I can't help but have an immense amount of affection for this song! For the nasty and unwelcome English weather that they're singing about, this song has an embellishing upbeat feel to it, it reminds me more of surf rock than British rock, especially the bridge("This is my street, and I'm never going to leave it..."). Well this fascinating and clever little piece was written by Ray Davies, The Kink's vocalist and main songwriter, and was released as a single in 1967. This song is a complete classic and carefree song that is pleasant on the ears, and seems to put me in a sort of nostalgic trance. Now my second-most favourite thing about this song is the little lyrical changes they put in the song to add a little meaning, while keeping the basic lyrical work in the chorus almost untouched, such as the switch from "Autumn almanac" to "poor rheumatic back" for a line, as well as "almanac" to "Armagnac", which is a French brandy, very clever. What I find to be the most passionate thing in this song, for me, at least, is the wonderful rhyming at the beginning of this song, very smooth. Now they speak of trying to get away and avoid the Autumn weather, but I've mostly lived in pleasant weather places, and find myself attracted to Autumn, what with the bountiful beauty and temperate temperature.
Waterloo Sunset, take a listen, it's so simple, velvety, and easy on the ears. As a young child, I always thought it was "Waterless Sunset", later on I realized that it was of course, Waterloo Sunset, named after Waterloo, England. Waterloo Sunset was released as a single in 1967, and has been very popular all around Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In composition, the song is pretty standard for a rock band from the sixties, guitar, bass, drums, vocals, maybe some keyboard/piano, but this song has a complex arrangement, which clearly means nothing to them because they completed the recording of this song in less than ten hours. They create a scene, and describe it with their music so perfectly that it seems as if you're actually there, a sunset in Waterloo. To the contrary of many, this song is not about Terence Stamp and Julie Christie, actors from Far From The Madding Crowd(1976), it's about observing Ray Davie's(vocalist/guitarist) sister and her boyfriend going off into another place, feeling lonely, and enjoying the simple things, a Waterloo Sunset...
