Songs That Changed Music: The Kinks - You Really Got Me

[@Producelikeapro]

What do you think of The Kinks 'You Really Got Me'? Comment below other songs that you think changed music!

[@chaipup7045]

Greatest rock song ever.

[@Producelikeapro]

@@chaipup7045 well said!

[@dariomeneses5756]

Since for once I'm so early in the comments, I'd love to see something about Klaus Nomi, or maybe about the earliest Santana.

[@edkrausmixengineer]

Sly and the Family Stone, Thank You

[@peaceandrelaxationwithgodscrea]

Any led zepplin. Pls

[@billalbritton4972]

If you weren’t alive in 64, you can’t imagine the impact those chords blasting out of a car speaker tuned to AM radio. Mind blowing,music was never the same after that.

[@Vibeagain]

I believe you. My father used to indicate it to me, which now I believe it now

[@jennycraigadventures3314]

Every car radio I heard from that era was pretty lousy, and car stereos didn’t come along until ‘69. Was it really that great, or is that just wistful nostalgia talking?

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Bill!

[@alenderle6092]

I wasn’t alive yet but I believe you. I Love rock history so I am aware how this song was a breaking point. Sorry for my English.

[@stevefowler3398]

In those days, there tended to be 2 camps. You either liked the Beatles, or you liked the Stones. But EVERYBODY liked the Kinks.

[@Producelikeapro]

Well said!

[@obbor4]

Anyone who didn't like all of them wasn't welcome at my house!

[@johnlannikk2701]

It was also do you like Donavan or do you like Dylon

[@olematelot]

I liked all of them!

[@donnarupprecht4418]

I thought that was just a Boston thing...Beatles or Stones...and yes, always the Kinks..p.s., Beatles❤

[@ComicPower]

Every punk, garage and grunge band owe the Kinks a debt of Gratitude

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed 100%!!

[@BuffaloC305]

This is the birth of Metal. If this song hadn't been popular, no telling what would have happened to distortion.

[@Producelikeapro]

@@BuffaloC305 yes, indeed

[@KariKauree]

@@BuffaloC305 Check out Link Wray - Rumble (1958). Played through a speaker cone that was pierced with a pencil, if I remember correctly. There's always a pre-history :)

[@michaelward9880]

YES!!

[@Rjhs001]

Still sounds edgy and dangerous all these years later. Thanks Warren.

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed! Masterpiece

[@michaelbillypec]

Yes it does, and that’s why I’ll take it any day of the week over Van Halen’s cover

[@AZDC99]

@@michaelbillypec I agree. But I think it's classic where that cover's placed on the awesome Van Halen debut right after "Eruption" on the track order of the LP/Cassette/CD

[@michaelbillypec]

@@AZDC99 I usually skip it when listening to VHI

[@antennawilde]

The solo was raw, barely-controlled chaos. One of the best solos in rock history.

[@Producelikeapro]

Very well said

[@geraldfriend256]

Still slaps every time I listen

[@barryphillips6845]

I vividly recall this song on our radiogram when it was released. I turned it up and my father marched into the living room and bawled "what the hell is that rubbish"!!!? 6s and 8d in my hand, straight off to buy it. There was nothing like it at the time. God Save The Kinks!!!

[@Producelikeapro]

Very well said! Thanks for sharing!

[@phuzbrain]

Played this song a thousand times in a live band...always an audience favorite. Killer lead guitar.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks Michael!

[@azynkron]

"There's still something about that riff.." No shit. There isn't a guitar player worth his name that wouldn't give his left testicle to have come up with that one.

[@Producelikeapro]

Hahahaha exactly!!

[@lamper2]

Ironically written on piano

[@avedic]

​@@lamper2 Oh really? That's interesting. But doesn't surprise me. Writing music on one instrument....that you know will later be played/recorded on another instrument....is a technique I've found super useful in my own musical endeavors. It kinda forces your brain to think more creatively....not relying on cliches and tired overused patterns.

[@walterfechter8080]

"You Really Got Me," "All Day and All of The Night," and "Til The End of The Day" -- those 3 tunes still click and throw sparks!

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes, they do!

[@jimmyjam5865]

The Kinks are easily one of the best bands of all time! So many great songs!

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed 100%!

[@MickBokulich-gg1ro]

The best in my book.

[@dianaazeltine730]

Ray and Dave are way under rated, both are genius

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed! Both absolutely incredible!!

[@waltavoc]

Thanks PLAP. I'm now 70 and as an Aussie that lived in London between 1964 - 68, the second Kinks album (with the red cover) was the first I ever bought. It was a major influence on me although All Day and all of the Night was the song that did it for me. The best memories. Many thanks.

[@FunkATeer-qk7hq]

The immortal Kinks, a ground-breaking band 💜🤘🏾

[@Producelikeapro]

Absolutely!

[@reuireuiop0]

Most roadworkers use a Steamhammer to break ground. Dave Davies used his guitar. And then some.

[@John-ml8qf]

My 15 and 16 year old sons think this song is awesome.There must be something in this song that cause the younger generation appreciate it.

[@dj-h8735]

I love this Video. I have always had a love for this song and the Kinks. I have always said that, "To me this was the first "Garage Band" sound." This is what happens when 4 kids in a neighborhood want to get together and start a band. It's raw, dirty, and loud - it sounds like rock n roll.

[@johnqpublic2718]

This was one of the first song I was allowed to hear that wasn’t gospel as a child. I’ve always gotten chills when I hear that riff.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks for sharing Luke!

[@johnqpublic2718]

@@Producelikeapro thanks for all the content! 🙏🏻 The Deluxe Reveb was my first tube amp! I will forever love those amps.

[@Producelikeapro]

@@johnqpublic2718 thanks ever so much for sharing! Great amp!

[@KariKauree]

Wow, that seems like quite an extreme jump - from gospel straight to hard rock with suggestive lyrics :D

[@missasinenomine]

Gotten is 17th Century English. I always get chills when...............

[@TR4Ajim]

The thing that always caught my ear on this song, and “All Day and All of the Night”, is the sound of the snare on these songs. Very distinctive.

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed, great drum sound! Especially for the period!

[@jamesharris9029]

The snare and the guitar compliment each other perfectly, its the space that's important

[@Blinknone]

Pretty sure it was a session drummer brought in for that song..

[@thisisAndreMattos]

Oh, my God! How i love Kinks, "You Really Got Me" and this channel.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@thisisAndreMattos]

@FMF Veteran Really cool band.

[@markhamer4168]

Dave is a woefully underrated riffmeister.

[@jchow5966]

One of the best rock n roll songs ever!

[@Producelikeapro]

Absolutely

[@tanukibrahma]

I was ten year old here in Detroit when this came out and -- it really got me. I imagine there wouldn't have been an MC5 (so to speak) if it hadn't been for the Kinks. I think Detroit still embraces the gritty aesthetic of this song.

[@djquinn11]

The Grande Ballroom... I saw The Kinks at Cobo Hall.

[@klausrain111]

MC5! Wayne Kramer and Fred Smith, OMG! Plus Rob Tyner on vocals, and a great drummer, I think they called him Machine Gun Thompson, but I might be wrong about that. One of the greatest bands ever! Along with the Kinks, of course.

[@NelsonMontana1234]

Even as a child, when I heard that song, I knew it was something unlike anything else.

[@Producelikeapro]

That’s great! And agreed, first time I heard it I was blown away

[@brcamu]

ozzy says it's this song that inspired him to be a musician

[@Producelikeapro]

That's amazing to hear!

[@underwoodvoice9077]

Gotta love the finger noise on the slides, too. That's human playing right there.

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes, it is!!

[@gonzo2.0]

that's my favorite part of the entire riff

[@davidhumphreys7218]

The Kinks!!!! to me the quintessential British rockband of the 60's. No one encapsulated the UK more than Ray Davies back then, his lyrics were pure genius and the raw raunchy sound epitomized the swinging times in London.

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed, Ray Davies is the bees knees! Huge fan!!

[@russellcampbell9198]

Its a master-stroke that the guitar repeats the killer catchphrase "You really got me". The older you get, the more you appreciate it.

[@petergeyer7584]

I grew up on punk, but I always felt at home listening to The Kinks.

[@ThePowerpointMaster]

The Kinks were the original punks

[@tonykehoe123]

Only recently discovered the true depth of The kinks catalogue and two weeks ago , quite by accident , bumped into Dave and shared a coffee and recited my poetry for him …..

[@Producelikeapro]

You recited your poetry to Ray Davies? Where was this?

[@lioncurlew]

@@Producelikeapro His imagination

[@lannydante9390]

700 songs!

[@geoffknot]

Warren your best comment here is "I would practice it if I was you."

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha thanks ever so much

[@joshcharlat850]

The KINKS were/are a source of joy and entertainment. What fabulous songs were written after this classic in the 70s.

[@ZerroHouseProd]

Absolutely do not slice up your amplifier speaker to try to replicate that sound. Borrow a friend's amp to try that.

[@Producelikeapro]

Hahahaha

[@austintrousdale2397]

Is that person still your friend? 😎

[@highendservicesbarrieont8347]

Hilarious and true...but move to a different country if it's my rig....ahhh..still find you anyway...😂😂😂😂😂

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I heard it for the first time on a cheap plastic transistor radio. I was 8 years old. That led me on a path of cheap whiskey and fast women. I think my school marks went down after that.

[@Producelikeapro]

Amazing

[@NVRAMboi]

Raw. Gritty. Base. Powerful. Unapologetic. Iconic.

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed!

[@Astronomater]

my parents had a pile of 45s from when they grew up and I listened to them all the time. This song was my favorite of the bunch.

[@Producelikeapro]

Such a great song!!

[@geob3963]

This song is so good, it made the Kinks and Van Halen famous.

[@1rwjwith]

One of the greatest RNR SONGS EVER! I often wondered how Ray Davies wrote it on piano, seems pure guitar but here we are 60 years later still listening! Thanks.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@coasterigh2684]

So much of what is taken for granted today was revolutionary at some point in history.

[@ivorytelecaster]

That opening riff has been my ringtone ever since technology allowed. I am a huge fan! Unfortunately, now I can’t hear the song without reaching for my phone 😂

[@Producelikeapro]

Haha thanks for sharing Michael!

[@DMSProduktions]

Same for me when I hear ZZ's TUSH! It's been my ringtone for donkey's years! (Well since I bought last ph which must be about 6 years now!)

[@christinewalker3077]

😅

[@DuSoleil70]

The guitars on this song deserve all of the attention you give them. Ray's amazing vocals probably deserver they're own video!

[@dheald7546]

Ooo I suggested The Kinks a few weeks ago - my wish is granted! Ray Davies wrote lots of fabulous songs, but I dare say that this is the one that you can hear in other music for decades to come. Fascinating video - interesting that Van Halen changed how the riff was played. Shel Tamy is also extraordinarily modest for a man with such accomplishments. Thanks so much for this one, David

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much

[@Dave_Sisson]

Yep, this 'dangerous and bratty' rif was one of the foundation pillars of hard rock... and a few years later they went on to produce what has been described as the perfect pop song, Waterloo Sunset and Sir Ray Davies was knighted on the 50th anniversary of its release. A very versatile band.

[@Producelikeapro]

@@Dave_Sisson agreed 100%! I'm such a huge fan of Ray Davies and The Kinks!!

[@pmball7454]

Hope you see my comment about the Van Halen version.

[@nickdryad]

Thing about this is that in 1964 Beatle mania was peaking and this song went going off in another direction.

[@Producelikeapro]

Indeed! Thanks ever so much

[@myrrhinegrossi2744]

The Kinks stayed always themselves. They did not concede anything and created a very rich englishness work. I think they are the best band

[@obbor4]

What other direction was that?

[@nickdryad]

@@obbor4 my My dear fellow. If you need an explanation for that observation, you won’t understand what I’m talking about.

[@obbor4]

@@nickdryad I guess not. Seems to me that The Beatles were just as hard a rocking band as anyone out there. What have you got to suggest otherwise?

[@djtrendsetta5766]

Shel Talmy is to the early Kinks what George Martin was to The Beatles. Serious gravitas points for having him on this video.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing!

[@johnpearce3714]

YES, DAVE DAVIES IS A fAN of ROCKIN' JERRY LEE LEWIS. He appeared backing JERRY LEE in 1989 at the Hammersmith ODEON. -- along with other artists. ----

[@jollygrapefruit786]

Way ahead of their time

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed 100%!

[@stupendousmusic4190]

Another great one Warren! Correction: Storytellers 1996, not 1966. I remember watching it. Important note here: "You Really Got Me" was engineered by Shel Talmy's first engineer of choice: Glyn Johns. I've seen The Kinks live in New York 5 times since the Word of Mouth tour in the '80s. Ray would always sing a teaser for "You Really Got Me" in "cool jazz" or "lounge" style. As always, thank you!

[@gargunza4141]

I went to see them a week before they got to number one in the UK. They were loud, even though they were "only" using 15 watt Vox AC15s. Fantastic Band.

[@Producelikeapro]

Wow! Thanks ever so much for sharing

[@FelishaWild]

Whenever this song comes on the volume goes up. It's a fantastic song that really gets my body moving. At my age anything that gets me moving is a good thing. LOL This song just shows that having imagination and talent makes up for having a fancy guitar and amp.

[@josiehoyle9314]

Sue and me at a fundraiser, tired and wanting our beds, then the group struck up the opening chords and the energy came back! Two 70 year olds reliving happy days. Thanks Kinks

[@errorsofmodernism9715]

We used to call this garage band sound

[@afroceltduck]

One thing that really makes this song, and the guitar work (disclaimer: I'm not at all musically educated so I'm talking as a layperson) is the space, and timing. Part of the 'bratiness' of the guitar is the way Dave takes a little pause after every repetition of the riff, and he gives it just the right amount of silence to really give it that edge. Any shorter, or longer, and it wouldn't work the way it works.

[@Producelikeapro]

Indeed, Dave has incredible feel! Plus he was so young! Only 17! Wonderful

[@waukivorycopse2402]

Exactly!! The rhythm of this song is so original. Unprecedented in rock n roll.

[@uberbabeINC]

"Bratty AND Foundational". GOD SAVE THE KINKS.

[@NoCoverCharge]

The Godfather’s of alt rock

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed 100%!

[@marke2452]

The Kinks are my favorite band. So criminally underrated, even to this day. I was happy when Van Halen covered this and, Where Have All The Good Times Gone, because it had to help bring more attention to the genius of Ray Davies and the Kinks. However, I never really liked their version. YRGM, is a dirty song. It was the personification of teenaged lust. Utterly hormonal. Van Halen's version seemed too slick. It was sort of a PG version, if that makes sense.

[@Producelikeapro]

I’m a huge fan of The Kinks

[@linuxjodi4311]

Van Halen version is like Disney's Star Wars tbh

[@KenMyrheim]

I joined my first band in 1991, and "You Really Got Me" was one of the very few covers we did. Lots of fun to play on drums!

[@Producelikeapro]

I agree! I played it very badly in my first band!!

[@ForeverDownByLaw]

Such a great song. You should give a shout to Louie Louie as well. Some similarities I think.

[@Producelikeapro]

Coming soon!

[@thehilligan]

@@Producelikeapro yeah John Sebastian jokes that everyone did a version in the 60s. Kinks did a good vibe. Richard Berry song. My bro had all these records

[@Lea99Jones]

@@thehilligan Completely unrelated aside: Sebastian stole the opening from Heatwave for "Do You Believe in Magic?" He said as much.

[@Lea99Jones]

Come to think of it, that riff runs through the entire song (in the choruses and tags)

[@mattcartwright8272]

I've always thought of this song as the first ever Punk song. Is there such a genre as Proto-punk??

[@austintrousdale2397]

You must check out the YT channel, Trash Theory. There’s at least one episode devoted to your question.

[@Producelikeapro]

Definitely Matt! We’ve talked about Proto Punk with the Velvet Underground

[@KariKauree]

I think a lot of what could be called proto-punk (and even some proto-metal) can be found in American garage rock from the mid-to-late 1960s (see the Nuggets and Pebbles compilations) - obscure bands who started out imitating bands like the Kinks and the Who!

[@mattbarbarich3295]

As a metalhead I'd call it proto hard rock or proto metal. Jumping the gun a bit calling it proto punk, you might have to wait several years and give that honour to the MC5 or the Stooges, kick out the Jams indeed !

[@kirstendieker9798]

Indeed there is!

[@nrich5127]

The first true Rock song ... I was 13 and it was like nothing that had played before ...

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing

[@jamesharris9029]

I was 11 and totally agree. There was a lot going on, Beatles, Stones, DC5 and then that, so raw and exciting at the time

[@davidlittle7182]

YOR REALLY GOT ME was the Slade version

[@edalder2000]

I remember that the speaker was slashed.On an"all on the line single?" Pure chutzpah!! It could have all gone down in flames. There were no effects pedals, right? I was raised on Metallica and the descendants of Sabbath, Aerosmith, AC/DC and more. Dave Davies' raw chord? That had to be the basis of metal! In 1965, parents must have sworn that *riff* was satanic! The kids must have thought it was the coolest thing ever. All by *accident*

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for your wonderful comment!

[@nicholasromig5506]

I remember hearing that to make a really ugly, gnarly sound the Sonics covered their amps with garbage bags

[@EitherEndofAugust]

"It wasn't called Heavy Metal when I invented it." Dave Davies.

[@edalder2000]

@@nicholasromig5506 I have some Sonics in my collection. They were regional to the Pacific NW in the sixties IIRC. I only found The Sonics by way of The Black Keys. Their version of “Have Love, Will Travel” is a Sonics cover. Spotify wasn’t around in the sixties.

[@schumanhuman]

Before the Kinks, Link Wray stabbed his speaker cone with a pencil for 'Rumble' so maybe they heard about the technique from him. Also there is a piano on the recording, so it would have made sense to tune to the piano in the studio which may well have been out.

[@Producelikeapro]

Indeed, it is possible they knew that? Dave Davies was just 17 years old when he recorded it!

[@DeeringAmps]

My guess is the piano was in tune and the final master was sped up a bit for more impact. IBC was a "professional" studio, the chances that it was NOT in tune? doubtful!

[@glennpagemusic]

I heard directly from Dave's girlfriend on this matter. My recollection of the conversation is that Dave, with no disrespect intended, says he did not draw his inspiration or idea for YRGM from Link Wray.

[@garyolshan4177]

The Kinks Think Visual is an excellent, underappreciated record for their later period. Agree! THey were dropped from the label after that commerically unsuccessful release. Geez

[@Producelikeapro]

I love all things Kinks! Amazing band

[@artysanmobile]

Equally important to the song’s iconic sound was that big-ass backbeat only on the 4. I can’t think of any song at the time with such an innovative drum figure. I was only 9 when this song lit the radio on fire. I had my very first guitar, a $25 acoustic from the local department store, and could only wonder at the sound I was hearing in You Got Me. My older sisters didn’t like the Kinks, or maybe didn’t admit to it? Though I didn’t get it yet, the bold, ultra simplistic hook of guitar and drums was heavily sexual, with its starts and stops, its tension, its cliff-edge suspense. A truly groundbreaking piece of music that carved out a niche for the Stones and the Beatles to get tough in their recordings. I still have the 45.

[@Producelikeapro]

Indeed the first couple of bars when the drums come in before the vocals Bobby Graham plays the snare only on the 4, which gives it some breath and helps build before the vocals come in and then the 2 and 4 drive it!

[@musicsound2683]

Re: the tuning "closer to F# than F" - maybe it was a result of speeding up the final recording - I've read that it was "common practise" (or maybe not so common) to speed up the final version of a song after recording to enhance the vocal tone? I've also read somewhere that Chuck Berry producers did this often to make him sound "more like a teenager" and also, the Beatles sped up a few songs for technical reasons and possibly artistic also?

[@pauldavies6037]

Yes it sounds speeded up listen to the vocals as well

[@lamper2]

He acknowledges that possibility

[@kitemanmusic]

Strawberry Fields has an interesting story of different takes joined together. Somewhere on You Tube.

[@Lea99Jones]

@@kitemanmusic And Penny Lane was also sped up after the recording was made.

[@jameslewis8227]

As child of the ‘70s, I can’t remember a time when my musical tastes and sensibilities weren’t being influenced by The Kinks (thanks for the reminder Warren). I think my first conscious memory of being aware of them was when I heard “Father Christmas, give us some money! Don’t mess around with those silly toys” on the radio, when I was about 4-5 years old. I’ve had no choice but to be a Kinks fan ever since…

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing James!

[@CarlDraper]

That's one of my favourite Xmas songs

[@riptanionAF]

You beat a song that has kids threatening to beat up Santa Claus. 😉

[@jamesmcnaughton9575]

Best xmas song ever !....haha ....love it and play it all year

[@thelonious-dx9vi]

Seems like this is ground zero for power chords. It really is an edgy thing, from an analytical standpoint. Debussy did things with chords like this, where he'd just move triads around freely, functional harmony be damned, with the root motion carrying the idea/motif. Anyhow, mega seminal track here. Love this band.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks for your comment and I agree!

[@xfoolsgoldx]

Listening to Father Christmas by the Kinks in 2022 (Christmas). Great son from 1977.

[@Producelikeapro]

Love The Kinks! Thanks ever so much!

[@brendonlake1522]

This is one of those songs that never gets old! Funny that Rod Stewart comes up, apparently Jimmy Page was considering him too when Led Zeppelin were forming!

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Not sure if i can imagine Rod Stewart singing Whole Lotta Love from the man that later sang Do You Think I'm Sexy and Ypung Turks. Is Robert Plant going to sing Rods hit The Motown song next?

[@johan2949]

thanks for a great video, very good production with nice nterview with Shel Talmy, big Thnx !! Johan

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much!!

[@blucheer8743]

Really the proto punk band weren’t they?

[@Producelikeapro]

Absolutely

[@edalder2000]

Ray Davies and Co. gave us the birth of the heavy riff. What blows my mind is that Ray Davies then went on to right the beautiful "Waterloo Sunset", "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" and "Lola." The Kinks became the "most English" band around.

[@Producelikeapro]

Incredible songwriter and amazing band!

[@gaylasmith5279]

Adore the Kinks! So many hits to choose from. "Waterloo Sunset" is a wonderful tune. I'm also very fond of "No More Looking Back ". Should have been a huge hit...Ray and Dave are brilliant!

[@robbieclark7828]

Imagine Rod Stewart singing You Really Got Me...

[@Producelikeapro]

I know! Would love to hear that

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

tnx for that important slice of rock history. Ray Davies is equally know know his lyrical and poetic content on We are the Village Green preservation Society, that album is packed with lyrical and melodic content. In some ways a lot of the Kinks music is political but not overtly Great artists are observers and listeners and weave observation, and personal interpretation into well krafted art with a story, that my take. In one interview after Ray was knighted, he said something to the effect I will have to write a song about this. On one hand Ray and Dave create some raunchy edgy tunes, and Ray creates gorgeous melodies and lyrics on 'Time', 'Days' and others. Some Kinks songs have me laughing . Both Ray and Dave are pretty funny doing interviews, lots of cool quips If the Kinks are not the greatest band ever, they are certainly most interesting, informed, self reflective and colourful. Sorry for the rant I am huge fan

[@valleywoodstudio7345]

What I always really like is that the song ends on an unresolved V chord. The unanswered question - did the boy get the girl?

[@johnssiroid4439]

The opening riff IS dangerous! It's sexual, primal, teenage longing. The Beatles sang about love,the Kinks lust.

[@jak9483]

I remember this coming out, I was six years old with a teenage brother and sister and it was played on the radio on record players on the TV, everywhere! It's was impossible not to move when this came out. It was fabulous.

[@craigfazekas3923]

Ray is my favorite song writer of all time. To me, he is/was the most consistent in his greatness. Dylan ? Springsteen ? Lightfoot ? All great, for sure. But, they were inconsistent. Ray wrote great songs all the while, commercial successes aside- great songs all the while..... And I love Dave's harmonies with his brother. Like in, "Catch Me Now I'm Falling"& many, many others. But that one is a GREAT example.....🚬😎

[@genez429]

Bobby Graham...on drums. And, it was not Jimmy Page. THAT made my day! Dave Davis was the prize winner!

[@marmadukewinterbotham2599]

I saw them live shortly after this song hit number 1.

[@Producelikeapro]

That’s amazing! Very cool

[@robertocordova2110]

Absolutely imprescindible Song for a study of evolution of Rock. "You Really Got Me" was *the node from Hard Rock, Punk even Metal* was born! . *Another themes : 1) "LUCILLE" (1957)* by Little Richard (w rhythm based on a choo choo train, base for Twisting beat replied on Larry Williams "Bonnie Moronie" *2)"GET OUT MY LIFE WOMAN" (Dic 1965)* by Lee Dorsey written by Allen Toussaint , drummer June Gardner. Maybe a bluesy version of The "I'm Walkin" drum intro.. replied on "Papa Was Too" (Joe Tex), "Tramp" (Lowell Fulsom), "Viola Lee Blues" (Grateful Dead) and The Birth of Funky Beat that created The Hip Hop "Boom Bap" beat , played on Rock classic like "When The Levee Breaks", "Walk This Way" ir "Give It Away".

[@jamujesperandersen8699]

What would have happend if the producer have Said “I autotune that guitar and remove that ugly fizzy guitar Sound in the mix”?

[@PumpkinSpicePretzels]

Was 'You Really Got Me' the first punk rock song?! Or just proto-punk?

[@DavidLeeKing]

They also pioneered the whole garage band sound!

[@Yabe55]

This was my first single I bought in '64. It really influenced me. Thanks Warren! :-)

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing!

[@mightyV444]

Mine was AC/DC's 'Hell's Bells', in 1980 😀 My big brother gave a me a 'Best of The Kinks' cassette tape around the same time 🙂

[@louisprins7410]

My first album I ever bought. MONO. I’ve still got it. Happy to have seen them live in my home town in the Netherlands. 1966. Never forget it.

[@pauljackson2473]

The Kinks are great. I saw them live when I was in High School in 1981 or 1982. I can’t remember. It was on the “Give the People what they want”. Tour. It was the best concert I ever saw. They put on a great show in those days. It was fun. I also saw Ray’s Storyteller tour in the 90’s and Dave did a similar storyteller thing that I saw. Of course Ray’s was at a bigger venue. I have all their albums from early 80’s until they stopped recording. They could have been bigger if it weren’t for some dumb luck and dumb mistakes. But I still love their semi obscure ness.

[@brianwood7480]

I was 15, playing the drums badly & just started my first job at the Rising Sun Colliery (pit). This song & group changed everything in music that week ! It naturally went to #1 in England, quickly followed by The Troggs Wild Thing. The only two 45's I bought that fantastic summer both went to #1. Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end.

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much for sharing! That’s very cool

[@riskandhope1372]

@@Producelikeapro Wild Thing was released in 1966.

[@anthonyross-702]

I always thought that this song was the birth of punk.

[@Producelikeapro]

Definitely Proto Punk!

[@CatmanPete]

I have the same Elpico amp but I don't think I'll be slashing the speaker!

[@Producelikeapro]

I’ve been trying to find one!

[@CatmanPete]

Hope you eventually find one!

[@johngrant5749]

Timeless riff. Classic.

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed 100%!!

[@johnlratcliffe]

I always thought there best part of the song was the intro: The Riff x 2, big drum, then off!! This attention grabbing element surely deserves some praise.

[@Producelikeapro]

Agreed 100%!!

[@nocuh]

A great song, immediately catchy. I’m only bugged by its overuse from licensing, but I suppose there are worse problems to have 🤐

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much! Strangely enough I haven't heard it that much in commercials, TV shows etc. There are some songs, like 'Bad To The Bone' for instance that are in every movie haha

[@4ctmam]

"Storytellers 1996" surely, rather than 1966? Anyway, glorious vid, thanks ever so much :)

[@iosiasaemilius2795]

the classic proto-metal/proto-punk song

[@900bcy6]

Don't forget Hank Williams had some rocking songs in the 1940's! And decades before that, the many blues artists that the Yardbirds, Cream and the Stones emulated.

[@Producelikeapro]

Indeed, have you seen our Robert Johnson video? We’ve covered him, Django Reinhardt and Segovia, we go back to the roots and more to come!

[@scottallen9556]

Love your description and breakdown of that nasty guitar tone that’s practically indescribable. These are the lovely imperfections that make the people’s music the best. Thanks for including this

[@Producelikeapro]

Thanks ever so much Scott!!

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

In our front room in Hughbury sat a little Bush record player and splayed out on the floor were 3 pink labeled 45s, "You really got me","All day and all of the night" and "Tired of waiting", they were played morning noon and night.

[@Producelikeapro]

So amazing! Thanks for sharing that!

[@johnlannikk2701]

I think in those days there was always music around because of the little transistor radio that we had with us when not at school. We were lucky to have all those wonderful DJ's on the pirate boat stations feeding us day and night, what a blissful time.

[@AndyGoldner]

About the tuning. Don't forget there's a piano on it! So I think it's probably a tape speed thing maybe when copied.

[@Producelikeapro]

Maybe! Or they tuned to the piano! Probably tape speed either to match the piano or change the tempo haha

[@blueshattrick]

Listen to "My Wave" by Soundgarden... you'll hear the influence

[@Producelikeapro]

Yes, it’s half of the riff!

[@williamcampbell7387]

Song that changed music? "For your Love." Sent Clapton to Mayall.

[@Producelikeapro]

Great song!! Love the Beano album as well!

[@danielratner6810]

Actually it was the B-side "Got to Hurry" that made Mayall want Clapton.

[@williamcampbell7387]

@@danielratner6810 Sure, but I meant that the pop moves by The Yardbirds were what pushed Clapton away.

[@danielratner6810]

@@williamcampbell7387 Ok, I get you know and you're correct.

[@williamcampbell7387]

@@danielratner6810 And so are you, Sir.