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"Lola" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks, written by frontman Ray Davies for their 1970 album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. The song details a romantic encounter in a Soho bar between a young man and Lola, who is possibly a trans woman or cross-dresser .
The Kinks, around the time of the recording of Lola Versus Powerman; from left: John Gosling, Dave Davies, Mick Avory, John Dalton, Ray Davies. The Kinks' ban by the American Federation of Musicians on performing in America, which had been in force since their 1965 US tour, [4] [5] was lifted in 1969, so the group's management arranged a North American tour. [6]
“Lola” helped revive the fortunes of the Kinks, a band that first broke through as part of the British Invasion in the 1960s and scored early hits with power-chord classics like “You Really ...
The track borrows the main riff from The Kinks' 1964 song, "All Day and All of the Night", which was one of the band's first hits. [2] The lyrics feature the return of the transvestite title character from The Kinks' 1970 hit song, "Lola"; in "Destroyer", the singer brings Lola to his place where he becomes increasingly paranoid. [3]
However, the single’s muscular sound set the template for the Kinks’ 1970s arena-rock resurgence, and Dave, who has always been open about his own sexuality, is proud of “Lola’s” legacy.
"Apeman", alongside many other songs from the Lola vs. Powerman album, was written by Ray Davies during a family trip to Cornwall in July 1970. [5] [6] In the song, Davies is fed up with the modern world and declares that he wants to "sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman".
It was released on a non-album single in June 1970, as the B-side to "Lola". Written and sung by bandleader Ray Davies, the song was recorded in early 1968 during the sessions for The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968). The title references a small street in London, while the lyrics recount a one-night stand. Influenced by ...
Percy was the first album the Kinks worked on following the success of "Lola". The idea of creating a soundtrack for the Percy movie was suggested by the band's management. Ray Davies reflected in 2014, "Again, it was a masterpiece of mismanagement!