Great video, many thanks to WhiteRose63, I was at one of those concerts, 13yo at the time, still remember my seat was in row 7, and the opening act of Kinks was the coolest thing I had ever seen and was to see for several years. At this time The Kinks were next to the Beatles in fame and popularity. And still have a special place with me. ... PS the first band is Tempo, then Bravo from Akureyri, really young kids, I never heard of them later.
I thought I heard the word "tempo" in this video, so I thought maybe the group was called the Tempos. I see they were actually called Tempo. It sounds to me like the second group (who all look like they were 12 years old) is called "the Heretics." Was there a band called the Heretics in Iceland at that time?
So cool to see those 60's newsreels from other bands than The Beatles & Stones.
Don't understand why they left the original sound of the two support bands, and dubbed studio tracks behind The Kinks'performance. Probably a managerial decision.
awesome stuff thanks white rose63 for sharing, and ta muchly mister reali for hipping me to this great footage of one of the best beat groups the world ever knew!
Thanks for the claification. My Danish is quite rusty and Icelandic is a different sort of deal anyway but after listening closely to the commentary, of course Tempo is in fact from Iceland. And accent be darned, the kid has a good voice.
The starting groups on this tape are both Icelandic, Tempo from Reykjavik and Bravo from Akureyri. Remember this well, I didn't go myself but I do recognize some faces in the crowd. Those were the days!
I must thank you as well. To me the Kinks were so beautiful and scary... The look and sound of the Davies brothers was pure early punk and I still love them so much. Thank you.
Red Roses 4 U ! .. Thanks so much , .. I saw them about thirty years ago in icy Zurich . They put the place on fire ! ... Both Ray and Dave impressed me so much that night . Rock ' n ' Roll , in flesh and bones .... at the end this video , ... the girl sucking her thumb !...Too cute !
This is probably late '65 or early '66. The first band is playing a cover of The Beatles song "The Night Before" which first appeared on the "Help" LP in August 1965, so it had to be after that and the Kinks logo on the drum set was gone by 1967.
Thank you very much for this video. It so happens that I am the drummer with the groupTempo. It was just fantastic to spend those days with our idols. I think I was 17 years old...so this consert was little more than 40 yrs ago. Tx again.... great fun to see this and to look at this great happening again.
@jenzeppelin If I happen to find one, you're welcome to come along on a trip back to the fabulous, golden 60s era with me. I must advise you though... I may not want to return, of course you could if you like, but I'm sure you feel the same. ;~}
Check out the beautiful Burns Bison bass at 1:11 . That guy's a dead ringer for Runar of Thor's Hammer (who also played a Burns). I know it's not him, but maybe his kid brother?!
Ha you'd think this was a beatles concert because of all the crazy girls lol.
One good thing about the kinks is that the audience most of the time were fairly relaxed, meaning they were able to be better live performers than the beatles.
Great that this video is still in place. I´ve seen a part from the same concert with the policemen shaking their heads to the music. This is a longer version and it´s great. Hope you have the entire video available soon.
Yeh, great video and it brings me back in time, because I was there - at 13, it looks like most of the audence is at that age. We had great time. Kinks played at least 10 concert in Reykjavik in only 3 or 4 days. Tempo played cover music and did a good job, Bravo where 11 to 13 years old - we thougth they where ok, in the video they are funny children. Hljómar/Thorshammer did not play, they where the top goup in Iceland these years, they played theyr own music and a lot of cover music too.
Yes great video, it takes me back in time because I was there at one of the concert. The Kinks played in a cinematheatre,and they played at least 10 concerts in 3 days. Earlyer we had only one or two visit by british beat groups. Yeh, Tempo played first, theyr signer whent on to be a member in a folk group,one other member of Tempo is well known radio commentar - Thorgeir Astvaldsson.
Tempo played cover music. Hljómar/Thorshammer did not play, but they pleyed orginal music but cover music too.
The first support act is a band called Tempo, The kids in the striped shirts are called Bravo. I don't know anything about them, except that they're both Icelandic. Got the names from the swedish commentary. Great vid :)
At 0:17" you can see Bjork, third little girl from the left.
doctorfuse007 4 months ago
First group looks like ? and The Mysterians
roundmann1 4 months ago
Damn, the girl from 1:33 to 1:35 is fine as hell.
RDBeatnik 6 months ago
eu racho! muito bom
AsswittChaos 7 months ago
Great video, many thanks to WhiteRose63, I was at one of those concerts, 13yo at the time, still remember my seat was in row 7, and the opening act of Kinks was the coolest thing I had ever seen and was to see for several years. At this time The Kinks were next to the Beatles in fame and popularity. And still have a special place with me. ... PS the first band is Tempo, then Bravo from Akureyri, really young kids, I never heard of them later.
Golafsson 8 months ago
I thought I heard the word "tempo" in this video, so I thought maybe the group was called the Tempos. I see they were actually called Tempo. It sounds to me like the second group (who all look like they were 12 years old) is called "the Heretics." Was there a band called the Heretics in Iceland at that time?
rnrscrapbook 10 months ago
So cool to see those 60's newsreels from other bands than The Beatles & Stones.
Don't understand why they left the original sound of the two support bands, and dubbed studio tracks behind The Kinks'performance. Probably a managerial decision.
PAULLONDEN 1 year ago
The kinks song has been overdubbed over film. How do I know? Its exactly like the album version down to the piano backing which is not on stage
Studmasterify 1 year ago
Mick looks adorable behind his drums. He looks very cuddly. :)
SidTheLoveRat 1 year ago
what I wonder is how the Kinks were so crazy popular in so many non-English speaking countries
of course, girls will be girls regardless, and respond wildly to all that raw, sexy talent.....
doodahgal 1 year ago
Audio dubbed from disc.
DougPatton1 1 year ago
Terrific vid! Thanks for posting!!
aleecat75 1 year ago
awesome stuff thanks white rose63 for sharing, and ta muchly mister reali for hipping me to this great footage of one of the best beat groups the world ever knew!
thanes1234 1 year ago
That is so neat!
kimberleysmile59 1 year ago
quel document!!!
sergio39046 1 year ago
are they playing or is this recorded? at one time Dave stops playing to adjust the amp but the 'You Really Got Me' riff keeps on playing... :))
Rawego 1 year ago
Thanks for the claification. My Danish is quite rusty and Icelandic is a different sort of deal anyway but after listening closely to the commentary, of course Tempo is in fact from Iceland. And accent be darned, the kid has a good voice.
MrMartini51 1 year ago
Tempo is from Keflavik.
djplaturnipus 1 year ago
The starting groups on this tape are both Icelandic, Tempo from Reykjavik and Bravo from Akureyri. Remember this well, I didn't go myself but I do recognize some faces in the crowd. Those were the days!
skycat57 1 year ago 2
The first supporting band is from Sweden and is called Tempo. The second band is Icelandic and is called Bravo. Man,dig them crazy stripes!
MrMartini51 2 years ago
The support bands are probably local acts - listen to the heavy accent of the singer in the first band. My best guess anyway.
doctorcastille 2 years ago
0:38 mercedes ponton! =)
jks2 2 years ago
KInks: BEST BAND EVER
inkursore 2 years ago 2
sometimes i wish i had been born two decades earlier... wish i could have seen them play in the 60s and 70s...
fwzzybird 2 years ago 2
wow - you can almost feel the heat rising off those cute Icelandic girls...
BostonRocker51 2 years ago 4
amazin, innit? all these years later, here they are on one's desk top. strewth. never woulda thought it possible....
arbutus27 2 years ago 2
@arbutus27 Indeed, but at what cost...
KoivuTheHab 2 years ago
Are you from Arbutus, Maryland?
ferdinandthecrow 2 years ago
No, Redhill, England
arbutus27 2 years ago
Thanks and watching for the first time reminded me how great this group was in 1965 :-)
whatuseeker 2 years ago
5:33 I wanna have those kind of iceland girls. At 6:06 seems she was snifing glue hah
boliboy2299 2 years ago
@boliboy2299 haha... yeah. it looked like she was sitting there sucking her thumb to me.
fwzzybird 2 years ago
@fwzzybird haha i was thinking the same XD
jks2 2 years ago
@boliboy2299 haha yeah indeed or sucking her thumb
jks2 2 years ago
I must thank you as well. To me the Kinks were so beautiful and scary... The look and sound of the Davies brothers was pure early punk and I still love them so much. Thank you.
bool452 2 years ago 2
1. The support bands Tempó og Bravó.
2. no idea.
But i was told that Im on a Island was written about iceland. Do you know if that is true?
NonniGylfa 2 years ago
2:06▬Brilliant play back ♫
Pete Quaife is so cool here.
PAULLONDEN 2 years ago
Red Roses 4 U ! .. Thanks so much , .. I saw them about thirty years ago in icy Zurich . They put the place on fire ! ... Both Ray and Dave impressed me so much that night . Rock ' n ' Roll , in flesh and bones .... at the end this video , ... the girl sucking her thumb !...Too cute !
thomascarpone 2 years ago
This is probably late '65 or early '66. The first band is playing a cover of The Beatles song "The Night Before" which first appeared on the "Help" LP in August 1965, so it had to be after that and the Kinks logo on the drum set was gone by 1967.
shan128 2 years ago
the kinks footage is either lip synced or over-dubbed with crowd sounds added.
thor1460 2 years ago 2
yeah, it overdubbed somehow ... even with his back turned ya can see no one is even close to playing that (Jimmy Page?) lead.
kiely 2 years ago
X-tremely cool video, thanks for posting!!
tunenito 2 years ago
Hello WhiteRose63.
Thank you very much for this video. It so happens that I am the drummer with the groupTempo. It was just fantastic to spend those days with our idols. I think I was 17 years old...so this consert was little more than 40 yrs ago. Tx again.... great fun to see this and to look at this great happening again.
Regards, Palli.
pallivall 3 years ago 9
wow, nice to hear from you - Tempo look likea bunch of very cool teens. glad to share the Kinks love!
WhiteRose63 2 years ago
Hello. Your most welcome and thanks for all the Kinks videos you seem to have downloaded on Youtube.
pallivall 2 years ago
@WhiteRose63 imagine making love to one of those "kinks" girls, magic....soooo cool :)
theachtungtree 1 year ago
@pallivall This was from '65 which makes it 45 years now. I need a time machine!
slimshine953 1 year ago
@slimshine953 If you ever come across one, let me know. I want in, lol! We'll go back to '65 in a flash!!! :) :)
jenzeppelin 1 year ago
@jenzeppelin If I happen to find one, you're welcome to come along on a trip back to the fabulous, golden 60s era with me. I must advise you though... I may not want to return, of course you could if you like, but I'm sure you feel the same. ;~}
slimshine953 1 year ago
The gum chewing brat/lead singer of Bravo (1:40) is PUNK PERSONIFIED!!!
mndandy 3 years ago 2
knuP...more like ☺
PAULLONDEN 2 years ago
Check out the beautiful Burns Bison bass at 1:11 . That guy's a dead ringer for Runar of Thor's Hammer (who also played a Burns). I know it's not him, but maybe his kid brother?!
mndandy 3 years ago
my dad has that exact same Bison. It's beatiful ain't it
scraperTSB 3 years ago
It is! I've got a white Bison just like it, with the scroll and all.... but would also love to have a menacing black counterpart.
mndandy 3 years ago
Ha you'd think this was a beatles concert because of all the crazy girls lol.
One good thing about the kinks is that the audience most of the time were fairly relaxed, meaning they were able to be better live performers than the beatles.
worldsno1drwhofan 3 years ago
My dad played in bravo :D
dornoxius 3 years ago
Menn kunnu sko líka að slamma í þá daga.
jvalsson 3 years ago
Great that this video is still in place. I´ve seen a part from the same concert with the policemen shaking their heads to the music. This is a longer version and it´s great. Hope you have the entire video available soon.
thanx.
lucky1to 3 years ago
I only have this version of this clip, but love the idea of those ravin' policemen! thanks for all the comments!
WhiteRose63 3 years ago
Yeh, great video and it brings me back in time, because I was there - at 13, it looks like most of the audence is at that age. We had great time. Kinks played at least 10 concert in Reykjavik in only 3 or 4 days. Tempo played cover music and did a good job, Bravo where 11 to 13 years old - we thougth they where ok, in the video they are funny children. Hljómar/Thorshammer did not play, they where the top goup in Iceland these years, they played theyr own music and a lot of cover music too.
possi156 3 years ago
Yeh, love the video and it brings me back in time because I was there at 13 and it looks like many more are at that age.
possi156 3 years ago
Yes great video, it takes me back in time because I was there at one of the concert. The Kinks played in a cinematheatre,and they played at least 10 concerts in 3 days. Earlyer we had only one or two visit by british beat groups. Yeh, Tempo played first, theyr signer whent on to be a member in a folk group,one other member of Tempo is well known radio commentar - Thorgeir Astvaldsson.
Tempo played cover music. Hljómar/Thorshammer did not play, but they pleyed orginal music but cover music too.
possi156 3 years ago
Fantastic, would have loved to have been there - thanks for all the info!
WhiteRose63 3 years ago
The first support act is a band called Tempo, The kids in the striped shirts are called Bravo. I don't know anything about them, except that they're both Icelandic. Got the names from the swedish commentary. Great vid :)
duppera74 3 years ago
thanks for the extra info!
WhiteRose63 3 years ago
Wow! What an amazing video! Thank you so much!
TeaLeaf1020 3 years ago
beatlemania??? no!!!
kinkemania xDD
leurawiva 3 years ago
THANK YOU!
MarianneSp 3 years ago
Could the first band be Thor's Hammer?
hideelee81 3 years ago
...and the girl at the end is sitting there sucking her thumb!!!!
jayne0914 3 years ago
THANKS THANKS THANKS, WhiteRose63, for the GREAT GREAT GREAT video ! Love you for this !
twosisters9 3 years ago