The Kinks - You Really Got Me (Official Audio)

“You Really Got Me brings youthful music back to its most undisciplined and rebellious nature. The driving riff, led by a torn-sounding guitar, seems chiseled from flint. It’s a petroglyph that breaks free from the rock and comes to life. Ray Davies' voice moves between masculine confidence and feminine elegance. But the spectacular thing, the one that officially lights the fuse of the beat more than anything else, is the guitar solo... a result of a magical muscular spasm from Mr. Dave Davies... ending up sounding like those naughty swear words that boys love to whisper during the throes of passion. It’s formless, seeming to crumble at any moment, animated by an uncontrollable, unrestrained, rock 'n' roll power. The Kinks' third single becomes the archetype of every irreverent song produced from then on in England, starting from My Generation, Wild Thing, and Satisfaction.
The Union Flag,
That of the Kinks.”

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