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