Kinks, The - Animal Farm Lyrics

I always remember those 70's porn flicks with girls fucking horses when I hear this song.

If I'm not mistaken, there's a pretty famous one called exactly "Animal farm".

Of course the song has nothing to do with it.

Even on the album cover, Ray Davies comes across as an artist. The three other band members look to the photographer wiyh similar degrees of comfortableness. Ray looks down, as if to say, "take the damn picture, and let me out of here."

He is looking at the camera, check out the gatefold for village green, its easier to see.

The Kinks’ best album, hands down

The kinks super under rated. Why don’t they play this on the radio more ?

ThanKs Kinks - YOU'RE STILL WONDERFUL!!!

Los más grandes de largo.

What a beautiful song, why wasn't this a huge hit?

Ray Davies,arguably the best songwriter to ever come out of the UK.

There is no argument coming from me.Walks all over Paul and John.

big hippie vibes

why does this make me cry?

Thank you Ray for this beautiful song.

The chord change, so melancholy, though it's an upbeat song.

Wings/ BB Wings = Plato Cuadrado

"Animal Farm" can be listened to at face value, and more power to anyone who does. We need more songs in praise of cats and dogs and pigs and goats.

But *Preservation* is supposed to be a drama (or rock opera), isn't it? Which would mean that "Animal Farm" is sung by a character on stage. Why is he so nostalgic? What is he trying to escape from? Is he longing for a time that can never return? Is he a good guy in the play? Or what? Country residents know about long hours of manual labour. Rural life can be just as absurd as city life. Maybe "Animal Farm" is a satire about pining for the good old days.
The characters in a narrative have an arc, and may move from naivety to experience to cynicism. And who wins in the end, Flash or Black? Four vinyl records are called *Preservation* and yet we can only speculate about the meaning of "Animal Farm." (And there's even a bonus CD with *Village Green Preservation Society.* ) Which leaves us back where we started, listening to a jaunty, pastoral ditty.

Doug Reibling ...I believe you’re reading too much into what is simply a sweet and joyous howl of freedom. The Preservation “Play” came 5 years later, completely unconnected to V G P S except for borrowing a word; written by a decades-older, cynical and “woke” curmudgeon whose Village Green of his happy childhood had been unceremoniously defiled and shat upon.

First heard this little gem in a skate dvd for some obscure board company from the early 00’s, the glory days

When people ask, who's the best rock band, the beatles or the stones? I always answer

THE KINKS

One beatious band. Since, I was 8 yrs old...rockin' my noggin' with wise words & beats.

Can't get any better !

50 YEARS OF BLISS

Is this the prologue to George Orwells novel of the same name?

exactly what i was thinking

stefan brought me here

Makes me want a simpler live. Leave society and go off grid

Utter filth it's that good

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Dave DAvies at his peak

Randal mc'murphy great guitar style, unique.

Morrissey should cover this.

love this, one of my fave kink tracks

Immaculate composition.

When people are not "humans" but animals like the rest of the animal kingdom.

Five star album, always was and always will be.

Perfect!

It's such a funny thing

Nice and smooth.

five stars out of four buddy

ray davies is just quintessentially british in his songwriting & its sooooo doooope its fucking disgusting. this whole album rocks my balls every time i give it a play

How I feel right now about these protests

The Kinks Rule!

Aladin ripped off the Kinks. Full proof shown here.

what pretty much every human and other animals feel, so think about that the next time you swat a fly or dismiss a Cat

1968 even! I suppose I was only eighteen.

Missed this in the seventies. Heard it today on six music. It is a really great track

This world is big and wild and half insane
Take me where real animals are playing
Just a dirty old shack
Where the hound dogs bark
That we called our home
I want to be back there
Among the cats and dogs
And the pigs and the goats
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
My animal home

While I lay my head upon my pillow
Little girl, come play beneath my window
Though she's far from home
She is free from harm
And she need not fear
She is by my side
And the sky is wide
So let the sun shine bright
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
My animal home

Girl, It's a hard, hard world, if it gets you down
Dreams often fade and die in a bad, bad world
I'll take you where real animals are playing
And people are real people not just playing
It's a quiet, quiet life
By a dirty old shack
That we called our home
I want to be back there
Among the cats and dogs
And the pigs and the goats
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
My animal home
On Animal Farm
Animal Farm

😀😋😋

You are awesome Sarah Franco! thx

It's a grower folks!

Cos Drag 👍

Love this song.

Que tal letra!!!!

gran canción

People can talk about Americans inventing rock music but English people put the soul into it. This couldn't have come from an American.

@Abel Ramirez oh they got soul after the British showed them how its done...I'm American its just the truth.

Funny this is one of the least overtly British songs on this album, an American totally could’ve wrote this song. I wouldn’t say that about a lot of The Kinks music tho.

Doug Reibling what are you smoking up there and can you send me some?

Doug Reibling I was actually considering a drive up this summer , how’d you know!?

Completely timeless. They'll be singing this a century from now.

Stefan Janoski is one of the homies who I dont know personally

just love this track

Favorite song from favorite album

What a great band.