Muswell Hillbillies

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Looking ideally-sized for a young couple with a baby, 6 Denmark Terrace had to house Fred and Annie Davies and various permutations of their eight children. Johnny Thunder" " Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" " Big Sky" " Sitting by the Riverside" " Animal Farm" " Village Green" " Phenomenal Cat" " All of My Friends Were There" " Wicked Annabella" " Monica" " People Take Pictures of Each Other" " Berkeley Mews" " Mr. Dave Davies commented on the song, "There's that love and fondness for Americana and for country music because I had quite a big family, and all the great films like South Pacific and Oklahoma! The best way to describe the difference between the original 1st UK (this listing) and the 1st USA is the USA is far more polite and reserved while the UK is punchier, wider and more open. Such as things like the Kinks nasally whining 'I'm a Muswell hillbilly boy, But my heart lies in old West Virginia.

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The character in “20th Century Man”, the opening song, is a disillusioned anti-hero, alienated by every current trend and unhappy about the erosion of his civil liberties.As must be obvious by now to anyone who has ever encountered a true-blue rabid Kinks fan, each new Kinks album is an Officially Sanctioned major event, even in these post- Village Green Preservation Society/ Arthur days. Looks like I have a choice between the RCA pressing which is flat and muffled, but has the gatefold, and the dynaflex pressing which has range but does not have the gatefold sleeve. Lavender Lane” (no relation to the 1967 song “Lavender Hill”) is an oddity, revisiting the “Terry meets Julie” vocal melody of “ Waterloo Sunset” but jazzing it up in a New Orleans arrangement. Both Rockways, but one has the pocket for the record on the right side of the gatefold, the other has the pocket on the left side. Two Sisters", "God's Children", "Better Things", "Oklahoma USA": the Kinks have the most tunes that bring a tear to my eye.

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AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine cited the track as a highlight from the Muswell Hillbillies album. And that’s why it’s such a drag to hear the routine 1971 country slide guitar rot turning up on a Kinks album, even if only in a couple spots.The lyrics of the track "Muswell Hillbilly" see the singer being forced from his London home and into Muswell Hill, a sterilized suburban community. At least five songs could be described as this type, and when the country-ish material is added, the two styles account for almost the whole LP. The compact disc comes package with a twelve page staple-bound color booklet containing graphics, liner notes, and credits.