The Kinks - (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman (from One For The Road)

[@mikeyoungblood1642]

The drumming in this song is spectacular

[@theseustoo]

And so is the rest of it! The lyrics are transcendental! And the bass and guitar work... phenomenal! LOVE the Kinks!

[@briansefring4981]

One of the most underrated and appreciated bands.

[@mauriciolemos5482]

You’ve reason, guy. Underrated band, with sure.

[@alabhaois]

“Underrated” to those who have no clue. 😎

[@jimstull2751]

These guys were great, in the Hall of Fame and get no attention !! Beam me up !

[@crowmedicine4520]

They actually ruined their own chances in American in ‘66 and were banned so they are only underrated by self promotion. They were out doing the Beatles but couldn’t control themselves. Lol. Wildly successful later but they are legends in the industry.

[@SunRabbit]

They're only underrated because everybody knows the Kinks for "Lola" but not the 20+ other hits they came out with, like this song.

[@jeffcohnphoto]

This song is an interesting moment in rock history. You can really hear classic rock merging with disco, punk, and setting the groundwork for new wave all-in-one 6 minutes song.

[@roberttippett3733]

You left out the superhero -genre music.

[@anthonycipoletti6422]

I agree i saw this tour at the st. Johns redman arena.they are no longer the redman

[@scottwhitworth3584]

Exactly , a lot of Top bands wrote Superman songs following Kinks lead . I got a tic for Concord ca , pavilion, prayed they would play it w / all their other hits . And yep , they did .

[@fmagalhaes1521]

@Jeff Cohn. You point is spot on… I never thought of it that way..

[@johnchalmers]

When it came out we kind of hated it for pandering to disco like the Stones , Rod Stewart and a couple of others . This song is much better than any of the other disco cop- outs . This one has Ray's traditional sense of humour .

[@hoytmccloskey5967]

One For The Road is easily one of the very best live albums in all of Rock & Roll

[@DonaldWebber-o9v]

Definitely. They sound so good, Low Budget was a great comeback album, and it was great to hear the classics with stuff like Superman.

[@theseustoo]

Only just heard of it... but I must say, it's immediately been added to my 'must buy' list... especially if there's a version which has the live performance videos too! 😄

[@davesmith1199]

The most under rated band of all time.............................Peace.

[@daphneymc8323]

they were big in the 80's, my first concert, played at lehigh college

[@Floydboys1967]

Absolutely! This song should have been a major hit. Next time the radio plays pour some sugar on me by Def Leopard they should play this instead 😜

[@Doorito_]

@@daphneymc8323 you lucky dog

[@robaldridge6505]

underated by WHOM?????

[@pauljackson2473]

This was one of their biggest hits. They did have a big rush of popularity from 76 to 84.

[@Raul-nm7ln]

This live version is even better than the studio version freaking performance rocked

[@melissa2688]

Thank you Mom for buying me tickets for Christmas to see these guys back in the day. The Kinks were my 1st concert ever. She's not here anymore but she knows that it meant a lot to me. They rock!!!! Take care and stay safe everyone 😷💚🦅🏈

[@getmeouttatennessee4473]

Great mom! I was the same, bought my daughter tickets to go together to ACDC. She still remembered the weed smell 😂 My first concert was Village People and I paid myself. Saw Kinks twice in 80s. My favorite band. 😍

[@pauljackson2473]

Wow!! That is so similar to my story. My mother gave me and my brother tickets to see The Kinks as a Christmas gift. The concert was in January and it was during the “Give the people what they want” tour. Can’t remember the year. Bryan Adams was the opening act. My second concert. One of the great memories of my mom. She just recently passed away.

[@melissa2688]

@@getmeouttatennessee4473 that's so cool! I took my daughter to her 1st & 2nd concert. Her first was Selena Gomez & The Scene back in 2010. Her 2nd was Idina Menzel in Atlantic City. I never got to go to a concert with my mother (apparently in utero, I saw Diana Ross & The Supremes 🤫) unfortunately.

[@rickcole349]

I got to see The Kinks twice when Think Visual was released. Once at Canada's Wonderland and once at Massey Hall. I hope they come back to Toronto when they go out on tour again.

[@cathymarie8304]

Took my daughter to see RUSH for her first rock concert. I promised her she would like it, and she did…

[@christinelegriffon5220]

This man is brilliant musician and poet/lyricist❤. He’s flying

[@jesuslozano7830]

Realmente cierto

[@tightlaser]

Greatest under rated band of all time.

[@zsolttemesi6534]

Ray is great at working the crowd and Dave plays a wicked guitar

[@dougmcvadon4943]

Totally true

[@garysnow1475]

No they weren't.

[@glennpagemusic]

AGREED. Underrated, even though they're legends. Greatest rock band of all time.

[@avidcarsons6412]

I remember this album... one of the greatest rock live albums

[@mikemercer5808]

One for the Road is great, but is a very under-rated live album.

[@patricianindel5469]

I didn't remember this song. I think the live version is much better than the studio. It is more up tempo. I think it would have been a much bigger hit if it had been recorded like the live version. I love this one.

[@CRoo-zu5ij]

the Beatles wish they were this good

[@Mavors1099]

The fact that you felt the need to invoke them says it all.

[@waltermameli2026]

Anti-establishment Rock, The Kinks were leaders in that field.....deep lyrics, great music.....

[@pashacat56]

Were? They still ARE!

[@jeanneweisz154]

ROCK'N'ROLL WILL NEVER DIE! neil young of course..lol...

[@dimethaltryptamine1]

Absolutely the best ever & Dave Davies world's most underrated guitarist!!

[@markboyd1696]

Man...the most underrated band ever. Excellent songs and they can rip 'em all live.

[@ccbrighton9270]

they are not underrated - everyone knows how good they are and they made millions. They just weren't as successful as the others because they weren't as commercial. This does NOT mean they're underrated.

[@matthewbratton3825]

The amount of songs Ray Davies has written is staggering. The Kinks were there with the Beatles, Rolling Stones and the Who with the British Invasion.

[@howarddickson8856]

Absolutely most underrated ever. But they have a loyal fan base. God save the Kinks!

[@SatWiseJanx]

Low Budget tour yielded One for the Road, one of the best Live albums ever. It belongs alonside classic's like Deep Purple Made in Japan, Who Live at Leeds, first 2 Rush live LPs, Frampton Comes Alive, (insert your favorites here)!

[@santinocorleone1204]

Don't forget, Little Feats' Waiting for Columbus

[@bobphillips3222]

In memory of my good friend, John S. Adcock (12/26/53 - 1/13/14. Master guitarist, ultimate Kinks fan.

[@TheVinnyt63]

I went to a Kinks concert in Atlanta, Ga. - at the Fox Theatre with an ex-US Army Airborne Ranger battle buddy, we were tripping on acid and found a half-buried Japanese Zero a block or two away from the Fox. Trippiest night of my life!

[@cahrns5931]

Holy COW you found a half-buried WHAT??? I really need to know lol. I never got to see them live but had their live album on cassette and wore it out it may still be near the center divider on the San Diego Freeway!

[@tededuncan2306]

Caught many a Kinks show at the historic Fox Theater in hot Lanta! Great great live band!!

[@audreylofstrom8899]

Ray is a kick ass front man.

[@HEDGE1011]

This is a great version of an underrated Kinks classic. I love Dave's performance particularly. Brilliant!

[@GregoryWonderwheel]

This song is archetypal medicine for the doldrums. It has the beat, the guitar licks, the self-reflective social commentary lyrics, everything.

[@alanross3435]

I’m 77 and still rockin to this song! Saw them in the early 80s at the Santa Barbara Bowl GREAT SHOW We were all wasted!!! 😂☮✌🏻

[@DavidMcPherson-h1i]

I’m 73 saw the same show they rock man

[@alanross3435]

@@DavidMcPherson-h1i where did you come from for the show? We came from Atascadero! ☮✌🏻

[@davidmaynard1530]

My brother in law was a Schenectady, NY cop who earned extra money by doing “security details”. One was to provide security for The Kinks at a downtown theater they were playing. He said the band invited him into the dressing room area and he spent the next two hours drinking beers and hanging with The Kinks. How do you beat that ?? He had a blast.

[@choptop81]

Ray probably did that so he could study him like an alien and see if there was anything he could write an unflattering song about later

[@brotherroopteachesthebible5368]

I saw them live 3 times in Houston and once in Germany. Had all of their albums and special DJ only albums. High energy concerts.

[@bobwalton4630]

I am almost done with Dave Davies' excellent autobiography "Kink" right now and it has given me a new appreciation for this band. They can't be under rated when they were one of the early Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees but in my opinion they were more consistant than The Stones or The Who or Pink Floyd. They put out some seriously great music in the late 70s and early 80s

[@myrrhinegrossi2744]

The best pop band. Surely the most consistant and talented. They wrote and played the most coherent work without following the fashions. Great

[@glennpagemusic]

He actually has a new, updated autobiography coming out this year!

[@luvittodeath7031]

@@myrrhinegrossi2744 wouldn’t consider them a pop band unless The Who and Stones go too. Beatles come to mind for pop

[@luvittodeath7031]

I think their career mirrored the Stones a lot. Compare discographies and you’ll see what I mean.

[@glennpagemusic]

@@luvittodeath7031 Ray Davies, back in the 60s, actually said The Kinks were "pop music" - as in popular music - and called their music "expression." Keep in mind that back then, a lot of rock records WERE "pop" music. Rock was all over top 40 radio, not like now. Later on, Ray referred to the Kinks as riff-based rock.

[@barbgot]

Outrageously underrated band. Saw them 15-20 times. Never disappointed except once when they didn't show up for a gig in Poughkeepsie, NY!

[@alabhaois]

One the BEST groups ever!! I love their take on disco!! 🤭

[@waynegagnon474]

Love seeing this old footage..... Kinks did rock out

[@yathinkinc]

I am listening to this song now and will be listening to the Kinks until further notice. You can not listen to only one song by them, that would be ludicrous!

[@brianmcd9492]

Great song its just Super 🙂👍

[@stephendiehm7148]

Ray Davies, sooooo very cool, he must look back on his life happily. The poet songwriter-musician extrraudineur', we luv ya Ray.

[@shadowplay-y5g]

Lengends in Rock. Long Live T he Kinks.

[@brunnegd]

The single version of this song is weak, but Ray turned into a powerhouse played live. A good example of how the Kinks were a better band live than in the studio.

[@lancecullen243]

These guys were the greatest live band in the day! Between the Hofstra University playhouse and the Nassau coliseum I must have seen them half a dozen times when I was a kid........... Long live the kinks!

[@peterwillett2536]

Yes. It felt like they were ALWAYS playing somewhere in the U.S. Northeast during this era. Loved going to see and hear them in MA and RI on the regular.

[@johnlyons8842]

Ray the front man, he knows how to put on a show. I agree with a lot you. The kinks where under rated. Then 4 years could not play in ca .I think other bands feared the kinks.

[@cliffmcginnis3231]

Always thought Dave ranked right up there with Jimmy Page, Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Mick Taylor, etc.. The man was a magnificent rock guitarist.

[@danthefan5378]

Is a, not was

[@enkibumbu]

Nah.

[@ccbrighton9270]

@@enkibumbu ARROGANT

[@bobthebear1246]

I think that's going a wee bit too far, but he is very good.

[@emlyngriffith5846]

Cliff McGinnis .....he’s not bad....but not in the same league as some of those guys....

[@janetchacker622]

God bless everyone 🙏 kinks Riock and kinks rule God bless everyone

[@petewalton7278]

I saw the Kinks life at the Orpheum in Memphis, TN in about 1979. Then a couple years later after I moved to Atlanta. My young Son was with me he was maybe 6 or 7 the first time. The second time he was 8 years old. It was the Atlanta Civic Center. A great show. This song I remember so well. I still have the One for tge Road LP. My Son died with my 1st wife in a car accident in March of 84' the week before his 9th birthday

[@waynescott137]

Long live the Kinks!

[@MarkWalsh-ku5dn]

Fun fact: Dave and Ray have been known to get into fights on stage on occasion. I don't know if there's any KZbin footage to back this up but as someone who's followed them since 1980 I know I've heard a few reports here and there. At the end of Dave's guitar solo Ray appears to walk over to him as if to say, 'That was a pretty long solo, don't you think.' Dave glares back as if to say, 'Go ahead. Start anytime.' Then Ray walks away laughing as if to say, 'Forget it. It's not worth it.' Those two had a real love/hate relationship between them.

[@dalewest151]

The hottest live show ever, they are lots of fun and awesome, everyone enjoys their show.!

[@zoelogjz]

Future generations will have missed out on "The Kinks"!!!!

[@colettelavoie7259]

Love the energy of this band they rock!

[@INK7763]

DO WE NEED NOSTRODAMUS? NO!!! WE GOT THE KINKS, LADYS AND GENTELMAN! THIS SONG SAYS IT ALL! IT IS SO REAL. THEY PREDICTED IT ALL. I DO AGREE WITH THEM- THESE DAYS YOU GOTTA BE THAT SUPERMAN TO SURVIVE! ANOTHER THING- THEY ARE NO JOKE! GREAT< GREAT BAND. PARTIALLY ROLLIMG STONES TO ME, EVEN BETTER! THE LAST TIME I `HE HEARD THIS SONG??? THE TRUTH- OVER 40 YEARS AGO, BACK IN POLAND! GUYS, IT IS VERY SUPER" FOR ME TO REFRESH MY MEMORY! I FEEL SO MUCH YOUNGER NOW, THANX TO YOU! THIS TUNE IS "TIMELESS", FOREVER! REGARDS, THOMADS(POLAND-CHICAGO)

[@INK7763]

THANX!

[@INK7763]

THANX!

[@victorgallagher6312]

Even The Kinks had a disco hit!!! 🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼

[@philt1771]

The Dead had "Shakedown Street".

[@bobsmithradates7346]

Great bass playing courtesy of the late Mr. Rodford.

[@bradmoffat8940]

I had this album and also saw them in Toronto, great band. Very under apprecaited first wave of British rock bands.

[@sexyrexy5944]

I saw the kinks in the 70s and 80s they were great .To bad it's all over now.All the old partyers l knew are just about all dead but the music lives on .🧞‍♂️💤

[@ianbanhamamprepair9457]

The KInks, simply brilliant and unique.

[@deiviboguiziggi6693]

los vi en el rockodromo de la casa de campo, madrid. 9 mayo 1986

[@cincymutt]

One neat thing about this era was that Dave finally got to put his guitar heroics back on display. Not that it ever completely went away; but it seems like it took a back seat for a number of years.

[@michaelbrennick]

Yes, that was the period in the 70s when Ray was using a full horn section. Dave's guitar playing got pushed way back. It was also the period, they were recording with RCA records, where they went full steam with "concept albums" revolving around one theme.

[@Pwrcritter]

Great, high energy tour!

[@burlingtoncrowley5212]

For those who remember this song on "the dial" when it came out.... a fist bump to your coolness.

[@briansauer6695]

Funny as I just started singing it out loud yesterday! I'm a real music aficionado and although my memory sucks on many things, I REALLY remember good songs and bands that came out when I was a kid. Was 12 when this came out. This and Destroyer were instant hits in my mind!

[@newmanoutdoors1564]

That would be me also .Thanks

[@neil1390]

The Gallagher brothers and Oasis, have nothing on the Davies brothers, and the Kinks!! This is real Brit rock,and they've been doing it for decades!

[@DonaldWebber-o9v]

Dave is on fire on guitar and backing vocals. This was their comeback with Low Budget a great album and they sound so fucking good live

[@mstallsmith4109]

My favorite British band

[@Redplanetfilms1]

The Kinks were lots of fun in concert. I can remember Ray getting the crowd all riled up with his DAYO chant and my 17 year old brain went wild when the crowd responded. Maybe it was the coke, but they bounced around the stage like it was a trampoline.

[@highvolts6620]

My favorite live album is One for the Road. Kinks rock

[@billbailey7302]

They were my favorite band of the invasion.

[@dianairizarry]

Love it, energy, everything! The Kinks!

[@hsbrockman]

OMG absolutely love the performance of this song. Brilliant

[@donriley3349]

1979. Was breaking up with the love of my life, and separating after 7 yrs of living with my girlfriend. But it was amicable. Separate apts in LA, Superman was a powerful radio disco-rock hit then; like the Stones "Miss You' i loved the song. We had tickets to see The Kinks at the Universal Amphitheater when it was still outdoors. So, my kid brother 'Beaver', girlfriend and I saw the Kinks live. They played everything; all their hits. Dave shredded guitar, hit all the high harmony hits, and brother Ray was rock steady...and just the genius he is, Ray Davies. Superman? They blew Superman away! Tremendous live! you should have been there was, I talked to my kid brother tonight on the phone, and have talked to my former girlfrend whom I have known 46 years about that concert. Glad got to see a really really band in their prime, The Kinks.

[@anamericanprayer1967]

don riley this memory made me smile 😊

[@zsolttemesi6534]

Saw them 1979 Fairleigh Dickinson University. NJ in the gym. Mind blowing show

[@wilsonsall]

Good tune. Brings back memories too.

[@ianlineker]

woooooow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ricenglish4556]

Love Dave's higher pitched vocals of "Superman" when he's harmonizing with Ray. Wish he would have done the falsetto aahhh at the end like on the studio version.

[@robertgallagher5285]

Ray Davies the coolest dude 😎 in Rock!!!!!

[@danielmchale8627]

I wish I could be Superman

[@susanrobinson-browning4687]

I was 19 when this song came out and sooooo upset that I never got to see them LIVE!!! ESPECIALLY THIS SONG! SUCH A GREAT BASELINE!

[@ronaldjames6067]

I wish I could have seen this live ! Fucking Brilliant !

[@elizabethschilling5041]

I love this! Kinks my favorite band ever. Also, Happy Birthday to Mr. Ray Davies today - June 22.

[@dalewest151]

They fucking rock!

[@jimrebr]

Loved this song for soooooo long, my sons love it too❣️

[@rebeccamajor9222]

This was playing at the store when I was shopping yesterday... Yay!

[@philt1771]

Tell the manager thank you and shop there more often to keep them in business to play more Kinks!

[@iadorenewyork1]

Wow, what kind of store plays such great music?

[@stevenstraus7411]

I saw these guys at least a half a dozen times in Chicago. Always a great show. Ray really new how to get a crowd going. The fights between Ray and Dave are legendary.

[@theanswerisinthebackofyourhead]

YOU MUST BE THINKING OF DAVE DAVIES AND MICK AVORY WHO REALLY HATED EACH OTHER AND WAS BECAUSE OF THOSE 2 THAT THE KINKS GOT BLACKLISTED IN AMERICA IN 1965 AND WERE BANNED FOR 4 YRS FROM TOURING AMERICA WHICH HURT THEIR CAREER IMMENSELY.

[@robertwischnia842]

They were so great. Saw them with the Zombies when I was 15 in Pittsfield, Mass. loved them ever since.

[@hugejohnson5011]

Born and raised in Pittsfield. Definitely before my time. Where did they play, at the Lighthouse at the Boy's Club?

[@angeloiodice9304]

Wow, The Kinks, busted out in the British Invasion in the 60's with the best that England had to offer, but got derailed. Had their hits, though, and then came back in the end of the 70's with this rock-disco-punk classic. Good boys, The Kinks.

[@robster-vision475]

Yes yes yes!!!!😁🤘

[@markeussi]

What a band.

[@AdventuresInSkateboarding]

This song played a big part of my life as a 90s high schooler. I listed to it during every track meet as a Pole Vaulter. Motivation for sure.

[@ritchierogers541]

First album I ever bought and got to see them live twice. I miss those days

[@robertmurphy440]

YES THIS WAS PLAYED IN DISCO'S IN NYC IN ITS DAY.......

[@HerdingDogRescuer]

Love the British accent, "Shooper Man".

[@wilberfoster1933]

Greatest English band a lot of people don't know much about.

[@logarcon9046]

Luv this.❤️ Rip Jim.😓

[@tracydecooman7495]

Saw them on this tour. Memphis Orphium. Awesome acoustics in the theater.

[@bigpaulie806]

Providence Rhode island and I love it. Keep rocking 🎸❤️☺️

[@frederickneal1600]

Was There!!! Fantastic!

[@jesuslozano7830]

Un genio de la música

[@gentryxc]

I saw a Kinks show in Portland, Maine during their tour supporting the LP this was on. A real fun show. Have always like Ray Davies with.

[@rubygreta1]

Just freaking incredible!

[@jesuslozano7830]

Grandes recuerdos

[@stewartw.9151]

Back in the day I only ever saw the Kinks on telly and that was mostly not live performance of course but mimed! Now that I see this, it is clear they had a great stage presence and could really knock it out of the park, live!

[@warriorsofcamelotlotro3347]

Amazing live performance!!!

[@DonRobertson82]

I wish i was there!

[@38Achilles]

The superior background vocals make the Kinks sound epic, I believe its the Bass Player with the higher pitch, reminds me of Michael Anthony of Van Halen.

[@jrsieger]

That’s the distinctive voice of lead guitarist Dave Davies. Terrific harmonies with his brother.

[@kevinconnor6921]

My first thought Michael Anthony of Van Halen

[@nicolasmorales3759]

One of my favorite band

[@neil1390]

Just a fantastic rocking band ,live they were a real force!

[@robertpacho9955]

Way better than the studio version There is actually a bad ass solo on here No solo on the orginal recording

[@Raul-nm7ln]

This is a fucking bad ass, live performance. Love this shit.

[@DonRobertson82]

Shhoooper man!

[@philt1771]

Do you think Ray sang it that way to avoid paying royalties to whomever owns the rights to Superman?

[@chriswhite8383]

saw them in tucson ,az ,waterbury ,ct ,hartford ,ct and new haven ,ct never left disappointed

[@sbarr10]

Ray hated disco, but did it to please Clive Davis at Arista, who wanted a "club" song. Dave initially didn't think much of the song, but the humor kept them going long enough to really nail it.

[@MoCo-vw8vy]

I got to see this tour while living Dallas & i never regretted seeing them over Yes!!!