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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]
"Got to Be Free" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by British rock band the Kinks.It was released on their 1970 LP Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, which included the Top 10 hit song "Lola".
Fifty years ago, the Kinks hit the charts with a catchy song about a romantic encounter in a London nightclub between a clueless young rube and an ingenue who “walked like a woman but talked ...
However, as the ‘70s started, the Kinks found themselves back in the U.S. top 10 singles chart with “Lola.” The song — which Dave says was inspired by his brother/bandmate Ray Davies’s ...
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society is the band’s most impressive union of ideas and performances, an ambitious song cycle that’s also charmingly droll and crammed with ...
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]
Unlike the more nostalgic themes of many Kinks albums prior to Low Budget, many of the album's songs allude to contemporaneous events. Musically, the album is a continuation of the band's " arena rock " phase, resulting in a more rock-based sound and more modern production techniques.