Ray Davies Revisits The Kinks’ “The Village Green Preservation Society”: Vaudeville And Variety
“The Village Green Preservation Society”:
Davies: As “The Village Green Preservation Society” is supposed to be about things I want to preserve, I thought I would try that song. My father used to talk about variety shows in north London when I was a kid. They died out a long time ago. It was left over from old Victorian London. People used to come on and do what they called a “turn”: sing a song or tell jokes and juggle. Pre TV. I went once with my dad and can just remember seeing a comedian called Max Miller (pictured left). The cockney king of stand up. A big influence. Vaudeville is not purely English. They were popular in the U.S., where Bob Hope (pictured right) and Laurel and Hardy started. All before my time, I might add.
Magnet: Read the Q&A with Ray Davies.
A feature film about The Kinks is set to be made.
Tentatively titled 'You've Really Got Me', the film is set to explore the rocky relationship between bandmates and brothers, Ray and Dave Davies
Directed by the film and music video director Julien Temple, who has previously directed documentaries about Sex Pistols and Glastonbury, the film already has Ray Davies involved in the project.
"At the heart of it is the extraordinary love-hate relationship between these two brothers: love/hate, sibling rivalry is at the core." Julien Temple told Screen Daily. "I think it's a very rich social, cultural nexus around The Kinks. Their story is the untold story of all those big bands of the 1960s." He added. The cast for the film, or a potential release date is yet-to-be-announced.
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