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}} "Mr. Churchill Says" is a song written by Ray Davies and released by The Kinks. It appears on the album ''Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)''. ==Lyrics and music== The song is about the struggle of World War II on the people of Great Britain. The song paraphrases parts of several of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's famous speeches including ''Never was so much owed by so many to so few'', ''We shall fight on the beaches'' and ''This was their finest hour''. In addition to Winston Churchill, the song mentions several other political, military and popular figures who were prominent during the war including Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Louis Mountbatten and Vera Lynn (quoting her song "We'll Meet Again"). The song features a striking example of integration of sound effects into an arrangement, in this case a vintage air-raid siren which introduces a new section.〔It is not clear whether this sound comes or not from the ''BBC Sound Library''. Both the Kinks in ''End of the Season'' and the Beatles in a take of ''Across the Universe'' used the same bird song extracts〕 The Kinks had been experimenting with the use of sound effects since the 1966 ''Face to Face'' album. Ray Davies is also featured on lead vocals. When talking about the song (and Churchill himself) Ray Davies stated, "Today TV exposed weaknesses in politicians ... But I don't know about Winston Churchill. He may have been a bit more ruthless than we've been lead to believe. When the battle's over and you've won, you always look good. But what was achieved by it?" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mr. Churchill Says」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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