The first song on radio paradise which caused me to turn it off. 

 lawman wrote: 
Well said.

 Ahnyer_Keester wrote: 

Because it's a lovely, happy song, with a great beat, you dork!  :-D

....nice................not.......

Like the Kinks, this was not one of their better efforts.  MTV back in the day ran the video putting a bad image to it.

 Ahnyer_Keester wrote: 
Same reason that Taco's Puttin' On the Ritz was popular. 

I wish I could give this one a negative rating.

I couldn't find "mute" so I tried the PSD button on the top of the radio paradise home page and the station changed the song!  Cool, much better than having to mute this song...  Thanks!

How can such a great band come up with such a lame tune??

 MattB099 wrote: 
Right there with you buddy. I never understood why this song was a hit.

Its very rare that I mute this station but this is the track that I have to mute every time.

please stop!



 

Isn't this lame or what?

My first exposure to the Kinks (thanks MTV)

Still awesome

 

 rachlan wrote: 
I did when I was kid and naw, you really don't. 

 fredriley wrote: 
I've always loved this - it's such a wonderful story-song. The big-band sound only makes me long for simpler times when it really WAS about a guy spending his hard-earned money on a woman, hoping to get more than a hug and kiss. Um, Fred, what's "houghmagandy"? If I take that word in context, it sounds like another word for "romance," without the romance.''

Whatever the case, the song holds a soft spot in my heart. (God, I'm getting sappy these days!)

Ah, how society changes over time. The idea that a guy could "blow his wages for the week" for "a cuddle and a kiss on the cheek" is so dated these days. With women and men working, it's as likely that a woman could be wining and dining a bloke in expectation of a bit of houghmagandy for her efforts. And rightly so, IMO :o)

This song reminds me of a filthy old joke about Peter West, who used to compere the old BBC show Come Dancing (forerunner to Strictly Come Dancing):

Q: Why does Peter West wear tight leather trousers?
A: So that he can come dancing.

I'll get me coat...

 garycha wrote: 
End of the pier stuff is exactly what this song is about and it represents it very well.

What have they done since Waterloo Sunset that is worthy ?  Try Low Budget, the whole album is a masterpiece and listenable from beginning to end.  It may just be their best album in the context of an album of related songs, period.

Splendid little artifact from every angle; stands as a reminder of things past. A production in itself, regardless of rough edges.
Tone down out for the knee-jerks, fer heaven's sake, compadres. 

gee whiz it's not bad

 rachlan wrote: 
I once lived in an estate wagon !

I wonder, outside of The Beatles mind you, if there was an invasion band more inventive across so many genres as The Kinks. Amazing band, and this song is emblematic of how very eclectic they could be.

omfg! The worst Kinks song in the history of the universe!

I wonder if today the Kinks look back at this song and throw up?
I'm just asking

This man can't sing!