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Be an optimist instead. #PlagueSongs, no. 6

April 21, 2020Philip NelCOVID19, Mixes, Music, Pandemic, Plague Songs, The KinksCOVID19, Mixes, Music, Pandemic, Plague Songs, The Kinks

The final song on the Kinks’ Give the People What They Want (1981) is also one of the most hopeful songs in the band’s oeuvre. It has long been a favorite of mine, but I only just learned it for this Plague Songs series. Unlike previous entries in this series, I had to record this

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