2:42
Soap Opera, 1975
Written by Ray Davies
The album this song comes from is a concept album about a rock star who changes places with an ordinary bloke, settling down with the wife, working his 9 to 5 job, and drinking with mates in the pub. The song enumerates various social ills ("Terrorist bombers on the left / Fascist plots on the right / Mass destruction and homicide"), and then the tedium of office life ("Facts and figures / Filling out forms"), ending with the chorus which tells us that only one thing cure your worries: having another drink. It's got a country tinge to the pop, and while it's a bit repetitive with a simple message, it's enjoyable enough.
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