WouldnH it be lovely if the I can blow up your houses so closed with a pint at hand. Sec- world were one lovely village you better beware/ Everybody ond hand Ford is in the drive, green? The Kinks think so. wants power, everybody wants can't afford a Bentley. "We are the Village Green Pres- money.'* "Ttie little man who gets the ervation Society/ God save Don- Dave Davies was still writing train got a mortgage hanging ald Duck, vaudeville and var- songs: "Lincoln County," "This over his head,/ but he's too iety." Man He Weeps Toni^t," and the scared to complain,/ cause he's SOMETHING ELSE and VIL- flip side of "Lola," Mindless conditioned that way." Arthur LAGE GREEN PRESERVATION Child Of Motherhood. Originally sits and thinks of Churchill, . | SOCIETY sold a combined total released in England a year and The album is the soundtrack of 25,000 copies. Considering a half ago, it is a hard rocker. to a television spectacular, pro- that a million seller means and carries a strong message duced by Granada Films for BBC. 200,000 sales this is very little. about contraceptives and abor- Nothing's been said about releas- Which shows sales do not mean tion. ing it in the States. quality. "I've been travelling long "Lola" is sort of getting back "People take pictures of each time,/ to be just where you are./ to earlier rockers. Does it mat- ' other" and Ray Davies sings pic- In trips I have seen you,/ but ter what clothes people wear or tures of others. "Monica" my you are so very far./ How long the length of their hair. love can a prostitute love one must I travel on/ to be just Solicitors, publishers, poli- man only? "Do You Remember: where you are./ ticians are powermen playing Walter?" I wonder where Walter I see your face,/ lost without musical mid-wives. The latest is now "but memories of people trace./ I see your mind in an L.P. LOLA VS. POWERMAN AND remain the same." empty space./ I know that it's THE MONEY GOROUND tells of Nostalgia runs fast in "Last unfair,/ to bear a bastard son./ the whole hassle of Denmark Of Hie Steampowered Trains" But why do you hide me,/ when street. as it builds into an express with we could have shared along./ Britain has only BBC censored some nice harmonica and guitar Mindless child of motherhood,/ radio and when the Kinks weren't playing. They do this especially you have lost the thing that's tops of the pops they were ig- well in concert. "Big Sky lothe Who andMotttheHoople. beautiful singles. So A rthur's kids are splitting to The Hoople do "You Really Got In approximate order (for the Australia, "No class distinction, Me." He just said "HMMMM- records) are the singles released no drug addiction/ nobody's got MMMMMMMM." Ray said they before the L. P. ARTHUR. They, a chip on their shoulder." Mick may do a Dylan harmonica tune and all singles put out by the Jagger says England's a watered "Absolutely Sweet Marie" from Kinks, are available on an Eng- down reflection of America, An- Blonde on Blonde. They used to lish double L.P. It is £Lvailable ti-heroes are even more boring. do it in concert. I asked him in stores carrying British Im- "Everyone walks around with a what he thought of Yellow Sub- ports for about 10 dollars. perpetual smile across their marine. He once said it was "Wonder Boy" is in the vein face." Dave Davies should patent rubbish. He said nothing this of SOMETHING ELSE. "Won- those sha la la's, A sunny surf- time. der boy, some mothers son/^, Ing Beach Boy loony tune Christ- ^ Ray opened the back door to turn your sorrow into wonder./ mas in Sydney. the station wagon surrounded by I see you and you see me, now If Victoria had heard Brain- groping dedicated followers of ain't that wonder/ Life is only washed she would have ripped the fashion, and said with a smile, wonder boy." skirts off the piano, and shifted '•Yes I will take care of pheno- into Disraeli Gears for "Drivin." menol cat," "Plastic Man" is about well We'll talk to the cows/ and laugh Watch for "Percy" a new film respected men. "You can't dis- at the sheep/ We'U Ue in a field,/ Ray is doing the soundtrack for. figure or disgrace/ No one ever and well have a sleep/ so take a The next album is LOLA VS. gets the truth from plastic man." drive with me./ And all the rent POWERMAN part 2, which will More the story of our everyday collectors, debt collectors all be out in the spring, along with living vegetables. will be behind us,/ they will Dave Davies' solo album. On the new album is a song never find us/ 'cause we'll be God save the Kinks if they, called "Powerman." The Kinks drivin." ever do a gig in Jerusalem. earlier released a single, "King But Arthur is sitting in his Kong," 'about powermen. *Tm "Shangri-La." His Antony Eden by: Ronny Kienhois ITing Kong, and I'm 10 feet long/ hat is in his lap; eyes are hall and Michael Allan