The Kinks - Alcohol

[1mredneckmother]

How did this great tune become a backdrop for the AA crew? Alcohol is poison and Christ can save you, true. But this song is not a tribute to getting stoned it is parody based on sad, sad, truth.

[ColinstarMusic]

I like the Murder City Devils Cover way better!!!!!

[TeacherFeury]

JESUS LOVE YOU

[ireallyhatejesus]

@TeacherFeury doubt it. dude fucking died forever ago.

[raksana0]

Kinks are just too awesome

I love this song...it is somewhat comical, yet sadly true

What I find ironic is that alcohol is called spirits, and a demon is a spirit

coincidence? I think not

WOW--been wanting to say that for years!

(wink to TorontoJohnny0)

[zera68]

How can anyone really hate Jesus???? Jesus isn't the problem, it's zealots in his name, who don't even follow the real message of Jesus (but think they do) , or don't practice what they preach, who are the problem. Jesus was just a messenger, and as usual, humans screwed it up! I am not a Christian, but still I don't hate Jesus.

[ireallyhatejesus]

@zera68  that's awesome. high five!

[zackertack]

@zera68 i believe he hates the idea..and maybe the millions that have died due to him.. im sure he was a very nice fellow if he did exist.. maybe..or maybe he was just a tv evangelist type person looking for free bread, hard to say 2000 and some years later...either way he doesnt love me because he's dead hah and im pretty complacent about him as well :) ...great song tho :D

[jillybeanisaqueen]

This song is amazing.

[cynthiailly]

lol i love this song so much, i use to have it memorized. i'd forgotten all about it until is stumbled on this video.

[brianlowdown]

LOVE THE KINKS LOTS OF ANGER ...RINGS TRUE 

[lapinot21]

Here's my story !

[heavenlydonny]

awesome

[shanehenning26]

happy birthday ray davies

[lonsumtravlr]

is that a christmas tree back there? all throughout this, I kept expecting bob from twin peaks to pull the door back and walk out.

[gr8tcockybitch]

HAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH FUNNY!! GOOD SONG

[upthcreek]

I smoke a bowl, when I hear this

[1mredneckmother]

Ahhh, yes our poisons differ but many of us fall prey to the Jones symptom of trying to be too God-like only to blow out. Where the Hell is my Floozie? Oh yeah the bitch divorced me. It was right for the POS to get away when she could.

[SadisticMushroom]

I need a cigarette when I hear this song

[birthdaynick80]

i love this song and especially the murder city devils cover of it!

[sachmonkey69]

Amazing song. I've listen to this maybe 50 times this week.

[mrmoj0rising]

Making art is about stealing...and tributing other artists...why dont you get that .. i cant hear this shit anymore "i dont like covers"

[sayyes2bull]

it's such a shame...hahaha!

[jvl5000]

I beat my wife...she won't listen.

[muzpunk]

@jvl5000 You haven't got a wife, sad act.

[GoreMother]

Those Kinks sure are groovy!

[imprettystoned]

Kinks are the every-man/working-man band. That's the difference between the Beatles.

[Thelookoutslookout]

I could easily hear Tom Waits growl and howl over this track.

[michaelfanthom]

@Thelookoutslookout - hahaha! Thats true!!!

[TheSomethingsimple]

This is by far my favorite song by The Kinks. I feel for this song so much. . . except for that part about beating his wife, that dont fly with me.

[retoryx]

beatles are beatles kinks are kinks fuck that comparison

[ChristBurner]

@retoryx fuck the beatles ..how bout that....

[retoryx]

FUCK THE WORLD... HOW BOUT THAT...

hehehe

[ChristBurner]

@retoryx ok

[Mohammets]

@retoryx It's true, but the fact is that the Kinks made the Beatles (particularly John) extraordinarily jealous. Beatles were never scared of The Who or The Stones. They were scared of The Kinks.

[OzarkExplorer]

@retoryx Right on Bro! I've loved this album since it came out. This is REAL music!

[zackertack]

@retoryx ya i concur there...everyone does that and its just unneeded,both amazing and lets keep listening :)

[retoryx2]

fuck... the song is remarkable the sad thing is it's me... apart from the beating of the wife:(...:)

[Everton176]

kinks>>>>>beatles

[Downoneburn]

Your name is terrible. I'm sure Jesus doesn't hate you- maybe that's why you hate him. Good song though...

[DissyDissy]

??WTF

[SSARABadaSS]

KINKS!!! XO!

[retrohippie]

Great song, and The Murder City Devils did such a great cover as well

[jamreaper]

i hate covers

there never as good as origionals

[retrohippie]

But have you heard their cover?  It's actually really good.

[jamreaper]

yea but its not their song :(

they copied it off these geniuses so ofcourse its gonna be good

its just gonna be sung slightly worse this version is better and its the origional

[TORONTOJOHNNYO]

I am not alone!!!!!!!!!!!Kinks fans arising .Muswell Hillbillies album is mountains above the mediocre passionless plains of modern pop music.WOW I wanted to say that for years

[leecorey1]

yes dude, we know this. the new brilliant stuff is too far in between the pretentious crud and the bland crud and there is plenty of taste in taking the kinks over the beatles but dont hold those feelings in old boy, let them out as they come to you.

[7777srd]

the piano solo at the end of this song alone is plains above etc...

[Newman12341]

Limber Chan!

[sludgefingers]

Another great song from the great Muswell Hillbillies album. Great lyrics.

[jenzeppelin]

i love the part "it's such a shame"

[surrealsally]

the kinks... so great... yet sadly underrated... saw the band in new haven when superman came out . later saw a solo show by ray in new jersey.. the songs only get better with time

[hoedlhg]

Da ist ein Fehler in der Transkription: zweite Zeile zweite Strophe sollte heißen: "He'll drin kanything2, also ist zu übersetzen: "er wird alles trinken" rsp. "er trinkt alles" und nicht "die Hülle trinkt alles"-

[BEsTeSTerderBesTeN]

Danke =)

[BEsTeSTerderBesTeN]

can anyone trenslate this in german ?

please

[Diakano]

Hier ist eine Geschichte über einen Sünder,

eines Gewinners, der ein Leben von Bedeutung und Position genoss;

aber der Druck seines Amtes und seine Verpflichtungen der Gesellschaft gegenüber und der fanatische Ehrgeiz seiner Frau...

Das brachte ihn zum Saufen und er nahm sich eine Schlampe und sie führte ihn zu einem Leben der Unentschlossenheit.

Die Schlampe machte ihn arbeitslos, sie verließ ihn in der Gosse liegend -

Eine betrunkene Knastbitch in errettender Mission. Welch eine Schande.

[Diakano]

Oh, Dämon Alkohol - Erinnerungen, an die ich nicht mehr denken mag.

Wer hätte gedacht, dass ich ein Sklave dieses Dämons werde?

[Diakano]

Gersten Wein, rosa Gin - die Hölle trinkt alles: Port, Pernod oder Tequila, Rum, Scotch, Wodka on the RoxXx...solange nur die Probleme verschwinden. Aber er war fertig mit seinem Leben und er schlug seine Frau und die Schlampe war weg und hatte einen anderen Stecher. Sie hat ihn zum Saufen animiert, sie hat ihn bis an den äussersten Rand gebracht. Und wenn sein Geld verbraucht ist, verlässt sie ihn in der Gosse. Welch eine Schande.

[HermanHanauer]

Great,but sad song.

[Adayinthelife80]

Perfect song. Great lyrics, great slurred vocals. Genius.

[MsFlugan]

I must agree...:)

[worldsno1drwhofan]

This song is so true. They should play this to all the booze-filled kids at college who cant even watch TV without touching some beer.

[dandonio]

Err you do realize that this is a drinking song right? Few things as great as a bit of self-loathing over a glass of scotch.

[loreli4fab]

what a great fucking band-there're sooooooooounderated-Hey Ray,wanna grab a beer and a salad?

[foodeater398]

definately. the world wasnt ready for the kinks

[cutiemac]

If I was Me I would say haha!!! and so we begin.....

[1COWGIRL2RATTAIL3]

ummmm--*cough cough*....calm down guys!!! let ppl have their religeous views withput using the word hate!! peace, man! :P

[floydrules1]

thats okay nether had I until it was given to me I didnt know alot about The Kinks at the time except they sung You Really got me and Lola

[floydrules1]

I was given by a teacher in 2004 Everybodys In showbiz by The Kinks a half studio album and half live realesed 1972 that has a live version of this one a classic song well written too

[ireallyhatejesus]

sounds like an awesome teacher. i had a great teacher in ninth grade that turned me on to the velvet underground. he was weird guy. he use to talk about all kinds of neat stuff that most teachers never would have. hell, he once told me about a time when he had an acid flashback at a detroit tigers baseball game. great guy. helped change my life both for the better and the worse. of course, i would give up my own acid trips for anything now...

but yeah.

never heard of that album, though.

[LittleMiss60s]

one of the best by these guys :D

[ireallyhatejesus]

the whole album is greatness.

[terrydalek]

Fuck god.

[UkkoA]

Amen, bro,amen. The religionists deserve no better.

[hieizgirl2000]

Why is it that whenever someone makes a comment about religion here, it is instantly attacked? Can there be no respect for religious views here? We take offense whenever someone attacks a liberally minded person... But, when a conservative speaks his or her mind, no one stands up to their defense...

[DrkVce]

Its not really jesus that bothers me, its his fan club that give me the shits, btw, great song.....

[bigray182]

dude, thanks for uploading this its a great song, and dont listen to that jesus freak below you, You're a legend!

[ireallyhatejesus]

that is just too fucking funny. thanks for the laugh, man.

no? fucking hilarious.

[xXGarretWCostaXx]

how can you love something you know nothing of? no one can trully know jesus. if he ever existed, he died 2000 years ago.

[jodaprof]

never said i loved anything, but hate is hardly the answer for anything. and yes it is funny, its all bout the laughter after all.

[xXGarretWCostaXx]

hate is an important human emotion. it is beneficial to hate certain things. im not saying it is beneficial to hate jesus, but you get the point ^_^ and yes, it is all about laughter :D thats why irs great to hate jesus, its easier to laugh at jesus jokes

[jodaprof]

indubudubly my dear friend! I have actually realized from you that hate is indeed an important human emotion. so laugh laugh it up and maybe some hate and love, all together it makes HUMAN. You Me Us.

[xXGarretWCostaXx]

pretty much (: this is actually one of the only conversations on youtube that ive had that didnt turn into a lame war ^_^ lol

[skint0n0minted]

ray davis is a genius. he could write a song about a crisp packet in the street and it'll be a blinder!!

god save the kinks

[CaelaHarlot]

Kinks ftw. This song is awesome.

[jodaprof]

alcohol is not the problem. It is the individuals ability to control the intake or them selves, that is where the problem lies. Great Song!! Kinks are awesome!

[Heatwawe]

Shit, this is a great one! :'D

[DevilsSon86]

The Kinks...the bloody Kinks...AMAZING stuff!

[Brownsauce89]

+sure takes the lead out of youre pencil

[luwwits]

I'd never go to AA. Because they don't serve Alcohol.

[DarthNorris84]

AA is for fucking quitters

[wanderer1031]

hahahaha....i'd rather make it as a drop out. my heros have always been junkies.

[davo171]

PROFOUND...

[sliphorn88h]

AA yaaaaaaaaay AA blows ass

[TREYOLDHIPPIE]

Ah just the Alcohol song that I hoped for!

THANK YOU - its a brilliant song. just like the KINKS!

[rioknee]

what a brilliant song. What a briliant screen name. Do you by chance have a cat?

[ireallyhatejesus]

me? no, i do not.

[rioknee]

well. You should get a cat. My cat is well keen on this song and to expose other cats to this fine jingle may well be the capitol to taking over the world

[AlbertMondback]

Great song.

[foodeater398]

kinda a weird song

[LANE211]

Another Kinks diamond. This time off Muswell Hillbillies.

[pinescar]

and i left my hart in west Virginia

[nacapula1]

Great song, great music, realistic sad lyrics..

[nacapula1]

Great song, great music, realistic beautiful lyrics.

[oclandestin]

Great song... and so true.