I wasn’t alive when this was released but lyrically this hits so hard in 2023, the world is so messed up. Thank you Kinks, these classics will live on forever.
Exactly I was thinking its a new song so this days word is it 😍I was born in 1980 i will check their songs not possible to havant heard them if i did its a big miss on my side
We just finished watching OLD DADS with Bill Burr , and when this song came on at the ending I suddenly found myself singing it and remembering all the the words after all these years ! My wife was dumbfounded to say the least , hahahahaha !!!
I am going on 62 y/o, and The Kinks have been in my life as long as I have been alive. Their music still holds up and is relevant today as it was then. Thank you for a lifetime of musical masterpieces!
Saw these guys live at the L.A. Forum on the "One For The Road" tour. To this day still one of the best shows I ever saw. Happy Anniversary, thanks for all the great music, GOD SAVE THE KINKS!
This was my favorite song on the radio when I first became a music fan at age 6.. then "Snoopy and the Red Baron" by The Royal Guardsmen.. along with "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" by Napoleon XIV... Mid 1960's radio had a really great sense of humor to complement the British Invasion taking place concurrently, so I was never without some snappy lyrics to amuse my friends with!!! I saw the Kinks in 1979 (early punksters; the Police, actually opened up for them). Definitely one of the best concerts I've ever seen. Who knew they'd be such prodigious influences in pop, rock, and punk!!
Lola vs Powerman and the Moneygoround is a masterpiece of an album. I guess you could say that about most of what the Kinks have done. You gotta love those coats!
I was a teenager when this song was released.Never the less, I agree with your comment.The lyrics are relevant in 2023.Kind of frightening.Attitudes from the 1970s are the same as today, yet those trusted to do what the people want have avoided taking action in that fifty year time frame.
I had to stop whatever I was doing to check out this video suggested by youtube! Why not? It's the visualization of one of the greatest songs ever written!
Ever get over whelmed and know you just need a vacation to get yourself back together? This song is a 3 minute vacation that helps me stay sane and feel better.
The man in the ape suit is John Gosling, piano player extraordinaire, who passed away this weekend. God Save The late, great John The Baptist and God Save The Kinks!
Yeah, the Beatles and the Stones were always considered as "boring old farts" amongst us Punks, whereas The Kinks were always viewed as Well Respected Men. Long live The Kinks!
@@ForARide I can't say there aren't songs by the stones and beatles I love. I love the kinks tho, almost anything they did was great.... God knows the world would be unbearable beyond what it already is without a huge variety of great sounding music.
@@ForARide Is that so ? maybe for those in the U.S. which the Kinks finally managed to conquer with mid 70s mediocrity. For the rest of the world the Kinks sadly became passé after 1970. Anyway ,who cares what "us punks" thought about those "boring old farts" ?......All those "punks" will now gladly play Beatles and (old) Stones.
I wasn’t alive when this song came out but just saw it on a movie credit.. it’s fantastic!! I love it!! Interesting.. so very made for todays World!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I love this song so much, The Kinks have been a huge soundtrack for my life!!! Love Apeman, have played The Kinks to our three sons and they love them, especially Apeman and Superman! I love that Ray Davies had to re-record his part so it didn’t sound like “the air pollution is f***ing up my eyes so it wouldn’t sound like f**k, it still sounds like fing, lol!!
Please please get back together for one final run of gigs for your fans 😭😭😭🙏 put aside your differences for those who love you! 😍 IM A KING KONG MAN, IM A VOODOO MAN, IM AN APEMAN!! ❤
Happy Birthday John Dalton born on May 21, 1943. He is a British bass guitar player, best known as a member of the Kinks in 1966 and between 1969 and 1976, replacing original member Pete Quaife. He played with The Kinks throughout the remainder of 1969 and into the 1970s and appeared playing bass on such notable songs as "Victoria", "Lola", "Apeman", "Celluloid Heroes", and "Supersonic Rocket Ship". - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalton_(musician)
I was 7 when i first heard this song and have been a fan for life. In fact about 30 years ago I went to my third Kinks concert and i shook Ray's hand, I didn't wash that hand for days!!!!
Impressive the Kinks I´ve never tired of listening to it´s great songs, as this Apeman, Don´t forget to dance, Waterloo Sunset, Come Dancing, Sunny Afternoon, and many more. Greetings from Lima - Peru.
The kinks were so creative their music brings smiles to my face Everytime i listen to them grew up in the sixties great time for music the English invasion was unbelievable 🦅🇺🇸🇬🇧🎸🎵🎶🌞
After watching a reaction video by ‘Rob Squad Reactions’ a couple o days ago, I can’t get this song outta my mind! 😆 I hadn’t heard it in decades, so I’m catchin’ up! 😆 I had 8-track with ‘Apeman’ and a bunch of ‘different’ story telling songs… I wish I still had it.
Went to a concert where the Kinks were supposed to play...Sydney Aus ..late 70's....they didn't show...damn it !! Peter Frampton was playing and the place was filled with Frampton look a likes !! UGH !!!! Shoulda been a GREAT night , but we were missing these GENIUSES !!!!!
@2:15 "I look out the window but I can't see the skies; the air pollution is a-fuckin-up my eyes, I want to get out of this city alive - and make like an apeman"
That is what he sings when I first heard it way back in the very early 70s I think it was the first song I ever heard with swearing on it the general consensus now though is a foggin up my eyes
14 Most important Rock 'n Rollers in History ! 1. Chuck Berry 2. Jerry Lee Lewis 3. The Kinks 4. The Who 5. The Rolling Stones 6. Jimi Hendrix 7. Velvet Underground 8. The Doors 9. The Stooges 10. David Bowie 11. Black Sabbath 12. Ramones 13. REM 14. Metallica
What a time to be young in the 1960s. The influence of 1950s music in America, influenced so many kids in 60s Britain to pick up a guitar. The rest is history as they say
I saw my first Kinks gig in 1967. It was a package tour with The Tremeloes and The Herd at Bournemouth Winter Gardens. I couldn't hear a thing, due to the screaming girls.
I think I'm sophisticated 'cause I'm living my life Like a good homo sapiens But all around me, everybody's multiplying and They're walking round like flies man So I'm no better than the animals sitting In the cages in the zoo man 'Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees I am an apeman I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized 'Cause I'm a strict vegetarian But with the over-population and inflation and starvation And the crazy politicians I don't feel safe in this world no more I don't want to die in a nuclear war I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an apeman 'Cause compared to the sun that sits in the sky Compared to the clouds as they roll by Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies I am an apeman In man's evolution, he's created the city And the motor traffic rumble But give me half a chance and I'd be taking off my clothes And living in the jungle 'Cause the only time that I feel at ease Is swinging up and down in the coconut trees Oh what a life of luxury to be like an apeman I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an apeman I look out the window but I can't see the sky The air pollution is a-fogging eyes I want to get out of this city alive and make like an apeman Oh come on and love me, be my apeman girl And we'll be so happy in my apeman world I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an apeman I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane We'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day, just like an apeman I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an apeman I don't feel safe in this world no more I don't want to die in a nuclear war I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman
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Amazing how many songs from the 60s and 70s are more relevant today than yesterday. Absolutely brilliant!
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I wasn’t alive when this was released but lyrically this hits so hard in 2023, the world is so messed up. Thank you Kinks, these classics will live on forever.
I agree I was born in 74, and I don't want to die in a nuclear war, I want to sit in a tree and eat bananas all day.
Let’s Hope Russia doesn’t fail no Nuke November…
Exactly I was thinking its a new song so this days word is it 😍I was born in 1980 i will check their songs not possible to havant heard them if i did its a big miss on my side
O yes LOLA AMD MORE i know them ❤
born in 2006 and this is the most relatable song i know@@matthewmckee9914
One of the best bands of all time.
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@@quill9105 yep thats him. hope you like it :)
Ray ... effing ... Davies 🎉 👍🏾😎
THE best!
stole the tune
We just finished watching OLD DADS with Bill Burr , and when this song came on at the ending I suddenly found myself singing it and remembering all the the words after all these years ! My wife was dumbfounded to say the least , hahahahaha !!!
That’s where I heard it for the first time!! Love the movie AND the song!! ❤❤
Same here, just finished watching Old Dad's and started singing "I'm an Ape-man". Wonderful songs of our childhood.
Same here! Except my wife is not here. Had to look up the song.👍
Me too
Hahahahaha so I am
I am going on 62 y/o, and The Kinks have been in my life as long as I have been alive. Their music still holds up and is relevant today as it was then. Thank you for a lifetime of musical masterpieces!
I’m 73 still addicted since 64!
#Lola
@@lannydante9390 ....72......a whole new challenge ,dealing with aging .
Thankfully we still have music to keep us (slightly) sane.....
Saw these guys live at the L.A. Forum on the "One For The Road" tour. To this day still one of the best shows I ever saw. Happy Anniversary, thanks for all the great music, GOD SAVE THE KINKS!
I saw them at the US Festival 1982. Ray Davies leading the crowd in “day-o” Banana Boat Song chants.
What a great song and what an amazing band!!This song is more relevant than ever!!!
I've been dreaming of this upload for years and years ... Cheers!
GOD SAVE THE KINKS 💜💜💜
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This was my favorite song on the radio when I first became a music fan at age 6.. then "Snoopy and the Red Baron" by The Royal Guardsmen.. along with "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" by Napoleon XIV... Mid 1960's radio had a really great sense of humor to complement the British Invasion taking place concurrently, so I was never without some snappy lyrics to amuse my friends with!!! I saw the Kinks in 1979 (early punksters; the Police, actually opened up for them). Definitely one of the best concerts I've ever seen. Who knew they'd be such prodigious influences in pop, rock, and punk!!
The Kinks were ahead of their time with both their music and their MTV style video clips.
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@@SteveMorris-zb1ug I'll make a search... on you tube i'm guessing... Oh and thanks for the tip.
This video is dope!!!! Man continues to regress. This light-hearted filtering of that is so welcome. Now all I have to do is take it off repeat 😯😆👍🏾
"Reject humanity, become m o n k e."
-Ray Davies
I can pick up one of those round plastic containers of 60 pieces of Excel gum with my toes. I am fairly well-equipped for monke, I think.
Since 1965 🇬🇧 🤗 Thank you kinks. Scranton,p.a. 🇺🇸 🌹 👀 🎶 👻
Lola vs Powerman and the Moneygoround is a masterpiece of an album.
I guess you could say that about most of what the Kinks have done.
You gotta love those coats!
Absolute facts and I wish I had one of those coats 😢
One of my favourite albums. About 50 years old. My fav track must be strangers.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
These Afghan coats......smelled a bit sometimes.
I was a teenager when this song was released.Never the less, I agree with your comment.The lyrics are relevant in 2023.Kind of frightening.Attitudes from the 1970s are the same as today, yet those trusted to do what the people want have avoided taking action in that fifty year time frame.
I had to stop whatever I was doing to check out this video suggested by youtube! Why not? It's the visualization of one of the greatest songs ever written!
This video is perfect. The scene on the bench, with someone in a ratty ape costume is simply sublime.
That's. John Dalton in the ape costume 🤓 RIP 🇬🇧
He’s still alive
john gosling
Gracias Ray por darnos tan buenos momentos con tu música.
Film clip $10. Jackets $100. Song priceless.
❤❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉
Ever get over whelmed and know you just need a vacation to get yourself back together? This song is a 3 minute vacation that helps me stay sane and feel better.
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I was in love with this song in high school in the 80s. At that time, the Kinks had a great hit with “Come Dancing.” Awesome band.
This popped into my head this morning and decided to play it. My goodness, the sentiments in it could have been written yesterday 🙀😻❤
I don't feel safe in this world no more...indeed Ray.
The man in the ape suit is John Gosling, piano player extraordinaire, who passed away this weekend. God Save The late, great John The Baptist and God Save The Kinks!
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Heard this song at the end of Old Dads on Netflix love this song it just makes me feel better. I wish they made music like this now.
I first heard this song as a child in the 80s on the film "Club Paradise" with Robin Williams
I swiped through all the comments to say this, but you beat me to it
Me too!
Thank you, The Kinks! My mother show me your record, and since then I never stop to listen!
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Thank you for the music 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎵🎶
Most relatable song of all time
Beautiful Truth form the fathers of punk.
Yeah, the Beatles and the Stones were always considered as "boring old farts" amongst us Punks, whereas The Kinks were always viewed as Well Respected Men. Long live The Kinks!
@@ForARide I can't say there aren't songs by the stones and beatles I love. I love the kinks tho, almost anything they did was great.... God knows the world would be unbearable beyond what it already is without a huge variety of great sounding music.
@@ForARide Is that so ? maybe for those in the U.S. which the Kinks finally managed to conquer with mid 70s mediocrity.
For the rest of the world the Kinks sadly became passé after 1970. Anyway ,who cares what "us punks" thought about those "boring old farts" ?......All those "punks" will now gladly play Beatles and (old) Stones.
great musicvideo, absolut supersong, ❤
I wasn’t alive when this song came out but just saw it on a movie credit.. it’s fantastic!! I love it!! Interesting.. so very made for todays World!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hope you enjoy the many great songs by the kinks check out their everybody's in show business album 🎶🎵🎸🎼🌞
I grew up with The Kinks! My favourite band then, and still, my favourite band! Still relevant! still brilliant! ❤
Same here - I’m 73 been a fan since 64!
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I love this song so much, The Kinks have been a huge soundtrack for my life!!! Love Apeman, have played The Kinks to our three sons and they love them, especially Apeman and Superman! I love that Ray Davies had to re-record his part so it didn’t sound like “the air pollution is f***ing up my eyes so it wouldn’t sound like f**k, it still sounds like fing, lol!!
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Purest of gold
if you like this you might like my brothers music. His name is Stu Morris
What a witty and truly prophetic song! The Kinks were way up high in hit making and we're synonymous with the 60's!!
This is the best music film I've ever seen.
Please please get back together for one final run of gigs for your fans 😭😭😭🙏 put aside your differences for those who love you! 😍 IM A KING KONG MAN, IM A VOODOO MAN, IM AN APEMAN!! ❤
Wow I remember this on Top of the Pops.Ran out next day to buy the single.Pity about the fade out!
The kinks were so far ahead of their time .just so incredible music
Great Kinks song, the 2014 Remastered version recording, thanks.
Brilliant, observant lyrics as usual.
RIP John "Apeman" Gosling :(
Happy Birthday John Dalton born on May 21, 1943. He is a British bass guitar player, best known as a member of the Kinks in 1966 and between 1969 and 1976, replacing original member Pete Quaife. He played with The Kinks throughout the remainder of 1969 and into the 1970s and appeared playing bass on such notable songs as "Victoria", "Lola", "Apeman", "Celluloid Heroes", and "Supersonic Rocket Ship". - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalton_(musician)
I was 7 when i first heard this song and have been a fan for life. In fact about 30 years ago I went to my third Kinks concert and i shook Ray's hand, I didn't wash that hand for days!!!!
right on time for the state of the world right now.
I like the Reggae beat they do on this one. Love the Kinks!
We all are apemen. Always remember this track. 74 now.😅😅😅😅
For my middle child. Love ya buddy ... 🙏💜
truly wonderful lyrics
Impressive the Kinks I´ve never tired of listening to it´s great songs, as this Apeman, Don´t forget to dance, Waterloo Sunset, Come Dancing, Sunny Afternoon, and many more. Greetings from Lima - Peru.
I'd forgotten about this song til I heard it at the end of Bad Dads! Brought back a lot of memories!
doesnt get much better thats a 10/10 imo
much respect The Kinks
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@@SteveMorris-zb1ug thanks alot. i just found his page and subbed. cool man.thanks again
man, do I ever miss real music videos like this one ❤❤❤🎵
Old dads!!!! I loved it!
Same
The kinks were so creative their music brings smiles to my face Everytime i listen to them grew up in the sixties great time for music the English invasion was unbelievable 🦅🇺🇸🇬🇧🎸🎵🎶🌞
What
@@tehtrollest2977 it's a movie that had this song in it
#26 on my list of Top 100 Kinks songs. #25 is "Sleepwalker", and #27 is "Strangers".
Hilarious. Great video. Made me laugh
Apeman forever❤😂
These jackets need to come back before this winter!
I am 69 and still find this relevant in 2024. ❤
Have never seen that. So great.
Thank The Sun for PLANTS 💚🌞
After watching a reaction video by ‘Rob Squad Reactions’ a couple o days ago, I can’t get this song outta my mind! 😆
I hadn’t heard it in decades, so I’m catchin’ up! 😆
I had 8-track with ‘Apeman’ and a bunch of ‘different’ story telling songs… I wish I still had it.
I've gone ape over this song!! 😜😜
Childhood favourite for the novelty lyrical value alone
Isn't it great the places 🎶 music takes us? We are truely the fortunate 🤗
Went to a concert where the Kinks were supposed to play...Sydney Aus ..late 70's....they didn't show...damn it !! Peter Frampton was playing and the place was filled with Frampton look a likes !! UGH !!!! Shoulda been a GREAT night , but we were missing these GENIUSES !!!!!
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@@SteveMorris-zb1ug Why ?
@@rippi37 kinks are an influence on his song writing
@@SteveMorris-zb1ug oh..cool. I might have a look :)
LOVE The Kinks soo Talented 🎶✌️🙃
Aint they IN Hall of fame of RnR! ❤❤❤
Just watched Old Dads and this 69 year old dad remembered the song
swingin' London baby!
Great song 😎😁
banger banger banger banger
Can Ray Davies even write a bad song? Every one a gem
Odd how the creationism crew will deny that we have descended from the great apes.
Thanks to the Kinks for a great song.
@2:15 "I look out the window but I can't see the skies; the air pollution is a-fuckin-up my eyes, I want to get out of this city alive - and make like an apeman"
Our species is going out with a whimper, I'm afraid. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
That is what he sings when I first heard it way back in the very early 70s I think it was the first song I ever heard with swearing on it the general consensus now though is a foggin up my eyes
I come here after I watched Old Dad movie, it's 23:11pm Saturday 28 October 2023, Love this song
same here bud haha
Happy Earth Day!!
2:14 That looks like Whitestone Pond in Hampstead Heath, North London. In the mid-eighties, I used to cycle past it twice a day.
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The yummiest chunkiest guitar parts ever.
“Official video” lol the production value sure has come a long way since the 70s
Quite the music video concept
Aye ❤ 🇬🇧👍we sail
14 Most important Rock 'n Rollers in History !
1. Chuck Berry 2. Jerry Lee Lewis 3. The Kinks 4. The Who 5. The Rolling Stones 6. Jimi Hendrix 7. Velvet Underground 8. The Doors 9. The Stooges 10. David Bowie 11. Black Sabbath 12. Ramones 13. REM 14. Metallica
Bahaha not with the Beatles or Zeppelin in the top 3
not a bad top5!
Great list! But where's Creedence, man? 🤔
One of my favorite tunes
I hope Bill Burr cut a check!!! Timeless music
That was one of my favorite songs when I was twelve years old.
ALL WEARING ANIMAL HIDES, oh so modern and so COOL.
❤❤For my mother, I will always a apeman❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂
Still hitting hard in 2024
What a time to be young in the 1960s. The influence of 1950s music in America, influenced so many kids in 60s Britain to pick up a guitar. The rest is history as they say
Fox! Rock's Czar! Rock n Roll!
I saw my first Kinks gig in 1967. It was a package tour with The Tremeloes and The Herd at Bournemouth Winter Gardens. I couldn't hear a thing, due to the screaming girls.
🎵 I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman🎵
I thought it was great as a kid now I'm like HOW??!?!
even the drums are amazing
@@jamesfinlayson4383
Then you must know
“Long ago, life was clean
Sex was bad, called obscene”
You cut it short!!!! You left out the Verses that begin with "Ill be your Tarzan Youll be my Jane...."
exelente
I think I'm sophisticated 'cause I'm living my life
Like a good homo sapiens
But all around me, everybody's multiplying and
They're walking round like flies man
So I'm no better than the animals sitting
In the cages in the zoo man
'Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees
I am an apeman
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized
'Cause I'm a strict vegetarian
But with the over-population and inflation and starvation
And the crazy politicians
I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an apeman
'Cause compared to the sun that sits in the sky
Compared to the clouds as they roll by
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies I am an apeman
In man's evolution, he's created the city
And the motor traffic rumble
But give me half a chance and I'd be taking off my clothes
And living in the jungle
'Cause the only time that I feel at ease
Is swinging up and down in the coconut trees
Oh what a life of luxury to be like an apeman
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an apeman
I look out the window but I can't see the sky
The air pollution is a-fogging eyes
I want to get out of this city alive and make like an apeman
Oh come on and love me, be my apeman girl
And we'll be so happy in my apeman world
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an apeman
I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane
We'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day, just like an apeman
I'm an apeman, I'm an ape, apeman, oh I'm an apeman
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an apeman
I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman
Satirical yet relevant
so that's where the honk came from...
"HEY! Apeman comin' through!"