The kinks are one of the most underrated classic rock bands. I truly do not understand why some of their albums don't rank among those of The Rolling Stones, The Who etc...because they are just as good, if not better! Especially this album. This album is about the simple country life! There's a time in everyone's life (at least mine) where you just wanna live the simple small town life and this album perfectly exemplifies that. GOD SAVE THE VILLAGE GREEN. TO ME, in this day and age, lets just stick with the simple things and the simple way of life, what it might have meant back then is them taking the side of the more conservative stance of the British society, mocking it probably. But, I like thinking of it as living with no technology, blogs twitter etc... AND it has my favorite Kinks song...
Big Sky!- This is my favorite Kinks song. The guitar in this song is incredible, one of my favorites in any Kinks song. And I like the personification of the Big Sky in this song. "Big Sky looks down on all the people who think they got problems..."
Johnny Thunder- Despite my intense fear of thunder, this song still makes me happy. It reminds me of a some 50's rebel James Dean type.
Animal Farm- Kind of going along with the theme of the small town, simple life...you just wanna go to Animal Farm! And I love Davies voice in this song it goes back and forth from pleasant to sometimes a little tougher. "Girl, it's a hard, hard world, if it gets you down, Dreams often fade and die in a bad, bad world, Ill take you where real animals are playing, And people are real people not just playing."
I recommend these songs but EVERY SINGLE SONG on this album is awesome. And you must listen to it in order, all the way through, in my opinion.
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