. . "1968-11-22"^^ . . . "1968-11-22"^^ . . "The lower half of the picture sleeve is a tinted photograph of the Kinks with a medal positioned between them. The top half of the sleeve includes Japanese text and the band's name in English."@en . "Village_Green_Japanese_Kinks_Single.jpg"@en . "1123397318"^^ . . . "\u00ABVillage Green\u00BB es una canci\u00F3n interpretada por The Kinks, escrita por Ray Davies para el \u00E1lbum de estudio de The Kinks, The Kinks are The Village Green Preservation Society, siendo la novena canci\u00F3n en el tracklist y la segunda del lado B, considerada la pieza central del \u00E1lbum, pues tambi\u00E9n fue la canci\u00F3n que le dio a su compositor la idea del \u00E1lbum conceptual que fue The Village Green Preservation Society.\u200B En algunos pa\u00EDses la canci\u00F3n fue lanzada como sencillo."@es . . . . . . . . "Village Green"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2.1333333333333333"^^ . . . . . . . . . "\"Village Green\" 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 was first recorded in November 1966 during the sessions for Something Else by the Kinks (1967) but was re-recorded in February 1967. Both the composition and instrumentation of \"Village Green\" evoke Baroque music, especially its prominently featured harpsichord played by session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins. Unlike most of the band's late 1960s recordings, it employs real orchestral instruments, including oboe, cello, viola and piccolo, as arranged by English composer David Whitaker. Davies composed \"Village Green\" in August 1966 after an experience at a pub in Devon, a rural part of England. The song laments the decline of a fictional English community's traditional village green. Retrospective commentators have placed the song in the tradition of English pastoral poetry, particularly in its themes of rural living and a declining English culture. After the song's recording, Davies withheld it from release while deciding whether to include it on a solo album or as part of a Kinks project. It served as one of the central inspirations for The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society and was the album's title track until only a few months before its release. The song was first issued in the United Kingdom on that album in November 1968, though it saw earlier release on a French EP in May 1967 as well as on a similar Spanish EP. The song was not played live until a Ray Davies solo show in 1995, though the Kinks had performed an instrumental version in 1973."@en . . . . . . . . . "Village Green"@en . . "23847958"^^ . . "Pye, London"@en . . . . . . "*Pop\n*rock"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Village Green"@es . . . . "\u00ABVillage Green\u00BB es una canci\u00F3n interpretada por The Kinks, escrita por Ray Davies para el \u00E1lbum de estudio de The Kinks, The Kinks are The Village Green Preservation Society, siendo la novena canci\u00F3n en el tracklist y la segunda del lado B, considerada la pieza central del \u00E1lbum, pues tambi\u00E9n fue la canci\u00F3n que le dio a su compositor la idea del \u00E1lbum conceptual que fue The Village Green Preservation Society.\u200B En algunos pa\u00EDses la canci\u00F3n fue lanzada como sencillo."@es . . . . "128.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\"Village Green\" 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 was first recorded in November 1966 during the sessions for Something Else by the Kinks (1967) but was re-recorded in February 1967. Both the composition and instrumentation of \"Village Green\" evoke Baroque music, especially its prominently featured harpsichord played by session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins. Unlike most of the band's late 1960s recordings, it employs real orchestral instruments, including oboe, cello, viola and piccolo, as arranged by English composer David Whitaker."@en . . . . . . . . . . . "1969"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "--11-25"^^ . . . . . "1966-11-25"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Ray Davies"@en . . . . "right"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "128.0"^^ . . . . . . . . "song"@en . . "Village Green (song)"@en . . . . . . . . . . "34680"^^ . .