Kinks, The - Willesden Green Lyrics
Well I tried to settle down Fulham Broadway
And I tried to make my home in Golders Green
But I gotta get that train
And go back home again
Oh how I miss the folks back home in Willesden Green
You know, I tried, I really tried to settle in this big city
And I always thought I could make it all on my very own
But there's one thing that keeps calling me
To that little, that little semi-detached
That's the folks, yeah, the folks back home
In Willesden Green
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Kinks, The Willesden Green Comments
I live in Willesden Green. Wasn't impressed by it first, but once you get to know it, you definitely won't be able to settle down in Fulham Broadway or Golders Green after living here, haha.
The only time I ever heard of a place called Willesden Green was on that cartoon Danger Mouse; I'm from America so what can I say... The Welsh joke about Jones the Dragon didn't become apparent to me until I saw that one movie "The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain."
aaahhhh, this is John Dalton singing, complete Elvis Style
It's nice that Dalton is back singing and playing Kinks songs with the group, The Kast Off Kinks. Check them out!
I didn't know John Dalton was singing this either! Dalton was a relatively longtime bassist of the Kinks (1969-1976) but they never inducted him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with the other Kinks, despite the fact that he plays bass on some pretty key tracks like Victoria, Lola, Apeman, and he also played bass on Dead End Street back in 1966 substituting for Peter Quaife who had been injured in a car accident. They should correct Dalton's omission.
Sounds like Ray shrieking at 1:45.
yes,it does.
Sounds like Dave to me......
If I remember rightly from this book on the Kinks I read years ago, Ray brought the song in and basically said'"John, this one has you written all over it".. It could have been a mild take the piss, as John was proper working class and had tattoos on his arms "depicting scenes of the Crucifixion" according to Ray...
The deadpanned monologue is the middle to me, is legendary, "something keeps calling me, yeah, to that little semidetached" ... and considering all the places Ray writes about are not much more than a stone's throw from each other in North London the whole song is a bit of a wind up in general..
nor did I.
Yes. Not one of my favorites.
I thought that too
I use to Willesden Green. I miss it like mad. There is no place like the Green. I love you Willesden Green. X
Great song!!!Sounds like Bobby Bare's "Detroit City from 63. Love the Kinks!
@cookmoore yup
I never knew it was John Dalton singing. Always assumed it was Ray.
elirosen1391 y