Village Green Preservation Society

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"Village Green Preservation Society" is a 1968 song by The Kinks, written by Ray Davies, that nostalgically celebrates traditional English life while critiquing modernity and cultural change.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
artist The Kinks
chronologicallyFollows Waterloo Sunset
chronologicallyPrecedes Days
composer Ray Davies
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
genre baroque pop
pop rock
rock
hasCulturalImpact cited as an example of Ray Davies’s social commentary songwriting
regarded as a quintessentially English pop song
hasLyricalTone ironic
nostalgic
whimsical
hasLyricsReferencing Donald Duck
custard pies
draught beer
old ways of life
preservation of village greens
strawberry jam
virginity
hasMusicalFeature group vocals
organ accompaniment
prominent acoustic guitar
includedIn The Kinks discography
language English
leadVocalist Ray Davies
lyricist Ray Davies
openingTrackOf The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
partOf The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
performer The Kinks
performerMember Dave Davies
Mick Avory
Pete Quaife
Ray Davies
producer Ray Davies
recordingArtist The Kinks
recordLabel Pye Records
releaseDecade 1960s
releaseYear 1968
theme critique of modernity
cultural change
nostalgia
traditional English life
writer Ray Davies

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Ray Davies notableWork Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society hasPart The Village Green Preservation Society
linked to: Village Green Preservation Society