monty Python of music of the era. Just fun.
If you'll excuse the totally unintentional pun, as an ex-London Underground busker, this song really strikes a chord with me! Ah... those were the days! I'm now a long term ex-pat... a refugee from Maggie Thatcher's Britain, living in Sth Oz... but this song really takes me back, in a kind of surrealistic way, of course. And, of course, I'm a long term fan of the Kinks... I remember very clearly, and with not a little pleasure, one time when I was moved on by a young policeman whilst playing and singing the Kinks' famous song, "Sunny Afternoon"... Said young officer said to me, "Ray Davies would be proud of you... now move along please... no busking here!" LOL! Such a happy memory... and it's not even one of my best memories of those days! Sometimes I wonder why I gave it all up to try to re-join 'straight' society... though I also know that the answer to that question is, 'because if I hadn't done that, I'd have been dead a long, long time ago...' Oh well... as the French say, 'C'est la vie, n'est pas?' :/
@@theseustoo No need to upload any examples - I'm just very happy to read that you are still playing and singing, because music adds joy to our lives. Keep on rocking!
