Ray Davies wrote some of the most beautiful atmospheric evocations of his beloved England I almost feel as if I've been there. One of the finest writers in all rock and roll. GOD SAVE THE KINKS. (iykyk)
My lone trip to London, we were walking across a bridge on the Thames after dinner. We stopped halfway to rest a bit and looked westward, so the lowering sun was not in our eyes. Within a few moments, the sunrays hit the golden dome of a large building, and a golden aura spread over the neighboring area. We stood in quiet awe. Someone near us pointed at the building. "Thats Waterloo Station. This is Waterloo Sunset." True story.
One of the best, if not the best gigs that I attended was the Kinks at the Palladium sometime in the 1970's. They were relaxed and performed a long set whilst having as much fun as the audience. FAB memory.
A real masterpiece. Ray Davies is a genius lyricist who can paint a picture. He not only can paint that picture he also tends to do so with a sarcastic synical thread woven throughout his lyrics. He has to be one of the greatest lyricist/songwriters we have ever witnessed. I would like to offer a few more tracks for future consideration that can provide a better picture to Ray Davies and this band's greatness. Most of these tracks are from the 60's and early 70's with one exception Do It Again which is an overlooked track that came at the end of their run. 1) Sunny Afternoon 2) Well Respected Man 3) Dedicated Follower of Fashion 4) Johnny Thunder 5) Village Green Preservation Society 6) Victoria 7) Apeman 8) Celluloid Heroes 9) Do it Again I hope you are able to react to any of these tracks they need to be kept alive for new ears to hear.
Just an absolute Classic 60s love song ! ' Terry meets Julie ' a song about 'Dirty old London ', back in the 60s/70s London was still recovering from the destruction of WW2 , much of it was still a bomb site even after all those decades, it was a 'Dirty old City ' still trying to recover!! The poetry and the music is just Sublime!!!... Always enjoy your reactions guys!!.. X
The best song the Kinks ever did and one of the best in the world. Almost 60 years later and this one still gives me chills. Dave was so underrated as a guitarist. There's a very nice live version on RUclips too, worth a watch
@@RandyHall324 The song that woke me up to what a great guitarist Dave is, was Victoria. Give that a listen with headphones sometime. Masterful and Dave did every guitar on the tract. Heh in fact I think Ill give it a listen now ;)
Not that I would ever knock the Beatles because they were great, but the Kinks got a little over shadowed by them, I know some of it was there own doing but, they were underrated in my opinion, thanks for reacting to this song, try the song Death of a clown, written by Dave Davies
As ever, you both have a real appreciation of this wonderful songs attributes. It's nostalgia mostly. It evokes that feeling from the get go. Along with Ray Davie's beautiful, evocative voice and the personal lyrics. A gentle, easy listening experience I find. When I was a young man I didn't realise how magical this song truly is.
The Kinks have done many albums about life in Britain. The core of the group brothers, Ray and Dave Davies, They grew up in Muswell Hill in north London. Ray is the main songwriter and considered a master craftsman of songwriting. Two albums in particular about life in Britain are The Village Green Preservation Society, about the fading life of traditional England. And Arthur, an album about the World War Two era in England from the perspective of a working class observer. These two, and many other Kinks albums, are works of art.
Thank you so much for reacting to this favorite song of mine! I sometimes try to play this song on my livestreams :). Good luck with the eleven puppies, including little Lola! I have a lot of rescue cats, so I can relate! Subscribed!
Many good judges rate this ray Davies song as the song of the 60s. It was of its time, but still holds up pretty well today as a work of genius. It's simple message resonates so well in it's entirety. I've watched what must be dozens of Andre's and Dominica's review's of my particular favourite songs of mine. Always entertaining, never dull, always from the heart authentic. And,on many occasions brings a new perspective to a song that's being heard for the first time by them. Said this many times, but they're a wonderful couple and I love their positivity, which is infectious.
My siblings are much older than me and so I´d heard music by The Beatles and Rollings Stones, even Cream from a very early age - on the turntable (wow, what an interesting toy!). I was seven, maybe eight? And I really liked The Stones ("Last Time", "It´s all over now" and so on, early stuff). The only one I loved more was an LP by The Kinks - and especially this track. To me, a child, it was the ultimate expression of sheer beauty. I remember trying to hum and sing along with it although I couldn´t understand a single english word back then and obviously wasn´t aware of London´s railway stations . But I already knew about Napoleon, so I was convinced it´s an melancholic song about his loss at the battle of Waterloo. It´s not that long ago that I first realized - bullshit! But anyway, the music kept its gentle, soft beauty.
The Road is another autobiographical song by the Kinks. Written by Ray Davies. About the bands early days, the struggles, touring the UK, playing anywhere & everywhere to anyone who would listen. And finally the business end of the music, and when it all gets too bad, he thinks back to when they started out on… The Road.
Ray has intimated that the song stems from his hospital stay for a tracheotomy in 1957 when he was 13, when his nurses would wheel him out to the balcony to look over The Thames and Waterloo Station. He said Terry and Julie were more likely his fantasy image of the kind of romantic future he wished for his older sisters (he had 6!) in a London still recovering from the destruction of WWII. He started writing the song in 1965, two years before Christie and Stamp had their affair in the wake of the movie, Far From the Madding Crowd. It's quite touching how fond he was of his sisters.
I had a strong feeling, knowing your music tastes by know that you'd appreciate this kinks song. It needs a few listens to get the real, true vibe from it though. Your summing up is very true. It evokes the memory of Places that were special to us over the years. True nostalgia. I must recommend a song I've only just discovered though. Not a kinks one ths time. Not into modern music, but this ,if you've not heard it before will appeal I'm pretty convinced. To my mind, a pop song like no other in recent times. She's the hot ticket at the moment. Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe. It's won multiple awards since it's release 6 montyor so ago. I hope you haven't already discovered it because id love to see your reaction?
I don't know how many Kinks' songs you have done, but I could recommend a few. Come Dancing, Apeman, Don't Forget To Dance, The Way love Used To Be, etc.
Try “Days” by The Kinks. Usually songs about a broken relationship the male singer will trash the former girlfriend. But this he praises her, celebrates the time they had together. Very unusual.
I'm a Londoner. I don't live there now but I regularly go back. I always make sure I walk over Waterloo Bridge and I always sing this song as I do. My daughter was with a couple of times, so hand in hand we walked across the bridge singing to this. My daughter has a much better voice, is in a band and writes most of their songs. Great song. Thank you both for having that song stuck in my head for the next few days😂
Most of my musical influences were from the 60s and early 70s. Beatles mostly i have to say. They stood astride the decade with their genius songs. S close friend at 15 rated the kinks as equally good,if not better. I pretty much scoffed at the notion. But, how wise was he. They're work , from Lola, tears of a clown,Ape man, Waterloo sunset, lazing on a Sunday afternoon is dot brilliant and in ray Davies a creative dynamo . Their songs curiously haven't dared too. Dominica picks up so well the nostalgic feel of this particular song
The Kinks are yet another British band with their own unique identity & sensibility. Another great track, which interestingly has distinct Indian influences, is See My Friend(s) ruclips.net/video/IEc8dS-Dj8E/видео.html
I used to love walking along the Thames in central London, so I can or could relate to this song. But London has changed, I don’t get that vibe anymore. Maybe it’s me who’s changed though 🤷
Nice reaction. Question? Have you ever reacted to the video HOPE by the artist NF??? It’s a masterpiece from start to finish. Please make it your next reaction.
The ironic thing is that Ray's song is from the POV of a 13 year old boy recovering in a hospital with a balcony overlooking that Waterloo Sunset in 1957 -- when London was still emerging from the devastation of the bombing of WWII. The romantic couple walking across the bridge are avatars for what he hoped his beloved sisters could look forward to in post-war London.
Another timeless song with a pointless video that has absolutely nothing to do with the song. The Kinks are the best kept secret in rock music. Do a deep dive into their catalogue guys. You won't be disappointed.
Terrible video. The person who made it obviously completely missed the meaning of the song, especially as half of the clichéd pictures of sunsets weren't even in London.The song is partly about finding beauty in the midst of ugliness and partly a love song to that ugly, run-down (as it was back then) old city... :)
Ray Davies wrote some of the most beautiful atmospheric evocations
of his beloved England I almost feel as if I've been there. One of the
finest writers in all rock and roll. GOD SAVE THE KINKS. (iykyk)
One of THE best songs in the world! Timeless!
My lone trip to London, we were walking across a bridge on the Thames after dinner. We stopped halfway to rest a bit and looked westward, so the lowering sun was not in our eyes. Within a few moments, the sunrays hit the golden dome of a large building, and a golden aura spread over the neighboring area. We stood in quiet awe. Someone near us pointed at the building. "Thats Waterloo Station. This is Waterloo Sunset." True story.
A tremendous song written by a tremendous musician.
One of the best, if not the best gigs that I attended was the Kinks at the Palladium sometime in the 1970's. They were relaxed and performed a long set whilst having as much fun as the audience. FAB memory.
A real masterpiece. Ray Davies is a genius lyricist who can paint a picture. He not only can paint that picture he also tends to do so with a sarcastic synical thread woven throughout his lyrics. He has to be one of the greatest lyricist/songwriters we have ever witnessed.
I would like to offer a few more tracks for future consideration that can provide a better picture to Ray Davies and this band's greatness. Most of these tracks are from the 60's and early 70's with one exception Do It Again which is an overlooked track that came at the end of their run.
1) Sunny Afternoon 2) Well Respected Man 3) Dedicated Follower of Fashion 4) Johnny Thunder 5) Village Green Preservation Society 6) Victoria 7) Apeman 8) Celluloid Heroes 9) Do it Again
I hope you are able to react to any of these tracks they need to be kept alive for new ears to hear.
First thing I did on a trip to London Waterloo was play this to my wife as we watched the sunset
Just an absolute Classic 60s love song ! ' Terry meets Julie ' a song about 'Dirty old London ', back in the 60s/70s London was still recovering from the destruction of WW2 , much of it was still a bomb site even after all those decades, it was a 'Dirty old City ' still trying to recover!! The poetry and the music is just Sublime!!!...
Always enjoy your reactions guys!!..
X
Timeless!
Ray Davies sang this at the closing ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics.
The best song the Kinks ever did and one of the best in the world. Almost 60 years later and this one still gives me chills. Dave was so underrated as a guitarist. There's a very nice live version on RUclips too, worth a watch
Ray credits his brother's (Dave) electric guitar playing as the "magic" in the song. The whole composition and record is sublime!
@@RandyHall324 The song that woke me up to what a great guitarist Dave is, was Victoria. Give that a listen with headphones sometime. Masterful and Dave did every guitar on the tract. Heh in fact I think Ill give it a listen now ;)
Not that I would ever knock the Beatles because they were great, but the Kinks got a little over shadowed by them, I know some of it was there own doing but, they were underrated in my opinion, thanks for reacting to this song, try the song Death of a clown, written by Dave Davies
@@slowridemodelcars1687 Yea man them getting banned from the US at the hight of the British invasion really hurt them with the US market
@@sonnymaupin9267 yes big time, that was a shame, Ray should have swallowed his pride, lol, still love them though!
As ever, you both have a real appreciation of this wonderful songs attributes. It's nostalgia mostly. It evokes that feeling from the get go. Along with Ray Davie's beautiful, evocative voice and the personal lyrics.
A gentle, easy listening experience I find. When I was a young man I didn't realise how magical this song truly is.
The Kinks are one of my favorite bands. I think they are as good as the Rolling Stones. Great song.
Love The Kinks. Saw them perform their album School Boys in Disgrace. Much fun.
Superb singing from Ray and excellent harmonies and lead guitar from Dave!
With all of the songs that came out of Great Britain this is their favorite?!? WOW.
Many people have had this opinion . . . for decades.
David Gilmour once replied to a question asking him which song you wished you had written. He said waterloo sunset the kinks. True story.
One of my favorites.
The Kinks have done many albums about life in Britain. The core of the group brothers, Ray and Dave Davies, They grew up in Muswell Hill in north London. Ray is the main songwriter and considered a master craftsman of songwriting.
Two albums in particular about life in Britain are The Village Green Preservation Society, about the fading life of traditional England. And Arthur, an album about the World War Two era in England from the perspective of a working class observer. These two, and many other Kinks albums, are works of art.
A timeless, poetic, nostalgic classic
Don't think I've heard that in about 50 years. I'm enjoying your unusual choices of material. Keep up the good work!
Worked for many years at Waterloo, so this means quite a lot to me, as I can visualize it so well, it's a great great song.
Thank you so much for reacting to this favorite song of mine! I sometimes try to play this song on my livestreams :). Good luck with the eleven puppies, including little Lola! I have a lot of rescue cats, so I can relate! Subscribed!
New music coming from the kinks plus a documentary on Netflix’s in March.
Another great reaction thanks 😊 Another amazing early song by The Kinks is Shangri-La 👍
Many good judges rate this ray Davies song as the song of the 60s. It was of its time, but still holds up pretty well today as a work of genius. It's simple message resonates so well in it's entirety.
I've watched what must be dozens of Andre's and Dominica's review's of my particular favourite songs of mine. Always entertaining, never dull, always from the heart authentic. And,on many occasions brings a new perspective to a song that's being heard for the first time by them. Said this many times, but they're a wonderful couple and I love their positivity, which is infectious.
One of my favourite places on earth. I spent a lot of time there. I no longer live in London, but always get goosebumps when I hear this song.
That's Ray's wife hitting those high notes in the background vocals; sometimes with Dave harmonizing. Ray should have credited her on the album cover.
My siblings are much older than me and so I´d heard music by The Beatles and Rollings Stones, even Cream from a very early age - on the turntable (wow, what an interesting toy!). I was seven, maybe eight? And I really liked The Stones ("Last Time", "It´s all over now" and so on, early stuff). The only one I loved more was an LP by The Kinks - and especially this track. To me, a child, it was the ultimate expression of sheer beauty. I remember trying to hum and sing along with it although I couldn´t understand a single english word back then and obviously wasn´t aware of London´s railway stations . But I already knew about Napoleon, so I was convinced it´s an melancholic song about his loss at the battle of Waterloo. It´s not that long ago that I first realized - bullshit! But anyway, the music kept its gentle, soft beauty.
Great Kinks Song!!❤❤
You guys are great. “I was dreaming” so true
The Kinks have so many songs that are great and yet were never big hits.
My favorite Kinks song!
My absolute favorite song by the Kinks. Sublime
It's hard to pick a favorite, for me, but this one's near the top.
Sublime is a good word for it.
A very touching, sweet song - emotional, sentimental in the best way.
Love the song ❤
Perfect. Nothing more to say.
Great song.
Ray's wife Rasa does the high harmony, along with his brother Dave.
The Road is another autobiographical song by the Kinks. Written by Ray Davies. About the bands early days, the struggles, touring the UK, playing anywhere & everywhere to anyone who would listen. And finally the business end of the music, and when it all gets too bad, he thinks back to when they started out on… The Road.
Love this song! Eleven puppies? That's a big litter!
Some of the best views of London
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Beautiful video and amazingly good song
Amazing song
"Terry meets Julie" refers to the actors Terence Stamp and Julie Christie who were an "item" at the time.
As usual, lovely reaction.
The fencing demonstration scene between the two in Far From The Madding Crowd is one of the subtlest erotic scenes you'll ever see.
Ray has intimated that the song stems from his hospital stay for a tracheotomy in 1957 when he was 13, when his nurses would wheel him out to the balcony to look over The Thames and Waterloo Station. He said Terry and Julie were more likely his fantasy image of the kind of romantic future he wished for his older sisters (he had 6!) in a London still recovering from the destruction of WWII. He started writing the song in 1965, two years before Christie and Stamp had their affair in the wake of the movie, Far From the Madding Crowd. It's quite touching how fond he was of his sisters.
This is perhaps my favorite song by The Kinks (with Village Green and Victoria a close 2nd/3rd). A very nice reaction.
I had a strong feeling, knowing your music tastes by know that you'd appreciate this kinks song. It needs a few listens to get the real, true vibe from it though. Your summing up is very true. It evokes the memory of Places that were special to us over the years. True nostalgia.
I must recommend a song I've only just discovered though. Not a kinks one ths time.
Not into modern music, but this ,if you've not heard it before will appeal I'm pretty convinced. To my mind, a pop song like no other in recent times.
She's the hot ticket at the moment.
Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe.
It's won multiple awards since it's release 6 montyor so ago. I hope you haven't already discovered it because id love to see your reaction?
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Ray was different from his peers because of the way he viewed the world in my opinion. I love ape man and supersonic rocket ship is really fun.
The view is from Waterloo bridge over the Thames
Annie Lennox does a nice cover of this. Also David Gilmour mentioned in an interview he wished he’d written it. He called it “The perfect pop song”.
terry and julie are terence stamp and julie chirstie
The high voice in the background was Ray's wife at the time.
I don't know how many Kinks' songs you have done, but I could recommend a few. Come Dancing, Apeman, Don't Forget To Dance, The Way love Used To Be, etc.
Try “Days” by The Kinks. Usually songs about a broken relationship the male singer will trash the former girlfriend. But this he praises her, celebrates the time they had together. Very unusual.
I'm a Londoner. I don't live there now but I regularly go back.
I always make sure I walk over Waterloo Bridge and I always sing this song as I do.
My daughter was with a couple of times, so hand in hand we walked across the bridge singing to this.
My daughter has a much better voice, is in a band and writes most of their songs.
Great song. Thank you both for having that song stuck in my head for the next few days😂
Most of my musical influences were from the 60s and early 70s. Beatles mostly i have to say. They stood astride the decade with their genius songs. S close friend at 15 rated the kinks as equally good,if not better. I pretty much scoffed at the notion. But, how wise was he. They're work , from Lola, tears of a clown,Ape man, Waterloo sunset, lazing on a Sunday afternoon is dot brilliant and in ray Davies a creative dynamo . Their songs curiously haven't dared too. Dominica picks up so well the nostalgic feel of this particular song
The Kinks song Victoria is also good.
The Kinks are yet another British band with their own unique identity & sensibility. Another great track, which interestingly has distinct Indian influences, is See My Friend(s) ruclips.net/video/IEc8dS-Dj8E/видео.html
Celluloid Heroes
The Kinks were over-shadowed by other bands in the British Invasion. Ray has written great songs that have bore the test of time.
I bet you named one of the puppies after Robert Plant 🤣x
Any puppy with a Ren connection? 🤭
This started as Liverpool Sunset but changed because of the Beatles connections to Liverpool.
Terry and Julie
Suggest Life On The Road and Do It Again
I used to love walking along the Thames in central London, so I can or could relate to this song. But London has changed, I don’t get that vibe anymore. Maybe it’s me who’s changed though 🤷
Nice reaction. Question? Have you ever reacted to the video HOPE by the artist NF??? It’s a masterpiece from start to finish. Please make it your next reaction.
Sad thing is the majority of proper Londoners can no longer live there due to the cost of housing whether buying or renting.
The ironic thing is that Ray's song is from the POV of a 13 year old boy recovering in a hospital with a balcony overlooking that Waterloo Sunset in 1957 -- when London was still emerging from the devastation of the bombing of WWII. The romantic couple walking across the bridge are avatars for what he hoped his beloved sisters could look forward to in post-war London.
Another timeless song with a pointless video that has absolutely nothing to do with the song. The Kinks are the best kept secret in rock music. Do a deep dive into their catalogue guys. You won't be disappointed.
The video is, of course, anachronistic.
Terrible video. The person who made it obviously completely missed the meaning of the song, especially as half of the clichéd pictures of sunsets weren't even in London.The song is partly about finding beauty in the midst of ugliness and partly a love song to that ugly, run-down (as it was back then) old city... :)
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