Lisnaholic

I grew up loving The Kinks: first, the riff on those early singles, then the surprising developments of Ray as a songwriter, from See My Friend and beyond, then the slow realisation that Ray's special talent was the celebration of all things English.

Thanks, ribbons, for posting this short mysterious gem which I had forgotten about:-

Here's another great song from the same era:-



And although I don't like their later stuff so much, Victoria surely gives us in advance Ray's epitaph:-

I was born, lucky me
In a land that I love

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