Complicated Life Preservation Hall Jazz Band

[@mac774]

One of the most under-appreciated music videos ever made.

[@LucasJerzy]

and the best pro-bicycle anti-car propaganda ever made!

[@TheWanderingCajun]

I can't find it now, but I saw my favorite comment posted on here a few years ago. It said something like: Exit the back of Fiorella's, right on French Market Place, hang a right on Ursulines, left on Decatur, left on St. Philip St. and cut through Market Café, cross N. St. Peters, ride up the handicap ramp and jump the railroad track, down the levee to St. Peter St., down the hill and back across the railroad tracks by Jackson Brewery, up the ramp to the steps in front of Jackson Square, back down the ramp by Café du Monde, right on Decatur, left on Madison Ave. going the opposite way on a one-way street;), right on Chartres St., left on Gov. Nicholls, left on Royal St., right on St. Peters to the Preservation Hall :) Damn Clint, that's why the food from Fiorella's was always cold ;))

[@peanutlucy1]

The Wandering Cajun hahahahaha but you had the best damn delivery guy! 😁

[@happymike44]

I miss the city and the food but it is far to dangerous to call it home anymore. This video makes me homesick for Louisiana. This is a great video and I went back in April and spent three days in meetings but one of those days was able to get away and walk down Burbon and see a few friends of mine. The city is like that you can walk down the streets and see your friends. But since Katrina it is dangerous if you stay out after dark. Take a cab to burbon and back to the hotel. Safety first!

[@happymike44]

This is simply New Orleans and I do miss Louisiana everyday. Next week I go back for business and man I could use some fried catfish and gumbo. Can't wait to go back just to walk around and see my friends and family. Since Katrina it just hasn't been the same and I miss the city from before. Ain't nothing like it no where and you simply caan't recreate it.

[@ralphmadisonIII]

Thanks! We did several takes, using my steadicam, going through the French Quarter. It was a tough but magical shoot.

[@nasus4848]

Thank you! It is a ride I can take again and again...so magical.

[@peanutlucy1]

It is a brilliant video! One of my absolute favorites! Probably have seen it 50 times! Love the song, the vocalist and if you are the videographer, love you, too! 🤩

[@tropicalhotdognight7]

Excellent work! I shed a tear first time I saw it

[@PlateOshrimp499]

Nice work Ralph and Henry! Just seeing this now for the first time. Miss youse guys!

[@happymike44]

Dear Luscious, Yes I know I stayed at the Marriot and walked to the Aquarium and to /riverwalk during my last trip and went to my favorite old used bookstore. Yes I miss the city and my friends and my old house. But like they say if you stay put to long you stop growing. I find my new city very interesting and my dog loves the snow it's as close to London without leaving the United States. Take Care Luscious and have a hurricane for me this weekend. Happy New Year From Happymike and Rex.

[@MikeyRed76]

How does this video NOT have millions of views? I have watched it 45,332 times and it makes me smile every single time. Thanks y'all. Real peoples.

[@happymike44]

Been back from New Orleans for almost 9 weeks miss the big easy. Left due to the crime and the people just acting stupid. This was a hard decision but sometimes if you want a better life you have to leave the old life behind. But still miss beignets and chicory coffee in the morning. To all my friends in New Orleans le bon temp rollin.

[@happymike44]

Yes it just cheers up my day to watch this I am expected in New Orleans in a couple of months. Another wedding and life begins for a couple in love. Just the video to cure the homesickness.

[@TheHolyMongolEmpire]

This is one of the best New Orleans videos available on the internet. Incapsulates what living in New Orleans circa 2010 was all about. I left NOLA in 2012 so maybe it’s changed since but this what New Orleans was like then, at least for me.

[@chasechapoton6969]

Gotta love Clint. I grew on the new orleans bingo show. I'm 21 now and i still get chills from the music

[@testwxt]

I visit this video from time to time. AND ALWAYS makes me home sick. One of my all time favorites!! Long live New Orleans!!!

[@EmilyKnight413]

Clint, I’ve been revisiting this for the first time since 2006. Thanks, man. ❤️❤️❤️

[@sbwagg504]

Words cannot describe just how wonderful this video is...nor the talent that was involved it making it look and sound as flawless as it is! All the shows in the New Orleans Bingo! Parlour at VooDoo displayed the talent and love and culture that is this fabulous city of New Orleans. Thank you for sharing your love with us! It is inspiring and entertaining and fabulous! Major kudos to Clint, Ben, Ralph, Henry, the Preservation Hall Band, the Bingo! Show and all those involved in making this video!

[@JustAnUpTownGirl]

Just another reason why I love my city, NOLA and her people ROCK!!

[@SUNFLWRS101]

I scored Bingo just last night at One Eyed Jack's...what a fabulous show...thank God for liquid courage and I am happy to say I suck at the robot but Clint and company are as original as New Orleans gets...hats off to you all!

[@mdjones1215]

Man, I feel happy and sad simultaneously watching that. THAT's what NOLA is all about, right there. Not the crap and corruption that keeps dragging it down like an anchor as people try to make a comeback; NOLA's about living life and loving life and being as soulful as you wanna be. Viva New Orleans! Laissez les bons temps rouler, baby...

[@toxicgraphix]

I just freaking love this version of one of the greatest songs even written.

[@jazambon]

I've been away from the city, NOLA, my home, for a long time ... too long. This video really made me realize how much I miss the quirkiness of the city and all of it's splendor. Thank you!

[@jharris535]

Rest in peace, Mr. John Brunious. Somehow, it's appropriate that this video is one long coffee delivery to him.

[@happymike44]

The old saying is once you drink the water in the big easy and you have to go back time and again. Mardi Gras and the parades are simply the best.

[@mguerena]

Brilliant. Gotta stand and face it life is so complicated. I am sure Ray is proud to see his work interpreted in this way.

[@seide23]

I'll never forget the first time I saw this video at a Bingo! show. Everyone screamed and cried and stomped and shouted. Pure joy.

[@pawwap27]

Kinks cover, bikes, great New Orleans footage, good voice. What more could you want? Makes me smile everytime!!

[@happymike44]

Just had to hear it tonight before the New Year's Eve party in Denver. I miss New Orleans and going to Bourbon St for New Years and drinking a good scotch and a decent cigar. So tomorrow we end the year with hope for the next year may all my friends in New Orleans be prosperous next year and remember it's hurricane season all year long.

[@DI519]

Clint rocks... Great film.. Rest in peace Mr. John...

[@rcr484]

A bazillion views from me and this remains the best New Orleans video ever.

[@lusciousdeath]

I love New Orleans, this video reminds me why

[@bbxx44]

Oh! That is just great. Ray Davies" music and New Orleans. I believe he owns a home there.

[@toxicgraphix]

The true test of a great artist is when other great artists love your work. Love this song. LOVE the kinks .

[@davlinful]

Great version of one of Ray Davies hidden gems.

[@andresmelo2695]

Congratulations Clint!!!! Greetings from Colombia!!!

[@NolaBetty]

So beautiful it makes me cry.

[@downhillmike]

Clint! Wow! I have been a Kinks fan since the 70's. Did a search for an old favorite song and now am a Clint Maegdon fan! Boy is your version growing on me. Thanks a ton for the song! Downhill Mike

[@lusciousdeath]

I watch this video every day, especially when I'm feeling down. I can really relate to the line "I can 't go to work cause I can't get no job"

[@Chaduke]

Right on pecan! This video makes me laugh, feel happy and sad every time I watch it.

[@nevar23]

I still love this video. Happy Mardi Gras 2019, y'all.

[@Bliffenstimmers]

This guy is a friend of my mom and dad’s! He got my mom her first college job, and I had no idea that the songs I’ve been listening to from my mom’s CD was actually by a friend of hers. This guy’s voice is exactly what I think of when I think of New Orleans.

[@oliviagreene1968]

A snapshot of the Quarter a few months prior to Hurricane Katrina and the Federal Flood that followed in its wake. Life got even more complicated in New Orleans, but the music helped the city survive.

[@granzombi]

How could anyone dislike this? So sweet...

[@elpajaronegro]

I think I've watched this about fifteen times since you posted it. LOVE it.

[@TheBryanDavis]

I got goosebumps. It was a pleasure seeing you guys at Voodoo.

[@LucasJerzy]

I can not tell how much I love this video.

[@JJoompa]

I love this vid. A great depiction of life in the quarter. And I love Clint hamming it up a bit.

[@EmilyKnight413]

Few realize the bicycle scene was completely organic. That’s our beloved city in a nutshell.

[@fractuss]

Ray is such a great writer.

[@theamazingtumnus]

The Bingo! Parlour was my home away from home at Voodoo. Thank you guys for the great shows. I got the last of the limited edition discs and it will hold a place of honor in my art studio. Blessings on ya!

[@monoped8437]

so many kinks songs have that dixieland sound.......this is perfect

[@marciady]

This made my day. I'm in Key West now, but this makes me yearn for N'orleans happyinkw

[@rklegrand]

Clint, sometimes you drive me nuts, but this is not one of those occasions. This video is awesome. One of my favorite things on KZbin.

[@MilllieMcHugh]

What a great video!! Makes me feel like I'm right there with him!

[@Blondes123]

LOve this video and love the song...you are a tribute to the wonderful city of N'Orleans!

[@darrarizer]

new orleans has a feel about it like no other city and for a brief moment i was taken there. miss ya and love the video!

[@lusciousdeath]

@happymike44 there is more to Nola than Bourbon. I tend to hang out on Magazine and Decatur, its safe there...at least nothing bad has ever happened to me. I suppose it depends on your attitude.

[@scarymarymortuary]

I love this video. When ever I get down about everything I watch this video. It reminds me of the short time I lived and worked in the Quarter. The wonderful time I had there, and quiets the little voice that is begging to go back for a little while. :) Much love!

[@BetzyStar]

I LOVE this video - and NOLA

[@nathanjeffers8488]

It's like you took the essence of what city was like the summer before Katrina and just bottled it up for posterity. 5 stars.

[@kylawood2637]

Love the video! Getting to see NOLA is treat. The FUN and playful carnival element of the video seemed in sharp contrast with the lyrics about a complicated life. The fact it was made just before Katrina struck is also interesting, like a forewarning of just how complicated life would become for them, as they trip around and play throughout the town. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band keeps it all grounded ! Wonderful!

[@DancinChuck]

Was checking out Kinks videos when I came across this. Well done, watching it again.

[@JMschert]

Simply brilliant

[@theamazingtumnus]

I usually put this on when I'm feeling crappy and it makes me feel good. However, this is the first time since I've played it since Mr. John died... ...bittersweet at best. Hmmph....

[@madfoot]

Well, it's about damn TIME you got up on KZbin! So glad to see you. Come back to SF soon. Sending big foggy hugs your way!

[@lovestulsa]

he's fabulous, saw them in concert this week in Dallas, WOW!

[@ericsmith3311]

makes me proud to be from Louisiana!

[@lusciousdeath]

I had no idea Mr John was gone! I never spoke with him, but he was most certainly a familiar face when I visit Nola

[@jacquelinehedtkamp8660]

Love this!!

[@scatterish]

ok I really must go to a bingo show next time I'm in the city. my little brother has been insisting, and now I understand why. beautiful video!

[@phirschybar]

amazing! can't wait to be down there in a few weeks.

[@Micki2929]

Hey Clint...I hope we can meet soon. I saw this video at the OffBeat awards at the beginning of this year and loved it. I also saw you at VooDoo Fest and I'm so impressed with the New Orleans Bingo show. What an incredible talent you are! Oh yeah, and you're completely adorable as well. Smooches!

[@madincx]

this rocks, I have seen clint on that delivery ride many times, I miss this shite...I will be back for voodoo.

[@AlmostHohn]

An anonymous fan, I fell in love with you in 1998 playing for tips at the old Kaldi's Coffee House on Decatur. I squealed with pleasure when you agreed to play at the Isadora's Diary benefit party at the Pickery Warehouse in 2000. And I am overly pleased to see you are still making music and doing well in New Orleans. Enjoyed watching you at the Ogden Museum in the preview of the documentary film "A Louisiana Fairytale".

[@happymike44]

@manusmleon Sorry man I left in November of 2008 tired of the crime and murders in Louisiana I put my house on the market and left. Like my new city but if all goes well I will soon be going back there for a short visit. Rex will spend time with grandpa and be spoiled by all belief just miss my friends want to go and see them. This song helps with the homesickness and my new neighbors are great make me feel right at home.

[@davlinful]

Great version of one of Ray Davies hidden gems. Oh and iroinically this video was shot in New Orleans the same City that Ray was shot when his girlfriend was robbed and Ray set off in chase! Sure is a complicated life.

[@Yetanotherstringband]

This is soooo good!

[@jib124]

thank you for making my day!

[@happymike44]

Miss the Marigny but since Rex the Wonder dog is a husky living in the south wasn't good for a cold weather kid like him. My house was on Elysian near St Claude miss walking to the quarter and Cafe Du'Monde. But here it snows me neighbors are nice people and I have a yard for Rex to run around in. I know I have had Rex so long it would be hard to live without him. My neighborhood wasn't the greatest before Katrina but I felt safe but since then I had to leave.

[@renaissancewriter]

Just wonderful! Please consider submitting this video to the Bicycle Film Festival. Would be perfect. Best of luck to you.

[@dinoseer]

Awesome - In through the front door and out the back. Great video Clint! Last time I saw you was at One Eyed Jacks before Katrina with Casey and his Theremin. Transition from PHJB to Bingo on the bridge is magical - Gave me Goosy Bumpys! Hey Clint, next time your in BR, Peter has his American Dime Museum open! We need to do a show for the Museum... dino of Bi-Polar Neversia.

[@andreadc]

beautiful

[@pauldeo]

makes me mad homesickkkkkkkk

[@bbxx44]

I wonder if these guys have worked with Ray Davies. He was living in NOLA for a while. This is such a great take on his song. Clint sure has talent.

[@coreyboy18]

Fiorella's is back in business...

[@TheHolyMongolEmpire]

I fucking love New Orleans, Im moving there in 6 months and I cant wait!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhh!

[@josheaton345]

Bingo! show rocked Jazz fest.

[@LoriWhite]

i love it

[@hellacioushelen]

Said it once, I'll say it again. Completely encapsulate New Orleans in only five minutes why dontcha!

[@aliceshartava]

i love the bingo!

[@riverking78]

Loved seeing you guys at Voodoo! It was some of the craziest, coolest shit I've seen. Thanks alot and keep it up.

[@IanBoyterJazzsax]

This video is so cool! It says more about New Orleans than anything I've seen. Who directed it?

[@dubtea]

One of my favoritist videos, evar.

[@kbarn4]

I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY BINGO WINNERS!!!

[@manusmleon]

i miss home, haven't lived in new orleans since katrina...

[@kristinawong]

i saw you guys last week at one eyed jacks and i kept telling my friends about this video and how much i loved it! boys on bikes in the french quarter-- who knew it would awaken a fetish in me?

[@merryprankstermatt]

nice cover, i can dig it

[@brocktice]

Is that a single shot from the time he gets on the bike? Hard to tell with the speed-ups.

[@whiteraven2k]

YOU'RE GREAT, I see you guys played in my University( Khon Khean University ) It's realy Impressive!! Thanks for come to my university

[@closedmouth]

that's an impressive take

[@pescofish]

You and I will get it there. It shouldn't take much longer.

[@milongaface]

hm...it was up and running when i was there 2006-2007.....you sure?..?>?...

[@plvdavid]

Good Show! God Save the Kinks