This is one of the last great songs that Ray Davies wrote for the Kinks (the above cartoon - I have no idea what it means, which is I think why I like it). Anyway, it’s typical hang dog Ray Davies fodder. He’s not talking about Princess Diana - he’s talking about Diana Dors, the actress - sort of an English Marilyn Monroe - and that’s also her not Marilyn on Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. There’s a brief passage where he ponders an atomic bomb going off (which is hardly the way to convince yourself to have a good day), but in typical Ray fashion, he seems so impatient waiting for the world to end that he at least hopes that it will provide a good show.
I don’t think any songwriter in the history of man comes close to Ray in the genre of songs written to convince yourself to get out of bed. This one starts with his alarm going off - sounds like a cheap Casio. I should tally how many of his song begin with him waking up.
Superman (Woke up this morning, started to sneeze)
Predictable (Don’t know why I’m even bothering) - I think the video begins with him in bed.
State of Confusion (Woke up in a panic)
Ray apparently needs to be talked off a ledge every time he regains consciousness. He’s right though - the alarm clock is a truly ghastly invention.
He sings it at times with complete passion and good intent and at other times as if the very notion of brandishing himself forth for another day on the planet is the final proof of his own complete and utter insanity.
Good Day
The sky is blue but there are clouds in my head,
With big decisions looming ahead.
The sun is out but the room is so grey,
So much confusion headed my way.
Get positive, try to be gay.
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