10 January 2015

The Kinks' Waterloo Sunset opened London to a northerner | Music | The Guardian

The Kinks' Waterloo Sunset opened London to a northerner | Music | The Guardian

When all you’ve known is Sheffield, a move to London seems like a betrayal. But there’s a song that can show the capital’s human side …. The Kinks … Life lessons for a northern girl ... The only slightly depressing side to the song was knowing that being able to gaze upon Waterloo sunset from my window was an unlikely and costly dream, and that I’d have to settle for a Brixton ditch or a Kennington sewer if I wanted a riverside view ... ....
 

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