Rolling Stone magazine rated him 99 out of the 100 best guitar players, well behind no-talent Ted Nugent! Dave is no Brian May, but he's played some of the most beautiful and haunting chords and solos I've ever heard anywhere! Just his solo on "I'm not like everybody else" is worthy of being moved up on that list!
It is a Gibson Les Paul Artisan. Made from '77 -'81. Basically a hopped up Custom with hotter pick-ups and fretboard, thicker binding. Beautiful guitar.
I have played guitar since the early 60's and the rock snobbery used to put out in that it was Jimmy Page who stepped in do the guitar work for Dave Davis during recording. This was absolute rubbish, Dave was always a very proficient guitarist before Page was, Dave is way better than Page, Page was back-up only when required, like for Townsend in. 'I Cant Explain' or Them's 'Baby Please Don't Go' Dave played on all Kinks recordings, he was a great innovator of different lead techniques, including that fragmented lead style of 'You Really Got Me' and All Day 'And All Of The Night'. On ' See My Friends' he produced a sitar sound by slackening off the strings to get that sitar twang, and many pop aficionados though it was a sitar. Dave started that sound one whole year before the Beatles.
The Kinks entered the 80's as the only hip survivors of the original British Invasion. By this time Mick Jagger was prancing around like a drag queen and McCartney was doing Ebony and Ivory and the Who were doing "You Better You Bet". The Kinks still had attitude and sounded fresh. They were also the most covered of the British Invasion bands by the late-70's punk/new wave bands who referred to the others as "boring old farts". But love those bands as well!!
2:50 Dave is sailing in the great flow being enlighted by a mistic divine force... and he knows it. It’s the mojo. What a great guitar player and human being he is.
One of the most underrated bands ever! The Kinks are sooo much more than people give them credit for! They brothers Davis have volumes of work that is truly amazing!
Magistral.....fue y será mi grupo favorito....de joven los escuché y me quedé con ellos ....The Kiks.....por siempre.y para siempre....bendiciones para ellos...Saludos de Perú.
Saw the Kinks at the Felt Forum NYC in 74 and they've been my favorite band ever since. Ray Dave and Mick make up one of the best bands and Ray is the greatest rock and roll songwriter of all timer.God save the Kinks
Think I was at that concert in '74. Ray is one of the best songwriters of the 20th century but the group itself was remarkable. Standing in he test of time.
For me it's a tie between the Kinks and the Who. I love them both so much (and have seen each one about 25 times). Maybe the Who blow me away just a bit more live, but no one's songs move me as much as Ray's, including this poignant story.
@@Whofan1000 Agreed. The Who are my favorite band on all time, Kinks are second or third (Gotta have the Beatles) depending on the day. I prefer the harder rock, and Townshend is probably the songwriter I’ve ever felt the most connected to but Ray is a close second for me. I’d still say Ray Davies is nothing less than the finest songwriter from that time, maybe ever. Yes, even above Townshend, Lennon/McCartney, and Jagger/Richards.
Thanks to whomever put this one up. One of their more obscure ones - never understood why, it proves the Kinks can rock as hard as anybody out there and then some - and live, no less!
Yesh mos def a awesome deep cut off their 1981 album Give the People what they Want' Saw them at the old Worcester Centrum 1983..Ray and the band were awesome...
@@ronaldolaquidara64 Me, too...and at the Garden, the Providence CC, the Springfield CC and at the Hartford CC after the roof was rebuilt. I came close to spending half a month's pay to follow the band around New England for me and my lady but it was worth it.
@@lgbpop cool cool that must of been mad awesome 👍🏼 Man they must of played so many shows that year ... The Centrum had mad concerts in the 1980's and 90's too They opened up 1982 I believe..
Perfect example of Ray losing the thread with hair and clothes and ESPECIALLY that shitty guitar, while Dave Davies requires respect in the long run by not following the bad hair/stupid clothes/stupid guitar trends of the 1980s. At least Ray's voice maintains dignity and continues to be worthy of laudation. Summation = 11 thumbs up despite Ray's 'follower of fashion' decisions on bad 1980s guitar choice, bad 1980s hair choice and bad 1980s clothes choice while Dave Davies scores 111 points on a 1 to 10 scale on all counts.
I saw the Kinks twice in the sixties here in Copenhagen. Honestly, the concerts were a big disappointment and a waste of money. This live number from 1982 shows how much the band improved since then. This is a really tight band, and the song is swinging like hell. And yes, Dave Davies is a very underrated guitarist!
this heartbreking performance deserves millions of views people are so stupid. continue listening to your goddamn beatles just because everybody else says they are the best hahahah
beatles have a few decent songs throughout their career that always fall in the pop arena whereas the kinks are the embodiment of rock and roll . heart and soul. they don't sing for some 12 year old girls pretending to be pacifists with million of dollars behind
+Denman Gouskenmberg Nothing wrong with being successful and nothing wrong with pacifists, especially how it relates to Vietnam. Thing that's so great about Ray and the Kinks is he could write rockers like You Really Got Me then turn around and write the incredibly beautiful Waterloo Sunset. Dave's great and essential to their sound but the Beatles with writers like Lennon, Mac and Harrison had a deeper pool to fish from. P.S. Lennon spent lots of his own money to Give Peace A Chance.
yeah you forgot to mention ringo starr hahahaha. i have no tolerance for people who are so touchy about their beatles . i have nothing against them everything is subjective in conversations like that but all i meant was that people don't bother looking furher than the commonplace.
Denman Gouskenmberg Ringo co-wrote and performed one of my all-time favorite 45s Photograh with George but overall, he keeps the beat well and is famous for being an ex-Beatle. Likable guy with a good sense of humor. I'm hoping 3/4s of the Kinks reform and tour again but I'm not holding my breath.
This is one of those nights,ray an dave are at each other,s throat, Watch how dave brings out the killer riff to piss ray off. Then struts across the stage at the end , as if to say FUCK YOU
Always loved this song and it seems to be underappreciated. Not by me and the posters here, though. Nice reading, both by Dave on his lead and Ray on this lyric inspired by an older sister's marital struggles. I've enjoyed the Kinks for their rock 'n roll and not for their metal tinged stuff. They were ensconced in the latter at this point and so their delivery here is particularly beautiful. Has that edge sure but there's a lot more going on here. Thanks for posting. And God Save The Kinks.
This wasn't just this one night....he generally always responded by laying down an amazing sizzling riff, lead....in this song. Dave Davies is an underappreciated guitarist and these 2 guys fight with one another, like, legendary style. I only hope that they will see that it was all a Joke. .
They're so sloppy and out of tune. Mick's low and mechanical drumming in the beginning, Dave randomly shreds, Ray bounces between speaking and singing. Awesome!
@@chuckwilliams1846 No particular order, Kinks-State of confusion Who-Quad Big Country-The Crossing Metallica-Master of Puppets Spingsteen-Born to Run. Pink Floyd-Division Bell really needs to be in there too. Tom Petty is definitely somewhere up there too. But I don't feel he had a definitive album. Great songs on every album, but a lot of filler.
Dave Davies guitar in this song is just incredibly insane. I never realized how great of a guitar player he was until watching this live. Mick Avory is looking over at Dave smiling. He knows he’s in a total zone. Sweet Jane riffs at the end nice.
The Kinks "Evolved" better than any other band !! They took "Concept" rock to another level ,... but then, they got EVEN BETTER LATER !! My four favorite Kinks albums in a row ; The Green Album, Preservation 1 and 2, and Soap Opera !!! And any real Kinks fan knows THAT,..AND WILL BACK IT !! 100 %%
Absolutely a Masterpiece song. This fuckin Rocks and Dave is a badass guitar he fuckin smokes what a feeling Still blow My Mind with his guitar solos snd guitar licks. No doubt this band is in My top three
42 years ago but I remember that night very well having the obligatory Rockpalast party with some friends. I think it's a great idea to watch the whole performance again here on yt.
But you realize longfoxy that the whole thing that made the song get written was....Ray saying to Dave: "I am SO "concerned"" lol.....straight up in Dave's FACE this song was.
Jim is a Great Bass Player. I was fortunate to have a brief conversation with he and his Son Steve in the alley behind The Crest Theater in Sactown when they performed with The Zombies. RIP Jim
They were great together on stage, off stage was another story. They love & hate each other, common knowledge. Off stage their were happy for 3 mins & then someone would have to call 999 in the UK for the ambulance for whomever lost that night. Phenomenal Band though, GOD SAVE THE KINKS!
Dave Davies guitarmanship is criminally underrated! God Save The KINKS!
Rolling Stone magazine rated him 99 out of the 100 best guitar players, well behind no-talent Ted Nugent! Dave is no Brian May, but he's played some of the most beautiful and haunting chords and solos I've ever heard anywhere! Just his solo on "I'm not like everybody else" is worthy of being moved up on that list!
didnt see your post..i said same dame thing !!~!!!
@@UrbanLegend321 Much better than Brian May.
Damn straight!
Simply Brilliant! This was when Rock and Roll was still alive and well...
It is a Gibson Les Paul Artisan. Made from '77 -'81. Basically a hopped up Custom with hotter pick-ups and fretboard, thicker binding. Beautiful guitar.
I'm at college and I miss being able to blast my kinks CDs in my room man it's tough
Just blast em anyway buddy.
Trotz schwerer Erkältung von Dave Davies wurde das Konzert damals nicht abgesagt.
Das waren noch Musiker; anders als diese Luschen von heute!
Way better than Yolo
I have played guitar since the early 60's and the rock snobbery used to put out in that it was Jimmy Page who stepped in do the guitar work for Dave Davis during recording. This was absolute rubbish, Dave was always a very proficient guitarist before Page was, Dave is way better than Page, Page was back-up only when required, like for Townsend in. 'I Cant Explain' or Them's 'Baby Please Don't Go' Dave played on all Kinks recordings, he was a great innovator of different lead techniques, including that fragmented lead style of 'You Really Got Me' and All Day 'And All Of The Night'. On ' See My Friends' he produced a sitar sound by slackening off the strings to get that sitar twang, and many pop aficionados though it was a sitar. Dave started that sound one whole year before the Beatles.
Give the People What They Want! Better than any STYX album.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the incomparable Dave Davies on lead guitar!
The Kinks entered the 80's as the only hip survivors of the original British Invasion. By this time Mick Jagger was prancing around like a drag queen and McCartney was doing Ebony and Ivory and the Who were doing "You Better You Bet". The Kinks still had attitude and sounded fresh. They were also the most covered of the British Invasion bands by the late-70's punk/new wave bands who referred to the others as "boring old farts". But love those bands as well!!
52 and ive seen em all kinks in the san Diego sports arena was the best! Or maybe it was the starshell acid.
@@DwDahl Bitta both my friend lmao 1
Come on Jagger never looked drag on stage man that's taking it a bit to far imo
If you're so clearminded one) Why are you putting shit on Jagger for his choice of dress & style of dance????? REALLY???? a clearminded assessment...?
Well said
2:50 Dave is sailing in the great flow being enlighted by a mistic divine force... and he knows it. It’s the mojo. What a great guitar player and human being he is.
One of the most underrated bands ever! The Kinks are sooo much more than people give them credit for! They brothers Davis have volumes of work that is truly amazing!
Isn't Dave one of the most "improving" guitar player ever?, His evolution through the years is amazing!
Self taught as well
Dave in top form, a perfect setlist, a great audience - and I was there!
Magistral.....fue y será mi grupo favorito....de joven los escuché y me quedé con ellos ....The Kiks.....por siempre.y para siempre....bendiciones para ellos...Saludos de Perú.
Just another masterful performance from one of the greatest live bands ever!
Ray Davies...one of the greatest front men in rock n roll history! When he and Dave were in a groove, they were unbeatable...yes...Beatles included.
The Kinks are a far superior to The Beatles.
Dave Davies criminally underated badass talent !!!
Saw the Kinks at the Felt Forum NYC in 74 and they've been my favorite band ever since. Ray Dave and Mick make up one of the best bands and Ray is the greatest rock and roll songwriter of all timer.God save the Kinks
Nope, Dylan is. Ray is still great
Think I was at that concert in '74. Ray is one of the best songwriters of the 20th century but the group itself was remarkable. Standing in he test of time.
Ozzy rules!
The Kinks are the best ever. Period. God save the Kinks.
@graf orlock
And mine!
For me it's a tie between the Kinks and the Who. I love them both so much (and have seen each one about 25 times). Maybe the Who blow me away just a bit more live, but no one's songs move me as much as Ray's, including this poignant story.
They get my vote for the best band ever after the Moody Blues & Yes!
Also Vaudeville and Variety.
@@Whofan1000 Agreed. The Who are my favorite band on all time, Kinks are second or third (Gotta have the Beatles) depending on the day. I prefer the harder rock, and Townshend is probably the songwriter I’ve ever felt the most connected to but Ray is a close second for me. I’d still say Ray Davies is nothing less than the finest songwriter from that time, maybe ever. Yes, even above Townshend, Lennon/McCartney, and Jagger/Richards.
DAVE DAVIES LEAD GUITAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sublimely awesome, Isn't it?
And his tone was perfect.
Oh my God Dave...!!!!!!! 😍🎸🎸🎸🎸🎵 #GodSaveTheKinks
Thanks to whomever put this one up. One of their more obscure ones - never understood why, it proves the Kinks can rock as hard as anybody out there and then some - and live, no less!
Yesh mos def a awesome deep cut off their 1981 album Give the People what they Want'
Saw them at the old Worcester Centrum 1983..Ray and the band were awesome...
@@ronaldolaquidara64 Me, too...and at the Garden, the Providence CC, the Springfield CC and at the Hartford CC after the roof was rebuilt. I came close to spending half a month's pay to follow the band around New England for me and my lady but it was worth it.
@@lgbpop cool cool that must of been mad awesome 👍🏼
Man they must of played so many shows that year ...
The Centrum had mad concerts in the 1980's and 90's too
They opened up 1982 I believe..
Perfect example of Ray losing the thread with hair and clothes and ESPECIALLY that shitty guitar, while Dave Davies requires respect in the long run by not following the bad hair/stupid clothes/stupid guitar trends of the 1980s. At least Ray's voice maintains dignity and continues to be worthy of laudation. Summation = 11 thumbs up despite Ray's 'follower of fashion' decisions on bad 1980s guitar choice, bad 1980s hair choice and bad 1980s clothes choice while Dave Davies scores 111 points on a 1 to 10 scale on all counts.
Holy sheet, the Davies brothers really shine on this one.
Guitar hero, Dave! He always had a great ear for tone.
Yes, he certainly does!
David at his best. He is in a state of grace playing his lead guitar
2:00
2:38
I saw the Kinks twice in the sixties here in Copenhagen. Honestly, the concerts were a big disappointment and a waste of money. This live number from 1982 shows how much the band improved since then. This is a really tight band, and the song is swinging like hell. And yes, Dave Davies is a very underrated guitarist!
Y te hiciste más ruco, a la par que ellos mejoraron.
this heartbreking performance deserves millions of views people are so stupid. continue listening to your goddamn beatles just because everybody else says they are the best hahahah
Denman Gouskenmberg I like both to the same extent. Lighten up, Francis.
beatles have a few decent songs throughout their career that always fall in the pop arena whereas the kinks are the embodiment of rock and roll . heart and soul. they don't sing for some 12 year old girls pretending to be pacifists with million of dollars behind
+Denman Gouskenmberg Nothing wrong with being successful and nothing wrong with pacifists, especially how it relates to Vietnam. Thing that's so great about Ray and the Kinks is he could write rockers like You Really Got Me then turn around and write the incredibly beautiful Waterloo Sunset. Dave's great and essential to their sound but the Beatles with writers like Lennon, Mac and Harrison had a deeper pool to fish from. P.S. Lennon spent lots of his own money to Give Peace A Chance.
yeah you forgot to mention ringo starr hahahaha. i have no tolerance for people who are so touchy about their beatles . i have nothing against them everything is subjective in conversations like that but all i meant was that people don't bother looking furher than the commonplace.
Denman Gouskenmberg Ringo co-wrote and performed one of my all-time favorite 45s Photograh with George but overall, he keeps the beat well and is famous for being an ex-Beatle. Likable guy with a good sense of humor.
I'm hoping 3/4s of the Kinks reform and tour again but I'm not holding my breath.
This is one of those nights,ray an dave are at each other,s throat, Watch how dave brings out the killer riff to piss ray off. Then struts across the stage at the end , as if to say FUCK YOU
One of my favourite Kinks song
Goddamn, Dave.
He really is one Hell of a guitarist!
Always loved this song and it seems to be underappreciated. Not by me and the posters here, though. Nice reading, both by Dave on his lead and Ray on this lyric inspired by an older sister's marital struggles. I've enjoyed the Kinks for their rock 'n roll and not for their metal tinged stuff. They were ensconced in the latter at this point and so their delivery here is particularly beautiful. Has that edge sure but there's a lot more going on here. Thanks for posting. And God Save The Kinks.
I loved their metal/punk songs of 79-83. Songs like Attitude, Pressure, State, and Destroyer were the songs that got me hooked as a teen.
Dave Is Amazing' What Wonderful Tone He Gets.
Bloody incredible, isn't it?!
Dave’s guitar sound is huge.
This is fucking hilarious. I wonder if they're parodying anything, or if this is serious.
Seen this tour.This song kicked my butt.Luv the Kinks!I was in high schooll we all went to this show in Cleveland !!!
Perfectly blended masterpiece from the great Kinks!!
Oh what I would give to hear Ray and Dave do this now in 2019 !
Perfect example of the genius of Ray an Dave....
The most hard-rockin ballad ever written. Brilliant
Steenlarsen1968, Thank you for posting this gem from German TV !!!
Great song ! Fantastic live performance !!!
Love it !!!!
Perfect example of the genius of Ray an Dave....
I think this is the first time ever seeing Ray with a beard
Too cool..Ray with a beard..and..Mick on drums!
This wasn't just this one night....he generally always responded by laying down an amazing sizzling riff, lead....in this song. Dave Davies is an underappreciated guitarist and these 2 guys fight with one another, like, legendary style. I only hope that they will see that it was all a Joke.
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Great band, Kinks forever!
This such a gorgeous song !
They're so sloppy and out of tune. Mick's low and mechanical drumming in the beginning, Dave randomly shreds, Ray bounces between speaking and singing. Awesome!
YAY DAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
F ing GREAT! Saw them twice... really good live band...
The Beatles were more pop, and The Kinks were more rock, but both bands are the most influential UK bands from the 60s
Beatles lacked instrumental pieces.
The Kinks Catalogue of Music is far superior to The Beatles.
"Give the People what they want" is in my top 5 cd's all time favorites.
Mine also!
@@chuckwilliams1846 No particular order,
Kinks-State of confusion
Who-Quad
Big Country-The Crossing
Metallica-Master of Puppets
Spingsteen-Born to Run.
Pink Floyd-Division Bell really needs to be in there too.
Tom Petty is definitely somewhere up there too. But I don't feel he had a definitive album. Great songs on every album, but a lot of filler.
@@kewrock I don't picture Big Country along side those two iconic bands. IMO, Big Country is a one hit wonder.
OK is it just me or am I hearing the guitar riff that sounds the same for sweet Jane?
Seems so similar
Ralbert123. It's not just you.
It definitely sounds like “Sweet Jane.”
There is a whiff of Sweet Jane...
Yes, good catch!
Let's crown Ray & Dave Davies joint KINGS OF ENGLAND!!!
Would there be a 2nd war of the roses??
Dave Davies guitar in this song is just incredibly insane. I never realized how great of a guitar player he was until watching this live. Mick Avory is looking over at Dave smiling. He knows he’s in a total zone.
Sweet Jane riffs at the end nice.
The Kinks "Evolved" better than any other band !! They took "Concept" rock to another level ,... but then, they got EVEN BETTER LATER !! My four favorite Kinks albums in a row ; The Green Album, Preservation 1 and 2, and Soap Opera !!! And any real Kinks fan knows THAT,..AND WILL BACK IT !! 100 %%
Arthur, Something Else and Muswell Hillbillies
melody is so good !!
Great Song!
Absolutely a Masterpiece song. This fuckin Rocks and Dave is a badass guitar he fuckin smokes what a feeling Still blow My Mind with his guitar solos snd guitar licks.
No doubt this band is in My top three
Rest In Peace Jim Rodford.
And now, RIP Ian GIbbons💔!
Jim was my favorite Bassist with them. He and Dave had great chemistry together.
@@paulrawes I know. Sad. RIP Ian and Jim
best on album
Yeah this and, A Little Bit Of Abuse
@@paulrawes And Around The Dial.
Oh, Dios! Suenan increíbles!
Looking good
thanks love it
Great song
42 years ago but I remember that night very well having the obligatory Rockpalast party with some friends. I think it's a great idea to watch the whole performance again here on yt.
well from a life long fan this is superb
This was a better show than One For The Road a year before. This is the one that should have gotten the record release.
What group, what singer, what David Davies with the guitar
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But you realize longfoxy that the whole thing that made the song get written was....Ray saying to Dave: "I am SO "concerned"" lol.....straight up in Dave's FACE this song was.
thank you,one of my all time favorites.yea yea yea
The beautiful and talented Davies brothers and company ! :)
Awesome to hear Ray scream on this one
@uploder: It's called "RockpalaST" NOT "RockpalaTZ".
Great song!
That guitar Dave is playing be the shit. Can someone please tell me what it is?
Led Paul Artisan
This is very Sweet Jane R & R Animal
baliscotsurf It is...unmistakable toward end
For all the rtds who bang on about Stevie Ray Vaughn/Rory Gallagher, I'll take Dave Davies 6 times a week
and TWICE on Sunday
Great song and great guitar, -do I hear a bit of Steve Hunter intro to "sweet Jane", think I Do!!
Jim Redford se orgasmea de felicidad al final de la pieza. Gran momento de Dave Davies y The Kinks..
what kind of guitar is Ray playing?
Think it's a Gibson, not sure about the model.
Dave is playing, one beautiful, Gibson Les Paul Artisan!
A Gibson Victory.
Witness the greatness and joy of Englands greatest band !!
das war glaube ich weit nach Mitternacht ... toll, Danke für Upload!
Great band
Kink the Hoople
Wonderful video of a truly great band. Great to give Dave time to stretch out and play from his heart.
Jim is a Great Bass Player. I was fortunate to have a brief conversation with he and his Son Steve in the alley behind The Crest Theater in Sactown when they performed with The Zombies. RIP Jim
yo yo 👆
Loved The Kinks, Saw them in 1982 SPAC,
So GLAD to see Ray had his rotten teeth replaced with implants
Great! Ive seen this Rockpalast Concert live on TV - and it was sensationell (at this times)
Gracias por su talento
You thought you knew me pretty well with people like me you never can tell best fuckin hook ray ever wrote
The Master at work .....
Interpretazione superba e melodica, chitarra stupenda.
Classic 😊❤️👍
What kind of guitar is the lead?
He is playing a Gibson Les Paul Artisan!
Kick-ass song and album...
more people have to raise their kids on this music. by golly not even being born yet when this happened and loving it, every second of it.
You are so right. And no will touch the genious of the Kinks ever.
Such an underrated song………..
God save the Kinks!❤
They were great together on stage, off stage was another story. They love & hate each other, common knowledge. Off stage their were happy for 3 mins & then someone would have to call 999 in the UK for the ambulance for whomever lost that night. Phenomenal Band though, GOD SAVE THE KINKS!