Kinks: Demon alcohol cartoon

[@thekarmaboy]

It was made by Fine Arts Films Inc. Some time between 1970 and 1973 for the Sonny and Cher show.

[@ridethelapras]

Now this is a REAL cartoon! Nice to hear a 3rd verse too, with a HAPPY ending! I almost thought it was Ray himself singing, old bud does such a good job with the vocals.

[@prowolf633]

They need to have the happy ending on albums

[@ridethelapras]

@@prowolf633 Not to mention, "Now he's doing so much more, and he's wiser than before, and he's happy in his home and his position" is a very VERY 'classic' Kinks-ish line. A description of an optimistic outcome that would not be out of place on 'Face to Face' or 'Something Else'.

[@timothyjohnson2830]

Yes I remember this video on HBO, somewhere around 1983

[@marct.hernandez9129]

.... Around that time, 1983 - 1986 our family had relocated to Dallas Texas,..... (We were flat broke) but together, and happy..... And TV programming was much more vast in the big cities I recall viewing this on TV in Dallas Tejas.

[@OofusTwillip]

I strongly suspect that CBS demanded the removal of the lyrics "Who thought that I would say 'Damn it all, and blow it all?'", plus the addition of a third verse with a happy ending ("And he made an unbelievable transition.") After all, on "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour", it was sung by Sonny & Cher, and the show was watched by families! The animated music videos were given new soundtracks, and released on a VHS tape by John Wilson, in the 1980s.

[@comic4relief]

That contented sneer at the end!

[@arnehansen2249]

My story, but now in AA sober for 15 years.

[@davevalens9918]

I remember when I saw this on HBO when I was a kid back in the 80s. Thought it was weird.

[@johnewbank1432]

Excellent and unusual animation . God save the kinks and maybe just maybe even after daves problem thes and i have seen him doing much better that the lord will give us a chance to see them again

[@scubarojo]

Great video Great song. God save the Kinks.

[@KaelWrit]

the ending when he drives by all those alcohol ads gives me chills, it so perfectly conveys how it always haunts you even though it does get easier, and how our culture can make it worse. I have got flooded on YT & Hulu with alcohol ads & it really bothered me!

[@duvrek]

Here's a story about a sinner, He used to be a winner who enjoyed a life of prominence and position, But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements, And his selfish wife's fanatical ambition, It turned him to the booze, And he got mixed up with a floosie And she led him to a life of indecision. The floosie made him spend his dole She left him lying on Skid Row A drunken lag in some Salvation Army Mission. It's such a shame. Oh demon alcohol, Sad memories I cannot recall, Who thought I would say, Damn it all and blow it all, Oh demon alcohol, Memories I cannot recall, Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol. Sad memories I cannot recall, Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol. Barley wine, pink gin, He'll drink anything, Port, pernod or tequila, Rum, scotch, vodka on the rocks, As long as all his troubles disappeared. But he messed up his life, went and beat up his wife, And the floosie's gone and found another sucker She's gonna turn him on to drink She's gonna lead him to the brink And when his money's gone, She'll leave him in the gutter, It's such a shame. Oh demon alcohol, Sad memories I cannot recall, Who thought I would say, Damn it all and blow it all, Sad memories I cannot recall, Who thought I would fall, A slave to demon alcohol.

[@chrisgillard6129]

There's more to the song than that. Or is there?

[@marct.hernandez9129]

.... Yes I have lived it..... Shit I'm still living it today.... If I can tell you anything, is I would tell you this.... Do not start drinking!!!!

[@EvilSkeptic]

This is a cover, as the credits make clear at the end of the video. I'm still trying to figure out where that added verse came from, and if Ray Davies wrote that verse. I can't find any info on it.

[@OofusTwillip]

I think the lyric changes (including different boozes in verse 2) were for the U.S. market. I think all of these animated videos were made for TV shows, which were subject to the networks' censors, plus cultural norms. American audiences generally insist on happy endings. That's why the musical version of "Little Shop of Horrors" had a happy ending, instead of the ending in the original film and the Broadway musical. I suspect that the network or the producers of whichever show commissioned the video insisted on a happy ending for the song.

[@antonioaguilar8295]

totally agree

[@grant1856]

Very cool guys! very cool!

[@TheThinWhiteDuke1975]

Greateful Dead?

[@doctorfuse007]

That's so cool! Please, give us some info - when was it made, where, is Wayne Carpenter singing, or is he doing the vocals in the cartoon?

[@benryancarpenter]

It is Wayne Carpenter singing. He was a singer/songwriter in the 1970’s.

[@davidwilson6733]

This cartoon was really one of the first music videos ever made. Actually my dad was the creator of music videos because cartoons are a very creative part of this history.

[@OofusTwillip]

There were music videos long before this one. In the 1940s, there were Soundies, and in the 1960s, there were Scopitones.

[@lennoxclark3475]

old school HBO!!!

[@tagadabrothersband]

Very funny ! Whos is singing ? It sounds like Ray Davies "speed up" so a litte bit higher. I did'nt know the "vertuous end" added on this version !

[@L_Train]

Was this recorded live? It isn't the album version. Is it even Ray Davies?

[@polferiferus1938]

Watch till the end, credit is given to a different singer, etc.

[@slainepaccs7938]

Danm low key hella deepb

[@rtvandle]

two people fell a slave to demon alcahol

[@ridethelapras]

(…Billion)

[@prowolf633]

Ooh, too many billboards advertising alcohol even now

[@williamarrants7870]

Wish it was played at the proper tempo.

[@sadlobster1]

Why do we even have booze

[@chrisgillard6129]

How anyone can live on this insane planet without having a drink now and then amazes me to no end. And yes; get right pissed every now and then as well. Yes: Jesus Saves. Fine; but don't leave out the wine.

[@sadlobster1]

@@chrisgillard6129 I've never touched a drop my whole life and I've remained on the level, no matter how crazy the world gets

[@chrisgillard6129]

@@sadlobster1 Well done. Only just recently have I been taking the challenge and am trying to live a sober life with my eyes and mind on the Lord Jesus Christ and his Gospels.

[@sadlobster1]

@@chrisgillard6129 Truth is, I've only sampled small doses of the stuff in my life and it all tastes bitter. Only exception to that rule is Communion wine, which only tastes like INCREDIBLY sour grape juice. In any case, because it all tasted bitter in my mouth; I've grown to despise alcohol

[@83mgr]

I think they screwed the song.

[@bjbjbkk370]

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[@johnnykennedy4834]

hello I am bishop Johnny Kennedy pastor of saint Giovanni's Catholic church in Peru Indiana saying my wife bishop Sarah bishop kringle Kennedy loves booze and alcohol and champagne and beer and wine and vodka and whiskey too love Bishop Johnny Kennedy pastor of saint Giovanni's Catholic church in Peru Indiana the bishop of Canterbury and the Jesuit bishop of Peru Indiana and the bishop of the archdiocese of Peru Indiana and I am a Franciscan Catholic Jesuit bishop.

[@johnnykennedy8551]

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[@hannahchase7423]

hello I am bishop Johnny Kennedy pastor of saint Giovanni's Catholic church in Peru Indiana saying my wife Sarah kringle she loves booze and alcohol and champagne and beer and wine and vodka and whiskey too love Bishop Johnny Kennedy pastor of saint Giovanni's Catholic church in Peru Indiana the bishop of Canterbury and the Jesuit bishop of Peru Indiana and the bishop of the archdiocese of Peru Indiana and I am a Franciscan Catholic Jesuit bishop.

[@antonioaguilar8295]

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[@chrisgillard6129]

Catholics don't have spouses. They live alone, get drunk on Holy Wine and masturbate. The really bad ones have sex with children; usually of the same sex.

[@deadpetdevice]

same

[@johnnykennedy8551]

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