th-cam.com/video/h2h4Hh2rV_I/w-d-xo.html "Blues Part 2" by Blood Sweat and Tears the pioneers of Jazz Rock. Blood, Sweat & Tears is the second album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1968. It was a huge commercial success, rising to the top of the U.S. charts for a collective seven weeks and yielding three successive Top 5 singles. It received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1970 and has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA with sales of more than four million units in the U.S. In Canada, it enjoyed four runs and altogether eight weeks at No. 1 on the RPM national album chart.
Ah, man, I love your reaction to this one! "Waterloo Sunset" is one of the greatest songs recorded, and The Kinks are the best. Ray Davis is a very English storyteller in most of his songs - "Celluloid Heroes," "Sunny Afternoon," "Days," "See My Friends," "A Dedicated Follower of Fashion," " A Rock & Roll Fantasy," "Misfits," "Shangri-La," "Better Things," "Picture Book," "Village Green Preservation Society," "A Well Respected Man," “Tired of Waiting For You,” “Full Moon,” “Get Back In Line,” “Living on a Thin Line” to name only a few. :-)
@@normandavidtidiman9918 I get it, you're in denial because the two man songwriting team of Lennon and McCartney don't even come close to Ray Davies all on his own. You're the typical Beatles robot with tunnel vision.
Waterloo sunset is all about where Waterloo bridge is situated in London where the Kinks come from.... they are so London.... Waterloo bridge stretches over the river Thames right on the bend in the river and you can see all the sights of London from this bridge and the sun sets naturally along the river .... This is pure magic from Ray Davies , the Kinks frontman is a pure songwriting genius and all us old London Mods adore him.
bradley byrne Ah, yes, I remember it well. I was born near Finsbury Park in north London, but I was living in Hainault in Essex before I came out here 21 years ago. I think London has changed a great deal since I left. I used to work in the Harley Street area.
Marla Diamond ... hi Marla, not Maria😁.... we could have been near neighbours... as I used to live in Hermitage Road in Haringay...I know Harley Street very well... as I’m always driving through there... btw Queens Drive is still a nasty seedy old street....it’s a small world isn’t it.we may have even gone to the same school😀
bradley byrne Haringey....wow. I used to go to Tottenham High School, which became High Cross School. It was a girls school though. I went to junior school in a Tottenham, but I can’t remember the name. I think it might have been something like Lansdowne Road. I was living in Tottenham for a few years at that time. If you mean Queens Drive by Finsbury Park, I have a cousin who lives there....in a council flat in a building called Datchworth Court. Yes, you’re right....it is a seedy area.
As a Londoner living abroad (Norway) I put this on and I drift back there in an instance and I become homesick. It conjures up everything I love about my hometown. A beautiful melancholic refrain. Forget the Beatles and The Stones... for me it's always been The Kinks.
The Kinks is the most underrated band people know of. Innovators of proto-punk rock, but Ray Davies is one of the greatest songwriters in rock and roll. I recommend checking out the songs "The Village Green Preservation Society", "Victoria", "Celluloid Heroes", "This Time Tomorrow", "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" (Live from One For The Road), "Better Things", "20th Century Man", and "Misfits".
Ray Davies, is a lovely guy. Lives only a few miles from me. Seen him loads of times, extremely friendly, and nice. And yes the Kinks were great! This song is superb, I love it to pieces.
I live in London and when you're walking by the Thames and the sun is setting and you are by Waterloo Bridge holding hands....its stunning as well as melancholic 🤗
The Kinks were an iconic 60's London band they had three # 1 records in the UK between 1964 and 1966, this track just missed out on the #1 spot but hit #2 in 1967. The lead singer Ray Davies had a successful solo career releasing his last album "Americana" in 2017. For me "Sunny Afternoon" was the most memorable it was released in 1966 the year and the summer that we won the soccer World Cup.
Oh my goodness, this is my FAVORITE Kinks song!! I sing this one a lot. My dogs love it, or so they tell me... They may just be trying to spare my feelings. Who knows. 😂 Anyway, I’m so glad you did this one! I agree - it’s so beautiful. I listen to it on loop quite often. You’re right about that Beatles sound. Ray Davies said he was inspired by Merseybeat when he wrote it. Merseybeat basically refers to bands from Liverpool of that era, like the Beatles. In fact the song was originally titled “Liverpool Sunset”!
I think this is the best song they ever recorded and one of the best in all of pop. It's much loved, some have even said it should be the British national anthem. I love the descending bass, the guitar melody, the singing, the lyrics. Delve deep into the lyrics, they're like the surface of the river the singer is gazing at. He doesn't need no friends and he's not afraid but is this true? Is he in denial? Ray Davies had a mental breakdown back in the '60s, too much stress having to write all their songs, being newly married, banned from touring the States, flagging record sales. They should have been huge; having a better producer would have helped and a reliable manager.
The Kinks have many awesome tunes - they sometimes get forgotten about today, but they were right up there with the Beatles and Stones during the British invasion of the 60s and then reinvented themselves as a big Arena Rock band in the 70s to early 80s.
I think he's singing about the view from Waterloo Bridge in central London, overlooking the Thames River. Ray Davies , the Kinks' main writer and singer also has had a solo career in his later years. His song "Imaginary Man" is outstanding, and is also the name of a documentary about him.
The Kinks were pioneers of a new kind of sound. On You Really Got Me, they used razor blades to ad distortion to their amplifiers. You should definitely check out Tired of Waiting For You, Sunny Afternoon, Man About Town, and Apeman.
This is one of all the all-time classics! Waterloo is in central London. There's Waterloo Station and, beside it, Waterloo Bridge over the River Thames (pronounced "Tems" 😉)
this is such a great song, so glad you reacted to it! as far as kinks go, i'd love to see what you think of picture book, sunny afternoon, or oklahoma usa. ❤️
What I really love about "Waterloo Sunset" is that it sounds like the place it's written about. I've always thought the way the harmonies "drift" was evocative of the bustle of that part of London, or a cold evening breeze, and it perfectly encapsulates the feeling and the strange tranquility of being alone in a crowd. It's probably pop music's greatest ode to loneliness and solitude.
love this! I was singing along! Just found your channel. It's great! Love your reactions and enthusiasm for the music I've known all my life. I'm nearly 77 and I'm still enjoying my music and your channel
Working my very first job when this was released. I used to walk across Waterloo Bridge every morning to work and back again in the evening to catch my train at Waterloo Station. Love this song. So many memories sparked.
Thanks so much for reviewing the Kinks - one of my favorite bands of the 1960's. I just love and appreciate your reactions. Keep up the great work! More great Kinks: 'You Really Got Me' and "All Day and All of The Night".
I would be so pleased if you reacted to "You Really Got Me", and "All Day And All Of The Night", where Dave Davies apparently cut his speaker with a razor blade to get that distorted sound.
@@chaipup7045 Oh yes, Dave Davies.I have changed it on my comment. ty. Seems that Dave Davies was the only smiling lead guitarist until Eddie Van Halen came along :)
This was from the 60`s, The Kinks were one of the great British bands of the time. If you liked this Sunny Afternoon should be next. Waterloo is in London by the way. Not to be confused by the Waterloo that Abba sang about.
There are so many great Kinks songs. Times I spent playing in the garden when I was a kid, this coming in on dad's CD player through the window. They never really made it internationally like the Beatles, but for me they were one of the key British bands of the sixties. Songs? Oooh, I'd go for 'This Time Tomorrow' which simply about travelling and has a great yearning feel, 'Powerman' as it kind of rocks, 'Victoria' for being the best song ever written about a monarch and 'You Really Got me Going' as it's pretty much the birth of metal. One thing about The Kinks is that they feel hugely comfortable in switching between rock, wistful ballards and novelty songs. They're pretty great. :)
This one and their song Scattered are my two favorite Kinks songs. They had a lot of wonderful songs, (I really like Rock and Roll Fantasy, too) but Waterloo Sunset is my favorite Kinks song.
A beautiful song about the greatest city on Earth. Waterloo is the largest station in London, and the sunset over the Thames on Waterloo bridge with the city skyline around you is one of the most amazing things in the world
How to make a 66 year old Man nearly cry. I was born and brought up " safe and sound"very near Waterloo SOUTH EAST of THe great River Thames. I only moved 11 miles to The S E London Suburbs 37 years ago in 1983 and love it but I STILL miss that fabulous old London area every day ! :)
A great song. Poignant yet strangely simple and direct, with an underlying note of love for a city and era that it and the band that performed it embody perhaps more effortlessly than any others. It speaks of ordinary people living unremarkable, even uninteresting lives but who can still radiate an ingrained contentment. People who like most of us, may often derive an inchoate sense of security, a reassuring impression of familiarity and 'belonging' from their home neighbourhood's endlessly repeated daily sights, sounds and routines. Things that mark THEIR own daily experiences while still presenting them with beauty on occasion.
This is pretty Beatlesque. A British band from the '60s doing song with a great melody and the back up singers saying "la la la". This song is from '67 and "Lola" is from '70, so this is a little earlier, but not a whole lot. "Sunny Afternoon" would be a great song of theirs to do next.
Jayvee, this song is beautiful and, your response does it justice. Thank you. I commuted through Waterloo when Ray Davies wrote this epic, so you could say I get it.
Javaughn, youu heard my request.Thank you thank you. This song is considered the most beautiful song ever written . I recently revisited the Kinks. The y were banned from America and didn't get beatle stutus but are every bit as worthy. The song Strangers is the most beautiful song too. Wes Anderson uses their music in all his movies. Their albums are great one after another. I coudlnt stop singing this song or get it out of my head for weeks. Love you so much.
Waterloo Sunset is about a bridge across the Thames River which is flows through the middle of London. It's right next to Waterloo Station, one of the major commuter hubs, and where thousands of people traveling to and from work in the city change trains, The Thames can be very beautiful and you can walk across the bridge and get a great view up and down the river. I was in London once walking across the bridge and thinking about this song, and a musician friend who was with me started whistling the tune without saying a word.
Can’t tell you how happy I am that you did this song! It’s probably my favorite by them. So laid back and uplifting. Harmonies take you away....And you’re so right about the Beatles vibe. Right out of the gate they talk about, “dirty old river....” that would be the Mersey that all British bands crossed to come to America. Ferry Cross the Mersey gives me that vibe every time. Loved seeing your face light up just like mine does every time I hear this song!
@Who Knew? Wow. I stand corrected. I appreciate very much that you didn’t just attack me as being stupid, which seems to be the ‘new norm’ these days. Guess I got lazy and just ‘assumed’ instead of taking the time to look it up. I got the country right though? If it was over here in the U.S. I would have said it was the Charles River in Boston, Mass. The Standells wrote about it in their song, “Dirty Water”. (Hope I’m right about that! 😂
Jayvee, you are by far my favourite reviewer... Another banger, kinks were on another level so many great tracks and the journey they take you on. Keep up the great content my friend
You landed on a classic with this one! Here are a few other songs by The Kinks to check out: "A Well Respected Man", "I'm Not Like Everybody Else", "Where Have All The Good Times Gone", "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman", "Destroyer", and "Come Dancing" among dozens of others.
Waterloo is a district of London which includes Waterloo Bridge overlooking the Thames which is the dirty old river mentioned at the beginning of the song. The characters of Terry and Julie mentioned in the song referred to British actors Terence Stamp and Julie Christie who were very popular in 1967 the Year the song was released.
For me there is this Holy Trinity of 1960s bands that left the biggest mark on all music that came after that period: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Kinks. These bands created the template for everything that followed in so many ways. Being a movie fan myself, I've always been particularly fond of 'Cellulloid Heroes' by The Kinks. It's an ode to some of the greatest movie stars of times gone by as well as the many that tried and didn't make it.
The song, written and sung by Ray Davies, who is a Londoner. Waterloo is of course in London, and the two characters in the song, Terry, is Terence Stamp; and Julie is, Julie Christie "cross over" the River Thames. Both were very big in the 1960s. Ray Davies is probably one of the most underrated song writers. He can create an instant atmosphere with his music. Brilliant.
Great song by one of my favorite bands. I recommend “Victoria” or “Arthur” or “Shangri-la” from their album Arthur or The Rise and Fall of the British Empire.
A Kinks songs that is definitely worth reacting to, especially right now with all that has been going on in the U.S. and the world over the last few months, is "20th Century Man". I think it fits chillingly perfectly in today's times and is now as relevant es ever. It's from their album "Muswell Hillbillies", which was called by many critics to be the best or one of the best albums of 1971, though, like many Kinks albums with similar reviews, flopped commercially, but is really good nonetheless!
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Cracking song, isn't it? Waterloo is in London... the "Terry" in the song is supposedly Terrence Stamp, aka the original General Zod in Superman II.
ItsTerryTime He is such a good actor. I loved him in Priscilla and Valkyrie. He was born in Stepney in the East End. Near where my dad was born. 💖👍💜
th-cam.com/video/h2h4Hh2rV_I/w-d-xo.html "Blues Part 2" by Blood Sweat and Tears the pioneers of Jazz Rock. Blood, Sweat & Tears is the second album by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in 1968. It was a huge commercial success, rising to the top of the U.S. charts for a collective seven weeks and yielding three successive Top 5 singles. It received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1970 and has been certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA with sales of more than four million units in the U.S. In Canada, it enjoyed four runs and altogether eight weeks at No. 1 on the RPM national album chart.
@@turdferguson400 Terrific, isn't he? Such a strong presence.
Ah, man, I love your reaction to this one! "Waterloo Sunset" is one of the greatest songs recorded, and The Kinks are the best. Ray Davis is a very English storyteller in most of his songs - "Celluloid Heroes," "Sunny Afternoon," "Days," "See My Friends," "A Dedicated Follower of Fashion," " A Rock & Roll Fantasy," "Misfits," "Shangri-La," "Better Things," "Picture Book," "Village Green Preservation Society," "A Well Respected Man," “Tired of Waiting For You,” “Full Moon,” “Get Back In Line,” “Living on a Thin Line” to name only a few. :-)
The Kinks are so underrated.
I think if anything they're OVERRATED
@@normandavidtidiman9918 they're properly rated to anyone who knows how great their material over a 32 year career is.
@@JohnnySeven Nah 😏
@@normandavidtidiman9918 I get it, you're in denial because the two man songwriting team of Lennon and McCartney don't even come close to Ray Davies all on his own. You're the typical Beatles robot with tunnel vision.
Dont think so. They are the legends and most important they are unique.
Ray Davies wrote so many songs capturing slices of British life that Pete Townshend of the Who nominated Davies for poet laureate.
Two of my favorite rock songwriters. I easily would put Townshend and Davies on the same pedestal of Lennon and McCartney
One of the best pop songs ever written
Agreed.
Yes it is...
Waterloo sunset is all about where Waterloo bridge is situated in London where the Kinks come from.... they are so London.... Waterloo bridge stretches over the river Thames right on the bend in the river and you can see all the sights of London from this bridge and the sun sets naturally along the river .... This is pure magic from Ray Davies , the Kinks frontman is a pure songwriting genius and all us old London Mods adore him.
bradley byrne I’m from London too originally. I live in the LA area now in California.
Marla Diamond ...hi Maria... I’m still stuck in Central London.... the weathers still rubbish, I’m sure you can remember 😁🤚🏻
bradley byrne Ah, yes, I remember it well. I was born near Finsbury Park in north London, but I was living in Hainault in Essex before I came out here 21 years ago. I think London has changed a great deal since I left. I used to work in the Harley Street area.
Marla Diamond ... hi Marla, not Maria😁.... we could have been near neighbours... as I used to live in Hermitage Road in Haringay...I know Harley Street very well... as I’m always driving through there... btw Queens Drive is still a nasty seedy old street....it’s a small world isn’t it.we may have even gone to the same school😀
bradley byrne Haringey....wow. I used to go to Tottenham High School, which became High Cross School. It was a girls school though. I went to junior school in a Tottenham, but I can’t remember the name. I think it might have been something like Lansdowne Road. I was living in Tottenham for a few years at that time. If you mean Queens Drive by Finsbury Park, I have a cousin who lives there....in a council flat in a building called Datchworth Court. Yes, you’re right....it is a seedy area.
As a Londoner living abroad (Norway) I put this on and I drift back there in an instance and I become homesick. It conjures up everything I love about my hometown. A beautiful melancholic refrain. Forget the Beatles and The Stones... for me it's always been The Kinks.
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The Kinks is the most underrated band people know of. Innovators of proto-punk rock, but Ray Davies is one of the greatest songwriters in rock and roll. I recommend checking out the songs "The Village Green Preservation Society", "Victoria", "Celluloid Heroes", "This Time Tomorrow", "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" (Live from One For The Road), "Better Things", "20th Century Man", and "Misfits".
Agree 100%!
Absolutely. Kinks are awesome
Who underrates the Kinks?
@@braudabo America. They've never had a Top 10 album and most Americans don't know their music beyond the early hits and Lola.
Better Things is a great song.
Ray Davies, is a lovely guy. Lives only a few miles from me. Seen him loads of times, extremely friendly, and nice. And yes the Kinks were great! This song is superb, I love it to pieces.
Straight up envy. But good to hear
Pronounced Davis, but spelled Davies.
Leonard Shevlin I have corrected my error. Sorry about that.
I like our pop stars ,
I live in London and when you're walking by the Thames and the sun is setting and you are by Waterloo Bridge holding hands....its stunning as well as melancholic 🤗
OMG, what a fun surprise. I had forgotten all about this song. Haven't heard it in SO many years. Love the Kinks.
Love this wonderful anthem to my London, is a fave, love the Kinks ⭐
One of the most beautiful songs in rock history
Hey Jayvee - here's some more Kinks you might find interesting "Apeman"... Powerman" & "Sunny Aftermoon" ( STUDIO STEREO Ver). Stay Well Bro... : )
"Apeman" is perfect for our times.
Definitely Sunny Afternoon. Also Dedicated Follower of Fashion.
What about Lola?
Sunny Afternoon, yes! Epic!
And 'Days' please! Gorgeous song. The Kinks were supremely talented!
The Kinks were an iconic 60's London band they had three # 1 records in the UK between 1964 and 1966, this track just missed out on the #1 spot but hit #2 in 1967. The lead singer Ray Davies had a successful solo career releasing his last album "Americana" in 2017. For me "Sunny Afternoon" was the most memorable it was released in 1966 the year and the summer that we won the soccer World Cup.
Oh my goodness, this is my FAVORITE Kinks song!! I sing this one a lot. My dogs love it, or so they tell me... They may just be trying to spare my feelings. Who knows. 😂 Anyway, I’m so glad you did this one! I agree - it’s so beautiful. I listen to it on loop quite often. You’re right about that Beatles sound. Ray Davies said he was inspired by Merseybeat when he wrote it. Merseybeat basically refers to bands from Liverpool of that era, like the Beatles. In fact the song was originally titled “Liverpool Sunset”!
Same,
It's a lovely song.
I think this is the best song they ever recorded and one of the best in all of pop. It's much loved, some have even said it should be the British national anthem. I love the descending bass, the guitar melody, the singing, the lyrics. Delve deep into the lyrics, they're like the surface of the river the singer is gazing at. He doesn't need no friends and he's not afraid but is this true? Is he in denial? Ray Davies had a mental breakdown back in the '60s, too much stress having to write all their songs, being newly married, banned from touring the States, flagging record sales. They should have been huge; having a better producer would have helped and a reliable manager.
God, I wish I could experience hearing this song for the first time again. Timeless and beautiful
The Kinks have many awesome tunes - they sometimes get forgotten about today, but they were right up there with the Beatles and Stones during the British invasion of the 60s and then reinvented themselves as a big Arena Rock band in the 70s to early 80s.
Makes you want to visit London.
Not anymore
Not at the moment!
Always surprised by your choices! 'Juke Box Music', 'All Day and All of the Night' and 'You Really Got Me'.......many other greats.
Dont believe I've ever heard this but I like it and it does have that Beatles vibe. Its beautiful.
I think he's singing about the view from Waterloo Bridge in central London, overlooking the Thames River. Ray Davies , the Kinks' main writer and singer also has had a solo career in his later years. His song "Imaginary Man" is outstanding, and is also the name of a documentary about him.
The Kinks were pioneers of a new kind of sound. On You Really Got Me, they used razor blades to ad distortion to their amplifiers.
You should definitely check out Tired of Waiting For You, Sunny Afternoon, Man About Town, and Apeman.
This is one of all the all-time classics! Waterloo is in central London. There's Waterloo Station and, beside it, Waterloo Bridge over the River Thames (pronounced "Tems" 😉)
Ray Davies is a genius and his brother Dave invented the heavy metal riff with 'You Really Got Me'. Great reaction mate!
this is such a great song, so glad you reacted to it! as far as kinks go, i'd love to see what you think of picture book, sunny afternoon, or oklahoma usa. ❤️
Try "Victoria" by the Kinks.
Love the live version of Victoria
Top 10 Kinks song
Also Shangri-La. My personal favorite kinks song
Whst aboutv"elephant & castle "
What I really love about "Waterloo Sunset" is that it sounds like the place it's written about. I've always thought the way the harmonies "drift" was evocative of the bustle of that part of London, or a cold evening breeze, and it perfectly encapsulates the feeling and the strange tranquility of being alone in a crowd. It's probably pop music's greatest ode to loneliness and solitude.
Village Green Preservation Society is a doozy. The most middle England song ever. Love to see you review it.
Love your smile right away. This is one of the best songs ever written.
Thank you so much for shining a light on this beautiful song.
Sunny Afternoon is my absolute favourite song by The Kinks, do try that one.
The Kinks are AWESOME!!!!
love this! I was singing along! Just found your channel. It's great! Love your reactions and enthusiasm for the music I've known all my life. I'm nearly 77 and I'm still enjoying my music and your channel
Working my very first job when this was released. I used to walk across Waterloo Bridge every morning to work and back again in the evening to catch my train at Waterloo Station. Love this song. So many memories sparked.
Wow, Waterloo sunset by the Kinks.One of my all-time favorites.About time you react to that.a great song you're gonna love it!
Days is one of my favourites.
Kinks are by far my favorite band. Sunny Afternoon might be my favorite song by them
The most beautiful love song and it’s for a city. It’s absolutely glorious
Love The Kinks. How about Living On a Thin Line, Sunny Afternoon, Come Dancing, I’m Not Like Everybody Else.....😊✌🏻
Thanks,I've just seen your comment after posting two of those on the Sopranos.
A lot of younger people know of The Kinks because of The Sopranos
Thanks so much for reviewing the Kinks - one of my favorite bands of the 1960's. I just love and appreciate your reactions. Keep up the great work! More great Kinks: 'You Really Got Me' and "All Day and All of The Night".
This is just the most perfect "pop" song ever written. Ray Davies is a genius.
Always thought the Kinks were way ahead of their time. Could imagine this being in the music charts now
Fave Kinks song!!
I love your reaction to this song!!!! You are rocking this.
Ray Davies an actual underrated legend in songwriting. Stories in every song genius.
It’s always been one of my favorite Kinks tunes. Just listen over and over again.
I would be so pleased if you reacted to "You Really Got Me", and "All Day And All Of The Night", where Dave Davies apparently cut his speaker with a razor blade to get that distorted sound.
Dave Davies
@@chaipup7045 Oh yes, Dave Davies.I have changed it on my comment. ty. Seems that Dave Davies was the only smiling lead guitarist until Eddie Van Halen came along :)
love this song, when you said you have to run this all the way back it made my day
You really got me now.
Dan . Turner I see what you did there. Haha ☮️
All day and all of the night....
I'm glad you're exploring all kinds of music. I never know what to expect, but the choices are always good! :)
I really like this, and this is the first time I'm hearing it, too.
This was from the 60`s, The Kinks were one of the great British bands of the time. If you liked this Sunny Afternoon should be next. Waterloo is in London by the way. Not to be confused by the Waterloo that Abba sang about.
Love The Kinks. One of my favourite all-time bands.
My favourite pop song of all time. A masterpiece of the genre and so evocative of England and the sixties.
Worked in Waterloo for years this always brings back memories!!
The song of London
*CONGRATS Jay* on 100k.!!!!! Watched just about ALL your reactions..! I *APPRECIATE* the respect & enthusiasm you show to these jewels...
There are so many great Kinks songs. Times I spent playing in the garden when I was a kid, this coming in on dad's CD player through the window. They never really made it internationally like the Beatles, but for me they were one of the key British bands of the sixties. Songs? Oooh, I'd go for 'This Time Tomorrow' which simply about travelling and has a great yearning feel, 'Powerman' as it kind of rocks, 'Victoria' for being the best song ever written about a monarch and 'You Really Got me Going' as it's pretty much the birth of metal. One thing about The Kinks is that they feel hugely comfortable in switching between rock, wistful ballards and novelty songs. They're pretty great. :)
I also love their "Don't Forget to Dance".
A perfect, perfect, perfect pop song. And, it’s perfect.
Yeah beach and sunset 🌅 and yes it does have a beatle vibe
Also love The Kinks - All Day and All of The Night and You Really Got Me
This one and their song Scattered are my two favorite Kinks songs. They had a lot of wonderful songs, (I really like Rock and Roll Fantasy, too) but Waterloo Sunset is my favorite Kinks song.
Love the kinks
I love this song, and working in London so close to Waterloo station, it makes it all that more personal to me ☺️
Your smile was just the right reaction to this classic from The Kinks.
I love this song and that city!
Takes me back to my youth!😍
A beautiful song about the greatest city on Earth. Waterloo is the largest station in London, and the sunset over the Thames on Waterloo bridge with the city skyline around you is one of the most amazing things in the world
How to make a 66 year old Man nearly cry. I was born and brought up " safe and sound"very near Waterloo SOUTH EAST of THe great River Thames.
I only moved 11 miles to The S E London Suburbs 37 years ago in 1983 and love it but I STILL miss that fabulous old London area every day ! :)
Another one i love from back in the day, great stuff, keep it up, wow wow wow 😊😊😊
A great song. Poignant yet strangely simple and direct, with an underlying note of love for a city and era that it and the band that performed it embody perhaps more effortlessly than any others.
It speaks of ordinary people living unremarkable, even uninteresting lives but who can still radiate an ingrained contentment. People who like most of us, may often derive an inchoate sense of security, a reassuring impression of familiarity and 'belonging' from their home neighbourhood's endlessly repeated daily sights, sounds and routines. Things that mark THEIR own daily experiences while still presenting them with beauty on occasion.
This is pretty Beatlesque. A British band from the '60s doing song with a great melody and the back up singers saying "la la la". This song is from '67 and "Lola" is from '70, so this is a little earlier, but not a whole lot. "Sunny Afternoon" would be a great song of theirs to do next.
With the right management Kinks could have been the biggest band in the world 😎
Very cool old song from the kinks. Would like to hear jukebox music from them!
Jayvee, this song is beautiful and, your response does it justice. Thank you. I commuted through Waterloo when Ray Davies wrote this epic, so you could say I get it.
YOU introduced me to this song tonight!! Never heard it before, but I like! 🙌🏼 Nicely done, Jay! 😁 ❤️
I watched your face when the harmonies came in and it was just pure bliss, my freind....
Javaughn, youu heard my request.Thank you thank you. This song is considered the most beautiful song ever written . I recently revisited the Kinks. The y were banned from America and didn't get beatle stutus but are every bit as worthy. The song Strangers is the most beautiful song too. Wes Anderson uses their music in all his movies. Their albums are great one after another. I coudlnt stop singing this song or get it out of my head for weeks. Love you so much.
Waterloo Sunset is about a bridge across the Thames River which is flows through the middle of London. It's right next to Waterloo Station, one of the major commuter hubs, and where thousands of people traveling to and from work in the city change trains,
The Thames can be very beautiful and you can walk across the bridge and get a great view up and down the river. I was in London once walking across the bridge and thinking about this song, and a musician friend who was with me started whistling the tune without saying a word.
Can’t tell you how happy I am that you did this song! It’s probably my favorite by them. So laid back and uplifting. Harmonies take you away....And you’re so right about the Beatles vibe. Right out of the gate they talk about, “dirty old river....” that would be the Mersey that all British bands crossed to come to America. Ferry Cross the Mersey gives me that vibe every time. Loved seeing your face light up just like mine does every time I hear this song!
@Who Knew? Wow. I stand corrected. I appreciate very much that you didn’t just attack me as being stupid, which seems to be the ‘new norm’ these days. Guess I got lazy and just ‘assumed’ instead of taking the time to look it up. I got the country right though? If it was over here in the U.S. I would have said it was the Charles River in Boston, Mass. The Standells wrote about it in their song, “Dirty Water”. (Hope I’m right about that! 😂
I saw them live at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and they performed the School Boys in Disgrace album. Amazing show!!
I adore this song,and I love the Kinks.I was a High School girl,in Wellingborough,England,when this came out,in 1967.I’m 70,now😯.
Love the Kinks🎸 one of the best songs ever. It's a hymne.
The Kinks song Do It Again is a major hidden gem. They have so many good songs .
Jayvee, you are by far my favourite reviewer... Another banger, kinks were on another level so many great tracks and the journey they take you on. Keep up the great content my friend
You landed on a classic with this one! Here are a few other songs by The Kinks to check out: "A Well Respected Man", "I'm Not Like Everybody Else", "Where Have All The Good Times Gone", "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman", "Destroyer", and "Come Dancing" among dozens of others.
Waterloo is a district of London which includes Waterloo Bridge overlooking the Thames which is the dirty old river mentioned at the beginning of the song. The characters of Terry and Julie mentioned in the song referred to British actors Terence Stamp and Julie Christie who were very popular in 1967 the Year the song was released.
One of my favorite love songs.
One of the most beautiful songs ever. Those wonderful harmonies include Ray's first wife, Rasa.
Love your smile!!! 💕😊👍
For me there is this Holy Trinity of 1960s bands that left the biggest mark on all music that came after that period: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Kinks. These bands created the template for everything that followed in so many ways.
Being a movie fan myself, I've always been particularly fond of 'Cellulloid Heroes' by The Kinks. It's an ode to some of the greatest movie stars of times gone by as well as the many that tried and didn't make it.
YAH... KINKS...!!! : ) : ) : )
Surprised no one has mentioned my fav by the Kinks - A Well Respected Man
J C And Dedicated Follower of Fashion.
Cheap adolescent condescension.
Leonard Shevlin what are u talking about?
The song, written and sung by Ray Davies, who is a Londoner. Waterloo is of course in London, and the two characters in the song, Terry, is Terence Stamp; and Julie is, Julie Christie "cross over" the River Thames. Both were very big in the 1960s.
Ray Davies is probably one of the most underrated song writers. He can create an instant atmosphere with his music. Brilliant.
The Terry and Julie in Waterloo Sunset was actually Ray's sister, Julie and her significant other at the time, Terry.
@@AdrianDeVore First time I've ever heard that. Thanks for the clarification.
@@rosswatson5996 You're welcome.
JAY THANKS for a genuine reaction 🙏 quintessential English ❤
Please do "Celluloid Heroes" by The Kinks.
Yes!!! Arguably the Kinks most underrated song of all-time!!
Yes!!! That’s one of their best for sure. I love it!
Nah, not even a top 20 Kinks song. Much better songs in front of that.
Lazing on a sunny afternoon is great, also Come Dancing.
Great song by one of my favorite bands. I recommend “Victoria” or “Arthur” or “Shangri-la” from their album Arthur or The Rise and Fall of the British Empire.
A Kinks songs that is definitely worth reacting to, especially right now with all that has been going on in the U.S. and the world over the last few months, is "20th Century Man". I think it fits chillingly perfectly in today's times and is now as relevant es ever.
It's from their album "Muswell Hillbillies", which was called by many critics to be the best or one of the best albums of 1971, though, like many Kinks albums with similar reviews, flopped commercially, but is really good nonetheless!