The Kinks - see my friend (1965)

the kinks - See my friend

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• (1965)

[BITCHPLZSTFU]

This song is the first psychedelic song released by a major band. It was released in july 65, 6 months before "8 miles high" and a year and a half before Strawberry Fields Forever. You gotta give them props. That and the fact that You really got me now is pretty much the first hard rock song is why the Kinks are important.

[fun4eileen]

Thanks for posting this! The Kinks were one of the all-time greatest bands ever! (Note that Ray Davies sneaks the middle finger into the performance -- at 1:46 into the video. Ha ha! Maybe it was meant for the girl in the song who left him.)

[75xaya]

Does anyone know of a cool sitar player besides Ravi Shankar, I would really like to expand upon my musical tastes.

[Shellback41]

If you call four men playing guitars in a Rock'n'Roll band a 'boy band' then you'd have to call most of the canon the same. Also, just for the record, The Beatles were playing Hamburg Strip clubs night after night for 8 hours, doing speed and honing a craft. Hardy the route of a boy band.

This a brilliant song by a Brilliant band no more no less.

[Shellback41]

Can't believe some of the total bollocks being spouted on here. What's all this Beatles v kinks v Stones v Townshend v anyone else? They all contributed to the big tapestry and influenced each other in some kind of way. To all the people banging on about how Ray invented this and that, try listening to the old blues and folk, people who've used these tunings for centuries!

And as for the knob further down dismissing The Beatles as a 'boy band' words fucking fail me on him/her.

[PiggyPinedog]

@fun4eileen Actually, I think this song was about his sister, who had recently passed away.

[crazymaner2003]

@BITCHPLZSTFU And Bully Holly released LISTEN TO ME in 1958 way before any of them.

[RobbieReineldt]

@BITCHPLZSTFU Spot on, The Kinks music provides the precursor to so many different styles of music, Heavy Metal, Punk and they invented the Britpop sound 25 years before Britpop came to be. Their influence in contemporary music is massively underated when you line up dates of when other bands did something and when the Kinks did it. The Kinks were generally ahead of the pack.

[pglogofilms]

Such memories. I met them when "See My Friend" was out and they were filming at the Soho studios where my father worked - I was 13 at the time. Both Pete Quaife and Mick Avory made a point of speaking to me, which made a lasting impression. One of the great bands of their time whose sound never dates.

[PicnicHikeMusic]

Yes, as a huge Beatles fan - I simply HAVE to admit the Kinks out-did the Beatles with the Eastern influence here. This is a remarkable song that came out the year I was born and I'm AMAZED I've never heard it till now. I just love it!! The Beatles would not equal this type of "drone" thing until "Tomorrow Never Knows." Hats off to the Kinks for this one!!  WHY DO THE RADIO STATIONS ONLY PLAY "LOLA"!!!!! You NEVER hear stuff like this. A revelation!

[notholding2]

R.I.P. Pete Quaife

[pilesovinyl]

@BITCHPLZSTFU As a self proclaimed Kinks fan I had never heard this one until I bought an import copy of it a few years ago. It was not released in the US as a single and its a crazy good song. As you mentioned it has a unique feel to it which feels to me as somewhat psychedelic but also a Dylanesque lyrical flavor.