The Kinks 'Lola' Live.

The Kinks 'Lola' Live.
This song is about a transvestite. According to a 2004 piece in Rolling Stone magazine, it may have been inspired by the famous transvestite Candy Darling, who Kinks lead singer Ray Davies allegedly dated for a brief time. This is the same Candy mentioned in Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" ("Candy came from out on the island, in the backroom she was everybody's darling").
The other possibility, which is stated in The Kinks: The Official Biography, is that Ray Davies wrote the lyrics after their manager got drunk at a club and started dancing with what he thought was a woman. Toward the end of the night, his stubble started showing, but their manager was too tanked to notice. (thanks, Martin - Rostock, Germany)

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[lindaoasismind]

Me encanta esta canción!!!

[thevisitortjn2]

"This song enchants to me!"

Sounds like Ray Davies or his Manager was encharted by the mysterious 'Lola" too. ;-)

[turner33s]

3:30 JESUS

[deanlad27]

this is a piece of music magic

awesome

[lauriekruczek]

Dave was so gorgeous... just BEAUTIFUL!

[fg6971]

the arm on the awsome meter is spinning about 5000rpm.

[TheRababa1]

WUNDERBAR!!!! Das war meine Jugend und wir waren und sind immer noch sehr tolerant! Singen konnten die noch nie wirklich toll, aber es war meine Lieblingsgruppe. Bravo Kinks toll , Klasse, danke für s hochladen , wirklich super

[noeljdun12]

@deanlad27 It is............

[noeljdun12]

@lindaoasismind If I had to choose

[centenium]

the back sicngers seem to have a better voice!

[edgroove7]

Ray always had this 'cool' factor about him -a born entertainer and brilliant lyricist and writer!

[retroreds]

This is where Matt Smith got his Doctor Who from...

[cameronchris100]

i thought the person at 3:30 was lola first time i seen this. imagine if it was, how funny would this song be... ray missing the beard and the mustache. brillant.

ray is much better stoned, fucking brillant

[LedZeppQueenBeatles]

Well I'm not dumb but i can't understand, Why she walks like a woman and talks like a man. best line.