tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post5138666743932801621..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Kinks: Waterloo Sunset / poetry and verseGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-84458931528988276092011-02-02T00:23:36.097+00:002011-02-02T00:23:36.097+00:00Yes! Thank you.Yes! Thank you.Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-72428440188471543542011-01-31T09:47:48.287+00:002011-01-31T09:47:48.287+00:00Thank you, Sabine. It's interesting that peopl...Thank you, Sabine. It's interesting that people far younger than myself hcontinue to value the Kinks, and particularly Ray Davies. It's a fascinatibng that the singer should express fear of something we don't know in a song like this. Nothing apocalyptic, just a personal fear. It adds a good deal to the song.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-37886406384777933962011-01-30T23:08:11.502+00:002011-01-30T23:08:11.502+00:00It is more than interesting to me to read your com...It is more than interesting to me to read your comments to the Kink's songs which I adore. I grew up in Germany and loved the Kinks with all my teenage years, then.<br />My poor school English obstacled the understanding of the text, except few words like Waterloo sunset’s fine, underground, safe and sound, I am in paradise and few more. I understand now that what arrived to me and others who didn’t speak well the language, was the genuine emotion to something as simple as a sunset, made of the interwoven magic of voice, melody and sound of the words, even if we didn’t understand them all. Poetic power at its best.Sabinenoreply@blogger.com