The Kinks - Strangers

[ThisIsTheeEnd]

nice one, thx for sharing.

[bootyslave69]

they don't make um like this anymore. god bless the Kinks!

[samharrisson21]

You know how some drunk people keep saying "I FUCKING LOVE YOU GUYS" constantly? Yeah, that's me after listening to this song.

[dob90210]

Anyone else think he looks a bit like that Kurt Cobain fella?

[CoolProduction93]

THE DARJEELING LIMITED

[cabropesado]

@CoolProduction93 The Kinks, man... THE KINKS!!!!!!

[MrN00dle51]

GREAT song ! This band is so underrated...



[usabbott48g]

Your video is a favorite on Colombia

[AdityaBaswan]

is that a joint? 

[dinolovesdrums]

One of the most Underrated bands of all times? The Kinks rule they were indie rock before that clever title ever was created... One of the first big concerts I saw back in 1982 as a young teen.

[Individual1991]

Nothing beats the kinks, incredible band.

[NUIMfilm]

This song is perfect...

It's one of those that you know you will listen to throughout your whole life... :)

[ericebryan]

That's a super drum track by Mick Avory. Inventive and spare and tasteful.

[oldfool666]

lol how much does that guy look like jason schwartzman from the darjeeling limited?

[DaDa2Phlux]

This is the song ! At last -that beautiful chorus ...fading-handing off to those steady plodding toms .I have not heard this song in over thirty years ago.Only a song by the bros Davies would linger in the soull like that.

[jamreaper]

dave, fucking love ya man, now its not often one man can say that to another ... but goddammit i mean it

[ComradeRaiseYourFist]

Thank you nowhereman081



[SpanishBetis14]

Preciosa, maravillosa. Algún día los Kinks serán reconocidos como se merecen.

[Mitziii94]

what album is this on?



[LIBERTINEPARANOIC]

@Mitziii94 Its on "Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround Part I"

[filosofiadoestilo]

q musica maravilhosa

[mobyremix]

ya know after seeing a hell of a lot of terrible covers of this song, i feel like i just found the holy grail.

[emillkim13]

@mobyremix True. 

[0000AllFitness0000]

I have to agree with the top comment...I dig the "manliness" of Dave.

[wdoyle08]

unbelievable

[rancidox]

Ben Weasel 's version is great too! i love this song.

[CountryQuestion]

Saw Dave sing this on the BBC4 documentary on the Kinks last night, really beautiful

[tmaxyb]

@CountryQuestion Wasn't it a great doc. Loved everything about it.

[frcgs007]

Dave has a gorgeous voice.

[Kennyajk]

i adore this song

[SasuaiKonai]

Dave Davies always inspires me when i hear him sing :D

[ThePengMusic]

Hi sam



[penquinman1]

Dont be a stranger to the kinks {God Save The Kinks]

[LibertyAtStake]

@giemal: quite correct.

[RDBeatnik]

Beatles? Who? Rolling Stones? Come again?

[RDBeatnik]

Wes Anderson movies always have awesome soundtracks.

[maccafan1974]

3 people are strangers to me.

[beehands]

@maccafan1974 lame

[eurose93]

Have been soaking up Kinks on youtube for the past 3 or 4 months, just came across this one tonight. What a delight!! Makes me wonder how many more lovely discoveries are awaiting me. Dave ... yeah. Soul and heart for sure. Loving it. Thanks so much for posting

[urthcreature]

"strangers on this road we are on, but we are not two we are one."

you don't get rock lyrics much better than that.

good luck to all of you on your journeys.

[urthcreature]

also love the other Kinks song used on the Darjeeling Limited soundtrack (and all the music on that soundtrack) :)

[urthcreature]

such a great, great song :) Thanks for posting it. I loved when Wes Anderson used it in the movie Darjeeling Limited, it was so beautiful. Have always loved the Kinks, they're one of the great bands, very unique sound in my opinion and the music scene wouldn't have been the same without them :) ) Long live the Kinks!!!

[maidenofrohan]

I'm glad I heard this song on The Darjeeling Unlimited. Correct use of the song. Loved the song, loved the movie, and now love the band. Now if I was born prior to the British Invasion =)

[soapington]

Underrated? Hardly. But not as well known in the USA as they should have been, thanks to a ban that kept them out of playing live gigs from 1965-1969.

[deathletters16]

The Kinks one of my favourite bands! i just a guitar tutorial for this song if anyones interested! /watch?v=mKfR85SNw4Q

[wooowmeato]

Reminds me of the homeless people, how much different are we really? The things I own I will share with youuu

[FluffyBunniesOnFire]

This song reminds me of The Band. Imagine how great it would be to hear Rick Danko sing this.  Anyway this has to be one of my favorite Kinks songs.

[pjjanz]

@FluffyBunniesOnFire

so true! I knew I loved this song, and i think its cause it has a very band like sound. not taking away from the brillance of the kinks

[rukeyser]

a song the world right now: walking the edge between defiant love & heartbroken despair...

[pintus1986]

damned! what a song! Love Kinks

[SuperUkuleleGirl]

hate to mention a modern film reference cause i know it pisses youtube hardcore Kinks fanatics off no end (if it helps Waterloo Sunset and Lola were my favorites when i was about 5 or 6) but i think this song was perfect in the Darjeeling Limited when they're all walking in slow motion with the color co ordination and the background of an Indian funeral and the suitcases .. and this song made it :)

[purple1042]

@SuperUkuleleGirl Love that movie and I totally agree, perfect scene for this song! that's how I first heard it i'll admit...

[commi3d0ntcar3]

You dont understand his lyrics because Ray Davies was so deep in his writing. He actually does make sense, probably more than most artists dead and living. He wrote some of the darkest songs:"Rosie Won't You Please Come Home", "Harry Rag", "End of the Season","Two Sisters", "Too Much on my Mind. And some of the most political:"Yes Sir, No Sir", "Some Mother's Son" etc. Listen to those albums again and see that his lyrics make a shit load of sense.

[commi3d0ntcar3]

@davies1980 No shit Sherlock.

[S2Sturges]

Check out the ringing tom at the end, really getting a good whacking, a big stick and a loose skin will do that and no muffle, hey it was the 70's, dub, what over dub..?

very cool I love it!

[vozza14]

if you feel tomorrow like you feel today

we'll take what we want and give the rest awayyyy

[jimbobirving]

the kinks know how to paint pictures in their words. Damn good.

reminds me of d alighieri's divine comedy

[DrDuke1231]

@jimbobirving go fuck yourself

[zstardust838]

If this were the last song I ever heard in my life, I would die happy.

[Dandyincursive]

It sucks to be my age because less then half of people in my grade have any idea who The Kinks are, so therefore they have no idea what I'm listening to half of the time.

[BassManCoopz]

@Dandyincursive I'm the same as you, just enjoy the music and let them listen to the rubbish mainstream music being produced today. (:

[readandweap]

@Dandyincursive tell me about it sigh

[renotsecniv]

@Dandyincursive And a Kinks fan is born! When I was young, all the kids were going to the disco while I was listening to the Preservation Acts. Consider yourself one of the Elite, my friend. :)

[TheKinksfanatic]

@renotsecniv and now, while all the kids are listening to rap and hip hop, I am sitting at my computer listening to real, good music like this.

[johnnymac1986]

i would literally kills to see this in the studio

[dyunior]

Watch strangers animation on my channel -thnx :D ( watch?v=AzLyhFdWJm8 )

[dyunior]

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[dyunior]

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[iheartbillywilder]

I love this song!

[EdgarWaves]

i - fucking - love it.

[Rawego]

got this album before my college days as barter for cleaning an unplanned carpeted room. best pay i ever got :))

[0000jacki]

Such a beautiful song

[Useless2112]

I wrote this song.

[COPMMUSIC]

amazing song

[LennonACW]

such a beautiful song

[floydian1987]

gotta love the end of this song

wish it would go on longer

that drum line is amazing

[sandmiles1]

Dave wrote this about me before I was born

[tubberduckie]

Lola vs Powerman And The Moneygoround

[MayaAnastasia]

what album is this from?

[TheAbominableGinger]

I need to find an opportunity to personally thank Wes Anderson for introducing me to this amazing band.

[floydian1987]

that's sad that you didn't know about this legendary band before you heard about them through watching the Darjeeling Limited

[COPMMUSIC]

@floydian1987 thank god i never found out about this song from a gay ass movie.

fuck the Darjeeling Limited. they exploit the kinks.

[Useless2112]

@COPMMUSIC boo hoo.

[JagrJr68]

@COPMMUSIC

Darjeeling was a great movie. what r u talking about.

[juliasheills]

@COPMMUSIC Darjeeling doesn't exploit the kinks if anything they honor the kinks. Great films have great music and it is a fucking great film. Different artists and art forms support each other and go hand in hand. Prick.

[commi3d0ntcar3]

The Kinks: Highly UNDERRATED

[sinning1966]

@commi3d0ntcar3 False! :-) Not underrated at ALL! And not overrated either.

- The Pretty Things are underated.

- Grand Funk Railroad is underated (for their four first albums & debut career 1969-1971)

- The Creation are underated

- Traffic is somewhat underated

- The Small Faces need some recognition for helping their #1 fan, Robert Plant, singing to be in the legendary Led Zeppelin

- The Ugly Ducklings

Everybody knows the album Lola vs Powerman (but maybe not Powerman though).

[commi3d0ntcar3]

@sinning1966 Yea but wut about their earlier stuff: Kontroversy, Face to Face, Something Else, Arthur? Those are their best.

[sinning1966]

@commi3d0ntcar3 Kink Kontroversy is my favorite (as well as the singles around this album). I feel Face To Face, Something Else and Village Green are flops, didn't catch at all the wave of the time. Good songs, but fail to update themselves with the real art vibe of San Fran and stuff. Plus, Ray makes me sick in his texts sometimes, just like Jim Morrison did or James Hetfield in Metallica. Rich in poetry, but poor in making sense.

His worst texts for a song: Get back in line (1970). Hatable

[lesbos1]

@sinning1966 Maybe because you're American...Something Else, Village Green and Arthur are quintessentially British in flavour, though I'm not saying an American couldn't understand or relate to the material, though it may be more of a challenge. Also I think Ray and the band were past caring about the 'vibe' around at the time...poor in making sense? Have you listened to 'I am the Walrus' ?

[MRdownfoemythang]

@sinning1966 I hate you

[banjoshua]

@sinning1966

The Kinks are underrated for people think of the kinks as one-hit wonders.

It's not until 5 years ago that myself I discovered they'd churned out so many great albums from 1966 to 1971. In the league of the greatest bands !

[sinning1966]

@banjoshua Maybe... but if The Kinks are underrated, The Pretty Things are so unknown they should need some recognition of being the best 60's eurpoean rock band.

Other bands of the 60-70's need better recognition:

- Grand Funk Railroad

- Blue Cheer

- The Troggs

- The Creation

- The Ugly Dukclings

- The Jeff Beck Group

[greatleprechaun]

@commi3d0ntcar3 who ever under-rated the kinks?? no one i know!

[zachrembrandt1978]

@greatleprechaun exactly, everyone loves pulling the 'most underrated band' card,usually based on no substantial evidence(or ratings scale!)

[greatleprechaun]

@commi3d0ntcar3 who ever under-rated the kinks?? no one i know!

[mrocean468]

can't stop listening to it, I did this phase with needle in the hay by elliot smith after e watching the royal tenebaums

[Rayrockny]

If you like that movie, rent the darjeeling limited. Same director and this song is from it. Most of the same actors as well. Also" Life Aquatic"

[mrocean468]

thats wer i first heard this song, i hav all of anderson's films and saw fantastic mr fox twice

[Zimbabweland]

the Norah Jones version is awesome, but as always, the original is the best...

[zeceprajini]

ahhhhhh! this is such a good song.

long live the kinks!

[thelmasss]

Who sings the main voice in this one :D ?

Dave right

[LittleHarrisonGirl]

Yeah, Dave wrote and sang the song :-)

I think it's one of his best songs ever.

[naxthe789789]

Wow, i don't have words! Well WOW sums it up.

[thkoby]

Very Cat Stevens - or is Cat Stevens very Kinks???

[qrlosyahoocom]

@thkoby no....cat stevens is kinky

[DAFUNK213]

Such a powerfully beautiful song.I am in awe when I hear it,every time...

[giemal]

Of course, Ray was the brain of the band, but each time I hear Dave sing, I know HE was the soul and (excuse me, ladies) the balls of The Kinks.

[Lace3376]

Yes, Dave wrought the lyrics and sung this song. It's one of my favorite KInks songs, actually one of my top 5 favorite songs ever. Dave Davies solo, 'Glamour' is great too.

[Macariotron]

Believe it or not, John Fredrick Coots ( of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" and "You Go To My Head" fame ) wrote "Strangers."

[Beadgarden]

@giemal When you listen to songs like Lola and many others its Daves voice in the background that makes the song even better that it would have been without him.

[skint0n0minted]

@giemal they are equally as important, Dave was more the brains of the music and Ray took more focus on lyricism.

[Babyhowdy233]

@giemal

I interviewed Dave last year for Goldmine and he was a sheer delight:very intelligent, articulate and spiritual man.

[urthcreature]

@Babyhowdy233 How cool!

[Lace3376]

Strangers is my favorite song after 20th Century Man. Ray Davies really divulges political undertones in the KInks music that is relevant to the current times...

[MKerrey]

God I wish I could write as well as that.

[renotsecniv]

Me too, my friend, me too!!!

[zappa430]

the kinks are the best rock band ever

[sh7th3ad]

Its like one of those ones where you think, you think and and you just know and you know how the way you feel is changing and changing in whole. you know its changing by knowing where you think you've found the know-how. Adjusting to the change you know how know where change is how it has come along how.

Great listen. 5 stars!!

[luzrodriguezpenas]

una de sus mejores canciones. excelente

[BeLiketheSquerrl]

one of those songs that i loved the first time i heard it.

[Fopington]

One of The Kinks best.

[dogsbreath101]

It's for all you dudes that went to Poly.

The real mother fuckers like the 60's shit . so do i, fuck off

[chingada47]

Aren't we pleasant!

[Nuckatron]

Lola, Strangers and This Time Tomorrow

=

TEARS IN AND AROUND MY FACE

[OvermanVideo]

Stunning.  I will be covering this soon.

[TubeedooYou]

Beautiful music but don't listen to this song if you're broken hearted - I swear you'll sob.

[manzanadecoco]

I always considered this album to be weaker and spottier than either "Arthur" or "Village Green", so I still only have this one on LP. "Lola" was more shocking in the '60's and '70's, but "Strangers" is still the better cut. Kudos to "The Darjeeling Limited" for reviving some Kinks tracks that are not so widely known.

[cammycakes58]

simply perfect

[RockRevivalist]

Great song. Dave's songwriting is just as deep and good as Ray's. I like Dave's voice just as much as Ray's. This is a great song, tied with Lola for my favorite on the album

[Careless4321]

Love this song

[BKLYNSASSY]

god i love them, and the bulk of dave's early stuff is incredible..

[trevorvalentine]

Does dave sing this one?

[sylucha89]

yes, it's him

[FenceThis]

Sings it, Composed it and wrote the lyrics

[lookslikepauline]

love this song

[skatedude144]

one of the greatest most beutifully writen and composed songs

[WelfareChrist]

what album?

[nowhereman081]

"Lola Versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round" (1970) A great album ;)

[Swiftologist]

In my opinion, "Lola Versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round" is one of the greatest Rock-n-Roll albums of all time. I once heard Pete Townsend say that he felt Ray Davies was the greatest Rock poet. This album proves those statements. Dylan is great, and the best rhymster. But sometimes his images are esoteric or just make no sense. Ray Davies, on the other hand, writes poems that are simple and cut right to the marrow of the soul!!!

[jtw2121]

True, but this is Dave Davies.

[Duenderelojero]

yes, great song, from a great man.

[DrakeGosson]

Very good song.

[ozarkdem]

Love this song.  Great, passionate work by Dave Davies.