Hollywood Boulevard (Celluloid Heroes by the Kinks)

[@anonamoose5673]

I just want to say thanks, I'm 68 and spent the most greatest years of my life on the Blvd. Years later my best friend and saw a off play and as we walked back to the car lot, guess what we sang

[@29jug11]

We were walking those walks in January 2009........Thanks for the memories..................What a GREAT video:

[@paulleckner8235]

I appreciate the long version. I have walked down Hollywood Boulevard many times over the last 30 years. Moved to L.A., in 1990. Many of the landmarks are still there.

[@danyguya]

Merci Rosierooke pour ton fabuleux partage ! j'aime ! nous avec mon mari Guy , c'était en 2005 , quel bonheur d'y etre passé ! Bisous de Montpellier

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

Daniele Andolfo Bugger off, Froggy.....

[@meatnips]

Ray Davies always makes me cry..it never fails..one of the most under appreciated songwriters ever !!

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

zeb c I know, me too. Apeman is good antidote.

[@HillaryClinton123]

Yes I was Weeping also. 100& Agree!

[@abbuelsound]

fantasic Version thanks for upload.

[@12margarita]

This is excellent. The last music, the last moments I was with my dear friend, before he disappeared from earth.. so perfectly the same.

[@EdVidz]

Unbelievably (sp?) I have hummed this song since late 1978. I remember the DJ saying it was a tear-jerker...it is, but much more.

[@msinthrop]

Beautiful video...brings back so many memories of my life in Hollywood in the 70's. Classic song that will live forever in our hearts...

[@brainsareus]

in my humble opinion,this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written by a human being. period. the lyrics and the music are beyond amazing.....

[@louise196Light]

Some of my fave Guy s will never die🥰👏 thanks for this 👏⭐️❤️

[@sweetcanyonsage]

Oh..the chances I had. :0)..tough industry..you can't...have thin skin..you have to be able to compromise your heart and soul. Haven't been home now since 2002. Thank you for this walk. xxo

[@talbotsplace7316]

I lived in Hollywood, at Fountain and Vine. Across from the Hollywood Ranch Market - in the Villa Elaine. Shining times. This song catches it, all of it.

[@DavidPacifico]

What a marvelous video to one of my favorite pop songs. Only Nathanael West in "The Day of the Locust" got Hollywood Boulevard as well as The Kinks. I lived off and on the Boulevard as a teen between 1969 and 1971 and made my way on Selma and Cherokee near the old Golden Cup. Thanks for the video!

[@michaelluther123]

Hollywood always has an old romance to it..and The Kinks caught it...

[@Railbird_]

The music back then was so much better than the music we have these days...

[@sendanor]

Damn...this song grasps me to my throat every time I hear it, tears spontaneously spring from my eyes. This song says it all about the shadowy side of stardom....

[@GoatBeach]

Thank you...very well done. Best version of the song, none of that "greatest hits" remix nonsense.

[@rhimember72]

my favourite kinks song and the whole thing, not short version, ta ever so, you have made an eccentric englishwoman very happy!

[@vivalasvegas1907]

Very nice!!! I was there yesterday, And it sure has changed since i was a kid!! New York pizza still there though and the food is as great and the owner is as cranky as he was then! Thanks for adding this vid.

[@westphillybob]

Wow!!! Thanks for such a superb posting. Everything you did is 1st class! Im 67 yo always wanted to get to see Hollywood but something always got in the way. Perhaps someday....

[@1Phoebus]

a great job on this video....one of the Kinks Best songs (Ray's)...Ray captured the enldess quest for fleeting fame for his generation...and it stands right up there...with all the rest before him!! Cheers! Ray.

[@chasszz]

Nice video gentlemen! Excellent cinematography that's well paced for such a great tune... Thanks for posting!!

[@dostfez]

Great version...thx

[@wearealloneexceptforthatgu7848]

Wonderful video of a great song. Thank you.

[@Winonasalibi]

Absolutely PERFECT! Thanks dude. This song needed this. I grew up in So. Cal. and lived in Hollywood for years. Not only does this respect the song but made me miss home.... I took that offramp so many times.....

[@bctesla]

This song is so poetic

[@bluesfan582]

I loved seeing the Kinks' name in a star at the end of the video. Excellent touch. Great video for a great song, wonderful touch at the end.

[@cowboysfan782008]

True comment. This song is one of my all time favs. Ray Davies is amazing. His lyrics blow me away, especially on this song. What an analogy of what Hollywood is really about!

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

cowboysfan782008 Great comment from a Cowboy fan, LOL........

[@1Phoebus]

Hey guys..very nice job...as having lived and worked...and taken numerous visitors to Hollywood...this was a fantastic trip down the Blvd....One of my top faves from the Kinks....

[@alperemek8676]

Great video Bravo Great Song

[@unionrdr]

Still a great song & a great memory! Still have pics of a bunch of the stars. Britany Spears got her star when we were there. I remember, one day far into the week we spent there, my soulmate squeezed my hand really hard, looked into my eyes, & said she was glad to be there with me! That's the real magic of Hollywood, folks. 'Cause celluloid heroes, never really die...

[@80sVidLover]

Ahhh, finally found a version on here with the "dearest Marilyn" line......I always prefer the long version of songs. Something about 6, 7, 8 - minute songs, takes me back to the AOR days :)

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

So cool to still have long studio version. Happy Birthday Ray🍺🎉🎉🎂🎶🎶

[@driverain2]

excellent take on a fantastic song tribute......

[@finkelpearl]

Well done! My kids liked it. Great production value.

[@Augmuse]

Another great story song by Ray Davies. The expanded version of this album sheds some great insights into the Kinks song writing as the band honed their sound. 50+ Anniversary Tour???Hope springs eternal. The Kinks,if they do reform, would be the best ever reunion of their British Invasion contemporaries. Ray and Dave both still write, record, and tour. December 2015 was a tease with Ray walking on stage to join Dave's band and sing "You Really Got Me." Ray still sounds good to me and so does Dave as well. Come on down Mick Avory.

[@donaldkalinich4323]

GOD, i luv this version. long one the kinks fuking rule!

[@brainsareus]

that's so sweet, hugging the little girl at the end of the video..awh..

[@CherylKCherylsHomeCookingshow]

Great footage!!! I love it

[@jeanni38]

What a cool video! Love it!

[@boydalbritton5189]

Hollywood boulevard what feeling Ray puts into his songs. A genius for sure!

[@154Jamesp]

The last 2 minutes of this song gives me chills. Perfection.

[@davidmarks8318]

Im.69 and worked at capitol records in 77...6th floor.howmuch fun! On mylunch break I skateboarder down Hollywood blvd.i waz that kid

[@Eddiesix]

Great job!! Thanks for uploading this. It is one of my favorite songs of all time. The lyrics are very poignant especially if you a movie fan (like me) and know all the people they are referring to in the song.. fantastic lyrics.

[@ghostrider-ek8gu]

Definitely one of the greatest groups, and this is such a great song

[@jeffandersen69]

I liked this video. Having walked down Hollywood Blvd a zillion times it was interesting to see what it looked like a few years ago. (I lived up Beachwood Canyon)

[@johngregory6470]

Great band. Saw them live 4 times in the 70s and 80s.l grew up in L.A. use to go see all the bands on sunset to. All the people l knew and hung out with are all gone now.

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

John Gregory PANDORA'S..........

[@brian1958usgrant]

Celluloid Heroes Never Really DIE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@acadm]

really outstanding job; this song always makes me want to cry

[@ChipLooper]

Been there twice AWESOME

[@brainsareus]

gorgeous tune...... btw- great bass and drums ,too.... tasty licks....!

[@bryanfoat5205]

there are 2 really excellent videos of this song that I have found. This is one of them. Congrats.

[@Radanle]

This version is the one I recognise, and it's better!

[@johnpatmos3778]

Ray you are awesome

[@kenyllboyz]

such a great song. so underated.

[@davidrtonsing1]

One of my favorite during the 90's, keep on listening and long to walk across the Hollywood boulevard, Lawm te toh ngaih lai ngaih huai na e.... (L) Roosvelt this one is for you......

[@dostfez]

What a great vid....thx...!

[@pacskye]

I took a mime class at Hollywood and Vine from a student of Marcel Marceau. I was born a few miles away from MGM. I saw the Kinks in Santa Monica, but Ray was really drunk and fell off the stage. Worked at a film company for twenty years. Love the Kinks, always will. And this song is part of my life. Thanks for posting it.

[@rosierooke]

Great memories for me also. Thanks for the comment.

[@pacskye]

YVW

[@pacskye]

Thank you, tis true........

[@brian1958usgrant]

Celluloid Heroes Never Really DIE!

[@Dloomis494]

Great job on the video. After I watched this I went and dug out all my Kinks albums from college. It seems like it was just yesterday. I listened to Soap Opera and Preservation five times the other night I'm just glad for all the Kinks video on line. Thanks again.

[@ProfessorElvisZap]

Well done indeed. Your imagery matches that which ran through my head when listening each time. The song came to me spontaneously yesterday afternoon. Alas, my copy is on vinyl in the closet.

[@brealistic1970]

Great song. It's one of my favorites.

[@TheKristobald]

thanks! I wanted to listen to the long version for some time, because of George Sanders...

[@revjoesr]

Very nice touch. Well done!

[@Paranormresearch]

Nice work on the video....always been one of my favorite songs. I guess you could say that I'm one who wished my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show....anyway, nice job on bringing the song and video together.

[@neonvincent1]

George Sanders epitomized refinement and breeding. Very nicely done.

[@ChrisGurin]

I was born and raised in California, and like fire5479, got dragged back east to PA, kicking and screaming. My birth certificate lists my first address about two blocks from Hollywood Blvd. Last time I was there, checked the address, it's now a Korean electronics store. Just finished my degree in animation. Returning to my Home World World soon. Miss it so!

[@albertbavre3941]

crying now!

[@cardar33]

nice job, this is what I was looking for . . . thanks for making this!

[@HDN1956]

Thank you very much, you did me a great favor.

[@chrishubbard6154]

Such a great song!!!! Feel it, wonderful

[@giyyyoy]

Superb song.

[@warpigcat]

Surely a great video.

[@bigbadredsox]

Very good.

[@unionrdr]

Good song. Means even more since my wife & I were there in '07 for a week. Even had some drinks in the functional Cheers bar set in the Hollywood Museum with Jeff Bridges watchin' football!

[@lowellthomasjr.468]

I gave "Julia" my copy of this CD...now she's in NYC...gonna be a WRITER !!!

[@UrbanLegend321]

Another underaprieciated classic from Ray Davies!

[@abbuelsound]

thanks for this nice Video

[@Danandvikki1]

Outstanding job!!! You really captured the essense of this wonder song!!!!

[@EixtremeDrummer]

What a great band

[@stevenqoz]

My favourite Kinks track....as far as I know it was never released in the UK as a single

[@tomgirardi1436]

Awesome song

[@TehAmelie]

I realize in this song there are a lot of bits you could put in or leave out about a variety of Hollywood stars, but who the Hell would leave out the line about "dearest Marylin"? Yet that seems to be most of the most popular recordings of the song on KZbin. So than you for making one with the good lyrics.

[@dostfez]

Great tune...slice a truth.

[@dostfez]

Thx for uploading

[@1967pinkfloyd]

gr8 job....love this song and vid

[@Dion1957]

Very underated song.

[@sharonostrovmusicexpress]

Amazing! :))))

[@BeingPollock]

Congratulations

[@malinmoate]

One of my very favourites! Great video Cheers

[@Wilfreddyb]

Luv it

[@randyjp4894]

Well done!

[@jamesclukey7488]

Finally! The full song! Why do so many other versions of this song leave out the verses about George Saunders, Mickey Rooney, and Marilyn Monroe? Just doesn't make sense to me. Thanks for doing it right!

[@WyattTwerpp]

commercial radio shortens the songs, you know how it goes, they suck.. never play lots of great kinks tunes

[@paulrawes]

It's because, it was considered too long!

[@kenyllboyz]

cool vid too man

[@Garavagno]

Para todos los que amamos el Hollywood Boulevard y conocemos todos sus rincones, sus estrelas, los edificiós, las esquinas, es este un muy buen tema. Emotivo, nostálgico, dulce fundamentalmente evocativo. Gracias.

[@brainsareus]

bien dicho

[@mikeshaffer4912]

I really enjoyed this video and the song. I found also that reading a Tim Powers Fantasy short story called "Soul In A Bottle" is really cool too because the story starts out with the protagonist placing pennies in handprints at Grauman's. It seemed to fit the story to me. Not sure why.

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

i must take a walk down Hollywood again soon. crazy. nuts. weird. true.

[@rosierooke]

@ShelterDogs This is from the Kinks Studio Album, 1972's "Everybody's In Show-Biz, Everybody's A Star"

[@jameskendall9168]

This song inspires me to go out and walk around there despite various schmutz such as street creeps and barkeeps with bad attitudes. Show biz is tough and the Kinks know and portray it. The stretch of Hollywood Boulevard between Vine and Highland is where I love to walk most nowdays. That's where the stars are, duh.