r/thekinks • u/SAMTIMONIOUS • 21d ago

Album The Kinks & ARTHUR (1969):

'ARTHUR' (1969): Seeking out a song with more astute social comment than 'Shangri-La' is not worth the effort. It hasn't been recorded.

https://samtimonious.com/the-kinks-arthur-or-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-british-empire/

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u/InvestigatorJaded261 21d ago

I didn’t fully understand the song until I saw my first real subdevelopment, in the suburbs of Montreal.

All the houses in the street have got a name; ‘cause all the houses in the street they look the same.

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u/Ok-Vermicelli1117 21d ago

Ah yes, the suburbs of Montreal, where people tear down trees to build the streets they name after them.

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u/tman612 21d ago

Shangri-La is as true now as it was then. Truly timeless commentary on British suburban life.

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u/MissSally300 21d ago

American suburbia as well. Such a powerful song

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u/ramonescreatin 21d ago

How is your life and your Shangri-la And your long lost land of Hallelujah? GSTK

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u/hozziebear77 20d ago

easily in my top 5 favorite songs of theirs. just gorgeous

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u/SecretPilgrimBB 20d ago

Twentieth Century Man?

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u/turnedtheasphault 17d ago

This has slowly evolved to be may favorite Kinks album.