The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society

Artist: The Kinks
Song: The Village Green Preservation Society
Album: The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Year: 1968
Written By Ray Davies

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Kinks
• Ray
• Davies
• Village
• Green
• Preservation
• Society
• Dave

[mankycaaant]

Mr Staker: Well, it's around 2 foot tall;  long slender neck, orange bill

Angel: Anything else?

Mr Staker: Well, it's a swan..

[zplnrlz]

.....I wish I was English... Canadian isn't quite close enough.

[TheFacelessActivist]

@Harpsichord45

Really now? Remind me again: Which year was Dublin founded? And is the Gaelic not a significant part of Great Britain?

And it was mixed Scandinavians, Danes, Swedes and Norwegians. To claim the Swedes didn't colonize is absolutely preposterous, since several English settlements and villages have Swedish names even in modern ages.

[Harpsichord45]

@TheFacelessActivist To be fair, having studied the period in question, I'm pretty sure the majority of Scandinavians that arrived in England were Danes, followed by Norwegians. Not Swedes. Even then, the foundation of England as a unified kingdom had more to do with the West Saxons than the Scandinavians or Anglo-Scandinavians. Also, the 1st-13th century is far too wide a timeframe. More like 7th-11th.

[MissPhyscosocial]

@Whatupwidat TOTALLY! :)

[Whatupwidat]

@MissPhyscosocial It's even better when a song I've been listening to for nigh-on 20 years appears on a good film :D

[TheFacelessActivist]

@MallarRallam

I doubt it. But since I'm the one here who isn't pretentious: I have no need to prove the contrary to you.

Good day, and good riddance.

[MallarRallam]

@TheFacelessActivist Yes, I have read some history from the 1st century to the 13th century. I'm certain the Swedes didn't found Dublin or influence England, that was probably the Norse. You say I have a remedial grasp of European history, though my knowledge of European history is probably better than yours.

[TheFacelessActivist]

@MallarRallam

Really? Ever read any kind of history from the 1st-13th century? We colonized stuff all over the place. Founded places like Dublin, and also had great influence on Slavic nations, as well as England. We built settlements strewn across all Europe, and words such as "Window" and "Husband" are originally derived from Swedish.

Don't worry, though. I won't hold your remedial grasp of European history against you.

[MallarRallam]

@TheFacelessActivist This is one of the stupidist comments I've seen. 'I'm Swedish and even I'm not close enough.' Canadians are a lot closer to the English than the Swedes are, most Canadians being descended from Britons. In what way did Swedes invent England? The Normans 'invented' the England we have today. As far as I know, Sweden had no part in making England.

[TheFacelessActivist]

@zplnrlz

I know what you mean, I'm Swedish and even I'm not close enough.

...And we invented England!