The Kinks are sooo splendid! No one like Ray. The man is on another level of creativity and passion. Ray's face is perfect for B&W...so expressive, just right for the silent film era. Oh, he coulda been a star! :)
Ray Davies = Brilliant. Songwriter extraordinaire, prolific pop/rock creator to the max, along with Townshend, Simon, Lennon, Fogerty, McCartney, Wilson, and so on and so forth...
I love the Kinks’ videos- this one is obviously one of Ray’s productions. Sweet, funny, quirky, with ultimately a happy ending. Plus, the song is real gem. 👍👍👍👍
All of The Kinks albums have great songs, even their last albums (from 1986 on) that were not successful. Think Visual has some overlooked great songs like How Are You, Lost And Found, Rockn' Roll Cities, Natural Gift, etc
I wouldn’t go quite that far. Nor do I think they’re “underrated.” How ridiculous is that?? Ray was knighted back in 2016 with a CBE- how many other musical groups’ leaders were?? 😌
Ray, you take my breath away in this video...I love you! I make no apologies for my devotion ; few performers can hold a candle to the marvelous Ray Davies.
I wood give my left big toe to see these guys. Been a fan since I first heard them in 64. So creative so influential S British So Damn Good. Please come To America, being yer Troups and play some concerts and promote some new Tunes youve got stashed and cant wait to release. Think the venues wood be some of the bigest ever and all yer loyal fans who have been waiting for so long for an anouncement would come to celebrate and enjoy
I was in the USN in the Philadelphia Shipyards in Spring '87. I remember the piece got considerable airplay then. But Downtown Julie Brown never played this video on MTV.
@krankiekat How right you are my friend. The Greatest Songwriter. Did you hear the story of a producer saying "What else do you have?" He wrote 29 songs in 26 hours!!
Always loved this tune/video and that it went unnoticed always rubbed me the wrong way. Alas, Francine Brody is incredibly beautiful and Thank You Kast Off Kinks for all the info on the video shoot. Also enjoy this abbreviated version over the LP one since the latter runs a little long. Everyone's a critic.
one of my later favs never seen.this is the short video version of the song the longer one has a kick ass guitar solo dave is so cool thanx for posting man
man that is good...thx so much for posting. I just spent the last week at Folly Beach SC....Irene was originally coming styr8 at us...we watched 12-14 ft waves building friday, knock9ing out peoples steps down to the beach. Ive had this song in my head all week...
I saw this song performed on a Saturday morning kids' show years ago and could never find it in the shops. I was beginning to think I'd dreamt it but good old You Tube!
i remember this song when i was a kid my dad bought this tape in charity shop in 90s the album called Think Visual by The Kinks 1986 great album always got played in the car and its now a mystery because don't where that tape is :(
Dieses sensationelle Video war meine erste Aufzeichnung auf VC, damals 1990, eigentlich ist der Zugang zu dieser Epoche in Wort und Bild der größte Gewinn der Einheit für mich. Viele andere Riesenwerke dieser und vieler anderer Bands, die ich nie kennen gelernt hätte sah ich erstmals auf RUclips. Ich denke aber, daß ich nun alles habe, besseres kommt nicht mehr, somit könnte man nun von mir aus die Mauer wieder aufbauen.
I always thought it was about the fabled 1985 October hurricane that hit NYC! I had to board up all my windows and I remember part of 57th street near central park was closed because of falling glass! It was the greatest day of my life!
Zum ersten Mal außerhalb des Radios gehört, zum ersten Mal gesehen. Im Radio wird immer nach drei Minuten ausgeblendet... Nur das mit dem Hurrican über New York- das kommt noch.
@DoctorFingers: Thank you, Dear Dr. Indeed, I have been quite well since emerging from my cryogenic slumber. Actually, I understand "The Artist" is quite wonderful. This video is truly lovely (one of my fav songs from "Think Visual"); had never seen it 'til you uploaded in '07; would love to see someone on YT post R.D.'s brilliant "80 Days" oeuvre (w/a flawless sound upload; video may have killed the average, radio listener, but, not I). Love & cheers to you; hope you and your family are well.
If anything it is Ray adapting to the era but 'something Ric Ocasek would have done' isn't anything I think of when I see and hear this chestnut. And I like Ric Ocasek.
I remember it got considerable airplay in early spring 1987. I thought it should have been dusted off for Superstorm Sandy. Who could have imagined a hurricane reaching all the way up to NYC?
I suppose it is possible, although he didn't mention it when we asked him about the inspiration. He did reference the 20s French epic Napoleon, as the influence for the film insert, though. (See the feature on the Kast Off Kinks website, under Interviews and Specials) - Geoff
@DoctorFingers: Found the page; *great, comprehensive study*, Dr. Keep up the good work! Please convey my fondest of greetings to D."O" F. Much Love, "Mav" (i.e., everybody's fav micro-air vehicle)
@BeezoHow I was drinking beer and having fun during hurricane Gloria (which this song is about) and I'm getting ready for the bioch Irene now. Beer is cold. Ready. ...
@krankiekat Well, it looks like Hurricane Irene is a bust but let's hope someone dusts off this classic for the occasion. At least Obama got a chance to pose in the FEMA command center in his blue windbreaker.
@Mavarla Not at all bad thanks. I actually put together a study of this video on the Kast Off Kinks website. RUclips won't let me post links here, but it is under the Interviews and Specials tab, if you fancy taking a look. All the best - Geoff
I used to find the Swiss Matterhorn Mountaineer cough drop goobers accidentally spliced in at the end of this upload to be rather comical in its absurdity, Doctor Fingers, but I usually watch the complete---and in audio sync---upload of "Kinks Lost And Found Alta Calidad Audio" to be far more satisying and "in sync" with the artistic and cinematic conception by its Creator, from beginning to end. "Creator" as in Sir Raymond Douglas...not God, of course. ;-)
When I was working on it, (it may have changed by now) I found that particular "complete" version was not available to mobile phones, only computers, so I needed this MTV one. In fact I later uploaded a fabricated "complete" version, which I used for the web page I created about it. However, I am pretty sure someone else has recently uploaded a widely-available high quality version. G
The Kinks are sooo splendid! No one like Ray. The man is on another level of creativity and passion. Ray's face is perfect for B&W...so expressive, just right for the silent film era. Oh, he coulda been a star! :)
Ray Davies = Brilliant. Songwriter extraordinaire, prolific pop/rock creator to the max, along with Townshend, Simon, Lennon, Fogerty, McCartney, Wilson, and so on and so forth...
One of Ray Davies best songs. It should have been a big hit all over the world..
Best Kinks song of the 80th
Ohh, I love RUclips for letting me find things like this - 5 stars!
I love the Kinks’ videos- this one is obviously one of Ray’s productions. Sweet, funny, quirky, with ultimately a happy ending. Plus, the song is real gem. 👍👍👍👍
Still feel the same!! 😎😎😎
This song is superb.... 5 stars Ray!
Saw them doing this in Albuquerque, Octobe 1987. Beautiful number.
Solange es Menschen gibt die
solche Kunstwerke schaffen
bin ich stolz darauf auch ein Mensch zu sein.
Slarti
I understand that Ray directed the video.
He's incredible. Great song, great video!!
All of The Kinks albums have great songs, even their last albums (from 1986 on) that were not successful. Think Visual has some overlooked great songs like How Are You, Lost And Found, Rockn' Roll Cities, Natural Gift, etc
Natural Gift in and honest world would have been a hit song!
The album is so underrated
Agree great song!
Natural gift fantastic song
Love this song, best song they did from the 80s
One of my all time faves. Great song.
Thank you my friend, this is one of my favorites song
Wonderful song! Easy Music but so good!
Wow! I love this song since I was in high school. This is the best song Raymond Douglas has written in the 80's. Many thanks for posting it.
absolute classic!!!!!!!!!Dave is an amazing lead player!!!!
It's a wonderful music video. Thank you, DoctorFingers. Thanks Kinks.
a genius in rock music, this generation has lost a lot for failure to discover his talent in music composition
I wouldn’t go quite that far. Nor do I think they’re “underrated.” How ridiculous is that?? Ray was knighted back in 2016 with a CBE- how many other musical groups’ leaders were?? 😌
just shows their genius. able to adapt through 3 decades of music
Un tema musical, que me gustará toda la vida. . . Gracias
Ray, you take my breath away in this video...I love you! I make no apologies for my devotion ; few performers can hold a candle to the marvelous Ray Davies.
I wood give my left big toe to see these guys. Been a fan since I first heard them in 64. So creative so influential S British So Damn Good. Please come To America, being yer Troups and play some concerts and promote some new Tunes youve got stashed and cant wait to release. Think the venues wood be some of the bigest ever and all yer loyal fans who have been waiting for so long for an anouncement would come to celebrate and enjoy
Im 74 and a fan since 64
69 ...fan seit 1967@@davidwatts67
QUE PEDAZO DE TEMA POR FAVOR ...!! BUENISIMO ME ENCANTA CADA VEZ QUE LO ESCUCHO ME TRANSPORTA EN EL TIEMPO.
Awesome song ! We are in he middle of hurricane Irene right now in Raleigh, NC. I posted this for my friends in NY, who are waiting.
a sweet and lovely song. thanks.
Watching in 2022. Takes me way back in time...❤️
I was in the USN in the Philadelphia Shipyards in Spring '87. I remember the piece got considerable airplay then. But Downtown Julie Brown never played this video on MTV.
I love this song
That was superb! I never knew it existed until I saw it mentioned in the wikipedia article about the song.
Me transporta en el tiempo esta cancion. Me lleva a mi adolescencia alla por el '87,'88.Que buen tema!!!!
the more i listen, the more i like.....kinks and mods forever!!!!
love the kinks; love this song!
@krankiekat
How right you are my friend. The Greatest Songwriter. Did you hear the story of a producer saying "What else do you have?" He wrote 29 songs in 26 hours!!
Always loved this tune/video and that it went unnoticed always rubbed me the wrong way. Alas, Francine Brody is incredibly beautiful and Thank You Kast Off Kinks for all the info on the video shoot. Also enjoy this abbreviated version over the LP one since the latter runs a little long. Everyone's a critic.
The Kinks are ASTONISHING.
Anything the Kinks do is great!!!!
A wonderful song
Great song!!! Thanks!!!
Wat een geweldig nummer. Great song, hardly to believe so good.
What great lyrics....as Irene eyes the east coast!!!!!
i do remember this very well...i got running to get the LP on vynil...still got it!
one of my later favs never seen.this is the short video version of the song the longer one has a kick ass guitar solo dave is so cool thanx for posting man
Oh! Forgot mention bass voice🤩 this video is an amazing piece of art!
man that is good...thx so much for posting. I just spent the last week at Folly Beach SC....Irene was originally coming styr8 at us...we watched 12-14 ft waves building friday, knock9ing out peoples steps down to the beach. Ive had this song in my head all week...
Thanks for posting these post-Arista videos. An underrated time period of a severely underrated band.
Great :) and wonderful acting
Luv Ray! And Dave!
que temazo por favor! The Kinks la banda más inglesa de todas!
great song. It also appears live on the album named "The Road". great version
The stage lost a great actor when Ray Davies chose a musical career. Lucky for us!
I saw this song performed on a Saturday morning kids' show years ago and could never find it in the shops. I was beginning to think I'd dreamt it but good old You Tube!
What makes this rare but good studio version better than the concert version is the carribean drums, violins and the 1776 background.
Me encanta este tema en mis tiempos de noviazgo con mi amada esposa hasta ahora y por siempre si Dios quiere.
What a great video! I love the silent film mugging by Davies. Thx for posting!
This beats "The Artist," any day.
GREAT SONG!
God save the Kinks!
just one word: Amazing!!!!
Idd.
kinks great song as usual sensational
wow this is gold, lost and found video!!!
great song...thanks for uploading the video, since it is rare to view it
thanks for share!! 100% Feeling!!
ich liebe ray davis seit 50 jahren.
MAGNIFICENT!
保育園の時にビデオで流れてた！思い出曲。、尼崎。。。
beautiful, now i'm going to cry.
R.I.P. Jim Rodford.
Recuerdos de mi viaje de bodas con mi querida esposa Dios quiera que mi matrimonio siga😢
Great song, saludos desde Perú.
great album "think visual" , I like too "when we are child" from this work.
i remember this song when i was a kid my dad bought this tape in charity shop in 90s the album called Think Visual by The Kinks 1986 great album always got played in the car and its now a mystery because don't where that tape is :(
It's too bad no one thought to dust this off for Superstorm Sandy. It would have been a perfect theme.
Dieses sensationelle Video war meine erste Aufzeichnung auf VC, damals 1990, eigentlich ist der Zugang zu dieser Epoche in Wort und Bild der größte Gewinn der Einheit für mich.
Viele andere Riesenwerke dieser und vieler anderer Bands, die ich nie kennen gelernt hätte sah ich erstmals auf RUclips.
Ich denke aber, daß ich nun alles habe, besseres kommt nicht mehr, somit könnte man nun von mir aus die Mauer wieder aufbauen.
I always thought it was about the fabled 1985 October hurricane that hit NYC! I had to board up all my windows and I remember part of 57th street near central park was closed because of falling glass! It was the greatest day of my life!
Kinks por siempre!
Zum ersten Mal außerhalb des Radios gehört, zum ersten Mal gesehen.
Im Radio wird immer nach drei Minuten ausgeblendet...
Nur das mit dem Hurrican über New York- das kommt noch.
Los fabulosos The Kinks!..
Wow, you're amazing DoctorFingers! Thank you for uploading some obscure yet awesome Kinks videos. =]
I saw this played on MTV and VH1 all the time back then.
@DoctorFingers: Thank you, Dear Dr. Indeed, I have been quite well since emerging from my cryogenic slumber. Actually, I understand "The Artist" is quite wonderful. This video is truly lovely (one of my fav songs from "Think Visual"); had never seen it 'til you uploaded in '07; would love to see someone on YT post R.D.'s brilliant "80 Days" oeuvre (w/a flawless sound upload; video may have killed the average, radio listener, but, not I). Love & cheers to you; hope you and your family are well.
Dieses Video ist so genial - Lost & Found. Absolutely underrated
@quadrophenia0901 It's also played live on the album "The Road"
This songs sounds like something Ric O'Casek would have done back then too. Great tune!
If anything it is Ray adapting to the era but 'something Ric Ocasek would have done' isn't anything I think of when I see and hear this chestnut. And I like Ric Ocasek.
@Mavarla Many thanks Mav. Glad you liked it
- Geoff xx
I remember it got considerable airplay in early spring 1987. I thought it should have been dusted off for Superstorm Sandy.
Who could have imagined a hurricane reaching all the way up to NYC?
Yay!
EXCELENTE
lyrics : Allemachtig groots
Voor mij één van de meest ondergewaardeerde songs van een ook ondergewaardeerde band
I wonder if Ray got the inspiration for the video from Woody Allen's Purple Rose of Cairo, which came out in 1985.
I suppose it is possible, although he didn't mention it when we asked him about the inspiration. He did reference the 20s French epic Napoleon, as the influence for the film insert, though. (See the feature on the Kast Off Kinks website, under Interviews and Specials)
- Geoff
DoctorFingers Thanks! I think there was also a Buster Keaton film from the 20s that did this.
cool video, had not seen this yet
Ray Davies and Francine Brody. If you go to Kastoffkinks dot co dot uk and click on Interviews and Specials, you can find out all about it.
Wasn't this on the Think Visual album?
@DoctorFingers: Found the page; *great, comprehensive study*, Dr. Keep up the good work! Please convey my fondest of greetings to D."O" F. Much Love, "Mav" (i.e., everybody's fav micro-air vehicle)
just coincidence, both the songs only came out a couple of months apart.
Temazo
"Think Visual"
It is also on the compilation called "Lost & Found (1986-89)"
Excellent album, CD etc. cover.
@BeezoHow I was drinking beer and having fun during hurricane Gloria
(which this song is about) and I'm getting ready for the bioch Irene now.
Beer is cold. Ready.
...
@krankiekat
Well, it looks like Hurricane Irene is a bust but let's hope someone dusts off this classic for the occasion.
At least Obama got a chance to pose in the FEMA command center in his blue windbreaker.
Oh yes, so it is! Well spotted, Susan
- Geoff
@Mavarla Not at all bad thanks. I actually put together a study of this video on the Kast Off Kinks website. RUclips won't let me post links here, but it is under the Interviews and Specials tab, if you fancy taking a look.
All the best
- Geoff
I used to find the Swiss Matterhorn Mountaineer cough drop goobers accidentally spliced in at the end of this upload to be rather comical in its absurdity, Doctor Fingers, but I usually watch the complete---and in audio sync---upload of "Kinks Lost And Found Alta Calidad Audio" to be far more satisying and "in sync" with the artistic and cinematic conception by its Creator, from beginning to end. "Creator" as in Sir Raymond Douglas...not God, of course. ;-)
When I was working on it, (it may have changed by now) I found that particular "complete" version was not available to mobile phones, only computers, so I needed this MTV one. In fact I later uploaded a fabricated "complete" version, which I used for the web page I created about it. However, I am pretty sure someone else has recently uploaded a widely-available high quality version. G
Ray directed this video