The Kinks - Fancy

[TheTortillasMusic]

I dig this.

Groovy.

<3

[omiswheretheheartis]

I like the video actually.. very cool. And always loved this song.

[mercenarie117]

Titties at 0:51

[supersondessixties]

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[zackertack]

great song! but terrible video hah sorry man but wtf.. all from page 905 of google image with the keyword random? odd choices on that one

[sbarr10]

I love the way Ray's voice just rings in this song.

[tsartodd]

cat fancy

XD

[spizznightelf]

WOOOT

[tsunamisasumi]

Brilliant!

[68beano]

dirt mere kerte mod rocker friends johnjimcrhooolivintilacack help i need somebody eyes of the left feel it rock out

[googhan]

0:10-0:12 looks like pandora.but i watched a show yerterday and it was giving proofs about planet pandora idea in avatar is stolen from a russian writers book or illustirations i cant remember.and those pictures belong this russian

[orange8129]

Wonderful song! Hugo Largo (NYC art-rock band from the 80's) covered it brilliantly.

[Galericulus]

Liozeris. Very dignified, well done. You're O.K.

[Galericulus]

A great song, I've always liked this. Interesting to reflect that this was a whole year before Sgt Pepper, and yet it's definitely psychedelic. The Who and the Rolling Stones have openly admitted being influenced by the Kinks. But now I wonder. Were the Beatles, as well?

[Liozeris]

@Galericulus -- Them Beatles was well managed imposters who offered nihilism. Kinks offered us song.

[Galericulus]

@Liozeris. Sorry, I cannot go along with that. The Beatles were accomplished and innovative musicians & songwriters and (pleasingly for me) usually incorporated good harmonies into their songs. I don't usually sing their praises because they have been a lot of credit for their achievements by other people, but I will not condone what I see as unjustified criticism. The reason I champion the Kinks is because compared to the Beatles, and others, their contribution to music is underestimated.

[Liozeris]

Galericulus, -- smart constructive disagreement. Even though I disagree with comparisom, as with Beatles to Kinks. They are different worlds. Kinks are not underestimated nor underesteemed by me. Cheers.

[Reint25]

Don't forget that Revolver had songs like Love You To and Tomorrow Never Knows.

[Galericulus]

@Reint25. Revolver was released in the UK on August 28th 1966; Fancy was recorded on May 13th 1966, although the album it was on "Face to Face" was not released until 28th October 1966. Looks like the three songs were recorded round about the same time, but could not have influenced each other. I take your point that the Beatles were obviously heading in that direction already, but it is still possible for Fancy to have influenced Sgt Pepper, date-wise.

[Reint25]

Yeha, of course. But obviously, The Beatles introduced the sitar-tracks into popmusic. I was confusing Revolver with Rubber Soul as the first popalbum with a sitar (Norwegian Wood). Of course Fancy, Love You To and Tomorrow Never Knows are more drone-like. In that way Ticket To Ride is also a precursor for that kind of stuff.

[Galericulus]

You had me with you until you started mentioning Ticket to Ride, which was only a year before but seems to belong to a different era. All of them great tracks, by the way, but not all alike.

[Reint25]

Yeah, but just because of the drone-like opening, the tempo. I guess the bottomline is that The Kinks and The Beatles are both great and innovative bands?

[Galericulus]

Oh yes, I have to agree with that. Namaste.

[pgrabar]

Wasn't the Kinks "See My Friends" before "Norwegian Wood"?

[Reint25]

@pgrabar That's true. But See My Friends doesn't feature a sitar, and is more influenced by Ticket To Ride (Beatles) and Bells of Rhymney (Byrds)... Fantastic song, though.

[FenceThis]

@Reint25 it´s NOT influenced nor inspired by Ticket To Ride since that was released 6th of August 1965 and See My friends was released 30th of July same year.Not much chance it should have been influenced by The Byrds version of Pete Seegers´ The bells of Rhymney neither, since that was released on 21st of June,but See My Friends recorded in early may ( most likely the 3rd )and across the Atlantic.Not really too much resemblence either apart of the presence of tingle-tangleish string instruments

[mndandy]

@FenceThis Ticket To Ride was actually released April 9th, 1965 in the UK. However, See My Friends was inspired by a KInks stopover in India on January 18th, 1965 (on their Australian tour). So any Beatles/Byrds comparisons are really neither here nor there.

[sleeplesslydreaming]

who's that naked chick with the hendrix album? anyone know?

[MIK415]

"No one can penetrate me, they only see what's in their own fancy"

Not many rock writers think hard enough to bring up the "Man as Mirror" image. When I first heard this, it just floored me. As to the music, Ray was always "of his time" - but the lyrics take his songs to a much higher level.

[jamreaper]

great song to listen to when ur high :)

[ShotgunTheMan]

Intense,

Shotgun

[whizbang47]

Reminds me of the Incredible String Band, another favorite band. Great assortment of art. Takes me back.

[slowuncle]

Jon Auer also covered this beautifully

[resistanceXX1]

a lovely one.and congratulations for the video man,it really works out!

[Welshbluesman]

Simply a stunning song. Ray Davies,a gifted man!

[StarBloodsJoy]

Has anyone heard the great version of this song by Hugo Largo?

[richardmcboingboing]

yep, got the album

[biggssl]

Great video! Great fun identifying many faces throughout.

[Crbsee]

I might as well listen to the beatles

[Duenderelojero]

How many instruments we listen?

[renotsecniv]

beautiful song

[tgfootie444]

psychedelia rules!!

[mocktheflock]

Never heard that one. Thanks for posting it and great slidehow

[krankiekat]

One of the greatest Ray Davies songs ever! and that''s saying alot considering the hundreds of brilliant songs he has written from 1963 right up to his last solo album Working Mans's cafe. God save Ray Davies and the Kinks, they are 2nd to none! - Dan the Fan

[stoodiuslarry]

never heard this one. love the early kinks.

[motorcityrocker]

great post.

[bendobrin]

very cool..besides some of the other stuff that was snuck in, a Grateful Dead/Garcia hanbill and an Arthur Lee Love sighting helps to personalize one of my favorite 'lost' kinks songs for me...nod nod nudge wink wink.

[perljamtec]

The Yardbirds hired a session player to play the sitar but instead Beck played guitar. George Harrison is the first rock artist to play an actual sitar on "Norwegian Wood.

[CliClasp]

Fancy, if you believe in what I believe in,

Then we'll be the same, always.

Fancy, just look around thee

If you will fancy all the girls you see, always.

My love is like a ruby that no one can see,

Only my fancy, always.

No one can penetrate me,

They only see what's in their own fancy, always

[dlanodrelda]

and Yardbirds on 'heart full of soul' trumps them all..

[oclero]

1963, The Kinks released "See My Friends" with indian influences... so The Kinks win!

[dlanodrelda]

see my friends was released in 1965

[oclero]

Yes, sorry!

[titostacos]

are you saying that "heart full of soul" has the Indian influence? or...?

[dlanodrelda]

i read somewhere that sitar was 1st used on 'heart full of soul', bit the source was wikipedia which can be unreliable

[perljamtec]

The first song to have Indian styled drone is the Beatles "Ticket To Ride" MacDonald described it as "psychologically deeper than anything The Beatles had recorded before ... extraordinary for its time — massive with chiming electric guitars, weighty rhythm, and rumbling floor tom-toms. Macdonald also notes that the track uses the Indian basis of drone which might have influenced the Kinks' See My Friends.

[maida1982a]

1966- Indian influence, trumps The Beatles by one year.

[worldsno1drwhofan]

See my friends was before this and beat the beatles' norwiegion wood by a few months.

[hippojuice23]

must've been something in the air!

[postpunkraven]

very nice pictures to one of the best songs ever made

[kinkkinda]

super song and super pictures, thanks

[patrizzia103]

Hola,Pinchito.Quiero darte las gracias por este magnífico regalo de cumpleaños.Más vale tarde que nunca.

[rhopen]

Great vid. -Ron

[p3terpsych]

You are a good man, Ron, and an excelent guitar player and singer. Your home video sounds very right. This is not a video, only a poor slideshow, but "Fancy" wins that. I link you in my website.

Sorry my level of english, please.

Fancy is "insurferable""!!

[CurtisMateer]

@rhopen Fancy seeing you here Ron! You are an Anglophile aren't you? :-)

Incidentally, I bought Double Fantasy Stripped Down last week and finally I like the album, now that it's more raw. The production could be Yoko's finest moment on disc. Hope you're well today. Pete

[dunlap31]

thank you for putting up this video. it's such a beautiful song.