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The Kinks — I'm Not Like Everybody Else (Live)
Album: To The Bone
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Released: 1994
Length: 5:27
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I won't take all that they hand me down
And make out I smile, though I wear a frown
And I'm not gonna take it all lying down
'Cause once I get started, I go to town

'Cause I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else

And I don't want to ball about like everybody else
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else
And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else
'Cause I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else

But darling, you know that I love you true
And do anything that you want me to
Confess all my sins like you want me to
There's one thing that I will say to you
I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else

I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else
And I don't want to ball about like everybody else
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else
And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else
'Cause I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else

Like everybody else
Like everybody else
Like everybody else
Like everybody else

If you all want me to settle down
Slow up and stop all my running 'round
Do everything like you want me to
There's one thing that I will say to you
I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else

I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else
And I don't want to ball about like everybody else
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else
And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else
'Cause I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else

Like everybody else (like everybody else)
Like everybody else (like everybody else)
Like everybody else (like everybody else)
Like everybody else
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Für mich der beste von 1000 herausragenden Kinks Songs.

Greetings from Bavaria to all the listeners outside.
Posted 2 years ago by ger-man    [ Reply ]
The album cover instantly reminded me of the method we used as kids to settle who got to be first up-to-bat for scrub baseball.  Closest to the knob won.  I wondered if the Kinks were using the same method to decide who got to play lead guitar.
Posted 2 years ago by dandueck07    [ Reply ]
 MassivRuss wrote:

The most under-rated band. Ever. 

Discuss  



near the top
Posted 2 years ago by rbrise    [ Reply ]
This might be a little known fact. In an interview I heard with Ray (or was it Dave?) he said his name was pronounced Deiviss, not Dey-veezs.
Posted 2 years ago by Kilgoretrout    [ Reply ]
"Yes we are all different"


..."I'm not...."


(Monty Python - Life Of Brian)
Posted 2 years ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
Thousands of people singing "I'm not like everybody else". The irony. 
 

Reminds me a little of Apple branding, especially around 2010-2015.
Posted 3 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Thousands of people singing "I'm not like everybody else". The irony.

Reminds me of a classic scene in The Life Of Brian

Posted 6 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
This entire album is terrific.  
Posted 7 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
"Hey, let's be sure EVERYBODY ON EARTH can hear my snare, right?"
Posted 7 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
Very great live version! Amazing Kinks!
Posted 7 years ago by Ptijoc    [ Reply ]
Wow! {#Notworthy}
Posted 8 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:


WRONG !!! What a silly joke!
Chrissie (Hynde) is a good girl...

Stingray

 
Fighting? Oh yes.
As Ray says "Once I get started, I go to town"  with his brother Dave in famous circumstances, which pretty well did away with the Kink's chances of staying in the same league as the Stones and even the Beatles.
 
Posted 8 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:
Decent mid-90's live version of a (then) 30 year-old song.  I always thought it was cool when David Chase used the original to close out an episode of  "The Sopranos".
 

 
I was just thinking about that.
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
Nice live version. Dave's guitar and background vocals are really great, as usual.
Posted 8 years ago by ajlept    [ Reply ]
Pure 10! ;)
Posted 8 years ago by johnybladex    [ Reply ]
 MassivRuss wrote:
The most under-rated band. Ever. 

Discuss  
 
Who is doing all the "rating" I keep seeing referenced here? Substitute "esteemed" or "admired" or something that does not sound like an advertising agency thought it up. Just a thought.
Posted 9 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
Raw and wonderful.  I could listen to that guitar all day...
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
if it was written by Michael Stipe it would go: "I'm almost not unlike nobody else"...
Posted 9 years ago by testpilot    [ Reply ]
 leafmold wrote:
Anyone hear the influence in Vic Chestnut's music?

 

Not really.  I think Chestnut was great.
Posted 9 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 MassivRuss wrote:
The most under-rated band. Ever. 

Discuss  
 

Ok, my opinion is the exact opposite.  Most over-rated band ever. Hey, you asked.
Posted 9 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Decent mid-90's live version of a (then) 30 year-old song.  I always thought it was cool when David Chase used the original to close out an episode of  "The Sopranos".
 
Posted 10 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
The most under-rated band. Ever. 

Discuss  
Posted 10 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Anyone hear the influence in Vic Chestnut's music?
Posted 10 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
I'm a unique individual. Just like everybody else........
Posted 10 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
 katzendogs wrote:
I am...for sure not like anybody else. Ask my bosses.

 
No one is like anybody else--no matter how hard they try.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
9 !!!
Posted 10 years ago by strous    [ Reply ]
I am...for sure not like anybody else. Ask my bosses.
Posted 10 years ago by katzendogs    [ Reply ]
I'm not convinced.
Posted 13 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
A poor version of an OK song by one of the most overrated bands in history. All this adds up to a 2.
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Is it like today?
Posted 13 years ago by dexev    [ Reply ]
Great Tune.
Camper Van Beethoven does a very respectable version as well.
Posted 13 years ago by Stranglersfan    [ Reply ]
SO-much different from their first release.... Teen awareness of being clever and wonderful then are now angry and refusing to compromise based on experience... Very-good...
Posted 14 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]

RAY DAVIES by ~Mustana
©2008-2010 ~Mustana


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Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:

Someone posted on another board that the band members have been known to come to blows on stage... Totally destroyed my vision of the Davies as the intellectual element of the British Invasion!

 
I saw the Kinks one time... They almost got in a fight with Bill Graham before they came on. Almost literally fighting. That show was pretty awesome.

Posted 14 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 hippiechick wrote:
This song should be my anthem
 
{#Whisper}We'll have to ask BillG if he's willing to share !

Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:

Someone posted on another board that the band members have been known to come to blows on stage... Totally destroyed my vision of the Davies as the intellectual element of the British Invasion!

 

WRONG !!! What a silly joke!
Chrissie (Hynde) is a good girl...

Stingray
Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]

FANTASTIC - the soundtrack of our lifes!

My "9"...!!!

Stingray


Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 themiraclehen wrote:
This song worked really well in the Sopranos :)
 
The soundtrack of the whole series is awesome, anyway. (As is the series itself.)

Posted 15 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
 gypsyman wrote:
Allows you to hear a completely different facet of the Kinks. I like. 
 
Someone posted on another board that the band members have been known to come to blows on stage... Totally destroyed my vision of the Davies as the intellectual element of the British Invasion!

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
This song should be my anthem
Posted 15 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
Hmmm the Pretenders followed by the Kinks...I wonder what the connection is?
Posted 15 years ago by Sleepytyme    [ Reply ]
Wow, I can't believe this is out of print!  The Kinks must be one of the most ill-served bands in history by their various record labels.
Posted 15 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
 themiraclehen wrote:
This song worked really well in the Sopranos :)
 

Which episode? I don't remember hearing this song.

Posted 15 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
This song worked really well in the Sopranos :)
Posted 15 years ago by themiraclehen    [ Reply ]
Allows you to hear a completely different facet of the Kinks. I like. 
Posted 15 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana}{#Guitarist}{#Moon}

Posted 15 years ago by TravelRat    [ Reply ]

Two from Chrissie's band, one from her one-time man Ray's band.  What's next - gotta be Jim Kerr and Simple Minds.


Posted 15 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
I wish their damn record label would finally rerelease this. It's only available as an expensive, out of print collectors item. Or at least get me this damn song as an MP3. Please!
Posted 15 years ago by suddenchad    [ Reply ]
 rcurrier wrote:
I thinks people like this. The ratings show a really nice Gaussian distribution centered on 8. Well, there are a few outliers as we demonstrate that RP has its share of people with excessive earwax.
 
{#Roflol} Me thinks people in glass houses should not throw stones.
Can I send you some Q-Tips??


Posted 16 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
Wow that little Pretenders>Pretenders>Kinks run was nice.  Chrissie & Ray were a couple (had a child together).  I remember how sad it was Chrissie's guitarists ODed.  I always reckoned that "Something Better" was written by Ray for Chrissie.  Big fan of both bands.
Posted 16 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
What's the deal with the licensing on this song?  I cannot legally buy the download on itunes or anywhere else. 
Posted 16 years ago by dboseman    [ Reply ]

Sounds sincere enough, but come on.  You're really not like everybody else?  I don't believe it.


Posted 16 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Great song!  I prefer the original — but this has the years of wear and tear and the road behind it...
Posted 16 years ago by Thistle    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
I thinks people like this. The ratings show a really nice Gaussian distribution centered on 8. Well, there are a few outliers as we demonstrate that RP has its share of people with excessive earwax.
Posted 16 years ago by rcurrier    [ Reply ]
When this first started playing, I wasn't sure whether I liked it or not. I thought it was missing some of the urgency and rawness of the studio version. But I listened to the entire song, and it really grew on me. It's an amazing live performance. Good stuff. 8.
Posted 16 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
I'm liking this! IMHO - The coarseness of his voice adds an air of anti-establishment/protest credibility to the song. Sounds less polished and more sincere than the studio version.
Posted 16 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
I'm liking this! IMHO - The coarseness of his voice adds an air of anti-establishment/protest credibility to the song. Sounds less polished and more sincere thatn the studio version.
Posted 16 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
Play it again Bill.....
Posted 16 years ago by PurplePrincess    [ Reply ]
Top 10
Posted 16 years ago by cathenley    [ Reply ]
10. Incomparable, indeed. Majestic guitar, truly fabulous band!
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Watched Ray Davies on the BBC Proms concert last night -- what a great gig!
Posted 17 years ago by h_in_bristol    [ Reply ]
ktnsb wrote:
Just listening to the instrumentals, I would never have guessed that this was the Kinks. Great song.
Dave Davies is one of Rock's most underrated guitarists in history. While Ray gets full credit for writing unquestionably great songs, Dave gave the band its signature sound of great hooks and hard charging rock sound. As is apparent here, he could solo with the best of them.
Posted 17 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
ktnsb wrote:
Just listening to the instrumentals, I would never have guessed that this was the Kinks. Great song.
I love this version. My first "add" without going throught weeks of the "LRC" process.
Posted 17 years ago by bigB_3    [ Reply ]
I love the message too...
Posted 17 years ago by toker    [ Reply ]
Just listening to the instrumentals, I would never have guessed that this was the Kinks. Great song.
Posted 17 years ago by ktnsb    [ Reply ]
The Kinks are Konsistently Kool.
Posted 17 years ago by mgoldman    [ Reply ]