Kinks Biography Part1

Kinks Biography Part1

[@christopher19894]

As I get older, I like the Kinks more than the Stones or Beatles.

[@breadandbutter726]

I’m 20 and felt that way for years. The early stones was amazing but their later work was good here and there. I only care for a handful of Beatles tunes.

[@troddy3925]

Between Keith Moon and John Enwistle, even The Who rocked better than the Beatles and the Stones. But Yes, the Kinks were the originators or that heavy rock sound, and suggestive lyrics! And Ray Davies was the best song writer out of the bunch.

[@dalemccarrell4599]

@@breadandbutter726 q

[@jamesmcallister5494]

I hear that ,,

[@robertmurphy440]

Laddie there comes a time we all need hearing aids, Beatles and stones...???

[@lucyfoster4082]

It’s hard for me to believe that the band that made You Really Got Me was the same that did Waterloo Sunset, the same that made Lola, the same that made Get Back. In each era they reinvented themselves. Ray was a chameleon of songwriting always adapting to the times and Dave’s guitar playing was right for all seasons from his early myxolydian chord changes to his 80’s-style searing solos and roaring riffs.

[@bastet4978]

kinks, the best in 60, in 70, in 80, in 90, 'till the end of the days ! GOD SAVE THE KINKS!

[@markmcnamara9502]

Their last album 1992..phobia. Try the song scattered.

[@justmadeit2]

For 1964 you have to admit that 'you really got me' was a pretty heavy song !

[@DMSProduktions]

You for real? It was the 1ST Heavy Metal song!

[@matsgoalkeeping2448]

DMSProduktions not 1st Heavy Metal song in my Opinion it was more hard Blues Rock the first Heavy Metal song in my opinion would be Talk Talk by The Music Machine

[@johnholmes912]

without that no led zep

[@leahflower9924]

They show a guy dressed like a chef dancing to the song

[@olderthanyoucali8512]

Ray Davies one of the best songwriters

[@heighwaysonthewing]

Waterloo Sunset id hard to beat, perfect song

[@azramaniacNo1]

Ray never liked being a rock star, otherwise he is in the league of top four

[@enmejora6980]

?why did he fight his brother

[@azramaniacNo1]

@@enmejora6980 Not any more, Dave big head got booted out.

[@enmejora6980]

Good

[@arturoacosta198]

A great song,is a song that never gets old,and "you really got me"is one of those tunes!

[@apollonia6656]

For me The Kinks were nostalgic in their twenties and now their songs are more apt than ever. We have grown older and have the right to be nostalgic. So , thank you The Kinks for the good old old days you wrote about and the good old days of the 60's. Best band ever. 💘💘💘

[@Tuschedz]

"I'm not like everybody else," - Dave Davies

[@scottschultz9428]

1 of my favorites of all time

[@cycologist7069]

Early punk rock.

[@thewoodys_surf_instrumental]

Ray Davies should be allowed to live forever.

[@yesman2755]

Ray & Dave Davies literally invented heavy metal with You Really Got Me. Still sounds incredible 55 years later. Who would have thought eh ??

[@philipadami4039]

Ray made up the riff on keyboard and Dave made it heavy on his guitar by damaging the speaker cone on his amp with a razor blade or pencil depending which story is true.

[@philipadami4039]

Or knitting needle...

[@sratus]

DAVE DAVIES CREATED THAT SOUND

[@popev3887]

The KINKS are a studio group only.

[@rntrojasrojas2204]

Not the Heavy metal nor Hard rock too, the Kinks invented his powerful sound thath contributed in the creation of heavy and Hard, and punk too, but, years ago when Heavy and Hard were stablished, the Kinks never were written Hard or Heavy records.

[@MelindadelosSantos]

My sister is a big fan of the Kinks, and I wondered why because she wasn’t around then. Well, I see now. 😊

[@martincarlos3759]

Somehow reduced to "You really got me" obviously to fit to the masses. Just as in the case of The Who with their "My Generation". Yet there are quite a lot of smashing hits like that to be found in Beat Music, many one (or two or even some more) Hit wonders. It is their rich and deep discography that make The Kinks and The Who everlastingly unique.

[@MattLuxe]

this is easily the worst biography i've ever seen. I love Ray Davies and The Kinks, but come on. This is just not well made at all. They deserve better.

[@bandcouver]

Agreed. A false claim early on along with an annoying, sensationalist take on the band. Try this Ray Davies documentary. Much more enjoyable. kzbin.info/www/bejne/apaUkGl_gbJlnbs And a trailer of the later documentary "Echoes of a World" documentary, featuring Ray Davies, Graham Coxon (Blur), Suggs (Madness), Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Steve Cradock (Ocean Colour Scene), Andy Partridge (XTC), Paul Weller (The Jam), Greg Kurstin, Natalie Merchant and Jon Savage. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2OYeqNmlJ1_na8

[@doctorfuse007]

RIP, Peter Greenlaw Quaife

[@gcase08]

Kenji Fuse y

[@detroitlady9282]

Detroit was a rockin city back in 60s, 70s. Still loved Brits and saw Kinks back in 70s. Fantastic concert! Great memories of great music!

[@Tufarock]

Greatest rock band of all time

[@skullduggery3377]

they had a ton of great tunes early on. i'd put them at 5th or 6th most important band of the british invasion. or any invasion.

[@vincentanguoni8938]

I saw them at Anaheim stadium in the late seventies, they opened for Alice Cooper...the audience completely ignored them...they were having food fights!!! I was sick!!!

[@vincentanguoni8938]

They were awesome!!!

[@stephaneherringtoniowritin9180]

Have met Mick Avery,and got a small potted history of the early days of The Kinks! What a cool guy,and was grateful to meet someone who had such a pivotal moment in the genesis of Rock n Roll! Cheers Mick( The Rolling Stones original drummer as well!!!) I actually asked him about what happened about the symbol incident,and he told me what was going on earlier on that day,and,it was little surprise as to what happened later on that night!... Cheers mate!

[@denaredford6701]

One of my favorite bands in 1964 .

[@ernestkinas5973]

How about 1965?Idiots abound!!!

[@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer]

@@ernestkinas5973 you really got me was released in August 1964

[@kilroy1963]

The really clever thing about their first song was , if you listen , counterpoint that works .Shear genius Ray Davies .

[@doctorfuse007]

That's how Ray and Dave pronounce their name, dude.

[@ernestkinas5973]

Exactly.Finally a voice of reason!!!

[@andrewmartin6445]

It's the correct pronunciation. It's a Welsh name.

[@angelabluebird609]

"You Really Got Me," is not sinister. The guy claiming such a notion is more likely to be sinister. "You Really Got Me," is simply about the strength of youthful attraction. (Oh, yeah.)

[@sunsetvlogs5500]

angela bluebird60 it’s basically a song that says I want to fuck you really badly but it’s fucking brilliant

[@startervisions]

heavy sound, great beat good rhythm

[@carlcurtis]

I've got to agree. Great group. But the first group to knock the Beatles off number one was the Dave Clark Five with Glad All Over. All a matter of timing.

[@inthecards7535]

You really got me....satan

[@startervisions]

@@carlcurtis their music was boring though lol

[@sdgakatbk]

Throws a cymbal at Dave's head. Like Odd Job in Goldfinger?

[@barbarapineda5730]

I was a younger blk american, kid nines yrs ol, they play this songs.on the air. 📻 🎙 📡. Every hours I stay closed.too the radios.

[@asdffeefff]

thanks for uploading :) never heard about this channel, we dont get it here (in germany) thanks again, this certainly brightens up my day. I adore the kinks. british invasion rules :)

[@alainpaum]

The Kinks are very special ! A lot of class ! Very beautiful amazing songs

[@bargell]

I don’t believe the Kinks were around in 1963.

[@Lara-wm9rm]

Ray and dave youre up your down i cant work it out when war qnd destruction are over with word of mouth tell me youre coming to play soon in san diego somehow youve been here before so satisfy my rock n roll fantasy and do it yes do it again ! Love Lara V. Grenfell and yes i wish o could be like david watts and yes im on a lw budget and oh yeah i certainly do what mr churchill and wjat mr Mountbatten says !

[@JoeChrisMorris]

Thank you for the days Those endless days those sacred days You gave me

[@rosscarroll6735]

First line: "The 1960s brought swinging London to Britain" What?

[@rosscarroll6735]

@Tom Stamos They shipped London over from Germany in the wake of WWII. This was part of the Postdam Agreement.

[@hippojuice23]

Brenda brought her head cold to the rest of the office

[@michaelgibson5047]

I think the Shadows should have been the first British band reconized. Hank Marvin (excellent guitarist)

[@barbaragottlock230]

Will always be my favorite group. 'Nuff said.

[@Dermot2927]

Can any Kinks fans help me out? I saw a film clip of them a few years ago - about 1964 vintage, black and white as far as I remember, and one of those "miming in the studio" deals, what would now be called a promo clip. I can't remember the song - it wasn't one of their more famous ones - but it's a really wild one, and Dave is freaking out, doing a herky-jerky dance and grinning like a loon. Any ideas?

[@bandcouver]

By 1963(?) they started challenging The Beatles? Nope. It wasn't until August of 1964 ,at least, when The Kinks even started to challenge The Beatles with hit singles, inventive music and brilliant lyrics. That's a very wrong claim in this documentary. As much as I love The Kinks' music, that's an error that needs to be corrected in this documentary. As a matter of fact: Their first 2 singles bombed in the UK earlier in '64: Their version of Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" with b-side "I Took My Baby Home" and "You Still Want Me" with b-side "You Do Something To Me". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Still_Want_Me. I also find this is an annoying, sensationalist take on the band. Try this Ray Davies documentary. Much more enjoyable. kzbin.info/www/bejne/apaUkGl_gbJlnbs And a trailer of the later documentary "Echoes of a World" documentary, featuring Ray Davies, Graham Coxon (Blur), Suggs (Madness), Noel Gallagher (Oasis), Steve Cradock (Ocean Colour Scene), Andy Partridge (XTC), Paul Weller (The Jam), Greg Kurstin, Natalie Merchant and Jon Savage. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2OYeqNmlJ1_na8

[@peterwood-jenkins3634]

Ray Davis The King Of Heavy Metal brilliant band and very inventive

[@robertbelchick8263]

The godfather of Brit pop. Dave was the godfather of metal.

[@michaelharrington75]

Heavy metal? The kinks never played anything close to metal.

[@moxie96]

@fieldofhatsify it seems Ray is the sticker that you pronounce it like Davis and Dave and His son Daniel seem to not mind the dave-ees way of saying it. It is a welsh last name. I met all three men (dave and ray once, Dan 6 times) and I just never say their last names around them.

[@kathCT]

You met Ray? What was that like? That must have been quite an experience!

[@natimartiviudes6755]

The KINKS, uno de los dos que soy fan desde el principio, estupenda biografía. 👍

[@elbowdrop3596]

challenge the beatles, lol.

[@chrisbacos]

Yes, the Beatles from provincial Liverpool opened the floodgates for British rock.

[@brendanspaulding7930]

Richard Smith The kinks definitely beat the Beatles lol, the Beatles changed music sure but the kinks refined what they were best at and became more creative and better for it.

[@Lmclean89]

@@brendanspaulding7930 What a fucking load of bullshit. The Beatles won in every scenario and still do to this day. They are the sole reason to why albums are actually treated as an art form and should be consciously formed instead of being a placeholder for filler tracks.

[@zzebowa]

WHat? Sod the lyrics, You Really Got Me is the worlds first rock song!!!!

[@Pete-z6e]

zzebowa , the first record I ever bought, still like it!

[@zzebowa]

@@Pete-z6e Wish I could say that about my first record, David Essex, Silver Dream Machine! Hahahah!

[@Gently469]

They sure named themselves aptly as there were too many kinks to overcome for these guys to really progress. They sure added to the excitement of the sixties with some great tunes. Lots of obscure stuff on their albums that sadly never got airplay, too.

[@daijones101]

Sorry but that was not a new sound. Black American blues artists such as Pat Hare, guitar slim, Howling Wolf and even Tiny Grimes were recording using distorted overdriven sounds from the late forties by driving small amps to their limit. Listen to the solo in Chuck Berrys Maybeline for starters

[@huflungdung8252]

Dai Jones Link Wray was doing it years before The Kinks too.

[@daijones101]

@@huflungdung8252 indeed they were

[@zesvo]

You Really Got Mail

[@tedcabana]

They had the craziest "Brotherly" hate/love musician-relationship. I keep hoping someday there will be a movie about them. It would be EPIC! btw.... First band I ever saw live, 1982. No other rock and roll story compares!

[@rebeccacobarrubias9547]

wow! how time fly's I remember all there hits as if it were yesterday ah those were the good o'l days I can not believe how fast the time fly's and I still love these songs all of the Kinks hits!!!! fabulous simply fabulous!!!....all of there song were hit, at least to me they were!

[@mosesmoses2000]

Beatles were Black and White

[@crissrudd4554]

It was not the cymbal, it was the pedal which apparently knocked Dave out. Mick fled for a bit as he feared he killed his band mate.

[@eeveegaming4798]

Damn they continued to play after that?

[@chasmaldo60]

why why is a van zant on this??

[@knabein]

Annoying seeing Van Zant on nearly every documentary.

[@williamr3840]

Golf trousers! :0)

[@We_Seek_Truth]

I just started watching this and not two minutes into it starts off with a pronunciation error of the 1st magnitude! - Their last name was DAVIES not DAVIS!!! Jeeza-LOO!!! I'm not usually a pronunciation Nazi, but PUH-LEEZ!!! That's like the second most important word in the whole story, right behind the "KINKS"!!! Maybe she'll say the "KLINKS"

[@johnwilliams2479]

"And I'll be selling old Kinks records in the foyer afterwards".... Mick Avery

[@johnknow4097]

I remember the very first time I heard of The Kinks, Winchester Station 1960 something, waiting for a train to Basingstoke when out of the blue Maggie Brown says "have you heard the Kings".

[@humbertoflores2545]

Even my 11 year old daughter likes the Kinks.. she likes All day and all of the night.

[@bardo0007]

RIP 2017

[@jopflah416]

Can you say “REVISIONIST”?

[@thekilla2885]

I want mee blood E fish & chips! O Mae bay a bowl of kippas!

[@edouardros9799]

Merveilleux Kinks pour toujours 🌞

[@garrymcarthur9853]

My fav groups of the 60’s- #1the BEATLES,#2 the STONES,THE KINKS! YES they were my 3 rd fav band in 64 with their great lyrics and unique guitar riffs and who an forget their great and unforgettable song; can’t remember the name but some of the lyrics I can still recall, “he gets up in the morning,he goes to work each day! He comes back in the evenin’,then he drinks all to forget!! Great song! What the hell is the name of it? Somebody out there,HELP me remember!

[@leftienigeblank4320]

It's "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" .

[@leftienigeblank4320]

It was "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion" , Garry .

[@mollyfrom5556]

"A Well Respected Man" about town, doing the best things so conservatively...

[@barnetboroughsightimpaired8235]

A well respected man

[@Claytone-Records]

Sinister?

[@fredsalfa]

Can’t find part 2 and 3?

[@jerrywatt6813]

Only Dave could make playing a Gibson flying v guitar look bloody STUPID ! Bit some how it worked ! Brilliant !

[@33Birchmoor]

The Knks seem to me to be a parallel to Oasis ,where Dave Davies is like Liam,and Ray like Noel.The former wild men ,and the latter thinkers and poets.

[@pjay213]

The Kinks are a lot better though

[@mollyfrom5556]

Warning, don't make my mistake! Ignore the comments. Over and over, the shallow just make fun of British teeth (as if they think they're at a beauty contest) and mistakenly correct the pronunciation of the Davies brothers' last name! All of them wrong but so sure they're correct. Letting their misogyny show too, in their ''correction!"

[@DNGINFORMANT]

The Beatles will always be my favorite but I like the Kinks better than The Stones

[@pyewackett5]

Oh dear. It's american ...

[@bingola45]

They seem to be able to say 'Kinks' properly...

[@MrKlausbird]

sorry but 1.47 what is this? Which charts? Which songs? From position 3 onwards. Is this fake?

[@kenfletcher1240]

Muswell Hill isn't a "town" in London. It's a fairly small district in London. On a hill! Please only talk about what you know about.

[@DMSProduktions]

Because, Americans!

[@matsgoalkeeping2448]

I can’t believe that You Really Got Me knocked the Beatles outta the number one spot

[@markmcnamara9502]

It didn't. The chart shown is false. Not the hit parade.

[@123agidee_2]

Sorry but the kinks are one of the best and did what the beatles did, but earlier

[@dannywlm63]

They were friends or mates as we say and money and America ruined them

[@slaugmromni6743]

Did I mishear the narrator or did she say “Ray and Dave DAVIS”?

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Three of The Kinks attended same school as Rod Stewart.

[@alanwann9318]

Jimmy page and John Paul Jones played as session men on you really got me.

[@theriptorn]

No they didn’t

[@larschristensen9367]

The Kinks would’nt challenge Beatles in 1963 since they were formed in 1964!

[@michaelharrington75]

Kinks never challenged the Beatles. Nobody did. The Beatles were at a height no other group had ever been, nor has been since. That height is called "The topper most of the popper most", and the Beatles are the only band that ever made it there.

[@tosinoparinde9563]

I love you Ray ❤️🧡😍

[@reginaglasgow576]

1+ part 2

[@jessesands9426]

Davies not Davis!🎙️🎸

[@ernestkinas5973]

In Britain Davies is pronounced as "Davis".My God it blows me mind how many bleeding stupid wankers are out there!!!

[@DMSProduktions]

KINKEH!

[@knabein]

Who made this video ?? God awful !!!

[@michaelcasey7239]

The invasion of British teeth.

[@sararaftery3729]

aah better have my British teeth and my British music any day

[@MrCook1227]

How the hell can the woman narrator keep saying their last name as "Davis" instead of "Davies". Has she ever heard of them before? You can't be part of a biography like this unless you know something about your subject. And you can't do justice to the Kinks in four videos that add up to a half hour. She actually says at one point that the Kinks wanted to get in on "this exciting American market" as if nobody ever heard of the U.S. until the Beatles flew across the Atlantic. For heaven's sake they were all listening to American blues and rock n' roll since they were teenagers. Ray Davies wanted to come to America before he ever heard of the Beatles. Just listen to his recent album "Americana". What a waste this "biography" is; too bad as I got excited as soon as I spotted it here on KZbin.

[@OttoPaert]

Who made this tripe?

[@Unclemoparman]

#DAVIES NOT DAVIS FFS

[@NullStaticVoid]

ah yes, the famous Davis brothers.

[@bingola45]

...although if you bothered to see it written down, you would know how to spell it.

[@Chimbo65]

Ha ha ha` it`s funny to hear the yanks version of a british Rock band. Good clips though

[@spockboy]

1:02 It's Davies not Davis. Right out of the gate, huge mistake LOL

[@Stratmanable]

Except that the Kinks themselves pronounce it "Davis". Which is the correct Welsh pronunciation.

[@jeffreyjohn2037]

Being as famous as they are, you would think that they would get their teeth fixed

[@mollyfrom5556]

For your sake?

[@richardlaversuch9460]

Don't think that the man on the keyboards for Mr Pleasant is really my Dad.

[@sylvainpaquette6485]

challenging who ??? hahaha

[@Goomer]

It wasn't a Pignose.

[@Kelly14UK]

Boot an amp in and it'll look like a pig's nose.

[@badlarrygibb4529]

why do they not know their name?

[@nathandodge665]

Yeah yeah I know.the kinks are the best there ever was and criminally underrated and blah blah blah.

[@enkibumbu]

The Davis brother? Was Sammy one of the brothers?

[@johnsieger6197]

I heard Ray interviewed and he said that's actually how it's pronounced.

[@bingola45]

Sammy was the Junior one!

[@coldacre]

why can't American's pronounce words? the narrator calls the brothers Ray & Dave Davis. its DAVIES.... pronounced DAVEEEES. learn to talk ffs

[@yuwptuwbp1591]

Lol. You mad? Cry baby bitch 😭

[@silasreid9489]

Davies not Davis

[@mollyfrom5556]

Wrong

[@heighwaysonthewing]

The Kinks were great but the Beatles bollocks , the Beatles will be played centuries after the Kinks are forgotten...

[@danny6trampnow805]

I dont think so

[@arturoenriquecamposcavero1525]

Well, between tastes and colors the authors did not write, for me they are only good, but they do not come under any point of view to be as complete an album as A Hard Day's Night, nor in harmonic, melodic quality, or anything they do not reach the shoes

[@seanoconnor2531]

soon as she said Davis and not Davies 1:03 i clicked out,