I will be 80 yrs old next year and it reminds me of when I was young. Thank you for bringing back happy memories.

@NOOBsoldier2517

7 ай бұрын

where are ur kids homeboy?

@colincolin5696

5 ай бұрын

@@NOOBsoldier2517weirdo

@tinahorkan

3 ай бұрын

Me too, I remember dancing in front of them at a small gig in Swansea!

@OURNOTEBOOKLOVE1144

3 ай бұрын

Hope you're still with us 😊 friend 😊💯🌹🙏☮️

@moonbeamchaos

3 ай бұрын

You’re not far ahead of us - keep on having fun. “They” can’t take our music away from us!

When the Kinks sang this song, I lived with my parents in a four-family tenement house.There was a pretty girl living below us and I was in the school choir.I used to sing this song for fun when I went down to the basement to get coals for our furnace. At one point she opened the door and asked me if we could go for a walk and if I could sing the KINKS song to her again.I was happy but I didn't sing the song to her; I didn't get around to it.Today at over 70 years old I am still learning to play the guitar and I think back to that girl and the time when the Kinks, the girl and I were young.

@alessandropolicarpo

3 жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful memory, Ernst! A hug from Brazil. :)

@drowningfish8047

3 жыл бұрын

sus link

@ernst2225

3 жыл бұрын

@@drowningfish8047 If you write a little more, I'll do a 30° - bow. Thank you !

@ernst2225

3 жыл бұрын

@@toddblanksI agree with you, memories of something beautiful can hurt, although that is a contradiction!!!! Often it is the youth that one remembers positively. The sky was open and you yourself were open to everything and you just have such feelings in your youth and later you remember these past times. It's terrible when you didn't have such a beautiful, exciting, wonderful youth.Time can't be turned back.When you're young, everything you live is normal, you don't realise during youth that life is something special.Of course, you get youth for free, you don't have to do anything for it.You only realise the value of our music of that time much later, when this music belongs to "your" long history and then comes the pain of loss.What also hurts me is the brutal present when I see icons of POP ageing. I saw Ray and Dave Davies as they look today.Actually I didn't want that.I wanted to remember them as they look on old record covers.For me the defining years are the 60's when the Kinks and other groups started, for you, it's the '80s. Everyone becomes a grandfather or grandmother one day and that is always connected with nostalgia and, at worst, with the death of the idols. I'm happy that there is always music that moves me like back then, that I find beautiful, like the Kinks a long time ago. The music of the Kinks will always be current.

@bomajk5489

3 жыл бұрын

@@ernst2225 I'll be 24 soon. It's kind of rude to be asking this question since you are over 70, but I just wanted your advice. How did you feel at 24? Can you remember? Are you still considered young at that age? What do you think of that from this current perspective you have, having lived a long and, I would say, a good life? :)

A few years ago, I was in the ICU at a hospital suffering from Encephalitis and was in a coma. On day 10 my family was advised to say goodbye as my life expectancy was estimated at 2 hours. Wrong - I lived. On day 11 my son visited and played "Sunny Afternoon" to me as he knew I loved this Kinks classic and thought I would recognize it and the familiarity might wake me up. I started to move my eyes and lips and the Nurse who sat by my bed called the Doctor. By the time the Doctor arrived, I had opened my eyes and the next day I was in a Ward watching football on the TV. Thanks to The Kinks. My son and I always will remember and love "Sunny Afternoon".

@withabeat6584

2 жыл бұрын

I'll have to remember to try that next time I am suffering from encephalitis.

@ancientmariner3077

2 жыл бұрын

Great story. Stay safe... !

@chanisealexis8400

2 жыл бұрын

Sons 💗

@NK-ox9uo

2 жыл бұрын

WOW! Great story❤️

@goldensloth7

2 жыл бұрын

damn!

If your listening to this is 2021 your an absolute legend:)

@deadly_danegaming5610

3 жыл бұрын

hopefully 2121

@roberthuber3518

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@TrySomethingDifferent.

3 жыл бұрын

Finally someone agrees

@jbliv831

3 жыл бұрын

It's a constant thing, but thank you!

@jdcompany2019

3 жыл бұрын

Then i am

The Kinks deserved just as much fame as the Beatles imo. They are highly underrated

@sadie3665

5 жыл бұрын

Anirban Ganguly so true they are so underrated

@hd4t6

5 жыл бұрын

simmer down,,,,,

@shailesdahal8742

5 жыл бұрын

So true

@IAmGrafX

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed, they sure did!

@ethereal_winterly

4 жыл бұрын

@K Even more true

I am listening to this now in 2024. Beautiful as always.

As a 14 year old in 2024 I used to listen to this song with my dad when I was younger it’s older than both of us combined, but still is a fantastic song that I’ve been playing on repeat for the last few days.

Probably the most underrated band in history. The amount of talent and creativity alone, just outstanding.

@caraculo1077

Жыл бұрын

Better than the Stones and the beatles for surr.

@daliaburgoin2308

Жыл бұрын

They had soooo many hits. Ppl remember the hits but not the band name as much

@mcdeadsquirrel

Жыл бұрын

Spot on!!!! I can't even add more to your great comet....!!!

@SundaeExpress

Жыл бұрын

@@caraculo1077 *sure And no, they weren't.

@SundaeExpress

Жыл бұрын

They're highly revered and critically acclaimed and have sold millions of records and won tonnes of awards. Explain to us again how they're underrated? 🤔

I'm listening to this in 2024, brilliant tune.

@user-fl5vv1sp4f

3 ай бұрын

Great harmonies that's the kinks for you

The Kinks, Small Faces, Beatles, Stones, Who. That will do for me. Ray Davies genius.

@cubsdude7460

4 жыл бұрын

I thought Faces was a straight up rock band also

@10mel210399

4 жыл бұрын

Add The Doors, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and you have the greatest Bands of all time

@jlaurence3519

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot Leapy Lee!

@valg4510

4 жыл бұрын

Beach Boys? Queen? Nirvana?

@drewgab3172

4 жыл бұрын

@@valg4510 Those are from different eras and genres, especially Nirvana :|

When this was released in 1966, we were at the mercy of great DJs pumping classics like this through our transistor radios. Find a spot we thought no one could see us and pass a joint, hoping for a good track. The Kinks always put a smile on my face.

The Kinks I remember....back starting in 1963 in London.....never forgotten.....was 81 Friday last....live now in Dublin Ireland....

It seemed to me that the Summer of 1966 would never end. I was fifteen and surfing and hanging out on Galveston's 37th Street Beach on the Gulf Coast of Texas. I can distinctly remember thinking "I need to REMEMBER this--because life will never be this sweet again in my life." 1966 was a great year for me. It was like all the stars aligned to create the perfect time to be a teenager. I sure miss it.

Good music never dies, good people do.

@marcok.6734

Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏

@anothertime1282

Жыл бұрын

And they live on in the music, so everything is fine.

@richardharrison1855

10 ай бұрын

stuff your cheap comments...pretty vacant

Most underated band of all time. A statement, not a question.

@gobblelevclass3nuclearsubm393

2 жыл бұрын

way better than the beatles who were forced into front of audiences

@rodsimmons9337

2 жыл бұрын

Saw them in concert. 👍👍👍

@KateBates22zabu

2 жыл бұрын

@Dan Dugan nice

@craigstevens9351

2 жыл бұрын

@@gobblelevclass3nuclearsubm393 riigghhht. or audiences just loved the beatles way more. beatles sold what, 10xs the amount of albums?

@maurom9654

2 жыл бұрын

No doubt

What a band! So under rated. Clever quirky cheeky and bloody brilliant

Everything about this tune, from lyrics to musicianship to harmonies and arrangement is distinctive and superb.

Their music is timeless. This was one of my first albums purchased when I was in the 7th grade. I still have it and I’m going on 72 years old. Still love their music ❤

@USCG.Brennan

Жыл бұрын

ME too on that!!

@mbear709

Жыл бұрын

@ 65 I am still rocking to great ol music like this.

@amrhu5563

11 ай бұрын

@@mbear709 im 20 and rocking

@lilmembrane5207

11 ай бұрын

This is amazing

@captainkeyboard1007

10 ай бұрын

I was in the fifth grade, but I am 70 years old in this year, 2023.

This Era of music was easily the best. We are lucky to be able to have the opportunity to listen to great songs like this, among others! Great jam!

@andari7467

Жыл бұрын

Dude.....u must be high....

@tommyboytomtom6848

Жыл бұрын

THIS SONG SOUNDS LIKE MY LIFE KINDA FUNNY BUT TRUE IN THE SUMMER TIME WOW TRIPPY KOOL OLD SCHOOL

@Onward_and_Rword

Жыл бұрын

u would say that if u weren't around for the 1600s music scene

@davidtriton1666

11 ай бұрын

U 2

Ray Davies and the Kinks Legends absolute legends

56 years on and this song still rings true.

This song has aged very well. Even many great songs of this era don’t sound quite as good as they once did.

@marcgonzalez5256

3 жыл бұрын

Best songs of 60 aged well thab a lot of hits of 00s

@ldg8640

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@mikefitton3724

3 жыл бұрын

Ear wax?

@samparker266

3 жыл бұрын

Timeless

@sdgakatbk

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. And early Kinks still sound good.

Hope you heard this dad didn't know that was your favourite song miss you dad ❤

I love this song! I was living in Norwalk, Connecticut when I first heard this song. The song is just as fresh today 2023, January 02 as it was then. Good music develops a NEVER ending longevity.

@captainkeyboard1007

10 ай бұрын

I am in Brooklyn, New York at where I grew on to this music [as a Black male], and I enjoy it on KZread, as I am 70 years old.

It's 2023 and I'm still rocking to this song!

2023 and still loving the kinks

@andrewmarcellis2007

9 ай бұрын

Hey you should look up a band called The Doublejumps if you like The Kinks

@Nomoya86

4 ай бұрын

2024 here! ❤🎉

God Save the Kinks. Immortality is theirs. They will be the headliners in Heaven

This song takes me back to my teen years; getting stoned at the beach and mellowing out for hours in the sun. Oh the days before all this adult responsibility; how I miss my youth😪

@chrisvesy7245

4 ай бұрын

I'm retired now...back to the Beach playing the same music I played before I entered the work world! ...(I just don't jump off the high rocks anymore or drink cheap wine...🍷

2024 and I am still listening

My favorite Kinks song. There's nothing like it. And Ray is an underrated genius. I saw him twice solo in a small club and he didn't disappoint. A brush with greatness!

@caralynbryan323

5 жыл бұрын

I've seen ray also.brilliant

@DrBitchcraft.

5 жыл бұрын

my favorite song from them is "This time tomorrow" but love this one too.

@minxkitten1

4 жыл бұрын

You are so right.. Brilliant writing...

@colefreeman4093

4 жыл бұрын

ODO Yipper this really influenced the gorillas. The vocals on this song and feel good inc are super similar

@BrianCarnevaleB26

4 жыл бұрын

the best thing about Florida, endless sunny afternoons! #norain #sunnyday

Another 50yrs time, I'd still listen to this.

The Kinks are one of those bands that could have come out in the 90s or even today and still get big.

@sdgakatbk

3 жыл бұрын

I think that's probably true. I also think they are later bands that could go back in time and make it big.

@Boilingfrogg

2 жыл бұрын

So true.

@Talisman09

2 жыл бұрын

All you can really try to measure this by is musical ability. Their music would not be the same if they were born at a later time (and still all somehow met up with one another, lol). And as for contemporary artists going back in time and still being successful..that's even trickier to speculate about - who would their influences be? It would be impossible for them to have the exact same catologue of songs

@ThePowerpointMaster

2 жыл бұрын

@@Talisman09 I mean they could have written some of their songs at any time and still get big: Wicked Annabella, You Really Got Me, Sitting By The Riverside, Picture Book... etc

@Talisman09

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePowerpointMaster I love those songs but they sound like their era. If they were released today they would be called 60s throwback songs, and the market just wouldn't be anywhere near as big for them. Have you heard what most of the kids are listening to today?

Grew up with Kinks, think they're so underated. I'm guilty I appreciate them now more than ever

It just jumped into my head as I woke up...at 7 AM...after not hearing it since it was released and I was a kid. 72 yrs now. It's in my Playlist now. Lol. Great lyrics....Fun to hear.

Their best song, hands down. Puts me in a summer mood.

@genobutler2711

Жыл бұрын

Waterloo Sunset beats it imo

@liamyoung1299

Жыл бұрын

So many to choose from ...

@greghatton1787

10 ай бұрын

Apeman s pretty damn rad

@richardharrison1855

10 ай бұрын

Pure bullshit. Waterloo sunset pisses all over this

@MegGus23

6 ай бұрын

I see you on the dark side of the moon

I was almost 10yrs old when this was first released and, unlike me, it has never got old. I LOVE it!

@ML-dy8sh

3 жыл бұрын

Love ur attitude. amazing. you go girl.

@hughjarse3808

3 жыл бұрын

I`m the same .Born in `57. Where did the time go? Better days , then , with a lot less than weve got now. Good luck and good health .

@royshalom7675

3 жыл бұрын

I am currently 14 years old.

@colmanarchant6189

3 жыл бұрын

I was 16 and met my one and only love sitting outside on a big lawn with her.

@hinatashoyo2425

3 жыл бұрын

@@royshalom7675 same nice music taste 🤭

The superb Kinks who make quirky, funny songs did not dissapoint with this 1966 song. I had the record as a kid!

if only i could go back to the old times, i hate it now.

Elegant, ironic and melancholic eternal Song. One of the half 60s Masterpiece from a fantastic english band, Ray Davies was an Amazing poet and Singer..Oh wow

@mikehersh6192

7 ай бұрын

Still 🎹🎵🎼

If you’re watching this in 2022 you have exceptional taste in music

What a tremendous song from 66. Wonderful lyrics and a well played! Ray Davies was a genius!

This song takes me right back to the late sixties... Long live the Kinks! 😀

I was 14 the following month, when of course England would win the World Cup. Am not English, so could not really celebrate as others did. However being a teenager during the 1960s was, and still is, something to celebrate. At this time, I began to notice girls and what a combination - girls on a sunny afternoons in the summer time listening to, Kinks, Beatles, Who, Beach Boys, Stones, Sandy, Lulu, Dusty, Cher - Now where's that time machine???

This song just soothes the soul..The feeling it puts me into never gets old, My mind is the same, it's my body that is old, shrunk and painful ..but the music ....It's the magical fountain of youth....

@leotimm6633

Жыл бұрын

Early in morning, surprised O had a good night's sleep for once. Found myself humminghis tune out of recesses of my mind. As always, attributed it to Beatles. UTube set me straight. Thank you Kinks!

@theseustoo

Жыл бұрын

Ah... memories! When you get to our age, it's probably all we have (that makes any sense, anyway!) :D

A great song. Never gets old it's 2022 now.

Everybody listening to this in CURRENT YEAR are legends

@troblesomegentleman4438

4 ай бұрын

And most important. Listening in a sunny afternoon

The kinks are very underrated.

Just an absolute classic . Perfect song in every possible way.

@nickagriesti6708

4 жыл бұрын

They are arguing that they shouldn't have to put effort into the relationships they themselves choose to cultivate. Perfect? Sure, if you're a self asshole or a Boomer.

@bostrickland4970

4 жыл бұрын

So true even in 2020

@bobtaylor170

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickagriesti6708 , it's satire. You can read what Ray Davies says about it in the Wikipedia entry about the song.

@nickagriesti6708

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobtaylor170 there is a difference between satire and flippant framings of gender relations. This is the latter.

@nickagriesti6708

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobtaylor170 it's a tone running through the entirety of Boomer culture. None of you seem capable of respecting the nature of relationships. All you do is joke about how your husbands are worthless losers that you can't use, or how your wives are nagging harpies who won't let you do whatever the fuck you want. No wonder 50 percent of your marriages have failed. You're a bunch of selfhish, self-centered shitbags.

The Kinks are the most underrated band in history and Ray Davies is a genius. This is a masterpiece of songwriting!

@MrGoldenthroat

3 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest songwriters in music history, Vincent, was named Michael Brown for the group THE LEFT BANKE -check them out!!

The kinks are so underrated! I wish more people liked them

No doubt one of the best hits during 60's,!!

You forget how great this song is until you hear it again 👌

@elizabethbarringer2791

Жыл бұрын

I've never forgot how great this tune is

@travishanks4176

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, Ms Barringer. After 1st listen, it became 1 of my very favorite songs ever.

One of the bands with the best lyrics… such storytellers. No wonder they made a musical from their songs

The Kinks, The Animals and The Rascals were my mothers favorites - miss her so much when I hear the old classics

More and more people discovering the kinks every day, In my opinion their music is more enduring than the other bands of their era.

One of the most profound lyricists in Rock.

Epic!

Greatest kinks song written

My favourite song in the world, this is the song of my life.

Love "Sunny Afternoon" still listening to it in '23 & will continue to listen to it in future years to come. 🌞

I love this song. My mother and l sang along with the Kinks when this came on the radio. Good memories.

The Kinks never fail to disappoint! Love this band, and I hate that what they did for rock is basically never discussed

I grew up with The Kinks music in the 60s. Love them! Those halcyon days are sadly long gone!

I remember kicking it by the pool in ...67? 68? listening to this with my friends...the 60s were such a great time to grow up! Magical!!

This song gets me through miserable wet windy cold winters days !!😎

I grew up with you guys in the '60s. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR GREAT MUSIC AND MEMORIES!!

"Blazing on a sunny afternoon."

@Snodog622

8 жыл бұрын

+Foxtrot760 Always fun

@goblin1474

8 жыл бұрын

I heard Lazing

@Foxtrot760

8 жыл бұрын

Do you know what blazing is?

@goblin1474

8 жыл бұрын

Foxtrot760 Yea and it makes sense in the song, but I've always heard the word lazing

@yoboimichproductionsinc.2948

8 жыл бұрын

It's lazing bro

A phenomenal timeless masterpiece

I agree that The Kinks were absolute legendary!! So many amazing tunes.....what groovy memories!!!

2024 anyone ?

@phipmanairsoft

2 ай бұрын

🖐️

@biljka

2 ай бұрын

👋

@eviiliadou1753

2 ай бұрын

Perfect days

@filipe159

2 ай бұрын

Hi

@Henryseditz

2 ай бұрын

🥜🗿

I was 13 years old !!! I loved so much.....I am 66 and I love so much !!!!!

@afrmalatesta5196

4 жыл бұрын

Ditto

Such a cool song.

12.00 MID-DAY 7th JUNE 2023 AND STILL LISTENING TO THIS MASTERPIECE FROM THE KINKS. PEACE TO YOU ALL MY FRIEND'S. 🙏✌️😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@dixieanderson2276

Жыл бұрын

65 years and still a rock n rolla - this makes me smile!

@hugswims

11 ай бұрын

Listening to it now on June 23rd 2023. It’s a gloomy, rainy day so this brightens it a bit!

The tax man's taken all my dough And left me in my stately home Lazin' on a sunny afternoon And I can't sail my yacht He's taken everything I got All I've got's this sunny afternoon Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze I got a big fat mama tryna break me And I love to live so pleasantly Live this life of luxury Lazin' on a sunny afternoon In the summertime In the summertime In the summertime My girlfriend's run off with my car And gone back to her ma and pa Tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty Now I'm sittin' here Sippin' at my ice cold beer Lazin' on a sunny afternoon Help me, help me, help me sail away Well, give me two good reasons why I oughta stay 'Cause I love to live so pleasantly Live this life of luxury Lazin' on a sunny afternoon In the summertime In the summertime In the summertime Oh, save me, save me, save me from this squeeze I got a big fat mama tryna break me And I love to live so pleasantly Live this life of luxury Lazin' on a sunny afternoon In the summertime In the summertime In the summertime In the summertime In the summertime

Perfect quarantine music

the kinks will never be forgotten magic times

@PartyOnTheBed

3 жыл бұрын

Except... They were never remembered...

Mum and Dad loved this song, even though they were the rock n roll generation. Still remember Dad chortling when it came on the radio. Miss you Dad!

Great song

@andrewmarcellis2007

9 ай бұрын

Hey you should look up a band called The Doublejumps if you like The Kinks

My favorite Kink's song. Since 1966.

'My girlfriend's run off with my car, And gone back to her ma and pa, Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty' best lyrics ever lmao.

@joshk2181

5 жыл бұрын

truly

@TehGoldd

5 жыл бұрын

Now I'm sitting here

@tdsims1963

5 жыл бұрын

Isn't it? This song is such a classic. I never tire of listening to it.

@jamesheyworth3566

4 жыл бұрын

holmeed , I'm happy with folk with their Stones and their Beatles but the Kinks are mine.

@chemcokeith6533

4 жыл бұрын

absolutely

The greatest lyricist ever! Incredibly productive!

My favorite kick back and relax song since 1966. It has never aged or dated an iota. Pure class.

The original PUNK band. "Give me 2 good reasons why I oughta stay..." Brilliant stuff!

Great song. Happy Birthday today(June 21) to Ray Davies. Cheers!

I was 11 years old when it came out and loved the sound of it ever since

Great writer

Such a cool song. Ray is a genius. Love the lyrics. Hilarious. A really great, underrated band.

one of those songs you think you don't know the lyrics then you realise you do. You've always known them - somehow.

Toujours dans le top 🔝 💖 10 des meilleures chansons des golden sixties

If your listening to this in 2024, you’re a legend

@tinahorkan

3 ай бұрын

I’m a legend for sure!

@lauramarsh5658

3 ай бұрын

Listening as I read your reply!

@silviabolivar

3 ай бұрын

Yes, I am

@deniseschug-lattwein9

3 ай бұрын

The kinks are the best❤

@user-fl5vv1sp4f

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

My Father Mr . Michael Bell , introduced me to all my favourite songs, this takes me to his childhood whilst at school in Nairobi Kenya

I think this is really one of the best songs ever.

@sheilacomotti8859

3 жыл бұрын

Absulutly!!!

Kinks never got the credit they deserved.Stones and Beatles were great but kinks wrote great songs.Any comments folks.

@qwertyuioph

3 жыл бұрын

beach boys

@vireshpatel9029

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they go under the radar, unfortunately, people automatically think: Uk music in the 60s?.. stones and beetles

@rosyclouds9132

2 жыл бұрын

Not really the Stones, the Beatles is just in fact the most influential band of all time and even accomplished the impossible, but don't get me wrong, the Kinks is a very good band too...

Just a excellent video on sunny afternoon The Kinks 💯

I’m teaching my 6 yr old grandson some of the Kinks sounds! I was at a dance in Swansea in the mid sixties dancing in front of them! Still dancing to them at 80!

The Kinks - Greatest Re-discovery of 2019

My Dad loved this song 🥰

This is one of the very best songs by the Kinks.

I saw the Kinks in 1978. An incredibly tight show!

I was 8 years old when this was released. Sometimes when you're a kid there are things that you know will be with you your whole life. This was one of those things for me.