The Kinks - Preservation: Act 1 - Where Are They Now video free download

Artist: The Kinks

Album: Preservation: Act 1

Released: 16 November 1973

Song: Preservation (Single)

Track-No: 06/13

The Album:

Preservation: Act 1 and Preservation: Act 2 are a 1973 concept released as separate albums in 1973 and 1974 by the English rock group, The Kinks.

The Preservation albums were not well-received by critics and sold poorly (the first one peaking on the Billboard 200 at #177), though the live performances of the material were much better received. Many hardcore Kinks fans were alienated by Ray Davies' melodramatic songwriting during the Preservation project era, resulting in albums that played more like the soundtracks to a piece of musical theatre than rock albums.

However, more recent reviews of Preservation: Act 1 have been more sympathetic to its ambitions. In particular, All Music's Stephen Thomas Erlewine has declared "Sweet Lady Genevieve" to be the "real candidate for Davies' forgotten masterpiece".

The CD reissue of Preservation: Act 1 includes the single versions of "Preservation" and "One of the Survivors", neither of which are available on the original vinyl release. The latter briefly charted on the Billboard Pop Singles chart peaking at #108.

Lyrics:

[Sung by The Tramp]

I'll sing a song about some people you might know

They made front pages in the news not long ago

But now they're just part of a crowd

And I wonder where they all are now.

Where have all the Swinging Londoners gone?

Ossie Clark and Mary Quant

And what of Christine Keeler,

John Stephen and Alvaro,

Where on earth did they all go?

Mr. Fish and Mr. Chow,

Yeah, I wonder where they all are now.

Where are all the Teddy Boys now?

Where are all the Teddy Boys now?

The Brill Cream boys with D.A.s,

Drainpipes and blue suedes,

Beatniks with long pullovers on,

And coffee bars and Ban the Bomb,

Yeah, where have all the Teddy Boys gone?

I hope that Arthur Seaton is alright.

I hope that Charlie Bubbles had a very pleasant flight,

And Jimmy Porter's learned to laugh and smile,

And Joe Lampton's learned to live a life of style.

Where are all the angry young men now?

Where are all the angry young men now?

Barstow and Osborne, Waterhouse and Sillitoe,

Where on earth did they all go?

And where are all the protest songs?

Yes, where have all the angry young men gone.

I wonder what became of all the Rockers and the Mods.

I hope they are making it and they've all got stead jobs,

Oh but rock and roll still lives on,

Yeah, rock and roll still lives on.