The Kinks - Death of a Clown (Official Audio)

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The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. The Kinks' music drew from a wide range of influences, including American R&B and rock and roll initially and later adopting British music hall, folk, and country. The band gained a reputation for reflecting English culture and lifestyle, fuelled by Ray Davies' wittily observational writing style. The Kinks and the songs of Ray Davies are now rightfully established as a great British institution. From the opening riff of You Really Got Me, The Kinks’ influence as pioneers in heavy metal, power pop, conceptual albums, and theatrical shows can be detected in much modern music.
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[@Edinburgh-sc8ih]

Another brilliant song from the best band ever.

[@Edinburgh-sc8ih]

@SundaeExpress Well, it's still a great song.☺️

[@total.stranger]

@@Sundae_Times It's a Dave Davies solo performed by The Kinks.

[@kenmonks7285]

All clowns ❤❤

[@AlfCashmore]

Right on point :)

[@EdHelvey-t3f]

@@total.stranger It ranks right up there with "Strangers" for Dave performances.

[@TheRealBMVB]

The thing I love the most about the Kinks is they were old when they were young. Very cool.

[@EdHelvey-t3f]

Maybe Ray and Dave having several older sisters had something to do with that.

[@imjack1041]

I love The Kinks. Such a beautiful and powerful song.

[@johnfellows2867]

It's been so so many years since I've heard this record, still frickn' amazing !!

[@nevittwoods1730]

🎈

[@sw01ller]

My mum knew my dad as a clown, he was a massive man that laughed all the time. He died in 1992. She followed him this year, they’re finally together. Death of a clown, I’m a clown reborn. Love you mum and dad.

[@christinenarroway7781]

Ah Bless You X ❤

[@nilsthomas97]

That truly touches my heart men God bless you

[@daysofgrandeur]

♥️

[@marywoll2828]

An itty bitty tear just let Down.Lost my dad 91

[@adalberto1753]

...feel with u......🤗

[@hermannvondra1193]

sowas kommt nie wieder...was für Texte, was für Melodien❤

[@josephgiudice1601]

This is perfect theme music for Keith Moon.!

[@wenshadow1]

Brilliant song.

[@lawrenceharrington3180]

I love this song since 1967... I was 7... 👍✌️😎🇺🇲🖖

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

This band was banned in America until like 1970 at that point so honestly kinda impressive.

[@markmorgan2365]

Probably the best song by the Kinks, ever

[@ericparker1346]

That's the happiest sad song I've heard. Excellent! I love the falsetto backing vocal melodies. Hauntingly beautiful.

[@RHR-221b]

@guru-in-drag 😎

[@theovanbrederode6181]

Hi Eric, great comment.

[@michael2910berlaar]

@@theovanbrederode6181 you put it splendid,, thanks

[@robindevreese8561]

I wish I could like your comment more than once

[@alabhaois]

Agree!! Great song, beautiful background backing!! 👍👍👍🤡

[@dorco99]

The kinks to me have got to be one of the top ten bands of all time, up there with the Beatles for me ✊

[@johnedgar4186]

indeed!

[@MaquiladoraIII]

"The lions they won't bite and the tigers won't roar". This had me in absolute tears upon listening for the first time.

[@florinpitulice5735]

Superba melodie!❤

[@simonmathewduncan5399]

The Kinks , one of my favourite songs by them...............its British social history wrapped up in beautiful music.A band without peers.

[@stephensmith4185]

Another great song from the summer of love ,l remember sitting in the back of my dad's black ford pop on holiday in Bournemouth that year ,radio Caroline on the Motorola radio,seeing lots of old 1950s cars hand painted pink and psycadelic colours ,and teenage flower children in kaftans and belll bottoms ,the girls in mini dresses and some in ponchows ,and of course ,the smell of Joss sticks. What a song ,what a year .

[@sandsoftime1954]

Now I know you won't believe this but it's true. Back in the mid sixties I used to listen to Radio Caroline too, on my portable short wave Radio (even had A.M., no F.M. back then) So your saying, so what ,big deal. Yeah big deal cause I lived in Boston, Massachusetts, New England in the U.S.of A. Got to be at least 3,000 miles ( 5,000 klicks}.

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

It's about alcoholism.

[@malcooool]

memories of 1970 motorbiking down to cornwall with my now late friend on the back,called at a pub in plymouth seeking a room for the night,,this classic was banging out on the jukebox. i was 18yrs

[@GedMaybury23]

Mal Barker I can relate. Honestly, there'd barely be a single song you could play me from this era that wouldn't evoke something in me - some poignancy, some loss, some fluttering memory of a place or a friend or a lover. Gone. I WANT IT ALL BACK AGAIN! - So this is aging, eh?

[@unionrdr]

Ged Maybury Me too, bruh. Me too. It chokes me up & makes my heart ache for the old days of 50 years ago.@ ged,your words are touching & well constructed. Thank you...

[@GedMaybury23]

My pleasure, good sir. (I am a professional writer, does it show?)

[@unionrdr]

I'm a wannabe author myself with 2 books on kindle...

[@Briterryan]

+Ged Maybury it doesn't, really.

[@antonnincevic3597]

One of many fantastic songs by the Kinks

[@alancarson2420]

one of the bands that made the sixties the greatest times of our lives

[@jerrysmith2354]

he said ONE OF. Which means multiple.

[@michaelmos7497]

@@jerrysmith2354 Yes...correct....One of...The Bee Gees, too 😉

[@SirZestyWilleaux666]

@3 1 / 0 3 Are you aware that the Beatles weren't the only band in the 1960's?

[@RHR-221b]

Dave Davies. Stay free.. 🍻 😎 🤡

[@ilseheleneseimetz6310]

👍👍👍👍👍❤️

[@terrytt5067]

They don't make 'em like this anymore! They were the band that started my interests in hard rock, blues, metal! Thanks guys.

[@aldoushuxley5953]

What Others Bands can you recommend? Just found the kinks

[@bighands69]

@@aldoushuxley5953 It depends on what you like musically. Beach Boys, traveling Wilburys, Neil Young, The Dave Clark Five, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (one of the greatest vocal bands), Eagles, Creedance Clear Water revival, Kansas, Cream and many many more.

[@RHR-221b]

@@aldoushuxley5953 'Errors of My Ways' etc., by Wishbone Ash may be a candidate ... Stay free, A H. R 😎 PS. When is your next book coming out? 💚 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHLHimSvZrCaf9k

[@aldoushuxley5953]

@@RHR-221b Thank you both for the recommendations! To be honest, I kind of spend my days doing mescalin now. After faking my death in the 60s, I build up a bad habit... I was a fool after all. Soma is great!

[@RHR-221b]

@@aldoushuxley5953 .. and good reputation. Stoic Ecstasy. As always, stay free ... Stay A H. R 💀 PS. [Insert your text here]

[@raysimm5395]

One of the best songs by the kinks.

[@sudish005]

The best underrated band ever! They sound fuckin' great..from Alcohol to the stranger or Apeman.

[@alabhaois]

Not underrated-- not by a long shot

[@TrickyRic58]

Absolutely nothing whatsoever underrated about the Kinks - each one of the four were/are little diamonds, as Tommy Docherty would have said at the time if he had had any interest in pop music.

[@deerhunter2218]

I'm in my mid 50s and I think the Kinks were totally massively underrated, as in the rolling stones, huge, stadium fillers, their music was boring shit, ask a 20 year old today if theyve heard of mick jagger, they'll probably say yes, ask if they've heard of Ray Davies, no chance, a much much better song writer, hence very underated!

[@deerhunter2218]

@@TrickyRic58 do you honestly think the Kinks aren't underated mate? They are massively underated, the pub band that was the rolling stones over shadowed a by far more talented band in the Kinks

[@jennynewell2953]

Absolutely brilliant.x

[@waynebaker3481]

Absolutely fantastic

[@paulwilliams3483]

Sure Bowie was inspired by that song for his Hunky Dory stuff. One of my all time fav, beautiful song.

[@halloweenjack95]

100% agreed. Can totally hear that

[@monkeytennis7477]

This was Dave's first solo song but the Kinks backed him on it. He didn't get the solo recognition he deserved until years later. Most of his solo stuff is available now in some format. Rock on Mr. Dave 🖖👽

[@Nighthawk-m9u]

So lovely....thanks Ray & Dave for so many happy days.....days we'll remember all our lives. You'll live forever...as long as people listen to real music.!

[@manskullman6509]

The Kinks has since the 60’s been an important band for me. Great respect for Ray Daves. - john coolman

[@EnzaroV]

Maybe one of my favorite songs of all time

[@franzmeister9988]

Ein absoluter Hammer.

[@Syd4510]

I think of the Kinks as the best band after the Beatles, and this song was one of their very best, bloody brilliant track! We used to listen to it on a Dansette record player with the volume turned up full, and get our heads as close to the speaker panel on the front of the record player as possible. I still listen to this song today and still get the same powerful feeling of awe as I did when it was first released.

[@nevittwoods1730]

🌻

[@frlango6082]

There is a remote possibility there were better than the Bateless, who squabbled all the way to 1970.

[@Matt.Willoughby]

Much better than the Beatles. Much more English.

[@cityliving9265]

@@Matt.Willoughby Ugh. So cringe. Everyone of you demented fools are the same, with your silly little narcissistic delusions. You're all so special and above the 'herd' who prefer the Beatles. Not you tho, you're tasted are far more refined then than the dumb masses who don't understand that the Kinks were 'far superior'. Ya dick.

[@gerardusch]

I've always placed them at nr.2, right behind The Stones.

[@simonbailey2040]

My mum loved this and says I used to sing it when I was a little boy, deeply steeped in The Kinks....x

[@neccowaif9]

Me too, as a little girl. My older sister's boyfriend gave me a tape of Kinks songs to play in my very first cassette player when I was 8. This was my favorite.

[@gonufc]

It's funny how music gets imprinted on you when young. I only discovered what this song was in my teens after knowing (and loving) it as a kid when my parents played it. It's still a stunning song.

[@barryboertje7236]

Just like 'lola' the lyrics are brilliant.

[@philipnunn1816]

Is this my favourite Kinks song........... Quite possibly. I love it!

[@lindalaurence6524]

How i love this song. It is part of my memories and makes me happy,Thanks to all who feel the same.

[@mrpoesta1]

You're welcome!

[@momol777]

My words, thank you !!

[@martinlawton7503]

Great song always loved them, my son thinks they're great too he's 44

[@caroldobbin3157]

Yes brings back memories of my youth always loved the kinks music.

[@altlander3215]

🥳

[@josephlemko3027]

Simply a great song. I have seen The Kinks at least 15 times in my life & it has always amazed me why they never played this song at any of the concerts I have seen. This is just a personal thought about my favorite group.

[@johnwoodhouse7832]

Classic!! The Sixties, if you were there no explanation is necessary. If you weren't there, no explanation will do........

[@777RockNRollin]

it would be physically impossible for a song to be more awesome than this one ,...

[@donpedro1875]

Simple but powerful. I love It and The Kinks!

[@stevelarge]

Goodness, it's 2021 and am hearing this for the first time in approx. 35 years. Still sounds magnificent as it did way back in 1967 - was 15 and what a time to be a teenager. If i had a time machine, would i return to those days? you bet i would!!

[@altlander3215]

73 i was ther in this jears. We love every thing.

[@brianhiggins3090]

Let me know when you're going I'll come with you 👍

[@jomorrison8320]

Can i come too please

[@stevelarge]

@@jomorrison8320 Of course you can Jo

[@mickstevenson8794]

Save me a seat Steve.....always said if I could re live any time of my life it would be the sixties..the music,the fashions,the overall feel good time...oh take me back..please

[@enricomarinaro3516]

Ottima canzone ..bella anche la versione dei Nomadi!!!!

[@Pacific_maps]

Dave has such a unique voice, as does Ray.

[@alabhaois]

I believe Dave's voice can do a mean falsetto :-D

[@ZoolGatekeeper]

To be honest, I thought this was a Bob Dylan song..

[@brianduncan5758]

haha i see what i did there

[@klaustoth6982]

legendary song. many thanks for sharing ! 🌷

[@MrCanard]

Love the Kinks. One of my favorite albums," Muswell Hillbillies".

[@katoness]

Have a cuppa of tea!!

[@irissowada9833]

Oldie das beste!👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍Ich liebe die Musik!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@applepony2236]

💞for who uploaded this,xxxxxx

[@PeterSharman-tf9rv]

I was 14 when this charted 1n 67 love the kinks

[@HughMorristheJoker]

The Kinks can sound like The Beatles, the who, Bob dylan, the band, and even some new wave types like the talking heads.

[@glennhfriedman4571]

Dave Davies . all the way

[@winterbeaches]

It's tempting to think that many of those artists you listed sound like The Kinks.

[@micoisgreat91ify]

They all sound like the kinks

[@pepijnw.357]

Don't forget, they can say one syllable and you understand the entire word

[@stephanlarsen8169]

Come dancing 💃 Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜

[@paquetjean-pierre7016]

Formidable souvenir de ces messieurs au Théâtre 140 à Bruxelles. Un grand partage avec leur public. Inoubliable .

[@leemday5731]

I love the sciffil feel to this song it feels like it was done out side of a London tube station! I keep feeling l should throw a Pound in to the hat!!!great song!

[@sandsoftime1954]

Never heard this before today. Such a well recorded, well sung record.

[@jeffrp73]

I’ve listened to the kinks for years ... but I raise a special toast now to Cool Rick and Dennis. And my man from HR.

[@jopo1100]

Pretty Good

[@BirdsfromHuntingdon]

How is the amount of good music that has come out of London even possible.

[@slovenskezeleznice3952]

feelin again 1969 whenn I was in Sutton to learn English!, now 64 but still feelin 19. carlos Belgium.

[@HeyDoNotSubscribe]

But your English still sucks mate..

[@FMZ101]

chicchitammuottocifa It’s not that bad.

[@jimvollmongo5188]

@@HeyDoNotSubscribe you know that guys like you where there for thread like a dog

[@HeyDoNotSubscribe]

@@jimvollmongo5188 What are you trying to type mate?

[@ChivaInvencible]

When I get older losing my hair many years from now... 😉

[@christian-albrechtgroddeck3320]

The single It's my own until today, with so many nice memories....still great song.

[@richmeat6623]

This song resonates with me so much.

[@ryantres85]

Dave was just tired of being "the clown" of parties and gigs. One day he just sat down to play the piano and the words just came out of his tired heart.

[@geraldmoore4001]

superb record,

[@benkkonzsella8544]

With out doubt 🤷‍♂️, like they sang, thank you for the days, 👍🎸😄

[@wolfgangdr.strobel8227]

Still a great song after all this years...

[@alabhaois]

The mark of quality

[@Dietmar-i7x]

Super single from Dave Davies! ❤😊

[@xtothezxzibit7254]

Heard this as a kid, always thought that this one and Suzzanas still alive are two of the saddest songs ever written. Yet cheerfull in an iconic British way

[@annemariefranz8832]

Greetings from Germany. May Clown Rest in Peace !

[@jupiter-8405]

Reminds me of a woman in Essex I lost, decades after in the late 90's. Still relevant to me, I was listening at the time.

[@valerialuisa3215]

Perfect The Kinks Band and Incredible song 🤘👏🌟❤️

[@bernadettecognacpitre2380]

j,ai 73 ans , et oui !!!! cette musique est tjs aussi sublime tant de bons souvenirs !!! j,ai beau écouter ce qui passe aujourd,hui ; rien n'égale ce son

[@mariodelproposto4373]

Molto bella anche la versione in italiano cantata dai "Nomadi" con la voce del grande Augusto Daolio

[@KaiColloquoun-gt7kw]

Single was a solo release by Dave Davies. Appeared on the album, don't know if Ray joined in, but have heard him disparaging it. An iconic 60's number.

[@terrygregory4540]

Great song good old days .songs today could learn from the past how to sing

[@eingangsdaten]

My first Single-Record in 1967. I am 69 and I can remember like this time. It was great!

[@Slig1977]

I have the 45 too!

[@norobbery]

Let's here it for Dave Davies!!!

[@richardhallin6679]

Strangers. . . IMO, fits snuggly in to one of the top songs of earths' collection. . . not a numbers guy, or critic, but the Kinks' "Strangers" needs to be up there phenominal piece..

[@DaveyMH]

Dave "Death of a Clown" Davies!

[@ekkehardhochhaus1671]

​ Dave Davis

[@monkeytennis7477]

Team Dave all the way 🖖👽✨💖🐒🎾

[@cynthiacorbalan1538]

Hermosa canción.. me recuerda cuando era muy chiquita y mi vecino la escuchaba a todo volumen. Siempre la escuchaba en mi cabeza hasta que un día pude encontrarla. Muchas gracias por subirla. Saludos!!

[@patttrick]

beat me to it

[@wilson78904]

Está y las demas canciones de este álbum som muy buenas

[@matthiaslux6831]

Mit diesen Song genoss ichmein ersten Bier Bier

[@matiasezequielisa45]

Yo la tengo por un chabon que se llama omar shane el la hacia en español

[@UlisesArg]

Estos clasicos los escuchaba cuando era chiquito en los domingos de asado, como se perdio eso 😢

[@rayellery7596]

A FAB TIME FOR ALL OF US AND WHAT A TIME THIS WAS, NEVER TO BE REPEATED

[@privatejets9992]

Wow !! what a song and what an album !! way ahead of the times here !!

[@annefinlayson6021]

Love this song, remember it from primary school, great song by Dave Davies, happy memories !!

[@amcmenemy5647]

Me too. Dalmuir Primary.

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

That intro is otherworldly.

[@derekmay7271]

Brilliant song

[@RedGoldGreen-Dub]

Lovely song ❤

[@paulneeds]

Incredibly under-rated, even to this day - both as a band and especially Ray Davies as a songwriter. Never attained the status they truly deserved.

[@johnfisher697]

Respectfully disagree, Beatles, Stones, Who, Kinks in that order, remember the sixties well and this is just my opinion but maybe just not as well remembered as the other big bands.

[@Muziekgenot]

@@johnfisher697 Weren't they more popular in Europe and the rest of the world than in the USA, 'cause they were denied making concert tours there and were therefore more or less neglected?

[@johnfisher697]

@@Muziekgenot Perhaps I was a little dismissive of the original comment made by Paul Needs, they were a great band and Ray Davies a very underrated composer. For commercial success you need to be popular in America, perhaps they never had the impact of the other three bands, My own feeling is they were too "English" and did not connect with the American mind set at that time. I don't know if they were denied touring, perhaps Drugs were involved (the usual excuse at that time ).. The thing with a band like the Kinks is they will still have a hard core of fans who will stick with them forever and still see them in concert if they still play of course.

[@TheMarcio2014]

Big tune.

[@markbryce1]

The Kinks waren een van de enige echte supergroepen. De Davies broers waren excellente composers. Geniën.

[@commonsensibility2051]

marcel bryssinckx .wow best comment ever! And in German too!

[@KingHayabusa384]

@@commonsensibility2051 Dutch, not German.

[@Natnekker]

@@KingHayabusa384 Nederlands

[@FredericDekeyzerdkf]

vrais a 100 pourcent

[@sjorsweening5968]

@@commonsensibility2051 haha fuck off

Good song..

[@JamesPvPer]

fucking great song

[@fedecarreno3608]

Me encanta esta canción. God save The Kinks!!!

[@wernerkraeutler4507]

the kinks, the most underrated band ever

[@lorenzomastromarino8982]

Beaucoup comme moi pensent que the Kinks sont un des meilleurs groupes musicaux des années 60's 💕 🎼👍🎸

[@drplatplat]

oui je suis clairement d’accord c’est incroyable je peux les écouter en boucle toute une journée

[@jacquelinefox2632]

I love The Kinks.

[@mariannekollbr4072]

I want this song in my funeral !!!!!

[@unagjac890]

Good idea!!

[@dangerousdennis1676]

Better to die a clown, than live without laughter...........

[@yukimaruzam]

Mine too

[@dangerousdennis1676]

@@yukimaruzam X

[@dangerousdennis1676]

Im leaving this planet, corona and dickhead politicians can go fuck themselves..too old and too tired...Tiochfaidh ar la.....

[@goatprince1]

The best alcoholic clown song I've ever heard.

[@robbieclark7828]

THE MAN What's the second best?

[@dennissievert5731]

Yeahhhh

[@melaniewood3506]

This should have been played at "Gacy's" Execution.

[@MrJojo99999]

Its in my top 3

[@papercup2517]

@@robbieclark7828 Good question. It feels like it should be a genre, but i can only actually think of that Everley Brothers' song Cathy's Clown, another favourite... not sure whether or not he was alcoholic though. And I'm thinking too of the Doors' Strange Days, but maybe only because it had clowns (IIRC?) or circus performers on the album cover...

[@tomware1303]

Born in1983 favourite band the kinks - still so relevant

[@brython2]

The first single I ever bought. Played it on a record player handed down from my uncle.

[@williamstclaire809]

One of the better ones. I always liked this one.

[@alvaroluisgomezsaiz6785]

simply beatiful...

[@alainpaum]

this song is so good ! i feel so sad ! what a song it is so powerfull !

[@geoffreyball731]

fly high dave , and play loudly,x....

[@karlament6939]

good tune

[@gemma3218]

Love love love

[@NarQueefi]

Dave always wrote the best Kinks songs imo.

[@shlarry3184]

This song hits hard right now.

[@sandram9243]

Great song, by a good band, I love the kinks