I’m a fan of The Kinks, and I’ve been listening to them a lot this week. I enjoy listening to music while I work; it’s much better than listening to some of the crap people say.
Here’s the promotional video they did for “Sunny Afternoon,” which is one of my favorite songs they do. I wish I had more time to laze on a sunny afternoon. Maybe once I move to a state that does not have income tax, ahem Texas. Yes, I have seriously been thinking about relocating there; I’ll explain why another day.
Random Music Fact:
In the book The Kinks: The Official Biography, Davies said that he was inspired to write this song after the band manager Robert Wace had spent the night dancing with a transvestite. Davies said, “In his apartment, Robert had been dancing with this black woman, and he said, ‘I’m really onto a thing here.’ And it was okay until we left at six in the morning and then I said, ‘Have you seen the stubble?’ He said ‘Yeah,’ but he was too pissed [intoxicated] to care, I think.