"Big Sky" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks. Written and sung by Ray Davies, it was released in November 1968 on the album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. Ray has typically avoided providing a direct answer on the song's meaning, but commentators often interpret it as describing God as unsympathetic towards the problems of humans.
The Carlton Hotel in Cannes, France (pictured 2004), where Ray Davies composed the song
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Kinks. Released on 22 November 1968, Village Green is regarded by commentators as an early concept album. A modest seller on release, it was the band's first studio album which failed to chart in either the United Kingdom or United States, but was lauded by contemporary critics for its songwriting. It was embraced by America's new underground rock press, completing the Kinks' transformation from mid-1960s pop hitmakers to critically favoured cult band.
Unreleased UK twelve-track cover, instead issued in Scandinavia on 9 October 1968
Image: The Kinks Village Green Preservation Society
The Kinks performing for Dutch television in April 1967, two months after re-recording "Village Green".
Ray Davies's former home at 87 Fortis Green, North London (pictured 2016). Most of the LP's songs were composed and rehearsed in its living room.
