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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
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: May 16, 2011 - 10:52 I'm not convinced. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Mar 14, 2011 - 10:04 A poor version of an OK song by one of the most overrated bands in history. All this adds up to a 2. |
| dexev | Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 18:44 Is it like today? |
| Stranglersfan (Revelstoke, B.C.) | Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 18:44 Great Tune. Camper Van Beethoven does a very respectable version as well. |
| AndyJ (Oregon) | Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 09:53 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... |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jul 12, 2010 - 19:06  RAY DAVIES by ~Mustana ©2008-2010 ~Mustana . |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: May 01, 2010 - 11:10 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. |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Feb 27, 2010 - 04:58 hippiechick wrote: This song should be my anthem  We'll have to ask BillG if he's willing to share ! |
| Stingray (Cologne) | Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 12:15 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 |
| Stingray (Cologne) | Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 12:13 FANTASTIC - the soundtrack of our lifes! |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 12:12 themiraclehen wrote: This song worked really well in the Sopranos :) The soundtrack of the whole series is awesome, anyway. (As is the series itself.) |
| lmic (Limpid Drivel of the Best Kind) | Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 12:09 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! |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 12:08 This song should be my anthem |
| Sleepytyme (Left Coast, California) | Posted: Aug 22, 2009 - 10:21 Hmmm the Pretenders followed by the Kinks...I wonder what the connection is? |
| jbunniii (San Jose, CA) | Posted: Aug 22, 2009 - 10:21 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. |
| bronorb (Wisconsin) | Posted: May 19, 2009 - 06:32 themiraclehen wrote: This song worked really well in the Sopranos :) Which episode? I don't remember hearing this song. |
| themiraclehen (WC, NC) | Posted: May 19, 2009 - 06:31 This song worked really well in the Sopranos :) |
| gypsyman (Just passing through....) | Posted: Mar 17, 2009 - 02:55 Allows you to hear a completely different facet of the Kinks. I like. |
| TravelRat (Siberia--really, in Siberia) | Posted: Mar 17, 2009 - 02:54     |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 13:38 Two from Chrissie's band, one from her one-time man Ray's band. What's next - gotta be Jim Kerr and Simple Minds. |
| suddenchad | Posted: Nov 10, 2008 - 17:18 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! |
| oldman (Lost in Northern Virginia) | Posted: Sep 08, 2008 - 12:32 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.  Me thinks people in glass houses should not throw stones.Can I send you some Q-Tips???? |
| CamLwalk (Albany NY) | Posted: Sep 08, 2008 - 12:32 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. |
| dboseman | Posted: Sep 08, 2008 - 12:31 What's the deal with the licensing on this song? I cannot legally buy the download on itunes or anywhere else. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Sep 08, 2008 - 12:30 Sounds sincere enough, but come on. You're really not like everybody else? I don't believe it. |
| Thistle (Peg City) | Posted: Sep 08, 2008 - 12:26 Great song! I prefer the original — but this has the years of wear and tear and the road behind it... |
| Excelsior | Posted: Jul 07, 2008 - 07:19  |
| rcurrier (San Juan Capistrano, CA) | Posted: Jun 05, 2008 - 18:57 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. |
| n4ku (KY) | Posted: Mar 03, 2008 - 08:05 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. |
| redtex (The Third Coast) | Posted: Mar 03, 2008 - 08:05 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. |
| redtex (The Third Coast) | Posted: Mar 03, 2008 - 08:04 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. |
| PurplePrincess (the mountains) | Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 21:55 Play it again Bill..... |
| cathenley (Santa Maria, CA) | Posted: Jan 31, 2008 - 21:55 Top 10  |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Nov 30, 2007 - 01:52 10. Incomparable, indeed. Majestic guitar, truly fabulous band! |
| h_in_bristol (over there ^) | Posted: Oct 29, 2007 - 15:33 Watched Ray Davies on the BBC Proms concert last night -- what a great gig! |
| RParadise (New York, NY) | Posted: Sep 28, 2007 - 06:41 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. |
| bigB_3 (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Jul 02, 2007 - 06:48 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.  |
| toker (its a jungle out there) | Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 22:43 I love the message too...  |
| ktnsb (Kinsey's Colgate) | Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 22:41 Just listening to the instrumentals, I would never have guessed that this was the Kinks. Great song. |
| mgoldman (Papeete, Tahiti) | Posted: Jun 25, 2007 - 22:40 The Kinks are Konsistently Kool. |