A Facebook post I saw earlier today prompted me to look and find the above clip that captures The Kinks on German TV program Beat Club during the ’70s. The Facebook post included one of the tunes they played there, You Really Got Me. Somewhat annoyingly, it appeared to be cut off at the end, so I was curious to see whether it was part of something bigger and voila!
This appears to be a compilation from at least two appearances on the show during the ’70s. In addition to You Really Got Me, other songs are Lola, You’re Lookin’ Fine and All Day And All Of The Night. There are also various tunes from the band’s 1971 album Muswell Hillbillies, including Holiday, Alcohol and the title track.
The footage has both elements that are hilarious, such as the band members drinking beer during the performance of Alcohol, and weird moments like the camera focusing on keyboard player John Gosling during Ray Davies’ guitar solo in You Really Got Me.
I dig much of The Kinks’ music, and I’m planning to do more on them soon.
Sources: Wikipedia, YouTube
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Schöner Live Mitschnitt! Die Kinks sind immer Popstars geblieben, wenn auch sehr spezielle. Der Schwenk von der Rockmusik in industrielle Dimensionen war nie ihr Ding.
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Kinks in their prime. Nice find
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