Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks | The Midnight Special

June 7, 1974

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[barbiedahl]

Absolutely great song! Kinks were one of the best British Invasion bands.

[arthurbrotzmeier]

Some music ages well and still never really gets old. Perfect example!

[keith-kbzl]

lyrics are kind of haunting, yet powerful.. Ray Davies is a musical genius 🤟👍👌🤜

[kkampy]

A great homage to the stars of the Golden age of Hollywood

[BC]

Such a beautiful, wistful, and sad song. The Kinks could go places in songs that other rock bands never could.

[myguitardetective]

This song came out when revival houses in the US and the UK (and to a lesser extent TV) were resuscitating an interest in Golden Age Classic Films and Stars… that nostalgia has largely waned for this generation but it was powerful for the boomers….

[thatsgirl]

Beautiful ✨️
I haven't heard this song in a long time. I forgot about this gem. 💎
The lyrics are just fantastic!!
Happy Friday 🥳 thank you for sharing! 💖

[Mr.Steve-O]

Ray is one of the greatest story tellers that ever lived

[peterdame]

Always liked this song from the first time I heard it . 🙏

[snakeinthegrass]

Beautiful performance!! Thanks, Midnight Special!!

[nancye]

Great performance! Ray Davies voice sounds terrific here.

[julenepegher]

Ray is such a Sweetie. ❤ The Kinks are a non stop Movie Show!! 👏👏

[DrTomoculus]

THANK YOU MIDNIGHT

GOD SAVE THE KINKS

[curtisphilumalee]

Rays songwriting was inspiring. He wrote some jems. I bought The Kinks Low Budget album and ruined it trying to figure out the songs. Especially the Superman song. Another song I loved was a remake by the Pretenders Stop your Sobbing. They don’t get better than that.

[crstothard]

Lovely song, lovely voice and instrumentation. Anyone else think Ray looks like Ozzy Osbourne with the hair of the era?

[executivedecision]

The Kinks performed a lot of great music. This show was OK, but didn't include any of that in my opinion. The original studio version of "You Really Got Me" 10 years earlier was a shining example of proto-punk. This episode was during the period between their 2 worst albums "Preservation Act 2" and "Soap Opera", when the band were at their least creative. It wasn't until "Sleepwalker" in 1977, when they returned to form.

Ray Davies recorded 2 spectacular solo CDs in the 2000s : "Other People's Lives" and "Working Man's Cafe" that are just as memorable as anything he did with brother Dave in The Kinks.

[grant]

If you covered him with garbage George Sanders would still have style
And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney he would still turn round and smile
But please don't tread on dearest Marilyn 'cause she's not very tough
She should have been made of iron or steel but she was only made of flesh and blood

[dougmphilly]

this will always be the kinks greatest song. the melancholic melody just makes you want to squeeze your significant other as you sway to the notes. the words are not lyrics but poetry. and ray's delivery is perfect. yes, my music was better.

[Teslaechar]

People don’t appreciate the kinks enough

[itsonlyrocknroll]

They just don't write em like that anymore.