1481 - The Kinks Victoria 1969

This "Arthur" track is a satirical ode to the British queen, featuring some of Davies’ musings on the English identity. He even manages to work in a dig at the late monarch’s legendary prudishness: “Sex was bad and obscene, and the rich were so mean.” "Victoria" is a statement of fact in the nineteenth century, the Kinks hymn to tradition. Dave is yelling his head off, and Mick Avory's drumming is so fine, he's always been there, to the Kinks as Charlie Watts is to the Stones.