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«The Village Green Preservation Society» es una canción escrita por Ray Davies, interpretada originalmente por la banda británica de rock, The Kinks. Es mejor conocida por ser la primera pista de su álbum de estudio del año de 1968, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, y por haber sido lanzada como el segundo sencillo del mismo álbum (tercero, si se cuenta a , incluida en la versión de 12 pistas europea y en la versión de África del Sur, con 16 canciones). La letras de la canción inspiró a los fanáticos de los Kinks a crear su eslogan, "God Save the Kinks". (es)
"The Village Green Preservation Society" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks from their sixth studio album, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968). Written and sung by the band's principal songwriter Ray Davies, the song is a nostalgic reflection where the band state their intent to "preserve" British things for posterity. As the opening track, it introduces many of the LP's themes; Ray subsequently described it as the album's "national anthem". Ray was inspired to write "The Village Green Preservation Society" after hearing someone express that the Kinks had been preserving "nice things from the past". Written and recorded in August 1968 as sessions for the band's next album neared completion, the song was intended to be a new title track after he remained unsatisfied with the album's working title Village Green. The song evokes elements of English music hall, indicating Ray's continued interest in the genre. The song has received generally favourable reviews from critics. Later commentators dispute how much of the song was meant to be considered ironic; some think the lyrics are reactionary while others find its tone partially parodic. Coinciding with the band's "God Save the Kinks" promotional campaign, the song was issued as a US single in July 1969, though it failed to chart. The Kinks regularly included the song in their live set list in the 1970s, '80s and '90s. (en)
The Village Green Preservation Society è un brano musicale del gruppo rock britannico The Kinks, scritto dal leader del gruppo Ray Davies e pubblicato negli Stati Uniti su 45 giri nel novembre 1968 come secondo singolo estratto dall'album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. (it)

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A black-and-white photograph of the four Kinks standing together in long grass. The sleeve is labelled "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society" above and "Picture Book" below. (en)

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I was looking for a title for the album [[[The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society|Village Green]]] about three months ago, when we had finished most of the tracks, and somebody said that one of the things the Kinks have been doing for the last three years is preserving nice things from the past, so I thought I'd write a song which said this... (en)
The lyrics of the album's first track, "[The] Village Green Preservation Society", have been discussed often in writing on the Kinks, with the usual intention of finding out just how genuinely nostalgic or how tongue-in-cheek [Ray] Davies was with lines such as "God save little shops, china cups and virginity." Davies's equivocal approach to almost everything – which makes this question interesting in the first place – also makes it, as usual, impossible to answer. (en)

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– Musicologist Matthew Gelbart, 2003 (en)
– Ray Davies on the song's inspiration, (en)

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«The Village Green Preservation Society» es una canción escrita por Ray Davies, interpretada originalmente por la banda británica de rock, The Kinks. Es mejor conocida por ser la primera pista de su álbum de estudio del año de 1968, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, y por haber sido lanzada como el segundo sencillo del mismo álbum (tercero, si se cuenta a , incluida en la versión de 12 pistas europea y en la versión de África del Sur, con 16 canciones). La letras de la canción inspiró a los fanáticos de los Kinks a crear su eslogan, "God Save the Kinks". (es)
The Village Green Preservation Society è un brano musicale del gruppo rock britannico The Kinks, scritto dal leader del gruppo Ray Davies e pubblicato negli Stati Uniti su 45 giri nel novembre 1968 come secondo singolo estratto dall'album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. (it)
"The Village Green Preservation Society" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks from their sixth studio album, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968). Written and sung by the band's principal songwriter Ray Davies, the song is a nostalgic reflection where the band state their intent to "preserve" British things for posterity. As the opening track, it introduces many of the LP's themes; Ray subsequently described it as the album's "national anthem". (en)

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