I was the tape operator, assistant on this gem .. Alan McKenzie the engineer, Pye studio 2. A beautiful record and song .... 1966... x

@Goldenrod01

3 жыл бұрын

That’s brilliant, that’s a moment of music history that you were part of

@waynestewart5758

3 жыл бұрын

I sometimes work for a Ray Lovegrove, remember the name? A roadie for the band at the time, recounts the story of being with Ray when he wrote this.

@rederic2004

3 жыл бұрын

On the best song out of Britain in the 60s? A good day's work!

@solangecsparrzo8748

3 жыл бұрын

How lucky you are I didn't even exist even though I love this song since I've heard it

@mbutts1000

3 жыл бұрын

Good Job 👌👌

It's May 2024. Anyone else listening to this masterpiece? I'm just addicted to it!

@user-ys6eb9lx9v

29 күн бұрын

Me, parents got me addicted too

@ElvarMasson

25 күн бұрын

Why do you ask?

@matzevonfallersleben5853

18 күн бұрын

Just having watched the movie "The last word" (2016) I needed to listen to this song. It appears at the end of this lovely movie. I recommend watching it!

@Dn2M

17 күн бұрын

Yo!

@mariahager3748

16 күн бұрын

We just love this song…. 😎😎

I'm 67 years old and never ever get sick of hearing this classic

@clumsiii

Жыл бұрын

i'm only in my late 40s but learned about this song from a jukebox at the bar where i liked to play pool. I would put this song on while I was playing pool and felt like i played better, but I"m sure i still lost games ha Later a friend played Village Green for me. Kinks are like every good human idea: ignored until it's too late

@tarotsport1451

Жыл бұрын

I’m 16 and I love this song to bits lol

@katejacobs363

Жыл бұрын

Same

@freddyodonohoe2644

Жыл бұрын

Class song 👌 happy Christmas 🎄 from Ireland 🍀🇮🇪

@fabreeziohginn-okie3688

Жыл бұрын

100 percent agree!!! Amazing song!!

A very happy 80th birthday, Ray, and many more

One of the greatest songs ever written .

@joefriedman9843

3 жыл бұрын

Yep and Rolling Stone magazine agrees apparently

@janeough45

3 жыл бұрын

@@joefriedman9843 these guys were utter class who always turned out fantastic material WOW PURE GENIUS LOL XX

@philippecourtois4888

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, for sure

@kevanbrown7620

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, it's one of the most beautiful melodies I've ever heard. Timeless

@robertabouchar4158

3 жыл бұрын

I've always known of the kinks; never saw them, and this is one of the greatest songs of all time. And the Christmas Cut they did is up there as well for rock and rollers holiday songs save all your toys for the little rich boys pure lyrical gold!

as long as I listen to Waterloo Sunset, I am in paradise

@oughtonoughton2634

3 жыл бұрын

Me too this song is so adorable it always brings tears to my eyes ,, neeless to say im drowned in my own tears im now 76 years old thats a lot of tears xx

@smallfeet4581

3 ай бұрын

​@@oughtonoughton2634 there was a play about two old women living in London , sure it was called Waterloo sunset , beryl Reid was one of the actresses , can't remember the others name

One Day on Netflix brought me here, this song is super magical i can't describe the feelings i get, it's just so surreal and immersive even ❤

@berwayannick6287

4 ай бұрын

😅me too

@flaviafernando9387

4 ай бұрын

Same bro

@auriferous4462

4 ай бұрын

The series has such beautiful visuals and good music choices throughout.

@LaviNia-lb9of

4 ай бұрын

Me too ❤

@hammyandguineakids

4 ай бұрын

Same here

Let's all help get this Kink's masterpiece to over 100K thumbs up! Who else agrees Ray is one of the best composers of the century.

@marcnelson9197

12 күн бұрын

Yes that is undeniably true. I used to listen to them all the time in junior high & high school. What an absolutely phenomenal band!

I was a Sr. in high school. Blasting down the interstate at 4:30 in the morning after all night bowling with some friends. This song came on and I got lost in it. I stopped at a pay phone and called the radio station to find out the name and who sang because I was afraid I'd never hear it again. Took forever to find it in the record shops but I finally did . Loved it then, love it now. I'm 60 years old and that feeling still comes back to me. Great to be alive.

@sargentwaag1483

4 жыл бұрын

That must of been back when stations used to play differnt songs every day. Did the same to Billy Thorpes Children of the Sun.

@MichaelWilliams-tt3lz

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Caine's recent documentary, "My Generation," is a great look at London in the 60's. The opening song is "Waterloo Sunset."

@Ryan-fs2xj

4 жыл бұрын

G R A N D P A

@MarkMahoney

4 жыл бұрын

Bravo Bobby! 👌

@martinleavitt6094

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing Bobby,,love this Ray Davies penned classic,,I have it ranked in my Kinks top 3,,any way you slice it, the quartet have stood the test of time🇬🇧!!

The fact that people still love this song after over 50 years speaks volumes.

@ThisBirdHasFlown

3 жыл бұрын

That's... hardly unique to this song.

@Mod-rw9cw

3 жыл бұрын

Poor comment and fishing !

@glennpagemusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThisBirdHasFlown You're right. About, oh, .00001 percent of all the songs written around that time can make the same claim.

@Salamander676

2 жыл бұрын

Im glad I just found this It gives me hope I’ll always find something from this era I didn’t know existed

@fourthtunz

2 жыл бұрын

I don't get it but thats why its great to have more than one band, but the Beatles music will outlive most of the music of the 20th century.

I remember walking down Carnaby Street in the hot lazy crazy days of the 60s with this blaring out of a shop ... absolutely fantastic to this day !! Timeless

@grabgrabgrabthegrab

10 ай бұрын

You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like The Kinks. Two of my favourite bands

@declanfarrell5251

10 ай бұрын

Name a train station and girls name that was a kinks single

@delmarsh9661

10 ай бұрын

@@declanfarrell5251 Lola & Waterloo

@gerardmackay8909

9 ай бұрын

60s coldest decade of the 20th century 😅hot hazy days were few and far between

@lisamatthews4986

8 ай бұрын

Here we are in going into 2024 and this is still so freakin good. Love the Kinks.

From watching ONE DAY beautiful piece of music

I'm 75 years old and I still love the Kinks!!!

@RICARDO45961

10 жыл бұрын

nós temos bom gosto, my brother!

@robertowen1607

10 жыл бұрын

Ricardo Rossi Gracias mi amigo!

@geoffreyhammond9043

9 жыл бұрын

My favourite song is Waterloo......it just moves me.....

@victorray2011

7 жыл бұрын

Oasis don't belong in the same company.

@enk333

7 жыл бұрын

I'm 18 years old and I love the kinks a lot!

A few years ago I went to see the Kinks musical in Glasgow . An elderly lady who sat next to my wife and me rose to her feet and started singing along to practically every song . I turned and asked her if she had seen The Kinks back in the day - " Oh, yes , a few times , I loved them then and still do . " She then told me she was 78 years old . What a remarkable lady .

@draskill1

4 жыл бұрын

I went to a concert in Blackpool in October 1964 and top of the bill was The Beatles supported by The Kinks and now more than 55 years I still pinch myself at seeing these two bands on one bill. What's more is the tickets only cost the equivalent of 50 pence in today's money.

@rachelkayx

4 жыл бұрын

@@draskill1 Lucky :( !!

@reactorfallout

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, she probably still likes most of the thing she always has, like everyone, ever... how is that remarkable? I would say that was the definition of unremarkable. how many of milions of 75 year-olds still like the same music they did when they were young has to be in the high 90's, percentage wise.

@BruceHurley

4 жыл бұрын

@@reactorfallout What did you hope to accomplish by criticizing this perfectly benign comment? He didn't even say that her listening to the same music was remarkable, only that she was a remarkable lady. Your impact on the web must have inspired your screen name.

@jacobmyers8410

4 жыл бұрын

"Your impact on the web must have inspired your screen name." God i would feel dumb just typing that.

One of the most beautiful and evocative three minutes of English pop music ever. The Kinks were in a class of their own and Ray Davies was a master songsmith.

@joemancusi1516

7 ай бұрын

I often tell the younger people that the Kinks are one of the best bands they've never heard of. Then I start listing their songs which they then can recognize because they've been covered more recently by other bands. The Kinks also deserve special recognition for their longevity as well. Anyway this particular song is so Beatlesque, I could be confused if I didn't know it was the Kinks.

@annmariemarin5513

3 ай бұрын

I love them so much! ❤

@richardscally694

2 ай бұрын

100%

Every time when I´m in London and have the time, I walk across Waterloo Bridge. One of the best views down the Thames. I still remember those years in the 60th and this beautiful song. I am 72 years now, Greetings from Germany.

Waterloo Sunset, one of the best songs ever written in the history of the music. Ray Davies, one of the greatest songwriters/singers ever. The Kinks, one of the greatest bands ever.

@Hahaa99

5 жыл бұрын

@Miguel Osvaldo Flores Dominguez *The best band ever

@vintageneonlights9210

5 жыл бұрын

Hotel? Trivago.

@dw69ful

5 жыл бұрын

Ray was THE GREATEST not merely one of them !!

@garydreyer7478

4 жыл бұрын

England has Ray Davies, We have Bob Dylan

@dereksheils5410

4 жыл бұрын

Number 3 in my fav songs ever

Beautiful, comforting to know people were the same 60 years ago, the lyrics still stand...

I am 7 and love the Kinks.

@user-ys6eb9lx9v

29 күн бұрын

I am 12 and love the kinks, gotta keep the ball rolling...

@Dn2M

17 күн бұрын

Great!

18 year old here just to say that this band is fantastic and this is honestly one of my favourite songs of recent memory.

@brendadrumm9451

Жыл бұрын

I'm 73 saw them live in Coventry yrs and yrs ago xx

@tommay6364

Жыл бұрын

you have a good taste for music, great band !! have many other songs you may want to listen to

@tommay6364

Жыл бұрын

@@brendadrumm9451 god bless

@antoniopetisce3417

Жыл бұрын

Way to go kid!!! 🎸

@rickadlam7467

10 ай бұрын

73 Year old here, and this was my favorite song when I was 17 years old. Still remember listening to this song on the radio lying on my bed after work in Adelaide. This song paints a picture that has stayed with me. A year earlier I was actually at Waterloo Station, London, waiting for the train to take me to Southampton, to sail to Australia. That picture of Waterloo Station also has never left me.

If you leave this world richer than it was, then you have done a good job. Waterloo Sunset is a classic. Thanks ❤

this was my parents favourite song, lost both of them when I was small I always come back to this song.

@minnietoby

Жыл бұрын

It’s amazing how certain songs brings you right back in time, this is an absolutely wonderful song, I hope it helped heal your sorrow over time,

@mariamalouf3191

Жыл бұрын

🥺I’m sorry to hear that, I hope it brings you happy memories of your parents ♥️

@brendadrumm9451

Жыл бұрын

God bless you x

@paulmcgovern6660

Жыл бұрын

You lovely soul

@Wendy-fi7yb

Жыл бұрын

❤

I'm 70 years old and this is my favourite record of all time.

@WonkyDonkey3000

Жыл бұрын

It's my second favourite, after 'Snooker Loopy'.

More than a song, a whole way of life!

England has no shortage of great bands, but none has ever been so uncomprimisingly English as the Kinks, and I love them for that

@wmarkdyer

3 жыл бұрын

Ray Davies has a Welsh name

@JohnLutherable

3 жыл бұрын

@@wmarkdyer and he's not. Your point?

@beastmry

2 жыл бұрын

@Chase Williams this isn't a controversial opinion haha. What's the best American rock band? Probably CCR, maybe the Doors? Even Hendrix had a Brit band. Even post 90s, Radiohead over Nirvana any day.

@anaccount1005

2 жыл бұрын

@@beastmry shut up nerd they both suck

@Jonescan55

2 жыл бұрын

@@beastmry I like Jane by Jefferson starship...hope you do too

To Ray Davies: I was at the Kinks show in Detroit at Pine Knob in 1993. I sat in the front row,you gave me a beer and a guitar pick. I still have the pick. It was one of the great thrills of my life! Thank you for every note!

This song is enormously underrated. Such a beatiful melody.

@psalmer5690

2 жыл бұрын

well, it's rated in the top 100 all time greatest songs by Rolling Stone, so...

@murraywood7480

2 жыл бұрын

I agree , the simplicity of this melody speaks volumes , and yes i also agree that this band was so under rated ,& also they stayed true to their roots Peggy Wood (Aotearoa)

@fourthtunz

2 жыл бұрын

@@psalmer5690 well I guess in the end it’s all opinions but I can Think of 100 Beatles songs that are better than this song!

@rippi37

2 жыл бұрын

Nope , not underrated at all....maybe only underrated in your world...certainly not mine

@rippi37

2 жыл бұрын

@@fourthtunz Yes , and that is your opinion

An absolute masterpiece by The Kinks. One of the very, very best ever British songs and it still sounds amazing now.

if you’re here, we’ve got great taste in music

@johnperks778

5 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree.

@bertrandmarotte4401

4 жыл бұрын

Well, I already knew that

@andrewmiller5420

4 жыл бұрын

Very true lol, I played this song for my students during an in-class writing exercise and there was a lot of head bobbing going on haha. Good music is good music, it surpasses generations and speaks to everyone.

@Xxiammatt4everXx

4 жыл бұрын

Glad we can agree on this! The Kinks are an awesome band, I only wish i was 60 years younger so I could have been a teenager in the 60s.

@Xxiammatt4everXx

4 жыл бұрын

Ritesh Das that’s very good!

september 24th 2023, who's still listening to classics like this. say hi, from mark in devon, UK

@lindapollock2105

8 ай бұрын

Hi from Linda just up the road in Dorset.

@phillewtas4566

5 ай бұрын

Hi from Phil in Pembrokeshire

@melaniekendall4903

5 ай бұрын

Listening to this in January 2024

@melaniekendall4903

5 ай бұрын

Live in Salisbury

@lesleyedgley8371

4 ай бұрын

Hi from Wales. This was my first "our song." Age 12, boyfriend called Terry, his mates screeching "Terry meets Lesley..." after us down the road!😁

This is what you call a perfect piece of music.

Genius lyrics, genius harmonies - where are the when we need them so badly now?

This song bottles up a fleeting moment of heavenly detachment from reality and suffering. Ray Davies, after jumping off a 12 ft wall at age 6 "trying to fly" was seriously injured and spent quite a long time in a Waterloo hospital where he purportedly had a near-death experience following a botched tracheotomy. His sister bought him a guitar at age 13, then she dies of a heart defect. Young Davies in his hospital room, likely spent many many hours gazing out of his window, which overlooked Waterloo and the river, a rather beautiful spot with many people ("swarming like flies"). When he wrote the song at age 23, I'm sure he drew from those moments when he felt relief from his suffering upon viewing a sunset, and from the times he felt isolated and disconnected from the world buzzing by his window.

@williamparkes4662

4 жыл бұрын

what a brilliant song Waterloo Sunset is Richard Smith.......and thanks for the information .....Ray Davies is one of the great songwriters ...not only in England ...but the whole world....wish he d come and put some magic to my songs ....cheers bill ...aka ...Dog Ruff...

@denisemorrow9500

4 жыл бұрын

Loved him but always appeared fragile

@lefuedebout

4 жыл бұрын

@Lovely Monsters Correct. Original title was " Liverpool Sunset "

@fionawilson3287

4 жыл бұрын

@@grahambuckenham1597 You are right. If you look at Wikipedia Liverpool Sunset might have been a working title initially, but the song changes to one about London and his childhood experiences in and around Waterloo. ' The song derives from the period 1965-73 when Ray Davies lived at 87 Fortis Green, the semi-detached suburban home where almost all his songs were written at this period. "I didn't think to make it about Waterloo, initially", Davies said in a 2010 interview, "but I realised the place was so very significant in my life. I was in St Thomas' Hospital when I was really ill [when he had a tracheotomy aged 13] and the nurses would wheel me out on the balcony to look at the river. It was also about being taken down to the 1951 Festival of Britain. It's about the two characters - and the aspirations of my sisters' generation who grew up during the Second World War. It's about the world I wanted them to have. That, and then walking by the Thames with my first wife and all the dreams that we had." '

@matthewmachell9304

3 жыл бұрын

@richard smith. I just had to start the tube again after reading your comment, gave it way more meaning :)

For real Londoners...one of the greatest songs ever written.

@lovrevia7638

Жыл бұрын

Or for real Brusselers

@chriswest8389

27 күн бұрын

Closest I’m gonna get to some bragging rights. Ma grew up in Muswell Hill. Cromwell Rd I think it was. Long before that psycho killer who may have put a blemish on the bourogh

here after watching one day that show rly had me thinking for a few days

The Kinks just were so perfect and never really got their due… this is so beautiful

The Kinks don't get too much credit in my generation. I am 14, and I am enjoying this awesome music regardless of how old I am. Love The Kinks!!!!!!

@RPMZ11

Жыл бұрын

You win,

@Wimmles_Emily

Жыл бұрын

I’m 16 mate and I totally agree they need more recognition

@WeWillAlwaysHaveVALIS

Жыл бұрын

It was the same with my generation (I am 36), it makes me happy to hear that there are kids like me back then looking for music that connects with them regardless of when it was made. All the best to you, long and happy life.

@horseyhorselips3501

Жыл бұрын

I’m 67 Years Old and been listening to the Kinks since I was 9-10 years old welcome 🙏 to our Generation of Fine Music 🎼

@noore-wf3dm

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more ， I've been listening to some 60s and 70s rock music like The Kinks ,The Doors and the others since I was 16，now im 19,and stills love them .i just like the feeling of nostalgia retro,old movies or old songs give me a lot of spiritual strength,make my soul can be told and more complete

"I never heard a Ray Davies song I didn't like." David Bowie

@waltwilliams7063

3 жыл бұрын

"ray davies? can't stand him."- dave davies.

@misterf2923

3 жыл бұрын

@@waltwilliams7063 XD brilliant

@zackzallie8735

3 жыл бұрын

@@waltwilliams7063 lol the davies brothers; the original gallaghers

@grahamwalker1646

3 жыл бұрын

Praise indeed

@petermiller6432

3 жыл бұрын

@@zackzallie8735 Except for the Davies' talent

One of the greatest songs ever written! 🥺❤️

One of my biggest loves of the amazing 60’s

It still gives me chills...no matter how many times I hear it.

@robertramberg

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. A spine chilling experience - every time.

What I've always loved about the Kinks is their beautiful way of painting a picture. They are one of the only bands I listen to that can do it so well. They aren't just evoking an emotion of anger or happiness, etc. They are painting a picture I could see myself in. They give me a sense of nostalgia for things I've never even experienced. Tell me exactly how they do this so well! I don't think any artists really have the same capability to create a scene the listener can just feel. It's definitely haunting.

@cubsdude7460

4 жыл бұрын

Ray is the best at expressing the socio-economic and the human condition.

@sleepover4rover

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful comment!💓

@pretorious700

3 жыл бұрын

That's Ray, not the band

@grantryder5463

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you!

@havingagr8time

3 жыл бұрын

Ray Davies is a songwriting genius. Not sure anyone has ever matched him.

This song sends chills down my spine. Amazing

Genuinely one of the greatest songs of the 60's. It's up there with anything the Beatles did

@williamberry2351

2 жыл бұрын

Its better than anything the Beatles did

@olsenfan4000

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamberry2351 Are you serious???

@simonsherratt1484

2 жыл бұрын

It's a great song, very Beatles like

@awesome-xg4hl

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonsherratt1484 i don’t hear the beatles comparison

@jamesdunn2214

2 жыл бұрын

Why compare? Both bands made wonderful music.

My big bro introduced me to the Kinks, and this song brings me to tears everytime i hear it. My bro is gone and i miss him so. Thank you Kinks for all the decades of great beautiful music

The Kinks always remind me of my daddy he used to take my brother and I to a wee Italian cafe on a Saturday and always played the Kinks on the jukebox

@rw8733

5 жыл бұрын

He clearly had great taste. ☺

@martinezsantana8037

5 жыл бұрын

That's what a call a very nice human guy. Of course has to be your old man.

@sexobscura

5 жыл бұрын

mine didn't

@rodolfoescontrias9846

5 жыл бұрын

Sweet father ❤️

@RobJazzful

4 жыл бұрын

Nice memory. Thank you for sharing it.

This was my grandmothers funeral song. It was one of her favourites, and whenever I hear it, I feel so sad and yet at peace

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

@peytonsmith9979

Жыл бұрын

What’s it called?

One of the best pop songs ever written.

@oughtonoughton2634

2 жыл бұрын

This beautiful song still drives me wild ,,, ive adored this bunch of genius guys since their beginning ,, until eterrnity i say lol x

This is the closest a song ever gets to perfection

@Keston1302

4 жыл бұрын

positively queen jane Bohemian Rhapsody gets the closest!

@flint-cut-stunner9196

4 жыл бұрын

no landslide by fleetwood mac beats these out

@darrelldoo4golf

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Weller agrees; no argument here, either x

@basti_marr

4 жыл бұрын

idk pal, God Only Knows by The Beach Boys it's pretty close

@Ratchet2431

4 жыл бұрын

@@Keston1302 It's a great song, sure, but this and the others mentioned are more perfect.

there's two types of people 1. Old people who grew up with this and liked it 2. Young people who stumbled into the rabbithole of old music and love it (Me, 16 years old) I'm new to the kinks. First song I'm listening, and I already love it

@060154kit

3 жыл бұрын

Embrace it

@Super-Shafs

3 жыл бұрын

@@060154kit - I agree and I will. I am, and I don't regret it

@hibazd1589

3 жыл бұрын

Listen to Lola , you won't regret it.

@Super-Shafs

3 жыл бұрын

@@hibazd1589 - I actually already did

@1mattadams

3 жыл бұрын

I’m an old guy, 69. Been here since you really got me.

My name is Terry my wife’s name is Julie . This is our song . We are both in our late sixties. Would like Waterloo Sunset on our gravestone.

@MrJellybeen

Ай бұрын

❤❤

@takingoverme123

Ай бұрын

❤

@Haileylovesyou

Ай бұрын

I hope you’re living your best life love❤ you

@timbuckxxi9690

29 күн бұрын

Don't rush anything ! Stick around for a while

@devininman

25 күн бұрын

I was just watching a movie with the song in it the movie was the last words

How can you not adore this song. Just a breath of fresh air. Simply beautiful

My eternal thanks to you and the band for creating this tune. Waterloo Sunset always makes me feel better no matter the circumstance.

@grabgrabgrabthegrab

Жыл бұрын

Hey if you like Kinks you should listen to a band called The Doublejumps. Similar styles of songwriting and harmonies

What a tune, absolute masterpiece.

From the great days when music was music with proper instruments. Fab. A gem.

The Kinks - so many quality songs so underrated. I feel sorry for anyone not touched by their music. Ray Davies what a hero!

@dgrichmondbc

9 жыл бұрын

He should be Britain's poet laureate.

@AviJonker

9 жыл бұрын

***** gosh damn bleedin youth mumble grumble

@digsy2025

9 жыл бұрын

***** You kids get off my lawn!!!

@bigenglish22

9 жыл бұрын

Don't feel sorry for me, sweetheart.

@falseteeth5621

9 жыл бұрын

Would you like to buy a photograph of a fat man pissing on a cabbage?

My dad used to play us kids the kinks, Beatles etc on roadtrips on the way to our summer holiday place. Really nostalgic for me. I'm nearly 32 now and this is bringing back some great memories for me. Ta

The Kinks = a very special band. A great band . 1 of the greatest groups of all time.

When I hear this song I think of walking around London with my wife, sitting on Primrose Hill with a beer and watching the sunset over the city skyline. Good times.

Heard this song for the first time today. Can already tell I’m going to love this song for the rest of my life

Their lyrics are phenomenal what a great band. They don't make music like this anymore waring down the reel to reel what an era ❤️❤️

My daughter has an apartment overlooking Waterloo Bridge on Southbank. Just sit there admiring the view and playing this tune.

Dirty old river, must you keep rolling Flowing into the night People so busy, makes me feel dizzy Taxi light shines so bright But I don't need no friends As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chilly, chilly is the evening time Waterloo sunset's fine Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station Every Friday night But I am so lazy, don't want to wander I stay at home at night But I don't feel afraid As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chilly, chilly is the evening time Waterloo sunset's fine Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground But Terry and Julie cross over the river Where they feel safe and sound And the don't need no friends As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset They are in paradise Waterloo sunset's fine

@ConjointVR

8 жыл бұрын

Thank u

@neverexsistedlol8352

6 жыл бұрын

Gamaliel Vasqu

@TumbleTrashOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

And the don't need no friends, And "they" don't need no friends

@warrenraftshol1995

6 жыл бұрын

muchas gracias

@davewalker9899

5 жыл бұрын

Gaze up Waterloo sunset I think

OMG it just never gets old, one of the most beautiful songs ever created

Of all the British Invasion bands the Kinks were the most British and stayed true to their roots unlike most of the other bands. It may have hurt their popularity in the US but not to this guy.

@abigailgodfrey4778

2 жыл бұрын

The kinks rule... My favourite all time band followed by elo

@Mageclick

2 жыл бұрын

Them being banned from the US for a long time definitely helped

@lynburt6414

2 жыл бұрын

💋🌏🦅

@BrianCarnevaleB26

2 жыл бұрын

you will meet your Waterloo. What goes around comes around. THAT you can bet on!

@ConnieLynchitzWhoElse

2 жыл бұрын

What a stupid comment, all of the British Invasion bands were influenced by American music and played their own brand of Rock n Roll; an invention and evolution of American Blues music. Tell me how The Kinks were more British than The Zombies, The Yardbirds or The Stones. If anything bands like Pink Floyd were more British than anything the Kinks ever did.

At the end of 2019 when visiting the U.K. One of my main things to do was to see a 'Waterloo Sunset' . It was then, I knew exactly what this wonderful band was singing about. I know there were many great British bands of the 1960's but to me ,The Kinks were one of the very best who stayed so true to their roots (no matter how much they traveled & how famous they were they never ever forgot where they started from) . I feel they were not given enough Air Play for all their talent ... Peggy Wood (Aotearoa)

My big brother got me in to kinks I was 7years old 53 later I still love there music brilliant

@anthony-angelcarrillo6577

3 жыл бұрын

Anvenger endgamme introduce me of the song kink i am 15 year old i am prett sure i am gonna sing this song wen i gonna be old if i am old one day

Just one of the best classic songs ever, they dont make them like this any more! What an era?????

@gibranramadhan9090

8 жыл бұрын

They still do in indonesia

@henryolsen6248

7 жыл бұрын

Gibran Ramadhan hahahahahahahaha

@leot6167

7 жыл бұрын

Pink Floyd is the Best Band of All Time. the kinks is much better than pink floyd

@katrinachabauty4591

5 жыл бұрын

eve

@ChemicalPrecipitate

2 жыл бұрын

@@leot6167 wut

Happy 80th birthday Ray Davies!!!

Heard it for the first time on "One Day". Beautiful song.

When I first heard this classic Kinks song it was March 1967 and I still love it today 53 years on!

Thanks for this, so beautiful and very story like, so well done guys, still a great sound in 2023!

I had a friend called Mike Smith at my school when I lived in England. It was a great time to be living in England & I remember Mike talking a lot about the Kinks back then. He always comes to mind when I hear this song.

A song that evokes a heartfelt story of solitude and living vicariously through the eyes of lovers. This will always bring a tear of happiness ❤️🥲

I am a human and I appreciate this music. It doesn't matter what age I am or you are. It's the music that matters here.

@squiddymcsquidface3097

5 жыл бұрын

I think you may have the perfect point there.

@phillypay88

5 жыл бұрын

I am also human, verify my ID number.

@breenaaurelia9774

5 жыл бұрын

Thank 👏 you👏

Ray Davies is the most eloquent, articulate songwriter in rock and roll history.

@wilsire456

5 жыл бұрын

poet laureate of rock and roll

@guildsf41

5 жыл бұрын

Any one who does not agree with that hasn't heard all of the kinks great music. Consider yourself blessed that you obviously have.

@janeough45

5 жыл бұрын

dgrichmondbc i agree with you what a genius guy such utter joy from decades gone by .......x

@kelvinkloud

5 жыл бұрын

He’s great at his best, but he lacked the consistency of the mt Rushmore ones like Dylan or Bowie.

@mcgarryinternationaldfi5952

5 жыл бұрын

@@kelvinkloud I think Ray Davies is more in the class of Lennon-McCartney, Jagger-Richards, Marriott-Lane, or Vanda -Young.

I think people will still happily listen to this in a hundred years

How many people crave for the summer of 1966 when life had a different meaning.

@eileengloverruffy9149

3 жыл бұрын

Me, different life, out of this world!

@patrickg3618

3 жыл бұрын

Graduated from HS in 66. Best summer of my life in SinCity Isla Vista with best friends before ABC killed our tenancy. Peter Morgan, Chuck Brereton III, David Quistad, Geoff Williams, Richard Ferguson, Mike Farrel, Alan Poznoff, Terry Martin, Laurie Fitch, Bonnie Finke, Suzie... Sig Pi House, Gary Grubacich (good man) and GOOD Music. SGordon.

@oughtonoughton2634

3 жыл бұрын

Alexander i adored the 60s era for a lot of reasons ,,The music we had was so diverse ,,what a fantastic choice we had ,,,if i find a way back ill give you a ring ,,, I was 21 years old in 1966 now im 76 ,,,1966 WAS THE MEANING OF LIFE LOL XX

@stevenpeters6909

3 жыл бұрын

When cutting the grass and taking out the garbage were the only things that disrupted my lazy unfettered summer. aaaaah

I love this song. I remember listening to it as a teenager and being genuinely happy and content with my lot in the world. I hope it always holds this special place for me.

@evanmorrow3333

8 жыл бұрын

+lee raeside I really like your your guys flag. Its really cool lookin'....My first bike was a 1964 BSA B-40 single cylinder. I was too stupid to keep it running back then though. After that I had lots of BSA motorcycles. I would love to have a BSA 500 single.

I adore this record being a Londoner, a teenager in the 60s and reminds me of happy carefree days

🙏 2 One day series I’m here

Great Music. Classic

@kenmonks7285

4 ай бұрын

Wow 🇬🇧 there's only 1 Thames 👍💕

My best friend in the 60s at school raved about the kinks.I was more mainstream, didn't get them, preferring the Beatles+ Stones .As I've become older+my musical tastes have matured how keyed in he truly was.A truly great band. And for me personally, Waterloo Sunset has to be up there as the finest Pop song of the 60s.Absolutely brilliant.I find myself returning to it again and again.

A number 2 hit in the U.K. for The Kinks.

I'm 72 and I remember this song as a "side B" that I just couldn't forget. So happy that no one else has forgotten it either!

This reminds me of my dear friend Ron, first met him 1968 when he got back from Vietnam,we stayed friends until he sadly left us in 1991.i will never forget him♥️❤️❤️🌹

I lived in London for the past four months and this song will always remind of me of that wonderful experience. My favorite place in this world will forever be staring down the Thames at sunset, a true paradise. A god damn masterpiece.

@christinescarff4920

2 жыл бұрын

You’re lucky that the Thames is so clean these days ! I think they now have otters living there ! When we moved to London when I was 12 or 13, we lived in Beckenham as my father worked at the Ministry of Transport. In the mornings he walked to Clock House station where he caught the train to Blackfriars ! I HATED living in London, because I’d been forced to leave the place I loved best in the world - Abingdon and my friends in Oxford. To try to make it up to me, my dad would often take me ‘ up to town ‘ on a Friday evening to go to the opera or a late opening of an exhibition etc. We had to get off the train at Waterloo and cross over the river to get to our destinations. The sunsets were beautiful but nothing like the wonderful sunsets in the Thames valley which I missed like hell. We eventually escaped London ( after my father had a breakdown with stress and working in the ’ sick building ‘ with its dreadful noise, in which the Ministry of Transport was housed ), by my dad getting a job in - wait for it !!!! - Wolverhampton !!! Despite always trying to get away by going to Leicester University, then Southampton university where I met ( and subsequently married ) a bloke from Southampton there seems to have been some dreadful elastic line always dragging me back to bloody Wolverhampton. Before we got married my husband had awful trouble getting a job, and the only one he could find was in Wolverhampton where he and I had contacts! When we got married in October 1978 I thought I’d finally escaped as he got a job in Newbury and I got a transfer with MY job down there. I never asked to go to the Newbury office, thinking it far too small to have a vacancy, so had asked for a move to the Reading, Basingstoke or Southampton offices, but the day I handed in my resignation, having got a job in a different field in Reading, the Inland Revenue head office said they’d found me a vacancy in Newbury, despite having been telling me for more than 6 months that there were no commutable vacancies in the whole of the South East to move me to !! I should have stuck out and said I only wanted to go to Reading, as that would have opened up more possibilities as being more commutable for central London. Anyhow, as we were pretty hard up when we were getting married, I weighed up transport costs and decided it would be better to save money and be able to walk to work, as by this time my fiancé and I had bought a 2 bedroomed maisonette in Shaw, Newbury, a roughly 30 minute walk from my office. When I turned up at the Newbury tax office on the first morning, it was the usual Civil Service ‘ cock up ‘. Having heard that a woman called Knibb- Scarff was arriving from Wolverhampton, the idiots in the office had decided that with a name like that I must be ASIAN !! The office was full of Geordies and others from the north of England on what were then known as ‘ 2 year tickets ‘ as they just couldn’t get staff in the fairly expensive south East, because even then housing costs were much higher. I met the chap I was replacing and he was thanking God that I’d turned up !! He was a Liverpudlian on a 2 year ticket, who’d decided to stay, but with his new wife had bought a small house in Reading and been asking for a move to Reading to save on rail costs for MONTHS ! Yes, you’ll have guessed what he’d been told !! ‘ You can’t have a move to Reading, cos we can’t find anyone to fill your vacancy in the Newbury area ‘ !!! Things are even worse with the lack of technical knowledge and useless organisation of what is now called HM Revenue and Customs , so God help ANYONE trying to get any sense out of the morons there!! Think HMRC is actually now ‘ run ‘ by someone parachuted in from the FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY who knows f. k all about tax !!!! Thank God I retired a few years ago, though I’ve probably forgotten by now more than the cretins working there now ever knew !! Want any advise on tax avoidance or Tony Blair’s purchase of multi million pound London properties through the vehicle of offshore companies ? I’m your man !! Of course London is the money laundering capital of the world ! Anyone with an iota of intelligence can see that !! English football teams owned by Saudis or Russians etc etc. However the UK has its own dirty little not so secret SECRETS ! What are Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man still doing bobbing around off our shores packed out with their merely brass plate companies doing F all there, and most certainly NOT trading !! And why have we NEVER done anything to try to change the legal meaning of NON DOMICILE, which means that multi national crooks can keep billions offshore, safe in our secure banking system, but safe too in the knowledge that so long as they keep their dirty money offshore, we can never tax it unless they are stupid enough ( or get caught by us ! ) remitting the money to the UK !! Must scoot, double G&T required to calm me down !!! Christine Knibb Scarff

Anyone in 2024?

@IsaacWale2004

5 ай бұрын

Yep.

@tommilligan7829

3 ай бұрын

A long since world gone.😔

@timcoakley5498

Ай бұрын

Me

@robertclare1242

16 күн бұрын

🎶🎶🎶👌🥂😇

@darrenpm9604

5 күн бұрын

I just saw Joe Jackson. He covered this song.

If there’s an all time pop music top 10, this would definitely be in it!

For me this is the ultimate 'London' song. It's perfect!

Timeless masterpiece

The most underrated band!

@donpoole8617

5 жыл бұрын

Not by me.

@liveoak144

5 жыл бұрын

They were a big deal where I was. I really love 'em.

@SoulShines4U

5 жыл бұрын

"Underrated"?? The Kinks were one of the most influential groups to come out of the 60's British Invasion. The group was also inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame within the first decade of the Hall's existence back in 1990. The Kinks aren't underrated or undervalued at all, rather they hold a very prominent place in the history of Rock & Roll. Long live The Kinks!!

@somamusika

5 жыл бұрын

Yes you are right. While in Mexico everybody knows the beatles and the stones, even my grand mother, nobody -apart maybe for "you really got me". nobody knows who the hell the Kinks are...very underrated endeed.

@timarnold1634

4 жыл бұрын

Who's underrating them? Let me know, I'll sort straighten 'em out! Lol.

Such happy memories. Shit! Little did I know what 60 odd years would bring about. This has been long planned. Well. I had a good life. I’ll try to enjoy what’s left. Love to all you people who grasp reality. May your god be to you. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

I am in my 30s and Czech, and I haven't heard of this song before Spotify threw it into my automatic playlist, and haven't heard of the Kinks before Spotify threw in Lola. It was such a great discovery, but even though my father was somewhat obsessed with Beatles in the past, so you would think I could share this with at least him, I don't feel I can. So I confess here, I really love this song.

Dirty old river, must you keep rolling Flowing into the night? People so busy, make me feel dizzy Taxi light shines so bright But I don't need no friends As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chilly, chilly is the evening time Waterloo sunset's fine (Waterloo sunset's fine) Terry meets Julie Waterloo station Every Friday night But I am so lazy, don't want to wander I stay at home at night But I don't feel afraid As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise Every day I look at the world from my window But chilly, chilly is the evening time Waterloo sunset's fine (Waterloo sunset's fine) Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground But Terry and Julie cross over the river Where they feel safe and sound And they don't need no friends As long as they gaze on Waterloo Sunset They are in paradise Waterloo sunset's fine (Waterloo sunset's fine) Waterloo sunset's fine

@phantaminum630

3 жыл бұрын

bro how are you in every song

@PartyOnTheBed

3 жыл бұрын

Hey instead of copy and pasting lyrics in the comments section and expecting to get a lot of likes even though the lyrics are legit in the fucking description maybe try actually putting some effort and creativity into your comments

@user-sh2rc5kc7x

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 💓

@omoisienne

3 жыл бұрын

@@PartyOnTheBed ça peut être pratique pour les non-anglophone.

@victorformosa2825

2 жыл бұрын

@@PartyOnTheBed I took away the like I gave and gave it to you.

Oh, so this is one of the finest pop records in the history of rock 'n roll, huh? Why, yes. Yes, it is.

My favorite album hands down of The Kinks. Love Waterloo Sunset ❤️

Delicate connection between melody and lyrics. People from London must adore it. Oné of the best songs ever to exoress something essential.

"Love, Simon" brought me here. The most underrated band! Just one of the best classic songs ever, they dont make them like this any more! What an era?????