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The Kinks — Sunny Afternoon (live)
Album: To the Bone
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Released: 1994
Length: 2:30
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The taxman's taken all my dough
And left me in my stately home
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
And I can't sail my yacht
He's taken everything I got
All I've got's this sunny afternoon

Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
I've got a big fat mama tryin' ta break me
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
In da summertime
In da summertime
In da summertime

My girlfriend's run off with my car
And gone back to her ma and pa
Tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty
Now I'm sittin' here
Sippin' at my ice cold beer
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon

Help me, help me, help me sail away
Well, give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
In da summertime
In da summertime
In da summertime

Ah, save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
I got a big fat mama tryin' to break me
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
In da summertime
In da summertime
In da summertime
In da summertime
In da summertime
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I can't forget how a friend of mine turned me on to this song the summer of '83...I'd heard their other stuff, but this was wry as hell...dig!
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 allmodcons wrote:
I'd rather listen to original studio track...
 
I would usually agree. . . but this is a smaller gig and the people are obviously 'with him' and having a ball. It is a lovely reminder that sometimes its good to get out there and listen to live music.
Posted 7 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
 allmodcons wrote:
I'd rather listen to original studio track...

 

with you all the way - the way the crowd sings afternoon is plain irritating - guess you had to be there
Posted 10 years ago by philinnz    [ Reply ]
I'd rather listen to original studio track...
Posted 10 years ago by allmodcons    [ Reply ]
10 the song, 2 the version, makes 6.
Posted 10 years ago by palatin8    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}    {#Bananajam}   {#Bananajam} 
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Thanks - a few minutes of light and joy on a dark snowy January day. Lifts me!
Posted 10 years ago by RedTruk    [ Reply ]
Poor recording of a live singalong. Not unlike listening to someone tell you about their latest lovemaking session. I'm sure it was fine for them, but do we really need to hear about it?
Posted 10 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 Bosami wrote:
Love the raw guitar in this live version.

Crowd noise and people singing along? How dare they! Shhhhh! Everybody shush! There is a rock concert going on here!


 
They are encouraged, I daresay.
Posted 10 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
 honeygirl wrote:
Silly... fun... lite... like the Kinks.
 
indeed...{#Good-vibes}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
{#Sunny}{#Sunny}{#Sunny}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Sorta like the studio original. The live version...ahhh not so much!
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Looks good, dude!

 calypsus_1 wrote:

Kinks by ~JSaurer
©2008-2010 ~JSaurer

one of the greatest of all time, here in their 67 outfit.
airbrush, plaka and water colours, 1991

 


Posted 13 years ago by wonderlove99    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:
Oh goody, a singalong.
 
All together now. . . 
Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Oh goody, a singalong.
Posted 13 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
LOVE!!!
Posted 13 years ago by motorichi    [ Reply ]
Way cool.  {#Sunny}
Posted 14 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
lovely...
"7-8"
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]

Kinks by ~JSaurer
©2008-2010 ~JSaurer

one of the greatest of all time, here in their 67 outfit.
airbrush, plaka and water colours, 1991

Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Love the raw guitar in this live version.

Crowd noise and people singing along? How dare they! Shhhhh! Everybody shush! There is a rock concert going on here!

Posted 14 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Between 40% and 50% of all boating accidents are alcohol-induced.  Does that mean that drinking and boating is a safe activity? 
 
0% of some boating accidents are not alcohol related.  Does that mean boating at concerts is a safe activity? 

Posted 14 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
The studio version: 9. The sing-along and crowd noises: -5. This version: 4. Why listen to a bunch of drunks? I can do that any weekend on my boat.
 
Between 40% and 50% of all boating accidents are alcohol-induced.  Does that mean that drinking and boating is a safe activity?  

Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
It's bloody freezing and snowing here.
Posted 14 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
That elec nylon string sounds good!
Posted 14 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
So good to my ears!
Posted 15 years ago by Netto    [ Reply ]
I used to like this song very much, it reminds me to a very good time. But i really dont like when the crowd sings alone, no Sir!
Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Only a 7.2 rating? Love Ray! Love the Kinks! It's a classic and I'm singing along!
Posted 15 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
The studio version: 9. The sing-along and crowd noises: -5. This version: 4. Why listen to a bunch of drunks? I can do that any weekend on my boat.
 
I was one of those drunks at that particular concert ... and I am going out on MY boat this weekend to catch some catfish on Center Hill Lake.

I'll mail you one, parcel post.

Posted 15 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
One of the few Kinks songs I can stand.

Very appropriate for a 96 degree sunny summer afternoon in New England!
Posted 15 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Doesn't get any better!
Posted 15 years ago by denbear    [ Reply ]
Feeling Lazy,just making a spot for a later comment, on live recordings.  {#Sunny}

Posted 15 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
"...blazin on a sunny afternoon.... in the summertime... in the summertime... in the summertime... save me, save me, saaave me... ....in the summer time.... in the summer time.... ...in the summer time..."

It's official — I'm ready to go home now.{#Cool}
Posted 15 years ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
got 8

it's emotional ;)
Posted 15 years ago by alezz_ua    [ Reply ]
The studio version: 9. The sing-along and crowd noises: -5. This version: 4. Why listen to a bunch of drunks? I can do that any weekend on my boat.
Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
 holborne wrote:
This is a great song, but man does this live version suck.

In fact, I don't ever get the point of playing recorded live versions of songs. They always sound awful, you have to deal with listening to the stupid crowd sing and make noise (and who the hell wants to hear a recording of a bunch of drunk fans singing along?), and the point of being at a live concert is totally lost unless you're actually there anyway. Like I said, don't get the point.
 
Hmmmm... The worst example I ever heard was Judy Blue-eyes by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. I never understood why nobody complained.

Posted 15 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
ouch terrible, where is the music ? {#Eyes}
Posted 15 years ago by arzvael    [ Reply ]
Good stuff. 
Posted 15 years ago by mikedarookie    [ Reply ]
This is a great song, but man does this live version suck.

In fact, I don't ever get the point of playing recorded live versions of songs. They always sound awful, you have to deal with listening to the stupid crowd sing and make noise (and who the hell wants to hear a recording of a bunch of drunk fans singing along?), and the point of being at a live concert is totally lost unless you're actually there anyway. Like I said, don't get the point.
Posted 16 years ago by holborne    [ Reply ]
 bugleboy624 wrote:
When did The Kinks go country?
 
when they released muswell hillbillies? early 70's

Posted 16 years ago by mtrujillo    [ Reply ]
When did The Kinks go country?
Posted 16 years ago by bugleboy624    [ Reply ]
i promise not to break anyone.... love this!
Posted 16 years ago by enidualc    [ Reply ]
I am always up for tales of drunkenness and cruelty, and have many I could share.
Posted 16 years ago by tclodes    [ Reply ]
Great song, but these singalongs make me cringe. They're fun to be a part of, but not for playing here. I vote for the studio version every time. This is a 4 or 5 for me.
Posted 16 years ago by tictocsailor    [ Reply ]
My god. I literally reached for my 2007 tax folder to begin working on my taxes at the EXACT moment this song came on. Weird and depressing.
Posted 16 years ago by alph    [ Reply ]
Thanks RP!! One of my all time favs.
Posted 16 years ago by azdcryan    [ Reply ]
real cool
Posted 17 years ago by Restless    [ Reply ]
jedzep wrote:
Ray and the boys are always short changed when it comes to discussing the "british invasion". He is the best writer...very Dickens like...
Couldn't agree more - Ray Davies never got the credit he deserved. Was crowded out by Lennon/McCartney and Jagger/Richards but undoubtedly his talent is equal to theirs.
Posted 18 years ago by scozzie    [ Reply ]
its almost like listening to an old tape, i can tell you whats going to play next.
Posted 18 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
"Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze. I got a big fat mama trying to break me. And I love to live so pleasantly, Live this life of luxury, Lazing on a sunny afternoon. In the summertime In the summertime In the summertime"
Posted 18 years ago by ManchesterUK    [ Reply ]
Ray and the boys are always short changed when it comes to discussing the "british invasion". He is the best writer...very Dickens like...
Posted 18 years ago by jedzep    [ Reply ]
Yeah! Kinks! I'm just starting to build my collection of their work..... Band was terribly underrated in the U.S IMHO.
Posted 18 years ago by Helchat    [ Reply ]
Have to agree on the comments about the sing-along aspect of this cut. Such a clever band, though.
Posted 18 years ago by lostintokyo    [ Reply ]
Prefer the recording of professionals over one of reluctant audience participation.
Posted 18 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
Silly... fun... lite... like the Kinks.
Posted 18 years ago by honeygirl    [ Reply ]
The entire 'To the Bone' double cd is worthwhile for fans of The Kinks, nice accoustic versions of many of their best songs. The problem with most live albums of The Kinks is when Ray Davies urges audience participation on notable songs. I'm sure its fun for an audience at the concert, but should definitely be left off the live recording releases. Has always been a flaw in the live material IMO.
Posted 19 years ago by normol    [ Reply ]
skindy wrote:
Hmm, so what exactly constitutes "musically useful?" Methinks if someone likes it, it's "musically useful." So this one qualifies bigtime. In my opinion.
I'll second that; this book I've been reading sums it up well. "For music is an intellectual or a sensual pleasure, according to the temperament of him who hears it. "The mistake of most people is, to suppose that it is by the ear they communicate with music, and therefore that they are purely passive to its effects. But this is not so; it is by the reaction of the mind upon the notices of the ear (the matter coming by the senses, the form from the mind) that the pleasure is constructed; and therefore it is that people of equally good ear differ so much in this point from one another. Now, opium," Thomas De Quincy
Posted 19 years ago by trout_fisher    [ Reply ]
It sure is great to hear Ray Davies vocals live! A real treat!
Posted 19 years ago by davie70    [ Reply ]
Gribnif wrote:
This is a bad version of a decent song. It gets a 4 from me, whereas the studio version would probably get a 7.
I agree, but I like the song alot so I was kind of overlooking the quality of this version.
Posted 19 years ago by Bizzarefall    [ Reply ]
Thanks for playing the Kinks! I usually prefer the original versions but it's fun to hear the occasional live cut. -Got to see them twice in concert (Vienna, Austria '80 and Champaign, IL, '81 or '82). Very fun and energetic band live, and the songs are so good!
Posted 19 years ago by katschi    [ Reply ]
This is a bad version of a decent song. It gets a 4 from me, whereas the studio version would probably get a 7.
Posted 19 years ago by Gribnif    [ Reply ]
rolf wrote:
more live versions please !
Please, no. This is a classic example of why the studio version is preferable. I'd much rather hear the Kinks than hear the crowd. I'm sure this was lots of fun for the audience at the time, but it's not so fun to listen to years later in my office.
Posted 19 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
smilestoomuch wrote:
wow! so fun! I like live versions of songs, for the most part. Crowd participation is fun:)
:nodhead: more live versions please !
Posted 19 years ago by rolf    [ Reply ]
Great song of course but this album is one to get if you are not very familiar with the Kinks' stuff. It is a sort of a "best of" but is with live or live in the studio recording. Both the music and the recording quality are top notch.
Posted 19 years ago by capandjudy    [ Reply ]
nice....Trying to discreetly sing along while working......
Posted 19 years ago by beatlechick    [ Reply ]
Lovely... Agree with the non-live supporting minions here though.
Posted 19 years ago by uritsukidoji    [ Reply ]
Love this tune with all my heart only cause we used to sing this song at camp when I was like 10 or 11...counselors taught it to us by a campfire and its always ment something special since.
Posted 19 years ago by Radiohead-head    [ Reply ]
reedifus wrote:
Musically useless track in my opinion.
Hmm, so what exactly constitutes "musically useful?" Methinks if someone likes it, it's "musically useful." So this one qualifies bigtime. In my opinion.
Posted 19 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
Musically useless track in my opinion.
Posted 19 years ago by reedifus    [ Reply ]
beelzebubba wrote:
Aw man, this reminds of something that has been on my list for a long time. I used to have a cassette of the best of the Kinks, and it was all stuff from their early years and there must have been 25 or 30 songs on it -- all of the them really good. I lost it a long time ago. Gotta replace it.
I recently bought The Kinks' Very Best Of...2CD set - it's brilliant!
Posted 19 years ago by flandersdog    [ Reply ]
Aw man, this reminds of something that has been on my list for a long time. I used to have a cassette of the best of the Kinks, and it was all stuff from their early years and there must have been 25 or 30 songs on it -- all of the them really good. I lost it a long time ago. Gotta replace it.
Posted 19 years ago by beelzebubba    [ Reply ]
much prefer the studio original, but still, what a song! My girlfriend's run off with my car, And gone back to her ma and pa, Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty. one of the great lyrics
Posted 19 years ago by fureanbode    [ Reply ]
wow! so fun! I like live versions of songs, for the most part. Crowd participation is fun:)
Posted 19 years ago by smilestoomuch    [ Reply ]
8)
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
Boy its chilly, damp afternoon here today, so a fine tune to brighten up the day. :sunny.gif: :sunny.gif: I have the much better original Long Player version on vinyl, from way back. Itis stuck upstairs in the attic somewhere and not really in playable condition unfortunately. So, Its still good to hear some Kinks in any form these days.
Posted 20 years ago by skhooly    [ Reply ]
Real version please!!
Posted 20 years ago by Angloray    [ Reply ]
I've been dying to hear this ever since Magner's Cider started using it in a flippin' commercial! It wouldn't be so bad except that the commercial runs in EVERY spot break during my beloved Red Sox games! And as far as using rock music in commercials... well, once Dylan did it, have you noticed no one screams "Sellout!" anymore? I heard Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out" in a car commercial, and all I could think was "I hope Joe made a lot of money for that!", because it's an ad for a car I'll never be able to afford.
Posted 20 years ago by Cavedragon    [ Reply ]
I hate when the audiences are allowed to sing. Who pays to listen to hundreds or thousands of people who sing off key?
Posted 20 years ago by AlonzoTheArmless    [ Reply ]
tonypf wrote:
Made the sweet summer of '66 just a little bit sweeter.
ohyezzzzz....
Posted 20 years ago by brb_331    [ Reply ]
I give it a 3. I like the Kinks a lot but I've always found it self-indulgent when the band trys to get the audience to sing along. It's bad enough at the concert, but to have to listen to it on a recording is over the top. Play the studion version and the rating will be much higher!
Posted 20 years ago by RobRyan    [ Reply ]
Made the sweet summer of '66 just a little bit sweeter.
Posted 20 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]
brighthue wrote:
Somehow, I'm reminded of the federal deficit and paying taxes. Still a great tune.
Bless your heart, and good luck. Regards, Patrick
Posted 20 years ago by Patrick    [ Reply ]
Patrick wrote:
Save me, save me, save me, from this squeeze, I gotta big fat momma, tryin' to break me, And I love to live so pleasantly, Live this life of luxury, Lazin' on a sunny afternoon, In the summertime.......... Not meaningful, not pretentious, just fun. Where's that emoticon-in-the-hammock-with-a-beer?
Somehow, I'm reminded of the federal deficit and paying taxes. Still a great tune.
Posted 20 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
sully3 wrote:
Love this song but would prefer the unlive version...
I second that emotion. I feel like I have only heard live versions of Kinks tunes on RP. Let's hear the originals!
Posted 21 years ago by ireneect    [ Reply ]
ANNE_MARIE wrote:
More Kinks if you please!
I second that! :D
Posted 21 years ago by cdanthony    [ Reply ]
Posted 21 years ago by paulmall    [ Reply ]
Save me, save me, save me, from this squeeze, I gotta big fat momma, tryin' to break me, And I love to live so pleasantly, Live this life of luxury, Lazin' on a sunny afternoon, In the summertime.......... Not meaningful, not pretentious, just fun. Where's that emoticon-in-the-hammock-with-a-beer?
Posted 21 years ago by Patrick    [ Reply ]
No, Sharkartist, you\'re not alone! I\'ve been a BIG admirer of the Kinks (Ray in particular, of course) since discovering them via my musician fiance in my early 20s. I\'ve seen \'em 3x in concert, and they\'re fantastic live. Their catalog is extensive, full of classics and lesser-known nuggets of equal genius. I\'m amazed at how many people don\'t know how influential The Kinks have been on many, many groups in the last 30 years. LONG LIVE THE KINKS!
Posted 21 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
Am I alone in thinking that Ray Davies is one of our finest rock satirists and social commentators? Not to mention a great song writer... love live Ray Davies and the Kinks!!!
Posted 21 years ago by sharkartist    [ Reply ]
Posted 21 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
I think this (the original version) might have been one of the first 45\'s I ever bought. Thanks for the memories.
Posted 21 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Love this song-haven\'t heard it in a while--GREAT!
Posted 22 years ago by laura    [ Reply ]
:) ah 1966
Posted 22 years ago by Frank_Dunn    [ Reply ]
This is just a perfect song for the Kinks.
Posted 22 years ago by catsoup    [ Reply ]
It's even more pleasant to listen to, now it's a very nice, sunny afternoon, over here in Holland, indeed! Spring in the air.
Posted 22 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]