The Kinks - No More Looking Back

[Adamc753]

Favorite song off my favorite album of all time!!! :)

[mybrucespringsteen]

great song! ray is at the paramount next month, whoopee!

[Lace3376]

Thanks for uploading. This is a really cool song. The lyrics, guitar sound, everything about it culminates it into a great song. And I think wow, this is my favorite Kink's song, but no wait there are a million other KInks favorites just as good. How amazing that they could create so many good songs in one life time...so glad to be in this century to hear & experience such awesome music

[nestor0318]

@Lace3376 The Paramount where? I'd love to take my son to see this musical genius (and a great live performer).

[rocknjac58]

RCA should have released this as a single

[dylanpresley]

A desert island song.

[TenOClockSouth]

I drank and cried for months to this song, then realized my heroes had already done the footwork. My personal "Footprints in the Sand" experience.

[jrmayer22]

@TenOClockSouth

Absolutely right.

[Henryformusic]

Thank you very much !!!

This is such a great song that I am just starting to listen. I have loved the Kinks for a long time

This is definitely a live version buit they are so faithful to their own music that it almost sound like the studio version

I just read that this year they are making the movie School Boys in Disgrace that is going to be great!!

[chippy783]

not so hot lip syncing Dave's not even plugged in

[Duenderelojero]

"But lately I've been going to

All the places that we once knew,

And just when I think that I am free of you

I keep seeing the things that remind me of you....."

[texadillo53]

Time goes on as we get older and watch as our lives start slipping away. The flood of emotions that come over you as you do think of past loves, heartbreak and the lose of those you love. Will anyone remember us? What a great song.

[nestor0318]

This song gives me chills every time I hear it. "Perhaps some day I'll stop needing you,

Then maybe one day I'll be free of you.

Aw, but lately I've been goin' to

all the places that remind me of you . . ."

A love lost . . . . Freakin' heartbreaking — and beautiful

[stosh21]

Funky intro

[jagsgrl904]

love that rays vocals are live sounds great his voice just grabs you

[llenllenllenl]

Y'all know, (except for Ray's vocals), it's not live.

Great song. My senior year in high school.

[Duenderelojero]

A song dedicated to all those who miss someone.

[jackdelawack]

classic you rarely see this version of the band live...thanks for posting

[1TONRO]

"Cuz you belong to yesterday" That's so cool, like you'll be here forever not looking back. Going forward into the real groove. That's a fact.

[333SaintMichael]

One of my all time favorite LPs from the Kinks!

[sooln]

An all time classic post-break up song. It nails the feeling!

[kwanzaking1]

schoolboys in disgrace is masterful and deeply moving album on which this track can be found

[ktel60]

Dave is a great picker, who is always mixed down too low

[MegaRussellC82]

@ktel60 Agreed that Dave plays one hell of a guitar. It is raw (the way he wanted it, slicing up the speakers and so forth) more guitar would be too distorted.

[ohio1968javelin]

Absolute classic for those smart enough to hear real beauty

[MilwGonzo]

The greatness of Ray Davies and the Kinks stands the test of time!

[bloozemc]

great post thank you!!

[jenzeppelin]

But lately I've been going to

All the places that we once knew,

And just when I think that I am free of you

I keep seeing the things that remind me of you,

And just when I think you're out of my head

I hear a song that you sang or see a book that you read.

Then you're in every bar, you're in every café,

You're driving every car, I see you everyday,

But you're not really there 'cause you belong to yesterday.

[LyraBB]

I love this song. One of the greats

Happy Christmas to all Kinks fans!

[xyjudgexy]

thanks for such a great version of this song. i have heard this before, didnt know it was a kinks original.

just love these guys!!!!

[mtopper66]

This song is a total classic.

[bendbadgersteve]

Saw them at the Uptown Theatre in Milwaukee in December, 1974.  This and Lola Vs. the Powerman are my favs but they've done so much good work that it's silly to really try to pick one.

This song has ALWAYS knocked me out. Everything about it fits beautifully. God Bless The Kinks.

[rddavies]

@bendbadgersteve - I think I was there too. That concert was Soap Opera, no?

[bendbadgersteve]

@rddavies

No. SchoolBoys In Disgrace tour. Elliot Murphy was the backup. They'd played the Riverside theatre that previous April and did Soap Opera there. Liked that but this was better. School Boys is an awesome album.

[rddavies]

@bendbadgersteve Arggh - I much prefer Schoolboys to Soap Opera - so I must have seen them in Milwaukee in 1975 when they did Soap Opera - road trip from UW-Madison doncha know! I was there in 1974 so that means I missed 'em.

[rddavies]

@rddavies So it was Wednesday, April 16 1975 that I saw them doing Soap Opera at the Riverside Theatre. Cool.

[bendbadgersteve]

@rddavies

Hell, I may have my dates wrong but I KNOW I saw them at the Riverside in the spring doing Soap Opera and the Uptown in the winter doing Schoolboys w/ Elliot Murphy backing them up. It would have been 74-75. Before Sleepwalker came out.

[TheFabjude]

"Schoolboys in Disgrace" is the best Kinks LP, in my opinion! Thanks..

[babelio]

Sorry, I mean, great, totally agree, hahahaha, I clicked the wrong option.

[joeyablon]

I saw them in 1975 in Austin, TX...great show...what I remember of it...

[RobertSparrow]

I have to agree Jen

[jenzeppelin]

what a wonderful song. great lyrics. gem of an album.

[charlysaenz]

I remember back in 89 going to work with t-shirt with the Schoolboys' front cover picture on it :). Hope I'm not the only one who loved that LP and Soap Opera. What a find it was for me at the time.

[renotsecniv]

Oh no, my friend, you are not alone!! :)

[martykate]

I saw them at the Paramount in Seattle in 1977. The house was less than half full but Ray revved up the audience and soon it seemed like the house was full! Best show I've ever seen--ever!

[artrock101]

Incredible... thank you SO much for sharing, vivalabeat!

[bendobrin]

too good for my words,

thanks for posting it.

[rhalld]

One my favorite songs. I saw Ray in concert in Madison, Wis. a few years ago...great show!

[ThisIsRuthie]

I love this song. Especially the "Just when I think you're out of my head..." bit.

[jenzeppelin]

@ThisIsRuthie wouldn't be nice if we had an ON/OFF switch when it came to certain flooding memories.

[jenzeppelin]

@ThisIsRuthie They never do leave our minds...do they? Our memories hold on to people for so long.

[PlaceSoFarAway]

@ThisIsRuthie A real slow cooker... couldn't fully appreciate this when I was a younger Kinks fan. Now it's one of my all-time fav's. Awesome chord changes and emotional ferocity...

[nestor0318]

@ThisIsRuthie That part gives me goosebumps EVERY time!!!!!!!!!

[zerominusminus]

Great song from a great band.  I remember seeing them in 77. What great energy and power. I'd love to see a video of that performance.

[hugobear1]

Such an under-rated LP....

[kevirwin]

Best song off "Schoolboys in Disgrace". And one of their best from the 70's...

thanks for putting this out there...

K e v

[changer434]

What a great band with so many great tracks

[lifeofryan24]

great song

Great video

love this band

[jjarndyce]

God, this takes me back. This has to be one of the few, really great, rock love songs. It's so damn powerful, and the words work PERFECTLY with the melody.

[lamerdeboheme]

Love this band so much! *sigh*  I'm working on building my digital catalog of their music and it's amazing how many unbelievable songs they had!

[nmptwo]

...from one of the great albums of all time.

Thank you!

[arcticgummibear]

I totally agree.. I loved my School Boys in Disgrace LP...looked a long time to find these songs...really glad Youtube came along.

[Duenderelojero]

What a song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sean57]

man. im so glad that i was born at this time , what a great time for music!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ThisIsRuthie]

This is one of my fav Kinks tunes from the later period.

[mamabitches]

grew up with thia record.. reading along with the lyrics and playing air guitar. what a gem.

[krankiekat]

Schoolboys in Disgrace from the KinKs!

THE KINKS STILL THE GREATEST ROCK BAND OF ALL TIME, RAY DAVIES THE GREATEST SONGWRITER OF ALL TIME AND DAVE DAVIES THE MOST UNDER RATED GUITAR HERO OF ALL TIME. GOD SAVE THE KINKS AND ALL THEIR FANS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THEM OVER THE YEARS THROUGH THE HIGHS AND LOWS. THANK YOU FOR THE DAYS RAY! AND FOR ALL WE KNOW THEY STILL MAY HAVE ALONG WAY TO GO. YOU CANT STOP THE MUSIC OR THE KINKS. - Frank Lima, The Montvale, New Jersey Hillbilly Boy, aka Dan the Fan

[scraperTSB]

Peter Quaife and Mick Avory - most underated drummer and bass player in history of music also... even though Mick ain't in this vid, he's clearly the bass player of the kinks.

[rayutube]

Not sure what you're saying but Mick Avory the drummer is clearly in the video, and you can catch a glimpse of the bassist probably John Dalton although this is circa 1975-76 around the time he left. The more anonymous guys are the brass guys - Cotton, Brown, Beecham, et al. I also nominate John Gosling as the most under-appreciated Kink.

[scraperTSB]

I was just noting that Ray and Dave are the only two who get credit for the kinks... But Peter Quaife and Mick Avory are so talented and underrated... And reading what i said, i accidentally typed "Mick" when i meant to say "pete"

[rddavies]

Thank you - this is awesome!

[jvaljean69]

avivalabeat: When they performed this concert as part of the "Schoolboys In Disgrace" tour, it was presented with a film in the background, of the stage showing Ray/"Norman" walking the city streets, seeing the love he sings about, everywhere he goes, and every woman has a mask with that face he misses so much! A great song, gret show and words to live by: Unfortunately, "yesterday's gone, and that's a fact, now there's No More Looking Back!" Thanks for the post!

[Ze18613]

I've Known this song for about 7 years and only now I see it is one of the best Kinks songs since "Celluloid Heroes".

[sebillah]

Thank you for posting this!! No more lookin' back, man! Awesome!!!!!!!!!

[Oilkink]

Excellent quality on these videos, vivalabeat! Thanks for posting them.

[cinemaverite99]

This video was posted a few years back, and then was removed. I'm just glad it's back; Every well known band/group reaches a point in their history when their sound has to go through a metamorphosis. This song represents that change for the Kinks, who went on to do some great stuff in the late 70 and early 80's. I especially love the brass section. Bravo vivalabeat !!!

[ZenDogRadio]

About damn time someone posted this one !

Thanks !

~ZD~

[sebillah]

Yes! I agree with you and cinemaverite99. I was looking for this to be reposted too.