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	Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) is a concept album by British rock band The Kinks, released in late 1969.
		The songs describe the England that Arthur once knew, the promise of life in Australia for one of his sons, the emptiness of his superficially comfortable life in his home "Shangri-La", the resolve of the British people in World War II and the death of his brother in World War I, among other things.
		The lead character Arthur is a carpet layer, and he and his family's plight in the opportunity-poor setting of post-war England is depicted.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arthur_(album) (440 words)

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		ARTHUR is probably the only album that you could play for a fan of the pop Kinks and a fan of the theatrical Kinks and please both.
		They could have forgotten about making cohesive, "veddy British" albums and gone back to simply putting together album-length collections of unrelated songs.
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	cool hand bak: And This Was Their Finest Hour
		Hopefully I don't have to tell you that The Kinks' Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire is one of greatest albums ever recorded.
		I think what amazed me first about Arthur was the extraordinary number of tones and moods the album moves through, with the lyrics and melodies sure, but with Davies' singing and the band's playing as well.
		Arthur is the album's greatest lyrical achievement, moving at it does from one immortal line to the next.
	bakinakwa.blogspot.com /2005/05/and-this-was-their-finest-hour.html (654 words)

	United Kingdom
		The United Kingdom is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations (successor organisation to the former Empire), the European Union and NATO.
		The British Isles is a geographical name of an archipelago of islands including Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Orkney, the Hebrides, Shetland Isles, Channel Islands and others.
		The Isle of Man and Channel Islands are not legally part of the United Kingdom; they are British crown dependencies, though the United Kingdom is responsible for their external affairs.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/un/united_kingdom.html (2230 words)

	Daily Vault - August 12, 2003
		Arthur manages to neatly strike one of the toughest balances out there; it is both a worthy message and a fun bit of music to listen to.
		In many ways, the world that Arthur presents is an analog of the world of today, and what Ray Davies and company had to say about it can bring us some understanding of where we are and what in the hell we can do about it.
		Arthur, in addition to being an excellent piece of music, has a great deal of relevance to who we are today.
	www.dailyvault.com /2003_08_12-de.html (504 words)

	The Kinks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire), 10 Oct 1969
		The Kinks, a British Invasion pop/rock band, were formed in London in 1963 by Dave Davies and Peter Quaife.
		The lineup with which they began their recording career was Dave Davies (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting); his brother Ray Davies (primary songwriter, primary vocalist, rhythm guitar); Pete Quaife (bass guitar, vocals); and Mick Avory (drums).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Kinks (735 words)

	Getting the Kinks Out
		Its follow-up, the even more structured Arthur, or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire (1969), might have given Tommy a run for its money if the accompanying made-for-TV movie co-written by Davies hadn't been canceled.
		However, as Davies says in the liner notes to the Muswell Hillbillies reissue, "I was terrified of falling into that trap that we'd slipped into in the '60s, where we'd deliver an album and they'd just promote the single.
		His dramatic lyrics captured the tiny comedies, tragedies and redemptions of British life.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/080698/music.kinks.shtml (1026 words)

	The Kinks: Arthur ---Ink Blot Magazine
		Not a question one usually asks about a rock'n'roll record, for sure, but Arthur was anomalistic in the extreme: released two years into the late-'60s generational schism, The Kinks' second concept album tackled "The Decline and Fall of the British Empire" from the perspective of their parents' generation.
		Fusing 1969's lingua franca of psychedelic blues with The Kinks' stubborn infatuation with English music hall, Arthur offers all the variety and adventure of then-emergent progressive rock without sacrificing melody or indulging in obtuse time signatures and chord sequences.
		Somwhere in the middle is "Shangri-La," a potrait of a generation grown middle-aged and pitiable, paralyzed by fear of modern life and left with only indoor plumbing and suburban sprawl to show for its noble struggles.
	www.inkblotmagazine.com /rev-archive/Kinks_Arthur.htm (728 words)

	The Kinks - Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) - On Second Thought - Stylus Magazine
		A tribute to the "Golden Age of the British Empire" when "life was clean/sex was bad, or obscene/ and the rich were so mean".
		Arthur was originally conceived by Ray Davies and screenwriter Julian Mitchell as a combination album/made for TV film, loosely based on the life of Davies’ uncle.
		The story takes place sometime in the late sixties as Arthur’s children are planning to emigrate to "the promised land" of Australia.
	www.stylusmagazine.com /feature.php?ID=478 (569 words)

	Decline And Fall Of The British Empire: An Australian Nationalist Point Of View
		All talk, then, of British "world"-pacification by huge armament is a bluff, a dangerous bluff and a pathetic bluff: a bluff which may be called, no matter how enormous the British armament, or re-armament, may be.
		I regard the Empire as an historical patchwork, with a past that was glorious, and a future distinctly dubious.
		Then why should we be taken in by the claim, so obviously a prevarication, that Britain’s Empire stands for "democracy"?
	www.alphalink.com.au /~radnat/stephensen/prs8.html (3963 words)

	Math words page 19
		The British Commonwealth has its own, rather more apposite, use of `pound sign.
		On British keyboards the UK pound currency symbol often replaces #, with # being elsewhere on the keyboard.
		The US usage derives from an old-fashioned commercial practice of using a # suffix to tag pound weights on bills of lading.
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	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment "You Really Got Me"
		The Kinks were once again invited to perform on "Ready Steady Go," and appeared on the cover of NME and other important British magazines.
		The band's managers had to loan them the money for the second recording session, about 200 pounds (perhaps $1,500 in today's money), as Dave Davies recalls in his autobiography, "Kink." The recording was done at London's IBC Studios in July 1964, once again with Talmy producing and Bobby Graham on drums.
		There were to be no overdubs, as that would result in lowered sound quality, and the group had just three hours to get the recording right.
	archive.salon.com /ent/masterpiece/2002/07/23/you_really_got_me/print.html (2302 words)

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	Kinks Articles - Arthur Review
		"Arthur" - the poor dumb well-meaning guy, all he wants is just a bit of peace and quiet and a few little comforts; I mean, everybody's entitled to that.
		Arthur, the Kinks new movies: such and incredible album, the band in their finest form, turning it in from start to finish, the first time their songs are longer then three minutes, the first time they get into playing for a while and really let it out - their longest album.
		The Kinks have always done it, one little gem after another, six years of treats: "David Watts," "Waterloo Sunset," the Face to Face album, with Ray's coverwork; it's all there, folks, in the world of Ray Davies, the magical kinkgdom of the Kinks- the Disneyland of rock in its most beautiful form.
	kinks.it.rit.edu /misc/articles/arthur.html (951 words)

	Timeline 1879-1882
		Chester Arthur approved new borders for the Hopi reservation, a 1.6 million-acre site in the center of 17 million acres of Navajo land in the 4 Corners area of the Southwest.
		Hlobane was the worst rout of British cavalry—and the last Zulu victory—of the Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.
		This time, however, the outcome was different as the Zulus vainly assaulted British foes who were dug in and ready for them.
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	The Kink's timeless 'Arthur' is perfect Brit-pop
		In 1969, still riding high on a streak of astounding Brit-pop albums, The Kinks released Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire).
		The title track that follows is maybe the catchiest tune Arthur has to offer, a triumphant end to a truly astounding album.
		Arthur is immaculately arranged, full of brilliant songs and political in ways that still make sense today.
	www.collegian.psu.edu /archive/2003/10/10-23-03tdc/10-23-03darts-08.asp (483 words)

	RollingStone.com: Arthur Or Decline and Fall Of The British Empire : The Kinks : Review
		Arthur Or Decline and Fall Of The British Empire
		As it turned out, Arthur was a valedictory not just for the British empire but for the Kinks' run of elegant Sixties albums.
		The following year, they would release "Lola," a huge hit, the gateway to American arena tours -- and the beginning of a long period in which the band traded civilized subtlety for crass success.
	rollingstone.com /reviews/album/_/id/116314/thekinks?... (355 words)

	Kinks Discography at CD Universe
		Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
		Rolling Stone (3/6/03, p.73) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...ARTHUR sounds like a quiet masterpiece....Davies' tunes are spilling over with ideas and melodies..." Rolling Stone (11/1/69, p.38) - "...An incredible album, the band in their finest form, turning it in from start to finish...a...
		Like most mid-1960s British rockers, the Kinks started out as an R&B group before they helped invent hard rock and ventured into sardonic, Beatles-inspired pop and refreshingly unpretentious rock opera with an English music-hall tinge.
	www.cduniverse.com /sresult.asp?style=music&HT_Search_Info=Kinks&HT_Search=XARTIST&frm=lk_rarelyrics (327 words)

	Second Hand Songs - Medium: Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) - The Kinks (1969)
		Second Hand Songs - Medium: Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) - The Kinks (1969)
		Audio Album: Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
		The Promise you made by Kate Ryan was originally written by Peter James Kingsbery and performed by Cock Robin in 1985.
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		From the British army's attempt to capture Philadelphia in 1777, through the horrible winter at Valley Forge, ending in the rebirth of the Continental Army and the battle of Monmouth, this book allows the reader to experience the events as they happened, in the encampments, on the marches, and on the battlefield.
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	Untitled
		They went pop wth "Waterloo Sunset" and "sunny Afternoon", and discoverd politicism withThe Village Green Preservation Society and Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire).
		They then re-did John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" and "I'm Mad Again", Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home To Me" before their tour of the US in the fall of that same year.
		The Animals promoted themselves as being the toughest-sounding group of the British Invasion and had a stronger R & B base.
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	British Irsralism-Justification for an Empire
		The British people would have nothing to fear from their upstart neighbors on the continent; France had been put in her place through the defeat of Napoleon's navy at the Battle of Trafalgar, and his army at Waterloo.
		Hence the darkness and decline that was visible on the horizon in the first decades of the twentieth century could not be the end.
		This melding provided them with a clear story of their origins, a Biblical justification for their Empire and their Royalty, and the promise of a future, eternal greatness.
	www.revneal.org /Writings/british.htm (13321 words)

	Agony Shorthand
		THE KINKS: “ARTHUR, OR THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE” LP.....
		1969’s “Arthur, Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire” is the great score to a TV musical that never got made — how about that?
		After truly hearing (with open ears) some of the band’s late-60s stuff for the first time (!), I think I’m really beginning to understand them.
	agonyshorthand.blogspot.com /2004_06_01_agonyshorthand_archive.html (5876 words)

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		Thus, Mandel says, the British long wave from 1790 to 1848 was fueled by the access of new manufacturing industry to pre-capitalist-agricultural regions that provided cheap labor and raw materials.
		The appearance of new products favors a fall in prices_the timing of which depends on how soon the new products appear_which terminates the boom and leads to a depression.
		He was at the British Exhibition in 1924 and in the United States for economic talks in 1925.
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	Song Lyrics :: Kinks lyrics - Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire album - Mr. Shoemaker's Daughter lyrics
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		Song Lyrics :: Kinks lyrics - Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire album- Mr.
		Every time i see you i wanna say "hey".
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	The Kinks
		The story's focus is of the life and times of a main character named Arthur (not to be confused with the legendary King Arthur), and revolving around a disgust for English life in general (which is fairly self-explanatory from the album's title).
		Simply put, Arthur is the absolute pinnacle of the Kinks career, as Ray's songs are at his most superb and infectious, in a great conservative manner.
		This album is defintely a big departure from the previous album (and even more so than Arthur), in that the melodies are much more plain and old-fashioned (along with no inventive musical ideas in sight).
	www.geocities.com /mjareviews/thekinks.html (16184 words)

	LYRICS Organized by Band and Artist Name
		Reuters - Queen of pop Madonna recorded her 11th British number one in the music charts on Sunday with her new single "Hung Up" which samples heavily from the 1979 Abba hit "Gimme Gimme Gimme."
		AP - Elton John brings his Las Vegas show to television with his first NBC special, "Elton John: The Red Piano," on Dec. 14.
	www.kiwilyrics.com /The_Kinks (319 words)

	Sound Opinions Message Board -> Best "Concept" Album ever
		The Kinks’ output during the late 60s and early 70s can be held up to the best runs of all time, and Arthur is their crowning achievement.
		Originally intended for a never-produced television movie, the twelve songs Ray Davies penned tell the story of Arthur, a middle-aged, middle-class man whose son doesn’t believe in the things Arthur believes in: war, subservience, suburbia.
		Arthur might not even be my favorite Kinks concept album.
	www.soundopinions.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=5951 (2615 words)

	Getting In Tune: February 2005
		Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) (Reprise Records)
		Of all the bands involved in the British Invasion of the 1960's, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones being the top of the class, The Kinks hadn't really made much of an impression on me like their contemporaries The Who had made.
		On top of that, Dower charts the rise and fall of the scene on the shoulders of Oasis, from their 1994 debut Definitely Maybe to their third album, 1997's Be Here Now.
	gettingintune.blogspot.com /2005_02_01_gettingintune_archive.html (5133 words)

	The Kinks - Presents a Soap Opera - Koch Entertainment Records
		Rather than admitting defeat when the conceptual “Village Green Preservation Society” and “Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire” didn’t sell as well as their hit singles for Pye Records, Davies moved ahead.
		Their recording deal with RCA gave him the big opportunity he had waited for, but instead of turning in a collection of radio-ready hits, Davies offered the bluesy, countrified “Muswell Hillbillies”.
		Dave was being forced into the margins while Ray and his grandiose ideas were allowed room to roam.
	www.musictap.net /Reviews/KinksSoapOpera.html (892 words)

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