Shangri La Song

Shangri la is a song written by ray davies of the kinks.

Shangri la song. Or the decline and fall of the british empire year. From their album arthur or the decline of the british empire. Shangri la is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel lost horizon by british author james hilton hilton describes shangri la as a mystical harmonious valley gently guided from a lamasery enclosed in the western end of the kunlun mountains shangri la has become synonymous with any earthly paradise particularly a mythical himalayan utopia a permanently happy land isolated from. Shangri la mark knopfler s fourth solo release and his first since breaking his collarbone shoulder and seven ribs in a motorcycle crash in march 2003 finds the eternally laid back dire straits frontman in familiar territory.

Shangri la the four coins 1957 epic 5 9213 the flip side of first in line shangri la was composed by carl sigman matty malneck robert maxwell. The song appeared on the 1969 concept album arthur or the decline and fall of the british empire. Instead of constructing a song cycle about his brush with mortality the wry don t crash the ambulance aside he uses his warm baritone and effortless guitar. The term comes from shangri la as the hidden valley of delight in james hilton s 1933 novel lost horizon the term shangri la especially in the 1930s and 1940s was slang for heaven or paradise and the song is about the joy of being in love.

Shangri la is a popular song written by bandleader matty malneck and robert maxwell in 1946 with lyrics by carl sigman. The song s inspiration can be traced back to when the band visited the davies brothers sister rose and her family in australia the designed community that the family lived in serving as the initial lyrical inspiration.