Lola

Fremen

Did anyone else take ages to realise that the Kink's "Lola" is about a man?
I feel kind of silly...

Andy-Pandy

'Well Im not the worlds most masculine man
But I know what I am and Im glad Im a man
And so is lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola'

grumpytrousers

Fremen wrote:

Did anyone else take ages to realise that the Kink's "Lola" is about a man?
I feel kind of silly...

you're in good company; IIRC the BBC banned it back in the day due to the explicit mention of Coca Cola, and not because it was about falling for a cross dresser.

Not that songs about falling for transvestities should be banned, per se, but just if i was in the BBC and it was the, um, less enlightened sixties, i'd have expected more complaints from 'disgusted of Tunbridge wells' about the sexual angle!

TelePaul

Based on an actual experience of Robert Wace, the bands manager.

lordgoat

grumpytrousers wrote:

you're in good company; IIRC the BBC banned it back in the day due to the explicit mention of Coca Cola, and not because it was about falling for a cross dresser.

Isn't the lyric Cherry Cola (not coca cola) or was it changed?
Why were coca cola products banned?

lordgoat

Never mind: wiki to the rescue:

The song originally contained a reference to "Coca Cola", but the BBC refused to play it as this was considered a violation of their advertising policy. The single then had to be hastily re-recorded with the offending line changed to "cherry cola"

:|

Wow. I did not know that. Even though it's now painfully obvious.

I feel ashamed

Latchy

Did anyone else take ages to realise that the Kink's "Lola" is about a man?
I feel kind of silly...

Sounds more like cross dressing With a verse that goes........ 'girls will be boys and boys will be girls' in the mixed up, muddled up , shook up world thats my Lola ......:)

grumpytrousers

latchyco wrote:

Sounds more like cross dressing With a verse that goes........ 'girls will be boys and boys will be girls' in the mixed up, muddled up , shook up world thats my Lola ......:)

Aye - cos the difference between a transsexual and a transvestite REALLY matters when your friends find out and start slagging you in the pub...

you are, however, correct...

Latchy

Mcfly do a version of lola to ..........

lordgoat

latchyco wrote:

Mcfly do a version of lola to ..........

to what?

Latchy

to what?

Mcfly .. they do a version of LOLA ,the song that was a hit for the Kinks many moons ago .....comprendi ????