The Kinks - Father Christmas (Official HD Video)

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Chorus:
Father Christmas, give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys to the little rich boys

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  • @edlawn5481
    @edlawn5481 Жыл бұрын

    How can one band do "Waterloo Sunset" and then this? God Bless the Kinks!

  • @djack1231
    @djack12313 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas to everyone listening in 2020.

  • @lisadavis7336

    @lisadavis7336

    3 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas

  • @dankrist5395

    @dankrist5395

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your the best

  • @therealfish3354

    @therealfish3354

    3 жыл бұрын

    Happy holidays mate

  • @fluidfloyd718

    @fluidfloyd718

    3 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas to you, Donnie.

  • @Joepage69

    @Joepage69

    3 жыл бұрын

    to you as well friend

  • @valerieannrumpf4151
    @valerieannrumpf41516 ай бұрын

    Merry Christmas to everyone listening to this classic in 2023. This song is just as revelant today as it was when it was released back in the 70s.

  • @garycarr3857

    @garycarr3857

    5 ай бұрын

    The Kniks

  • @edwardkaminsky6314

    @edwardkaminsky6314

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @Skiis44

    @Skiis44

    5 ай бұрын

    And how. Bidenomics has us all learning how to survive from the folks who survived being under class in the 60’s.

  • @danneilson7768

    @danneilson7768

    5 ай бұрын

    Not Christmas without hearing this and Christmas wrapping by the waitresses

  • @Gweinman

    @Gweinman

    5 ай бұрын

    @@danneilson7768 Agreed, I also add, Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC and The seasons upon us by the Dropkick Murphys

  • @ELEcomments
    @ELEcomments5 ай бұрын

    One of the few christmas songs that is actually good, not overplayed, or super sappy.

  • @garycarr3857

    @garycarr3857

    5 ай бұрын

    The Kniks

  • @rosaiglarsh9987

    @rosaiglarsh9987

    Ай бұрын

    "Good"? It's _great._

  • @amontgomery3391
    @amontgomery33915 жыл бұрын

    This sums it all up: "Have yourself a Merry Merry Christmas, have yourself a good time, but remember the kids who got nothing, while you're drinking down your wine". Thank you Ray for writing one of the best Christmas songs EVER!

  • @billshea6657

    @billshea6657

    5 жыл бұрын

    Allen Montgomery WOW! What a classic I LOVE this song and have yourself a MERRY CHRISTMAS too..

  • @mollyfrom5556

    @mollyfrom5556

    3 жыл бұрын

    And for actually being the band who would, could and did ''beat you up if you made them annoyed" and called that a punch up, as if it was fun, but didn't hit Women!

  • @Frankmt215

    @Frankmt215

    3 жыл бұрын

    It really is the pinnacle moment of the song and sums up the message beautifully! That and “give all the toys to the little rich boys”! What good are toys when you can’t even afford food!?

  • @Alliepiggy

    @Alliepiggy

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think that you mean: The Greatest Christmas Song Ever.

  • @tinedehoop9846

    @tinedehoop9846

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Ray, best Christmas song ever. Merry Christmas in splendid isolation.

  • @BrickwallJackson
    @BrickwallJackson5 жыл бұрын

    No matter what era, the Kinks are stone cold badass.

  • @amandastypul4399

    @amandastypul4399

    5 жыл бұрын

    Right on!!

  • @UrbanLegend321

    @UrbanLegend321

    3 жыл бұрын

    I saw them 3 times live!

  • @philstone6129

    @philstone6129

    3 жыл бұрын

    Better than the Beatles!!

  • @Saucy_Editz742

    @Saucy_Editz742

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep

  • @thingfish000

    @thingfish000

    3 жыл бұрын

    All Christmas music is bollocks, except this.

  • @mike64792
    @mike647923 жыл бұрын

    Played this song for my 8th grade class today, didn’t know how they’d react. They loved it. Faith in humanity restored.

  • @brianwade879

    @brianwade879

    3 жыл бұрын

    LoL 😆

  • @thomashealey6941

    @thomashealey6941

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha I played it for my 8th grade class on Friday. I have been playing this for them every year near Christmas since the fifth grade.

  • @carinhall4508

    @carinhall4508

    3 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, the loved it "ironically"

  • @johnmccarthy4134

    @johnmccarthy4134

    3 жыл бұрын

    Im in 8th grade yet I love this song along with other classics.

  • @powerofthetime

    @powerofthetime

    3 жыл бұрын

    MY new Christmas song (2020) kzread.info/dash/bejne/m2ZpyJagqpW7f5M.html Be kindsubscribe

  • @tombrennan3973
    @tombrennan3973 Жыл бұрын

    "but remember the kids that got nothing, while you're drinking down your wine..." hits harder and harder EVERY TIME

  • @solidsnakeisme
    @solidsnakeisme6 жыл бұрын

    The greatest Christmas song ever. Not only is it punk but it's actually got a really nice meaning behind it.

  • @MrGoldenthroat

    @MrGoldenthroat

    6 жыл бұрын

    I agree! Little Saint Nick by The Beach Boys is another great Christmas song!

  • @Noah-lj4rz

    @Noah-lj4rz

    5 жыл бұрын

    it's the second best for me behind making Christmas from Nightmare before Christmas

  • @dukecraig2402

    @dukecraig2402

    5 жыл бұрын

    Problem with that is The Kinks were too good to be considered Punk, they all knew how to play their instruments.

  • @nickhill8612

    @nickhill8612

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@dukecraig2402 Wow somehow I forgot this song and it just popped up on my recommendations. I'm glad it did and you're absolutely right. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

  • @dukecraig2402

    @dukecraig2402

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nickhill8612 Merry Christmas there St. Nick🎅🎅🎅

  • @MOBAILEY
    @MOBAILEY6 жыл бұрын

    I nominate this for the #1 Christmas song this year. Do I have a second?

  • @waderidsdale7853

    @waderidsdale7853

    5 жыл бұрын

    Essentially I'd go with that sentiment but I'll always have a spot in my heart for "Christmas Wrapping" by the Waitresses

  • @jamesnelson768

    @jamesnelson768

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hang Myself from the Tree by The Vandals is always #1.

  • @dukecraig2402

    @dukecraig2402

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@waderidsdale7853 Just listened to it, right before I put this one on👍👍👍

  • @robjontay5052

    @robjontay5052

    5 жыл бұрын

    GIVE US SOME MONEY!! THIRDS!

  • @kikililac

    @kikililac

    5 жыл бұрын

    Matt The Pogues - The Fairytale of New York. And of course No Presents for Christmas by the Danish singer King Diamond✌👍

  • @909After
    @909After Жыл бұрын

    Only The Kinks can make a Christmas song badass

  • @AllRequired

    @AllRequired

    Жыл бұрын

    And still make it sound sweet and innocent in between.

  • @cheffrey82

    @cheffrey82

    6 ай бұрын

    Keith Richards did a pretty badass version of Run Run Rudolph around the same time

  • @vincentbriegel7038

    @vincentbriegel7038

    6 ай бұрын

    You got that right 😂

  • @ThaiThom

    @ThaiThom

    6 ай бұрын

    And still give it genuine Christmas spirit. Ray Davies is a genius.

  • @fatheroftriplets4487

    @fatheroftriplets4487

    3 ай бұрын

    And Weird All Yankovic with his "The Night Santa Went Crazy song.

  • @CinBubble
    @CinBubble4 жыл бұрын

    The Kinks made a punk song about Christmas. Wow, I love them even more now.

  • @mollyfrom5556

    @mollyfrom5556

    3 жыл бұрын

    They're the band with a song about virtually everything!

  • @cliffhanger3298

    @cliffhanger3298

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mollyfrom5556 Yes that's true.

  • @jayrayhoossongsilivedby5444

    @jayrayhoossongsilivedby5444

    3 жыл бұрын

    I just subscribed to you for your comment. I Love when younger music lovers find great songs. Have a great holiday.

  • @commentingisawasteoftime7195

    @commentingisawasteoftime7195

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Fairytale of New York is probably tied with this as far as punk Christmas songs go

  • @cliffhanger3298

    @cliffhanger3298

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@commentingisawasteoftime7195 I'll have to check it out and thank you for the recommendation

  • @marcuswalters8093
    @marcuswalters80935 ай бұрын

    I had no idea The Kinks went punk with zero friction. Truly Britain's most versatile band.

  • @lynchie137
    @lynchie1374 жыл бұрын

    The only Christmas song I'd listen to all year round..

  • @davidthune2414

    @davidthune2414

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me as well Is that Gilles Gratton's mask

  • @davidthune2414

    @davidthune2414

    4 жыл бұрын

    My mistake, Luongo right?

  • @lynchie137

    @lynchie137

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@davidthune2414 Yes indeed it is. Now, I'm not quite old enough to remember watching him play. But ever since I saw a picture of him in his mask in an old hockey book I used to read as a kid, I've always thought that it was a cool looking mask. One of the coolest designs I've ever seen imho...

  • @lynchie137

    @lynchie137

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@davidthune2414 Nope. You were right the first time. It's Gilles Gratton's. Luongo had a real cool mask when he played with the Panthers too, though...

  • @Frankmt215

    @Frankmt215

    3 жыл бұрын

    Listening in September 2020, best xmas song to listen to all year!

  • @m.j.vazquez4720
    @m.j.vazquez47206 ай бұрын

    how is this not a Christmas classic

  • @marinagodoy4076
    @marinagodoy40765 ай бұрын

    It's Not Christmas until I play Father Christmas by the Kinks.

  • @philmanson2991
    @philmanson2991 Жыл бұрын

    When this was released in 1977, unemployment was rampant in Britain. The pound was shit. They were in the middle of "The Troubles," and punk was just getting off the ground. This Xmas masterpiece captures all of that in 3+ minutes! GENIUS!!

  • @annaclarafenyo8185

    @annaclarafenyo8185

    7 ай бұрын

    And, in hindsight, it's been all downhill since. The idea that things were bad was simply right wing propaganda to weaken labour unions.

  • @turtlevox4181
    @turtlevox41815 ай бұрын

    I saw Thew Kinks perform this when they played a few NYC-area gigs to promote the single. Ray gave me one of thew most gracious phone interviews I ever had in my radio days. And he and Dave had to be separated by security during the show, so it was win-win-win!

  • @danielhogan7749

    @danielhogan7749

    22 күн бұрын

    That's fantastic!!. Lolz. ;o)

  • @bobm3434
    @bobm34343 жыл бұрын

    Best thing. This ain't a gimmick. Not a novelty song, or even a Christmas song. A pure kinks song.

  • @dianelee1299
    @dianelee12995 ай бұрын

    This song always lifted my Christmas spirit when I was a dirt poor single mother at Christmas time.

  • @NewFalconerRecords
    @NewFalconerRecords2 жыл бұрын

    In 1967 when psychedelia and flower-power was in full-swing, the Kinks were singing about kitchen sinks leaking and general working class struggles -- very much the stuff that the British punk groups would be on about in 1977. Here we are in '77 and the Kinks release a Christmas single that has all the energy and fire of the Pistols, Clash, Jam and it's that same real world concern. Ray Davies never wrote songs about purple unicorns, pinball playing messiahs or tales from topographic oceans, he kept it real from the very beginning and always stayed relevant. (Well, mostly.. some of the KInks' concept albums of the early '70s were more than a bit bloated and self-indulgent, but other than that..)

  • @njoyingtube1

    @njoyingtube1

    Жыл бұрын

    Covered it CHRISTMAS CRACKERS THE KINKS !

  • @therespectedlex9794

    @therespectedlex9794

    Жыл бұрын

    Why was psychedelia too good for the limey pricks?

  • @NewFalconerRecords

    @NewFalconerRecords

    Жыл бұрын

    @@therespectedlex9794 The limey pricks had already done psychedelia back in 1965 with 'See My Friends' -- one of the earliest uses of an Indian drone type feel. So they'd already been there and done that. Also, 'Lazy Old Sun' off the 'Something Else' album has a great dreamy, trippy feel. Not unlike Syd's Pink Floyd.

  • @therespectedlex9794

    @therespectedlex9794

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NewFalconerRecords Good! But how about doing some more.

  • @lannydante9390

    @lannydante9390

    11 ай бұрын

    I loved the concept albums - 700 songs in their catalog- GSTK….

  • @jedionboard1233
    @jedionboard12336 ай бұрын

    I have never heard of this,,,, 2023,,, and found this gem,,, better late than never.

  • @yhd6042
    @yhd604210 күн бұрын

    This was a W song in the 70s with my family (R.I.P DAD)

  • @jadepixie2719
    @jadepixie27194 жыл бұрын

    Underrated Christmas song.

  • @dscharlesworth1

    @dscharlesworth1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underrated Christmas song given to us by an underrated band.

  • @geupelboi

    @geupelboi

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dscharlesworth1 I love The Kinks to death and I like this song. But i can understand why some people wouldn't be drawn to it

  • @SA-zf9ds

    @SA-zf9ds

    Жыл бұрын

    So true 😢

  • @tommymclaughin1377
    @tommymclaughin1377 Жыл бұрын

    A very merry Christmas to everyone listening to this ageless classic

  • @BigAL68xyz
    @BigAL68xyz3 жыл бұрын

    This song is full-on punk rock, and yet... That xylophone solo is one of the most Christmasy things I've ever heard. Loving the irony.

  • @dericahohmann6838

    @dericahohmann6838

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Kinks are always all about the irony...

  • @Jean-ct1xo
    @Jean-ct1xo5 ай бұрын

    Happy Christmas 2023

  • @waltermameli2026
    @waltermameli20264 жыл бұрын

    The Kinks.....in the top ten rock bands of all time.....the truth will set you free.....

  • @milk_cow_blues

    @milk_cow_blues

    3 жыл бұрын

    Walter Mameli I will said top five

  • @jettramel
    @jettramel5 жыл бұрын

    As a kid we were poor, no Mom, at a flea market Dad gave me 5 dollars & I bought some old albums, The Kinks you really got me, the Dave Clarke Five, Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, so even though I had heard the Beatles more on the radio, the kinks was the first album I bought, guess I was about 10 or 11 yrs old. This is a great Christmas song for those who adore the Kinks & their brand of music. A Classic!

  • @LuisHernandez-hw7dj

    @LuisHernandez-hw7dj

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tchaikovsky?! Damn, even at young age you had great taste in music. You rock!

  • @cydonia1

    @cydonia1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Big Bubba ok boomer

  • @LuisHernandez-hw7dj

    @LuisHernandez-hw7dj

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Big Bubba 47 likes, one Asshole response.

  • @misterschubert3242

    @misterschubert3242

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Dominic Brady oh, don't worry, he'll hear all the singing (or maybe the one-of-a-kind pops and scratches on this impressive 5 dollar album list), his heart will grow 3 sizes and he'll have the strength of 10 trolls plus 2, and he'll spring for the biggest goose on display and send it over to Bob Cratchit's house. Trust me, it happens every year right around this time...

  • @finiuswideman8974

    @finiuswideman8974

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Big Bubba can you say insensitive? Dimwit.

  • @philt1771
    @philt17712 жыл бұрын

    It's not Christmas until my neighbor's hear The Kinks take on it!

  • @stobbinsboy
    @stobbinsboy11 күн бұрын

    This and ELP's I Believe In Father Christmas are really the topper most of the popper most! The Brits knew how to rock. Thank you all from across the water, water!

  • @picazzo5150
    @picazzo51502 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas to everyone listening in 2021

  • @newmanoutdoors1564

    @newmanoutdoors1564

    2 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas

  • @jesseturner9865
    @jesseturner9865 Жыл бұрын

    I'm soooo burnt on Paul , Ringo and John's Christmas songs. This is a breath of fresh air.

  • @johncole5893

    @johncole5893

    Жыл бұрын

    Try 2000 miles by the Pretenders

  • @flashflame4952
    @flashflame49525 ай бұрын

    I actually loathe most Xmas songs, this is one of my favorites because it's great! Doesn't matter how many time I've heard it...

  • @user-iu3yj2dl8j
    @user-iu3yj2dl8j5 ай бұрын

    Merry Chhrismas world from San Diego, California. Wishes of peace.

  • @nickseidler24
    @nickseidler24 Жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas to everyone who listened to this in 2022! 🎄

  • @marylandstemfestival2892
    @marylandstemfestival28924 жыл бұрын

    Ray Davies, Rock's Wittiest Songwriter, hands down!

  • @jeffallen997
    @jeffallen9975 жыл бұрын

    Dave D is really an underrated guitar player

  • @obscuremelody

    @obscuremelody

    2 жыл бұрын

    and his backing vocals are phenomenal

  • @scQue
    @scQue3 жыл бұрын

    How am I almost 50 and never heard this before??? This might be the MOST IMPORTANT Christmas song EVER!

  • @neilfranklin5644

    @neilfranklin5644

    2 жыл бұрын

    63 and same here

  • @whitneygibson3431
    @whitneygibson34312 жыл бұрын

    My father had the best taste in music of anyone I ever knew. This was played especially for me & my little brother every Xmas morning after gifts. We loved it! Made us both rowdy as hell! Thanks, Dad, it was & still remains my favorite Christmas "carol".

  • @user-bu4uk5kz7k

    @user-bu4uk5kz7k

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome, What year was that? I always played it for my boy around the holiday season , Never thought about playing it Christmas morning ,lol To late now he's 20

  • @johncarlson8029

    @johncarlson8029

    Жыл бұрын

    I once mistook the 1 on the clock for the 7 and woke up my dad ... it was the longest Christmas morning ever. I was 6 or 7 years old. Now 57 it's one of my fondest memories.💖

  • @Brewnoe

    @Brewnoe

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johncarlson8029 always rum o clock somewhere

  • @kevinmccorsley7570

    @kevinmccorsley7570

    Жыл бұрын

    My dad plays this every year 🖤

  • @willowbark5649

    @willowbark5649

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johncarlson8029 That is so cute! What a great memory!! 😂🥰🎄

  • @sbarr10
    @sbarr102 жыл бұрын

    The Kinks are never irrelevant. It was brilliant when it was made and it is still brilliant.

  • @MizMite2002
    @MizMite2002 Жыл бұрын

    The only band to truely create an xmas song.

  • @movetherunner
    @movetherunner6 ай бұрын

    No one says Merry Christmas like The Kinks!

  • @iddyscheintot6479
    @iddyscheintot64795 жыл бұрын

    For ever and ever the best Christmas Song. Punk-Rock with The Kinks from 1977.

  • @5488awestify
    @5488awestify2 жыл бұрын

    Nostalgia times a thousand

  • @jcooloti
    @jcooloti Жыл бұрын

    It kind of makes me sad that there are millions of people in the world that celebrate Christmas and have never heard/appreciated this song and the awesome meaning behind it.

  • @richardkey4289
    @richardkey42894 жыл бұрын

    Good 'ol Kinks. Greatly unappreciated band. Low Budget!

  • @timsullivan67
    @timsullivan675 ай бұрын

    Want to thank my 10th grade Biology teacher for playing this as we walked into class in 1983! Classic memory! RIP Mr. Twilley!

  • @jamesmasters3316
    @jamesmasters33162 жыл бұрын

    It's never really Christmas until I hear about Santa getting robbed. Merry Christmas everybody.

  • @driferdark4339
    @driferdark43392 жыл бұрын

    the only Christmas song my father approved of."Give all the toys,to the little rich boys." great line.

  • @bobbailey5072
    @bobbailey5072 Жыл бұрын

    Santa loves this one!

  • @Jonathanest90s
    @Jonathanest90s2 жыл бұрын

    This is such a underrated Christmas song.

  • @chipsk8361
    @chipsk83616 жыл бұрын

    How is this song not played more often?

  • @pghtc56usa54

    @pghtc56usa54

    5 жыл бұрын

    . . .because like the old elf himself, Christmas comes but once a year....

  • @maryanneweldon8040

    @maryanneweldon8040

    5 жыл бұрын

    Easy answer...Sissies get offended at good tunes like this. The sissy generation have zero tolerance...its funny actually.

  • @bigbody7149

    @bigbody7149

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@maryanneweldon8040 Please don't make generalizations like that. I'm a sissy and I very much like good tunes like this.

  • @danehart2783

    @danehart2783

    5 жыл бұрын

    a white song and its about a christian thing , i hear this every year on cleveland 's radio for went they let this out in 1 million BC

  • @helicoprion7475

    @helicoprion7475

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's on all the time around xmas

  • @benaaronmusic
    @benaaronmusic6 жыл бұрын

    Dang, The Kinks could really write a good melody and have fun doing it.

  • @michaelantonio2762

    @michaelantonio2762

    5 жыл бұрын

    An fight often on stage. Great show!

  • @peterzang

    @peterzang

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ben Aaron Right on dude

  • @darthvader3465

    @darthvader3465

    3 жыл бұрын

    we drank champagne and danced all night under electric candlelight

  • @mollyfrom5556

    @mollyfrom5556

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelantonio2762 When I saw them I Almost wished they would fight, after hearing about it for years--but I didn't want the music to stop, so I was glad there was no fighting on stage that night!

  • @mollyfrom5556

    @mollyfrom5556

    3 жыл бұрын

    @dkress38 I wish so much that we had tried harder to see them again in the 70s and 80s. So many concerts to see, so little time and $.

  • @antoniopetisce3417
    @antoniopetisce34175 ай бұрын

    Have a kick ass Christmas everyone 🎄🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎶

  • @MarkIrwin2112
    @MarkIrwin21122 жыл бұрын

    The greatest Christmas song of all time. There is no other answer.

  • @William_1985

    @William_1985

    2 жыл бұрын

    Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses is a close second >_

  • @johnhinz4185

    @johnhinz4185

    2 жыл бұрын

    The song Christmas by THE WHO is up there as well !

  • @ronkrill1

    @ronkrill1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnhinz4185 and greg lake

  • @William_1985

    @William_1985

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@johnhinz4185 yeah for sure, Keith Moon's drumming was legendary on those songs during live shows

  • @joekurtz8303
    @joekurtz83035 жыл бұрын

    My dad brought this home in 45rpm and excitedly told us to crank it up, we heard the intro and rolled our eyes, as teens usually do. Then it kicked in, he got the biggest joy outa that, especially the Give us your Money$$$. Good Christmas memory, thanks Dad.

  • @tharixabraxis259

    @tharixabraxis259

    Жыл бұрын

    Let's round this out to a nice 50 likes. Here ya go man.

  • @KnockOut101inc

    @KnockOut101inc

    Жыл бұрын

    what a good dad

  • @undergroundwarrior70
    @undergroundwarrior705 жыл бұрын

    A very Punk Rock Christmas song by The Kinks. God Bless them.

  • @RamblinRambley
    @RamblinRambley5 ай бұрын

    Literally one of my most favorite Christmas songs of all-time! I love coming back to it every year. Merry Christmas everyone!

  • @barbgot
    @barbgot2 жыл бұрын

    Saw the Kinks live countless times late 70s through their last American concert in NY in 1995. One of a kind band. Ray was in the same class with Lennon/McCartney for his songwriting...maybe even better. This song is has been a part of every Xmas for me since it came out. Who would have thought of a punk Xmas song? The Kinks, that's who.....

  • @stephanlarsen8169

    @stephanlarsen8169

    2 жыл бұрын

    Really Kool insight love kinks never saw them..give the people what they want..destroyer art lovers. Yes I Jah herb Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari Jah everything Jah women Jah Duane Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜🌍

  • @thatrhcpfan1994
    @thatrhcpfan19946 жыл бұрын

    Hands down my favorite Christmas song

  • @charlesryan427

    @charlesryan427

    5 жыл бұрын

    This and the Cheech & Chong Christmas Song

  • @lonnyparton5270

    @lonnyparton5270

    4 жыл бұрын

    Christmas in Hollis is a close second for me.

  • @davidfischer6923

    @davidfischer6923

    4 жыл бұрын

    i love christmas songs but not remakes of them or anything

  • @v.dargain1678

    @v.dargain1678

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wrapping Christmas by the Waitresses is another of my holiday favorites .

  • @finiuswideman8974

    @finiuswideman8974

    4 жыл бұрын

    Number three on my list. Right behind The Waitresses, Christmas Wrapping and The Royal Guardsman, Snoopy's Christmas.

  • @jeremyhargest2390
    @jeremyhargest23904 жыл бұрын

    This doesn’t get anywhere near as much airplay as it should

  • @lindaroyer4429

    @lindaroyer4429

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jeremy Hargest I agree.

  • @therespectedlex9794

    @therespectedlex9794

    4 жыл бұрын

    To be honest, it's a bit too angsty and busy, even for me.

  • @ragingmong5593

    @ragingmong5593

    4 жыл бұрын

    I actually found this song on the radio. Im fucking glad too

  • @darryljohnson4458

    @darryljohnson4458

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Jeremy Hargest they are too busy playing that gotdamn Mariah Carey all I want for Christmas shit.

  • @wesleydickens9283

    @wesleydickens9283

    4 жыл бұрын

    in the 90's it got a lot of play. i think it got too un-PC in today's culture with the machine gun lyric.

  • @vulcangunner58
    @vulcangunner582 жыл бұрын

    It's not Christmas without this song at maximum volume!...Thank you Kinks, and Merry Christmas 2021!

  • @klarklabrador783
    @klarklabrador7832 жыл бұрын

    Hawkeye Episode 3!🥰🤘 Merry Christmas to All!

  • @derekhayward167
    @derekhayward1674 жыл бұрын

    How is this never played running up to Christmas, absolute brilliance......

  • @DeanMk1

    @DeanMk1

    4 жыл бұрын

    It used to be.

  • @derekhayward167

    @derekhayward167

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DeanMk1 Hi Dean, yes but was this in the USA. Kinks were always thought more of in America than the UK, anyhow merry Christmas

  • @DeanMk1

    @DeanMk1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@derekhayward167 Yes, it used to be a holiday staple on the Rock radio stations in the US. If you're going to be country/nation specific, it might be a good idea to state that in your post. Merry Christmas to you, too.

  • @derekhayward167

    @derekhayward167

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@DeanMk1 yeah, guess you're right, I live in the Northwest of the UK, been s KINK's fan forever, never fully appreciated here, but a different story in the USA. You know a good band when you hear it, cheers from England....

  • @nathanmckenna5472
    @nathanmckenna54726 жыл бұрын

    Father Christmas The Kinks LYRICS When I was small I believed in Santa Claus Though I knew it was my dad And I would hang up my stocking at Christmas Open my presents and I'd be glad But the last time I played Father Christmas I stood outside a department store A gang of kids came over and mugged me And knocked my reindeer to the floor They said Father Christmas, give us some money Don't mess around with those silly toys We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over We want your bread so don't make us annoyed Give all the toys to the little rich boys Don't give my brother a Steve Austin outfit Don't give my sister a cuddly toy We don't want a jigsaw or monopoly money We only want the real mccoy Father Christmas, give us some money We'll beat you up if you make us annoyed Father Christmas, give us some money Don't mess around with those silly toys But give my daddy a job 'cause he needs one He's got lots of mouths to feed But if you've got one I'll have a machine gun So I can scare all the kids on the street Father Christmas, give us some money We got no time for your silly toys We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over Give all the toys to the little rich boys Have yourself a merry merry Christmas Have yourself a good time But remember the kids who got nothin' While you're drinkin' down your wine Father Christmas, give us some money We got no time for your silly toys Father Christmas, please hand it over We'll beat you up so don't make us annoyed Father Christmas, give us some money We got no time for your silly toys We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over We want your bread so don't make us annoyed Give all the toys to the little rich boys

  • @scottleipski1015

    @scottleipski1015

    3 жыл бұрын

    The BEST Christmas song EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LONG LIVE THE FUCKIN KINKS MAN!!!!!!!!!!...........peace.

  • @milesarcher.
    @milesarcher. Жыл бұрын

    My 12 year old son's favourite Christmas song. I am so lucky to have a son with such great taste in music 😃

  • @fernmann7

    @fernmann7

    Жыл бұрын

    You can take credit

  • @maersc

    @maersc

    7 ай бұрын

    я рад за тебя и твоего сына, вы точно хороший отец

  • @katemagoffin2485
    @katemagoffin24852 жыл бұрын

    Heard this song for the first time on a cool retro radio station while driving in my car in Pgh (Pittsburgh) a few year ago. It instantly became a favourite. How brilliant are The Kinks!

  • @EnemyKnown

    @EnemyKnown

    2 жыл бұрын

    Was it on DVE? They've played this song for years & that's where l heard it for the first time too back in the 90's.

  • @katemagoffin2485

    @katemagoffin2485

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@EnemyKnown I think so. Great station, wonderful city.

  • @billrozen6203

    @billrozen6203

    Жыл бұрын

    WDVE? Brings back great memories

  • @theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256
    @theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo62563 жыл бұрын

    It’s amazing how ahead of their time they were and they kept up with it later in their career.

  • @garethjenkins6273
    @garethjenkins6273 Жыл бұрын

    Heard this song yesterday for the very first time. I have never it on the radio, where the same old boring Xmas songs are played ad nauseum. It is my new favourite Christmas song.

  • @face2158
    @face21582 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 Happy Birthday Baby Jesus 2021

  • @randquadrozzi5850
    @randquadrozzi58502 жыл бұрын

    Simply the best Xmas song ever.at least to me.

  • @lanibuck1397
    @lanibuck13973 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas from Montana everyone! Good lord I have never been so excited to have a new year! 2020 can suck it! Too much pain!

  • @PastorinoOlivier

    @PastorinoOlivier

    3 жыл бұрын

    We all need positive vibes like this or this kzread.info/dash/bejne/fYWWz8mfk5q4frg.html Merry Christmas to you and stay safe, let's all hope 2021 is better than 2020

  • @lgaytan65
    @lgaytan656 ай бұрын

    Ray Davies was just a freaken genius the way he could get a message across, but still not lose the quality of the song. This great tune & John Lennon's Happy Xmas(War is Over) are my 2 favorite Xmas songs. I love the way they remind us that there are many suffering in this big world who aren't blessed materially even with the least bit during the Holidays. I can relate because I come from humble beginnings, but always appreciate my parents for giving myself & all my brothers the love that was better than any gift money could buy.

  • @SensoriaMaRia
    @SensoriaMaRia Жыл бұрын

    Happy Christmas to all in 2022! May peace, light, and love be with you.

  • @melissadugan1815
    @melissadugan18156 ай бұрын

    Listening to this today on what would’ve been my Uncle John’s 70th birthday! He loved this song. Xo

  • @mikeydeloa7348
    @mikeydeloa73483 жыл бұрын

    This song never ever gets old

  • @NeopolitianNPLTN
    @NeopolitianNPLTN4 жыл бұрын

    LOVE THIS! Rock that god damn snare drum!!

  • @donsmith3857
    @donsmith38572 жыл бұрын

    this song starts out so innocently---then the drums come in and all hell breaks loose---it aint christmas until this song gets played........

  • @Assiro051
    @Assiro0512 жыл бұрын

    It's 2021 and this is still the most brilliant Christmas song ever

  • @wfarmer1803

    @wfarmer1803

    7 ай бұрын

    The same goes for 2023. This song is timeless.

  • @silvierivera7948
    @silvierivera79486 жыл бұрын

    One of the greatest Christmas songs ever recorded. Would have loved to see The Kinks live.

  • @flochroland6112
    @flochroland61122 жыл бұрын

    I'm french and about the lyrics, it's f... great !!! A fantastic rock Band !!! Merry christmas to all Kinks fans !!!

  • @countedhats
    @countedhats Жыл бұрын

    God if Christmas music was like this it would be so much more fun

  • @targetrender9529
    @targetrender95292 жыл бұрын

    The best Rock Christmas song.

  • @chrisconrad5950
    @chrisconrad59504 жыл бұрын

    If you think about the bands that came out of the British Invasion, the Stones have had a longer career, but the Kinks remained, in my opinion, much more artistically relevant during the band's entire career. Happy Boxing Day!

  • @evilredqueen6421
    @evilredqueen6421 Жыл бұрын

    My favorite Christmas song ever

  • @mrcomenttoe2009
    @mrcomenttoe2009 Жыл бұрын

    Hope everybody here and around the globe is doing well through this most unbelievable time in our lives the depressions of the 2000's or the 20s you can call it

  • @newdawnfades5725
    @newdawnfades57252 жыл бұрын

    Ashamed to say I’m a massive kinks fan and never heard this. How is this never played on the radio one of the best christmas songs i’ve ever heard. Merry Christmas everyone. God Bless the Kinks

  • @QueenetBowie

    @QueenetBowie

    2 жыл бұрын

    The radios recycle the same three or four kink songs, that’s it. All day and all night, you really got me, and Lola…… very under appreciated band compared to some of their contemporaries

  • @newdawnfades5725

    @newdawnfades5725

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@QueenetBowie I don’t know the audience of Kinks fans as far as young people are concerned but i’m 21 and they are one of my favourite bands. I was talking to a record shop owner for about an hour on the kinks and his eyes lit up, we were talking about Village green, Wonderboy/Days all their gems. The good thing about the kinks for me is that not alot of people I know listen to them so they are like my own secret. They don’t know what they’re missing!

  • @scottschultz4024

    @scottschultz4024

    Жыл бұрын

    How could you be a massive Kinks fan and not know Father Christmas was out there?! No excuse

  • @patrickandrews5166

    @patrickandrews5166

    Жыл бұрын

    @@newdawnfades5725 if I could double-like this post I would. Exactly how I feel!

  • @kingfishstevens2087

    @kingfishstevens2087

    Жыл бұрын

    When this song was relatively new, it was played on the rock stations during Christmas season!

  • @josephzarcone4305
    @josephzarcone43052 жыл бұрын

    This is the best xmas song ever written or sung. A lot of life lessons in the song for our present day kids. When i was a kid i knew 3 or 4 kids that didn't get anything for xmas cause their dad was a drunk or spent all the money on the horses. But at school when the teacher asked us what we got for xmas they always said they got a doll, or a toy. I knew they did'nt get anything. A lot of times life just sucks. Be good to everyone at xmas

  • @xfoolsgoldx
    @xfoolsgoldx Жыл бұрын

    Happy Christmas 2022. This tune is from 1977. Still sounds amazing today👏

  • @LonelyHiker
    @LonelyHiker2 жыл бұрын

    "Have yourself a merry merry Christmas...have yourself a good time... "But remember the kids who got nothin'.. While you're drinkin' down your wine..."

  • @comediansactorsandall2502
    @comediansactorsandall25022 жыл бұрын

    Who’s listening in 2021!!! 🥰🥰😊

  • @comediansactorsandall2502

    @comediansactorsandall2502

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m now listening to in may of 2023

  • @gregpineda8660
    @gregpineda8660 Жыл бұрын

    Kinks ( the 1960's line --- up or band mates or band members ) are : the legendary Ray Davies --- lead vocals,background vocals and rhythm guitar the gifted Dave Davies --- lead guitar,background vocals and also rhythm guitar the amazing Pete Quaife --- bass guitar and background vocals the incredible Mick Avory --- drums and percussion

  • @stephenhunt9546
    @stephenhunt9546 Жыл бұрын

    One of the greatest bands ever

  • @insouciant27
    @insouciant272 жыл бұрын

    May you and your families be happy, healthy and covid-free for Christmas 2021 and beyond.

  • @UrbanLegend321
    @UrbanLegend3213 жыл бұрын

    Dave Daves showed me that even I could thrash an electric guitar! God save the Kinks!

  • @kevingowrie7376
    @kevingowrie73763 жыл бұрын

    This song will forever be in my heart and put me in that Christmas spirit because of my dad. Since I was little, he would play hard rock all the time and this is just one of those Christmas songs that is timeless, nostalgic, hard, has an attitude, just pure badass and at the same time manages to be light hearted. Thank you dad for being such a cool and loving father and for all the great Christmas memories. RIP pops. For all those out there, Share this song and play it for your kids around the Holidays.

  • @therespectedlex9794

    @therespectedlex9794

    Жыл бұрын

    Rock and roll!

  • @chrisevans5259
    @chrisevans52594 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas to everyone watching in 2019 🎅🎁❄🎄🎀

  • @exploringhorror4063

    @exploringhorror4063

    4 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas

  • @bulbasaurcup9151

    @bulbasaurcup9151

    4 жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas 🎄

  • @MarkkuKoljonenwTinja

    @MarkkuKoljonenwTinja

    4 жыл бұрын

    Happy Christmas Chris! :D by Anna,Christine,Tinja&Markku

  • @gaylasmith5279
    @gaylasmith52793 жыл бұрын

    Happy Christmas to all!

  • @PastorinoOlivier

    @PastorinoOlivier

    3 жыл бұрын

    We all need positive vibes like this or this kzread.info/dash/bejne/fYWWz8mfk5q4frg.html Merry Christmas to you and stay safe, let's all hope 2021 is better than 2020

  • @hgdance
    @hgdance Жыл бұрын

    Best Christmas song EVER! 🎄

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