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Rating: The Kinks were formed in a London suburb in 1963 by the Davies brothers, Ray and Dave, alongside Peter Quaife and Mick Avory. They played as a backing band for their future manager Robert Wace in small venues until 1964 when they released their first single "Long Tall Sally". A month later, they composed the classic "You Really Got Me".
In the same year, this first album of fresh and brilliant rock n roll, very aggressive was released. Launched by the hit song "You Really Got Me", considered by some as the founding father of hard rock, it immediately became an icon mod along with My Generation by The Who, still remembered for its splendid Groove. For me, it holds up well to the level of Please, Please Me which was simultaneously turning the Liverpool quartet into idols. The album opens with the splendid "Beautiful Delilah", characterized by the gritty vocals of Davies and their crazy guitars spinning their wild riff repeatedly. Next comes "So Mystifying" opened by a cheerful guitar riff and driven by an almost spoken singing that leads to the catchy chorus, a strong point of the song. "Just Can't Go To Sleep" is a Beatles-style song full of chorus and uhhh. . . Superior is the next track "Long Tall Shorty", a bluesy number exceptionally driven by the vocals and harmonica, an exhilarating song (a bit like batteries. . . or viagra!). "I Took My Baby Home" is again driven by the usual wild rock n roll riff and the increasingly crazier harmonica. "I'm A Lover Not A Fighter" is a crazy song just like the following "You Really Got Me", super distorted by the use of a tiny green amplifier pushed to the max. The second side doesn’t match the first due to the absence of a track like "You Really Got Me". It opens with "Cadillac", a simple '60s song but pleasant to listen to. "Bald Headed Woman" is a very interesting track as it already hints at the more mature Kinks (see Village Green and Arthur), quirky and melodic at the same time. "Revenge" is a piece completely led by harmonica, "Too Much Monkey Business" is a re-adaptation of a classic '60s tune. "I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain", "Stop Your Sobbing", and "Got Love If You Want It" are additional rock n roll tracks.
Long live The Kinks!!! Cheers from Psychobonco!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Beautiful Delilah (02:04)
Beautiful Delilah, sweet as apple pie
Always gets a second look from fellas passing by
Every time you see her, she's with a different guy
Beautiful Delilah, that's the reason why
Rebecca don't allow me fool around with you
You are so tantalizing, you just can't be true
Beautiful Delilah, dressed in the latest styles
Swinging like a pendulum, walking down the aisle
Sees so many guys, speaks so low and mild
One day she will marry, settle down, after a while
Rebecca don't allow me, fool around with you
You are so tantalizing, you just can't be true
Beautiful Delilah, bathing in the sun
Audience of 17, and noticed not a one
Local Casanova who wouldn't be outdone
Let her steal his heart away, she break it just for fun
Rebecca don't allow me, fool around with you
You are so tantalizing, you just can't be true
02 So Mystifying (02:49)
You know you're so mystifying
You know you're so mystifying
Well, help me, baby, get a message through
You leave my mouth wide open with the things that you do
First you say you love me, then you say that we're through
You know you're so mystifying, can't believe it's true
You know you're so mystifying
You know you're so mystifying
You know that every time I see you walking down the street
You got a mystifying wiggle from your head to your feet
You got a shock wave pulsating rhythm through my brain
You know you're so mystifying, you just ain't the same
You know you're so mystifying
You know you're so mystifying
You know you're so mystifying
You know you're so mystifying
Well, mystify me by the way that you walk
You even mystify me by the way you talk
Go from one day to the next if you'll be mine
Oh, little woman, you are so mystifying
You know you're so mystifying
You know you're so mystifying
You know you're so mystifying
05 You Really Got Me (02:13)
Girl, you really got me goin'
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin'
Yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I can't sleep at night
Yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now
Oh yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I can't sleep at night
You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me
See, don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side
Girl, you really got me now
You got me so I can't sleep at night
Yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now
Oh yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I can't sleep at night
You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me
Oh no...
(instrumental)
See, don't ever set me free
I always wanna be by your side
Girl, you really got me now
You got me so I can't sleep at night
Yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now
Oh yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I can't sleep at night
You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me
06 Cadillac (02:41)
I don't want no Cadillac
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
The one I got I'm gonna take it back
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
Come down to my house early in the morning
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
Look at the car wouldn't give me no warning
Oh, Cadillac
Well look in the sun but it wasn't no Jack[?]
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
I think I'll take this Cadillac back
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
A pretty little American walking down the street
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
Look at the car [?]
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
Oh, Cadillac
I don't want no Cadillac
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
The one I got I'm gonna take it back
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
Come down to my house early in the morning
(C-A-D-I-L-L-A-C)
Look at the car wouldn't give me no warning
Oh, Cadillac
Oh, Cadillac
08 Too Much Monkey Business (02:14)
Running to and fro, hard working at the mill,
Never failed at the mill, there come a rotten bill.
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business,
Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
Salesman talkin¹ to me tryin¹ to run me up a creek,
Says you can buy it, go on try it, you can pay me next week.
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business,
Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
Blonde hair, good-looking, trying to get into get me married
Get a home, settle down by the book.
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
Same thing every day, getting up, going to school,
No need for me complaining, my objection¹s overruled.
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business,
Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
Oh!
Pay-phone, something¹s wrong, dime gone, will mail,
Oughta sue the operator for telling me a tale.
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business,
Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
Been to Yokohama, baby, fighting in the war,
Army bunk, army chow, army clothes, army car.
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business,
Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
Working in the filling station, too many checks,
Wipe the windows, check the oil, check the tires, dollar gas?
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved with you.
09 I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain (02:02)
Well I've been driving on Bald Mountain
Well I've been driving on Bald Mountain
Well I've been driving on Bald Mountain
But I've done my time, you know I've done my time
Well look here buddy, where'd you get your learning[?]?
Well look here buddy, where'd you get your learning[?]?
Well look here buddy, where'd you get your learning[?]?
Well here you come, boy, here you come
Well I got my learning[?] on big, bad guitar man [?]
Well I got my learning[?] on big, bad guitar man [?]
Well I got my learning[?] on big, bad guitar man [?]
Well I've done my time, I've done my time
Well every little thing that, that you see shining
Well every little thing that, that you see shining
Well every little thing that, that you see shining
Well it ain't no gold, lord, well it ain't no gold
Well I've been driving since Johnny was a baby
Well I've been driving since Johnny was a baby
Well I've been driving since Johnny was a baby
Well I've done my time, I've done my time
Well I've been driving on Bald Mountain
Well I've been driving on Bald Mountain
10 Stop Your Sobbing (02:05)
It is time for you to stop all of your sobbing
Yes it's time for you to stop all of your sobbing
There's one thing that you gotta do
To make me still want you
Gotta stop sobbing now
Yeah, stop it, stop it
Gotta stop sobbing now
It is time for you to laugh instead of crying
Yes it's time for you to laugh so keep on trying
There's one thing that you gotta do
To make me still want you
Gotta stop sobbing now
Yeah, stop it, stop it
Gotta stop sobbing now
Each little tear that falls from your eye
Makes, makes-a me want
To take you in my arms and tell you to stop all your sobbing
Yes it's time for you to stop all of your sobbing
Yes it's time for you to stop all of your sobbing
There's one thing that you gotta do
To make me still want you
Gotta stop sobbing now
Yeah, stop it, stop it
Gotta stop sobbing now
Stop it, stop it
Gotta stop sobbing now
Sobbin' sobbin' sobbing
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