MIKE MUNROW'S RETRO | 2021. nov. 27.
https://www.youtube.com/@mikemunrowsretro8973

This song always makes me think of summer afternoon's like today's and the many summers past. It is, without a doubt, one of my most favorite songs by The Kinks, right up there
with "Green Grass" by Gary Lewis & The Playboys, the American version of summer days lost and found. Here in the US, the single was released in July 1966 (perfect timing). At that time it was already #1 in the UK. It peaked at #14 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #11 on the Cash Box Top 100 on September 24, 1966. More excellent home movie and docu-footage, courtesy of British Pathé.

Ez a dal mindig emlékeztet a mai nyári délutánokra és az elmúlt sok nyárra. Ez kétségtelenül az egyik kedvenc dalamom a The Kinks-től, pont ott van Gary Lewis & The Playboys "Green Grass" című dalával, amely az amerikai változat a nyári elveszett és talált napokról. Az Egyesült Államokban a kislemez 1966 júliusában jelent meg (tökéletes időzítés). Akkoriban már #1 volt az Egyesült Királyságban. 1966. szeptember 24-én a Billboard Hot 100-án a #14-es helyen és a Cash Box Top 100-on a #11-es helyen jutott el. További kiváló házi film és dokumentumfelvételek a brit Pathé jóvoltából.
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Az észak-londoni Muswell Hillben alapította 1964-ben a Davies-testvérpár, Ray és Dave.

https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kinks
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verse

The tax man′s taken all my dough
And left me in my stately home
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
And I can't sail my yacht
He′s taken everythin' I've got
All I′ve got′s this sunny afternoon

chorus

Save me, save me
Save me from this squeeze
I've got a big fat momma tryin′ to break me
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime, in the summertime
In the summertime

verse

My girlfriend's run off with my car
And gone back to her ma and pa
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty
Now I′m sitting here
Sipping at my ice cold beer
Lazing on a sunny afternoon

chorus

Help me, help me, help me sail away
Well, give me two good reasons
Why I oughta stay
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime, in the summertime
In the summertime

Oh, save me, save me
Save me from this squeeze
I′ve got a big fat momma tryin' to break me
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime, in the summertime
In the summertime, in the summertime
In the summertime

https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/The-Kinks/Sunny-Afternoon