Песня о том, как певец восхищается одноклассником Дэвидом Уоттсом, который, кажется, ведет «очарованную жизнь». В нём присутствует либо глубокая зависть, либо, как выразился AllMusic, «школьная влюбленность». Это также, как написал Джон Сэвидж , одна из «самых острых гомоэротических песен Рэя Дэвиса». Как подтвердил Рэй Дэвис в The Kinks: The Official Biography by Savage, «Дэвид Уоттс - реальный человек. Он был концертным промоутером в Ратленде.. »Рэй продолжает рассказывать, как настоящий Уоттс был геем и продемонстрировал очевидный романтический интерес к брату Дэйву. В этом свете такие строки, как« он такой гей и свободен от фантазий »и« все девушки по соседству пытаются уйти. с Дэвидом Уоттсом ... но не может "дать второй уровень интерпретации, основанный на этой иронической шутке. [2]
Позднее кавер на эту песню сделали The Jam , которые выпустили ее 18 августа 1978 года как сингл, а затем включили ее в свой третий студийный альбом All Mod Cons (с различными миксами, использованными для версий сингла и альбома). В этой версии, которая достигла 25- го места в чарте UK Singles Chart , на ведущем вокале был басист Брюс Фокстон, а не Пол Веллер , поскольку она не подходила для фронтмена Jam. [3] Трек был выпущен как двойная сторона A вместе с "A" Bomb in Wardour Street ", чья отдельная, немного более короткая версия была использована для выпуска сингла и которая также появится позже в том же году на All Mod. Минусы[clarification needed].
References[edit]
^"Kinks Song List". Kindakinks.net. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
^Savage, Jon The Kinks : The Official Biography London: Faber and Faber, 1984 pp.94–96
^"David Watts by The Jam Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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