NEW 📀 A Well Respected Man - The Kinks {DES Stereo} 1965

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1965......#13 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #9 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #4 Canada, #13 Australia
"A Well Respected Man" is a song by the British band the Kinks, written by the group's lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ray Davies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the EP Kwyet Kinks in September 1965. The song was released on the album Kinkdom in the United States. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe.
"A Well Respected Man" remains one of the band's most popular and best known songs. It is one of four Kinks songs included on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll along with "You Really Got Me," "Waterloo Sunset," and "Lola".
Davies composed the song based on a negative experience with upper class guests at a luxury resort where he was staying in 1965. He crafted the song to mock what he perceived as their condescension and self-satisfaction.
Pye refused to release "A Well Respected Man" as a single in the UK because the record company wanted a song more similar to the band's raunchier previous hits. It was released as a single in the United States during October of that same year and reached No. 13. Following the success of "Dedicated Follower of Fashion", "A Well Respected Man" was also released as a single in mainland Europe in March 1966 (although pressed in the UK, it was an export-only issue).
The song also includes the word "fag", interpreted by Americans as a reference to homosexuality. However, Davies later said that this was not intended:
I had naively meant a fag to either be slang for a cigarette or, at worst, that the well-respected man had been at public school, where [he performed] the most humiliating tasks.
Cash Box described it as a "very catchy folkish number with a message lyric." Record World described it as a "jaunty and yet bitter song about conformity" that is one of the Kinks' best songs.
Musically, it marked the beginning of an expansion in the Kinks' inspirations, drawing much from British Music Hall traditions (a style which was to feature prominently on later 1960s songs such as "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" and "Mister Pleasant"). Lyrically, the song is notable as being the first of Ray Davies' compositions to overtly address the theme of British class consciousness. Indeed, the song offers a satirical commentary on the entrenched mores and conventions of the English upper and middle classes, while hinting at the frustration and casual hypocrisy that underlie this fastidiously maintained veneer of "respectability".
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smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach
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👏👏I can’t let a Kinks song go by without a a shout out! ❤Love my Kinks.

julenepegher
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1965....I mean, can you imagine any other top tier British Invasion band that could come up with such cynical lyrics in what is otherwise a bright, cheerful The Kinks? "And his own sweat smells the best!" A direct knock by Ray Davies at the entrenched British upper class. Always loved the Davies brothers and the entire Kinks Katalog of great songs!

michaelnotigan
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Nearly 60yrs ago!!!Fantastic and fabulous!!!❤

davidduxbury
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I love the Kinks❤❤❤❤My Favorit Band ever❤

deniseschug-lattwein
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You guys keep playing my favorite songs! Really like the voices. My band covered this song back in the day. Keep em comin! ❤❤😊😊

stangovers
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Great one Sammy, one of my favs from them. Awesome sound! Thanks!

MSCJC
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God, you can really hear an unusual but relatable frustration that comes about from always playing it safe in this song. It captures it so perfectly.

abelwritesmusic
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This is one of my favorite songs - Ray Davies is an absolutely amazing songwriter, his lyrics are top notch👍👍! Super upload Sammy, many thanks and have a happy Saturday! Cheers, E.H.

nothingbutoldies
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Great song, I was in 9th grade listening to this song. Playing sports plus loving life😊

LA-ARCH
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Great syncing of the DES stereo to the HQ video Sammy.

jacob
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1:07 Les Kinks - French or belgian TV?

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