The Kinks - Misfits (UK TV)
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- The Kinks were formed in 1963 by two brothers, Ray and Dave Davies and at first were named the Ravens. Ray was the lead singer and sometimes played guitar, Dave was the lead guitarist. Ray's friend Peter Quaife join then and played bass and the drummer was Mickey Willett. The first song they recorded, Ray's "I Took My Baby Home" was sent to Pye Records in late '63 and they were signed to a contract in '64. Just before doing so, Willett was replaced by Mick Avory on drums. They recorded their first single, a cover of Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" and just before it's release renamed the group "the Kinks".
Their first two singles went nowhere. But when the third single "You Really Got Me" was released in '64, it shot up to number one on the UK charts and was a top ten hit in the US. Truth being, nobody really ever heard a guitar solo like the one Dave delivered on this song. It was rock's first heavy metal song even though heavy metal was still a good five years from happening. Their next single, "All Day and All of the Night" was another metal like song, it went to number two in the UK and number seven in the States. By now the Kinks had two albums out and were a hit and they were touring everywhere. But in '65 after the US tour they were banned from the US and would not be allowed back in till late '69.
Hit singles would continue for the Kinks, Ray would be one of rock's early and best writers. He seem to cover all social bases when he wrote; "A Well Respected Man" was a satire about British conservatism, "Sunny Afternoon'"(another UK number 1) dealt with capitalism and the rich, "Dead End Street" about the poor (there would be a bunch more later on that subject) and of course love songs - or the lack of love with "Tired Of Waiting For You". Although most of their albums would get good reviews their singles seem to sell better and were more received by their fans. Two fine written concept albums, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, released in 1968 and Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire, released in 1969, failed to sell.
In 1969 the first change came to the band's lineup when Quaife left and was replaced by John Dalton on bass. There had been rumors before that the band would break up as the two Davies brothers were constantly at each others throats, fighting over just about everything, But it was just an older brother (Ray) verses younger brother (Dave) thing and nothing really more than that. In 1970 they added a keyboard player to the band, John Gosling. Then came the release of one of their finest albums, Lola Vs Powerman And The Moneygoround Part One. It was a hit as was the single "Lola," a story about a transvestite, went to the top ten in both the US and UK. The album help make the Kinks concerts favorites in the US where they were now able to tour again, and tour the US they did. In the 70s they would tour the US over and over to sellout crowds, but rarely performed in Britain and when they did return home they didn't draw as well there.
In 1971 the band signed a new record deal with RCA and released the album Muswell Hillbillies which had a country feel to it. Once again the album got great reviews yet didn't sell well. Their old label Reprise released a double-album compilation at the same time called The Kink Kronikles, and it outsold their RCA debut. While with RCA in the '70s the band would release three rock opera's written by Ray ( Preservation Act I, Preservation Act II, Schoolboys In Disgrace) and the concept album Soap Opera, all sold poorly and they were dropped by RCA. They signed a new deal with Arista Records in 1977 and the next two releases, Sleepwalker (1977) and Misfits (1978) were hits. During this time Dalton would leave the band, be replaced by Andy Pyle when Sleepwalker was being recorded, Pyle would then leave and Dalton would return, only to again leave while touring in support of the Misfits album. This time he was replaced by bassist Jim Rodford. The band then had another hit with the release of 1979's Low Budget. ~SOURCE: www.keno.org/cl...
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I’m 60 years old and almost cry every time I hear this song off of One for the road. A Great tune for the Highway. That whole album (Yes ,Album) is Just incredible.
God Bless All The Misfits. 🙏
The Kinks rock! Thanks for these classic uploads.
You've been sleeping in a field but you look real rested
You set out to outrage but you can't get arrested
You say your image is new, but it looks well tested
You're lost without a crowd yet you go your own way
You say your summer has gone
Now the winter is crawlin' in
They say that even in your day
Somehow you never could quite fit in
Though it's cold outside
I know the summer's gonna come again
Because you know what they say
Every dog has his day
You're a misfit, afraid of yourself so you run away and hide
You've been a misfit all your life
Why don't you join the crowd
And come inside
You wander round this town like you've lost your way
You had your chance in your day
Yet you threw it all away
But you know what they say
Every dog has his day
Look at all the losers and the mad eyed gazers
Look at all the loonies and the sad eyed failures
They've given up living 'cos they just don't care
So take a good look around
The misfits are everywhere
La la la la la la
This is your chance, this is your time
So don't throw it away
You can have your day
'Cause it's true what they say
Every dog has his day
You're a misfit
Afraid of yourself so you run away and hide
You've been a misfit all your life
But why don't you join the crowd and come inside
You wander round this town
Like you've lost your way
You had your chance in your day
Yet you threw it all away
Now you're lost in the crowd
Yet, still go your own way
Ray has a great manner of writing tunes we can all relate.
Matthew Wright 'You talkin to me?'
Truly one of Ray's best among very very many. God Save the Kinks
+Bruce Fenske Indeed...God Save the Kinks!
AMEN!
@@brucefenske2769 So glad I saw them In Boston and Providence RI. There’s a video of Celluloid Heroes from Providence from a Show I was at with my late Brother Michael. Makes me think of Him every time I watch it. God Bless Ya Michael. Love you and miss you. 🙏❤️
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This is almost too good to even exist.
James Banner 'There is a fifth dimension.'
I think Misfits , in a Strange way , could be about Ray himself. His childhood wasn’t all that easy. I could watch the Kinks all day. They were Great in the Old Boston Gahden in the 70s. I miss the Kinks. The Best band from the British Invasion in my opinion. Period. God Bless the Kinks. 🙏🎵
This was the era when I first saw them live and I thought they were the best band I'd ever heard. I still do.
I saw them the night before my birthday in 1979. They played until after midnight (they had, at that time, had more than a dozen hits from my adolescent years) so I was 22 when I went in and 23 when I came out. They'd just begun to play songs from the Low Budget album, but Misfits and Sleepwalker were among the two I loved the most. The misfits are everywhere.
Love, love, love this song...and the Kinks.
This is definitely a tune for the aging, lost, and lonely people... who feel like we never fit in anywhere.
I’m pretty sure Ray was a True Misfit himself. No Doubt.
I think that he was diagnosed with Bi-Polar some years ago:-(
I distinctly remember them doing this at Waterbury's Palace theater. As I ltook a good look around, misfits were everywhere. Forty years and I can picture it like it was yesterday. One of those memories that gets burned into your brain. God Save the Kinks.
Slept out in a sleeping bag @ UMass/ Amherst in February of 1980 ( ? ) or so, back when Winter was ❄️. Nailed 6th row dead center tickets. AMAZING!
Dang!!! There are soooo many gems among Kink tunes and this is a classic example. Love it.
It's so nice to see real rock history. Thank you for posting this, it is just what I needed tonight. Join the crowd...
I'd like to do a cover of this with a Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris and a peddle steel kinda vibe.
Crazy weird how this awesome 1978 album was completely polar different from Sleepwalker ,..
One of their best live performances, eh?
The Go-Gos special on Showtime just woke me up to the Kinks again.
The Kinks with Ray Davies songwriting are an incredible band.
Love this version
I've seen Kinks twice and Ray, solo, thrice, since 1978 .... and I now truly concur based on my thirty years of study- the misfits are everywhere... god bless the Kinks..
Thank you SO MUCH for this!
How was this song not on the Best of the Kinks 1977-1986 CD?
The original Misfits.
Fantastisch!!!!!! 💘💯
It’s like they know me..
Your comment gave me a "lightbulb" moment: Why do we spend so much time trying to break down doors that don't fit, anyways? Either it should be open, or at least have an easy key that fits, and where we feel comfortably "at home". Thanks for writing that; glad I read it!
One of my favorite RD tunes. Splendid.
---Why did not the german radio stations play this song every day back then in 1978 ?!----This should be a number 1 in the german "BRAVO" magazine !----
Great song,singer,composer and band!😂
Ray Davies…. My God I love than man…
I LOVE YOU RAY DAVIES
Love the intimacy of this performance.
Great song and great band :)
Nice guitar interplay between Dave and Ray at the 3:30 mark. Dave is playing tonight at the Paramount Theatre in Peekskill, NY. Wish I could be there.
When the inspiration dries up sadly.
god save the kinks,i'm from chicago
or just speed the thing up and let it rip like Cheap Trick live a Budokan
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As far as I can tell -> As of 2/27/21 @ 10:36 est there are 504 misfits, 4 unmisfits
This is for all the Misfits. 😢
It's as if each album tells a tale all it's own...
A true gem.
What an INCREDIBLE Song!!!
Ray is such an Amazing songwriter and performer too...
FINALLY Dave, his brother and World Inspiring Guitarist will be REUNITING on stage Touring!!!!
Can't Miss THIS....
No No No Nope
I'm 69 and this is one of the best songs l've ever heard. Bought the album when it came out.
I can't really make out who the piano player is... Gordon Edwards or Ian Gibbons?
Jex plink Looks like a young, pre-glam Elton John. He was a little-known session player back then.
bionicbigfoot but this is the late 70s
Gordon Edwards.
I went to a Kinks concert at Hammersmith Odeon in Oct 78 with my wife. This was their latest single and LP at the time.
Any idea what that guitar is Ray is playing, it looks like the body of a Martin d41, but it doesn't look like a Martin headstock..
Ovation. He usually plays them live.
Love love love this one
Brilliant