The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (Live 1973)
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- London Songs at the BBC 1973
Lanzada en Mayo de 1967
Álbum : Something Else by The Kinks 1967
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Dirty old river, must you keep rolling
Flowing into the night
People so busy, makes me feel dizzy
Taxi light shines so bright
But I don't need no friends
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
I am in paradise
Every day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is evening time
Waterloo sunset's fine
Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station
Every Friday night
But I am so lazy, don't want to wander
I stay at home at night
But I don't feel afraid
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
I am in paradise
Every day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is evening time
Waterloo sunset's fine
Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground
But Terry and Julie cross over the river
Where they feel safe and sound
And they don't need no friends
As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset
They are in paradise
Waterloo sunset's fine..
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In 1973 I was a student teacher in Southampton. My fiancé was working as a junior civil servant in central London. Every Friday evening I would take the train to London. We would meet at Waterloo station and spend the weekend together. This song was amazing - it was us. We married and have spent most of our working lives as college lecturers in Wales. This year is our 50th wedding anniversary. We still sometimes visit London. When we do, we always go to Waterloo and walk over the bridge across the river. It is a special place. Thank you Ray and the Kinks for making it even more special.
Such a beautiful story. I wish I could live something like that too.
Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary, and many more to come
That's a beautiful story.
Wow. What a beautiful and emotional real life story!
The first songs I remember were Dandy, Waterloo Sunset, Death of a Clown, Lola and Apeman.
At that time I was a young boy (10 to 15 yo) and I didn' t understand the English lyrics completely ... especially "Lola" ;-)))))
I' m 69 yo now and I still love the Kinks.
Greetings from Germany
Erwin
All the very best to you! Such an amazing story! x
I recall that Ray Davies was quoted as saying, ' If I never do anything else I'll always be remembered as the man who wrote Waterloo Sunset '.
Thanks Ray
ThankGod and God Bless Ray Davies. A Musical Genius. 🙏
And the rest x
I did a songwriting course with Ray Davies. Super nice bloke. He never played to us. I don’t think he wanted it to be about him. It was just about the songwriting. He gave some great guidance.
When did you do the course with Ray? It must have been a cool experience!
Like what ?
Any good lessons? I'm here in america.. afraid I won't make the next class
Too cool.
That's like having Tesla as your electronics professor. Wow.
Such a beautiful song. You just don’t hear this level of poetry in pop music anymore.
listen to big thief my man
Never heard this fine song before.
You definitely can, even better
The term "underrated" is used far too often, but it perfectly describes The Kinks. They're rarely mentioned in conversations of the top bands of all time, yet they most certainly deserve to be. Absolute musical legends!
Yep. Top 7 or 8 band of the '60s!
@@nnyradiolola in the 70s is a masterpiece. Also id say for the 60s they are definitely top 5
How anyone can consider the Kinks “underrated” is beyond me. Ray was knighted (CBE) a few years ago, something he richly deserved. Perhaps they’re underrated by those who are unable to appreciate them-that’s another story. 🎸🎸🎸
Yes
LOVE them! 👌
21 June, 2024: Happy 80th Birthday to Ray Davies, a true musical pioneer and enormously talented singer/songwriter, and guitar and keyboard musician. Ray, you have come a long way since those early days living on Denmark Terrace in the Fortis Green section of London, and growing up and playing music with your brother Dave.
Saw the Kinks in 83.
To think Ray was only 23 when he wrote this gem! A songwriter par excellence. 👍👍👍
He was 29 when he did this performance......
Every Friday my girlfriend Irene (15) & me (17) would travel up to Central London and just walk around. This was a hit and every time I hear the song it takes me back to those days. At the time it was a most intense love affair, magical. I can still remember certain details. It didn't last of course and I haven't seen her in 55 years, I hope she's had a happy life.
reach out to her mate
@@LockUpThree She was pretty, nice little body, sweet natured, I prefer to remember her that way. My special memory was her meeting me one evening in a little white dress, She smiled and kissed me and I felt I was floating above the ground, hormones eh?
This makes me so sad. Life is a glimpse. Why can't we just live in the now.
I always loved this song......this live version shows what true masters these guys were as a band
Seems like the tempo is slowed. Else, the mix is less full than the studio mix. Then we can enjoy it longer.
Ray - Don't put your Bro down, he was part of masterworks like this ❤
rays vocals and the guitar Seems a bit weak here I prefer the studio version
Not a fan of the shrill backup singers. Takes away from the pure pretty tune.
They were a true band!
A dozen years after this concert, I was backpacking around Europe and while in London I made a point to see the sunset from Waterloo Bridge in honor of the Kinks. It was lovely.
Truly beautiful song. Fabulous live performance.
One of my favourite tracks of the sixties, such a great band.
Still one of my favourites!!
A sixties gem
Come Dancing was released in 1982...
One of my favourite tracks of all time.
Up there with the Beatles & the Stones are the Kinks.
Im not a Londoner but this song conjurs up images of London whenever I hear it.
Most underrated band of all time!
Most indeedy…
But the greatest
Underrated ? Not in my world.
Yeah I have them right up there with The Beatles...songs for every occasion!
Wtf
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how unbelievably awesome this band was in 1973? Not only were they some of the best songwriters of the 20th century, when playing live they could hang with anyone -- and then some.
awesome from long before then to long afterwards. too damn underrated. best songwriters of the 20th century? no argument from me!
I still consider them “awesome.”
😎
i so agree !!!
Probably one of the best songs ever recorded. Fuckin fantastic.
plus left banke 'pretty ballerina' ...
Of the thousands of songs I've heard and loved in my lifetime this is one of my favorites. Such a beauty!
I still play their songs at age 76
Same here at 72
Same here and I’m 65.
I was so in love with the kinks in the 60s a great group and they stil are
I was born a very long time after this kind of music, so unfortunately never got to grow up with it, but I always remember when I was young, maybe about 7 or 8, my grandparents played a beach boys CD on the way to the beach, and I loved it. Good vibrations, and God only knows were by far my favourite tracks. From there I got into all sorts of music, anything from the 50s to the mid 90s I absolutely love and could listen to all day, although in my opinion, from the late 90s seems to have been where I would probably lose touch with music. Music to me is all about what emotions it brings out and the journey it can take you on, and I feel that mainstream modern music has become too much about industry and about "finding what sells" as opposed to talent and emotion. This song is in my opinion one of if not the most beautiful song ever written, and a prime example of how music stirs emotion, it brings me to tears pretty much every time I listen to it, as I think of my school days, old friends, places I've been, old memories, and gives me a beautiful feeling of nostalgia. Every single year, every holiday, by chance I hear this on the radio, and it gives me an absolutely amazing song to tie those memories and emotions to. Amazing songwriting and a beautiful song. 👏
What the hell happened to music? Those were the days of talent!
The 60s set the mould for the whole of rock and pop music since. It won't be this good again for some time.
There are still talented musicians, it's just that today it's much easier to get your music out so it's also easier to get famous with no talent. There's an insane amount of musicians to choose from nowadays and it's hard to find something meaningful that will still matter in 20+ years.
Got goosebumps when they hit those vocal harmonies... Can't ever get enough of this song or band. Incredible.
Happy Birthday Ray!
What a great song a snapshot in time
Those vocal harmonies are so good!!!
Back when Ray & Dave Davies we’re still so in tune, hope they heal their rift. Their harmonies are super tight, because they are brothers, the youngest two, with 7 older sisters. I also love Come Dancing, about their older sister, who died dancing 💃
Who's on the high harmony?
Great version with Damon Albarn too!
a woman, I have no idea what her name is🤓but both Dave and the bass player (I forgot his name) are together@@nolagospeltracts8264
They played some brilliant tunes but this was probably the most beautiful.
One of my favorite Kinks songs!! Great live performance, guys!! Lovely harmonies!!....You can tell Ray really put his heart into this performance!!
Love the ooohs in the backing singers. Waterloo my old London manor. Uk 😆 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
Unreal watching this and realizing it’s almost 50 years ago.. everyone in the video is currently 50 years older than they are here
music that nourishes the soul in the winter season and indeed throughout the year,the musical arrangements the vocal harmony just brilliant and haunting the 60,s was indeed a wonderful time for music and nouveaux culture. No decades come closer to match it. So cool to be growing in that period and being a teenager, Long Live The Music Of That Time
Beautiful harmonies and excellent drumming. This is a great live performance. Amazing how talented rock stars used to be.
The Kinks’ music still blows me away!!! As fresh as the first day I heard them. 👍👍👍
Great Britain, you have such great musicians!
Greetings from Germany
the best!!
Wandered over Waterloo Bridge last weekend singing this. Pretty much a perfect song.
As long as I am listening to Ray Davies sing this song I am in paradise. ❤
Ray's so convincing in his vocals, I feel like I live in Waterloo. Out-fucking-standing.
This is 1 of the greatest songs ever made. From the first time i heard it many years ago i just loved it. Now many years later i still love it. Timeless.
The Kink's best song. Dave often finds the greatest guitar sounds whether his playing is subdued or wild.
Absolutely love this song. The Kinks are an incredible band. as others have said. I could listen to this song over and over and never get tired of it. Fantastic!
Absolutely perfect vocal performance by Ray Davies.
11,000 views and 2 thumbs down.
I could listen to this every day for 11,000 lifetimes and always find it fresh.
Beautiful.
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Constantly on th ranks of best ever english song. No complaints about it. Ray Davies will forever be the unsung hero of the sixties.
Wow! One of the greatest bands ever.
One of my all time favorites. It never gets old. Still as fresh as it sounded four years ago.
great memories of my childhood and my Nan she brought me up .I miss her
Rest in peace to her
@@FlourescentPotato it was because my mum took a boyfriend when my sister was 4 and i was 5,god bless my Nan .
Great decade for pop and progressive rock . . .
One of the best songs of all time, by one of the very best bands, ever produced, anywhere and at any time...
As long as Terry and July keep watching that Waterloo Sunset we'll be ok. Wish I was back in those days though!
Respect to the kinks legends of the 1960s and 70s historical and innovation to many other bands kind regards AJK Mexborough.
the sixties love it ,i'm born in 1959
Ray Davies and this band!!!! The Kinks were the first band I ever listened to - then I discovered the Beatles music and to me The Kinks still win the battle
. All day and all of the night was the track that got me hooked and they just kept on releasing super top stuff like Waterloo Sunset . Unrivalled talent
Something uniquely BRITISH about this song - still love it in 2024.
Thats my old smoke London. All over. Hackney E5 forever ♥ ❤ 💙. Uk 😆 🇬🇧
Immaculate song….and just give it up for the rest of the band on this exceptional performance. The guitar work, drums, piano and incredible falsetto bv’s remind us just how great the Kinks were.
one of the greatest ....ever !!! listen to the magic behind vocals,amazing guitar from dave davies,never plays a note to show himself alone.....so incredible....so underated !!
Great song doesn’t age like all great music doesn’t 😊
Waterloo sunset fine What a line and a lovely deep voice
The Kinks,the sound of a true capital city, London , England 🏴💥
How lovely.
Always reminds me when I was a kid in the 70s going to London for days out ,really exiting .There were really scary people in the parks and down the Tube tunnels drinking purple stuff in bottles .
Real music. Means so much.
One of my favorite songs, by one of my favorite bands!! I love Roy & Dave Davies, I truly hope they will makeup & stop hating each other, before it’s to late. I love the story of Terry and Julie❤️❤️ they are extremely underrated, but my kids grew up listening to them, yay! Of course they sing Yoda to Lola, but they are Millennials.
Great comment (It’s Ray, though)
Three minutes twenty eight seconds of sheer bliss.
My favourite all time song
I first heard this while I was in high school, over fifty years ago. And have never forgotten it. I wish I could talk to the person who lent me the music to hear.
One of the best songs
I thought I was a huge Kinks fans until I found the mountain of songs I’ve never heard before. Rediscovering Kinks is better than the discovery.
Saw these guys at the cape cod colosseum in the mid 70’s and they were fantastic. From the mid 60’s until the day I shuffle off, these guys will always be in my heart as one of my favorites ❤️❤️❤️
Love LONDON! A great city London is.
❤Happy days, family and friends passed. 😢❤
Angels singing and bringing peace to one s soul and heart.❤️
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@@James-ur2rb Nothing special Sir, I am from Argentina and love awesome music 🌈
Listening ❤in 2024
Love…. This song❤
When you think about it, life is absolutely great, click great music straight away, as usual 60s my favourite so thank you YT, ciao ♥️⛅🌈🌼✨
love that one!!!
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This is a Gem!
That was bloody beautiful .... I was so hoping for a lovely solo extended coda....what a song!
All very well for the Beatles and Stones, but it was Ray Davies and the Kinks who gave British rockers their anthem for the ‘60s.
If Shakespeare was writing "tunes" in the 1960s this would have been one of them
Unbelievably awesome band with fantastic songwriting skills. Love this masterpiece song's lyrics and rhythm 🎭 🎸🎤 🎶 ❤️🔥. From Ont. Canada 🫶
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One of the classics... no arguements
There is something magically similar to the creativity of the Beatles. Those amazing melodies and particualr voices
Waterloo Sunset should be Londons anthem
Bitter sweet symphony..love it though.
Just brilliant!
I think this song is "perfect"! There're a handful of songs from this era that r eternal & this is one of them. A Classic! 🥰
The Kinks are absolutely underrated. 28 y/o in 2024.
28 too, it’s part of our responsibility to make sure this music never dies out with the artists
I am 28 in 2024 also bro. My favorite song I found this year so far.
The Kinks aren't underrated at all. They were one of the most popular bands of their time. Maybe underrated for your generation.
20y/o. I absolutely agree how underrated the Kinks are, especially these days. They were super ahead of their time. Top songwriting and melodic music too.
I'm 72, and I still recall my mom (born in the 1920s) hearing me play this (Mono) on my record player and saying, "These guys are beautiful."
Delicious👏Well Done🎤Ray n Dave👏🎉Bravo🎉
Greatness
Fucking ace song. Man what it would have been to be alive back in these days 🥹
I lived in those days and it was ace
Just heard this song today while shopping in Walgreen's. It was really lovely.
the song of a generation......
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Cannot make up my mind between this and "days" as my favourite Kinks track.
Love it❤❤❤❤
Por un momento escuché los beatles, gran banda está no la conocía sonaban muy bien, y está canción me encanta
A beautiful rendition of a beautiful song ..👍
Love this … you can take the girl out of London,however never ever London out of the girl!!!Decades on…❤👌🏻
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Such a beautiful song.
What an amazing talent, what an artist.
One of the best songs ever!
Shame they use a modern video of London at the beginning.. this song is evocative of a London in decline during the 70’s when everyone had long hair, wore flare jeans and strikes everywhere… brilliant song though.. one of my favourite along with LOLA..🙂
Barbers must have been starving back in the 70’s
These days short hair is worn and rock geniuses no longer shine
Lol