Singer Ray Davies: "Phenomenal Cat went to Singapore and Hong Kong and decided it was just was well to get fat. I didn't, he did. It was completely his own decision. And he came back and at himself to eternity" (http://kinks.it.rit.edu/misc/articles/rs69.html). Not sure if that clarifies anything. Maybe it's about deciding to be lazy and fat to be happy, but it seems to portray hedonism negatively, too.
Singer Ray Davies: "Phenomenal Cat went to Singapore and Hong Kong and decided it was just was well to get fat. I didn't, he did. It was completely his own decision. And he came back and at himself to eternity" (http://kinks.it.rit.edu/misc/articles/rs69.html). Not sure if that clarifies anything. Maybe it's about deciding to be lazy and fat to be happy, but it seems to portray hedonism negatively, too.