Im Not Like Everybody Else

The Kinks

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This song is a great B-side by The Kinks. The song appears on the 1998’s Face To Face reissue CD as a bonus track. Originally "I’m Not Like Everybody Else" was released as the B-side of "Sunny Afternoon" in 1966. Shoulda been an A-side. [Intro] Am (strum) [Verse] I won’t take all that they hand me down                                    And make out a smile though I wear a frown And I’m not gonna take it all lying down                                   Cuz once I get started I go to town [Chorus] 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 walk 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     Asus2                  Em     (Oooooooooh            ooooooooh) Cuz I’m not like everybody else Asus2                  Em (Oooooooooh            ooooooooh) I’m not like everybody else [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 walk 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     Asus2                  Em     (Oooooooooh            ooooooooh) Cuz I’m not like everybody else Asus2                  Em (Oooooooooh            ooooooooh) I’m not like everybody else Like everybody else Like everybody else Like everybody else Like everybody else Em for a couple of bars [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus] (Note that in the last chorus’ last line Ray sings "I don’t want to say goodbye like everybody else" instead of "I won’t say that I feel fine like everybody else") After the last chorus: Like everybody else (like everybody else) Like everybody else (like everybody else) Like everybody else (like everybody else) Like everybody else

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Cette chanson évoque le fait de ne pas vouloir se conformer aux attentes des autres et de revendiquer son individualité. Le narrateur exprime son refus d'accepter passivement ce que la société lui impose, préférant affirmer son propre chemin et sa propre vérité. Malgré son amour pour une personne, il reste ferme dans sa volonté de vivre selon ses propres conditions. Sortie initialement comme une face B, elle met en avant un désir de liberté et d'authenticité, tout en soulignant le contraste entre la normalité et l'unicité. Le morceau souligne l'idée qu'être différent est une force et un choix délibéré, et que se fondre dans la norme ne correspond pas à son identité.