The Kinks - Village Green (Official Audio)

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The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. The Kinks' music drew from a wide range of influences, including American R&B and rock and roll initially and later adopting British music hall, folk, and country. The band gained a reputation for reflecting English culture and lifestyle, fuelled by Ray Davies' wittily observational writing style. The Kinks and the songs of Ray Davies are now rightfully established as a great British institution. From the opening riff of You Really Got Me, The Kinks’ influence as pioneers in heavy metal, power pop, conceptual albums, and theatrical shows can be detected in much modern music.

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[nikolatortevski]

This song perfectly fits with the village's rustic aesthetic.

[coolcats]

Mr Skinner to the managers office . Managers office, Mr

[mixedbaggolfer]

The Kinks are simply the purest English rock band ever. Ray Davies has documented modern English society like no other.

[thomashiggins]

So, the Kinks had two songs on the best British cop film of all time? Awesome sauce, guys. 

[soyhan]

An absolute masterpiece. Bach and Mozart would’ve loved it.

[videogamesTSH]

Out in the country,
Far from all the soot and noise of the city,
There's a village green.
It's been a long time
Since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple
Down by the village green.
Twas there I met a girl called daisy
And kissed her by the old oak tree.
Although I loved my daisy, I saw fame,
And so I left the village green.
I miss the village green,
And all the simple people.
I miss the village green,
The church, the clock, the steeple.
I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school.
And now all the houses
Are rare antiquities.
American tourists flock to see the village green.
They snap their photographs and say "gawd darn it,
Isn't it a pretty scene?"
And daisy's married tom the grocer boy,
And now he owns a grocery.
I miss the village green,
And all the simple people.
I miss the village green,
The church, the clock, the steeple.
I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school.
And I will return there,
And I'll and daisy,
And we'll sip tea, laugh,
And talk about the village green.
We will laugh and talk about the village green.

[gastmartinez]

How the hell I have lived 25 years without hearing this masterpiece??? I love the Kinks a little more with every time I hear to them

[johnr]

I love harpsichord in pop/rock songs. It’s not used very often especially nowadays, but I love the sound it brings.

[waynepinnock]

Like an early baroque minstrel who couches his intelligence in whimsicality. Ray Davies is a force of nature; so intense in conversation, yet child like and mordant in song.

[agidee_]

I love this album. As someone who lives in the most backwards and rural part of england i can tell you the english countryside is the best and purest place in the world.

[tlaloc]

No Hot Fuzz. Just one of the most greatest pop song of the 60's. So British.

[ja]

I love sad and this is a sad, nostalgic and beautiful song! God save The Kinks!

[milk_cow_blues]

"Twas there I met a girl called daisy
And kissed her by the old oak tree.
Although I loved my daisy, I saw fame,
And so I left the village green"
Oh, Ray... :(

[terri]

I can listen to this a thousand times.

[rayenmeslem]

It reminds me how much I miss those places, and those people that I haven't seen for long time.

[leftdeadian]

5 years searching for this song i finally fucking found it.

[rineric]

Santa Cruz is the American village green. Thanks for posting!

[gregoryjclark]

A songwriter second to almost none, Ray Davies. From the instant I first heard this song, it was immediately put in the Top 5 of officially recognized deep cuts of my one-person nation-state. Such an amazing composition. Hauntingly nostalgic overlayed with a heavy layer of melancholia only the way Ray can...

[TheGuyWhoSaysOhYeah]

This song will ensure we win the Village of the Year award!

[saulturner]

This song has been made for the greater good.