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Waterloo Sunset

song by Davies

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In Ray Davies: Life as a Kink
…the melancholy view-from-a-window paean “Waterloo Sunset” (1967), which esteemed rock critic Robert Christgau called “the most beautiful song in the English language.” Veering from the group’s early garage rock, the Kinks’ mid-1960s songs featured a jangly folk-rock and orchestral pop sound that would be a huge influence on the…
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recording by the Kinks

In the Kinks
…a teenage runaway; and “Waterloo Sunset,” a hymn to London that became the Kinks’ signature song. In 1967 Dave scored a solo success with “Death of a Clown,” a memorable drinking song.
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