"I wish I could fly but I can't even swim! Superman. Superman. I wanna fly like Superman!" GENIUS Ray Davies! Maybe my favorite Kinks song of all time, which I love to sing along and play guitar over decades? Summer Afternoon, from 64/65. "Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.", about his wife's accusations! "But I like to sit with my ice cold beer...lazing on a Summer Afternoon...in the Summertime!" Rudyard Kipling would be so proud...Ray is a true teller of tall tales!
@@rickrose5377 "Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty" If that is not so English; so Chaucer; so Shakespearean, so...well, Ray Davies (with the Kinks) , what is it? Just CLASSIC open prose of days of yore, when Kings were His Royal Majesty, Queens might get beheaded, or become Her Royal Majesty like Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth...and some, like King Richard III, murdered his own sons to not inherit the throne! Its not the prose of American Pop Idol Rod McKuen of the 60's from San Francisco. Nor beatniks and solid good open poetry like Ginsburg, Cassidy and Jack Kerouac of the San Francisco Bay Area, pre Free Speech Movement at Berkeley. Its pure British!
@@rickrose5377 Even though Ray did not write the song "Everybody's a Star"... you can see all the stars as you along Hollywood Blvd... he sings it so fucking poignantly, so full of raw emotion, it always stirs soemthing deep inside my soul. Having live in LA 40 years frowning up much younger, I, too, have walked on Hollywood Blvd right in front of Graumans Movie Theater. (Now called the Kodak Theater where the Oscars are held most every year) When I saw The Kinks play live at the then outdoor Universal Theater in 1977, they played :Hollywood Blvd. Words cannot describe how to even describe it! Ray, damn, was such an Everyman! A Common Joe; and Average Bloke like you and I :"Everybody's a dreamer; everyone's one';s a star...": And Dave Davies high vocal harmonies just ripped me open in pure joy! I will never, ever forget it...and its still one of my "Go to" songs for life!
@@donriley3349 But he DID write 'Celluloid Heroes', Don -- the song from 'Everybody's in Showbiz' that contains the lines you quoted. I know, because I played that album relentlessly nearly every day of the summer I came home from my freshman year in college. Which makes me a geezer, I know. 🤔😏☺️ I went to American public schools when they were still good -- before we disinvested in them in the greedy, idiotic Republican plot to privatize EVERYTHING -- and though my parents (as children of the Depression) never had a chance even to graduate fron high school, they put me through Yale, and I did my graduate work at Harvard. In the summer after my freshman year in college, I played the hell out of that beautiful album. I've seen the Kinks live several times, most memorably headlining a triple-bill at the Aragon Theatre in Chicago with Little Feat and Cockney Rebel. Ray was a little drunk, and Dave -- growing increasingly aggravated with his infuriating big brother -- finally lost it, and pushed Ray off the front of the stage. The brothers Davies were the Gallagher brothers before Oasis. 😁 The bottom line: I adore that song, too. It's gorgeous. Have a great weekend.
This is my favorite version of a brilliant song. The stripped down, up-tempo treatment gives it a punk edge, but accompanied with good musicianship and great songwriting. And on top of everything, it does a better job than a lot of history books at explaining British politics from Disraeli to Thatcher.
In all their music The Kinks don't have one bad song.....not one.....masters of their craft.....they ploughed the road for the rest of Rock Bands to come after them.....
Deejay Frank E. Lee played this song last weekend when WXRT-FM Chicago's "Saturday Morning Flashback" went back to 1969. I've loved this great anthem ever since it came out 54 years ago -- and now, four days after 'XRT played it, it's still firmly stuck in my head. This live version, with the crowd singing along, is a real treat.
Who else could combine a hard rocking classic tune with lyrics ironically depecting the relationship of the working class to the British Empire? The Beatles, Stones and the Who may have been more popular, but for the intelligence of their lyrics and rock and roll credibility, the Kinks were THE British band.
It's funny when you watch early videos of the Kinks on the black and white TV shows, and they are kind of stoic for the camers. I saw them in '81, and this is how they were in the late 70's and early 80's. Live they were electric!
Ray was and still is the man!! What a songwriter. Every I hear this classic I end up stomping my feet uncontrollably!! Weird how certain songs can make your body act a particular way without thinking about doing it, suppose that’s the power of music!
Impossible to name a favorite song....it's what me and my highschool sweetheart listened to in early seventies on chronicles s album .....along with sweet genive
If like me, your a child of the sixties, many cannot name the top four of the British Invasion, Feb 1964, after appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show. The Beatles, Then the Stones. Many will say The Who next. WRONG. The Kinks! Ray and brother Dave Davies, fabulous musicians and songwriters! Love my Kinks. My brother, girlfriend and I got to see them live outdoors at the Universal Amphitheater in LA, 1978. Just incredible! Nothing but hits~From All Day and All of the Night, to Really Got me, Lazy Days of Summer ('drinking my ice cold beer'), Well Respected Man, Victoria, to Superman...'I wish I could fly like Superman!" But the best memorable part was how Ray kept teasing us with the opening acoustic guitar chords of Lola. Everyone wanted to hear it~! Talk about showmanship~ Ray Davies had supreme crowd control. And pumped us up to the big finish. Dave Davies had been shredding guitar all night long, and singing his beautiful high harmonies for his brother. And twice, Ray would start the crowd up by singing Harry Belafonte's calypso song "The Banana Boat Song" (you know, Dayo~Dayo! Daylights coming and I want to go home)... and then tease us with the opening chords of Lola. Finally, end of the night, second to last song, Ray started singing "Dayo!" again...but when I started playing Lola, his brother Dave jumped in on his Gibson Les Paul, and they DID it. The whole freaking Kinks. Beautiful! Will never forget it. Never got to see The Beatles (but every single Beatle live, solo, cept for John); saw The Who once right after Woodstock, Have seen the Stones 7 times...and Keith, solo 3 times...Led Zeppelin twice, Eric Burdon of the Animals 3 times, Bowie once... but guess what? Seeing the Kinks live, has been one of the greatest pleasures of my life.
Thank you, Paul for appreciating my love of The Kinks...and I love The Who as well, and of course, The Stones, and most of all, The Fab Four.... but the Kinks are sometimes overlooked. Hearing them play Victoria and Celluloid Heroes live...at that almost made me die of pure joy....was utterly AWESOME...and then they had these other songs, too! I have played acoustic and electric guitar since 1970 in Los Angeles...and have written a few hundred songs, only about 75 are great, Have had my rock and roll bands, and friends, awesome musicians. But the things about seeing the Kinks live in 1978... their energy, verve, Ray and Dave and fantastic original bass player (sorry to forget his mind right now)...blew my kid brother, my girlfriend lover and housemate for 7 years,,,out of our fucking socks! A night to always remember.. only 20 rows, center of the outdoor stage on a warm North Hollywood Night August 1978, I STILL talk to my younger brother and former girlfriend about that night 40 years later! It was Kinky Magical!
Thank you, Frank. i was lucky to be born in the 50's, and grew up with the entire music revolution/explosion of the sixties...between oldies, like Buddy Holly, Elvis, Beach Boys, Everly Bros, Peter Paul and Mary, Dylan, The Animals (!!!) Motown, Stax, The Byrds, Hendrix, Joplin and the whole mix...great childhood and time to be alive. Lucky I got to see George Harrison live in LA Nov 74, Paul McCartney and Wings in LA in 75, the First Ringo Starr All Star Band in 1987 at the Greek theater (with Joe Walsh, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Clarence Clemons on sax, and Jim Keltner and Ringo on drums !!!)--- I only missed John Lennon, I had prepaid tickets to see him live in LA in 1981, but we all know what happened Dec 8, 1980. The Kinks one of the greatest bands I saw in my life...and only ONCE!
You are spot on bro - I was 15 in 1964....Im a kinks fan right from the beginning, but to be honest a hugh Beatles fan right off the back but with the release of Kinks Kontroversy in late 65 that changed everything for me - Kinks first Beatles second....The Who are way OVER RATED.....early Stones were better than the Kinks....I would rate The Beatles, the Kinks, the Stones, the Who.
@@JustinEdwords well patriotic seems a bad word nowadays, especially if you are British.... I'll stick with my view of it as it was a well known fact that they were a very patriotic band that loved old England etc....
@@robash3399 Yes, whatever the flaws of the British, the Kinks appreciate their country, the U.K.. This song is not necessarily cynical, it is an expression of how many British were in those days, and what they believed. For better, and sometimes for worse. The British Empire is gone but the British Commonwealth, with each county doing their thing and doing trade with each other, etc.. It is still going isn't it.
Ray is a true English man, I remember when he came to Vancouver and he played this song. He said "Back then Britain had an empire don't be afraid to applaud for that!" And the whole place erupted in applause.
I saw em this Time around in The Boston Gahden and In the Providence Civic Center. Simply just incredible. That Ray Davies just Never stops. Wind em up and watch him go. Dave Davies was and is the most underrated and forgotten Rock and Roll guitar player of all time. I was fortunate enough to see Dave Davies play and sing the song “ Bernadette” one other time as well. What a Band. To bad they were Banned in The U.S. early in there career while the British Invasion was happening. So sad.
Late November of 1977 I saw The Kinks preform in all places Brooklyn College Theater and yes they played Farther Christmas ! I have the CD One For The Road and I haven't played it in a long time. I'd almost forgotten how good it is.. Great Posting & God I Love Those Misfits & Sleepwalkers - Long Live The Kinks ! 🎸
I remember hearing the single version of this song on the radio probably around the time it came out, I was only seven years old. Didn’t understand what it was about, but really dug the tune👍🎸
I remember seeing this lp when it was current and seeing videos of it on late night tv. However,I don't think I've seen it in several decades. I think it's a double lp.
My father told my mother he wanted to name me after Queen Victoria. I could never figure this out, as he wasn't a monarchist and didn't particularly like Queen Victoria. The year he passed away, he randomly told me that he'd just told my mother a story, and he'd really named me after this song. I still don't like my name, but I hate it less now.
I've seen a few bands that could change with the times without even trying, it's as if they expressed themselves artistically however they felt like doing and it just happened to fit the times. Being in the right place at the right time and being able to deliver.
I agree with just about everything below-- so I'll save some breath. This is simply "great." Upbeat, great riff, excitement, got everything. I don't know about the history, can't figure out the words. Maybe the queen? I like the Kipling vs Chuck Berry comment especially! Go Kinks!
I remember when they said, "The sun never sets on the British empire." Every time zone had at least one British territory or country or something. Australia was a big British subject even though I think it began as Maori and then they sent white prisoners there to prison. And Canada too is a big supporter not counting Quebec which is half French. I've been with the Kinks all the way since about 1963. I want them to know that they got royalties out of me first on the records, then on the cassettes, then on MP3 and then on disc. So I've paid my dues.
When I was 8 or 9 (78/79) there was a tv commercial promoting a Kinks Best of and all my friends had seen it and we were all hyped about it. A few days later I could pester my mum into buying a copy for me. Proud ly I told my friends at school and literally everyone had a copy too - same record. The f'ing same record. So silly. Anyways… Kinks came first for me. Before Beatles, Stone and all the rest.
"Ironic", yes, rickrose5377 ! Premier ou second degré ? Entre les deux. Les Kinks restent le groupe le plus délicieusement british, et tant pis si aucun Français n'a su répliquer à "Waterloo sunset" par un chef d'oeuvre du même niveau vantant la gare d'Austerlitz !
One of the most literate, ironic, yet delightfully raucous rock & roll anthems ever written. Kipling meets Chuck Berry. God save The Kinks!
"I wish I could fly but I can't even swim! Superman. Superman. I wanna fly like Superman!" GENIUS Ray Davies! Maybe my favorite Kinks song of all time, which I love to sing along and play guitar over decades? Summer Afternoon, from 64/65.
"Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.", about his wife's accusations! "But I like to sit with my ice cold beer...lazing on a Summer Afternoon...in the Summertime!" Rudyard Kipling would be so proud...Ray is a true teller of tall tales!
@@donriley3349
I agree that Sunny Afternoon is brilliant, Don. Hilarious and yet poignant.
@@rickrose5377 "Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty" If that is not so English; so Chaucer; so Shakespearean, so...well, Ray Davies (with the Kinks) , what is it? Just CLASSIC open prose of days of yore, when Kings were His Royal Majesty, Queens might get beheaded, or become Her Royal Majesty like Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth...and some, like King Richard III, murdered his own sons to not inherit the throne!
Its not the prose of American Pop Idol Rod McKuen of the 60's from San Francisco. Nor beatniks and solid good open poetry like Ginsburg, Cassidy and Jack Kerouac of the San Francisco Bay Area, pre Free Speech Movement at Berkeley. Its pure British!
@@rickrose5377 Even though Ray did not write the song "Everybody's a Star"... you can see all the stars as you along Hollywood Blvd... he sings it so fucking poignantly, so full of raw emotion, it always stirs soemthing deep inside my soul. Having live in LA 40 years frowning up much younger, I, too, have walked on Hollywood Blvd right in front of Graumans Movie Theater. (Now called the Kodak Theater where the Oscars are held most every year)
When I saw The Kinks play live at the then outdoor Universal Theater in 1977, they played :Hollywood Blvd. Words cannot describe how to even describe it! Ray, damn, was such an Everyman! A Common Joe; and Average Bloke like you and I :"Everybody's a dreamer; everyone's one';s a star...": And Dave Davies high vocal harmonies just ripped me open in pure joy! I will never, ever forget it...and its still one of my "Go to" songs for life!
@@donriley3349
But he DID write 'Celluloid Heroes', Don -- the song from 'Everybody's in Showbiz' that contains the lines you quoted. I know, because I played that album relentlessly nearly every day of the summer I came home from my freshman year in college. Which makes me a geezer, I know. 🤔😏☺️
I went to American public schools when they were still good -- before we disinvested in them in the greedy, idiotic Republican plot to privatize EVERYTHING -- and though my parents (as children of the Depression) never had a chance even to graduate fron high school, they put me through Yale, and I did my graduate work at Harvard. In the summer after my freshman year in college, I played the hell out of that beautiful album.
I've seen the Kinks live several times, most memorably headlining a triple-bill at the Aragon Theatre in Chicago with Little Feat and Cockney Rebel. Ray was a little drunk, and Dave -- growing increasingly aggravated with his infuriating big brother -- finally lost it, and pushed Ray off the front of the stage. The brothers Davies were the Gallagher brothers before Oasis. 😁
The bottom line: I adore that song, too. It's gorgeous. Have a great weekend.
RIP Elizabeth - cut from the mould of Victoria, beloved by all.
HOW can you not love the KINKS????
As a proud Victorian I approve this message. Should be out state anthem.
I was born, lucky me
In a land that I love
Though I am poor
I am free
When I grow
I shall fight
For this land
I shall die
And the sun never sets
“THAT” the sun never sets. His sacrifice is required by and dedicated to the Empire
@@wbjr6715 it's WHERE the sun sets as in "The sun never sets on the British Empire".
This is my favorite version of a brilliant song. The stripped down, up-tempo treatment gives it a punk edge, but accompanied with good musicianship and great songwriting. And on top of everything, it does a better job than a lot of history books at explaining British politics from Disraeli to Thatcher.
I absolutely agree with you. This version of “Victoria” has been played more than any other song in my iTunes library.
Simply can’t be improved on.
@@HEDGE1011 A very English band they always were and are , but on good way for a change !!!
well said!!!
Nonsense.
Agree with that but I also like the Glastonberry 2010 version from Ray Davies and band with choir
In all their music The Kinks don't have one bad song.....not one.....masters of their craft.....they ploughed the road for the rest of Rock Bands to come after them.....
Deejay Frank E. Lee played this song last weekend when WXRT-FM Chicago's "Saturday Morning Flashback" went back to 1969. I've loved this great anthem ever since it came out 54 years ago -- and now, four days after 'XRT played it, it's still firmly stuck in my head. This live version, with the crowd singing along, is a real treat.
A song about the British empire. Who would have guessed it would be a hit and be remembered.
I saw this tour in the USA. Best concert by a band, ever.
Best live band I've ever seen.
Who else could combine a hard rocking classic tune with lyrics ironically depecting the relationship of the working class to the British Empire? The Beatles, Stones and the Who may have been more popular, but for the intelligence of their lyrics and rock and roll credibility, the Kinks were THE British band.
Rock and Roll of the very ,very highest order.
It's funny when you watch early videos of the Kinks on the black and white TV shows, and they are kind of stoic for the camers. I saw them in '81, and this is how they were in the late 70's and early 80's. Live they were electric!
Ray was and still is the man!! What a songwriter. Every I hear this classic I end up stomping my feet uncontrollably!! Weird how certain songs can make your body act a particular way without thinking about doing it, suppose that’s the power of music!
It's kind of a tongue in cheek song, but it is also a proud National song at the same.
My favorite Kinks song! Its so refreshing to see these old concert videos, not one G.D. phone being held aloft by some Moron!
People forget just how influential the Kinks were. I wasn't even alive and I know. Salute to The Kinks!
This by far is my favorite song from The Kinks. It's amazing how much they influenced later rock and roll.
Impossible to name a favorite song....it's what me and my highschool sweetheart listened to in early seventies on chronicles s album .....along with sweet genive
Our Muswell hillbilly was definitely one of THE best songwriters from 60’s thru many of my decades.
Gawd bless ya,
J
If like me, your a child of the sixties, many cannot name the top four of the British Invasion, Feb 1964, after appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show. The Beatles, Then the Stones. Many will say The Who next. WRONG. The Kinks! Ray and brother Dave Davies, fabulous musicians and songwriters! Love my Kinks. My brother, girlfriend and I got to see them live outdoors at the Universal Amphitheater in LA, 1978. Just incredible! Nothing but hits~From All Day and All of the Night, to Really Got me, Lazy Days of Summer ('drinking my ice cold beer'), Well Respected Man, Victoria, to Superman...'I wish I could fly like Superman!" But the best memorable part was how Ray kept teasing us with the opening acoustic guitar chords of Lola. Everyone wanted to hear it~! Talk about showmanship~ Ray Davies had supreme crowd control. And pumped us up to the big finish. Dave Davies had been shredding guitar all night long, and singing his beautiful high harmonies for his brother. And twice, Ray would start the crowd up by singing Harry Belafonte's calypso song "The Banana Boat Song" (you know, Dayo~Dayo! Daylights coming and I want to go home)... and then tease us with the opening chords of Lola. Finally, end of the night, second to last song, Ray started singing "Dayo!" again...but when I started playing Lola, his brother Dave jumped in on his Gibson Les Paul, and they DID it. The whole freaking Kinks. Beautiful! Will never forget it. Never got to see The Beatles (but every single Beatle live, solo, cept for John); saw The Who once right after Woodstock, Have seen the Stones 7 times...and Keith, solo 3 times...Led Zeppelin twice, Eric Burdon of the Animals 3 times, Bowie once... but guess what? Seeing the Kinks live, has been one of the greatest pleasures of my life.
don riley
What a wonderful endorsement!
Thank you, Paul for appreciating my love of The Kinks...and I love The Who as well, and of course, The Stones, and most of all, The Fab Four.... but the Kinks are sometimes overlooked. Hearing them play Victoria and Celluloid Heroes live...at that almost made me die of pure joy....was utterly AWESOME...and then they had these other songs, too! I have played acoustic and electric guitar since 1970 in Los Angeles...and have written a few hundred songs, only about 75 are great, Have had my rock and roll bands, and friends, awesome musicians. But the things about seeing the Kinks live in 1978... their energy, verve, Ray and Dave and fantastic original bass player (sorry to forget his mind right now)...blew my kid brother, my girlfriend lover and housemate for 7 years,,,out of our fucking socks! A night to always remember.. only 20 rows, center of the outdoor stage on a warm North Hollywood Night August 1978, I STILL talk to my younger brother and former girlfriend about that night 40 years later! It was Kinky Magical!
You know your music don 👍👍👍
Thank you, Frank. i was lucky to be born in the 50's, and grew up with the entire music revolution/explosion of the sixties...between oldies, like Buddy Holly, Elvis, Beach Boys, Everly Bros, Peter Paul and Mary, Dylan, The Animals (!!!) Motown, Stax, The Byrds, Hendrix, Joplin and the whole mix...great childhood and time to be alive. Lucky I got to see George Harrison live in LA Nov 74, Paul McCartney and Wings in LA in 75, the First Ringo Starr All Star Band in 1987 at the Greek theater (with Joe Walsh, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Clarence Clemons on sax, and Jim Keltner and Ringo on drums !!!)--- I only missed John Lennon, I had prepaid tickets to see him live in LA in 1981, but we all know what happened Dec 8, 1980. The Kinks one of the greatest bands I saw in my life...and only ONCE!
You are spot on bro - I was 15 in 1964....Im a kinks fan right from the beginning, but to be honest a hugh Beatles fan right off the back but with the release of Kinks Kontroversy in late 65 that changed everything for me - Kinks first Beatles second....The Who are way OVER RATED.....early Stones were better than the Kinks....I would rate The Beatles, the Kinks, the Stones, the Who.
Amazing brilliant patriotic song, make me proud to be British......
i wouldnt call this patriotic its incredibly cynical
great tune tho
@@JustinEdwords well patriotic seems a bad word nowadays, especially if you are British.... I'll stick with my view of it as it was a well known fact that they were a very patriotic band that loved old England etc....
@@robash3399 Yes, whatever the flaws of the British, the Kinks appreciate their country, the U.K..
This song is not necessarily cynical, it is an expression of how many British were in those days, and
what they believed. For better, and sometimes for worse. The British Empire is gone but the
British Commonwealth, with each county doing their thing and doing trade with each other, etc..
It is still going isn't it.
Ooof don't think you quite got the gist of this song mate
@@robash3399 this song is NOT patriotic, fact.
IMO "One For The Road" version is the best! Amazing energy and pacing!
Ray fit right into the 80's, no problem at all.
What a beautiful uplifting tune.
Ils étaient bons les Kinks ça groovait impec
I saw The Kinks on this tour in Saint Petersburg Florida.
Me too
the fifth concert of my life was the Kinks in 1980, incredible life changing show plus an opening act called Johnny Cougar (never heard of him)
Most unique band ever.
Ray is a true English man, I remember when he came to Vancouver and he played this song. He said "Back then Britain had an empire don't be afraid to applaud for that!"
And the whole place erupted in applause.
😂🤣😅😂😹 Just the name of the province, "British Columbia," probably sends some academics infected with "presentism" into convulsions. 🤣😂😅😹😆
I came looking for the Fall, but this’ll do.
Think of this song when travelling in Victoria, BC...
Victoria is one of the best Kinks songs, and they certainly have had some classics,and what a brilliant performance by the band
Ray had such a powerhouse range on his singing voice
I saw em this Time around in The Boston Gahden and In the Providence Civic Center. Simply just incredible. That Ray Davies just Never stops. Wind em up and watch him go. Dave Davies was and is the most underrated and forgotten Rock and Roll guitar player of all time. I was fortunate enough to see Dave Davies play and sing the song “ Bernadette” one other time as well. What a Band. To bad they were Banned in The U.S. early in there career while the British Invasion was happening. So sad.
My first concert was Kinks, Providence civic center June 78, one of the best concerts I’ve seen!.Sleepwalker had just come out!
And this is one of my favorite songs Victoria unbelievable too bad the brothers couldn't reconcile there differences!
No KINKS, no rock n roll. That simple.
Bo Gonzales ii
Bo Gonzales No Power Chords And Distortion Without Them
The best way to check out a band is to see them live. Go to more shows.
There would be no Punk rock that's for sure. They are the original Punk band IMO.
@@mikemercer5808 and The Who , The Troggs , The Sonics
They were on fire on this tour .
Dave is my fire
The kinks rocked much harder than the stones! Victoria versus Lady Jane give me a break the Kinks win it hands down!
youre comparing a rocker to a ballad
Yeah, the Kinks are MY fave band but I do love the Stones Lady Jane- but if you can find it check out Lady Jane by Rotary Connection
@@ronfisher5259 Victoria against She Said Yeah (Stones) is a more difficult choice.
Happy Coronation CRIII
Oh, Victoria ! Wonderful song by Ray ! He was a real master ! 😊 What a son writer Ray has been ! - jon fisher
I love the Kinks!
Toller live-sound
Te amo The Kinks, tremenda banda hermosa e infravalorada
Great high energy tour!
What an amazing performance! unreal.......the whole live album from this tour.
Pure Kinks power! Ray could rock! Excellent vid. Thanks.
Late November of 1977 I saw The Kinks preform in all places Brooklyn College Theater and yes they played Farther Christmas ! I have the CD One For The Road and I haven't played it in a long time. I'd almost forgotten how good it is.. Great Posting & God I Love Those Misfits & Sleepwalkers - Long Live The Kinks ! 🎸
What a belter this song is.
Awsomeness🎉
First heard this song as a kid at the local swimming pool in South Texas on AM radio. The girls were dancing around the pool. What a memory.
this is how rock'n'roll goes, paul
I remember hearing the single version of this song on the radio probably around the time it came out, I was only seven years old. Didn’t understand what it was about, but really dug the tune👍🎸
and ... there's your 3 minute summary of the Victorian Era and the British Empire - put to music.
Nobody did it better than The Kinks and Ray Davies
Victoria! My favorite k i n k song! Even above you really got me!
AMAGAZING!.😍😘
LONG LIFE THE KINKS!.
Ray is a great songwriter. My favorite bands are the Who and the Kinks. Great pop music:-)
LOVE this album!!...Still have my cassette...in GREAT shape too!!
what's a "cassette"?
I remember seeing this lp when it was current and seeing videos of it on late night tv. However,I don't think I've seen it in several decades. I think it's a double lp.
I was there, thanks for the memories.
Ray is a Genius and Dave on guitar 🎸
I never knew I could find this live now my life is complete and I can pass on! Not die philanthropy!!! Pass it on baby!
Yessss baby
My father told my mother he wanted to name me after Queen Victoria. I could never figure this out, as he wasn't a monarchist and didn't particularly like Queen Victoria. The year he passed away, he randomly told me that he'd just told my mother a story, and he'd really named me after this song. I still don't like my name, but I hate it less now.
You can just tell people your name reflects who you are: Royal bearing with a few kinks! ;-)
A just fantastic fantastic band.
I saw them in concert on this tour at the LA Forum in 1981.
I've seen a few bands that could change with the times without even trying, it's as if they expressed themselves artistically however they felt like doing and it just happened to fit the times. Being in the right place at the right time and being able to deliver.
Thanks and Love from lifelong fans in Chicago!
They were a great live band too!
OUTSTANDING!!
F*** I love The kinks I was born in San Francisco! My second album after paint it Black! Was The kinks you really got me!
An amazing band. They were the submarines of rock n roll.
Submarines? Splain please how u mean
@@decimated550 Got NFI what I meant......But I love 'em
@@themillwall442 man you got me rolling 🤣
I agree with just about everything below-- so I'll save some breath. This is simply "great." Upbeat, great riff, excitement, got everything. I don't know about the history, can't figure out the words. Maybe the queen? I like the Kipling vs Chuck Berry comment especially! Go Kinks!
One of my favorite songs was by them
How Punky is this. 🤘🏼
I remember when they said, "The sun never sets on the British empire." Every time zone had at least one British territory or country or something. Australia was a big British subject even though I think it began as Maori and then they sent white prisoners there to prison. And Canada too is a big supporter not counting Quebec which is half French. I've been with the Kinks all the way since about 1963. I want them to know that they got royalties out of me first on the records, then on the cassettes, then on MP3 and then on disc. So I've paid my dues.
fantastic!
As músicas são lindaas!!!
i've always enjoyed this song, but honestly, when they played it "How I Met your Mother" I was like yes-thanks for playing a fabulous band :)
kinks most under rated band to ever exist, always under the shadow of the stones and the fake beatles
The fake Beatles 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The kinds que gran grupo hace anos
Thank you himym to make this song popular
Think this was New Haven CT. SO GOOD either way.
Can't get my eyes off.Dave
When I was 8 or 9 (78/79) there was a tv commercial promoting a Kinks Best of and all my friends had seen it and we were all hyped about it. A few days later I could pester my mum into buying a copy for me. Proud ly I told my friends at school and literally everyone had a copy too - same record. The f'ing same record. So silly.
Anyways… Kinks came first for me. Before Beatles, Stone and all the rest.
Time does go by. Consider yourself blessed.
Rise up UK !
So awesome!
thx!!!!!
Love this...❤
GO NAVY SEALS 🇺🇲☦️🌹🌹🌹
Class of 1984❤
Navy seals somehow equals Queen Victoria? 😂😂
love this song
that's bada$$
The best version of this song
I had no idea that Michael Anthony had played bass for the Kinks in the past.
The Kinks love their country. There's nothing wrong with loving your country !
Una noche un sueño una pizca de un sentimiento inolvidable un momento un sueño dentro de un sueño una cosa inalcanzable un espíritu
I love Victoria I Love you Queen Victoria I will bow down to you year after year until my death!
nice lead guitar dave
He could play.me anytime
These guys were the first Van Halen!!!!¡They Rock so hard there were earthquakes around the world! Seriously!
After being married for 30 years I still have a crush on Victoria f*** it drives my wife insane!
Wow when concerts were music and not show and not a single cell phone in sight
"Ironic", yes, rickrose5377 ! Premier ou second degré ? Entre les deux. Les Kinks restent le groupe le plus délicieusement british, et tant pis si aucun Français n'a su répliquer à "Waterloo sunset" par un chef d'oeuvre du même niveau vantant la gare d'Austerlitz !