kinks - All Of My Friends Were There (The Village Green Preservation Society)
kinks - All Of My Friends Were There (The Village Green Preservation Society)
My big day, it was the biggest day of my life.
It was the summit of my long career,
But I felt so down, and I drank too much beer,
And my manager said that I should not appear.
I walked out onto the stage and started to speak.
The first night I've missed for a couple of years,
I explained to the crowed and they started to jeer,
And just when I wanted no one to be there,
All of my friends were there.
Not just my friends, but their best friends too.
All of my friends were there to stand and stare,
Say what they may, all of their friends need not stay.
Those who laughed were not friends anyway.
All of my friends were there to stand and stare.
Days went by, I walked around dressed in a disguise.
I wore a mustache and I parted my hair,
And gave the impression that I did not care,
But oh, the embarrassment, oh, the dispair.
Came the day, helped with a few last glasses of gin,
I nervously mounted the stage once again,
Got through my performance and no one complained,
Thank God I can go back to normal again.
I went to that old cafe,
Where I had been in much happier days,
And all of my friends were there,
And no one cared.
Say what they may, all of my friends were there.
Not just my friends, but their best friends too.
All of my friends were there,
Now I don't care.
The Kinks - All Of My Friends Were There (02:26)
Artist: The Kinks Song: All Of My Friends Were There Album: The Kinks Are The Village Green
Preservation Society Year: 1968 Written By Ray Davies
there are countless examples of truly great kinks songs that NEVER become hits........this is one of them......lets see...to the bone, picture book, I need you, etc
Autor: ethifanman
2
Hey dont you know? Love makes the world go round!
Autor: Usurped
3
yeah i didn't think was up to rays usual genius
Autor: skint0n0minted
4
Long Live The Kinks! as usual Dave & Ray with their finger on the pulse of real human emotions, that driving sad beat Oooo I liked it-thanks for posting...nj (just finishing Dave's autobiography "Kinks" )
Autor: njgarvin
5
This is, by far, the most underrated Kinks album ever. Phobia was pretty good. (Not as good as their 80's stuff, but still excellent)
Autor: Swartenager
6
Musically, it's OK. Lyrically, it's silly, way below par for Ray. There are better songs on that album, which overall is OK...it's probably a good thing they disbanded when they did and preserve their legacy, rather than come out with increasingly worse albums like The Stones.
Autor: mtopper66
7
wtf??? is that guy really singing that stuff? I wouldn't expect it in a million years. Seriously