A few years ago, I was in the ICU at a hospital suffering from Encephalitis and was in a coma. On day 10 my family was advised to say goodbye as my life expectancy was estimated at 2 hours. Wrong - I lived. On day 11 my son visited and played "Sunny Afternoon" to me as he knew I loved this Kinks classic and thought I would recognize it and the familiarity might wake me up. I started to move my eyes and lips and the Nurse who sat by my bed called the Doctor. By the time the Doctor arrived, I had opened my eyes and the next day I was in a Ward watching football on the TV. Thanks to The Kinks. My son and I always will remember and love "Sunny Afternoon".
They're highly revered and critically acclaimed and have sold millions of records and won tonnes of awards. Explain to us again how they're underrated? 🤔
When the Kinks sang this song, I lived with my parents in a four-family tenement house.There was a pretty girl living below us and I was in the school choir.I used to sing this song for fun when I went down to the basement to get coals for our furnace. At one point she opened the door and asked me if we could go for a walk and if I could sing the KINKS song to her again.I was happy but I didn't sing the song to her; I didn't get around to it.Today at over 70 years old I am still learning to play the guitar and I think back to that girl and the time when the Kinks, the girl and I were young.
@@PsychedelicxylophoneI agree with you, memories of something beautiful can hurt, although that is a contradiction!!!! Often it is the youth that one remembers positively. The sky was open and you yourself were open to everything and you just have such feelings in your youth and later you remember these past times. It's terrible when you didn't have such a beautiful, exciting, wonderful youth.Time can't be turned back.When you're young, everything you live is normal, you don't realise during youth that life is something special.Of course, you get youth for free, you don't have to do anything for it.You only realise the value of our music of that time much later, when this music belongs to "your" long history and then comes the pain of loss.What also hurts me is the brutal present when I see icons of POP ageing. I saw Ray and Dave Davies as they look today.Actually I didn't want that.I wanted to remember them as they look on old record covers.For me the defining years are the 60's when the Kinks and other groups started, for you, it's the '80s. Everyone becomes a grandfather or grandmother one day and that is always connected with nostalgia and, at worst, with the death of the idols. I'm happy that there is always music that moves me like back then, that I find beautiful, like the Kinks a long time ago. The music of the Kinks will always be current.
@@ernst2225 I'll be 24 soon. It's kind of rude to be asking this question since you are over 70, but I just wanted your advice. How did you feel at 24? Can you remember? Are you still considered young at that age? What do you think of that from this current perspective you have, having lived a long and, I would say, a good life? :)
Their music is timeless. This was one of my first albums purchased when I was in the 7th grade. I still have it and I’m going on 72 years old. Still love their music ❤
It seemed to me that the Summer of 1966 would never end. I was fifteen and surfing and hanging out on Galveston's 37th Street Beach on the Gulf Coast of Texas. I can distinctly remember thinking "I need to REMEMBER this--because life will never be this sweet again in my life." 1966 was a great year for me. It was like all the stars aligned to create the perfect time to be a teenager. I sure miss it.
When this was released in 1966, we were at the mercy of great DJs pumping classics like this through our transistor radios. Find a spot we thought no one could see us and pass a joint, hoping for a good track. The Kinks always put a smile on my face.
Ummm they had 12 consecutive top 10 hit singles in the mid-60's. I'd say they were pretty popular.
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@@NachtSchreck13 I'm talking about 1966-1968 (roughly). Their best albums weren't selling well. Of course, it didn't help that they couldn't tour in the U.S.
I love this song! I was living in Norwalk, Connecticut when I first heard this song. The song is just as fresh today 2023, January 02 as it was then. Good music develops a NEVER ending longevity.
This song takes me back to my teen years; getting stoned at the beach and mellowing out for hours in the sun. Oh the days before all this adult responsibility; how I miss my youth😪
I'm retired now...back to the Beach playing the same music I played before I entered the work world! ...(I just don't jump off the high rocks anymore or drink cheap wine...🍷
All you can really try to measure this by is musical ability. Their music would not be the same if they were born at a later time (and still all somehow met up with one another, lol). And as for contemporary artists going back in time and still being successful..that's even trickier to speculate about - who would their influences be? It would be impossible for them to have the exact same catologue of songs
@@Talisman09 I mean they could have written some of their songs at any time and still get big: Wicked Annabella, You Really Got Me, Sitting By The Riverside, Picture Book... etc
@@ThePowerpointMaster I love those songs but they sound like their era. If they were released today they would be called 60s throwback songs, and the market just wouldn't be anywhere near as big for them. Have you heard what most of the kids are listening to today?
What an old masterpiece..unlike the present music..these are the real music..beatles,the kinks,everly brothers,the cascades and etc..luv them all..I'm so lucky to at least live in the era where soem of these legends are still living.
My favorite Kinks song. There's nothing like it. And Ray is an underrated genius. I saw him twice solo in a small club and he didn't disappoint. A brush with greatness!
They are arguing that they shouldn't have to put effort into the relationships they themselves choose to cultivate. Perfect? Sure, if you're a self asshole or a Boomer.
@@bobtaylor170 it's a tone running through the entirety of Boomer culture. None of you seem capable of respecting the nature of relationships. All you do is joke about how your husbands are worthless losers that you can't use, or how your wives are nagging harpies who won't let you do whatever the fuck you want. No wonder 50 percent of your marriages have failed. You're a bunch of selfhish, self-centered shitbags.
Elegant, ironic and melancholic eternal Song. One of the half 60s Masterpiece from a fantastic english band, Ray Davies was an Amazing poet and Singer..Oh wow
I was 14 the following month, when of course England would win the World Cup. Am not English, so could not really celebrate as others did. However being a teenager during the 1960s was, and still is, something to celebrate. At this time, I began to notice girls and what a combination - girls on a sunny afternoons in the summer time listening to, Kinks, Beatles, Who, Beach Boys, Stones, Sandy, Lulu, Dusty, Cher - Now where's that time machine???
This song just soothes the soul..The feeling it puts me into never gets old, My mind is the same, it's my body that is old, shrunk and painful ..but the music ....It's the magical fountain of youth....
Early in morning, surprised O had a good night's sleep for once. Found myself humminghis tune out of recesses of my mind. As always, attributed it to Beatles. UTube set me straight. Thank you Kinks!
It just jumped into my head as I woke up...at 7 AM...after not hearing it since it was released and I was a kid. 72 yrs now. It's in my Playlist now. Lol. Great lyrics....Fun to hear.
1967 , I was driving my pride & joy , a 1958 Mk 2 Ford Zodiac , this song was playing on the car stereo , when I wrote the car off ..! It was still playing with me sitting in the wreckage...So nostalgic...
I was standing on a small pier in Cork Harbour in July 1966 waiting for a return trip to Cobh. As I stood there I heard ‘Sunny Afternoon’ for the first time. It has stayed with me ever since. A wonderful time in my ‘sixties’ life.
I will be 80 yrs old next year and it reminds me of when I was young. Thank you for bringing back happy memories.
where are ur kids homeboy?
@@NOOBsoldier2517weirdo
Me too, I remember dancing in front of them at a small gig in Swansea!
Hope you're still with us 😊 friend 😊💯🌹🙏☮️
You’re not far ahead of us - keep on having fun. “They” can’t take our music away from us!
A few years ago, I was in the ICU at a hospital suffering from Encephalitis and was in a coma. On day 10 my family was advised to say goodbye as my life expectancy was estimated at 2 hours. Wrong - I lived. On day 11 my son visited and played "Sunny Afternoon" to me as he knew I loved this Kinks classic and thought I would recognize it and the familiarity might wake me up. I started to move my eyes and lips and the Nurse who sat by my bed called the Doctor. By the time the Doctor arrived, I had opened my eyes and the next day I was in a Ward watching football on the TV. Thanks to The Kinks. My son and I always will remember and love "Sunny Afternoon".
I'll have to remember to try that next time I am suffering from encephalitis.
Great story. Stay safe...
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Sons 💗
WOW! Great story❤️
damn!
I am listening to this now in 2024. Beautiful as always.
Probably the most underrated band in history. The amount of talent and creativity alone, just outstanding.
Better than the Stones and the beatles for surr.
They had soooo many hits. Ppl remember the hits but not the band name as much
Spot on!!!! I can't even add more to your great comet....!!!
@@caraculo1077 *sure
And no, they weren't.
They're highly revered and critically acclaimed and have sold millions of records and won tonnes of awards. Explain to us again how they're underrated? 🤔
The Kinks deserved just as much fame as the Beatles imo. They are highly underrated
Anirban Ganguly so true they are so underrated
simmer down,,,,,
So true
Indeed, they sure did!
@ Even more true
When the Kinks sang this song, I lived with my parents in a four-family tenement house.There was a pretty girl living below us and I was in the school choir.I used to sing this song for fun when I went down to the basement to get coals for our furnace. At one point she opened the door and asked me if we could go for a walk and if I could sing the KINKS song to her again.I was happy but I didn't sing the song to her; I didn't get around to it.Today at over 70 years old I am still learning to play the guitar and I think back to that girl and the time when the Kinks, the girl and I were young.
That's a beautiful memory, Ernst! A hug from Brazil. :)
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@@drowningfish8047 If you write a little more, I'll do a 30° - bow. Thank you !
@@PsychedelicxylophoneI agree with you, memories of something beautiful can hurt, although that is a contradiction!!!!
Often it is the youth that one remembers positively. The sky was open and you yourself were open to everything and you just have such feelings in your youth and later you remember these past times. It's terrible when you didn't have such a beautiful, exciting, wonderful youth.Time can't be turned back.When you're young, everything you live is normal, you don't realise during youth that life is something special.Of course, you get youth for free, you don't have to do anything for it.You only realise the value of our music of that time much later, when this music belongs to "your" long history and then comes the pain of loss.What also hurts me is the brutal present when I see icons of POP ageing. I saw Ray and Dave Davies as they look today.Actually I didn't want that.I wanted to remember them as they look on old record covers.For me the defining years are the 60's when the Kinks and other groups started, for you, it's the '80s.
Everyone becomes a grandfather or grandmother one day and that is always connected with nostalgia and, at worst, with the death of the idols.
I'm happy that there is always music that moves me like back then, that I find beautiful, like the Kinks a long time ago. The music of the Kinks will always be current.
@@ernst2225 I'll be 24 soon. It's kind of rude to be asking this question since you are over 70, but I just wanted your advice. How did you feel at 24? Can you remember? Are you still considered young at that age? What do you think of that from this current perspective you have, having lived a long and, I would say, a good life? :)
Good music never dies, good people do.
👏👏👏👏
And they live on in the music, so everything is fine.
stuff your cheap comments...pretty vacant
@@richardharrison1855 Sex pistols?
@@ZER0--The Kinks- first punk band
Their music is timeless. This was one of my first albums purchased when I was in the 7th grade. I still have it and I’m going on 72 years old. Still love their music ❤
ME too on that!!
@ 65 I am still rocking to great ol music like this.
@@mbear709 im 20 and rocking
This is amazing
I was in the fifth grade, but I am 70 years old in this year, 2023.
The Kinks, Small Faces, Beatles, Stones, Who. That will do for me. Ray Davies genius.
I thought Faces was a straight up rock band also
Add The Doors, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and you have the greatest Bands of all time
You forgot Leapy Lee!
Beach Boys? Queen? Nirvana?
@@valg4510 Those are from different eras and genres, especially Nirvana :|
God Save the Kinks. Immortality is theirs. They will be the headliners in Heaven
Along with Kirsty MacColl. Pure Magic❤❤
This Era of music was easily the best. We are lucky to be able to have the opportunity to listen to great songs like this, among others! Great jam!
Dude.....u must be high....
THIS SONG SOUNDS LIKE MY LIFE KINDA FUNNY BUT TRUE IN THE SUMMER TIME WOW TRIPPY KOOL OLD SCHOOL
u would say that if u weren't around for the 1600s music scene
U 2
When you're right, you're right.
I'm listening to this in 2024, brilliant tune.
Great harmonies that's the kinks for you
I'm listening to this in the afternoon... (It's sunny.)
One of my favourites since I was 16. 50 years ago!
Październik ☔Ale piękny utwór.....💌💌💌 Pozdrawiam z Polski...
i dont care in what year you are listening to this, shut up, this is timeless
I'm nearing 70 and still listening. It seem like yesterday
@@Futuretimelord Same here. It almost seems like another life. So thankful for the music and the memories!
Yeah man !
If your listening to this is 2021 your an absolute legend:)
hopefully 2121
Thank you 😊
Finally someone agrees
It's a constant thing, but thank you!
Then i am
Most underated band of all time. A statement, not a question.
way better than the beatles who were forced into front of audiences
Saw them in concert. 👍👍👍
@Dan Dugan nice
@@gobblelevclass3nuclearsubm393 riigghhht. or audiences just loved the beatles way more. beatles sold what, 10xs the amount of albums?
No doubt
I'm 75 and loving the kinks
Absolutely, great group 👍 ❤
62 yo.......and same here Chris .
It's 2023 and I'm still rocking to this song!
Love the Kinks forever ❤️
O yeah baby love them ditto that
It seemed to me that the Summer of 1966 would never end. I was fifteen and surfing and hanging out on Galveston's 37th Street Beach on the Gulf Coast of Texas. I can distinctly remember thinking "I need to REMEMBER this--because life will never be this sweet again in my life." 1966 was a great year for me. It was like all the stars aligned to create the perfect time to be a teenager. I sure miss it.
1966 was a great summer in Southern CA. One of the ones I visit in my memories frequently. It was a great time to be alive!
The Kinks I remember....back starting in 1963 in London.....never forgotten.....was 81 Friday last....live now in Dublin Ireland....
Good luck, bookworm !!!
When this was released in 1966, we were at the mercy of great DJs pumping classics like this through our transistor radios. Find a spot we thought no one could see us and pass a joint, hoping for a good track. The Kinks always put a smile on my face.
@BrianLowe-oq9mj How antiquated, huh? And not every kid had one. I was lucky!
WLS, WOAI, WNOE, they'd fade out, fade in. The Good Days in the British Isles (Pirate Radio Stations on ships offshore) and the USA.
I'm 74 so you know I love to hear these oldies. ❤
Still love this song, after all these years.
Funny with a group under so much scrutiny, listening to this now sounds so....peaceful
56 years on and this song still rings true.
This song has aged very well. Even many great songs of this era don’t sound quite as good as they once did.
Best songs of 60 aged well thab a lot of hits of 00s
Facts
Ear wax?
Timeless
I agree. And early Kinks still sound good.
This band was so underrated in the mid-to-late 60's.
Ummm they had 12 consecutive top 10 hit singles in the mid-60's. I'd say they were pretty popular.
@@NachtSchreck13 I'm talking about 1966-1968 (roughly). Their best albums weren't selling well. Of course, it didn't help that they couldn't tour in the U.S.
I was almost 10yrs old when this was first released and, unlike me, it has never got old. I LOVE it!
Love ur attitude. amazing. you go girl.
I`m the same .Born in `57. Where did the time go? Better days , then , with a lot less than weve got now. Good luck and good health .
I am currently 14 years old.
I was 16 and met my one and only love sitting outside on a big lawn with her.
@@royshalom7675 same nice music taste 🤭
I love this song! I was living in Norwalk, Connecticut when I first heard this song. The song is just as fresh today 2023, January 02 as it was then. Good music develops a NEVER ending longevity.
I am in Brooklyn, New York at where I grew on to this music [as a Black male], and I enjoy it on TH-cam, as I am 70 years old.
Hope you heard this dad didn't know that was your favourite song miss you dad ❤
What a band! So under rated. Clever quirky cheeky and bloody brilliant
Many Kinks songs were tongue in cheek funny. Combined with masterclass tunes...makes magic happen!
Ray Davies and the Kinks Legends absolute legends
You're so right ❤😊
Always loved the Kinks, great songs that still ring 60 years down the road. Most underrated band ever.
This song takes me back to my teen years; getting stoned at the beach and mellowing out for hours in the sun. Oh the days before all this adult responsibility; how I miss my youth😪
I'm retired now...back to the Beach playing the same music I played before I entered the work world! ...(I just don't jump off the high rocks anymore or drink cheap wine...🍷
Everything about this tune, from lyrics to musicianship to harmonies and arrangement is distinctive and superb.
Unforgettable Timeless The Kinks 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
The Kinks are one of those bands that could have come out in the 90s or even today and still get big.
I think that's probably true. I also think they are later bands that could go back in time and make it big.
So true.
All you can really try to measure this by is musical ability. Their music would not be the same if they were born at a later time (and still all somehow met up with one another, lol). And as for contemporary artists going back in time and still being successful..that's even trickier to speculate about - who would their influences be? It would be impossible for them to have the exact same catologue of songs
@@Talisman09 I mean they could have written some of their songs at any time and still get big: Wicked Annabella, You Really Got Me, Sitting By The Riverside, Picture Book... etc
@@ThePowerpointMaster I love those songs but they sound like their era. If they were released today they would be called 60s throwback songs, and the market just wouldn't be anywhere near as big for them. Have you heard what most of the kids are listening to today?
Their best song, hands down. Puts me in a summer mood.
Waterloo Sunset beats it imo
So many to choose from ...
Apeman s pretty damn rad
Pure bullshit. Waterloo sunset pisses all over this
I see you on the dark side of the moon
This has always been my favorite song of the Kinks.
Really?
What an old masterpiece..unlike the present music..these are the real music..beatles,the kinks,everly brothers,the cascades and etc..luv them all..I'm so lucky to at least live in the era where soem of these legends are still living.
Glad to have experienced it ❤😊
My favorite Kinks song. There's nothing like it. And Ray is an underrated genius. I saw him twice solo in a small club and he didn't disappoint. A brush with greatness!
I've seen ray also.brilliant
my favorite song from them is "This time tomorrow" but love this one too.
You are so right.. Brilliant writing...
ODO Yipper this really influenced the gorillas. The vocals on this song and feel good inc are super similar
the best thing about Florida, endless sunny afternoons!
#norain #sunnyday
Just an absolute classic . Perfect song in every possible way.
They are arguing that they shouldn't have to put effort into the relationships they themselves choose to cultivate. Perfect? Sure, if you're a self asshole or a Boomer.
So true even in 2020
@@nickagriesti6708 , it's satire. You can read what Ray Davies says about it in the Wikipedia entry about the song.
@@bobtaylor170 there is a difference between satire and flippant framings of gender relations. This is the latter.
@@bobtaylor170 it's a tone running through the entirety of Boomer culture. None of you seem capable of respecting the nature of relationships. All you do is joke about how your husbands are worthless losers that you can't use, or how your wives are nagging harpies who won't let you do whatever the fuck you want. No wonder 50 percent of your marriages have failed. You're a bunch of selfhish, self-centered shitbags.
The superb Kinks who make quirky, funny songs did not dissapoint with this 1966 song. I had the record as a kid!
My father was a Kinks fan. Listened often, and with him. I miss him, but i always will remember his influences in my music tastes. ❤
2024 and I am still listening
Ich höre auch!! 🎉 👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻
Planning my dad’s Celebration of Life, and listening to some of his favorite songs in 2024.
Best song ever!!!
What a tremendous song from 66. Wonderful lyrics and a well played! Ray Davies was a genius!
2023 and still loving the kinks
Hey you should look up a band called The Doublejumps if you like The Kinks
2024 here! ❤🎉
Elegant, ironic and melancholic eternal Song. One of the half 60s Masterpiece from a fantastic english band, Ray Davies was an Amazing poet and Singer..Oh wow
Still 🎹🎵🎼
I was 14 the following month, when of course England would win the World Cup. Am not English, so could not really celebrate as others did. However being a teenager during the 1960s was, and still is, something to celebrate. At this time, I began to notice girls and what a combination - girls on a sunny afternoons in the summer time listening to, Kinks, Beatles, Who, Beach Boys, Stones, Sandy, Lulu, Dusty, Cher - Now where's that time machine???
This song takes me right back to the late sixties... Long live the Kinks! 😀
I'm thankful to be alive during a time that this music existed.
This song just soothes the soul..The feeling it puts me into never gets old, My mind is the same, it's my body that is old, shrunk and painful ..but the music ....It's the magical fountain of youth....
Early in morning, surprised O had a good night's sleep for once. Found myself humminghis tune out of recesses of my mind. As always, attributed it to Beatles. UTube set me straight. Thank you Kinks!
Ah... memories! When you get to our age, it's probably all we have (that makes any sense, anyway!) :D
Happy 80th birthday Ray Davies!!!
Grew up with Kinks, think they're so underated. I'm guilty I appreciate them now more than ever
Te kinks are the kings
the greatness of the Kinks! Just wonderful.
The kinks are so underrated! I wish more people liked them
Never mind. Come dancing?
A great song. Never gets old it's 2022 now.
It just jumped into my head as I woke up...at 7 AM...after not hearing it since it was released and I was a kid. 72 yrs now. It's in my Playlist now. Lol. Great lyrics....Fun to hear.
Was für ein super Song !
The Kinks, The Animals and The Rascals were my mothers favorites - miss her so much when I hear the old classics
Love the kinks , Switzerland.
No doubt one of the best hits during 60's,!!
if only i could go back to the old times, i hate it now.
Who doesn't?
m,e too,,,,,,, OLD GIT UK 77
You forget how great this song is until you hear it again 👌
I've never forgot how great this tune is
Agreed, Ms Barringer. After 1st listen, it became 1 of my very favorite songs ever.
This music & the Beatles need a 2020s revival!!! Def a place for it today it’s incredible!!!
i see, a person with music taste
The Kinks are the most underrated band in history and Ray Davies is a genius. This is a masterpiece of songwriting!
One of the greatest songwriters in music history, Vincent, was named Michael Brown for the group THE LEFT BANKE -check them out!!
Everybody listening to this in CURRENT YEAR are legends
And most important. Listening in a sunny afternoon
Love "Sunny Afternoon" still listening to it in '23 & will continue to listen to it in future years to come. 🌞
60 next year memories of being a little child fantastic music.
Loved them. Best band
Mum and Dad loved this song, even though they were the rock n roll generation. Still remember Dad chortling when it came on the radio. Miss you Dad!
I'm nearly 75 and remember that time when i was playng/singing this song on piano in dancing club.
this is like my fave kinks song my ex and my best friend Seth loved this song
More and more people discovering the kinks every day, In my opinion their music is more enduring than the other bands of their era.
Timeless sound
I was 13 years old !!! I loved so much.....I am 66 and I love so much !!!!!
Ditto
The Well Respected Man would like a Sunny Afternoon.
I grew up with The Kinks music in the 60s. Love them! Those halcyon days are sadly long gone!
One of the bands with the best lyrics… such storytellers. No wonder they made a musical from their songs
This song gets me through miserable wet windy cold winters days !!😎
Ive been a huge Kinks fan since 1964! Ray Davies is a gifted artist. Just Awesome!!❤❤❤
I grew up with you guys in the '60s. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR GREAT MUSIC AND MEMORIES!!
One of the most profound lyricists in Rock.
My favourite song in the world, this is the song of my life.
I agree that The Kinks were absolute legendary!! So many amazing tunes.....what groovy memories!!!
Great song. Happy Birthday today(June 21) to Ray Davies. Cheers!
I’ve been listening since it first came out. Dragging the line too!😊
The kinks are very underrated.
1967 , I was driving my pride & joy , a 1958 Mk 2 Ford Zodiac , this song was playing on the car stereo , when I wrote the car off ..! It was still playing with me sitting in the wreckage...So nostalgic...
the kinks will never be forgotten magic times
Except...
They were never remembered...
I remember kicking it by the pool in ...67? 68? listening to this with my friends...the 60s were such a great time to grow up! Magical!!
Such a cool song. Ray is a genius. Love the lyrics. Hilarious. A really great, underrated band.
I was standing on a small pier in Cork Harbour in July 1966 waiting for a return trip to Cobh. As I stood there I heard ‘Sunny Afternoon’ for the first time. It has stayed with me ever since. A wonderful time in my ‘sixties’ life.
👌 wow
Absolute geniality . GOD BLESS ENGLAND !!!! 💙🇬🇧
U😢🎉😮😅😊😊
ah sang this tae ma maw when she was very unwell, next day was a good day, tells ye all ye need tae know xxxxx
Take it your scottish spelling mum maw sorry for your loss
The original PUNK band. "Give me 2 good reasons why I oughta stay..." Brilliant stuff!
This Song is the Song of my life ❤
Yes. That's why it is brilliant. If this song doesn't describe some time in your life, you're either lucky, young or need to get out more.
My favorite kick back and relax song since 1966. It has never aged or dated an iota. Pure class.