"Well I'm not the worlds most masculine man, but I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola" - One of the worlds most under-rated lyrics. :-)
It is not under-rated. It is very much appreciated. The song was a super hit in July 1970. I was in London at that time and remember very well how me and friends loved it. I even bought the single. The lyrics are fantastic.
I sing this song frequently to my daughter because she's got a golden doodle named Lola. But back in the 70's none of us knew what this singer was talking about. Just dawned on me one day that Lola was a man dressed as a woman after all these years. The 70's were such a wild ride, I'm 64 yrs old. Lol 😂
All I can say is your guys were living in a cave if you didn't know what this is about. Drag Queens were well known back then. Most of us just couldn't believe they put this on the radio. Even if Lola had been a woman, the "I'll make you a man" was a bit much for the radio then. BTW, this song WAS banned on the BBC, but not because of Lola. It was because they mentioned Coca Cola, making it a commercial plug for a company per BBC regulations. Same thing happened to the Beatles with "Come Together".
I loved it when I was too young to understand the lyrics, now I love it even more for the lyrics. It has always been my favorite song by The Kinks and most likely will continue to be.
@@brandy012173 transvestite is an old, outdated and insulting term. Some men that crossdress are transgender (transvestite is no longer accepted as it does not rightfully define) but also roughly 50% of the men that crossdress are very straight, very male, and very happy staying male. It can be double entendre in that if he still loves Lola then that means he is not straight. They are both men which means he is not straight.
@@victoria7t Okay, today it's an outdated term but when this song was written it was just the term people used, so Brandy isn't exactly wrong. Still, I think a straight man can fall for a trans woman and still be a straight man. The song is about the conflicted feelings this paradox brings on, but I like how at the end, the narrator's at peace with it all.
No, guys, it's just about a guy and a straight forward woman. I married one like that, and transvestite is just the truth. That's what they are. It's called reality.
Same, it always makes me smile. Love all their stuff. When All Day and All of the Night, Tired of Waiting and You Really Got Me came out, I had never heard guitar like that. Just loved these guys. Still do.
I remember sitting on the garage wall very near the Davis brothers house waiting for them to come out and they would run to the pub next door to where they lived, that was in 1965, still love the music ❤
Just goes to show that trans is nothing new. Always has been, always will be. Everything under the sun has always been. It's all a part of our world, no mistakes, no labels.
@DoctorBohr The Kinks recorded it in 1970 The words used in Lola most radio stations banned it for some time or certain countries banned it . The words used in Lola 1970 ( 53) years ago ( 2023) its only in the last few years that some countries have allowed Gay marriages, some countries like Saudia Arabia, Zimbabwe, Iran give the death penalty for Gays . Lola is one of those songs that were made 50+ years ago well before they should've been released. I'm an Australian Guy lived in Cambodia and Thailand since 2004 ( 19) years. Both countries have lots of Lola's and unless you have your hands on the family jewelery you don't know the difference. Yes it's a big call . But name any song in the last 100 years that's so powerful with its words . But I thank you for your comment, everyone has a different opinion on everything and both you and mine opinion matter , not worth getting into a slinging match over it . Can I have your opinion on a great song .where words are used in such a way to make everyone think twice. I think every male Straight , Bi, rainbow 🌈 🤔 have had that one (second look) at a Lola somewhere in their lifetime 🤔
@@mysterycambodia Yes, I see what you mean, politically and socially. I thought you meant only musically. Musically, Lola isn't even the best song in the Links catalogue!
Well, certainly your favorite - and a good choice, too! Personally, I don't like to designate any one song (or painting, or movie, or poem, or book, etc.) as "the best" because different works of art are trying to accomplish different things.
My favorite song as a child. I was a huge star wars fan and thought they were singing about Yoda. Took a few decades to figure out what was really going on... Still love this song
Such a classic. Always loved it at the Kinks concerts I went to in the 80s when early in the set Ray would strum the first few chords of Lola then stop and say to the crowd “Sorry, we’re not going to play that one tonight”. Then of course they’d play it later on.
@@bedihadogru8019 I get you, but I think there is still good music out there if you can find it. It's money, at the end of the day. Like everything else. The Simon Cowells and the like who will only promote the sh*t teeny bopper stuff and endless unoriginal rappers because there is a high dollar return on it for them. Having said that, even back in the day there was a preponderance of formulaic and cobbled together bands being promoted waaaaay beyond their talent. The Monkees, Arrows etc. come straight to mind. Thank the heavens for the internet, is all I can say.
In this politically correct world you can’t do a song about the confusion of bringing a girl home and finding out she’s a he. In the seventies we didn’t care about that, we just enjoyed life and people were just people… without labels.
saw the kinks live a very long time ago. they were loud and fantastic. the whole audience dancing till exhaustion. lola was of course the last song of the show. didn't have a voice afterwards for two days from shouting. man, we had the good times.
The BBC refused to put this on Top of Pops because the original line was "...tastes just like Coca-Cola." Davies immediately flew to NYC and rerecorded the line. Love this tune!!
An incredibly clever song. Full of ideas of masculinity, sexuality, fluidity. Regardless of how Lola might identify now - Drag Queen? Transgender woman? Nonbinary club kid? "Lola" is a dreamy and timeless look at human complexity.
I like the way the song ends by rejecting trans ideology with “glad I’m a man and so is Lola” Transgenderism is ultimately tragic. Men cannot turn themselves into women, regardless of their appearance or by any physical mutation.
@@cl5619 If that is the case, it creates an even more interesting look into sexuality. If he considers Lola male, 'I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola', he is still in love with Lola as they are: 'well, that's the way that I want it to stay and I always want it to be that way for my Lola'. Whether lola is male or female or somewhere in-between, he is in love. It's a very forward way of thinking about sexuality for the 1970s, which I think is why the song holds up so well today; love is love, no matter what :)
@@cl5619 You are a sad little man. You get angry and hateful at things you could never possibly hope to understand. Your opinion is trash and so is your personality. I pity anyone who is forced to be subjected to your company. Get clapped, nerd. 🖕
Ray and Dave are two of the nicest blokes in this style of pop next to Lou Reed i have ever met! So far ahead of thier time it's still catching up! Thinking mans music at its finest. Come back to Seattle Ray I'd love to see you again mate. Dave i hope you are doing well!!! P. S. Mary says hi! Love you guys!!!
The Kinks are without a doubt one of the most talented and influential bands in the history of Rock. Ray Davies is a poet and a master storyteller. I recently saw a Kinks documentary and I was saddened to learn that Ray and his brother Dave hated each other.
The Kinks, The Black Crowes, and Oasis...all great bands with one brother singing and the other brother a virtuoso guitar player, and those brothers hate each other. It's tragic, honestly.
@@sarcasticbimbo1420 Would agree with you about it being a bit tragic, but I wonder if that was somehow part of the creative spark? Not the most efficient or beneficial to mental health obviously, but did it contribute to the creativity?
Artistic rivalries are difficult enough without adding a sibling dynamic into the mix. Pile on top of that Ray's anger issues and inability to rein in his temper and, well, I guess we should be impressed by how long they lasted and how well they did under those circumstances.
This is one of my all time favourite songs since I was a teen... Lola, Even afta all these years I still love this song, this is a classic and always was one of the best songs that will neva die out.. bless u guys thanks for the music... 🐬✖️🎶☠️❤️❤️❤️🎸☠️🎶☠️
My yorkie's name was Lola. When this song came on in the car, she perked right up wondering who was singing about her. LOL No, for real...she loved hearing her name.
Awesome group, awesome song.......way ahead of its time! Wow, I keep hearing music like this and it makes me wonder what has happened to music now................
Started when grunge came on scene and started to mix with everything when hit mainstream, then put technology in the picture. Its(music) been going off a cliff since with a few exceptions
Mr. Smith you all sound like old grandfathers complaining about the younger generations music. Just face the fact you’re old and not cool anymore. You don’t know where it’s at!
@@jamesk1027 Hahahahahahahahhaa. Music today is pure crap. Sorry. I can't tell you how many kids and young adults listen to the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, etc.....besides rap/hip-hop, all the rest sounds like cheap imitation of 60's and 70's music. Dishwater.
I'm 54 and remember me and my brother and sister singing this walking to 6th grade Middle School in 1981. It was so catchy and easy to sing. Even as a preteen I understood the lyrics and thought the idea of a man dressed as a woman funny but at that age didn't understand the cultural revilence yet, it was just a fun song to sing. Even today I sing along in the car as my two teen daughters roll their eyes at me. Lololol
Summer 1970. As a 9 year old boy this was my first realisation of a hit song and by what a hit! Remember traveling up the London rd in Goodmayes in my brothers Ford 100E Pop. and Lola seemed to be playing ALL the time - Bloody Awesome!
This footage survived 50+ years and found its way on CZcams… remarkable
Facts 💯
"Well I'm not the worlds most masculine man, but I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola" - One of the worlds most under-rated lyrics. :-)
Great song and lyrics ❤️
Ahead of its time, too.
It is not under-rated. It is very much appreciated. The song was a super hit in July 1970. I was in London at that time and remember very well how me and friends loved it. I even bought the single. The lyrics are fantastic.
Agree 100%
I was in London then, I’m glad as it was banned in puritanical hypocritical Australia👎
RIP John Gosling keyboardist passed in Aug 2023. Top drawer musical talent. Gone but never forgotten.
John seemed to always know where the camera was. His gorilla head playing/performance in "Apeman" is truly classic.
What a legend
The KInks...so far ahead of their time. One of the best musical rock bands ever, but also their lyrics were from a future generation.
@Artemio Navarro AND Led Zep x
@@merseywhogirl3430 I don’t think we can really say LZ were ahead of their time. The big four were, LZ followed in their footsteps in my opinion.
They weren't ahead of their times, they were of their times. Lots of people were experimenting around sex and gender boundaries back then.
They were tranny humpers
This song sucks
I sing this song frequently to my daughter because she's got a golden doodle named Lola. But back in the 70's none of us knew what this singer was talking about. Just dawned on me one day that Lola was a man dressed as a woman after all these years. The 70's were such a wild ride, I'm 64 yrs old. Lol 😂
And who among us knew that 1970s exploration was not normalcy? Or that powerful others wanted the expansion of rights & ideas to stop?
😂same am 63 now , what a time we lived in, and through
same here. I was 15 when this came out and I'm 67 now. I had no idea what the song was about either. Lol
@@Helen-kq4og who cared.. was and is a great song 👍🏻
All I can say is your guys were living in a cave if you didn't know what this is about. Drag Queens were well known back then. Most of us just couldn't believe they put this on the radio. Even if Lola had been a woman, the "I'll make you a man" was a bit much for the radio then. BTW, this song WAS banned on the BBC, but not because of Lola. It was because they mentioned Coca Cola, making it a commercial plug for a company per BBC regulations. Same thing happened to the Beatles with "Come Together".
The Kinks are one of the Top-of -The-World Bands ever, and Ray Davies a composer at same levels than Bowie or Dylan. An incredible talent.
Yes...Ray the composer hasn't received his due...I love his voice...and just his cool as fuck demeanor...very independent, creative guy.
Of course 🎶🦄
Bowie not in Dylan’s or Rays league
Yes and if they were not competing against the Beatles and the stones,they would have been even bigger.
Or Lennon or McCartney
Named my daughter after this song. Greatest chick that ever lived. 🤘
I don't know if you are joking. Seriously it's odd. I want a daughter and I want her to be named Marinina
cute
I loved it when I was too young to understand the lyrics, now I love it even more for the lyrics.
It has always been my favorite song by The Kinks and most likely will continue to be.
WOW 54 years and still playing today 😊
“I’m glad I’m a man, so’s Lola” Heavy double meaning for 1970. Gotta love it.
Does it have a double meaning? I just thought it was a story of a young man who fell in love with a transvestite.
@@brandy012173 transvestite is an old, outdated and insulting term. Some men that crossdress are transgender (transvestite is no longer accepted as it does not rightfully define) but also roughly 50% of the men that crossdress are very straight, very male, and very happy staying male. It can be double entendre in that if he still loves Lola then that means he is not straight. They are both men which means he is not straight.
@@victoria7t Okay, today it's an outdated term but when this song was written it was just the term people used, so Brandy isn't exactly wrong.
Still, I think a straight man can fall for a trans woman and still be a straight man. The song is about the conflicted feelings this paradox brings on, but I like how at the end, the narrator's at peace with it all.
No, guys, it's just about a guy and a straight forward woman. I married one like that, and transvestite is just the truth. That's what they are.
It's called reality.
formwiz gets it
TRANSVESTITE
48 years latter I am still loving this song,
Same, it always makes me smile. Love all their stuff. When All Day and All of the Night, Tired of Waiting and You Really Got Me came out, I had never heard guitar like that. Just loved these guys. Still do.
*Latter*
Timelessness...
One of the
requirements
of ART.
Feckin Amazing
works too!✌
RIGHT? This is one rock song that I’ve loved since the 1970’s.
Still aired regularly too!
Such talented vocals & instrument players, they can rock ! Song was 50 years ahead of it's time and remains relevant in 2023.
I remember sitting on the garage wall very near the Davis brothers house waiting for them to come out and they would run to the pub next door to where they lived, that was in 1965, still love the music ❤
Just goes to show that trans is nothing new. Always has been, always will be. Everything under the sun has always been. It's all a part of our world, no mistakes, no labels.
like that's a good thing
what makes it 50 yrs ahead of its time? the paisley big collared shirts? or maybe its the fringes and blue pants. lol nonsense
Insane!!!
Who's still listening in 2028? 🤘
This song is so good, it's still going to be played in shady clubs in 500 years from now. 🙂
you nailed it, move to the head of the line.
Even after 53+ years probably the best song ever produced.
That's a big fucking call!
@DoctorBohr
The Kinks recorded it in 1970
The words used in Lola most radio stations banned it for some time or certain countries banned it .
The words used in Lola 1970 ( 53) years ago ( 2023) its only in the last few years that some countries have allowed Gay marriages, some countries like Saudia Arabia, Zimbabwe, Iran give the death penalty for Gays .
Lola is one of those songs that were made 50+ years ago well before they should've been released.
I'm an Australian Guy lived in Cambodia and Thailand since 2004 ( 19) years.
Both countries have lots of Lola's and unless you have your hands on the family jewelery you don't know the difference.
Yes it's a big call .
But name any song in the last 100 years that's so powerful with its words .
But I thank you for your comment, everyone has a different opinion on everything and both you and mine opinion matter , not worth getting into a slinging match over it .
Can I have your opinion on a great song .where words are used in such a way to make everyone think twice.
I think every male Straight , Bi, rainbow 🌈 🤔 have had that one (second look) at a Lola somewhere in their lifetime 🤔
@@mysterycambodia Yes, I see what you mean, politically and socially. I thought you meant only musically. Musically, Lola isn't even the best song in the Links catalogue!
Well, certainly your favorite - and a good choice, too!
Personally, I don't like to designate any one song (or painting, or movie, or poem, or book, etc.) as "the best" because different works of art are trying to accomplish different things.
It’s not Wuthering Heights son, but it’s pretty good.
The song has balls and so had the band for such a song. Awesome!
So does LOLA!
@@peteford2434 😅
Ball room blitz has big balls.
The fantastic Kinks..
Absolutely love em....
I loved this song for years when I was too young to understand what it meant. Then I got older and loved it even more.
interesting
Who is listening to this song in 2021 a great song in my opinion
Here I am in 2022!😍
2024!!!
im listening in 2024 AND ive only realised what this song is about HAHAHAHAHA!!! every day is a school day!!!
Thus be an forever song bro !!!😊😊😊
Will always love this song !!!!😊😊😊
This song is a work of art.
My favorite song as a child. I was a huge star wars fan and thought they were singing about Yoda. Took a few decades to figure out what was really going on... Still love this song
Mark Johnson
Ha sweet. I can picture this little chap tearing around the house, wielding a light sabre while singing; “Yo-da! Yo-yo-yo-yo-Yo-da!”.
😄 class.
👍🤣 you made me smile!
L.M.A.O
Mark Johnson You mean that they're NOT singing about Yoda? Retreats weeping bitterly :'((
The Kinks are what defines the greatness of British Rock.
WHEN THIS FIRST CAME OUT ,IWAS GOING THROUGH ATRANSITION PERIOD ,THIS SONG HELPED ME A LOT OPEN MY MIND TO WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON AROUND ME . .
THE CAPS LOCK IS THE BIG BUTTON AT THE SIDE OF THE KEYBOARD.
Still sounds great...what a tune...🎶👍🎶
Great band, powerful n amazing lyrics.
I'm hearing Blur in this song and it's about 25 years before they existed. What a incredibly influential band The Kinks were/are. Outstanding!
Such a classic. Always loved it at the Kinks concerts I went to in the 80s when early in the set Ray would strum the first few chords of Lola then stop and say to the crowd “Sorry, we’re not going to play that one tonight”. Then of course they’d play it later on.
Fox theater Atlanta 1977!! Great performance!
You guys are so lucky to have seen them live. I was only a teenager then loved this them but too young to see them. Thank God for video!!!
lucky ! how can he not play Lola ?
he almost looks happy
You're absolutely right. Seen the Kinks and Ray did just that. Excellent.
what a legend
Lola is timeless. As just about any Kinks song.
Bin jetzt 67 Jahre .Der Song bleibt für mich immer im Herzen
AMAZING
SO INSIGHTFUL and forward
Dave Davies is an amazing guitarist and back up vocalist
Is that the same Dave Davies on NPR?
What a great song. Why don't they make them like this any more? Why is pop music today so dull?
TODAY THEY ALL SHIT AND FAKE THEY HAVE NO TALENT LIKE OLD STARS
I thought it was just me? But many agree with me👍
@@bedihadogru8019 I get you, but I think there is still good music out there if you can find it. It's money, at the end of the day. Like everything else. The Simon Cowells and the like who will only promote the sh*t teeny bopper stuff and endless unoriginal rappers because there is a high dollar return on it for them.
Having said that, even back in the day there was a preponderance of formulaic and cobbled together bands being promoted waaaaay beyond their talent. The Monkees, Arrows etc. come straight to mind.
Thank the heavens for the internet, is all I can say.
In this politically correct world you can’t do a song about the confusion of bringing a girl home and finding out she’s a he. In the seventies we didn’t care about that, we just enjoyed life and people were just people… without labels.
@@TimDyckor finding out she is a she
The lyrics had stood the test of time and that is why the song remains iconic in 2018.
2022*
_The lyrics had stood the test of time and that is why the song remains iconic in 2018._
It's on steroids now in 2022.
If it didn't still sound fantastic,
this tune would've been forgotten.
The lyrics are secondary
to the majority of people.
2024 !!!😊
Another great Kinks' classic. They should have had much, much more recognition.
Sal Gugli🎽
Wonder where the video with over 2 million clicks has gone.
So many British bands from the 60's and 70's that deserve more recognition. Was just too many groups competing in the one era.
@@colinh8651 Tell me about it!
@@colinh8651 Agreed. So many talented musicians making incredible music.....there was never enough time in the day!!
Such a brilliant song with great lyrics - way ahead of its time!
What a classic! Did not get a chance to see this great band in concert. RIP John Gosling
God not only do i love this performance
I also give extra thanks for how much hair Dave Davies has here ❤😂
Thats a whole lot of hair on that stage ❤
The early 70s was a very hairy era.
What a great song. I immediately fell for it when I first heard it back in -70.
Very prescient - 'girls will be boys and boys will be girls - it's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world.....'
fykin ace band!!!! loved the 60s gone but never forgotten!!!!!
My 16 year old grandson loves the Kinks.
Raymond Douglas Davies: The most wittiest song writer in pop culture.
The wittiest & the satirist pop composer (if that is an adjective)
One of the coolest rock songs in all of rock song history. That's a lot of cool
Love the Kinks and this song,was 12 when this song came out.
saw the kinks live a very long time ago. they were loud and fantastic. the whole audience dancing till exhaustion. lola was of course the last song of the show. didn't have a voice afterwards for two days from shouting. man, we had the good times.
Must have been great. Tickets were probably 8 bucks. Seventies were the best decade of music.
What an epic rock song!
No sampling, no vocoders, pure talent .. amazing track, lucky to have lived through the best period of music.
Notice the piano isn't plugged in nor are the guitars. It's Top of the Pops, so they are lip syncing.
@@tommissouri4871 I was referring to the track not the TOTP performance.
Bunch of us greasers were in a motorway cafe after fighting some skinheads in 1970 and the Kinks walked in. Cool bunch of fellas.
One of my all time favorite bands. They have songs for every senario in life.. Ray is the ultimate storyteller
🥀🕯️John keep on Rocking,
Where ever you are 💫
It might be time to put this song back in heavy rotation.
music that will never die xx
I love this song. My grandaughter and I jam to this groovey tune!!!
I love this song
This song never gets old even after all of these years.
Great song, way before it’s time.
The BBC refused to put this on Top of Pops because the original line was "...tastes just like Coca-Cola." Davies immediately flew to NYC and rerecorded the line. Love this tune!!
One of the Greatest Bands, what a great song !!!
An incredibly clever song. Full of ideas of masculinity, sexuality, fluidity.
Regardless of how Lola might identify now - Drag Queen? Transgender woman? Nonbinary club kid? "Lola" is a dreamy and timeless look at human complexity.
I like the way the song ends by rejecting trans ideology with “glad I’m a man and so is Lola”
Transgenderism is ultimately tragic. Men cannot turn themselves into women, regardless of their appearance or by any physical mutation.
I wouldn't read too much into it. You seem to be.
@@cl5619 If that is the case, it creates an even more interesting look into sexuality. If he considers Lola male, 'I'm glad I'm a man and so is Lola', he is still in love with Lola as they are: 'well, that's the way that I want it to stay and I always want it to be that way for my Lola'.
Whether lola is male or female or somewhere in-between, he is in love. It's a very forward way of thinking about sexuality for the 1970s, which I think is why the song holds up so well today; love is love, no matter what :)
@@cl5619
You are a sad little man. You get angry and hateful at things you could never possibly hope to understand. Your opinion is trash and so is your personality. I pity anyone who is forced to be subjected to your company. Get clapped, nerd. 🖕
Ray Davies said Lola was a trans woman they knew
Ray Davies looks happy !
the power of Lola ...
and I actually saw the drummer show feeling, and he sang a few words also ! wow!
Ray and Dave are two of the nicest blokes in this style of pop next to Lou Reed i have ever met! So far ahead of thier time it's still catching up! Thinking mans music at its finest. Come back to Seattle Ray I'd love to see you again mate. Dave i hope you are doing well!!! P. S. Mary says hi! Love you guys!!!
The Kinks are without a doubt one of the most talented and influential bands in the history of Rock. Ray Davies is a poet and a master storyteller. I recently saw a Kinks documentary and I was saddened to learn that Ray and his brother Dave hated each other.
The Kinks, The Black Crowes, and Oasis...all great bands with one brother singing and the other brother a virtuoso guitar player, and those brothers hate each other. It's tragic, honestly.
@@sarcasticbimbo1420 Eddie and Alex van halen did alright. of course one was drums, one guitar....
@@sarcasticbimbo1420 Would agree with you about it being a bit tragic, but I wonder if that was somehow part of the creative spark? Not the most efficient or beneficial to mental health obviously, but did it contribute to the creativity?
@@Neal_Schier Possibly.
Artistic rivalries are difficult enough without adding a sibling dynamic into the mix. Pile on top of that Ray's anger issues and inability to rein in his temper and, well, I guess we should be impressed by how long they lasted and how well they did under those circumstances.
I used to have this song on an album. I would play it in the mornings to get into the frame of mind that worked best for me.
This is also put a smile on my face😊
An absolutely brilliant song
One of the happiest songs of all times! Thank you for posting!
still absoltely brilliant!
I’ve not seen this video before but I now totally get , The Kinks.. 50 years later.
The brilliantly amazing Kinks. No other words required.
People saying that they were ahead of their time with these lyrics but part of the reality is that we let ourselves fall behind.
Well said, right on!
One of my favourite songs.x❤
Awesome song with awesome hair 🤗🤗
Outstanding group, brimming with talent. Wonderful Memories.
Great 70s hair too
Your comment says it, Alan.
This is one of my all time favourite songs since I was a teen... Lola, Even afta all these years I still love this song, this is a classic and always was one of the best songs that will neva die out.. bless u guys thanks for the music... 🐬✖️🎶☠️❤️❤️❤️🎸☠️🎶☠️
My yorkie's name was Lola. When this song came on in the car, she perked right up wondering who was singing about her. LOL No, for real...she loved hearing her name.
70s bands kicked ass...I was born in 72...my mum played music in our house constantly....
Such an original song with such great lyrics. There really is no other song that sounds like this and all the transitions are sooo f'in good.
Was wondering e
why I've always loved it.
LOVE this song and how they perform it.
50 years later - still LOVE this song. You guys.....
It don’t get much better than this 🏴God bless England 👌🏴❤️
completely
Loved it when it came out in 71 and still love it.
Classic.!!
Weird how it was on TotP in 1970 if it only came out in 71
Never understood the full meaning of the words when I was a kid, but still loved it!
Oh, those guitars, that dark brown voice, rock classic...
Such a great live performance!
Awesome group, awesome song.......way ahead of its time! Wow, I keep hearing music like this and it makes me wonder what has happened to music now................
Indeed!
Started when grunge came on scene and started to mix with everything when hit mainstream, then put technology in the picture. Its(music) been going off a cliff since with a few exceptions
Totally agree. Fantastic group. One of if not THE best in an era when music WAS music.
Mr. Smith you all sound like old grandfathers complaining about the younger generations music. Just face the fact you’re old and not cool anymore. You don’t know where it’s at!
@@jamesk1027 Hahahahahahahahhaa. Music today is pure crap. Sorry. I can't tell you how many kids and young adults listen to the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, etc.....besides rap/hip-hop, all the rest sounds like cheap imitation of 60's and 70's music. Dishwater.
Still listening in 2018 love it!
Remember this Lola......God bless you, Kinks!
This song has never been more relevant
One of the best songs ever made. Ever.
It's the 2020s and only now is the song STARTING to catch up to its time.
I'm 54 and remember me and my brother and sister singing this walking to 6th grade Middle School in 1981. It was so catchy and easy to sing. Even as a preteen I understood the lyrics and thought the idea of a man dressed as a woman funny but at that age didn't understand the cultural revilence yet, it was just a fun song to sing.
Even today I sing along in the car as my two teen daughters roll their eyes at me. Lololol
God, I love that opening guitar strum.
Summer 1970. As a 9 year old boy this was my first realisation of a hit song and by what a hit! Remember traveling up the London rd in Goodmayes in my brothers Ford 100E Pop. and Lola seemed to be playing ALL the time - Bloody Awesome!
R.I.P.
John Gosling
We sure could use some more artist like you
What a great band the kinks are and were their music still lives on and will forever. You really got .me.
back in the day when looks didn't matter but good music did
We had the best of the best. I’m glad I grew up in that time 👍❤️
me to Jennifer
52 years later and im still enjoying it. damn thats almost a life time. guess you cant keep good music down ?
Ma fille née en 2011 s'appels Lola, j'écoutais ça en vinyle en 94 inconsciemment un signe :) j'adore
Love this song , i have a cat called Lola her face is a picture when i play this lol .
What a celebration of infinite diversity! So proud of my KINKS!