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  • Victoria
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  • Gramophone record
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  • eng
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  • 1969 singles
  • Songs written by Ray Davies
  • 1969 songs
  • Pye Records singles
  • The Kinks songs
  • Song recordings produced by Ray Davies
  • Cultural depictions of Queen Victoria
  • The Fall (band) songs
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  • %22Victoria%22 is a song written by Ray Davies of The Kinks. It is the opening track on the band's 1969 concept album Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire).In Ray Davies' satirical style, the lyrics juxtapose the grim realities of life in Britain during the 19th century (%22Sex was bad, and obscene/And the rich were so mean%22) with the paternalist aspirations of the British Empire in the Victorian age (%22From the West to the East/From the rich to the poor/Victoria loved them all%22), and expresses the simple adulation of queen and country by the downtrodden working class (%22Though I am poor, I am free/When I grow I shall fight/For this land I shall die%22).The production begins with a simple heavy rock electric blues guitar riff, carried through each verse and chorus, while the %22Land of hope and gloria%22 bridge and raucous background vocals from Dave Davies build to an exultant climax of brass, played by a group not generally known for being anywhere near that patriotic.
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  • Ray Davies
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  • GBUM70804438
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  • Ray Davies
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  • PT210.41632653S
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  • 1415
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  • 69647710
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  • english
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  • Pye Records
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  • May–June 1969 at Pye Studios , London
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  • Victoria
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  • TRPNJIW12903CFBBB2
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