What's interesting is: what exactly does Ray Davies want us to think about the rise of youthful conservatism? The whole song has a mournful sense to it, but there are some lines which seem pretty double-edged: 'All the urgency and energy have turned into complacency' - is he singing about the younger generation or the formerly radical politicians who have aligned themselves to a 'complacent' post-war consensus?
It's pretty obvious what this is about, really.
What's interesting is: what exactly does Ray Davies want us to think about the rise of youthful conservatism? The whole song has a mournful sense to it, but there are some lines which seem pretty double-edged: 'All the urgency and energy have turned into complacency' - is he singing about the younger generation or the formerly radical politicians who have aligned themselves to a 'complacent' post-war consensus?