The Kinks - David Watts - 1967 45rpm

[1000NeonKnights]

my best male friends name is david watts....

[UnoAcoustic]

@1000NeonKnights :)

[Thecabbageful]

I'd never heard the original, always thought it was the jam and wellers :P

[JeDaaRe1]

Hey man, thanks for recording this for us! But how did you do that? ;-)

[sezles1]

OK hands up who thought this track was first recorded by the Jam?

[2010Southie]

fa fa fa fa fa fa voltage

[singleh27]

2 people here tried to go out with David Watts but could not succeed.

[Facingmecca]

FUCK YES!!!!!!

[lyonslaforet]

Your story (and this song) remind me of a girl with whom I was at school and as she was gifted and smug, I hated her. I nicknamed her the female David Watts of my school.

[ImFreeToBeWhateverI]

@lyonslaforet wow that's such a catchy nickname! ; )

[lyonslaforet]

@ImFreeToBeWhateverI And what pleased me is that she didn't know who David Watts was!

[ImFreeToBeWhateverI]

@lyonslaforet definitely!

[bodsnvimto]

One of my childhood mates was called David Shaw. He was the good looking captain of both the football & cricket team & was deputy head boy. Some lads used to sing this song to his name but I was soooo jealous at the time that I would rather have puked.

[Deathsquad49]

Lets spend the night together.

[BottledWaterr]

Mary Sue and David Watts have the best relationship.

[rotsa1]

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[MegaMrsnicole]

I'm married to David Watts!!



[frankysandwich]

wish i could BEEE like

[bobsyeruncle38]

God Save the Kinks

[alicecooper19isback]

Ray Davies was criticized for the fact that the vast majority of his songs were in F key... he replied by singing Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa....something similar to Silly Love Songs of Wings

[Makavelibombfirst]

my brothers named after this

[ShotgunTheMan]

I always thought it was > Nice and Sweet

Regards,

Shotgun

[suiseisekiryu]

The kinks are AWESOME!!!

the first band I know, before beatles, before the who, I listened the kinks

imagine this, a fucking 3 years old kid singing " fa fa fa fa fa fa, I wish i could be like david watts" thank you dad for been a kinks fan!

[pucksterz12]

Whoa, this is a Jam song - never knew they took it from the Kinks!

[MattHatter]

I've always wondered about the lyric I hear at 1:02. Am I really hearing "F**k up my life like David Watts?"

[Sids60sSounds]

@MattHatter 'fraid not matey - it's "conduct my life......."

[MattHatter]

@Sids60sSounds: Well thanks. I've never seen the lyrics in print before and for years me and my best bud thought Ray slipped that in without the censors noticing.

[THthefirst]

@Sids60sSounds think it's deliberately vague, like in Apeman, "air pollution is really fogging/fucking up my eyes"

[kapariz44]

Is there a karaoke version?

[walmsleybabex]

i loveee thisss song :D n im not into this type of music but this is sik song m8 =]

[ScreenFlavour]

i always say 'fuck you' over the two beats after fa fa fa fa fa etc

[jakeob234]

classic tune but the jams version is definatley better!

[vallgron]

@jakeob234 deffently true

[Duenderelojero]

In my school we had a david watts, but he had another name.

[yealolwut]

woah, the jam do it so much better lol

brilliant song though

[yiotispan]

Who is the idiot who dislikes this, lol?

[calvery28]

it sounds like paul mcCartney talking at the very begining

[floppetylove]

My dad's cousin is called David Watts :) He got teased mercilessly when this came out...children can be so cruel...

[renotsecniv]

I'm willing to bet David Watts wishes he could be like Ray Davies!!

[fanofgemmell]

Ray Davies played this in Beni 2010. So so good.

[djdynamite123]

what a tune!

[DaveWBedford]

I never realised that David Watts was gay.

[cookmoore]

happy

[loveyouzapped]

great song

[jamreaper]

i think someone should start a campaign to stop people making shit covers of greatr songs

like this song which was covered by the jam

if u agree with me tell me or tell others

(or start a group on facebook or something)

[TheFallen7fold]

hey the jam did an excellant cover of this to suit their punk genre. i prefer it, but then again i'm not really a fan of the kinks in the first place. . .

a shit cover would be every one that limp bizkit made. . . terrible

[jamreaper]

im sry m8 but i hate covers and the jams version is just slightly quicker and sung a little bit worse

its like that with all cover and it is just rubbish bands copying other songs and making em shit

now the jam are an alright band but i hate covers

[TheFallen7fold]

"slightly quicker and sung a little bit worse" = punk :D

i agree that usually covers are worse, but not all are made shit.

opinions are opinions. and i don't really like the kinks.

[jamreaper]

ok ok what annoys me is that the jam isnt a bad band i just dont like covers

( and no they didnt make it shit : cuz thats impossible) : )

[TheFallen7fold]

so why say that all covers are shit? you're confusing me. nevermind. i was just defending the jam and you say you like them- ish- so it doesn't matter anymore

[jamreaper]

i was tryin to make peace m8

its a well known fact that all covers r worse than origionals

its just some covers r less rubbish than others (like the jam one )

[TheFallen7fold]

i dunno about ALL covers but (and this is just my opinion again) i like alien ant farms smooth criminal more than michael jacksons. . .

[jamreaper]

well ok ok ok

how about all covers of kninks beatles or queen songs r worse than origionals

any covers of michael jackson songs (not that ive heard any ) r probabley gonna be better cuz in my opinion they cant really get much worse

[TheFallen7fold]

yup. looks like we're basically in agreement now

[jamreaper]

lolz ok m8 nice talkin with u : )

[DaRandom90]

@jamreaper sorry, but Queen sucks, don't put them in the same category of Kinks, Beatles, and Micheal Jackson. Thank You

[jamreaper]

@DaRandom90 haahahahahaa oh hahahahahahahahaah oh thats funny yea micheal jackson is good hahahahahahaah oh man thats the funniest thing ive ever heard

oh yea and btw freddie mercury is the best singer ive ever heard (maybe not the best songwriter) but he is the best singer EVER so screw u m8 :) :D

[GreyBang]

I agree. Queen do not suck.. Their albums which ALL of their studio albums I have bought, are LEGENDARY, and even if some could of been stronger like Hot Space, are still TIMELESS and POTENT. No one can ever and will never replace Freddie Mercury. From a singing, writing, and performing viewpoint, not just him but the others, [except singing for John who to my knowledge never sang.} had a real shared and equal strength that made them truly respected as the years in our lives go own. PERIOD.

[jamreaper]

@GreyBang hell yea WORD

[Libertine509]

@jamreaper I beg to differ. I find that Robert Plant is a much more talented singer ànd songwriter. But thats me :)

[jamreaper]

@Libertine509 i am sorry but i am unfamiliar with his work

would you care to enlighten me please

[Libertine509]

@jamreaper He's the leadsinger of Led Zeppelin. I find he has a very raw and "bluesy" voice. Look up songs like Since I've been loving you or a more sofer voice on Tangerine.

[jamreaper]

@Libertine509 i most definatly will

thanks man

[ColonelFuckwadd]

@DaRandom90 yeah queen does not suck

[dacritter]

@DaRandom90 different type of music asswipe and HOW DO YOU PUT MICHEAL MOLESTER WITH KINKS AND BEATLES I NIMROD

[lynus111]

@jamreaper Dylan prefers Hendrixs version of All along the watchtower and generally plays that one.

[XXxDanaBaybeexXX]

Hardly...

[xwsftassell]

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