Post by ollo on Nov 21, 2013 12:31:53 GMT -5
consequenceofsound.net/2013/11/top-21-songs-about-nostalgia/
Childhood is bliss, truly. It’s the only time in our lives in which we’re free to think and create and have fun. In fact, “have fun” is the only real mandate; no money, romance, or careers holding us back. But it’s oh so fleeting, and that’s what affected Ray Davies the most. He wrote The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society to both celebrate adolescence and examine the passage of time in Britain, imploring listeners to respect the past as it transforms into the future. With bright arrangements and instrumentation, the album’s opening track acts as a thesis statement, a charming ode to old British architecture and Donald Duck. To Davies, these were signposts of youth. –Jon Hadusek
