The Kinks are sooo splendid! No one like Ray. The man is on another level of creativity and passion. Ray's face is perfect for B&W...so expressive, just right for the silent film era. Oh, he coulda been a star! :)
Ray Davies = Brilliant. Songwriter extraordinaire, prolific pop/rock creator to the max, along with Townshend, Simon, Lennon, Fogerty, McCartney, Wilson, and so on and so forth...
I love the Kinks’ videos- this one is obviously one of Ray’s productions. Sweet, funny, quirky, with ultimately a happy ending. Plus, the song is real gem. 👍👍👍👍
Ray, you take my breath away in this video...I love you! I make no apologies for my devotion ; few performers can hold a candle to the marvelous Ray Davies.
All of The Kinks albums have great songs, even their last albums (from 1986 on) that were not successful. Think Visual has some overlooked great songs like How Are You, Lost And Found, Rockn' Roll Cities, Natural Gift, etc
Always loved this tune/video and that it went unnoticed always rubbed me the wrong way. Alas, Francine Brody is incredibly beautiful and Thank You Kast Off Kinks for all the info on the video shoot. Also enjoy this abbreviated version over the LP one since the latter runs a little long. Everyone's a critic.
I wood give my left big toe to see these guys. Been a fan since I first heard them in 64. So creative so influential S British So Damn Good. Please come To America, being yer Troups and play some concerts and promote some new Tunes youve got stashed and cant wait to release. Think the venues wood be some of the bigest ever and all yer loyal fans who have been waiting for so long for an anouncement would come to celebrate and enjoy
I was in the USN in the Philadelphia Shipyards in Spring '87. I remember the piece got considerable airplay then. But Downtown Julie Brown never played this video on MTV.
17 años tenía cuando iba a bailar en los 80s y estaba está canción en pleno auge. Nunca, jamás me olvidé de su tonada, de quién la cantaba y el título. Eran tiempos donde hacían verdaderas obras de arte, dónde los músicos se esforzaban para sacar la mejor canción que otros grupos y toda la gente salía ganando.
one of my later favs never seen.this is the short video version of the song the longer one has a kick ass guitar solo dave is so cool thanx for posting man
I wouldn’t go quite that far. Nor do I think they’re “underrated.” How ridiculous is that?? Ray was knighted back in 2016 with a CBE- how many other musical groups’ leaders were?? 😌
man that is good...thx so much for posting. I just spent the last week at Folly Beach SC....Irene was originally coming styr8 at us...we watched 12-14 ft waves building friday, knock9ing out peoples steps down to the beach. Ive had this song in my head all week...
@krankiekat How right you are my friend. The Greatest Songwriter. Did you hear the story of a producer saying "What else do you have?" He wrote 29 songs in 26 hours!!
I saw this song performed on a Saturday morning kids' show years ago and could never find it in the shops. I was beginning to think I'd dreamt it but good old You Tube!
Dieses sensationelle Video war meine erste Aufzeichnung auf VC, damals 1990, eigentlich ist der Zugang zu dieser Epoche in Wort und Bild der größte Gewinn der Einheit für mich. Viele andere Riesenwerke dieser und vieler anderer Bands, die ich nie kennen gelernt hätte sah ich erstmals auf TH-cam. Ich denke aber, daß ich nun alles habe, besseres kommt nicht mehr, somit könnte man nun von mir aus die Mauer wieder aufbauen.
Zum ersten Mal außerhalb des Radios gehört, zum ersten Mal gesehen. Im Radio wird immer nach drei Minuten ausgeblendet... Nur das mit dem Hurrican über New York- das kommt noch.
I always thought it was about the fabled 1985 October hurricane that hit NYC! I had to board up all my windows and I remember part of 57th street near central park was closed because of falling glass! It was the greatest day of my life!
@DoctorFingers: Thank you, Dear Dr. Indeed, I have been quite well since emerging from my cryogenic slumber. Actually, I understand "The Artist" is quite wonderful. This video is truly lovely (one of my fav songs from "Think Visual"); had never seen it 'til you uploaded in '07; would love to see someone on YT post R.D.'s brilliant "80 Days" oeuvre (w/a flawless sound upload; video may have killed the average, radio listener, but, not I). Love & cheers to you; hope you and your family are well.
I remember it got considerable airplay in early spring 1987. I thought it should have been dusted off for Superstorm Sandy. Who could have imagined a hurricane reaching all the way up to NYC?
i remember this song when i was a kid my dad bought this tape in charity shop in 90s the album called Think Visual by The Kinks 1986 great album always got played in the car and its now a mystery because don't where that tape is :(
Was für ein genialer Song. Musste mir die CD auf Ebay gebraucht kaufen. Weiß jemand warum es diesen Titel nicht bei Amazon zu kaufen und auf keinen Streaming-Dienst zu hören oder zu kaufen gibt? Ich meine dass hat natürlich auch was wenn das Lied nicht jeder hat 😬
If anything it is Ray adapting to the era but 'something Ric Ocasek would have done' isn't anything I think of when I see and hear this chestnut. And I like Ric Ocasek.
@BeezoHow I was drinking beer and having fun during hurricane Gloria (which this song is about) and I'm getting ready for the bioch Irene now. Beer is cold. Ready. ...
I suppose it is possible, although he didn't mention it when we asked him about the inspiration. He did reference the 20s French epic Napoleon, as the influence for the film insert, though. (See the feature on the Kast Off Kinks website, under Interviews and Specials) - Geoff
@DoctorFingers: Found the page; *great, comprehensive study*, Dr. Keep up the good work! Please convey my fondest of greetings to D."O" F. Much Love, "Mav" (i.e., everybody's fav micro-air vehicle)
The Kinks are sooo splendid! No one like Ray. The man is on another level of creativity and passion. Ray's face is perfect for B&W...so expressive, just right for the silent film era. Oh, he coulda been a star! :)
A fave go-to these days!
Solange es Menschen gibt die
solche Kunstwerke schaffen
bin ich stolz darauf auch ein Mensch zu sein.
Slarti
One of Ray Davies best songs. It should have been a big hit all over the world..
Ray Davies = Brilliant. Songwriter extraordinaire, prolific pop/rock creator to the max, along with Townshend, Simon, Lennon, Fogerty, McCartney, Wilson, and so on and so forth...
I understand that Ray directed the video.
He's incredible. Great song, great video!!
One of my all time faves. Great song.
Thank you my friend, this is one of my favorites song
I love the Kinks’ videos- this one is obviously one of Ray’s productions. Sweet, funny, quirky, with ultimately a happy ending. Plus, the song is real gem. 👍👍👍👍
Still feel the same!! 😎😎😎
Wow! I love this song since I was in high school. This is the best song Raymond Douglas has written in the 80's. Many thanks for posting it.
Ohh, I love TH-cam for letting me find things like this - 5 stars!
Saw them doing this in Albuquerque, Octobe 1987. Beautiful number.
Never get sick of this song crisp,on the mark beat great to see the brothers smashing it....
absolute classic!!!!!!!!!Dave is an amazing lead player!!!!
Ray, you take my breath away in this video...I love you! I make no apologies for my devotion ; few performers can hold a candle to the marvelous Ray Davies.
All of The Kinks albums have great songs, even their last albums (from 1986 on) that were not successful. Think Visual has some overlooked great songs like How Are You, Lost And Found, Rockn' Roll Cities, Natural Gift, etc
Natural Gift in and honest world would have been a hit song!
The album is so underrated
Agree great song!
Natural gift fantastic song
Wonderful song! Easy Music but so good!
Best Kinks song of the 80th
Awesome song ! We are in he middle of hurricane Irene right now in Raleigh, NC. I posted this for my friends in NY, who are waiting.
Always loved this tune/video and that it went unnoticed always rubbed me the wrong way. Alas, Francine Brody is incredibly beautiful and Thank You Kast Off Kinks for all the info on the video shoot. Also enjoy this abbreviated version over the LP one since the latter runs a little long. Everyone's a critic.
I wood give my left big toe to see these guys. Been a fan since I first heard them in 64. So creative so influential S British So Damn Good. Please come To America, being yer Troups and play some concerts and promote some new Tunes youve got stashed and cant wait to release. Think the venues wood be some of the bigest ever and all yer loyal fans who have been waiting for so long for an anouncement would come to celebrate and enjoy
Im 74 and a fan since 64
69 ...fan seit 1967@@davidwatts67
I was in the USN in the Philadelphia Shipyards in Spring '87. I remember the piece got considerable airplay then. But Downtown Julie Brown never played this video on MTV.
17 años tenía cuando iba a bailar en los 80s y estaba está canción en pleno auge. Nunca, jamás me olvidé de su tonada, de quién la cantaba y el título. Eran tiempos donde hacían verdaderas obras de arte, dónde los músicos se esforzaban para sacar la mejor canción que otros grupos y toda la gente salía ganando.
Love this song, best song they did from the 80s
This song is superb.... 5 stars Ray!
QUE PEDAZO DE TEMA POR FAVOR ...!! BUENISIMO ME ENCANTA CADA VEZ QUE LO ESCUCHO ME TRANSPORTA EN EL TIEMPO.
just shows their genius. able to adapt through 3 decades of music
a sweet and lovely song. thanks.
Me transporta en el tiempo esta cancion. Me lleva a mi adolescencia alla por el '87,'88.Que buen tema!!!!
one of my later favs never seen.this is the short video version of the song the longer one has a kick ass guitar solo dave is so cool thanx for posting man
It's a wonderful music video. Thank you, DoctorFingers. Thanks Kinks.
Thanks for posting these post-Arista videos. An underrated time period of a severely underrated band.
a genius in rock music, this generation has lost a lot for failure to discover his talent in music composition
I wouldn’t go quite that far. Nor do I think they’re “underrated.” How ridiculous is that?? Ray was knighted back in 2016 with a CBE- how many other musical groups’ leaders were?? 😌
I love this song
i do remember this very well...i got running to get the LP on vynil...still got it!
Wat een geweldig nummer. Great song, hardly to believe so good.
Great song!!! Thanks!!!
Anything the Kinks do is great!!!!
man that is good...thx so much for posting. I just spent the last week at Folly Beach SC....Irene was originally coming styr8 at us...we watched 12-14 ft waves building friday, knock9ing out peoples steps down to the beach. Ive had this song in my head all week...
A wonderful song
The Kinks are ASTONISHING.
Oh! Forgot mention bass voice🤩 this video is an amazing piece of art!
Un tema musical, que me gustará toda la vida. . . Gracias
Luv Ray! And Dave!
@krankiekat
How right you are my friend. The Greatest Songwriter. Did you hear the story of a producer saying "What else do you have?" He wrote 29 songs in 26 hours!!
Watching in 2022. Takes me way back in time...❤️
What great lyrics....as Irene eyes the east coast!!!!!
great song. It also appears live on the album named "The Road". great version
I saw this song performed on a Saturday morning kids' show years ago and could never find it in the shops. I was beginning to think I'd dreamt it but good old You Tube!
Great :) and wonderful acting
That was superb! I never knew it existed until I saw it mentioned in the wikipedia article about the song.
What a great video! I love the silent film mugging by Davies. Thx for posting!
Masterpiece!
great song...thanks for uploading the video, since it is rare to view it
wow this is gold, lost and found video!!!
保育園の時にビデオで流れてた！思い出曲。、尼崎。。。
kinks great song as usual sensational
Yay!
love the kinks; love this song!
Dieses sensationelle Video war meine erste Aufzeichnung auf VC, damals 1990, eigentlich ist der Zugang zu dieser Epoche in Wort und Bild der größte Gewinn der Einheit für mich.
Viele andere Riesenwerke dieser und vieler anderer Bands, die ich nie kennen gelernt hätte sah ich erstmals auf TH-cam.
Ich denke aber, daß ich nun alles habe, besseres kommt nicht mehr, somit könnte man nun von mir aus die Mauer wieder aufbauen.
Dieses Video ist so genial - Lost & Found. Absolutely underrated
the more i listen, the more i like.....kinks and mods forever!!!!
Adoro a Los Kinks, adoro a Ray a Dave, han dado tanto para que el rock haya tenido un sentido musical, de arte...KinkS!!!!!!!
What makes this rare but good studio version better than the concert version is the carribean drums, violins and the 1776 background.
Me encanta este tema en mis tiempos de noviazgo con mi amada esposa hasta ahora y por siempre si Dios quiere.
Great song, saludos desde Perú.
MAGNIFICENT!
beautiful, now i'm going to cry.
GREAT SONG!
God save the Kinks!
The stage lost a great actor when Ray Davies chose a musical career. Lucky for us!
Zum ersten Mal außerhalb des Radios gehört, zum ersten Mal gesehen.
Im Radio wird immer nach drei Minuten ausgeblendet...
Nur das mit dem Hurrican über New York- das kommt noch.
This beats "The Artist," any day.
Wow, you're amazing DoctorFingers! Thank you for uploading some obscure yet awesome Kinks videos. =]
I saw this played on MTV and VH1 all the time back then.
I always thought it was about the fabled 1985 October hurricane that hit NYC! I had to board up all my windows and I remember part of 57th street near central park was closed because of falling glass! It was the greatest day of my life!
just one word: Amazing!!!!
Idd.
great album "think visual" , I like too "when we are child" from this work.
@quadrophenia0901 It's also played live on the album "The Road"
@DoctorFingers: Thank you, Dear Dr. Indeed, I have been quite well since emerging from my cryogenic slumber. Actually, I understand "The Artist" is quite wonderful. This video is truly lovely (one of my fav songs from "Think Visual"); had never seen it 'til you uploaded in '07; would love to see someone on YT post R.D.'s brilliant "80 Days" oeuvre (w/a flawless sound upload; video may have killed the average, radio listener, but, not I). Love & cheers to you; hope you and your family are well.
ich liebe ray davis seit 50 jahren.
Los fabulosos The Kinks!..
que temazo por favor! The Kinks la banda más inglesa de todas!
Recuerdos de mi viaje de bodas con mi querida esposa Dios quiera que mi matrimonio siga😢
I remember it got considerable airplay in early spring 1987. I thought it should have been dusted off for Superstorm Sandy.
Who could have imagined a hurricane reaching all the way up to NYC?
i remember this song when i was a kid my dad bought this tape in charity shop in 90s the album called Think Visual by The Kinks 1986 great album always got played in the car and its now a mystery because don't where that tape is :(
It's too bad no one thought to dust this off for Superstorm Sandy. It would have been a perfect theme.
Put this on Spotify right now! Please
@Mavarla Many thanks Mav. Glad you liked it
- Geoff xx
Was für ein genialer Song.
Musste mir die CD auf Ebay gebraucht kaufen.
Weiß jemand warum es diesen Titel nicht bei Amazon zu kaufen und auf keinen Streaming-Dienst zu hören oder zu kaufen gibt?
Ich meine dass hat natürlich auch was wenn das Lied nicht jeder hat 😬
Kinks por siempre!
R.I.P. Jim Rodford.
thanks for share!! 100% Feeling!!
This songs sounds like something Ric O'Casek would have done back then too. Great tune!
If anything it is Ray adapting to the era but 'something Ric Ocasek would have done' isn't anything I think of when I see and hear this chestnut. And I like Ric Ocasek.
EXCELENTE
@BeezoHow I was drinking beer and having fun during hurricane Gloria
(which this song is about) and I'm getting ready for the bioch Irene now.
Beer is cold. Ready.
...
I wonder if Ray got the inspiration for the video from Woody Allen's Purple Rose of Cairo, which came out in 1985.
I suppose it is possible, although he didn't mention it when we asked him about the inspiration. He did reference the 20s French epic Napoleon, as the influence for the film insert, though. (See the feature on the Kast Off Kinks website, under Interviews and Specials)
- Geoff
DoctorFingers Thanks! I think there was also a Buster Keaton film from the 20s that did this.
Ray Davies and Francine Brody. If you go to Kastoffkinks dot co dot uk and click on Interviews and Specials, you can find out all about it.
cool video, had not seen this yet
@DoctorFingers: Found the page; *great, comprehensive study*, Dr. Keep up the good work! Please convey my fondest of greetings to D."O" F. Much Love, "Mav" (i.e., everybody's fav micro-air vehicle)
Temazo
just coincidence, both the songs only came out a couple of months apart.
Wasn't this on the Think Visual album?