kinks - One Of The Survivors (Preservation: Act 1)
(Sung by Johnny Thunder and Chorus)
See Johnny Thunder sitting on his motorbike
Riding along the highway,
Rock and Roll songs from the nineteen-fifties
Buzzing around in his brain.
Johnny Thunder he's one of the original bebop generation
And he's got no time for complicated music or too much sophistication.
He's one of the survivors,
The motorbike riders.
You ought to see Johnny Thunder riding down the highway
One of the rock and roll survivors,
Twelve bars flowing through his brain.
He digs Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion and The Belmonts,
And Johnny & The Hurricanes.
He plays Hound Dog, Oh Boy, and Great Balls of Fire
And Boppin' At The High School Hop.
And he's got no time for phonies or posers
'Cos they don't know how to reel and rock.
and he plays Little Egypt and Ooh Poo Pah Doo,
And he plays Poison Ivy and Blue Suede Shoes,
The Hollywood Argyles, Danny & The Juniors,
Dion & The Belmonts, Johnny & The Hurricanes.
He's one of the survivors,
The boppers and the jivers,
Yeah and he rocks all day.
Johnny & The Hurricanes, Johnny & The Hurricanes.
Got my freedom riding along the freeway.
I ride a hundred miles an hour but I don't mess up my D.A.
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock 'n' roll.
You can't stop rock 'n' rollin' music play.
(repeat last two lines)
Feel those vibrations flow in my brain.
Got my freedom riding down the highway,
Keeps me sane, feel alive,
I'm one of the survivors.
Feel all right.
First gear, second gear, third gear, fourth gear, all right.
Old Johnny Thunder looks a little overweight,
And his sideburns are turning grey.
But he still likes to bebop, boogie and jive
To his worn out seventy-eights.
Johnny Thunder.
He's alright.
He's one of the survivors,
Twelve bars flowing through his brain,
Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion & The Belmonts,
Johnny & The Hurricanes, Johnny & The Hurricanes.
The Kinks - One Of The Survivors (Single Edit) [CD Reissue] (04:04)
Artist: The Kinks Album: Preservation: Act 1 Released: 16 November 1973 Song: One Of The Survivors
(Single Edit) [CD Reissue] Track-No: 13/13 The Album: Preservation: Act 1 and Preservation: Act 2
are a 1973 concept released as separate albums in 1973 and 1974 by the English rock group, The
Kinks. The Preservation albums were not well-received by critics and sold poorly (the first one
peaking on the Billboard 200 at #177), though the live performances of the material were much better
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jamesbakerandfriend
If you don't like the song, great, but can you explain why? You sound sort of Spiritually retarded with the answer you gave. Are you a musician?
I see you or the owner removed your last comment and I won't ruin this thread by responding to you after this. I see from your Youtube channel that you get mostly negative comments. Again, in an intelligent way, can you explain to me why you don't like this song?
Autor: GaryZeppelin1
2
Spiritually retarded? sounds you might be a faggot huh?
his voice sounds like shit maybe from sucking your cock too much?
Autor: jamesbakerandfre
3
I've always loved this clip-
Autor: DreamingOfBaba
4
Dave DOES sing on the album version of this song. So he sings lead here. What's the problem?.
Autor: llenllenllenl
5
Dave Davies sings like a Scotsman.
Autor: boscoruby
6
Dave sings lead vocals on this song, Professor...At least you got the album correct, but it is a well-known fact that Dave is one of the best background vocalists in Rock History and has enough of his own "Kinks" songs to make 3 solo LPs...
Autor: MadderRoseRulz
7
Dave and Ray have great harmonies but I do like Ray's lead more on Juke Box than Dave's. Dave singing lead in this version of Juke Box is a mystery but it is a great tune and Dave and Ray are the best.
Autor: uncleelmer
8
Thanks for posting. The Kinks never got their due in the U.S...