Excellent segue from Bowie to Kinks with Davies singing in a similar style as Bowie in this particular track. Great.

Never heard this before in my life. RP is radio paradise alright!
 

Yeah, isn't it great that it captures a time past, but is still relevant?

I agree with Excelsior. They were  a fair to middlin band with a few good tunes, but mostly boring tripe IMO. Underrated? I think they are overrated to get as much praise and recognition as they do.
This is one of their good songs though, I like it.

I've read this comment and others you've written about The Kinks, who were probably the most under-rated, yet most influential British rock bands in history. Their lyrics were years ahead of the times, and remain relevant today  Perhaps you don't listen to lyrics, or you're too young to understand, or you don't like the music, I don't know where your ignorance comes from.  I've met 15 year old sons and daughters of friends who get it.  The Kinks are not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & U.K. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for nothing, nor is Ray Davies in the Songwriter's Hall of Fame for sucking, Excelsior.  Dave Davies invented the guitar sound copied by many, beginning back with "You Really Got Me," and "All Day And All of the Night."  "Shangri-la" is one of their best songs, from the album "Arthur,"(for short), which has been cited by many as being the first rock opera, even preceding The Beatles Sgt. Peppers, and The Who's Tommy. I get a chuckle reading your comments. Just saw Ray Davies at The Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC on 12/12, and he remains one of the great showmen, and continues to put out relevant solo albums, which your probable Attention Deficit Disorder would limit your comprehension of.  God Save The Kinks!           .

7/- a week? Outside loos? Boy, is this dated, or what? Still, the suburban situation it describes is as real now as then, as anyone from a 'new town' (Milton Keynes, Stevenage, etc) would testify.

Jesus, people are still paying attention to Excelsior? Unreal.

STOP REPLYING TO HIM. (I think he just reincarnated under the name "fluffybum," btw.)

Let me try to make this clear: Excelsior, or fluffybum, or whatever the fuck he's now calling himself, is a troll. Period. The more you respond, the more he loves it, and the more he posts. The way to get rid of trolls is really simple: ignore them. That's it. Nothing more than that. It's 2009 — haven't people learned how to deal with internet trolls by now? Christ.