The Kinks - Come Dancing [totp2]

[woofdingmartin]

jim rodford { Bass Player } Told Myself Martin Symonds That Damian Korner Was Responsible for making this one a HIT........ R.I.P. Damian & Thanyou for Bringing me up to a much Higher Level In Music x.X.x.

[davidfairway]

i used to think it was sad to get older.now it's not the getting older that's sad,but the fact that progress seems to be parking lots and condo replace the dance halls and maltshops of my youth.progress?? maybe not all progress is so good.

[gerretl]

@davidfairway In twenty years we'll be singing nostalgically about the demise of You Tube, and Facebook,

[medic357]

They had big cajones to always do their own thing with their music. That is why I loved them so. Playing big band in the heart of the synth - pop 80's and still stroking it.

[inatizzy2]

I understand this... I DID live in the country but now...Is over taken by schools and homes and.. hell. Sucks big time.

[Partoftheratpack]

Crap :/

[ragincajunstud]

This is one of my favorite songs. Why can't singers now days still be this good?

[TheDavidp55]

This song brings back memories! love it.

[VinDcator]

The best of the Kinks (for the 80s), It's the organ...we always loved the sound the organ. Reminds me of Larz Anderson Park back in the day... Great post!!! Thanks for this!!!

[VinDcator]

The best of the Kinks (for the 80s), It's the organ...we always loved the sound the organ. Reminds me of Larz Anderson Park back in the day...

[numberwang2020]

love this song loads...great feel good moment pulling in the wires at work..it just doesnt get played enough and in the 60s they were one of my dads fave groups so they must be cool

[MacLenHarStar]

eighties feel

[comeonnow68]

Do ya wanna dance... do you wanna turn'round and round... do you wanna show me how far can you move... how can you control all your body... Do you really want... What are you waitin' for?!

[exxyeddie]

i came dancing many a friday night and .. er .. many a saturday too

[cornelius902]

huh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[littleimproadshow]

I didn't realise this was the kinks? I thought they packed up in the 70's?

[CaptainCosmo0]

@littleimproadshow try 30 years later

[TravelerDiogenes]

Ray was a keen observer of the falseness in Brit culture. This is a fun song, but it is also mocking how shallow their lives were, growing up.

[000Steffen]

ich find es gut, einfach mal gut

[richio44]

Ray Davies is a genius and a National Treasure his music and lyrics will long outlive the crass Beatles and their syrupy stuff. Ray for Mayor of London and maybe Prime Minister someday. Keep on rocking

[uglybus7]

@richio44 ray davies is a genius, but the beatles gave us more than what your describing??? syrupy?? get a grip and listen to the white album....syrupy my arse.

[TravelerDiogenes]

@uglybus7 - Sure, syrupy - like:

"Yes, I'm lonely, gonna die

Yes, I'm lo-o-onely, gonna die.

If I ain't dead already,

Girl you know the reason why..."

Makes you think of light and love and grandmother's love, don't it?

That Lennon, man he kept trying to out sickly-sweet that McCartney wanker.

[uglybus7]

@TravelerDiogenes ha ha, true m8, but mccartney had his dark moments too!!! helter skelter comes to mind.

[winespiller]

dave never got enough credit 4 fantastic harmonies

[astaroth333777]

good song

[amddwr]

it takes me i must be gettin old

[happymike44]

Reminds me of a club I used to go to when this first came out.

Used to play it about 20 minutes before the club closed.

Now I am older I understand what it meant.

My family home was demolished for a roadway and the farm I grew up on is now a block of flats.

Time moves on and your favorite places disappear replaced by car parks and roadways.

[misterthingy]

@happymike44 Yeah, everything has to do you with you.

[swittle]

Ray's always been such a keen observer of the small things that mean so much - for me, I hear this and I'm at the Mecca Ballroom in a Yorkshire town a long time ago, terrified to move away from the wall.

[mykylangelo]

Is he a National Treasure? He shoul be if he's not.

[kneecapshalls]

Does it get any better?

[Cellosmoon30]

@kneecapshalls

Sure. I like The Kinks but this blows.

[unkastav]

LEGEND!!!!!!

[cujo9]

a legendary performance here.

[tokestAr420]

@cujo9 its legendary because top of the pops was notourious for lip synching. I wouldn't be surprise if thats what there doing here, which is why it sounds so amazing. I'm not saying they cant play live by anymeans, I love the Kinks! but I'm just stating it's lip synching. Nirvana was on TOTP in the 90's and they let cobain use his real voice but made them have the instruments playback and cobain went into an octave lower for SLTS and made a complete joke out of them.

[kenworth1962]

I have always loved these guys.......awesome

[83Brokenwings]

This was the year I was born! Cool! My Mom likes the Kinks...she thinks Ray's cute lololol!!

[transonicbuoy1]

Can never work out how Ray's brother looks so young, in relation to Ray, cos they are more or less the same age.

[xensboy]

Ray Davies is the Charles Dickens of pop and rock. It's great to see him smile here. I wish I'd seen all the Top of the Pops in the eighties : )

[TippGirlatdRockShow]

love the guitar solo at 1,58!!!!!!!!

[DarkMark999]

I love anything by the Kinks, but this is one of the best :D

[quiltbee]

a very danceable song...thank you.

[jhonwanegasey]

pe punk i love the kinks

[chris1969kw]

man this is a good old song. gotta love the kinks

[BANGERS68]

ian gibbons on keyboards..i use to be the singer in a band with ian called....one short.. it was a covers band...he is a great guy....it was a real treat to be on the road with him

[BigIronOnHipMan]

I live outside of NYC/USA and am NOT familiar with this play you Brits keep mentioning "Come Dancing". Is it a Musical production and one that is likely to hit America? `Cuz I'll cue up for that one ~ straightaway!

[whatwillgetushigh]

ah, the play.yeah I went to see if a few months ago. very good.... well the song is about his sister that died while dancing. The play tells of how ray davies' sister is troubled by not being able to dance because of some injury. Ray davies is the narrator through out the play. it very good. I suggest you google it to find out more about it.

[cuncun32]

me encanta esta cancion seimpre que la escucho me hace suspirar y recordar mil grasias por subirla

[fouritiswritten]

RAY DAVIES ; SUPER ROCKER

[cujo9]

this music is extremely professional and legendary !

[bendobrin]

what a fantastic video. thanks for posting this. not sure if a comment on the double entendre of 'come dancing' is appropriate here so i will just say GOD SAVE THE KINKS..

[lilshanghai]

I say go and see the musical Come Dancing at the Theatre Royal in Stratford to fully appreciate this song....almost cried

[colinmatheson]

He's great! Fantastic rhythm, like a reed in the wind...

[TroubadorTomRonson]

Such a great song, twenty years in the business and they were still coming out with amazing records like this. Also really liked 'Don't Forget to Dance' and 'Better Things'. Saw the Kinks live at the Albert Hall in 1994 and when they came back on stage for their encore, Dave was bleeding from the mouth! Clearly they still didn't get along too well...

[Dananddaniel]

Steve171. I love this song so much it makes me cry and I don't know why. I'm not a fan of British music generally and this style is not generally to my taste. But there is just something about this song that is so awesome.

[indiegirllondon]

Saw the play Come Dancing in Stratford yesterday - WICKED!!!!!

[Steve17I]

wow. :( this vid makes me so sad. some1 msg me!! xD l

[Onlydreamin1959]

This has a very mild island beat to it. I love the song. I wish the other songs on which this CD appeared were more accessible. I'd love to see a video of "Hear of Gold." A feel-good song that was largely overlooked, as was the album.

[BillyButlin123]

The Bass player is Ex Argent...and is now playing for the Zombies....

[winespiller]

dave davies never got the credit he deserved, he came up with the best harmonies in those days

[jayne0914]

Oh, really? Well, he didn't write this CLASSIC, did he?

[boydegg]

Excellent song! Excellent band too.

[onrumjhk]

I Love it

この歌大好きです。また日本に来て

[gbj11]

Great clip of a great song.

[vangogh323]

This is now my all time favorite song it used to be tired of waiting. Ray Davies is surely one of the greatest lyricists in the British Invasion

[mancsmoveseast]

Ray is a fantastic song writer and he even got Harry Enfield to play keyboard for him!

[aljc100]

Much as I think Ray is great, he still creeps me out because he reminds me of the Joker in Batman (I'm thinking Jack Nicholson)

[inatizzy2]

Its just a "feel good" song! They were great!

[slopejoe]

I remember watching this on TOTP,i can't be 25 years,surely!!!!

[sheovshea]

I Love it

[bjdon99]

A hit years after they had any other big hit. And they haven't had one since. But this is a pretty good one.

[liveluvvlax17]

this rox

[TheLateBobTodd]

Ray looks like Jonathan Pryce here!

[sheovshea]

He looks like Vincent Price.

[lkjn88]

dark alleys come to mind

[goofybutkind]

sweet song ...