For a time, the Kinks topped out the Beatles for me. That's saying something. Was always a fan. And just when I thought they were fading, they gave us "Come Dancing", a wonderful upbeat nostalgic hymn to good times. And... I think their best three songs, in order, still remain as "Village Green Preservation Society"; "Waterloo Sunset", and "Deadend Street"; so indicative of everything Davies wrote about.
I love that Lola was at the top of the list! Even if it's not my favorite now, I loved it when it was new. Besides sounding so good, it was just amazing that they were able to make a song that sounded so great that people adored it and accepted what it was about, and the world needed that. I consider it a great achievement for The Kinks--I was there, just old enough to "get it" and admire the humor, and Ray's clever lyrics, the voices and the music. I was a kid in the "Bible Belt" in a southern state of America. This song actually accomplished something in the world, made life a little easier somewhere, for somebody.
This list was put together by an obvious 70s/80s fan. No harm. It touches on the hits of the 60s but it mainly ignores the buried classics of the 60s like Shangri La, David Watts, VGPS, Waterloo Sunset etc. The Kinks had a great arena run after Lola came out (no pun) into the 80s and this list reflects that. Nice to hear Father Xmas though (:
1. Waterloo Sunset 2. Sunny Afternoon 3. Lola 4. Dedicated Follower of Fashion 5. Tired of Waiting for You 6. Come Dancing 7. Days 8. Dead End Street 9. Autumn Almanac 10. You Really Got Me 11. All Day And All Of the Night 12. Apeman 13. Death Of A Clown 14. See My Friends 15. Set Me Free 16 Till The End of the Day 17. A Well Respected Man 18. Mr Pleasant 19.. Victoria 20. Susannah's Still Alive
The Kinks have long been one of my favourite bands since my school days in the 60s, but this list is merely "20 Songs by the Kinks", not exactly the top 20. As many of the fans here have pointed out, there are quite a number of greatest hits missing, and the order of the list is very much arbitrary.
The #1 Kinks' song ever is Waterloo Sunset. Other top songs are, IMHO: Get Back in Line, This is Where I Belong, Days, Shangri-La, and Money & Corruption/I'm Your Man
Pretty solid list, I was surprised. Not my list, but tasteful. Missing "Waterloo Sunset" is a sin, of course, and my Top 20 would include "This Time Tomorrow," "Sweet Lady Genevieve" and a few more from the '70s at the expense of the '80s stuff.
my top 30 for this great band 30 - Live Life 29 - God's Children 28 - Brainwashed 27 - Last of the Steam Powered Trains 26 - Mr. Churchill Says 25 - Afternoon Tea 24 - Wonderboy 23 - Harry Rag 22 - Dead End Street 21 - He's Evil 20 - Living on a Thin Line 19 - Do You Remember Walter 18 - Around the Dial 17 - She's Got Everything 16 - Til the End of the Day 15 - I Need You 14 - Some Mother's Son 13 - Autumn Almanac 12 - Yes Sir, No Sir 11 - Big Black Smoke 10 - Shangri-La 09 - Days 08 - One of the Survivors 07 - Better Things 06 - How Are You 05 - To the Bone 04 - Phobia 03 - You Can't Stop the Music 02 - Don't Forget to Dance 01 - Hatred (A Duet)
I think it's a shame we forget the London year's, Looney Ballon , War is over , Aggravation , video shop , think visual , I'm still waiting for TV to turn up in a commercial , can you imagine it on the latest EV like Tesla .
@@seanharrigan6365 David Bowie said he never heard a Kinks song he didn't like and that's about how I feel, too. Different days, different moods, but all songs worth hearing imo.
I am aware that these lists by their very nature are subjective but if I saw a list of the top three songs by the Kinks and Waterloo sunset was not on it I would be surprised, shocked not say appalled
Wow. While you included photos of the band throughout their entire career, you obviously emphasized the band's later career. How you could omit Days and Shangri la is beyond me. And Waterloo Sunset is not only their greatest song, it's one of the best in pop music history. Scattered is the best thing they did in their final decade. It's your 7:53 however. Edited myself since while Scattered is great, Come Dancing is actually the best song they produced towards the end.
Waterloo sunset Two Sisters Days Village Green Sunny Afternoon David Watt Dedicated follower Rosie won't you please Most exclusive residence Victoria Picture book Dead end street Lola Arthur Johnny Thunder Well have all a good time Well respected man Mr Pleasant Afternoon tea Love me till the sun shines Situation vacants Yes Sir, no Sir Everybodies's gonna be happy Animal farm I'll remember All day, all of the night You really got me
Some absolutely bizarre choices for a best of, so many 60s classics missing - Waterloo Sunset, Shang-ri La, Days, Where Have all the good times gone, See My Friends, Animal Farm, Do you Remember Walter, Arthur, Autumn Almanac, Big Sky
I would of put the top 50 songs of the kinks, picture book, I need you, dont forget to dance, to the bone, only a dream, till the end of the day, david watts, etc
No Sunny Afternoon? Other songs that would have made my list include Do It Again, Loony Balloon and A Face In The Crowd. Nice to see Apeman on the list, though.
"All Day and All of the Night" "Til the End of the Day" -- still a rave up! "Do You Remember Walter?" (a bit like a bloke who I know only too well). "Big Black Smoke" -- a fave of mine. "Living on a Thin Line" -- the guys in the band had much to say there.
Oh shoot!!!! Almost forgot that one! Around the Dial. What a great song. Haven't heard that in a long, long time. They could be so sassy!!! I'm firing that one right now. One later song I love by them is Sleazy Town!!! So raunchy and very, very sassy lol!!!
All in all a pretty agreeable list although no songs from any of the concept albums is odd. Don’t agree with Lola as #1. Should be top 10… Waterloo Sunset, Days, Village Green Preservation Society, I’m not like every body else, Autumn Almanac, Dead End Steet.. I could add a couple more…
You don't have to make a new list just kick Victoria ,Apeman ,Father Christmas out, put in Waterloo Sunset & Living On A Thin Line.If you want to make another list call it the 20 second best Kinks songs!!
Could have put a list of 50 songs together .. too many to choose from ,, rock and roll hall of famers .. kinda think America did not two great uk bands take over .. so they were banned !
RCA - ARISTA - I get tired of giving my opinion or reading about the Pye stage, when the RCA and ARISTA stages were musically brutal and all their albums were very prolific, versatile and risky. 01 Sitting In My Hotel 02 Artificial Man 03 Starmaker 04 Misfits 05 I'm a Disgrace 06 Black Messiah 07 Full Moon 08 There's A Change In The Weather 09 Money And Corruption/I Am Your Man 10 Money Talks 11 Hot Potatoes 12 Here Comes The People In Grey 13 Holiday 14 Holiday Romance 15 Ordinary People 16 Sleepwalker 17 life On The Road 18 Headmaster 19 Attitude 20 Salvation Road 21 State Of Confusion 22 Rock N Roll Fantasy 23 The Road 24 Around On The Dial 25 Muswell Hillbilly --- Sweet Lady Genevieve---
@@robertogalvez2423 Cierto!! pero como tu sabrás el grupo de pop y rock mas prolifico de la historia es muy dificil hacer un listado de 20 canciones. Para mi hasta es muy complicado hacerlo con sus albumnes oficiales, imaginate con la cantidad de canciones que hizo Ray Davies, que como dije con John Lennon, Paul Mccartney, Bob Dylan y Neil Young fueron los compositores mas prolifico de la historia del rock clásico. Además si te fijas enl la lista que puse, no puse las que todo el mundo pondría. Pondría 30 lista como esa y ninguna seria mala... Es como dijo el gran Bowie que nunca en su vida habia escuchado una mala canción de Ray Davies...Saludos.
@@lennon_9dream133 muy buena tu lista. Y perfecta para iniciar a alguien que no conoce a Ray, fuera de Lola. Personalmente Sitting es mi preferida también.
@@robertogalvez2423 y si te digo que mis preferidas no están en mi listado o bien pocas!! La hice con la intención de poner enormes composiciones de Ray pero sin poner la típicas que conocen la mayoría... Adoro y la que mas DAYS!!!, ANIMAL FARM, YES SIR, NO SIR, ALCOHOL, LAZY OLD SUN.... pero sería muy típicas, y Ray Davies siendo el compositor mas prolífico tiene para hacer 50 listados de 20 y no desmerecer ninguna de ellas.
@@lennon_9dream133 sí te creo. Con Ray Davies hay composiciones para diversos estados de ánimo. Dentro de mis favoritas están Shangri-la, Come Dancing ( ese final con la orquesta siempre será mi preferido ), Big Sky, Better Days, Animal Farm, All My Friends were There, etc.
Tienes razón, Cristina. Pero que de los The KInks se pueden hacer 60 listados de sus mejores canciones. Recuerda que Ray Davies es el compositor mas prolifico del rock clásico.
no way......…¿no Waterloo sunset? ¿nothing from muswell hillbillies? ¿Fancy? ¿wonderboy? ¿this time tomorrow? ¿dont forget to dance? ¿days? ¡absolutely disagree¡
Any positive post about the Kinks is welcome but this top 20 does not represent their muscal legacy properly, especially withouth their best Waterloo Sunset having been omitted and the likes of mr. Pleasant, Days etc. alike.
Enjoyed viewing your list. Can't really argue with a guy's opinion, as it is his or her opinions, but......... "Tired of Waiting" is one of the Kinks' worst songs. Definitely in their bottom five. The only thing that it had (or even has) going for it is that it contains a mellow version of the power chord routine that gave them their first hit.
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The Kinks were the real deal. Way ahead of their time.
Where were "Waterloo Sunset" & "Days?" Those two are immaculate!
Where is "Death of a Clown"?
Where is "Wonderboy"
Where is "Animal farm"?
Not adding Waterloo sunset to the list is criminal
Yeah, holy crap man ,, those are #1&2.. (and personally Johnny Thunder #3
The best, Better Things, and Come Dancing! They were many but these two are from them, my favorites.
Days?, Waterloo Sunset? Death of a Clown?, David Watts?. So many great songs. I do agree with Lola being at the top. I never get tired of hearing it.
Till the end of the day
Growing up from the 60's on, you forget how good these guys were.
Solid list, Chris. Trying to pick out our favorite kinks songs is like picking out which one of your children you love the most, it’s impossible
The great Mod bands, the Kinks, The Small Faces, The Who ... still luv 'em!
Never saw the Kinks as a Mod band..........
@@UptheStairs2 Because they weren't
For a time, the Kinks topped out the Beatles for me. That's saying something. Was always a fan. And just when I thought they were fading, they gave us "Come Dancing", a wonderful upbeat nostalgic hymn to good times.
And... I think their best three songs, in order, still remain as "Village Green Preservation Society"; "Waterloo Sunset", and "Deadend Street"; so indicative of everything Davies wrote about.
People take pictures of each other / I'm not everybody else / Village Green P S / Misfits / Waterloo Sunset /
picture book, days, dead end street, drivin, sitting in my sofa, strangers?
I love that Lola was at the top of the list! Even if it's not my favorite now, I loved it when it was new. Besides sounding so good, it was just amazing that they were able to make a song that sounded so great that people adored it and accepted what it was about, and the world needed that. I consider it a great achievement for The Kinks--I was there, just old enough to "get it" and admire the humor, and Ray's clever lyrics, the voices and the music. I was a kid in the "Bible Belt" in a southern state of America. This song actually accomplished something in the world, made life a little easier somewhere, for somebody.
Waterloo Sunset, Days, Mr Pleasant, Two Sisters, most of the songs on their late-sixties albums etc...
You can't possibly argue with anyone's preferences BUT it's at least a small musical crime to omit Waterloo Sunset and Days.
One heck of a list man. Really brought back some memories. These guys are brilliant and love to push the musical boundaries of popular music.
This list was put together by an obvious 70s/80s fan. No harm. It touches on the hits of the 60s but it mainly ignores the buried classics of the 60s like Shangri La, David Watts, VGPS, Waterloo Sunset etc. The Kinks had a great arena run after Lola came out (no pun) into the 80s and this list reflects that. Nice to hear Father Xmas though (:
Fair enough. Thanks.
The neighborhood I grew up in ,I was the youngest 1 of the bunch, I miss hearing those on the radio
What about Waterloo sunset and days??
1. Waterloo Sunset
2. Sunny Afternoon
3. Lola
4. Dedicated Follower of Fashion
5. Tired of Waiting for You
6. Come Dancing
7. Days
8. Dead End Street
9. Autumn Almanac
10. You Really Got Me
11. All Day And All Of the Night
12. Apeman
13. Death Of A Clown
14. See My Friends
15. Set Me Free
16 Till The End of the Day
17. A Well Respected Man
18. Mr Pleasant
19.. Victoria
20. Susannah's Still Alive
Very enjoyable and yes a part 2 is a must!
Nothing in the world can stop me worrying about that girl.
The Kinks have long been one of my favourite bands since my school days in the 60s, but this list is merely "20 Songs by the Kinks", not exactly the top 20. As many of the fans here have pointed out, there are quite a number of greatest hits missing, and the order of the list is very much arbitrary.
Great list!!
no waterloo sunset?? and u left out the road which is easily one of their best tunes ever also this time tomorrow
With a few exceptions, the output from their arena-rock years was their worst. 1967-72 were their best years.
64-72
Disagree. School Boys through Low Budget were excellent years.
Disagree. Love that era.
You did good. Lifelong Fan. My list is a little different but we agree they're amazing.
The #1 Kinks' song ever is Waterloo Sunset. Other top songs are, IMHO: Get Back in Line, This is Where I Belong, Days, Shangri-La, and Money & Corruption/I'm Your Man
Sunny afternoon. 😸🌎🌻❤️
Pretty solid list, I was surprised. Not my list, but tasteful. Missing "Waterloo Sunset" is a sin, of course, and my Top 20 would include "This Time Tomorrow," "Sweet Lady Genevieve" and a few more from the '70s at the expense of the '80s stuff.
Sweet Lady Genevieve. Fantastic. If I ever hear it on the radio , I’ll faint !! ( Don’t forget to Dance better than Come Dancin btw )
Waterloo Sunset is a masterpiece.
Its too hard to make a list with jsut 20 good songs. really ! i love them all.
my top 30 for this great band
30 - Live Life
29 - God's Children
28 - Brainwashed
27 - Last of the Steam Powered Trains
26 - Mr. Churchill Says
25 - Afternoon Tea
24 - Wonderboy
23 - Harry Rag
22 - Dead End Street
21 - He's Evil
20 - Living on a Thin Line
19 - Do You Remember Walter
18 - Around the Dial
17 - She's Got Everything
16 - Til the End of the Day
15 - I Need You
14 - Some Mother's Son
13 - Autumn Almanac
12 - Yes Sir, No Sir
11 - Big Black Smoke
10 - Shangri-La
09 - Days
08 - One of the Survivors
07 - Better Things
06 - How Are You
05 - To the Bone
04 - Phobia
03 - You Can't Stop the Music
02 - Don't Forget to Dance
01 - Hatred (A Duet)
No Waterloo Sunset. How edgy.
@@sratus I love nearly every Kinks song. Waterloo Sunset surely makes the top 100.
Somebody remembers “To the Bone”. Awesome. I love that album.
Until no.10 absolutely right.
Lola #4 or 5 ... you really got me needs to be #1
Do it Again,
Waterloo Sunset,
Better Things,
Prince of the Punks
20 isnt nearly enough!
He's Evil
All of Lola vs Powerman and the Moneygoround
There are too many missing on this video to even try and list! I haven't even heard all their material but I just know!
Sunny Afternoon... I'm Not Like Everybody Else...Waterloo Sunset...list is incomplete.
I think it's a shame we forget the London year's, Looney Ballon , War is over , Aggravation , video shop , think visual , I'm still waiting for TV to turn up in a commercial , can you imagine it on the latest EV like Tesla .
Waterloo Sunset... I'm Not Like Everybody Else... C'mon, man!!!
If I didn't forget all the time, well I'd swear half these songs were by someone else back in the day. but I forgot 👍✌️🙏. R&R KINKS 🌈
Nice compulsion!
you know what they say, "opinions are like bleep holes" my two favorites are not mentioned,
"no more looking back" "juke box music"
Every song is on my top 1000 kinks songs. Hard to find a bad one.
@@seanharrigan6365 David Bowie said he never heard a Kinks song he didn't like and that's about how I feel, too. Different days, different moods, but all songs worth hearing imo.
Walter, alcohol, days, sunny afternoon..... your list is good but theres 1000 songs that could still make top 20
Where's Picture book?
No.1 should be You Really Got Me
I am aware that these lists by their very nature are subjective but if I saw a list of the top three songs by the Kinks and Waterloo sunset was not on it I would be surprised, shocked not say appalled
Wow. While you included photos of the band throughout their entire career, you obviously emphasized the band's later career. How you could omit Days and Shangri la is beyond me. And Waterloo Sunset is not only their greatest song, it's one of the best in pop music history. Scattered is the best thing they did in their final decade. It's your 7:53 however. Edited myself since while Scattered is great, Come Dancing is actually the best song they produced towards the end.
Agreed. Waterloo Sunset is the greatest song in the history of rock
Waterloo sunset
Two Sisters
Days
Village Green
Sunny Afternoon
David Watt
Dedicated follower
Rosie won't you please
Most exclusive residence
Victoria
Picture book
Dead end street
Lola
Arthur
Johnny Thunder
Well have all a good time
Well respected man
Mr Pleasant
Afternoon tea
Love me till the sun shines
Situation vacants
Yes Sir, no Sir
Everybodies's gonna be happy
Animal farm
I'll remember
All day, all of the night
You really got me
Where’s some dave Davies songs?
Lol waterloo sunset isn't even on it
(Wish I could fly like) Superman tho
Good list. Back where we started...?
Some absolutely bizarre choices for a best of, so many 60s classics missing - Waterloo Sunset, Shang-ri La, Days, Where Have all the good times gone, See My Friends, Animal Farm, Do you Remember Walter, Arthur, Autumn Almanac, Big Sky
wish you would include a year/album in the text scroll
I would of put the top 50 songs of the kinks, picture book, I need you, dont forget to dance, to the bone, only a dream, till the end of the day, david watts, etc
AUTUMN ALMANAC!!!
Waterloo Sunset
It's interesting how different an American fan's list is from a list that most English fans would come up with.
You did a good job on the list
No Sunny Afternoon? Other songs that would have made my list include Do It Again, Loony Balloon and A Face In The Crowd. Nice to see Apeman on the list, though.
Sunny Afternoon is #11.
Yes Lola is number 1
Days. God’s Children. Some Mother’s Son. Little Miss Queen of Darkness.
"My Top 20 Songs of The Kinks" is a better title. All good but the list is short too many brilliant ones.
"Cliches of the World" should be in this list.
Um, Waterloo Sunset?
Am I the only person that likes The Road?
Isn't that a live album, which should mean that the song selection is irrelevant?
I love The Road
It’s an album & song
I probably would've included SEE MY FRIENDS, MR. PLEASANT and DO IT AGAIN.
Relax folks, it's one guys list.
Faltaron wonder boy y waterloo sunset que son fabulosos!!....deberieron haber estado....está dentro de lo mejor de su catalogo
Et live life avec son morceau de guitare solo qui es trop fort
"All Day and All of the Night" "Til the End of the Day" -- still a rave up! "Do You Remember Walter?" (a bit like a bloke who I know only too well). "Big Black Smoke" -- a fave of mine. "Living on a Thin Line" -- the guys in the band had much to say there.
Come Dancing!
Muswell Hillbilly が入っていないのは残念だな。
The Kinks を初めて聴いたのが、“Muswell Hillbillies”のアルバムだったからね。
20th Century Man from Muswell Hillbillies.
Wheres days..?
is my favorite song THE KINKS...Days And Animal Farm!!!
Something Better Beginning, I Gotta Go Now
Where is Till the end of the day..??
Bitch'n tune.
Wonderboy most underrated? Two sisters and village green favs.
Their masterpieces Waterloo Sunset, Death of a clown, 20th century man and Around the dial are missing.
Oh shoot!!!! Almost forgot that one! Around the Dial. What a great song. Haven't heard that in a long, long time. They could be so sassy!!! I'm firing that one right now. One later song I love by them is Sleazy Town!!! So raunchy and very, very sassy lol!!!
*I notice that a lot of Kinks songs are not in the top 20 😥*
Not enough !
Well... All good songs but not my top twenty. Waterloo Sunset and The Village Green Preservation Society and Days, among others, would be on my list.
All in all a pretty agreeable list although no songs from any of the concept albums is odd. Don’t agree with Lola as #1. Should be top 10… Waterloo Sunset, Days, Village Green Preservation Society, I’m not like every body else, Autumn Almanac, Dead End Steet.. I could add a couple more…
No Waterloo Sunset that's maybe #2...???
You don't have to make a new list just kick Victoria ,Apeman ,Father Christmas out, put in Waterloo Sunset & Living On A Thin Line.If you want to make another list call it the 20 second best Kinks songs!!
What about "Do It Again"? Thanks for the list...
Not sure Superman would rank higher than Rock and Roll Fantasy in my list…
Wow, all good but no where near the top 20.
sorry cant agree with this list
Presume it's a joke list since you missed out "Days" and "Waterloo Sunset"?
Fair enough.
no living on a thin line?
Shocking, isn't it? Think he only placed the most the most successful, financially!
@@paulrawes NO..Living A Thin Line...
Thank god Lola is #1
Could have put a list of 50 songs together .. too many to choose from ,, rock and roll hall of famers .. kinda think America did not two great uk bands take over .. so they were banned !
RCA - ARISTA - I get tired of giving my opinion or reading about the Pye stage, when the RCA and ARISTA stages were musically brutal and all their albums were very prolific, versatile and risky.
01 Sitting In My Hotel
02 Artificial Man
03 Starmaker
04 Misfits
05 I'm a Disgrace
06 Black Messiah
07 Full Moon
08 There's A Change In The Weather
09 Money And Corruption/I Am Your Man
10 Money Talks
11 Hot Potatoes
12 Here Comes The People In Grey
13 Holiday
14 Holiday Romance
15 Ordinary People
16 Sleepwalker
17 life On The Road
18 Headmaster
19 Attitude
20 Salvation Road
21 State Of Confusion
22 Rock N Roll Fantasy
23 The Road
24 Around On The Dial
25 Muswell Hillbilly
--- Sweet Lady Genevieve---
Sitting in My Hotel rules!
@@robertogalvez2423 Cierto!! pero como tu sabrás el grupo de pop y rock mas prolifico de la historia es muy dificil hacer un listado de 20 canciones. Para mi hasta es muy complicado hacerlo con sus albumnes oficiales, imaginate con la cantidad de canciones que hizo Ray Davies, que como dije con John Lennon, Paul Mccartney, Bob Dylan y Neil Young fueron los compositores mas prolifico de la historia del rock clásico. Además si te fijas enl la lista que puse, no puse las que todo el mundo pondría. Pondría 30 lista como esa y ninguna seria mala... Es como dijo el gran Bowie que nunca en su vida habia escuchado una mala canción de Ray Davies...Saludos.
@@lennon_9dream133 muy buena tu lista. Y perfecta para iniciar a alguien que no conoce a Ray, fuera de Lola. Personalmente Sitting es mi preferida también.
@@robertogalvez2423 y si te digo que mis preferidas no están en mi listado o bien pocas!! La hice con la intención de poner enormes composiciones de Ray pero sin poner la típicas que conocen la mayoría... Adoro y la que mas DAYS!!!, ANIMAL FARM, YES SIR, NO SIR, ALCOHOL, LAZY OLD SUN.... pero sería muy típicas, y Ray Davies siendo el compositor mas prolífico tiene para hacer 50 listados de 20 y no desmerecer ninguna de ellas.
@@lennon_9dream133 sí te creo. Con Ray Davies hay composiciones para diversos estados de ánimo. Dentro de mis favoritas están Shangri-la, Come Dancing ( ese final con la orquesta siempre será mi preferido ), Big Sky, Better Days, Animal Farm, All My Friends were There, etc.
This time tomorrow???
Tienes razón, Cristina. Pero que de los The KInks se pueden hacer 60 listados de sus mejores canciones. Recuerda que Ray Davies es el compositor mas prolifico del rock clásico.
Waterloo Sunset ??? BIG MISS...
So I've been told.
Waterloo Sunset?
no way......…¿no Waterloo sunset? ¿nothing from muswell hillbillies? ¿Fancy? ¿wonderboy?
¿this time tomorrow? ¿dont forget to dance? ¿days? ¡absolutely disagree¡
Any positive post about the Kinks is welcome but this top 20 does not represent their muscal legacy properly, especially withouth their best Waterloo Sunset having been omitted and the likes of mr. Pleasant, Days etc. alike.
I highly disagree lol. Just think that Waterloo Sunset and Strangers are not in the list lol
Enjoyed viewing your list. Can't really argue with a guy's opinion, as it is his or her opinions, but......... "Tired of Waiting" is one of the Kinks' worst songs. Definitely in their bottom five. The only thing that it had (or even has) going for it is that it contains a mellow version of the power chord routine that gave them their first hit.