Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Advent #12 - 'Postcard From London'

Ray Davies wrote a homage to London in the snow a few years ago and recorded it with ex-partner Chrissie Hynde. I fell in love with the song the first time I heard it - it has the same kind of magic all of Ray's London song have. It picks up on an old theme in Ray's writing with his sister Rosie emigrating to Australia and that's the kind of atmosphere the song evokes. The setting is finding an old postcard ... but listen for yourself:

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