 Face To Face (1966) [ larger cover art ] |
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There's a crack up in the ceiling
And the kitchen sink is leaking
Out of work and got no money
A Sunday joint of bread and honey
What are we living for?
Two-roomed apartment on the second floor
No money coming in
The rent collector's knocking, trying to get in
We are strictly second class
We don't understand
(Dead end!) Why we should be in dead end street?
(Dead end!) People are living in dead end street
(Dead end!) I'm gonna die on dead end street
Dead end street (Yeah!)
Dead end street (Yeah!)
On a cold and frosty morning
Wipe my eyes and stop me yawning
And my feet are nearly frozen
Boil the tea and put some toast on
What are we living for?
Two-roomed apartment on the second floor
No chance to emigrate
I'm deep in debt and now it's much too late
We both want to work so hard
We can't get the chance
(Dead end!) People live in dead end street
(Dead end!) People are dying on dead end street
(Dead end!) We're gonna die on dead end street
Dead end street (Yeah!)
Dead end street (Yeah!)
(Dead end!) People live on dead end street
(Dead end!) People are dying on dead end street
(Dead end!) I'm gonna die on dead end street
Dead end street (Yeah!)
Dead end street (Yeah!)
Dead end street (Yeah!)
Head to my feet (Yeah!)
Dead end street (Yeah!)
Dead end street (Yeah!)
Dead end street (Yeah!)
How's it feel? (Yeah!)
How's it feel? (Yeah!)
Dead end street (Yeah!)
Dead end street (Yeah!)
| The_Enemy (...is within) | Posted: Feb 01, 2013 - 08:34 Papernapkin wrote: Mediocre at best. Loved by old people. Are you any relation to Nardwuar, The Human Serviette? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nardwuar_the_Human_Serviette |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 09:36 haresfur wrote: "No chance to emigrate" Thanks Ray for teaching me what life to avoid. Wasn't the 60s the era of the '£10 poms', when you could emigrate to Oz for a tenner? My uncle in Ireland did that in the late 60s, I know, and he's still down under with the Strines (though still has a thick Dublin accent). |
| haresfur (Bendigo Australia) | Posted: May 29, 2012 - 15:33 "No chance to emigrate" Thanks Ray for teaching me what life to avoid. |
| rotten | Posted: May 25, 2012 - 14:17 What a great song, Great to hear some classic Kinks, not just the same few songs that radio has killed. |
| kcar | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 21:57 tonton7 wrote: Great! The Kinks did a lot of good stuff in that time. With lyrics full of irony and intelligence. True, and that's overlooked because most people just know a few overplayed Kinks songs. It still amazes me that the audio quality of their recordings from this era is so poor. |
| iTuner | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 21:49 Loved the Kinks in 8th grade. Now 30 years on I appreciate them. If you understand the world back then the lyrics reach so much further. |
| Shakadufus | Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 16:01 Thought radio was afraid end street! Till discovering RP!
Love music love RP |
| ick (...out of the primordial ooze) | Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 07:39 The more things change, the more they stay the same. Are you living on Dead End Street? |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 05:27 haresfur wrote: Well, um... I loved it when I was young, too.   |
| haresfur (Bendigo Australia) | Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 17:36 Papernapkin wrote: Mediocre at best. Loved by old people. Well, um... I loved it when I was young, too. I like the angry edge on this one as a nice contrast to the resignation of, say, Shangrila. I never really noticed the trombone before. Anyone know who was playing it? |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Jul 18, 2011 - 08:13 #6 Denmark Terrace in Fortis Green. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 08:56 Couldn't say it better! yuk Papernapkin wrote: Mediocre at best. Loved by old people. |
| h8rhater | Posted: Apr 14, 2011 - 11:37 skindy wrote: Papernapkin wrote: Mediocre at best. Loved by old people. Eh? I'm younger than you, and I LOVE the Kinks, and this song. How much of the Kinks' catalog have you actually heard, crabby? I like it!! Crabby is a good term for the disposable-one. |
| the_real_mccoy (the final frontier) | Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 11:27 I think this might be the kinks in the mid-early 60s |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jul 03, 2010 - 14:22 kurtster wrote: The social commentary of The Kinks lyrics is the bonus to their excellent flavor of tuneage. Just as profound as Dylan's lyrics without being too serious. Well pegged. Dylan had a bit of the secular priest in him. |
| skindy (AwlbanNY) | Posted: Mar 30, 2010 - 09:40 Papernapkin wrote: Mediocre at best. Loved by old people. Eh? I'm younger than you, and I LOVE the Kinks, and this song. How much of the Kinks' catalog have you actually heard, crabby? |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Mar 30, 2010 - 09:35 Mediocre at best. Loved by old people. |
| iscoot4peace | Posted: Jan 26, 2010 - 08:39 Dgradeworkunit wrote: I can relate to this song... I'm sorry to say. That's the beauty of the Kinks...they were writing songs about real life and it's joys and heartbreaks when most of their peers were writing silly love songs. |
| Dgradeworkunit (Shenandoah Valley) | Posted: Jan 26, 2010 - 08:36 I can relate to this song... I'm sorry to say. |
| (former member) | Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 09:23 Nice, putting him back together with Chrissy, just for a few minutes. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Dec 21, 2009 - 23:32 On_The_Beach wrote: Definitely one of my faves from them Kinky guys. Agree!! |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 12:04 squidish wrote: I kissed Ray once!  It was fab!We didn't kiss but emty some bottles we did !  |
| iscoot4peace | Posted: Sep 22, 2009 - 12:55 While the vast majority of their peers continued to write about l-o-v-e...the Kinks knocked out this ode to growing up third class in a second rate society! Brilliant then and now! 10 |
| tom-kenna (pompano beach) | Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 13:14 westslope wrote: Anything from the Kinks. Yes Sir ! |
| DarceySuzanne (Columbus) | Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 13:13 Is there a modern band now covering this? Or is my brain misfiring? |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Aug 22, 2009 - 00:57 Definitely one of my faves from them Kinky guys. |
| kurtster (Seeking shelter from the cold) | Posted: Jul 21, 2009 - 10:29 The social commentary of The Kinks lyrics is the bonus to their excellent flavor of tuneage. Just as profound as Dylan's lyrics without being too serious. |
| fatcatjb (Sunny Sacramento) | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 10:35 I like the trombone near the end |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Mar 16, 2009 - 17:37 toterola wrote: Hey, don't apoligize, bub. The Kinks are one of the greatest bands ever. Facts is facts.  Indeed...few bands are as blatantly subversive under the cloak of the perky little innocent pop tune. They set the standard. |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Mar 16, 2009 - 17:32 westslope wrote: Love it!
For the young 'uns who find this a tad lame. My apologies. Hey, don't apoligize, bub. The Kinks are one of the greatest bands ever. Facts is facts. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 11:32 Love it!
For the young 'uns who find this a tad lame. My apologies. |
| phillips (a beach near you) | Posted: Jan 12, 2009 - 11:31 THIS is the type of Kinks music that I love. Good stuff. |
| holborne (New York) | Posted: Nov 10, 2008 - 07:52 Oh, how I love The Kinks. |
| pmamolou | Posted: Aug 07, 2008 - 12:16 Great Song from a great band!! God Save The Kinks |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: May 04, 2008 - 23:48 Man, it's been years! Anything from the Kinks. |
| tonton7 (Germany) | Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 11:48 Great! The Kinks did a lot of good stuff in that time. With lyrics full of irony and intelligence. |
| aronson (Red Hook, NY) | Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 11:45 Dead end song. |
| Painted_Turtle (guess which lily pad...) | Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 11:44 Bill's takin us on a trip down memory lane today |
| squidish (Honk if you hate this war!) | Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 11:42 I kissed Ray once! It was fab! |
| sqqqrly (Baboosic Lake, NH) | Posted: Nov 29, 2007 - 16:44 Old_Pink wrote: Why are the Kinks (a mediocre band at best) in heavy rotation? The KINKS?!
Another example of Bill just deciding he likes something so we're gonna like it too. And whom would you select as arbitrator of worthy music? Yourself? I'm sure you would have thousands of listeners...like Bill has right now listening to the Kinks. |
| youngj (Canton, GA) | Posted: Oct 29, 2007 - 06:32 Old_Pink wrote: Another example of Bill just deciding he likes something so we're gonna like it too.
To quote the brilliant Mike Tyson, if you don't like it, change your station. |
| pushkinjim (Sweden) | Posted: Oct 29, 2007 - 06:29 Kinks are OK - but this song sucks! |
| Glockman45 (undisclosed) | Posted: Apr 07, 2007 - 21:25 ok |
| rulebritannia (NYC - Back in the USA!) | Posted: Feb 04, 2007 - 17:09 djinnthespazz wrote: So. When are you going to invite us over to your station? Do you do this at your friend's houses, too? Oh, wait. Quite likely you do. Nevermind. I had the thrill of meeting Bill, in London no less. Had a lovely stroll thru Green Park past the Palace to St. James's Park. One beautiful part of the world. Speaking of which, after 13 years in England the Kinks, to me, are still the signature UK group. This just makes me feel like a furtive skulk thru the East End. Love it! |
| djinnthespazz (S/E Michigan) | Posted: Oct 25, 2006 - 14:10 Old_Pink wrote: Another example of Bill just deciding he likes something so we're gonna like it too.
So. When are you going to invite us over to your station? Do you do this at your friend's houses, too? Oh, wait. Quite likely you do. Nevermind. |
| Mari (upclose'n'personal) | Posted: Sep 26, 2006 - 06:56 Face to Face  I love the Kinks! |
| bluematrix (confluence of mississippi and missouri rivers) | Posted: Jun 30, 2006 - 10:24 Old_Pink wrote: Why are the Kinks (a mediocre band at best) in heavy rotation? The KINKS?!
Another example of Bill just deciding he likes something so we're gonna like it too. i'll acknowledge their place in rock history, but i still have to say they do nuthin for me listening today - and i've been around awhile. |
| Zep (Home) | Posted: Jun 30, 2006 - 10:21 Cool chestnut, this one. |
| dharmanavy (Sandiego) | Posted: Jun 01, 2006 - 05:27 HHMM...Ray Davies in Sandiego  soon...Got my tickets!!! |
| segueman (Spring, TX) | Posted: May 17, 2006 - 15:15 Not to mention being a major influence on another band you may have heard of...The Who. I love The Kinks! Gregorama wrote: It takes a lot of balls to call the Kinks "a mediocre band." Maybe you skipped class in Rock School that day. If it weren't for artists like the Kinks, we might still be listening to Pat Boone, Neil Sedaka and the Four Seasons, which was where American Pop music was basically stuck in the early '60s. They were one of the cutting edge British Invasion bands and penned many of the best rock songs of all time. |