The Kinks - Look A Little On The Sunny Side

Look A Little On The Sunny Side is from the highly underrated Kinks 1972 album - Everybody's in Show-Biz. This song is in The Kinks campy Music Hall style, which fits into the Glam Rock of that era. You have to have an acquired taste for it - I love it, personally. You can't be down for long listening to this tune. This song also features Mike Cotton - trumpet, John Beecham - trombone, tuba, Alan Holmes - baritone sax, clarinet

Look A Little On The Sunny Side

Written by: Ray Davies
Published by: Davray Music Ltd.

Look a little on the sunny side

Even when they say you're on the slide,

And for a while they'll say your records never make it,

But in a while they're gonna be showering you with praises.

They'll give you mediocre reviews

And put you in the underground for a while,

But look a little on the funny, sunny side of life,

Look a little on the sunny side.



You sing 'em the blues

And then they ask for a happy tune,

And when you start to smile they'll say gimme dat rhythm and blues,

And when you give 'em dat rhythm and blues they'll simply smile and say

We didn't want to hear you play,

We didn't like you any way.
It's very hard to please the people every single time,

But look a little on the sunny side.


Look a little on the sunny side
Even when you feel you want to hide,

You gotta laugh, don't let your critics ever upset you,

'Cos for a while the cynics will all be out to get you.

You gotta be shrewd, you gotta be strong

You've gotta convince yourself that you are not wrong,
Whistle a tune and think of a catchy, happy, little song

And look a little on the sunny side.


It's very hard to please the people every single time,

But look a little on the sunny side.



They're gonna put you down for a while

You've got to learn to grit your teeth and smile

And look a little on the funny, sunny side of life,

Look a little on the sunny side.

Produced by Ray Davies

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[renotsecniv]

Everybody who is considering going into the music business needs to listen to this song.

[nogrouchy]

Great job, BerkeleyMews7!

Wonderful song combined with beautiful pictures. Not to forget your informative comment on the song.

[greengargantua]

@berkeleymews7: I agree with you that the Kinks' music is an acquired taste, especially songs like "...SunnySide". One thing for sure, their music is NEVER boring or predictable. There's a lot going on on a Kinks record. I don't know if it is just me, but I can almost see Ray Davies gritting his teeth and smiling that crooked smile of his when he sings that line "you gotta grit your teeth and smile" from "...sunny side".

[greengargantua]

@Berkelymews7 : I really love this song and all of the kinks' "campy" style songs, such as "Look a little on the sunny side", "Unreal reality", "She's bought a hat like...", "Cricket", "There's a change in the weather", "The Moneygoround", "Denmark Street", "Alcohol", "Holiday", "Mirror of Love", etc. etc. In fact, I made a whole cassette (yes,a cassette) of Kinks' songs in this style. I love their ballads and rockers as well, but I really get a kick of the songs in this music hall style.

[Rodel757]

Sounds like a Leon Redbone tune....

[mallchris]

always look on the bright side of life!