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Twofer Tuesday 4.23

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In 1964 The Kinks came out with a song with a killer riff, so it only made sense that 14 years later guitar genius Eddie Van Halen would take the tune and make it a showcase for his brand of guitar pyrotechnics. Singer David Lee Roth, meanwhile, perfectly laid bare each and every emotion that may have been buried beneath a previous generationā€™s decency.

The song, of course, is ā€œYou Really Got Meā€, written by Kinksā€™ frontman Ray Davies. Lead guitarist Dave Davies performs the songā€™s famous guitar solo, although it was long rumored that Jimmy Page had performed the solo ā€¦. hearsay that Page himself denied.

ā€œYou Really Got Meā€ was originally released in the UK on August 4, 1964 as The Kink’s third single and reached #1 on the Record Retailer chart the following month, remaining there for two weeks.Ā Van Halenā€™s cover of the song was released as their first single and peaked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100.

This is the fabulous 1964 original version of ā€œYou Really Got Meā€ as recorded by The Kinks.

And this is what it sounded like when Van Halen recorded it 14 years later.

Thatā€™s todayā€™s Twofer Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by.

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28 thoughts on “Twofer Tuesday 4.23”

  8. Honestly, I love both versions.ā€‚Van Halen was one of my faves when I was in high school so I’ve heard it a bazillion times.ā€‚And lots of friends were huge Kinks fans so I heard that a ton of times, too.

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    1. The Kinks were faves of my hubs before we met and he turned me on to them. Of all the groups we’ve seen in concert over the years, we’ve seen the Kinks more times than any other.

      Van Halen is one of those groups I think people either love or hate. Every time I hear Eddie’s guitar on the radio, I say to myself “Wow!This is so cool.” Then I realize it’s VH and disappointment sets in. It’s difficult to explain. I feel as though they never fully lived up to their potential.

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  9. I don’t remember ever hearing either of these. And don’t mind saying I’m glad. Maybe I would have liked it back then. I think whether one feels hot or cold about music or maybe about anything depends on the time and place. šŸ™‚

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    1. Regarding your last sentence, surely the way we feel about anything in life depends on the time and place, how receptive we are and what’s going on at the time.

      For me, this was really cutting edge back in 1964 and being barely a teenager, I didn’t fully appreciate it until three years later when I met my (now) husband and he turned me onto the Kinks. I still prefer the Kinks version to Van Halen.

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