The Village Green Preservation Society Kate Rusby

[@trilobright]

I'm American and I love this song because it reminds me of the town I grew up in (Cohasset, MA), which is full of antique shops, Tudor houses, and of course centered around the town green. Which makes sense, because where I'm from most towns and cities spent their first 150 years of existence as English towns and cities. =)

[@trevorpugh6475]

I’d just like to thank Jennifer Saunders who wrote the comedy series Jam and Jerusalem which had this terrific song as its theme tune…which is where I first heard Kate… so again, THANK YOU Jennifer!! ❤

[@1xstew]

Love this song . . Kate Rusby lives a couple of miles from me . . it makes you proud to be British and Yorkshire born!

[@chainsawhappygerbil]

this version of this song is probably the biggest headworm i have ever heard, absolutely amazing stuff, did not even know it was a kinks cover but kates voice really adds sooo much

[@EriksRose1]

It is a brilliant song. I do love this version, the most beautiful voice in England Kindest Regards ER

[@andrewkness8982]

I second that emotion. z

[@trevorpugh6475]

I love Kate’s unique, beautiful voice ❤

[@geoffcook3469]

What a lovely version of this brilliant Ray Davies song book, BRILLIANT

[@alby5210]

i dont care who likes or dislikes this i think its great song

[@christianvancara8255]

It a Lovely Song😘

[@ianhaddock190]

Don't you get the sadness of this wonderful lyric, sung brilliantly by a wonderful singer.

[@Orochi_001]

That’s the rub. There’s nothing sad about this song. It’s a celebration turned into a funeral dirge by this awful rendition.

[@RoonJazz]

This is my favourite version - excellent and well-chosen video pics too! Kate Rusby has one of the most beautiful voices in music today. Her song "Falling" never fails to move me. Thanks for this. xx

[@gutlover33uk]

I've seen her live, shes fantastic and a nice personality...really down-to-earth

[@DominicLeslie]

The theme song to the great comedy show Jam & Jerusalem! Just love thus song

[@dafyddmanton2981]

Many, many thanks to John Smith (presumably an alias) for some of the funniest, most unbalanced joyless racist waffle I have ever encountered. The man is an absolute genius to find something offensive in a song that is a bit of light-hearted fun. Thank you so much for brightening up my day, although I strongly suspect that your own world is somewhat dark, being that far up your own jet-pipe. You are, Sir, a comic genius in the old English ethos. Congratulations, and long may you write such great comedy. Britain is proud of you.

[@tigerbumm100]

Heard this on Radio 2 last week, and was delighted to find it here. Many happy memories were invoked (and I'm Scottish not English, although my grandmother was from Yorkshire!). And Kate's voice is perfect for this. Great song and great video, many thanks for sharing them.

[@shazcad]

Heard this on the radio and thought it was brilliant. So much I've ordered a Kate Rusby CD..... Makes you proud to be British...

[@stevenlittle5303]

I want to join the village green preservation society ! lovely job kate

[@tonupnolid]

Ray Davis is a national treasure, Kate is going that way too. And this slideshow really made me smile. Thanks to the lot of yer:D

[@DanPat121]

What a brilliant cover. Kate has always been so good at taking a song and making it her own.

[@amandaleone1000]

It's not often a cover song is better than the original. This is 1 of those times. I love it! I love the way she says Donald Duck.

[@DullTorpor]

Agreed. I give it the edge because of Rusby's voice. I caught this on Pandora and it was a pleasant surprise to hear her singing this song.

[@amandaleone1000]

I reckon. Going to listen now. it's been a while.

[@michaelmcgregor6126]

I totally agree this is the far better version and I am a fan of the Kinks.

[@kulinskit]

Thanks for making the video: I couldn't make out all the lyrics and your pictures helped me understand and enjoy the song.

[@alipitogen]

If I had not been on a bus back from the back of the beyond of the Irish midlands last night I'd never have heard this. It was played on the Irish radio graveyard shift and something about it got into me. What a lovely musical voice. Must hear more!

[@Wyllough]

Beautiful song and matching slide slow. Kate Rusby's voice really suits this. I was gobsmacked when I learn that The Kinks wrote it, apparently. Good on them. This is the England I liked to seek out when I was there.

[@heehawluck1]

I first heard this in the '70s .... The Kinks .... a great track. Thanks Kate.

[@DELAROSA33]

I love this show l could get lost for an half hour and forget about my troubles I felt like I knew them all. I wish they would bring it back even reruns would be nice.

[@Teddyb1939]

Love this one and great video selection. shows old times so well. Always like Kate nice upbeat on this one.

[@EriksRose1]

I couldn't agree more. Without doubt the most beautiful voice in England! Kindest Regards ER

[@nelsonmouse]

Excellent compilation particularly loved the timely "graduate" pic. I thik you rock, as my 19 year old daughter might say!

[@carlosjoaquindarquier1545]

la mejor voz para tremenda cancion, que mejora con el paso del tiempo.- Ilumina mi dia cada vez que la escucho.- Aguante kate!

[@DenisF1914]

How nice to hear such a well put together version of an old 'Kinks' Ray Davies song. Ray has been a great commentator on our times from the sixties. Thanks for sharing this, and well done Kate. Love your voice, and songs.

[@6909453]

After the royal wedding yesterday and now listening to this I feel quite nostalgic for England after living abroad for 40 years !!

[@SuperYossel]

Just heard this today for 1st time. #1 on the Coverville 2011 Hall of Fame. Very impressive.

[@garyneville1141]

I have recently discovered Kate, and I have to say this song sums up how I feel about the modern world. To me it seems we have lost our way, and I hold dear to my heart everything Kate sings about.

[@EriksRose1]

Kate Rusby's album Awkward Annie is where I got this from. Hope that's helpful! Kindest Regards ER

[@BonkersBlake]

GREAT VIDEO! Fantastic idea to get all the pics to the names things, hee hee, made me chuckle! Love Sarah XXXX

[@74123698541564658468]

Well done to the person who made this video. xx

[@EriksRose1]

Thank you :)

[@1xstew]

Never seen Kate live but will certainly make the effort to see her next time around. The more I listen to her the better it gets . .

[@grumpymick]

Absolutely beautiful. Great vocal. Ray Davies one of our greatest songwriters.

[@RoonJazz]

What a great video for a lovely song, beautifully sung. I only caught a few episodes of Jam and Jerusalem - but it was SO like the tiny Devon village where my mum was born and raised that it was almost uncanny (right down to the characters and situations - the number of times I've spoken to ladies exactly like Dawn French's character...!). But the song stands alone in it's greatness. Kate Rusby is a REALLY gifted lady. A friend of mine has seen her live 3 times and she never disappoints.

[@sevets2000]

@EriksRose1 I heard Kate Rusby and her Mother on BBC Radio 2 with French & Saunders - she was delightful. I have always loved Kate; wish I could see more of her here in the USA - really, one of the very best voices, so pure and moving. Best wishes to all for 2011.

[@alexwright6038]

a great cover of a kinks song

[@dazzlerby]

@ Ken moss - She 'gets' the Ray Davies tunes, and performs them like a boss. She is a beauty to boot.

[@EriksRose1]

I couldn't agree more! Kindest Regards ER

[@daffo001]

Brilliant! Great version by young Kate, and a very well done video to boot! Thanks for this - appreciated!

[@BooRadleyTube]

"Variety" is a reference to variety shows (a form of theatre) not the American publication.

[@carollizc]

I'll sign up! We're still getting it in Canada, but the thought of losing it fills me with dread! My very favourite show.

[@tazzer6959]

Thanks for posting this. Kate is just great - so English and this song is perfect for her. Magic.

[@rollsy70]

Wonderful, angelic voice. This song (and version) should be our national anthem!

[@mwtosh]

great song, lovely version, enjoyable tv series ..... and a super video - congrats!

[@uncletam]

heard this on radio 2, what a nice cheery song!! thanks for posting.

[@francisteeney]

Well done. I love this song and the singer. The visuals to go with it are super

[@04elliottg]

I saw Kate yesterday at where I work, and I see her there about once a month or so, and I have always said to myself that I would ask for her autograph, but I chickened out, aannnd, I'm leaving at the end of this month, so I don't know whether I will see her again!! :O She's such a lovely person who ALWAYS has a smile and speaks to you! :D

[@Badco14]

Well done EriksRose1, a song about a better England and some clever video work too!

[@wiretwanger3]

Ray Davies wrote many songs that reflected his observations of English life, this was nothing more than a well written piece of social commentry, a nostalgic look at a way of life that was disappearing even by the late 60s. Try listening to the whole album, fabulous!

[@macronencer]

Was trying to think what film I'd heard this in for a couple of minutes before I got it - Hot Fuzz!

[@lectocom]

What a great song - i no less fresh and relevant than when The Kinks launched it 40 years ago - and what a wonderful performance!! Living in the distant colonies I had not heard of Kate until by chance an NZ radio station played this song as a filler. She is wonderful!! And the Yorkshire accent makes me so homesick for England!!! (It so happens that she is also a native of the town where my sister and her husband live...)

[@isaacle314]

hi there, thank you so much for putting the title of the show in your video description.

[@EriksRose1]

You're welcome! Thank you, Happy New Year :)

[@SocialSpit]

God Bless Kate Rusby (And all the different varieties) :) I think you are very cute too, and I love yer voice, Ma'am

[@plp666]

That was so good! Amazing work, and have not heard that song in far too long 🧡🙌🥰 Kate is everything

[@Dorain1969]

Simply a well done video to a great tune. Thanks again for making & posting.

[@gareth423]

Gosh this makes me homesick. 11 years and counting. Wow, she's brilliant.

[@caitlinkriv]

I love this song, and Kate does a fantastic version of it. Great video! =) It's artists like Kate Rusby and the Kinks that make wish I was British. lol...=)

[@hughvane]

Very cleverly put-together video, thank you. Oh, and Kate does a passable job of the song too!

[@scargo1013]

I'm American, and I LOVE this song. It's the theme for the marvelous series "Jam and Jerusalem" (in USA: Clatterford).

[@TheBeeDee1967]

The wonderful Kate performing a wonderful song by the wonderful Kinks. How much better can it get?

[@atgordon1948]

A rendition that exceeds the original IMO. A great song so well performed, well done Kate. Come back to the US soon!

[@69coolchris]

An excellent cover version. Love this and the original.

[@keef000]

Great song, great voice, what more needs saying?

[@AllenBarclayAllen]

Thanks Sweety ..! nice lerics! I'm Thompson peeps too !

[@L94Morrisson]

this comments are the deepest words ive heard in a long time. i thank you for it and this song

[@cornwallrules01]

Brilliant song and great video.

[@theryanpatrickmoore]

The fact that so many people seem to miss the satire here is utterly mindblowing. This song is making fun, how on earth can you miss that given its origin?

[@EriksRose1]

+Ryan Moore I know, I weep for humanity!

[@simmerdafukdown]

How do you figure?

[@ftagnc.9927]

I always see this song as a satire/anti-satire. To begin with, we are exhorted to denigrate and "laugh at" the voice, with the sad, and quite frankly pathetic goals of protecting such quaint and seemingly pointless standards as custard pies and comic book characters. Then, as the narrative unfolds, we see their desperation in the fact of the larger picture, tiny voices making all-too-polite disagreement with faceless skyscrapers and crushing modernity. Too late do we realise that we ought not have been laughing at those who seek to preserve the little things but joining our slim voices with theirs, because the big things are always very eager to swallow us up thoughtlessly.

[@andrewkeegan1876]

Perhaps it's because the song is not satirical. Ray Davies said "'The Village Green Preservation Society' is supposed to be about things I want to preserve" and "all the things in the song are things I'd like to see preserved." He also described it as "an affectionate acknowledgement of our culture."

[@heydeab]

Brilliantly apt video, well done! entertaining accompanient to the song

[@beejay461]

A lovely version of one of my favourite Kinks songs. Like the video too. Thanks.

[@Dorain1969]

Very well orchestrated video, well done. Now if we can only get the nightingale of Barnsley to come over to the States for a few shows.

[@RoonJazz]

@philhodgson I know North Tawton!! My mum was born in Bovey Tracey & her family still live there & in Broadhempston (nr Ipplepen/Totnes)! I couldn't believe how true to life J&J was - a REAL understated gem of a programme - it should DEFINITELY be brought back, as it was Licence payers' money well-spent. Next time Jasper & I head on down the ol' A303 (can't afford holidays of any sort at the mo. Good ol' budget cuts & fuel prices), we'll offer to treat you to a few pints of the good stuff! x

[@Barbarellacapsule]

Old warm Hearted Traditions & Kate has a beautiful Knightingale😘

[@Hellishhorse]

I say!;That was NOT a Custard Pie!...what a brilliant version of a fantastic song!.Thanks!

[@suckabia]

Gabrielle Aplin eat your heart out!...this is the quaintest, cutest, most quintessentially English song ever. And it was here first! : )

[@upthegills27]

Great voice - thank you for putting it on, I wish I was that clever!

[@sleekburnslim]

Love this and the TV show peace and love Little Milton

[@wytrabbyt]

See our Kate live it's a treat!

[@EriksRose1]

I concur. I have seen her twice and wish I could see her live more often!

[@essyylump]

Wow! A great voice and song ☺️

[@jamesmurdoch9805]

Delightful - had me smiling.

[@hirundine]

Strange how people commenting, see this as racist? .... duh! Common people fought for the common land, that was theirs long before the landed gentry saw it as "theirs". The village green is but a small piece of the previous common land. A land that shrunk so much that they could no longer feed their livestock on it. Since the 1950's, lots of people wanted to move to England. I wonder why? Then when they get there, they want to change it. Thanks for Ms. Rusby covering a nice song from the Kinks and Mr. Davies.

[@spanish-teacheradolfo8328]

Excellent done, thanks so much.

[@gingerwelshman]

Fantasic song. Brlliant video. Inspired me to start up a face book group. Not so much as a fan thingy for the song.. more the spirit of the song. Anyone intereested please feel free to search the face bok groups for The Village Green Preservation Society.

[@andrewhinds6560]

I absolutely love the way her yorkshire accent comes through in this song. A lovely sweet song as english as you can get.

[@pgrabar]

Great version the The Kinks song (be nice if The Kinks were mentioned in the description), and very nice video as well. Thanks for posting it.

[@NakedReporta]

First time I've heard this cover. Very nice. Might have to check me out some more Kate Rusby.

[@martynnotman3467]

I LOVE KATE!! got all her albums, pride of South Yorkshire!

[@Hoopybluefood]

This is an ace video to an ace version of an ace song . Ace :)

[@PopePrincess]

That was just gorgeous.

[@bumgrape]

I cant say i always like remakes of songs BUT this is good. I love her voice which seems to fit this song so well. Thanks Radio 2

[@loquatiousbadger]

I'm English, and I've yet to visit America, but I'll add Cohasset to my list of places to see because Sounds fun, especially if I get homesick! If you've not been here yet...every English county has it's own unique personality, dialect and landscape. That's before you even see Wales or Scotland!

[@peterbryenton]

Nicely presented visuals, thanks.

[@musicbeth4]

she has such a beautiful voice! one of my freinds said i sound like her ..... i wish ... lol...x

[@hattierainfordXO]

great song! she has a lovely voice!

[@trekker2002]

Excellent song. Heard it on Radio 2 and now found out who is singing it from this Vid. Sort of sums up being English really doesn't it. I might even watch Jam and Jerusalem next time it's on.

[@williamjameslehy1341]

Who on Earth could be offended by this? It is a celebration of all that is good, simple, and peaceful about life in a certain Green and Pleasant Land. It is not meant to exclude the non-English, on the contrary it invites the listener to remember similar aspects of their own homeland. Incidentally it most often makes me think of a place 3000 miles across the sea from England, the village green of Cohasset, Massachusetts in America.

[@peterday7820]

Jacob Hoss It's over-sensitive people like this who cause problems. They want us to welcome everyone and everything, but have no time for the indigenous customs and traits we have had for over 1000 years. And I am afraid that although we have been considered a welcoming and sensitive country in the past, patience is wearing thin. Even with the Scots now.It's so sad and it need not have been so, had we had a sensible policy.

[@Time2Splitt]

Peter Day "welcome everything" & "but have no time for indigenous culture" That's an interesting point I've thought about, but is this reasoning actually true though? Do we, really, have no time for our culture because of... the immigrants? I see it as: because a huge part of our kingdoms' cultures - the arts & humanities, heritage, galleries, museums, requires a middle class education to understand & thus => 'enjoy'. Theatre, literature, music, painting, sculpture, heritage, architecture, museums. A huge part of our our kingdoms' culture. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_Kingdom "Enriching Britain", suggests just 8% of the population engage in these aspects of culture. www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31759010 www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31993163 - kevin spacey on making the arts for everyone www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31797408 - more info on the "Enriching Britain" article I may not be entirely right, but I think that's a more significant reason, that it requires a good education to enjoy. NB: I think it's important to reflect & question our own opinions ("no time for indigenous culture" because of...), otherwise our brains create (potentially misrepresnted/false) explanations based on (the understandably) limited knowledge it has as our brains love seeing patterns (rhythms in music, symmetry in aesthetics) & making connections that sounds right even if it may not be.

[@lynneceegee8726]

Peter Day - it is people like you who give this country a bad name. This song is about inclusiveness you idiot.

[@dinerouk]

@@lynneceegee8726 I speak what many people feel, but are frightened now, to express them.

[@danielwalsh6693]

@@peterday7820 Lol............There hasn't been ' indigenous customs & trait's ' since the Romans invaded. Then the Viking's,......then the Danes,........then the Angles........& the Saxons......& then the Normans .....Finally ...the Irish, in the 18th century , to dig & build the canals through-out the land, to enable the 'Industrial Revolution '.

[@3209suzanne]

love it! well done, didnt realise it was an old song tho, love the accent.

[@USERNAMEfieldempty]

Love 'The Graduate' pic to represent virginity.