The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes,1977

[KEVMAK13]

fav kinks song!

[knot4u11]

I LOVE YOUTUBE!

[DamnskippyPresents]

Ray, it starts with a thought and a feeling that you have had before!

[diamdave1970]

No words, just awesome. I rocked out to the kinks through the 80's and still today.

YouTube .....who would"ve thought

[DaveyShambles]

"Loser album"? What?

I love Everybody's Showbiz.

Joan Jett sucks.

[guntotinwacko]

Is this version available for purchase anywhere?

[2000tc88]

Damn! whatever happened to,"Please do`nt tread on dearest Marilyn cause she`s not very tough she should have been made of iron or steel but she was only made of flesh and blood.And if you covered him with garbage George Sanders would still have style,and if you stamped on Mickey Rooney he would still turn round and smile,avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi cause he`s liable to turn and bite,but stand close by Bette Davis because her`s was such a lonley life.

[macmurphy95]

Absolutely fantastic. And truer every year in this fame obsessed world

[MTCatman]

One of the best bands ever! Too bad the brothers couldn't get along though.

[ggforeigner]

I usually just listen as I go about my work ... this made me sit down, and watch !! Lovely, thanks ....

[katoklzmk]

Joan Jett did a wonderful cover of this, go check it out!

[katoklzmk]

Joan Jett' did a great cover of this

[heatherama]

One of the most underrated bands in history!!!

[doodahgal]

Yup, this song needs airplay today! Now all the truly amazing "original" stars are gone.

This is one of the loveliest, saddest songs ever.

[MrMountain33]

best band ever?

[MIK415]

I always miss the last segment Ray wrote (If you covered him with garbage, George Sanders would still have style...but please don't tread on dearest Marilyn...etc.) It was done so rarely, I wonder what drove Ray to wipe it from live shows - time? The whole song is so nice, it's better to have more of it, for my two cents.

[RohitSatoskar]

@MIK415 Some other guy from England did a song about Marilyn Monroe a year or so after "Celluloid Heroes."  When it became more popular, Ray got tired of people saying he was ripping the song off.

[MIK415]

@RohitSatoskar - hmmm, "some other guy"? Yes, indeed, all mention of Marilyn Monroe HAD to be a ripoff after Walter Winchell, so all songs that just include her are off the table... And, now that the "other guy" has changed the lyric to involve a certain princess rather than just a mere actress? But I digress... it is just a shame that because of that, George Sanders must suffer without style now! Thanks for the info.

[jakethesnake576]

One of their many way underated songs. It would be nice to hear it on the radio at least once in a while. Just beautiful

[covenstead]

One of my all time favorites - ever since I heard it for the first time, way back when it was released. I like the tune and all of the rest of the lyrics, but the the concept/ theme of it - the idea that entertainers are forever immortalized - is the thing which really grabs me.

[chairjockey1]

I so love this song.

[cArLiT02oo8]

very sweet. I do like the live version with Dave's beautiful solo (lp-one for the road)

[andygem]

Daves harmonies fuckin amazing!!

[jlange904]

Love it.......Thanks so much for posting. Classic!

[TheAnnaXS]

one of my favorite songs!!!

[tschiibii]

one of the best songs in rock-history! God bless Ray Davies & The Kinks!

[kloppedeklop]

My altime favourite song- makes me cry evrytime I hear it!

[lisamaria1972]

beautiful.....amazing words..

[redmooa]

The best of The Kinks..gotta love it..

[tpo1956]

Amen stout077 et al!

[SlackMasterson69]

Yo bro why don't you enable your embedding!

[SlackMasterson69]

Yo bro why don't you enable your embedding!

[jakcruz]

Nothing less, nor nothing more to say than RAY DAVIES ALWAYS HAS BEEN, AND IS STILL ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT

[kloppedeklop]

@jakcruz Ray is the king ;)

[CowbellBlues]

Enjoyed this. Thanks. Takes me back to a time when my whole life was ahead of me, everyone I loved was still alive, and times were much less oppressive.

[donQfons]

thats music pure! I love it - more than Lola

[spookysoaky]

This song speaks volumes. I was drawn to it the first time I heard it. Very clever Mr. Davies.

[good2rock]

Unbelievable performance. Perfecto!

[DavelovesRealMusic]

Wow--I never saw this Clip before!! cool AND RARE.. do you abhve any more rare BBC clips? Pink Floyd...I read SEE EMILY PLAY from Top of The Pops was just FOUND although it is not in great quality..

[renotsecniv]

Everybody's in ShowBiz is NOT a loser album, Ray Baby. Very rarely will I say Ray Davies is "wrong," but he sure is about that. Man oh man I LOVE THAT ALBUM.

[kinksboss1]

@renotsecniv

Its a good album, not one of their best, but this song, Maximum Consumption, Look on the Sunnyside, Hot Potatoes and Supersonic Rocket Ship are all great tunes...the live portion was just ok

[80sVidLover]

One of my all-time favorite songs and, truly, one of the greatest of the 20th century. So much meaning. "American Pie" is the greatest song ever, at least in terms of identifying Americana, "Celluloid heroes is right up there.....

Peace out...

[Zynx812]

A British group defining "Americana"?!? What does that tell you about the American songwriters? Let the flaming begin.

[lilj2345]

@80sVidLover agreed,then after the goldrush by neil young is next,takes us thru the 70s

[Fretliner]

Great version... One of the greatest singers songwriters, and one of the best songs he did

[animal90sFreak5]

Yeah thanks for posting.

[mistymtnhop67]

awesome!!!! thank you very much

[metfanal]

wow....this is awesome....where did you get this???

[tinkles30]

No, as in, Ryan Goseling's father. You know who he is right?

[birddoc47]

Awesome version!

[lapislazuli7]

I think it would fit perfectly to The Velvet Underground`s "New Age"... for a mix tape maybe. There are some film related songs which would go very well together. ;)

[fromthenorthwest]

i agree!

[kurtespo]

I want to kiss cathi for turning me onto this today

[pearlheartgtr]

Awesome, awesome song. I remember hearing it the first time when Joan Jett covered it back in the 80's (The Hit List). My dad immediately bought "Come Dancing With The Kinks" to let me hear the original. I just wish they played the song in its entirety like the original recording without cutting verses.

"I wish my life was a non stop Hollywood movie show. A fantasy world of Celluloid Villains & Heroes. Because Celluloid Heroes never feel any pain. & Celluloid Heroes never really die."

[sbarr10]

Arggh! This song always gets me.

It's like a delicate flower in danger of being crushed, and it speaks of the vulnerability of stars.

One of my Kink favorites.

[leeble611]

poof .....magic

[sistergoldenhair99]

I don't know if it's because of the length of this song or what but, this masterpiece never got hardly any airtime.

[tigerpilot32p]

WOW!

[80sVidLover]

This may be one of the best versions on youtube. Thanks for posting. I hope other fans of this song play this version, one of about ten or so out there.

Anyway, it's also one of the greatest songs ever because it provides insight (a definition, maybe?) into (of) the 20th century. "American Pie" would be the other song of equal importance and is probably the greatest song ever.

[MrFitolopez]

Excelente versión ! Ray siempre sorprende, verdad ?

[EdVidz]

Extraordinary music and writing. Just as beautiful as three decades ago.

[rixta50]

thank you Ray for making my days brighter one of the most UNDERRATED songs and Bands EVER

[syme1984]

Fantastic. Great song and lyrics.

[bendobrin]

can we get another 15 stars to  post?

too good for words.

[stout077]

I agree with everyone else here. Its a classic song. Thank you for posting this. Ray Davies is an amazing song writer. I saw the Kinks in concert when they were touring for the State of Confusion Album. It was a very good and the first concert I saw. Celluloid Heroes and 20th Century Man are my two favorite Kinks songs.

[alabhaois]

@stout077 Classic-- solid gold-- love it!!! One of my top favourites by the Kinks.

Thanks for posting

[JMoisica]

Amazing. Thank you for posting

[captainshadowhawk]

Thankyou very much for posting this. Such a fine song and clip looks so good. Really takes one back to better days.

[martykate]

Ray's acting like he's a little baked. But he still sounds good and looks better!

[eagle90004]

An incredible Kinks homage (only the Kinks could do this I swear) to Hollywood.Great version and thanks for posting!!!!

[thetraysea]

One of there best! Love his point of veiw,not to mention the music.I feel lucky to be able watch it.

[jmzfactor]

Thanks for posting this and the other Kinks vids. I started to bed hours ago but got sidetracked watching these great performances of classic, beautiful songs.

[germurph51]

You want to know talent? I don't think I'm dreaming. In the magnificent "Sleepwalker" tour from this year 1977, Ray sat down at a GRAND piano for this song. It was truly one of the greatest singular performances I have ever heard. Oh, he was accompanied, and by the greatest extended lineup I have EVER heard.

[alabhaois]

This song is such a CLASSIC!! Thank you!! :)

[wsddrama]

Best Kinks song ever! Thanks!

[krankiekat]

This could be the Holy Grail of music videos! God save the KinKs! Nobody does it better than Ray! He belongs at the top of any list of the greastest songwriters of all time. Thank you for the days Ray, Day's Iill rember all my life. And for all we know they still might have a way to go. - Frank Lima, The Montvale, New Jersey Hillbilly Boy