That being said, ”I’m Not Like Everybody Else” seems to have been written with brother Dave in mind. Photography By [Dave Davies, Jim Rodfrod, Bob Henrit], Photography By, Illustration [Photo Illustration], Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Written-By, Producer, Liner Notes, Buy CD, Matrix / Runout (CD1, Variant 1): 837304 2 .1:1:1 EMI SWINDON, Mastering SID Code (CD1, Variant 1): IFPI L041, Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 1): IFPI 1443, Matrix / Runout (CD2, Variant 1): 837305 2 .1:1:3 EMI SWINDON, Mastering SID Code (CD2, Variant 1): IFPI L042, Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 1): ifpi 1444, Matrix / Runout (CD1, Variant 2): 837304 . 2 :2:210 EMI SWINDON, Mastering SID Code (CD1, Variant 2): IFPI L041, Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 2): IFPI 1442, Matrix / Runout (CD2, Variant 2): 837305 2 .1:2:10 EMI SWINDON, Mastering SID Code (CD2, Variant 2): IFPI L042, Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 2): ifpi 1438, Matrix / Runout (CD1, Variant 3): 837304 .

The track has a kind of brooding menace about it as the lyrics play into the younger brothers hedonistic nature and seething discontent as he warns in little, bad boy voice, “I don’t take all that they hand me down / And make out a smile, though I wear a frown / And I won’t take it all lying down / ‘Cause when I get started I go to town” The music’s almost lilting sadness in the verse builds with slow ominous chord changes that releases into a stomping double time chorus where Dave Davies lays down husky voiced declarations of independence, “And I don’t want to ball about like everybody else / And I don’t want to live my life like everybody else! The infamously cantankerous relationship between Ray Davies and his younger brother and band mate Dave seems to have had it’s moments of truce. I'm Not Like Everybody Else This song is by The Kinks and appears… on the bonus tracks of the album Face To Face (1966), on the compilation album The Great Lost Kinks Album (1973), on the live album To The Bone … Since the mid-'70s, the Kinks have not been able to stop themselves from attempting their own variations on pop music trends, taking stabs at everything from bombastic heavy metal to sleek disco-flavored pop. The two new studio recordings are a bit slight, but they sport an …

'Cause I'm not like everybody else, I'm not like everybody else. / ‘Cause I’m not like everybody else” The track ends on a rave up of defiance, the band surging behind chiming guitars, hand claps and passionate call and response vocals between brothers Ray and Dave. 1 :1:16 EMI SWINDON, Mastering SID Code (CD2, Variant 3): IFPI L042, Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 3): IFPI 1443. 50+ videos Play all Mix - Kinks - I'm not like everybody else (Live "To the bone" version 1996) YouTube Kinks - I'm Not Like Everybody Else - Duration: 5:26. awesome777s 4,442,730 views Dave Davies’ voice had thickened, and the grungier tones of this live version from 1994’s To The Bone suit the song. ‘I’m Not Like Everybody Else’ hasn’t languished in obscurity – The Kinks … ‘I’m Not Like Everybody Else’ also sounds great in later live versions.
"To The Bone" and "Animal" recorded at Konk Studios London, mixed at Right Track Studios, NY, mastered at Sterling Sound Studios, NY.

On To the Bone, the group became another one of the scores of veteran rock acts to record an acoustic, "unplugged" album. The group's updating of their early punk anthem "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" carries new levels of resonance that the band could scarcely have dreamed of in 1964. The infamously cantankerous relationship between Ray Davies and his younger brother and band mate Dave seems to have had it’s moments of truce. However, the group's American popularity was at an all-time low in the mid-'90s and the band wasn't able to score a major-label record deal, let alone land a spot on MTV's prime-time ratings bonanza, Unplugged. ”I’m Not Like Everybody Else” Ray Davies (1966), ”I’m Not Like Everybody Else” was first released as the B-side to the British number one single, ”Sunny Afternoon” in early June of 1966.

/ And I won’t say that I feel fine like everybody else! Since the mid-'70s, the Kinks have not been able to stop themselves from attempting their own variations on pop music trends, taking stabs at everything from bombastic heavy metal to sleek disco-flavored pop. ”I’m Not Like Everybody Else” was first released as the B-side to the British number one single, ”Sunny Afternoon” in early June of 1966. Konk Studios 84-86 Tottenham Lane London N 8 7EE But darling, you know that I love you true, 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. The dominant older sibling had allowed Dave to sing lead on ”Milk Cow Blues” and ”I Am Free” from their previous album and here offers up the flipside to The Kinks most successful single in a year and a half. Naturally, Ray Davies' songs work well in such a stripped-back setting, but the album is nothing more than a pleasant diversion, featuring a lovely version of "Waterloo Sunset," possibly the most beautiful song of the rock & roll era.