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  • what has HIMYM got to do with the Kinks? I genuinely want to know btw as I don't watch it (even tho a big fan of Segal)

  • @vunderground1 this woman named victoria cam back in the main HIMYM guy ted's life after 6 seasons so this music played in the background

  • I want this video on my G90 unit.

  • HIMYM

  • oh teddy boy...

  • This video went viral on Oslo

  • Fuck HIMYM it's a wank American sitcom it's shit, now this track by the kinks is super awesome from 1969 :)

  • ey I do everything for your satisfaction

  • I know this band since... I don't know, EVER , .. and I'm very surprised , looking at all the comments that people knows it because of How I Met Your Mother. Very strange, because the kinks are just AMAAAAZING !!!!( And I am French so everybody knows them, no ? ) I love this song ! It's one of my crazy friend who listen it all the time, it just makes me happy :) Victoooria ♥

    I wish I was born in 1969 ...

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  • its pretty sad people come to know this song from how i met your mother.. and yet although i used to love it like most of kinks stuff, i was reminded of it from himym..cool story bro

  • cool sensual and artistic!

  • They omitted the bridge. Sorry, but this is a cheap version.

  • whats HIMYM ?

  • @scottishjenni "How I Met Your Mother" It's a tv show

  • @free533 Hiya, thanks for reply

  • @scottishjenni leave now

  • @scottishjenni My question too.

  • wow, that concert looks awesome. i wish i was born in like the 70's because the concerts that i've seen on youtube look awesome

  • Is there a bad Kinks song? That's like asking is there an ugly flower.

  • ehm i will help you to feel like you are in heaven

  • HIMYM me 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Love both the kinks n HIMYM's Victorias..

  • HIMYM

  • anyone feel like cupcakes?

  • HIMYM

  • HIMYM

  • HIMYM

  • HIMYM brought me here!

  • I prefer the 'Kinks in concert' BBC 1973 version better.

    #HIMYM

  • Watched this beacause of HIMYM :DDD

  • how many people is here in this moment because of HIMYM?

  • @XwergadX best show ever xD

  • @XwergadX known it from mando diao, remembered it because of HIMYM

  • HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER FTW

  • S07 Ep02 HIMYM ^^

  • @MrGreatevil  it's great!! fantastic!

  • Is it me, or does Ray Davies look completely off his nut in this clip?

  • I saw the Kinks four times between '75 and '79 in Kansas City. Johnny Cougar, Blondie and Cheap Trick were among the opening acts.

    I also saw The Who twice and the Stones once in that time. The reason I love The Kinks? They didn't punch the clock and give some rote performance. As you can see from the vid, Ray, Dave and the rest of the band always wanted to make sure you had a great time.

    How about a Facebook Kinks reunion page?

  • i think i'm in love

  • God, I love the Kinks. I saw them four times between '75 and '81 in Kansas City.

    Johnny Cougar, Cheap Trick and Blondie were three of the opening acts.

    Ray never punches the clock and waits for it to ring.  He works.

  • The Kinks were still crankin' when I was kid, I shoulda paid more attention.

  • My name is Victoria! :P

  • among the greatest of the British bands

  • The Kinks rule! How come they don't get the love?

  • @chipgower they get the love from we old folks:)

  • the kinks = one of the great creators of rock n roll!!!

  • Where is the great Kinks concert movie?

  • funny, this song in studio version makes me think of the grateful dead.

  • At 03:00, what is that WHEY OH sound that Ray is singing with the audience?

    Freddie Mercury did the same thing at LIve Aid

  • @degree7

    Ray is singing the Banana Boat Song but Mercury also borrowed the "Weigh-o" call and answer from Jamican Mento Folk, a precursor of Reggae and Ska. The "Weigh-o" call is still used at the end of the market day in some parts of Kingston, Jamaica, mostly for the tourists benefit. It essentially means "get your shit together and get done", be it your working day or a concert.

  • i hav a top 10 list of the kinks best hits

  • Great Song / God Save the Kinks! There will only ever be one Ray Davies / and no substitutes will do / he has the most distinctive voIce / there is such a purity in it / the tone / its a beautiful english boy with a touch of the bad english boy! Just love him to pieces / Rosie. Mermaid@rincess9

  • To the 13 people with their insignificant left thumb down, I say :BBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLLLLHAHAHAHA­. Get a brain, please.

  • In retrospect one has to see the Kinks and the Who have been a FAR greater influence than the Stones. And the greater creative talent.

    I love the Stones. But I reckon the KIinks get overlooked.

  • thank you...

  • AHUHUAUHAHUAUHAUHUHAAHUA

  • great band, generally overlooked

  • God, this is so fuckin' HOT. What I wouldn't give for a couple hours with Ray AND his brother. Great song too.

  • I simply love this band!! I love it I love I love it!!

    ps. I Love The Kinks!!!!

  • @samosam7 nice to see Italians loving the Kinks...from an Italian American in SF Bay Area, and this is my favorite Kinks song

  • pardon me for being a goober but is that ray or dave singing this song???

  • This song is for all of the Anglophiles out there . . .

  • I saw ray maybe 15 times over 40 years and on those nights when the planets aligned, Ray and the Kinks were the greatest band performance in the world. Ever.

    And two of those beyond belief performances were Schoolboys and Storyteller.

    This looks like one of those nights. My friend George Arthur saw Preservation in New York and said it was even better than Schoolboys. Those were the days my friend, we thought they would never end... Never underestimate Ray and his ability to create...

  • Man, Ray Davies is such a dork on stage.

  • Ace band ...

  • unbelievable band  great song

  • muslims, chinks, and wetbacks it their country now, no shots fired.

  • @gnut1977 Thank you Mr. National Front

  • Great old kinks tune extolling the British Empire, tragic that the muslims have taken over. Coming to a neighbourhood near you United States.

  • whooooa! 

  • whooooa! 

  • Amen to that brother

  • I had the great pleasure of seeing The Kinks in 76, 80, and 83. They are the most under rated band in rock history. The 67 album, "Something Else" is the equal of Sgt. Peppers. "The Village Green Preservation Society" is even better. Ray Davies is a true genius. His observations of English society are literary and soulful. "Waterloo Sunset" is the greatest song of the British invasion. GOD SAVE THE KINKS!!!!

  • @bartlettohio Don't even insult THE KINKS with comparisons to THE BEATLES... injustice that!!!

  • Apu ? 2:30

  • I always loved this late 70s/ear;y 80s version of the Kinks. They were like a high-wattage version of their original sloppy high-energy British Invasion incarnation.

  • @Agent00Soul

    I agree, the first time I saw the Kinks was in 1979 in San Francisco, and they blew me away with their punk like energy. The Golden era ('64-70) deservedly gets most of the accolades, but they were putting out great concerts and music till the end in 1996

  • Haha Ray Davies is still hot and everything, but in this video he kind of looks like Al Bundy.

  • watch?v=46CNp89_52Y

  • this had to be one hella concert! Lots of videos of different songs from this concet, and the are ALL FREAKIN HOT!

  • THE KINKS  FUCK YEAH!!!!!

  • Pete Townshend --- "We were just trying to sound like The Kinks."

  • @whotwo right on. all you have to do is to listen to Who's early stuff - "I Can't Explain" for instance

  • I live in Victoria TX... the only good thing about Victoria TX is that there is a Kinks song named Victoria!

  • @tiranchula I grew up in a town in Holland that I won't mention, it was 65, 66, the Kinks were as hot as Beatles and stones. The ONLY good thing about this town is that th KINKS played the Sportshall in may of 1966,

    AND I WAS OUT OF TOWN !!!!!!! I MISSED IT !!!! At my present age I stil DIG RAY ,AND HIS NEW cd TOO.

  • omg lololololololololololol

  • ※♥※ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ※ ♥ ♫.•:*¨♥¨*:•.♫ ♥ ※ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ※♥※

  • Had front row seats to this show! Thanks for the memories!

  • were gonna live forever

  • seems like Ray swallowed a bag of amphetamines with a couple of Scotch bottles... HE'S EXPLOSIVE!!!

  • @IamSkjow Yeah, I get that. He's one hell of a performer though!

  • it would be hard to be cooler than Ray! Kinks forever

  • Que curioso. Conocía esta canción por los Hermanos Dalton, no sabía que fuese de los kinks.

  • At the risk of many thumbs down, I have to say:

    Kinks > Beatles

  • Oh My God!!!! Ray Davies at his finest. What energy not to mention his musical talent. God I would like to . . . . . . meet him

  • magnificent!

  • Who's playing guitar? Does not look like Dave Davies

  • @PeerMK Ray's other brother Dave.

  • @kurtizzyflush I don't understand. Ray has only one brother, and thats Dave. The guy playing guitar here does not look like Dave Davies, as I mentioned above

  • @PeerMK of course it's Dave, this was in 1979

  • @PeerMK .Wasn't Rick Davies of Supertramp their sibling as well?

  • @elpolarbear Nope.

  • @elpolarbear  no

  • @PeerMK It is deffo Dave Davies!

  • @rickytleg True! Sorry, my bad! :)

  • god save the kinks

  • I started going to Kinks shows in the '60s and they were so fucking good....great band from a great era of music..wish they could carrry on forever..may the sun never set

  • His daughter's name is Victoria... Great song!

  • Saw them twice on this tour. Self proclaimed intervert HAD to be doin a lot of blow!

  • Saw them twice on this tour----Ray's cocked up!

  • 12 cunts

  • 12 people issed the like button

  • my fav song of them...!!

  • How can they be so good?..I Love The Kinks

  • Then you continue listening to the song and you begin to wonder if it is sarcasm or if it is devotion totthe queen and to the british empire:

    Canada to India

    Australia to Cornwall

    Singapore to Hong Kong

    From the West to the East

    From the rich to the poor

    Victoria loved them all

    Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria

    Victoria, Victoria, Victoria

  • @sopadeajo1

    I don't think you really do under sarcasm if you don't understand that the Kinks are mocking the Queen here...

    "From the rich to the poor Victoria loved them all" ---

    ...It didn't matter who she conquered...just that she conquered (to gain or acquire by force of arms)

  • woooow victoria c:

  • the kooks did a really good cover of this;..

  • the kinks !!!! good

  • I was there -My father was a cop in Providence - a sergeant and my gilfriend at the time got to go backstage as my father had the "detail." A group of great guys who were super rockers. They weren't much for publicity stunts and outrageous behavior like the Stones so their "acclaim" factor suffered but their music speaks for itself . Thank you for this wonderful post and man did it bring back some precious memories of a time when great was great, good was good and crap was crap (read rap) .

  • Great song,great rockers, God save the Kinks.

    Thanks for posting this fine clip, PaRts15.

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  • It strongly smells of colonialism (don´t want to say imperialism).It spoils the talent of the Davies brothers.Beatles, Rolling,Who never fell into easy propaganda , into patriotism-colonialism. A real pity indeed. Didn´t they have to go and sing and live under the republic (not the Victorian monarchy) of the states ?

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  • @sopadeajo1 Are you serious? This is sarcasm. No more patriotic than Rockin' in the Free World or Born in the USA. Victoria tells the story of blind, thoughtless patriotism by the oppressed poor in Victorian England. "I was born, lucky me", "though I'm poor, I am free" "where the rich were so mean, stately homes, croquet lawns", "when I grow, I shall fight". He's going off to do the rich man's work for something he knows is unfair, but he accepts it anyway.

  • @81Bear Ok, I understand there is sarcasm, and i must say i appreciate and like songs like "death of a clown" or "dedicated follower of fashion". However the line, in this song , between sarcasm and criticisism of patriotism, imperialism, colonisation, etc...is too thin.What would think a russian or chinese reader, in the 70´s of these words: "I was born, lucky me/In a land that I love/Though I am poor, I am free/When I grow I shall fight/For this land I shall die/Let her sun never set" ???

  • Happy Birthday, Ray Davies! Keep rocking and thanks for this song, one of my faves!

  • I live in this city & I lurve this ditty.

  • way yo - way yo - daylight come and we gotta go home ...

  • dear god

    please give us a kinks concert 2011.

  • God Bless The Kinks!

  • GENIALES LO MEJOR

  • OMG How sexy is he????

  • EPIC SONG!

  • That boy is so sexy! I wanna be Vitoria!!!They are so great!

  • YEAH LOVE IT

  • YEAH LOVE IT

  • The Kooks made an excellent cover of the song

  • Hey, what's wrong with rap? I think it's great to have a form of music for those who can't play an istrument or sing on key!

  • @Bogframe its all talk and no action

  • plaese come to Brasil !

  • I doubt it somehow...maybe for a holiday...

  • One of the best Kinks songs ever! I wish I could have been at this concert. Dave is really cranking it up with his guitar, looking like his usual hot self. Happy Birthday to Dave Davies! The Kinks should have been much more visual than they were, I attribute that to their jerk managers that took the lion share of their royalities but didn't get them on the big shows, travel with them and defend them on tours abroad. They are tremendous innovators and creative successes - pure, honest talent.

  • well i dnt wanna argue with you knid sir, but they got what they truly desserve...RAY has both pounds and world recognition with his Union Joke suit in Hyding park and sadly DAVE is out of action but they have done well for themself...not like WACKO burnying his hair with Pepsi or others drowning in the Mississippi...+ they NOT tax evaders like String Richards or LordmyarseJagged...living in France USA

  • @BerkeleyMews7 I WAS at this show half my life ago. It was fantastic. See also All Day and All of the Night and Where Have All the Good Times Gone. (BTW, Flock of Seagulls opened!)

  • @sjames1955  LUCKY YOU!!!!! Another killer Kinks performance!

  • @BerkeleyMews7 I saw them at their "farewell tour" in 1980. Santa Barbara. It was an outside concert. Wonderful stuff.

  • @noeljdun12

    Actually, they never had an official farewell tour, and they toured for about 15 years after you saw them in SB...I should know, I saw them in Berkeley at the Greek Theater in 1981, Cow Palace in SF in 1983. San Diego in 1985 at SDSU, 1986 at Golden Hall in SD and 1988 in Berkeley Community Theater.

  • I caught the Greek Theater show too...Ray said there's a funny smell out there..when people smoked at the shows.Also caught them July 1978 at Seattle Memorial Stadium..much better than the headlining Beach Boys;Seattle Coliseum 1983:Paramount Theater summer 1985.

    Dave Davies is a great unheralded guitarist.Did he heal from the stroke?I hear Ray has a superb solo band.Kinks are very brilliant:)

  • @elpolarbear haha I remember that Greek show in Berkeley...Ray: "I smell drugs out there!", that was Sept '81, with Joe Ely opening, I remember people tossing toilet paper from above, they were on fire that night, as usual

  • @kinksboss1 Ah yes,Joe Ely and that line.1981 also brought us Ozzy's first tour with Randy Rhoads..ok,another thread.he was at Day on the Green July 4,1981.OMG,the memories come flooding back.I recall Ray Davies had a solo tour 3 years ago.

  • Theopellate- you'll have to share him with me

  • happy birthday dave davies

  • dad seen em live in detroit in tha 70s said the best party hes ver seen and he showed me this tun full blast . love the gutair luv tha kinks . fighting drugs drama they happen.

  • Lay off the Peruvian Marching Powder Ray ..

  • Yea. Rap is crap.

  • you know it is................

  • On of the mysteries of my career as a rock and roll fan, having seen the Stones and the Who playing before stadium crowds dozens of times, is why haven't the Kinks haven't enjoyed the same kind of success? They sure as hell have the material and the chops to have earned it...

  • The weren't around as long and too much in fighting and drugs and drama that got in the way.

    Maybe poor management.

  • I am desperately in love with Ray Davies.

  • @theopellate I have to agree with you......severely underrated

  • Never seen that before! How cool was that? Would love to have seen them live, think I really missed an ACT!!! Bless our Ray :) Thanks for sharing this

  • now that sould be our state anthem. (Victoria, Australia)

  • The Monkees were the Madonnas of the 60s. Madonna presents spectacles and the spectacle is more importante than the music. Rap is reciting poetry to a musical background. But in rock all that matters is the music and that its so loud the bass vibrates your body. The Stones - CRANK IT UP!!!!!!!

  • rap is crap.

  • Ray ;-)

  • where was this in providence?

  • One of my fav Kinks songs, it's got a great rhythym and has real drive. It's kind of a proto-punk song, except there's no attitude or rebellion. :)

  • woo hoo! My song. Victoooooria! haha Kidding.

  • Stop arguing about good / bad music about Madonna / Rappers etc. -----

    just watch Dave`s gorgeous smile at 2:21

    He enjoys making music -- that`s the point. .... you can feel it and hear it.

  • @nogrouchy well said mate its all about the music

  • @nogrouchy omg you are so right. aww he has like the best smile ever :)

  • interesting that it took Chuck Berry, Nina Simone, Muddy Waters, Ella Fitzgerald, Little Richard, Billy Holiday, Willie Dixon and Robert Johnson were Rap without outside interventions. They were co-opted and a newer strain of bold stinging rhythms had to be concocted. Thus spoke RAP-Hip Hop making and breaking the distance and barriers. The Kinks, The Beatles, The Stones, Pearl Jam, Patti Smith, The Clash they all "swore" that they learned their Rap from the Kings and Queens of American music!

  • lol SJ9336JE you got it dude

    rap is completely shit and madonna is a fn idiot. Kinks who beatles the hollies troggs they could put together a record without swearing or making lewd references. ol madge can suck my ****