Come Dancing

The Kinks reminisce about the big band era. This kind of nostalgia might be dangerous for any other rock band (it can so easily decompose into sentimentality). The Kinks' gift is being able to take such emotionally touchy material and make it immediate. In this video, Ray Davies casts a kid as himself... and casts himself as a wag. (And an excellent vocal performance on his part.) Look as the desaturated colors which reckon old photographs. Also keep in mind: The time he was singing about was as far ago as this video is to us now.